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COLLISION ON THE WOOSUNG BAR.

THE "FIIMA" SUNE.

The Mercury of the Bih fast, says :-The Shanghai Shippers sternship Frima came into collision at 3 o'clock this afternoon with the C. N. Company's steamship Hangchew on the Woosung Inner Bar, and the former vessel filled and sank Immediately. No Bres were last. The fairway is not, blocked. We have not

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1892.

The latest advices from Calcutte, in reference to the revolt of the Chin Iushal tribe at Fort White, in Upper Burma, state that the native police have joined the rebels.

Mjor-General Brackenbury, das manounced at Simia that England will maintain the independence of Afghanistan against all aggression,

Geologies report that German East Alrick is virtually barren of all mineráls,

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It is reported at Berlin that Lord Rosbery's lone in regard to England's parition lo coincc- to fere the Camerely so mild that Russa dece rot believe that the British Government has any intention of intervening.

The Wababos in German East Africa have taken the German military post at Usugars, killing an efficer and four privates. They menace the safety of other German garrisons.

The tendering for the loan of £10:gro favited by the Melbourne Metrop-litan Board of Woks, closed today. The amount required was ffered mainly by the pubic, exclusive of three banks. The stock will be allotted to applicants to-mirrow.

The Grand Jury has rejected two of the strongest charges against Mr. Hohore Mercier, Ex-Premier of Quebec, who was recently com- mitted for trial on three separate charges of

malfeasance,

The Coney Island Club, New York, has It is reported that Mr. John Morley has dis-ffered a purse of £5.00 for a fight between for Manster

Some uneasiness has been caused in Paris by Colonel Turner, it is farther stated, has protested againt his dismiss 1, and French expedition in Dahrmey has been ever. #report which is current to the effect that the is prepared to bring forward proof that be has whelmed and mass cred by a force of 20,000 done his duty,

Dahomeyanu at Couloups, The Royal Commission to inquire into the

The report has not been confirmed. best means of amelernting the condition of the evicted tenants in felind has been appointed. recently took place between Vienna and Berlin Amilitary riding contest similar to that which Mr. Justice Mathew is Chairman; the other members of the Commission are but litilerted between Vienna ard Rome.

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is a large lamp with a broad wick. When lighted. the lamps" look like a fiery vertebral column while the skin seems Incandescent.. Of smaller se, though Inrge enough to stanie a westerner who tees them for the first time, are anacondas fifty feet long, tigers, peacocks, lione, sharks and bulls larger than elephants, and elephants as high as a house.. To increase the effect the figures are colored at what might be called concert-pitch. The peacock is like a rainbow and the skin of the tiger would make a good pattern for the bandanna of a Corgo woman,

The ordinary lanterns carried in funeral or received fall particulars of the affair, our reporter we ding processions have a spilt bamboo frame not bayleg retorted from the scene when we covered with paper or gause and measure from went to press. It would scem that both vericis two to three fret in diameter. On the surface were leaving the river at the time the accident i painted the sumame, and titles of the family. occurred, the 'Frima being bound for Chefso and if used in a wedding procession, the decora- missed Colonel Turner, Dv sional Commissioner Jackson and Corbett, Tientsin, and the Hängekow for Newchwing. tions and letters should be red and black Two passengris on board the Frima, Mr. and with as much red and as little black as possible. If at a funeral, the coloring should be blue, no other ifat being permissible excent in the case of a very high mandarin. Here yellow, the sacred or imperial color, may be employed, or yellow and black. The common herd is not permitted to carry the mandarin lanterns, At least such to the law. When, however, the celebrants are willing to salve the official's palms, the law becomes a dead letter. For the poor who can spare a Ittle money are globes and egg-shaped lanterns made of split bamboo, rattan or wire. and glazed paper or oiled cloth. They range from six faches in diameter to three and even four feet. The ground of the exterior is either Upon it are printed in red or blue guest charac-limited a character. ters which either indicate the same or a quotatlan from the poets. The idea of carrying a-lantern at night, on which is written the name of the owser and his ranks and titles or his business house's name, is to show to the public that he is If he has any The Pennsylvania and Caspian petroleum-a chizen and not a highwayman. wells are playing havne with one of the oldest title or rank he is admitted to places of entertain Industries in the Extreme Orient. Kerosene Is ment without trouble, the Chinese people paying more regard to tiles and lanterns than to the person himself. In travelling at night everyone aves a torch ar lantern, Ordinary business.

