THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1896.
HANGCHOW AND SOOCHOW.
SHANGHAI, November 27th.
It is imposible in the narrow limits of the columns at our disposal to de fuil Justice to sil the heads and hande who thought out and put into execution all the thousand and one preity The British Government has not naked ar devices that added much to the appearance and arranged for British Concessions at either brilliancy of the scene, but it may be presumed Hangchow or Sooctaw, The Chinese anthorfiles the credit for the arrangements as a whole have marked off Japanese Concessions and should be given to the Stewards (coupled pieces of ground for foreigners generally on with the name of Mr. J. W. Kinghorn, which lets may be bought, Two British who undertook the principal part in Consular officials, Meats, Falford and Sandius, arranging the decorations and who received are to attached to this Consulate-General to congratulations from many on the chaimlag watch the wade at Hangchow and Scochow. effects he had obtained with the mater- The farmer promises develop into a com- fal at his disposal) who certainly, In the whole mercial centra ; the latter is commarcally only s undertaking, excelled themselves on this occa-suburb of Shanghai, and is not likely to attract sion, and that is saying a good deal, fasamuch foreign merchants.-N. C. Dally New an for years past many Scotsmen have served as Stewards before at the annual festival, and the experience gained on previous occasions con- tributed to no small degree to the magnificent success achieved last night, Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves, and that being vo there can be no doubt that the celebration of St. Andrew's Day la 1896 will long be remembered as amongst the most successful functions of the kind ever undertaken and carried to a triumphant Issue in Hoogkong. We congratulaté St. Andrew's Society upon the success attalaed and in the name of the numerous guests avall out- asives of this opportunity to thank them for their lavish and thoroughly characteristic hospitality,
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QUEENSLAND NATIONAL BANK.
TWO AND A-HALF MILLIONS TO THE RAD.
BRISBANE, November 15th, The report of the Commlisteners appolated to ascertain the position of the affairs of the Queensland National Bank was presented to Parliament yesterday.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS LETTER.
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(From our Dum Correspondent.)
SYDNEY, November 4th, Since my last we have had a very fair spall of summer weather in the city with occasional anutberly "buster" and rain. In the west the heat has been very great, going aw high as 108 | in the shade. Some severe thunderstormes have bean experienced, and then at Katoombs on the mountains snow has fallen lately,
Nearly everybody who Is anybody I away at the racing carnival to Melbourne, San. Uitle ac- footed by poor Pilgarlic when the new dresses for Cup Day are to be paid for. According to latest advices ibere wera over 700 o people at Flemtegton on Cup day and the rallway earnings were £6,833, New Aaven's win in a canter by six lengths just knocked the bookies kite-high. This has been the worst Cap year on record for the pencillers, and some shermons sums have changed hands. The weather during the big event was beautifully fine, and the pictatesque course with lis dente throng of holiday makers, bas never been seen to belter advantage,
counts as
The investigation has been as thorough at time and other circumstances permitted. Every overdrawn account has been eximined, and, ali Lady Hampden has been doing deable duty securites carefully considered, the values having of late, her husband, our popular Governor, been estimated on a bails of what the bank as having skinned his vice-regal proboscis. His * golag concern might reasonably hope to realise Lordsrip was on a fishing trip down the harbour on His securities, The report states that the and when landing be slipped on some seaweed, bank's Hablities exceed its assets by £3,435,423, In the fall be shack a plece of wood with Of course, a gathering of this discription would which means that the paid up capital, amount the bridge of his nose and for a little time was have been as is complete wilkout pipe music as
|at credit of profit and loss account, contingency-mooned." A nasty scar will probably remain. would Hamlat be without the mad prince, and
account, and Interest возрение sccount, togelber Another of those horrible and mysterions right ably was the national music of Caledonia
amounting to £1,189 613, bare disappeared, and
tragedies of which we have only too many in the supplied by Inspector McEwan and Sergeant there is a deficit of £1,253,810. Further, during colonias has come to light at Warrnambool (Vic), Pickford, of the Royal Naval Dockyard. Both the last three years the sum of £749,873 hat A woman's body was found in a sack in the these gentlemen are bairdly chiels" and they been written off as bad. The Commissioners tiver, and bad evidently been there some days, looked first ate in "the garb of old Gaol," the for-estimate that the unproductive advances, inclu- Inside the sack was the heavy save of a dray mer wearing M'Kenzietartan and the latter Stuart. alve of the deficit, is £3.000 000. The profits wheel, a letter, and a cheque for £23 74. gs. The Both were fully equipped with spoɛrens, dieki shown were to some extent fictitious, and the and shewedhus, set off with allwer thistle brooches Commissioners were decidedly of opinion that the sack was drawn down over ber head and led woman was between 45 and 50 years of age and and cairngorms, and they carried many a mind no dividends should have been paid since the at the hips with a bay rope. A farmer named far away to "my sin caintree." It may be reconstruction of the bank, but were not to r Lyfield who had said his wife had disappeared mentioned here that Mr. McEwan, who is our position to state when and to what extent divid was arrested on suspicion. At the police court it cleverent pipe armateur, learnt the lastrament to ends paid prior to that data ceared to be justifiable. was stated that a ligature was tied tightly around Hongkong while Mr. Pickford belonged to Appendices to the report Include the last balance. the woman's neck, eansing strangulation, before the band of a Scottish Volunteer Corps atteet issued by the bank, and one prepared by she was thrown into the water. "Evidence wi home. On the arrival of His Excellency the the Commlsalon.
