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Mr. Hastings :-) was there, and wished to do so, but the Chief Justice said that was not the right time for my application, which must wait till now.

have been used as a of shuttlecock, from one place to another without being Lead. You had a right to object at that stage, surely-dors not the Ordinance provide for cases of this kind ?

Mr. Hastings :--I appeared for persons who and vested interests in the property on account of execution, and whose rights are divested by this order. I said I was appearing for the purpose of taking this objection, and the Chief Justice fald 1-bad no power to be heard, until afterwards-now. The objection is that the order for substituted service was made after the defendants bad left the Colony,

His Lordship :-You seem

Alter a little discusinn hls Lordship fixed the hearing of the case for Tuesday week."

COLONIAL COURT" OF

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPE MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1892.

NOTICE OF MOTION.

memorandern of the objects and reason for its was increased by the letter he wrote to Eat! He was probably glad to rest, for no man is Introduction

Rasseli's betrothed, Miss Scott. The punish-harder worked, not even the Prince of Wales. ment bo might inflict for the offense was penal ser His appearance has changed very much in the vlinde for life, but he would not do so. Taking past two years. From being bright and boyish- everything into account, the prisoner's age and looking, he has become unpleasantly stout and

bis face is morose and cynical, other circumstances, he could not impose a

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the Congol, who ordered them on board, and on their refusing threatened to have them put on board by the police, which would cost 25c. per man. When he went on board he Cost of administration :-În consequence had the bill presented to him for this, for. $5.50 of the constantly increasing cost of the adminis, Did not enter it in the log, (Bil produced,)||trative staff of the Government of Hongkong, it Estered a general account of the whole affair in having riven from 8547.650 in 1887, to searly

the log. When it was read over to the men they said it was not true that they had refosed duty. The $5.50 mentioned was not the frem mentioned in his agreement with the men at Cape St. James, which meant $5.50 per man, the amount that had been incurred through the whole dispute. He had to advance 860 to the

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$700.000 in 1893, exclusive of $65,200 for pensions, and that the Colony's Revenue jo the near future is more likely to decrease then expand, I beg to move that Government appoint a commission arlected from unofficial members of Conncit, and the general Hon. G. T. M. O'Brien, the Colonial set the | Sécretary, as Annamese, pay coolics to do firemen's work, Chalmer, with full powers to enquire into and $20, and other expenses. Then proceeded to ses, report with a view to retrenchment on the work- with some Annamites on board, who were dowing of all the Departments. of the Government, sulog for wages. Had fine weather at first, and as to the desirability or otherwise of the bot äid to put inla Tourane later on. Left on redistribution of work, the amalgamation of January 20th. As the cool was bad and did not. certglö offices, the Increasing of the hours of the krep steam up, had to return to Tourane, and official day, privileges in the way of leave, dc,, on the asth the whole of the men refused duty, 8cc. On the 25th, 25th, and 27th the plantiff's did no

SUNDAY HARBOUR LABOUR, work. As a result, serious lose was involved—

Mr. Chater gave notice to ask at the next barbour dues, ikres extra day, fasurance, main-meeting whether the Government would publish any despatch received from the Secretary of State in reply to the petitions of the leading Chinese and Foreign bankers, merchants, and traders in favour of the repeal of the Sunday Harbour Labour Ordinance, 1891.

(Before Mr. Fulding Clark, Acting Chief tenance, and other items.

Quilica)

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THE "TORRINGTON."

The sult of Campbell and others versus the steamship Torrington, for wages of seamen and firemen, adjourned from Thursday last, was cou! tinued on Saturday the th inst. As before, Mr. Robinson, instructed by Mentrs. Dennys and Mosser, was for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Pollock, Instructed by Messrs. Johnson, Stokes, and Master was for defendants.

John White Boyd, asperintending engineer of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., gare evlicoce as to the repairs to the engines of the Torrington, which he had personally supervised. She was handed over to the Dock Co. about February 12th. The bilge conections were all choked up in the engine and boller departments. Some small repairs had tobe done to the boiler. The floor plates of the stokehole were nearly all broken and the angle-tron beams under the plates twisted and displaced. The coal bunkers were in a very bad state-both port and starboard. The small coal had sifted through the plating of the bunkers, which was old and saiten and full of holes, and so the blige pipes were choked and the pumps could not work. Thus, the water naturally increased in the ship and rose high enough to put the fires out. It was necessary to clear out the bilges and take the pipes out to clean-a very difficult operation, requiring skilled supervision. It took them several days to do it. The bunkers had to be mended with new plates, and new bilge pipes had to be put lu," Otherwise the same trouble would arise." It was necessary to put in twenty-one new stokehole plates. The water underneath bad forced the platen up and damaged them. The vessel would not, in the opinion of witness, have been safe to send to aca as she was. With the bilges in that condition she could certainly not leave port. It would be impossible to say whether she could have been seaworthy at Saigon; but the coal buskers must have been out of repair for a long time, and that was the cause of the trouble, through small coal getting into the bilges. She was emphatically Unseaworthy when she arrived at Hongkong.