Mrs Southcot, lost all their belongings. The Customs launch, with Mr. Hansen on board, immediately put off and took the prople from the alaking steamer to the Customs Station at Woosung. The Hangehow, we are told, did not after anchoring for a few moments proceeded There is not sufficient water on the bar to

render alstance and did not lower a host, but

on her voyage

cover the sunken s'eɩmer.

The Harbour Authorities and Captain Tisdall, the Marine Sarerintendent of the Company to which the Frima belongs, accompanied by Mr. H. Sonne, Lloyd's Surveyer, Immediately on receiptotibe_news by telegraph_in_Shanghai,

knows...

The Irish landlords are not represented on the Commission.

The Home Rule press commends the Com- mission, but the Conservative jurnals doubl whether it will eff et any good. The tenants are regarded as really fraudulent 'deb'ots. It is

Dr. Nell, the man recently committed to take bis trial on a charge of poisoning several women in the Lambeth district, has been sentenced, to death.

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Eight officers of the Life Guards, at Windsor, have been dismissed the service as the result of the inquiry into the late mutinous conduct of a number of the men,

Asiatic cholera is abating throughout Turope Disastrous foods have occurred in Sardinia, Three hundred houses were swept away at Sas Pietra and over one hundred of the inhabitants drowned. Several villages throughout the country are submerged.

Lord Carrington will very probably succeed the Earl of Lansdowne as Viceroy of India.

Germany to increasing her army to four million four hundred thousand men of all arms, in order to keep pace with the growing strength The additional cost will amount annually to of the French and Russian military armaments. three millions steiling.

TAKU.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

Taku, 3rd November. The press are to be awarded according to the

There is some late starting news of purely condition in which the bor es anive

Since Wednesday last £750000 In gold bascal character, which I'll let you know presently been sent from London to he Continent.

after giving you the more general "gup" of wider circle of your readers. It win Speaking in the Auvrian Delegations Count Anterest to K Iroky, the Austro-Hungarlan Minister for no doubt interest many of them to be informed Feign Affairs, declared that Austria, desired that an Atlantic liner has found her way into the to preserve the best relations with Russia, and Gulf of Pechill, which is so considerably out of ber usual track-between New York and Eristal ---where she used to trade, until the Shanhal

the Far East, She has to discharge here no less than 1,514 tons of railway material, mostly alls. She not being an ordinary and regul-r trader to Take Pilet Town (or "Pilotion," as I saw it spelled the other day) I am not aware exictly of her name; but it reminded

went down to the scene of the wreck, in a launch white-or-the-natural-color-df-the covering thought that the range of the Inquiry la of too bad received asorances from that Power that no

We oppose the usual red lights will be "exhibited per ding the raising of the Prima... »

CHINESE LANTERNS.

so cheap and so efficient that the unsightly and malodornus lamp is driving the lantern out of existence With the-lantern-goes one of the prettlest features of Chinese fe after dark. No one know the wristic possibilities of the lantern until he has seen some great festival in a large city of this Empire. The endless variety in sizes, shapes, colors and styles offers a marked contrast to the illuminations at home, which consist in the main of monotonous candles and a few bright transparencies,

men use

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the mammath mandarin steamship company. The great visitors found the patient's mind highly exercised on account of some money matters, it being well known that the illus 'trious sufferer's financial affairs have been none of the brightest of late, owing to no particular fault of his own. It seems that the late Mr. Tong awed $50 000 to the Tactal referred to, or "had been brought in as a debtor to that amount, (at least so rumour has it) and that “Li Hung chang undertook there and then to sea tha whole claim settled, to caso the dying man's mind; the documents relating to the Indebtedness had to be produced, and the great Viceroy ran his vermillion pencil through them there and then a truly magnificent Oriental style 81 discharging a debt, and I suppose it will have to be taken cum grano salis, so I merely give it to you for what it may be worth, and how it is currently reported amongst the Chinese; told

and refold, in fact, with great Fire boug natives, as the latest exquisite tit-hlt of gossip from the metropalls on the Pelho-Mercury.

THE SUCCESS OF LABOR.