given as to the woman's identity and also that plpers struck up "The gathering of the Debis due to the bank on the 30th of June the accused had been seen to seriously maltreat clans." Next they played the strathspey “Mias last were get down by the Trectors at her. One tepdaughter of deceased sald Lyfield Drummond of Penh "and the reel" Miss £7,591,693. and are set down by the Cembranght in the clothes and boots of deceased to Melead of Rothesay," On the company as
missioners at £5.379.776. It is obvious that her saying the wife would want them no more sembling for supper the pieces played were the
grave mistakes have been made, and the
as she had gone away. The stepdaughter of march "Donal Dhu," and "Miis Forbes' Fare Commissioners express their belief that notwith. deceased also described what looked like = well to Banff," Of course the entry of the standing heavy losses, the bank still does s corpse lying on her father's bed and said she haggis had tras Scotish greeting with "The good volume of sound and profitable business, saw the body in a shed afterwards covered with Cock o' the North," and "Kenmuir is on and which under careful control should enable the bags. The accused will in all probability be awa, Willie." The marches played during bank's creditors to realiso 201.. the committed for trial. the supper were "Castle green," "The 79's pound Even on its reduced assets, they Farewell to Gibraltar (a particularly fine thing), consider the bank can pay its expenses, "My Native Highland Home," "The Earl of 3 per cent, interest to its depositors, provide for Mansfield," "Glengarry's March," "A man's a man for a' that," loe use Inddle bat ane," surplus of £100,000.
current banking risks, and yet show an annual "Lord Penmuir" and "The Campbells are coming. The strathspey "Strumble" and the Reelo Tulloch garum were also given, and the success of gathering was largely enhanced by the capital perform aces of the "braw bielan'men,"
THE STEWARDS.
The following were the Stewards-R. Adam, A. G. Altker, G. C. Anderson, J. Andrew, J. M. Armstrong, G. Murray Bain, Han, J. J. Bell living, H. E. Major-General Black, C.B., John Bicke, W. D. Braidwood, H. P. Carmichael, J. B. Cousins, A. Contts, D. R. Crawford, A. Cumming, Lient. W. H. Ramage Dawson, R.A., CW. Dickson, A. G. Ewing, J. McGregor Forbes, J. Gilchrist, David Gilles, Capt. L. A. C Gordon, R.A., A. G. Gordon, W. Douglas Graham, F. Hendersen, T. F. Hough, C. E. Hume, J. W. Kicgbern, 1. Kirkwood, W. K. Low, W. Macbean, D. MacDonald, E. F. Mac- kay, F. D. Maclean, Dep. In. General Mac- lean, E. J. Main, A. M. Marshall, H. McCallum, A. McConachle. Tames McKle, R. Mitchell, R. Modic, Gen. W. F. Playfair W. Ramsay, Dr. Rennie, R. L. Richardson, H. W. Robertson, A. Rodger, John Rodger. C. H. Ross, D. R. Sliman, C. S. Sharp, Captain S'eding, ADC, Hon. J. H. Stewart-Lockhart, Gershom Stewart, W. Tayler, Hon. A. M. Thomson, James Waddell, Han. T. H. Whitehead, David Wood,
THE COMMITTEIS.