Cross-examinedShe was now to very good repair and thoroughly seaworthy. The apper bunkers were all sieht, only some plates in the decks having to be renewed. Could not say whether the lower buckers had been disused. The cleaning of the bilges was not simply the work of one night. Some thirty men were work Ing from Saturday night to Monday morning, and took out the bulk of the stuff, to prepare for the cleaning. A few men were then put to work cleasing out, the connections, to get at the joints of the pipes. The pipes, had to be taken on shore, and in parts senewed, being broken in several places. Any rean could remove the coal and clear out the bilges, but to disconnect and clean the pipes and mend the holes required skilled man. The ship's engineer might attempt

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I spent $54.90 in survey fees. I paid 30 cents a day for victualling the suballisles. Between Salgon and Tourane we experienced the most terrific weather I ever encountered at sea. The French authorities at Toprane did not certify that the vessel was unit to go to sea.

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more lentent sentence than ten years of penal The prisoner was removed from the court-room to the cells below, all the while weeping bitterly,

PARIS, March rithi

Connell yesterday discussed the advisability of bringing about the substitution of a labor bill for the Irlik Local Government bill

The residence of John Lewis at Llanelly, Wiles, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Thren children perished in the flames and two others were seriously injured.

PARIS, March 13th,

In the lobbles of the Chamber to-day the rumor ran that Mr. Clemenceau, the Radical Deputy, so often spoken of for the Ministry, and who, in the recent Ministerial crisir, was men- tioned for a portfolio, had been divorcest.

The searches of houses in various suburbs for It seems that Mme, Clemenceau has obtained | anarchists have developed the fact that a name decree against her husband. For a long time | ber of trusted servants in large residences are Clemenceau has been considered to be rather anarchists.

'gay." Mme. Clemenceau leaves for America A Tunis dispatch says that a British smack to-day.

was capsized off Tunis to-day and five persons were drowned.

BERLIN, March 11th. A stir has been created in imperial circles by the news that Prince Ernest of Sixe-Melningen, a connection of the Kaiser, is engaged to Mario, daughter of the German poet Wilhelm Jensen, It is a love match, and the Prince and girl are in Rome, safe from any interference on the part of the Kaiser or the reigning Prince of Saxe- Melningen,

VINNA MArch rith.

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The police to-day discovered forty dynamite cartridges in a room on the Rue Dagnolet.

At the Nice regatta Rothschilda' Eros was beaten by Vanderbilt's Aka.

NICE, March 131b. The expectation of the appearance of the celebrated yacht Valkyrie at the segatta yester day for the Prix de la Ville de Nice excited universal luterest. Crowds of spectators gathered on the promenade and quays and they were not

yacht of this class has been entered.

Dr. Ashmore, of Swatow, making serious charges agalos Mr. Eaton. On threat of action, he withdrew, these accusations, and agreed to pay: $5,000, and Dr. Hays, the most popular and, "ablo physician. is Slam, then wrote to Dr. Ashmore giving his version of the Eston, Mir, Page addressed the Court at length affair, which was very diicreditable to Mr.

for the defence, pleading la mitigation of damages

Mr. Michell having replied,“

His Honour summed up bitefly, polating out the injury caused by the libel.

After a brief retirement the Court found for the plaintiff, awarding $3,000 (gold) and costs.

NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.

Nich Tastal entertained Kurg, Provincial Treasurer of Srechuen, at a banquet in Mr. Chang Su-ha's Garden, Shanghal. The other Magistrates Yun and Tsai were among the guenta present,

Repeated conflagrations have taken place in Hankow lately, each time destroylog a luga number of the dwellings of the poor. Hundreds of families have been driven out of the vide shelters which constitute their only home.