At the present time great changes are coming about in the social status of mankind. A man is not. now-a-days conildared a God, because his father was a clever userer or merchant. It is becoming recognised fact that all nion are equal-as mes-and hava ench the right to enjoy life's blessings to a equal decres. In the past it has always been Abe aim of the rich to grind down, the poor, and as the latter had but one alternative-starvation--they

The French troops in Dahomey have fought Aggressive government against Austria was kwan railway enterprise sent her away dying to were, compoiled to be thankful for what they could

another batile near Abomey, the carial-The Dahomeyane again suffered defeat. The French last 24 men,

October 16th.

The latest intelligence from Morcccs in regard to the French mission to Fra is to the effer that Count D'Aubigny is discussing with the

batteries at Tangler urder French engineers Sultan the question of the construction of Another subject to be brought under considera- tion is the establishraent of a Franco-Moonlah bank.

October, 17th,

It is stated that the Chillan Government is willing to cede Mollendo and Ateca to Bolivi, with a view to irt rposing between the Chilas

territory,

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aplits and gized piper or gauze. These cost | Houve lanterns are legion. The simplest is and Peruvian Republics a zone »l, neara! cantile Bank of Australia says that he has tonight. at the scene of the Gem wreck, it is,lm- best doctors in this city and Molbourne for thede

The Marquis el Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, informed a deputation from the London Labour League that the Government was unfavourable to Stave-aided emigration, tna much as the coloris to which such embra, tion was directed in quir d very strict guarantees. The French authorities assert that the Dahomeyans in their hostilities with the French are assisted by Germans, who help them to construct earthworks and are supplying them with arms. The complaints have been brought under the notice of the Emperor William, who has ordered that an inquiry should be held.

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nearsiga and weakness. I tried all

troubles All to no

was £lmost distracted Purpose. with pain, and with

to another

doctor, and ba recommended Clements Tonie, saying that my nervous system was prostrated with the shook, and that. Clements Tonic would rebuild my constitution. I

The autoblography of Major 'Le' Caron has been issued, and pronounced disappointing. I

got. But now education is opening men's eyes to contains no fich revelailors of importance;

the fact that mankind could enjoy much more Hulgarla bas concluded a loan of £4,000,000. though amply confirming the correctness of his

pleasure and comfort if such large shares of the world's wealth were not anunxed by the few. The The Chastered Mercantile Bank of India, st lements to the Parnell Commission. In Lond in, and China, proposes to form a new

day of a great industrial revolution is at hand, and a concern, under the title of the Mercantile Bank 1881, when the Clan-ns-Gel was conductlig

brighter and botter fatores in store for ef lidi, with a capital of £1.500.000, the Jattern active policy in Ireland D-voy told Le Caron of well known, familiar name in con purch sing the assets of the former bank for that he had a letter from Mr. Pasallarating that section with a certain sauce, and I remem-

he was exasperated," and was "willing to do ber now, the termer name Is Worcester socially and financially, and whilst paying attention anything." Egan to'd Le Caron, according to But the espain's name I do not recollect, it is to these great interests it is also essential to take

he latter that Mr. Parnell was

something like Brown or Robinson; he has not particular are of our physical well-being. An all- right as a revoluioris; be desued to join the Irish revolu- called on your correspondent yet, a pardonablesing providence has so constituted the huma

onary brotherhood, but was excluded, the oversight, considering that our railway affir frams that the brain is immediately informed of any membrelieving ibat he would think more of must be rushed through all they can before the

organic derangement; a simple headacha la a sign the society if he was outside than if he was

winter may be setting in.

that the liver is deranged, or that the nervous system I wrote you already abou' the Taku Teg and within it." In an interview held in the corrider

is weakened, which, if neglected, continues to decline/ (the House of Commons, Mr. Pirrell told Le Lighter Company having ordered a new steamer Caron that he "saw no reason why an open at your port to replace their lost jewel, the lathe nervous issues waste away and completely collapse, and a fatal termination frequently results. Intur ciloner movement was not possible

Gam, which has now become a permanent fix'ur

Herr Otto Franzen,

inzen, Adelaide, S.A., writes I was |· Daly, the Inv ncible, i tended to destroy the

at the bottom of the Pelho River, a victim of taken with a sadden ft whilst dressing ons

morning. Heuse of Commors while in session, throwing

fast summer's freshets. A hoat has been kept last February, and fell on the iron bedstead, a bombs upon the table in front of the Speaker.mented at the wreck exhibiting a red flag i

cut my temple

which bied profusely the fall plai formed to seize the Coronation Stone Pavlight, and a red light at night, which it is completely stunned me, and I was unconscious for of Scone Abbey, falled, owing to the treachery suppose would indicate" danger" according to hours. My family procured medical assistance, and International usages, But your present cor. I got somewhat bettor in about a fortnight; but over toriure from nervous of an informer.

