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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1893.

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probably more of the 36 "Justices" at yesterday's meeting are in direct pecuniary bondage to some licensed concern; that is, Soxx two years ago Hongkong was up in VICTORIA DISPENSARY. they are to that extent biassed in favour

of promoting unrestricted some branch arms against the vice of gambling; not of the traffic which they are appointed foreign methods of geniing, be it under- to regulate, and as to which they stood, but against the iniquitous systems form the only check, the only barrier of facian and porte to which the to protect Society from the "Almighty Celestial and the more depraved W pure.

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European testes 10 pronely stray. the other a6 Justices also, nearly hall are indirectly but no less distinctly influenced A crusade was inaugurated and the STEAM PLANT,Of the latest and most in a similar manner. Whether there is a ruling tone of the community's sentiment, as

powerful type.

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CHOLERA IN EUROPE,

MADRID, Taly a8th. Several casts of cholera are reported in Galicia

THE SPANISH CORTES.

Senor Castelar has announced is retirement from active political the; the leadership of the Ponibillat party falls on Senor Abazaar,

FRANCE AND SIAM.

Germany and Britain are lodignant at the blockade of Bangkok by France.

France, encouraged by Fussla, declives to allow any outside interference, and has acized

:

Talpan-You were away all this morning, procedure to be adopted. Mr. J. J. Francis QC, Instructed by Mr. E. C. Ella (Mr. Deacon's De Starch!

Bertly--Yes, air; I was working hard-office) was for the owners of the steamship.

The particulars fled by the Attorney General, overhauling a steamer's engines.

dated 29th July, are 11- Talpan What, in that four-inch collar ?

A CHURCH paper has recently been making srcattle remarks because only fize mialstets applied for a sacaper in a slum parish, while 500 appled for vacancy as chaplatu to a yacht going on a year's cruise,

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal mall steamer Empress of China stilved at Shanghai at 4.30 a.m. to-day, and left again at 5pm. for this part, where she may be expected at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, the 8th inst.

(1) That during the month of July, 1893, and pilor to the issue of the wariant herein, without any licence having been granted under Ord. 1. of 1889, the unit steamship Telartos was within the Colony of Hongkong filted sat and equipped, with latent or knowledge an the part of the per son so doing, or with reasonable causa on kis part to believe that the said ship would be

employed in the conveyance of Chinese emigrants, to be embarked at some per or place out of the Colony contrary to the provisions of sec. 74 of the said Ord. of 1889.

matter was taken up by the Government, the fort of Dinson and the Island, in the GU10.C-Well attend chapel to-morrow moralog lernen having been granted under Ord. I of

most

lines begotten from years of experience with foreign tastes and the quaint superstitious humours of foreign gamblers. No expense nor personal effort is spared

Slam.

BRITAIN AND POLYNESIA. Britain has occupied the Solomon Islands.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

MONDAY, the 7th in, bring a bank hell there will be no issue of the Hongkong Taligraph NOTHING pays a poorer interest on the invest- ment than wearing a long face,

Broker : -How Is it Brown is not a member of the Club? He's a very decent sort of fellow,

Soker :-Yes-that is why bi

That seems to be something "nity" about the China Afall's description of the innaway Slogapore pony In last night's fast- THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co's royal mail steamer Empress of Fapan Ich Yokohama at noon yesterday, for Vancouver, via Victoria, She has on board 65 31.loon passengers.

MRS. CREWELL-I'd like to have that man

under my fast!

and afterwards confess. CONFIDENTIAL CLERK —What's up now? Has the reverend father another crim, con. busleess on hand?

About 10,000 counles have been divorced in France daring the last five years, and now a low has just been read in the Chamber of Deputies for the first time, designed to make a severance of the matrimonial bonds much easier atiii.

THE Sultan's barem costs blm £3,000,000 yearly. About 100 women leave every year to marry, | and each bas £7,500 dowiy.' Yet the number never fails below 300. Every official struggles to get his daughter in, for esch baston servants, carriage and four, and the possibilty of galaing influence over the Sultan. "WHO wrote the breezy article arent the 'Buffet' business in this morning's Daily Prass" queries a correspondent. To which we answer, Wicking started it, Watson's pill. maker had a hand in it and the old coolie who torns the crank put the finishing touches to it, It was a brilliant effort, but like the old lady's definiton of Webster's dictionary, although later. esting was rather disjointed.

well as might be, and then vote as if he by the runners of rival houses to make MRS SNTERR-Dear me! That would be night on the 15th wito, at Shangkeno, Hunan

(1) During the moribs of June and July, 1893, and prior to the 22nd July, 1893, without any

1889, the sald steamship Tetarios was within the Colony of Hongkong let and taken on bire, with intent or knowledge to the part of the persons so letting and thing on bire, or with sear onable cause on their part to believe that the said chip would be employed in the conver- ance of Chinese emfirants to be embarked at |,some port ar plzen out of the Colony, contrary

to the provisions of sec. 74 of the sald Ord. t of

1889.