The farmers in Soochow and vicinity are

Cross-ezsmined-The repairs and survey at | question of which I gave nolice as to the Acting western frontier continues. Dispatches, from disappointed. This is the first year that any entertaining gravo fears as to the future of their

Tourane were, in my opinion, unnecessary, left London with the crew who are now suing If the crew say the vessel was constantly stopped for repairs while on the voyage out they sometimes for "bot Leasings", while en route "know more about it than I do. We did stop to Singapore. Necessary repairs had been made by Earles, the eminent engineerlag firm, before we left England. There was one occasion, between Feaang and Singapore, when they had to go slow. I don't know that the British Consul at Saigon is the agent of Messrs. Hale & Co., the ship's agents, at Saigon. His office was in their business premises. I disrated Campbell for drunkenness. When I told the men I was only going to Cape St. James I did not attempt to deceive them as to my intention of going to sex. Going down to Cape St-James was not " going to sea. We could put the pamp in its place there. When we got within 175 miles of Hongkong the ship became unmapage able owing to the sess breaking over ber and pouring down the stoke-bole and patting dut one of the furnaces. If the whole of the water in one of the ballers leaked out (about 18 tons) it would cause no more than 6 or 7 inches of water in the engine room. On the 7th we sent up signals of distress-rockets and blue-lights, etc.

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We kept the dag fying at the malo-mast all the time. When the fron plates were rolling about the engine-room the firemen were in con- siderable danger, for the plates are both large and heavy. In such hot pinces as Tourane and Saigon European crews are not expected to work coale, I didn't expect them to do it in Tourine. When I arrived at Tourane I first thought that the only coal I could get was the stive, anthracite, coal. That is why I shipped it although there was other and better coal in the port. pet back to Tourane solely to ship better coal because we could not get up enough steam with what I had taken in there." "The officers of the ship were not charged at the time

brought the

men before

the marine magistrate here for the reason that they abode by the decision of the Survey Commission. I elected to bring the Ansamese on frem Taurine because I could not have sent them back to Saigon from Tourane. The Consul at Saigon was not in a position to cause a Marine Court of Inquiry to be convened.

John Kyzoch, Chief Officer of the Torrington, was then called, but as his examination-in-chief and cross-examination would be likely to occupy about three hours it was decided to adjourn the further heailog of the case till to-morrow at 10 o'clock.

"ESPIONAGE" AND JUNK TRADE. Mr. Whitehead-Sir, in reference to the

Harbour Master's repost on the junk trade and the cause to which he asigns its decrease, Iam greatly obliged to your Excellency for having caused me to be furnished with copies of reports satisfied after a full consideration of them that it and other papers on the subject, and I am quite is unnecessary to lay them on the table. I would remark, however, that Captain Hastings bas evidently written under an entire misapprehen slon, and with a view to correct any Impression which may have been given by his report I would request that your Excellency should sanction the publishing of two despatches from Mr. J. McLeary Brown, Commissioner of Customs, dated sath and 12th March last. Under the circumstances I ask permission to withdraw my question.

THE CENTRAL GIRLS' SCHOOL.

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In reply to Mr. Whitehead, the Colonial Secretary said that the Government knew of no correspondence on this subject that need be laid on the table, no money was to be granted, and a plece of land had already been appropriated for had addertaken to construct at a cost of $30,000, the building of the school which Mr. Bellies

and present to the Government.

NEW DILLS,

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On the motion of the Colonial Secretary seconded by the Acting Colonial Treasurer the Water Rate Amendment Bill was read a...first time,

On the motion of the Attorney-General seconded by the Colonial Secretary the Bankruptcy Amendment Bill was read a first

time.

The movement of Russian troops toward ike

Moscow state that the troops thereabouts are mobilising preparatory totransfer to the German and Austrian boundaries.

Orders have been sent to the Russian officers

calibre rifes by a French firm that at least in barge of the manufacture of the new small 250,000 mail arms must be ready for shipment next fall,

has takes on a deable force of men and is work The now smokeless powder factory af Kazan ing night and day, The Thorn Gattle, pub- shed fifty miles from the Russian border in West Prussia, says that for weeks Russian troops, with heavy artillery, have crowded the roads to Kowne, Grodno, Gorgiowski and Iva poord, gical fortified camps near the Prussian boundaries.