The official receiver in the affairs of the Mer-rabndent not having any particular business setace the accident I suffered

headaches day learned that in February 1890, Mr. J. B. possible to report in these few lines from personal the Ainslie, the recently-apprinted liquidator of the experience.

Last night the ladies of our town were rather Mercantile Bank, reported to the London board

directors that he had found the bank's "cared. In fact the whole community felt far from advances to be in a very satisfactory state. He comfortable, as our lives had been threatened by the natives. We have no volunteers here to esilmnied that 10,000 would place everything In order. The surplus value of the bank's we could not call them out, ard the strength of

our police force is q with the tail cut off. W premises would more than cover any deficiency

had to appeal to the Chinese Authorities and at that date.

150 soldiers were sent from the forts for our protection. The row took place on account of a quarrel between two Chinese carpenters the carpenter belonging to the Taku Tug and Lighter Compiny, and Torger, a Native carpenter living in Taku. It appears that a mast of one of the pilot boats had been broken, and Tonger WAS sent for and arrangements made with him to have the damage made good, but as he did not do the work to ther quled time the carpenter of the Tahu Tug and Lighter Company was sent for, and it was arranged that 47 had to do the work. Toozer heard of this and he mustered a gang of men and armed them with swers and other weapons; these came upon the Taku ug and Lighter Cofs carpenter, and immediately commenced to make mincemeat of him, for the poor fellow is pretty well hacked. Net satis with this, they threatened to kill all the foreigners in Tako, and this was to take place. last night, but on acreunt of the presence of the soldiers nothing occurred. There was a scare, l'assure you, except with one or two, who were Armed with Dutch conzage, The natives around. here have not been very felerdly since a member of our community attempted to start a Fishing ST. JOHN Company. One of the T. T. and L Co's lighters was fitted up a trawler, and the originator of the scheme expected to make a fortune, but it turned out a complete failure; still it was enough to make the inhabitants believe wo were about to take the bread out of their mouthsjer tay the loaves and fishes, and they are only waiting for an opportunity, or an excuse, to pay us off in their own Celestial war.

small glass and tin affi,375,000 which they swing as they walk.

The money market is hardening, owing to the well-to-do and the mandaring empiny the

Increasing gold exports. The bank rate is globes already described. Two of these are usually fastened to the hark of the traveller'kely to be raised at the end of the month, Redan-chair as a part of its furniture. At night they are lighted, one of them suspended from the arms of the chair and the other carried by a There sic as many kinds of lanteras in the ervant who gos in advance. At a rule the East as there are canles and classes. For the higher a man's social standing the larger his very pror are lay equate hexes of tin-plate and lanterns. If he has a title, it is painted on a thin window glass, thice inches high and two inches aiface in charzeem so large as to surround the square, which cast from 3 to 5 cents. These are light. A titled lantern takes the right of way of moden origin and result from the remarkable over a plain one, and, as between titles, the hir ber cheapness of the materials employed. Equally precedes the lower. The only exception is that common but fifty centuries older are cylinders"Joss-lantern or one belonging to a religious of about the some cubic size, made of bamboo racession takes precedence ever all others. from, one cent upwards. The box contains square box whose sides are glass, in which is a diminutive lamp, which holds less than a gill burned a large candle. It is used for reading of oil and burns six hours. The cylinder and sewing. An advance on this consists in employs a rarew candie similar to those used decorating the panes with poetical quotations, at home on Christmas trees. It cost a fraction geometrical patterns in calor, or pictorial designs of a cent sed burns frem one to three hours, of various sor's. The cost of these varies from For the rich are the superb New Year's Interns 15 cents to a dollar. The next step makes the made in Centon by a guild which prides itself framework a péniagan or hexagon, carves the upon an unbreken der rent frorn Manchu Tartars, wood work and decorates the glass as, in the They range in price from 15 cents to as many rreeedlog class. These are handsome and ran dollars and re marvels of beauty and ingenuly. In price im ffy cents to three dollars. A fourth The more expensive are usually large figures stage substitutes fine woods, such as leak, ebony preventing a clock tower, house, fortress, and tran-wood, and hangs to the points and angles watch-lower, palace, Faroda and even

of the lantern omaments la afik, tinsel and

Mr. Arnold Morley, the British Postmaster- mosque, pyramid or cathedral. The designers metal. In the fifth, the artist makes the lantern