The answer of the gents, dated 3rd August,, 1889, Is

(1) The said #gents say in the first place that they ought not to be called on or required to make any muswer to the matters alleged in the particulars annexed to the said citation and filed and served on the 19th July last, because the breaches alleged in the said particulars are as vague and indefinite, by reason of the omission to charge any person with the said breaches or any of them, that no fasue can properly be raised thereon.

(2) The sald agents further say that, assuming for the purposes of the argument that the facts alleged in the said particulars are true and capable of proof-which the said agents by tis means adralt-no offence is therela charged to have bece committed against the provisions of the said sec, 74 of Ord. of 1889 rendering the sald steamship liable to forfeiture,

In the second place, Mr. DEACON, solicitor for the applicant whose case the and the then Administrator forthwith com- meeting was called to discuss, objected to|municated with the Viceroy at Canton. the constitution of the Board, on grounds That dignified official was, of course, which may or may not have been sound; participating largely in the profits of the but he insisted on monopolising the discus. sion, to the exclusion of other legal gentle. fantan establishments but still the news of men who had as much right as himself to their actual existence came to him as a discuss the validity of the Justices' votes. shocking surprise. The morals of the Mr. LEACH, solicitor for the opposition, people were his chiefest care and he would tried to speak In defence of the constitution of the Board attacked by Mr. DEACON; but see that the houses were promptly and every such attempt was unceremoniously effectively closed! So they were for a shouted down by the champion of the couple of' days, and the general A, S. WATSON & CO., LD. Philanthropic Company, Limited. Surely public of Hongkong seems to have the Penk residents had as much right to lald the consoling unction to its uphold the constitution of the meeting as Watson & Co. had to criticise it; but Mr. soul that they are still closed. They LEACH did not make much effort to are not, however, and just at the present assert himself, and the Chairman moment are flourishing and waxing and the rest of the Justices allowed Mr.exceeding fat on the spoils of Hongkong, DEACON to have his autocratle way; This business is carried on and then they proceeded to innocently adjudicate on their own validity! It systematically and on mattered little; for, to come to the third point of absurdity in this stupid farce, every member of the Board, with perhaps two or three exceptions, had come determined to endure the arguments as had not heard anything-having already made up his mind. Perhaps that in itself might not be very injurious, though it certainly made the formality of discussion a ridiculous superfluity; but it must be noted that these men with previously. there any question or stipulation as to the inclined to take her name out of your list of the damage done to the crops was very exten- Police, bich dochments were served within the formed opinions were not honest in amount of coin a visitor intends to risk; most cases. They simply followed it is taken for granted that the establish- the lead of the Governor and Mr.ment will, if he plays at all, make Keswick, like a flock of sheep; they

more out of him than will cover the cast their votes under false pretences- passing off as their own genuine convic-outlay. lions the spurious echoes of toadyism. The leaders in this prejudging movement cannot be made wise by legislation, but have known better. The legislation can sometimes be the means by ought to

a petition, which they can be prevented from making Governor put his name to knowing well enough that in the ordinary fools and rogues of themselves. The development of human servility his action origin of the out-cry against these, fantan would divert some honest opinions into dens was the prosecution and conviction dishonest time-serving. Moreover, there of one or two more or less high-toned is the possibility that a licensing case may embezzlers who were proved to have lost be carried, in some form or other, before heavily at Kowloon; indeed the narrow and the Council or the Court; in which case festering lanes of that filthy hamlet have the members of either body would be too often been but channels leading to placed in the false position of having to Victoria Gaol. And there is not a night decide on the merits of their own petition. in the week but candidates for quarters in ...The following to a List of Waters always kept Whatever may be said as to precedents, that classic abode may be seen at either or honest motives, or public men's private Kowloon or Samsulipa. Launches lie rights, they ought to have had better taste, quietly off the Prays West, near the if not more sense. It is at least open to Steamboat Company's wharf, and are question whether the bunch of signatures signalled as required. The man in charge of minor Government officials would does not stop to stipulate for any fee; the have been put on the petition if there had passenger steps on board, and crosses to

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HONGKOTO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1893,

their own the most attractive to the foreign eye; free steam launches, liquors of the best quality, cigars and suppers are all provided free of cost. Neither is

It Is a well-worn truism that men

burying bim alire.