There were keyca entries for the big race-the Valkyria, the Blue Rock, last year's winner; the Oreife, better known as the Deerhound the Castanal, Noel, Cygne and Marshall. At 10 o'clock the first gun was fired. The owner of the Valkyrie showed his great knowledge of seamanship by bringing his host within a few to let go when the signal was fired, thus feet of the line, where be was fally prepared securing a good five minutes start. The Valkyrie led from start to finish, and all the rachis behled followed her tactics so far as they could. The Valkyrie will take part in all the regattas on the littoral, after which her owner will cruise in the Mediterranean.

VIENNA, March 13th. Thousands of workmen to-day joined the annual procession to the graves of the victims of the rebellion of 1848. The pelice for deposited on the monument. Everything was bade speeches. Many soglalist symbols were orderly until on the return to the city, when the

and processionists had a serious collision, in police broke up the procession to arrest a man. The incensed the crowd and instantly the police

which the police were finally victorious.

It is estimated by military men here, who are constant communication with the Gallician frontier, that 250,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry and the new year to the line of fortresses between `a heavy force of artillery have been moved since hangorod and Rocono. In the last three weeks enforce garrisons in towns hardly a stone's throw the movement has been especially apparent in the advance of the Cossack regiments to re- from Prusian soil. Thus the forces at Wiezivek, Tichenestochow, Lipno, Melasawa and Ulawa have been doubled. At Vilna a new fortified camp has been constracted and invested with 10,000 troops. Great uncasiness is manifested here by the newspapers.

BALTIMORE, March 11th. ・ | tión. In an interview to-night ex-President Cleveland said he thought the main issue of the Democratic the best plan of attacking the tariff in Congress was a general bill, but was willing to defer to those who were on the ground and had the battle to fight. Regarding the Democracy's ultimate success, he said if the party were true to Belf and Its principles and fulfilled its pledges it could not be deleated.

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The Tageblatt states that the parents of a lieutenant named Lukisch have begun action agalart Henry M. Stanley for $20,000 damages, alleging that the lieutenant died from the effects of Stanley's ill-treatment on the Congo expedi-

CITY OF MEXICO, March 13th, Political clubs are being organized throughost The indications now are that Diaz,will have complete walk-over at the election in June.

CIP, and they are expecting a bad year. The price of rice has risen 40 cents per pfcul and the prices of vegetables and other necessaries of life have risen in proportion.

To-day, (April 4th) which is termed in the

burial places of his ancestors and sees the tombs Chinese calendar" pure and clear," is the day for worshipping at graves. Everyone visits the are in good order. There was a great procoa- ston in Shanghal city on the 4th.

To the great wonder of everybody, towards the end of the second moon the weather at Canton became Intensely cold, several persons being frozen to death. In the early part of the moon, mild and spring-like weather prevalled, which rendered the subsequent alp of frost all the

stranger.

Vieroy Liu Kung-yi begins his review of the

the ships are to assemble at Shia-kwand After torpedoes, fortifications and ironclads under his control on the 18th of the present moon. All Inspecting the ships on the Yangtze the Viceroy will proceed to Vangchow and Tsunkiing to review the troops there.

tomates of the Tauta Helen prison were executed Two prisoner who bave for some time been on the 29 ultimo and their heads are, as usual, en exhibition. It is said that these two mea were also leaders of the formidablo Rolas Hul, the "people."

On the motion of the Attorney-General Party next fall, would be the tariff. He thought the republic supporting the re-election of Dias.} and their death has given intense satisfaction to

seconded by the Colonial Secretary the St. John's Church Bill was read a first time,

THE PO LIUNG KUK BILL.

VALPARAISO, March 11th.

It is rumored here that Mr. Egan will soon be recalled to Washington. He will, it is said, be appolated United States Minister to Brazil.

LONDON, March 11th.

The Registrar General moved and the Colonial, Secretary seconded the first reading of this Bill. Mr. Whitehead-Sir, I am sorry to say that I am not able to support the first reading of this Bill. No statement of its objects has been made, no reason for its introduction given. A copy of the Bill did not reach my bands until late in the afternoon of Saturday--the day before yesterday

and a Bill of such importance as this A fortnight ago Howell Osborne, spendthrift, should, I think, have been accompanied by gambler and sporting man, was reported to be some statement of objects and reason. So dying in some town in France. It was learned far as I know, the Po Leung Kok bas to-day, however, that he sailed from Havre last been doing good work for a number of years, Saturday on the liner La Normandie, bound for but there is no reason whatever for any such New York. legislation as this. It will give a legal status and-legal-powers to what cannot be regarded but as a Chinese Secret Society, which will be dangerous in the extreme, and it will ultimately, I am sure, be found injurious to the trade and of the Colony. On these grounds I cannot sup port the Bill.