General, has promised Mr. Percaval, the Agent bow from or follow every known style of in the shape of a pareda, temple, bouse or heat,

General for New Zealand, to re-submit to the architecture in the outlines, but in the details so that by day it is a handsome ornament to the and decorations never pass beyond the limits of room, while at night it is both ornament and Treasury the proposal for a renewal of the sub- Chinese conventionality. The structures_arO

laminator. Occasionally you ran across ancient aidy on the converance of mails between Great Britain and Australia by the Pacific route. If the rquare, pentagonal or hexagonal-and-run from lanterns. Some of these are very carirus on one to four Ed five stories in height, and in

account of the richness of the framework and service had been a fortnightly one, then is linear measure from two to twelve feet. Struc- the poverty of the glazed paper, muslin or silk importance would demand greater consideration, tores representing houses and palaces are very which make the panes. The frame is of brass,

Mr. Morley was impresse by Mr. Perceval's due to the originals. The doors and windows bronze, ivory, and even silver. It is very argument that Vancouver would probably toon replace San Francisco as the terminal fort in can he opened upon the verandas and in the seldom plain, but nearly always carved of

North America, and hence any agreement now entrance te flower-pals, stands, flowers and moulded in very complex and ornate patterns.

long Many of these were votive offerings to part-decided upon would not necessarily be cats-The-door-wave_and_window frames. on every floor are glided, silvered, or decorated calar deities ; others belonged to rich men and--one- with her paintings or minute bas-rellefs in mandarios, while st oihers were once the paper. Wall-spices are colored to bright and furniture of seme long-forgotten palace, barmibnica tints and usually touched up with Awerdrawings at salient points, Inside of the structure on a level with the ceiling of the first floor to a large lamp suspended from the wire and bamboo keleton of the house From the same framework fine wires support human figures antimals and pieces of furniture. On each for a play is going on before interested, spectaters. Actors, and auditors, antrasis and furniture are made of paper, drawn and colored falt fully down to the smallest items. The figures which number_from_50_to_two thousand, are well distributed, so that no matter from what point of view the lantern is regarded there will always be visible one or more scenes of human activity. Over the lamp is a horizontal wind mill with paper vanes. It is connected by wires with various figu es in all parts of the building.|| When the lamp is lighted, the ascending current of heated air sets the mill going and puts

The Chinese have a bigh appreciation of these antiques and pay astonishingly high prices for them. Too often iber indulge in the practice of removing the ancient silk panes and putting la common modern parer ones. The bronza masterpiece of a dead dynasty in such instances looks like a Venetian palace, converted lato a pension for lezzaroni.

NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

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The China Navigation Co.'s steamer Chingtu, Capt. A. Hunt, from Sydney, via porta al call, arrived in harbour last night. For the sub- Joined Items of news wo aro fad-bted to our Colonial exchanges:--

LONDON, October rrth.

Keli Hardie, addressing the meeting of the

Congregational Union of England and Wales,

which has opened its sitting at Bradford, in Yorkshire, created to-day a painful scene in the assembly. He declared that the "Churches" preached only to the respectable, and forget the writhing and suffering mass of humanity. Men and women, he declared, were being dilven into. bell without a helping band, Ministers Inter rupted the speaker with declarations that his statement was false,

October 19th. Intelligence bar just reached London to the effect that an attempt has been made to blow up by means of dynamite a train conveying the Czir of Russia. The outrage was perpetrated at Sklernelvice.