"BROWNIE," dear, the Cyclops has been in port quite long enough now to justify you if you feel "ships expected." She went away avala to-day, THE P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer City of Rio de Janeiro which left this port for San Francisco on July 6th, via Nagasaki, Kobe, leland Sea, Yokobama and Honolulu, arrived at her destina tion on the and inst

ST. PETER'S SEAMEN'S CHURCH.-The Mission steam-launch Day Spring will call alongside vessels hoisting code pennant C, between 9 and 10.30 arm. on Sunday, to convey men ashore to the 11 o'clock service, returning about 12.30 p.m. THE Manila papers contain glowing accounts of a series of phonographic exhibitions given in the theatre there by a Mr. Sers, who is travelling wb Edison's latest javention, which WAS elastically received by the Filipinos. Our old friend Canaris acted as interpreter.

The steamship Kalsom, expected here to morrow, bas on board the new maste, spars and rigging for the sailing ship Somall, which has been lying here waiting ever since her typhoon experiences of three months ago. The Strathden also brought a portion of the Compli's fittings Inn Monday.

(3) The said agents claim that the said steam- THE Shanghal Native papers contain accounts

ship shall be released and restored to them and of a rather serious flood which occurred at mid-

that they may have the costs of these proceedings. Province, and which was attributed by the

The Attorney-General meatloned that, pursu Inhabitants of the district to the "River Diagon."ant to the orier of the Court at the list hearing, A great many houses were swept away and he had fled particulars (as above), 'with an large numbers of cattle, etc., were drowned, and affidavit of the Captain Superlviendent of sive. A bigh water-spout was observed on the river by some of the villagers.

SOCIETY EPISODE-“I want somebody to show me where to unload this coal," said the grimy looking man at the ki chend vr. "You needn't ask me about that," retorted the young woman. "I don't have snything to do with unloading cal. I'm the kitchen-lady." "I can't help that," he rejoined. "I'm the coal-gentleman and the father of three kitchen ladies, and one cash-lady, and if you don't show me where to put this cos? I'll call the woman of the house." -I'll show you, sir," she humbly replied, leading the way to the coalhous

time fixed; bot the answer of the agents was not filed until yesterday, instead of Thursday as fixed by the court; so that, if any undue delay occurred in the case, it was tot on the part of the Crown,

Mr. Francis said he had been out of the Colony at the time.

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The Altrney General said the answer of the agents did not in any way deal with the facts; it almost amounted to a motion to dismiss a pett tion without going into the case. This course involved grear waste of the e, which would bave been avoided if the answer had gone beyond general denial and bare assertion that no offence was alleged.

His lordship pointed out that the particulars did not contain any allegation against any in- dividual.

The Attorney-General said that the Ordinance. did not require any particular person to be charged. The owners or agents should know who did the acts; it was sufficient for the Crown to show what was done, and in what state the ship was, to justify forfel are.

A WRITER in the Field gets off the following: "About 15 months ago my dog, an Airedale terrier, accidentally swallowed a solid fr dis-rub her ball of fis, diameter, and, notwithstanding every effort on my part being made to laduce him to part with it, I was not accersful. Last week, to my intense surprise, be brought up his old enemy, and in ss perf.ct condition as when he swallowed it a year and three months"ago, with the excep fon of the red paint, which had gone." After this feat that dog might fairly be expected to swallow and retain some of "Brownie's" nauseating vapourings.

THE Portuguesa gunboat Diu, from Timor ufa Rumour asserts confidently that the Fesk rest Macassar, arrived at Manila on the 26th July, | dents who signed the peltion against the not been a powerful inducement among Samsulpo or Kowloon, just as he pleases,ard may be expected here in a day or two. The Buffet "licene were Jergely Influenced by their whatever the defence was. In order to forfeit

There are members of the Legislative troopship Africa, which arrived ere with reliefs womenfolk; which does not say much for the Council who are thoroughly acquainted a few days after the Diu had for Timer on

ladies' opinions of their husbands and brothers. with these facts and so is every member account of a native rising, will now be able to Is may account for the stress hid by Mr. Losch of the Police Force from the Captain take on board the Ime-expired men and leave on the ladies aspect of the question, and also Superintendent down to the latest recruit, for Lisbon within a week.