The Bill was read a first time without division.

it and make a temporary job of it, if he were MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE the shipping, and detrimental to the commerce

COUNCIL.

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held | this afternoon. There were present H. E. Sir W. Robinson, K.C.M.G., Governor ; Mr. G. T. M. O'Brien (Colonial Secretary) Me. W. M. Goodman (Attorney-General); Mr. F. A. Cooper (Director of Public Works); Mr. 1. H. Stewart-Lockhart (Registrar-General); Mr. F. H. May (Acting Colonial Treasurer); Comr. R. Murray Romsey (Harbour Master) Messrs. T. H. Waitehead, C. P. Chater, E. R. Bellos, and Ho Kai

TEO MUCHEE PIDOIN.

He is in pursuit of Fay Templeton, whó left him in Paris two weeks ago. Ar Fay was seca to alight from the club tram in London on the evening of the day that Osborne missed her, bowever, and was met on the platform by Abingdon Baird, a rich young fellow who has recently been devoting himself to Mrs. Langtry, It is probable that Osborne's quest will not be successful.

From reports received from Germany and Spain it is learned that a very heavy snowstorm to prevalling throughout those countries.” “Tele- graphic communication between France and Spain is loterrupted.

good man. There was a special clip for mend- fog pipes, though there might not have been one on board. The state of the pipes was so bad that it would have been a very difficult job, but not impossible for a clever engineer to put to rights on the ship, if he had a good oppertualty. Witness could not say how much the ship's cagineers had tried In Tourane the ship might have been free from coal and the bilges not choked, but the bunkers were in such condition that Choking would soon follow. The lower part of the plating was enthiely zone. Some planks had been fixed to keep coal from getting down from the upper

bunkers to the lower ones. As temporary measure that would enzbis her to get from Tourane to Hongkong.

Re-examined-In tough weather the planks might shift. Anyhow, wherever it came from, there was a lot of small carl in the bilgen when Harbour Master, wero, sworn in and took their HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION and trains are Imbedded. Trafic la Vienna was

CHANGES.

Works, Mr. F. H. May, as Acting Colonial Mr. F. A. Cooper, as Director of Public Treasurer, and Mr. R. Murray Rumsey, F seats.

MINUTES.

His Excellency There is no more business before the Council this afternoon, and I propose to adjourn until this day fortnight, after which I hope we shall be able to meet every Monday until the close of the Session. In the meantime we trust to be able to give satisfactory answers to all the questions of the bon. member at the other end of the table, and to close the Session, if possible, on the 20th May, I think the Colony has had sufficient legislation for the present, (Lood applause)

The Council then adjourned.

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The minutes of the last meeting were read Saturday, out of a good attendance

In the competition for Mr. Sassoon's cup on and confirmed,

members only one made a good score, namely Lieut. Hicks, of the Shropshire Light Infantry who won the cup and goo yards spoon, Mr. Watson took the spoon at 200 yards. The following are the scores :-

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WATER POLIÇE, Mr. Whitehead gave notice to make :—

the vessel get to Hongkong, besides which the tubing bad to be renewed to a great extent.

By the Court-The condition of the vessel was such that an unskilled person would be Justified in asking for a survey. If the third and fourth engineers demanded a survey before Leaving Tourant, they were justified" If they・ found the bilge pumps and bunkers were (r.) With reference to the notification No. 189 fo such a state, and from her appearance la in the Govemment Gazette of 29th June 1891, Hongkong witness thought she would be so is notifying the appointment of Commander W. C. Tourant. She was certainly not fit to go to sea H, Hastings as Superintendent of the Water when she got to Hongkong.

Capt. E. Burnie, Lloyd's surveyor, sald ibe Palice, will the Goverment inform the Council Torrington was under his survey from the 5th to the 29th Feb. He agreed with the evidence of last witness and would add that the condition of the lower bankers wat so bad that it was Impossible to put coal in them. Could not definitely as to what state, the ship was Tourane. A small quantity of coal would get Into the bliges from the upper bunkers. It took at Teast a fortnight to get the coal out of the cross-bunker bilges. The demand for a survey at Tousand was a - reasonable demand. The

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Torrington is now in * very good state of repair.