It appears that the Nihilists exploded a dyna mite bomb under a passenger train at the rail- way station at Sideralevice, under the belief that it was the train containing the Caar. Five passengers were killed and 14 were injured.

all the figures to motion. The movements of each figure are of course monotonore, but the number of those in action is a large as to produce. the impression of a living race of figures. The decorations of the bulldings are very pretty, but somewhat incongruous. From the base hang alik corts carrying tassels, gilt balls, crystal spheres or pieces of coral or Imitation Jide. On the edges and angles of the different flors, caver,andslages, are flowers and sometimesfrol made of rice-paper, they figures of mythical monsters, glass beads and other minute objects. As a whole, the New Year's lantern of Canton in about as gorgeous * affair as the human -mind aver evolved. They are extremely popular In South China. Every family has one with which to start the New Year, and hangs it in the malo ball in front of the Ancestral Tables, Wealthy people buy as many as there are large halls in their home, and hang one in each of the later. The one in front of the Ancestral Tablela is known as the "Regeneration-lamp" and is commonly believed to be of great efficacy in promoting the increase of familles This philoprogeritive, influence, it may be ;added, is at ll further alded by `prayer on the A Chillan 5 per cent loan of £1,800,000, with part of the mother and a rich diet for at least a minimum of 95, has been placed on the London thirty days. The "Regenerationslamp is market. The scalp is quoted at 3 per cent universal in Canton and other parts of Kuang. || premium. J. tung, is known in ports of Kwang-stand Fokien, Mr. Paul Krüger, President of the Transvaal but is practically unknown in other portions of Republic, in South Africa, advocates the placing the Empire,

of the British on an equal footing with the Dutch A woman has been murdered in Glasgow under circumstances posscasing many features of the crimes committed by "Jack the Ripper" in Whitechapel.

The train by which the Czar was travelling entered the station by another line, and thus escaped injury.

Forty anests have been made.

The National Sporting Club offers £4000 to be fought for by Jackson and Corbett at the end of the coming spring.

The Calingbreke Cloh, In London, offers, ¿roco for a fight between Jim Hali and Fit Simmons in March,

T. Heimer and J. Gandour have defeated Edward Hanian and W. O'Connor In a double scull race at Ontario, by seven lengths,

Mr. Gladstone, in writing to Sir Charles Gaven" Duffy, states that he is unaware of any distincion bewere the veto of the Crown and that of the Imperial Parliament over any colonial legislation. Lord Rosebery, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, writing on the same subject, says that the only veto which Parliament can exercise

consists in the passing of a measure to override Colonial Acts—a power which is rather abstract tban concrete,

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Lord Randolph Church, in a letter on the subject of Parliamentary Labour Party, apposes the formation of a distinct Labour Party

will give practical legislates effect to many of will give practical 'to many of the demands of labour.

Great depression prevails in the Glasgow fron trade, due to the acceptance of contracts at low rates.

The wheat companies in America refuse to furnish statistics to the Government, on the ground that their publication would "bear" the

marketa,

Cholera bar ceased its ravagerin Persia. The total mortality from the pest in that country exceeds 60,000 persons.

Captalo Lugard, in a letter to the Times, advocates the introduction of immigrants from India Into Uganda. He says that the British Government is pledged by the Brussels agree. ment to construct allways in the territory. It possible to govern Uganda at a cost of 629,000 per annum, but the British-East Africa Company had irrevocably decided to retire from the territory.

Perala has placed a 6 per cent, loan of £500,000

on the London market, the minimum belog

Gred at £95.

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October 19 h.

The London creditors of the Mercantile Bank of Aushalin have resolved to obtain counsel's pion in Melbourne as to the criminal or civil #bility of the directors. If there should be a ressonable prospect of a conviction they will take preliminary steps to get the Victorian Gavemment to prosecute.

The meeting refused to hear Mr. Millage, the late manager, and appointed Mr. Stewart as quidator." It advised the contributors is make the provisional committee permanent, and to act with him. Mr. Stewart expects little abrinkage in the London calls. He denoimmerd the methad adopted by Sir Matthew Davies and Mr. Millage in making advances to what are known as the Davies Companies.

Jis reported that the Ameer of Afghanistan Interdito_orge General Lord Roberts, at the approaching interview, to endeavour to perau de the Indian Government to recognise Abdur Rehman's legitimate son as his succissor. The Ameer promises to carry out extensive reforms

(this concession be granted,

As the result of an interpellation In the French Chamber of D-puiles, M. Loubet, the Premier, has offered to personally arbitrate in the Car

queiz miners' trike.

An ex'ensive fire has taken place at Englewood Chicago. The damage to property amounts to soo good-1. Several persons were diled during the progress of the fire.