(il he knew beforehand) for the designer's plan of devoting a lot of space in the Tram Stali yet no effort seems ever to be made to stem the flood of Infatuated fools who

building to ladies' rooms, which would be nightly-yes. Invariably under the cover of

atterly useless. It would be interesting to know how far the rumour is true; does it include night-stealthily cross the water to hazard

Governor Robinson? And how about Cylly money which in

Flait?"

the first half-dozen names; and the same may be said of the Jardine tribe, who rolled up in their thousands to chalk their names down. These may be mere coincidences, but they form congenial food for cynical reflection.

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ANOTHER extraordinary telegram comes from Chicago through Japanese channels. The special correspondent n the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun at the World's Fair, wires to that poper under date the aist ult, that the Russian flag had been | torn down in the Industrial Department of the Exhibition, and that Russia had closed her exhibits in consequence, and the question had became a diplomatic one.

THE Philippinen coasting steamer San Antonto. which took a prominent rart in the salvage of the Don Juan, has been wrecked fa Salomague harbour (South Ilocos) daring typhoon which passed over the archipelage on the 17th July. She was torn from her moorings and thrown on a reef and almost smashed to piecer. The crew were saved by the Churruca. The N. S. dit Rosario also was driven ashore on Negros island in the same storm. authorities

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His lordship thought that as the particulars filed by the Crown contained only general

a general denial met them. allegations, a

The Attorney-General maintained that the Ordinance simply required proof that the acts were done by somebody, no matter by whem; it was then for the owners to p ove that the acti had not been done-If that was the defence; or

to prove such equipment. *ship for illegal cooile equipment it was enough

His lordablp: Bat how about the " letting or hiring" alleged? How can you prove a lease without showing to whom or by whom granted?

The Altomey-General thought the fact of equipment was ground enough to go on. Facts were what the other side seemed to avoid; in their answer they seemed only anxious to cause delay, and all this time the ship was being detained, at great loses the agents should be eager to bring matters to a conclusion and get back their ship, If posible. Thele answer was bad on the face of lik

Mr. Francia argued that there was nothing really to answer, since there was no allegation of any actual offence according to the Ordinance. What was stated in the parlicalars did nat amount to an effence under the Ordinance, which was ambiguons and badly constructed in many ways.

A RECENT willer on financial topics in treating of panics remarks that "mind cure" is in most cases the best remedy. The concélt is a happy one, taken in connection with the present dis- position of bank depositors to demand their money. They have no immediate use for it, and It is safe where it is. All they need is such on application of mind cure" as will restore their ordinary meatal balance and lead them to take sensible view of malters. Horace Greeley sald before the resumption of specie payments that "the best way to resume is to resume." In like Edence is to confle. Let bank depositoss take matner the best. way to maintain financial con-

It for granted that the country is all right, that their loans are well protected, and go about their The Attorney General: My learned friend business as anal, and they will find as a rule would find that out if he had to make them; a that the banks are all right and there is no occa- it is. be Is In the happy position of only having sion for being scared.

to pick them to pieces-and I am bound to say he does it very ably.

The Attorney-General sald the Ordinance was framed with the greatest possible care, to deal with a very difficult matter-the endiɛss dodges alcoolle traders.

to pick an Ordinanes to pieces than to frame His lordship.:-Of course, It is always essler

one.

As for the speeches, what can be sald of them? What not? There have been worse-in Hongkong only; but not much worse. Mr. Deacon's speech was simply a long and dreary tangle of oft-reiterated of ten ist lawfully their own. absurdities. He began by making a Perhaps the simplest and most effective great fuss abort the Tram Station being means of checking this evil would be a spacious and substantial, whereas it is as a stricter system of licensing steam- matter of fact bullt on a hillside sloping launches for night traffic and of making about adegrees, and so even the greatest Pedder's Wharf the recognised starting gerilus or. earth could not make and landing place for all and every craft Besides, it really very spacious or, substantial plying the waters of the harbour after even if it was, is that any certain hours. There is always a police