Capt. Berwick described the voyage, Leaving Singapore on 13th December, 1891, met beavy weatherand very strong monsoon, Patinto Salgon for coal. Met excessively bad weather later on, `so pat táto Salgón again, on the 25th. Some of the men came on that day, and saked for a survey, Witness explained that he thought it acnecessary, and waste of money. "It would Involve going up the river to Saigon. Ultimately, had to go up the river, se coal could not be sont down, On December 27th Samuel Campbell, sssistant, steward, was disrated, and his wages reduced from fato és, as he said openly that he was doing his utmost to make the old man get rid of him. Alia, he was drunk. He was Entrusted with the keys. Witness knew that be

1. If Commander Hästinga has yet assumed

the dulles of that office..

2. If not, has Commander Hastings received

any emoluments pertaining to the cfice

in addition to free residential quarters, Tsim Tea Tani, 8cc.

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3. If so, what do they amonat to, and what -- in - the “estimated "walan ng of the free

quarters, &c.

4. Is Commander Hastings still drawing any emoluments in respect of the office, and if so how much,

5. If Commander Hastings has not yet assumed the duties of the office, what does the Government intend to do in respect of the post. diren any 6. Will the Government lay on the table any papers pertaining to the creation of the the uncles of the office by Commander appointment, and the non performance of

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The action against Louls Clovis Bonaparte, by his first wife, for conspiracy was withdrawn to-day.

PARIS March 12th, Detaille was to-day elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts by thirty voteh, Carsint Duran, opposition candidate, only received this- teen.

VIENNA, March 12th, A blizzard is raging in Northern Austris and Hungary, Snow has made the roads impassable

suspended for hours.

The Archduke Leopold, the Emperor's uncle, is seriously ill of congestion of the lungs.

COPENHAGEN, March 12th, Professor Stelaberg, an eminent specialist In mental diseases, is dead.

SWANSIA, March 12th. The steamer Massachusetts salled to-day for Baltimore with a cargo of 4800,000 pounds of pedagoda. Toul to plate.

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NEWS OF THE WORLD.

The Pacific Mail Co.'s steamship City of Paking, Capt. R. R. Searle, which left San Francisco with the American mails on March 14th, arrived in harbour yesterday at 1.30 p.m. For the subjoined telegrams we are indebted to the San Francisen Chronicle 2-~.

(a) Ecclesiastical Vare,--With jeference to the grant of $3000, for Protestant Chupisins &c. for 1892, voted by the Council in November. December 1891, Will the Government inform the Council if the Secretary of State, has approved of the vole, or any portion of it if to how much; how is the money to be divided, and what is the was not competent from the commencement, but principle on which the division is to be made. money from Ear! Russell, and "not guilty ” to the

pro Mr.KuiShare Bill With reference

duced the log with entry of the affair.

LONDON, March 11th. The trial of Maliland Francis Morland, as aged Oxford tutor, accused of attempting to blackmail members of the nobility, took place to-day. When Morland was arraigned he pleaded gully to the charge of attempting-to-extent charge of extortion. The prisoner was sentenced

ZANZIBAR, March rath,

The report that the Brilish East Africa Com- pany's troops sustained severe delest in Witn at the hands of the natives is incorrect...

MADRID, March, xath.

; The Gazelle' to-day publishes a Government decree prohibiting the manufacture of artificial wines.com.

Heavy rains are again falling, seriously inter (pring with railway traffic.

**-DUBLIN, Marchṭrath.

Thousands of sheep perished in the recent heavy snowstorm,

MADRID, Marth 13th. The damage caused by the floods la more ex- tensive than was at first 'supposed, Railway traffic is Interrupted, many towns are entirely inolated, and Government assistance has been appealed for.

BUENOS AYRIS, March 13th, Senor Erlburn has been appolated Minister of Finance

Brazilian steamers are constantly arriving here with cases of yellow fever on board.

BRUSSELS, March 13th. 20 injured and 63 rescued unhurt.

In the recent mine disaster 153 were killed,

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News from Tajenshan is that another engage- ment had taken place between the troops and the rebels. Colonel Pu, who was leading the troops, was shot in the left arm, and Colonel Ling also receivad Injuries. Colonel Yo, who was recalled to serve in the navy, will not leave the scene of action until a more satisfactory state of things has been attained.