The Chin Lushai rebels to Upper Burmab are collecting additional men and guns with the view of making a strong attack on the British relaforce ments sent frorn Mandalay and Rangoon to suppress the rising.

The rebel tribesmen are Inciting the iriendly natives to in their ranks.

The London County Council has decided to build the poposed workmen's dwellings itself,

thur doing way thihergesalty for contractors.

Fur her advices received from Dabomey state that there is no foundation for the report that the French expedition had been massacred. The troops were matching upon Cans. They have had many skirmishes with the enemy, but the goloma remains uobaimed,

The 7fmer, in commenting upon the autoblo genphy of M for Le Caron, which has just been polshed, asys that the fallure of the Parnell Commission to shake M-for Le Caron's evidence entitles his statements to entire bellef.

The vacancy in the Order of the Garter caused by the death of the Duke of Sutherland has been bestowed upon the Earl of Rosebery, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

An Australian lady has presented to the Prince of Wales, for the Imperial Institute, a peni of to bels which is regarded as second only to that of St. Paul's Cathedral. The gift is intended as a memento of the Queen's Jablies.

bonow local 11 produce a healthy effect on

The Financial News stites that the proposal of the Government of New South Wales 10.

the credit of the colony. It declares that when Writing of the dismissal by Mr. John Morley | the railways pay expenses and interest on the of Colonel Turner, Divisional Commissioner for money expanded, a landmark in the prosperity Master, the Freeman's Journal affirms that of the colony will have been re ched... other divisional maghtenses deserve to be dealt. with in the same way as Colonel Tarner.

Mr. R. L. Stevenson complains in a letter to

the Times that the Chief Justice of Samoa is interfering with the jurisdiction of the magistrate, Mr. Cooper. He also alleges that the German officials are unfit for their positious,

October 18th,

An extraditition treaty between England and Portugal hau been signed.

The natives have atacked a German post in East Aflea, killing the garrisons and jooting

stations.

Afzal, the new Mehtar of Chlizal, a native state situated on the north-western frontler of

The Standard announces that Russia will shortly lasué à 4 per cent loan of £20,000,000 in Berlin and El-Petersburg-The minimamediay who somed the throne upon the death of will be fixed at 97.

his father, the late Mehtar, has requested the presence of a British officer, in consequence of threatened complications la bis state,

LATE TELEGRAMS.

SYDNEY, October 27th. The intercolonial rifle match, including teams from Victoria, New Zealand, Adelaide, Tasmanis, and Queensland, resulted, to a víc ory for thy Victorians, with South Australians second, and New Zealanders third work an

BRIFBANE, October 27th,

A prospector has brought la eighty ounces of gold, the result of a fortnight's work in new coun. try on the Batavia River, on the western side of Cape York Peninsula.

The water in the river has gone down some. what more, and steamers are going up and down now with Increased difficultles, but none that could not be overcome by the skill of your gallant and experienced ShanghalTM steamer skippers, who have been trading now to this port for ered to bond and thes, en cca A few words more about the new tugboat, ordered in Shanghal to replace the Gim It is supposed to be a hybrid between the tugs Litak and Kaital, which have proved so successful; the one owing to the arrangement of ber machinery, as a powerful lng, and the other, owing to the shape of her model, belog so easy to handle, when going alongside, or casting off, from vessels to be boarded. The shape of the new host will certainly be a novelty, and her achievements expected to be wonderful; I wish her designers every success. Her hull la expected to resemble, some measure, the shape of a soda-water bottle, and I hope soon to see a glowing account of her trial trip in your. columns-Mercury.

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(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

Cheloo, 5th November, 1893.

In my last letter I had occasion to inform you

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Hongkong, 12th November, 1892, DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SWATOW, AMOY & TAIWANFOO.

THE Company's Steamship

"THALES," Captain Bathurst, will be despatched for the above Ports, on TUESDAY, the 15th instant, at- Noon.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

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General Managers. Hongkong, 12th November. 1802. [1126

NOTICE THE Undermentioned Firm as Established at CANTON from the 15th instant, and FRANCIS PEREIRA, Esq., Sign per pro, at

J. T. COTTON, Merchant & Cotamission Agent,

Hongkong, Hongkong, 12th November, 1802.

NOTICE.