man on duty there and to our knowledge why it should be licensed, any mort: than every other spacious and many of the regular habitus of these dens substantial building on earth? What is would not dare be seen leaving for Bank either of the points mentioned. Much the matter with the H. & S. premises. 7 Nor is the point towards may done by the which presumably his speech tended-the towards "starving out" these gambling application for a licence-assisted greatly houses, for without the support that they "OUTAI dresing-room thief" was brought

before the Nottingham County, magistrates by his mentioning that the place cost receive from Hongkong they would not month. His name was Frederick, Forter, and But the silliest thing in his survive a month, but the more effective ale soliciter stated that he was a choir-master, a $18,000. speech was his contention that the course of action would be for his teetotaler, a leader of a Band of Hope, and a "Buffet" bar was necessary, on account Excellency, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, to Sunday School teacher, but these attributes of of the numbers of people rushing to catch delicately but firmly intimate to the rice did not ni event him cutting open a foot. a tram, having no time to call at the Canton authorities the advisability of ball bag and helping himself to a watch and the Tus noblestudy for Mankind is Man, Peak Hotel 30 yards away, yet hankering taking such measures a will lead purses of a now.ber of players in a local match Bald Pope, there is a great deal of after Intoxicating liquors! Why not adopt to the final and permanent closing of at Willard, so long ago as Boxing Day. He human mature in men, according to the method employed on the railways these objectionable and crime-begetting filed to pawn it, but he was appreheated. The And if his Excellency magistrates considerately gave him the option Mark Twain; and human nature, la ninety in Europe for putting mail-bags on establishments.

off and

motion? The can secure their permanent extinction he of paying Lig or going to gaol for a month, parent. folly, if Carlyle is right. prassengers could put their heads will not have come to Hongkong without Hongkong is therefore an ideal place for cut of the car windows, and the drinks could having effected at least one tangible M. J. J. KR! WICK, member of the Hongkong study. Going more closely-into-details-be-thrown at them as they flew past each reform, and his success in this would tegliaire Council for Jardine's, has not yet This would cause a boom in constitute a more lasting monument to his rarigued bli apprintments that august

His lordship:-But if I thought it was It would seem that meetings of the prices of garden-hose and patent squirts. | memory than any other he is likely to leave assembly, ner has he publicly repediated the "pon the scene—and la that party wers en M,, out going may further.

L. C. and several of Tim-fmastiofloepilal serious char:en made against him by Mr. Edwin Passing over the argument about soldiers behind him here.

Mackinie gk, Chairman of the Chamber of patrons, Walla! Emith gasped the perpir necessary to allege an offence against a particules

Ing Jumbo la bis native language (Cherokee), person, Riving namas,

I would make an order and sailors,, which was so utterly nansen-

Commeres and partner in the emisant firm of and with one bound that, shook the shanty under sec, 66, sical as to be worthy only of Granny

Kr. Francis submitted that such a couma TELEGRAM S.

Butterfield and Swire, at the annual meeting of to its foundations be lauded ball way up the Chainber held on the 8th April, 1892, the stairs. His friends, followed and when the would be begging the question. He disputed the Sharp; passing over also the eulogy of Mr. J. D. HUMPHREYE, for various reasons

Mr. Ker wick is respectfully larited by the new astrale came there were only gaping and power of a Court to do so soy proceedings haman folly since at the assemblies which one would have thought easy

AMERICA'S GOLD RESERVE,

Hongkong Telegraph to do one thing or the wonder-stricken Celestius to receive them. Now whatever ; until there was, & proper case stated, of the "Great Unpaid" the land-sharks enough for even Hongkong lawyers to

LONDON, August 4th. other for His own sake; his present anomalous if you ask "Tim-lo" erany of thous who were with:| = legal cause of action or a proper criminal position is a serious drawback to his usefulness him which was the hottest and the longest hour charge against some particular person, the Court have practically unrestricted freedom.

The Washington Treasury gold reserve now and his claims in public confidence in any that they ever spent, they'll tell you it was the could not preceed against him or do anything In the past there have been frequent

exceeds one hundred millions

capacity whatever.

one they passed under the bed at Kowloon on Thursday last. instances, which we need not now revive, showing "what fools these mortals be;

"ST "UDIES."