Kung, the newly appointed Provincial Tren- Eurer of Szechuan and formerly Tastal of Shanghal, arrived at Shanghai last Friday from the north by the steamer Fungahun. All the officials of this city were at the Klaletypen wharf to receive and do honour to their dis Excellency will take up bis quarters in the Tien tinguished guest. During his short stay his

city where the city magistrato bad prepared Hao Kung sad not as previously stated in the for bis reception.

PARIS, March 1ịth. The European edilen of the Herald recently number of notable Germans to bons that pablished a reply received by the Figare from a

would consent either to cede Alsace-Lorraine Journal had put the question whether Germany back to France or to neutralize those provincer a French view of the subject. from the pen of This (Monday) minrning the Figaro publishes

A fatal accident happened at Shanghai on the Ernest Laviase, a professor at the University of night of the 29th ultimo. At 9 o'clock a man Farls. He goes to the length of four and a half under a large umbrella was seen walking briskly columns, in the course of which he says: Your towards the wharf, apparently making for the German correspondents say that Germany would steamship Poyang, which was billed to leave feel insecure if Alsace were in the bands of for the river ports the following morning. The France. Let them measure the distance from stranger reached the edge of the pontoon next to our old frontiers to Berlin, and from our present the ship and then suddenly disappeared from borders to Paris They have opened a bridge view, to the surprise of the people around. On into the heart of France, and we feel the breath | bearing a splash in the water they realised what of the enemy upon our necks."

had happened, and immediately rushed to Then, taking up the historical and ethnological the poor man's rescue in boats, But unfortunately sides of the question, M. Lavisse concludes that it was too late, for ille was already extinct when no matter how long a period may elapso France||they dragged the corpse on shore. will never abandon her determination to be pre- pared to take possession of "Alsace-Lorraine whenever the opportunity for doing, so presents

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LATE TELEGRAMS.

THE LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.

LINCOLN, March 23rd. Mr. Blandell Maple's Clarence, 3 yra., őst, 6lb. z. Mr. 1. Teaning's Acrobat, 3 yrs., 6st. lb...... a Sir C. Hartapp's Linkboy, 6 yrs., 78, 4lbs 3

THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.

LIVERPOOL, March 25th.

Mr. G. C. Wilson's Father O'Flym, aged, 10st.

Mr. C. Duff's Clolater, aged, 12st 3lb... Mr. G. Masterman's.Ibex, «ged, 12st, gib...

WASHINGTON, March 5th

NAGASAKI,

March 30th, 1892.

A rumour clrculated in Kobe on the sand inst, to the effect that a large, three-masted ateamer was ashore between Sagami and Rock Island turned out to be unfounded.

H.LH. Prince Komatsu Yorihito arrived here in the P. & O. steamer Perons on Wednesday fast, for the purpose of being present at the forth coming naval review, and the following day ha took up bis quarters on boxed the Takashika Kan.

The Mitsu Bishi Co's steamer Akorki, Cupe tala Trennt, arrived from Shanghai yesterday at 3on, and left again st6 p.ai, with 1,500 tons of Takashima coal on board, having accompilah. ed the round trip la, ɓve days ene hour, thus beating the "record."

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It is presumed that the feeling of the House of Representatives must have undergone a change in respect to the Bland Suver Bill, even the opponents of the Bill expect a large majority in its favour.

BERLIN, March 15th, The Catholic Party are very wrathful at the CRACOW, March zată.

Education Bill' being dropped, and are deserting Military transport trains bearing large nume the Government in consequence. The separation heis of troops we continually passing here for the Western frontier. In the villages and towns of the offices of Chancellor of the Empire, and

Prussian Premier Is generally condemned. of Poland 120,000 troops have been billeted

прот the inhabitants.

BERLIN, March 4th, communication from the Emperor to the Russler The Reichsanssiger this evening publishes a Milolatry announcing that the time has arrived for the annual sequestration of the property of the late King George of Hanover. In a letter dated Thursday the Duke of Cumberland requests the Emperor to give his gracious consideration to the execution of the treaty dealing with the property of the late King litter concludes I am pleased to avall my. that it is far from my latention to

if of the opportunity of once more declaring

engage enterprise calculated to disturb or in any way

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· Loudon, March 16th,

In the House of Commons last night. Mr. Fezwick brought forward a resolution in favoar it was rejected by a majority of sixty-five votes. of the payment of members of Parliament, but In conseqacace of the constant attacks by the Darham strikers on the men working the primp a squadron of desgoons has been sent to the scene of the disturbance, compare

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THE BANGKOK MISSIONÁRE.