Canton.

seme changes taking place in our local Ger-DR. NORL has returned, and RESUMED

man Consolate, Dr. Lens having returned from during his absence, had been occupied by Dr. home leave to take his did place again, which,

PRACTICE.

Hongkong, 12th November, 1892.

NOTICE.

"NOW READY I THE "BOKHARA" DISASTER.

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ball understand that his forum senine, the A FULL DESCRIPTIVE REPORT of the

"BOKHARA" DISASTER

The Festival of Lanterns, which is one of the | In the Transval. great fetes of the Celestial calendar, brings out an extraordinary variety of grotesque designs, The lanterns are fashioned to represent not only buman figures and all the larger brutes, birds, fishes and reptiles, but also historical personages Two sallora, named M'Ewan and M'Nellly, and mythical monsters. They are fixed on the both of whom passed the night in the woman's top or rather around the top of a strong pole, company, have been arrested, M'Ewan at which supports the lamp within the lantern. tempted to commit suicide. The lamp

holds from a half to whole pint of oll and burns from dusk to dawn.", These pole Lantern ave use only attentivars, weddings and similar occasions and are carried in processions similar to the torchlight affairs of American Mr. John Morley declines to provide police elections. These festival lanterns are often protection at exictions in Ireland, except daring enormans in their dimensions. The "Canton daylight. The Timer regards this action as Dragon No. 1" is a hundred feet long and fifteen an attempt to intimidate the sheriffs. feet in diameter in the middle of the body. It A party of!! Moonlighters" at Athhole, county is composed of fiky sections, sa connected with Mesih, has committed a murderous assault hinges as to enable the porters to carry it around upon Police inspector Lilly. The man waylaid the sharpest corners or to coil and ancoll it in and attacked him, leaving him for deadatta the most approved serpinline style. Each Many arrests have been made of members of section is supported by a substantial pole, so that a secret society in Lithuania, Western Russia, resnited in the withdrawal of toe Roumanian the world, including a letter of sympathy from certain prominent Tastal in Tientsin, who is the leaters regulies jo bearers. On each pola | ineluding s Judge of the High Courte „

Schrameter, of the same services: Dr. Lena WAS beartily welcomed back, to his old home, bra large circle of old and influential friends. Now I bear that change it also about to occur, since Mr. Bredon, at your port. has retorned, io his pastan Commissioner of Customs in Shang- | Assistant Commissioner, Mr. W. B. Russell, in

With all Farticulars, Reports of Interviews to come to this part, while our present Commis- with SURVIVORS, the Cruise of the Thaler, sloner, Mr. J, W. Canall; is to take Mr. Russell's official reports of the Chief Officer, the Ancona, place la Shangbai, There are more changes and the Porpoise, the MARINE COURT OF impending, of which you will, be". Informed; InqUIRY and its FINDINO, experiences of other In due care of time, There are hardly Steamers in the same Typhoon, the Normand way of our summer guests here now, and disaster, &c, &c. the foreign men-of-war, that -kave been visiting us for some time, have all left for more southern climes, bila matofautGGURÍNTANGGE. of the Pelyang squadron have gone to rusilcate in the neighbouring Celestial naval stations of JAMA HOBART, October, aythe. Wel-bal-wel, Ta-lien-wan, or Port Arthur, pro The name of Maj-General Edwards Is paring for onslaughts on their foes of the future, mentioned as the next probable Governor of this Theres svatbergood story from Tientsin making colony,

Haut 42. the rounds just now is native éircles, about the late. Tong King-aing, one of the best Chinaman nur Lowdon, October arth Mr. Harrison, wife of President Harrison, ever produced by ancient Cathy. The story died on Monday last, Expressions of regret goes that when he was on his death bed he was have been forwarded to America from all purtavlaited by the V ceroy LA Hong-chang and

Weis known on Acposal of his connections, with

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· Rasala Intends to settle 1000 Cossack familles in the Alae Valley to guard the Famir frontier, and purposes forming a Copack pray there,

The raptore which has taken place in the diplomatic relations of Greece and Roumania, in consequence of a dispute in regard to the will of a Greek subject in Bomania, bas

Bloncardo, formerly a resident of the Territory, was hanged on Monday, for the recent murder of a black boy, under exceptionally brital circum stances at Thursday Island, maydonNITA NAME

* | Minister and Conanie from Grenzen d tek, 173 Her Majesty the Quiet!"

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