Licensing Jugginses" furnish the best material better than the other theatres for displays of the legal fraternity, that syndicate of able caterers for students of

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trains in

grap; and passing over scores of other eccentricities on a minor scale in Mr. DEACON's rhetorical effort, we come to his statement that the Peak Hotel supplies

drinks, an ten-cent

to which

We

'SILVER CONVENTION,

kept the watch until a few weeks since, when he

ACCORDING to a native piper, the western coast The report of the committee of the Chicago | ol Korča presents gical difficulties to marieers and 'yesterday's meeting was well up to would advise him to go and order Süver Convention states that the only remedy during April, May and June, awing to the beavy the average standard,

A drink, and gel it inside him, and for the present pollon is to open the Ammian fog that generally prevails there during those

the In the first place, the very list of names then plank down ten cents on mints to gold and silver on equal terms at the months This yer the fog has been the deasest

For the rest, there is not much that was ratio of sixteen of silver to ons of geld,

· BİMETALLISM,

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of Justices present constitutes an index of counter and awalt developments. folly on the part of the Government which entrusts the control of a vital social | brilliant in the remarks of Mr. LEACH and problem to men whose pecuniary Instincts DENYE, who rose little above uninteresting

A large meeting of timetallist notables took amounting in these hard times to a mediocrity, of which quality they are. mania in some cases as bad as hydrophor thoroughly representative. The Justices, place at the Mansion House at which Mr. Balfour bla-drive them in the direction of as it happened, rightly decided that the advocated a double standard on the grounds of removing every restriction from their licence asked for was not necessary; but stability, accessibility, and international fater own favoured concerns, and putting every the result of their decision, we venture to eats. One of the evils of a gold standard, he stacle in the way of others, apart assert, was more the accident of circum pointed out, was that in time of war Engisade triasle merit or honest expediency, stances than the calm deciulch of unblassed store of gold could be depleted by any Power so

daviring. happens that at least ten | minda, a

on record since Chemulpo was opened to trade. The Atogo Kan which left Fasan on the gth ult. took 7 days to reach Chemaire, a run which in ordinary weather accopies but 36 hours, And the Shirakawa Idaru was over 6 days on the the same voyage. The heat is also excessive, as since the Izhalt, the thermometer registered 91 to 93 deg. Fahrenbelt in the shade. Ca the rats the temperature reached a maximum of 103 deg. in the shade, at noon. These extra dinary co ditions, says the Topan Harald, seem to be limited to the western coast only, in the Yellow Sea, while the castern coast has quite | a different i:llmáte aliogether.

His lordship thought there certainly" was a THERE is la Hongkong a cheery old soul who by virtue of his girib and general measurements possibility of difficulty an to the wording of the would anywhere be taken for a twin brother of Ordinance, in several places. Perhaps it would the historical King Cole. Among his intimate be better to try the leaves of fact first.

Mr. Francis asked bis lordship to direct that friends he is known as Tim-fo and he may be seen any-day, when be fa not alsewhere, Altiing the laua of law raised on the pleadings should

Court had absolate

discretion, around the Rialto. Sometimes he is elsewhere, be first tried. The C days age he and a few friends Journeyed scrons to general practice of the Courts would serve 15. and hat's what we're getting at. A couple of unhampered by rules in this case, though the the local Monte Carlo bent on testing the senti- guide. He submitted he was entitled to have men's of the fickle goddess.. She smiled and the question argued separately-any question "Tus-fo and his friend, were reselling in the food which might alin to the nature of a demurrer of fortune when suddenly another party loomed in order to dispose of the case, if possible, with

SUPREME COURT,

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

(Before Chief Tuetice Fielding Clarks);

August 5th.

THE "TETARTOS" CASE.

In the matter of the steamship. Tatartos,

His lordship :-Is your objection confined to the absence of a name in the particulars - because otherwise it seems to me that your objection is too vague and indefinite to accept.

The Attorney General:-The answer of the agents states clearly that their objection is on the ground of “the omission to ebarge, any person," Mr. Francis-That is one of the objections. Hos

can any person answer "the particulars. when no person is charged?

His lordship :—If the proceedings are against any person you have to identify that person 2 but, it is not so here, in preceeding ngalan the ship.

„Mr. Fraçeli, maintained that no. frsua could.

selted on the 22nd July under the Chinese be raised on the particulars, and nothing could Emigrants Ordinance of 1889, the Hon. W. M. be done. Goodman, Attorney General, instructed by the His lordships-Why, can you not say that the Crown Solletter, Mr. G. C. C. Master, ar plied ship was not to equipped as alleged 23. The case to the Court, pursuant to an order soade at the for forfettare la compless as soon sa it is shown previous bearing, for directions us to tin, that the ship has been equipped.