LIBEL: CASE,

$5,000 DAMLOKS AWARDED.

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The Baval review to be held in the vicinity of thle port is expected to commence on the 3rd prox. Viscount Kabayama. Minister of the Navy, Admiral Nakamuta, Commander of the Kore Naval Station, and other officials are reported to have left Tokyo for Naganid yester day he funeral of the late Mrs. Linklater took place on Thunday afternoon last, a number of residents and seafaring people joining in the procession formed by Capt. Linklater and the officers and men from the map Orga.. The burial service OVER the

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Rev. A. R. Falle Kalaha's steamet Charters The Mitsul Hassan undergo repairs to her bottom, necesaliated by were unived from Misumi on Sunday, last to getting ashore in Misumi harbour, as reported in our last lasue. The amount of damage sustained is stated to be comparatively

small. She will be taken into Dock as soon as the Miika Maru comes out.m

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Among the appropriations to be asked for at the approaching Session of the Diet it is stated the Department of Foreign Affairs will apply for $300,000 to be devoted to exploration purposes. thought he would at least be carèini. He to the memorial and petition of bankers, to ten years.peral servitude. This is equivalent menace the peace i

It is proposed to send experts to Central and South America, and the South Sea Islands, with His Lordship noticed that the enity is the merchants, brokers, traders, and others carrying to a life sentence, for Morland is now 65 years states belonging thereto. I would never with At the V. S. Consular Court at Bangkok on: a view to investigating the log wal crowded is, as though writes allar the onbusiness in the Calvey of Henetong, addressed old. It was shown by the prosecution that the the resources at my disposal, knowingly originate the 19th March the actlen for libel brongist by places for colongedon, adaptabilty of thou that a part of Jue cony?was made afterwards. tary of State for the Colonies, in connection with her, under the games of Maliland and Mers of approve^any ́hostila enterprise' instigated or the Rev. Lewis Asson Eaton against-Dry2. The declared quantity of coal shipped from next day's entry was made. Witness explained to the Right Honourable Lord Huntxlord, Segre-

land, wrote to a number of young members of tooted, directly or indirectly, against your Hayward Haya, clalining $50,000 damages, was Kuchinoise was valued at $109 776, from Moji Pressed more closely,, witness mids, confused | the will entitled “an Ordinance to amend the Law the nobility replies, and bis Lordship sald z. As a matter of in respect of the sale of shares in Companies fascinating weting himself as a young ano 1959 say be the Prussian state,” saidGA WEWEHeard before Col. Boyd, Minister Resident and at $60,557.20, and from Karatan: at $13,299,

tone of the Duke's surrender furprise Consul-General, with two assessors Mr.Z. B. during the past month-Riding Sun. I don't think you know much about the registered under the Companies Ordinances 1E65 tion, was willing to assume immoral relations to adherents and opponents allice. Some Michell

the plaintiff and dr. V. Paze video s yourself,

* to 1836, and "in "other" Joint Stock Companies, with themes His Lordship fanher elicited from witness that will the Government lay on the tabe a copy of Walls Morland war maidag an eloq

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Both | DEAFNEM ABSOLUTELY CURID —A Gestézan the words having been intoxicated appeared any reply therete, which may have been received appeal for mercy be sobbed billerly. He Legged epocted than the recognition of the German examined showing that the action arose out of who cares Hlaval of Detfless and Nolses in the to have been put in afterwardagangbanginiai M45) Objects and vestens for Araw Will the judge so let him die in the midst of ble stopice, with a promise of friendly neutrality illeged bellona Patatements regarding the former Head, of 14 years standing, by a new method,

"Wimear," proceeding, said that on the 29th the Government revet to the convenient system family Instead of in prisona op

PUCHOLADA 50%LOWDON, MANTIE In letter sent by the latter to a third partyče Dr. (will be pleased to send fall particula from. -the men înlisted on going ashore at Buizon," "The obtwining: is former years of appending to the Justice Basith, before whom the prisoner. was On Thursday the Emperor Wilism was con- McFarland, a Bangkek missionary, had written. "AndresE HERBERT GLITION: 8-Shepherdsphar

bilgi pump wes being repsland. They went to | pelated: dinic offesor/new, bid "wassment of Fansigned, said the enormity of Morland's erime i kaod te kie bed by ne sveze sold and new mg oud. so she hand of the Bagcist Ualon la the Rap, | Kenningan Park, London, 8.2. Lag

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