The various Committees were constituted follows!-
Invitation Commfitre-Hon. J. J, Bell-Irving, Mesars, D. Gillies, W. Machean," A, McCous- chle, G. W. F. Playfair, G. Stewart, D. Wood, E. J. Main,"
Cardroom-Hen, T. H. Walichead, Hon. A M. Thomson, Messrs. GeMurray Bain, A. M.
Marshall.
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NEWS BY THE CANADIAN MATÈ:
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Mr. George Rignold, the well-known tragedian, famillatly termed "Handsome George lo there parts, bed a sonistional experience in Melbourne on the 25th alto. He was living in a bired furnished house in Hotham Street, and, on reaching home on the 25th, noticed a strong smell of gas in bis bedroom. Malding a search for the leak he found a board loose in the floor, and beneath was the gas pipe which had been cut through. It looks like an attempt at a dastardly outrage, and the police have the matter in hand..
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along, and as I got to the side of him he made straight for me. My feet being strapped to the | pedals I couldn't get off, and so I pushed blos away with my left hand. I didn't hit him.” And so the matier standa for the present.
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One of the members of the N.5.W. Legislative was volcing a complaint about Sunday trading by hotels in the Housa the other night and in his speech said that he had visited 14 hotels osa Sunday and was served at 21 of them. People want to know now whether he had eleven long "Colocials" or whiskies. Anyway the Premier told him he had taken upon himself a degrading daly, and said he favoured a partial opening of hotela on Sunday. A bill has since been given | notice of for this object.
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TRE CAREW CASE.
Kotr, November 21st. It ia slogalar thing that the charge in the Carew case was not read to Court, until the final day of the preliminary hearing. The charge as read after the evidence had been taken wis as follows:-
Kinagawa,
province. The idea of the rebels was to capture facts and pat pressure on its leadem. The Chinyükuan, the western portal of the necessary Improvements will cost money, it is Great Wall, connecting Kansu with Chlaste true, but how can public money be better spent Turkestan, and Jaining forces with the than in securing public safety, and prosperity ? rebala ostsida thể Wall, cut off the latter province from China proper-z slep which worked well in the first great rebellion in the sixties—but the acting Governor, Jie Ying-ch't, was too quick and determined a soldier to per- mit this, and, gathering all the forces he could from the various Turkish cities in the vicinity, he fell upon the insurgente, vanquishing them in several battles, through superiority in num- bess, weapons, and organisation. The Insurrec tion" wax speedily crushed, but the Mahommedan Tender Liu Sze-fou, however, managed
The 11th day of November, 1895. Captain Charlie Young of the steam whaler with the residue of his followers into the Mon-
Henry Charles Litchfield, Barrister-a'aw and, Mary Tately a harbour ferry boat) came in a few got dependency at Kakquar, or Ching-hal. There For Britannic Majesty's Crown Prosecutor in days ago with a big hump-backed cow whale la he defeated the Mongols who stacked him, and pan, of Yokohama, Japan, on oath charges tow. The carcass soon get too "high" for exti-lived on the country until by the discomfituie ol
that he hath just cause to bellewe and suspect that bilion purposes sad it is now being used. The the other Mahommedan armies, the Imperial on the twenty-second day of October in the year skeleton goes to the muscom.
of our Lord one thousand eight kundred and forces had time to converge from all sides upon One of those sad tales of ille in big cities was told in the Melbocras Court last week. A good-diers and exterminate them and their chief merder one Walter R. H. Carew contrary to the
his band of come 8,000 horse and foot solely six Edith May Carew did wilfully felon
iously and of her malice aforethought kill and looking young girl was charged with exgrancy, Albaugh the first to sebel, while his insar- and the police enquiries showed that the girl section in Turkestan Was very speedily fox of the statute la such case made and pro- vided and xgalost the peace of our Lady tha came of highly respectable people, and that the crushed, Liu Sze-fu was the last captured had inherited thousands of pounds on the death amongst the numerous Mahommedan rebel Queen, Her Crown and Dignity. of her father, a shipowner, who had lived in chiefs, who have now all been either slain Paris. Some Ume age she came to Melbourne, In battle or captured and summarily decapitated, and ispred into a disasiate life. To senary last and their followers, said to number soms the received under the will £500 She went to
200,000 fighting man, either annihilated or Singapore, and came back to Melbourne. The driven into the inhospitable hills between Kansu whole of the money has been spent and, fortu nately for her, she is unable to obtain the balkhemmed in by their partners. For crushing the and Tibet, where they are now being gradually
of her tuberance until she reaches af years of
Turkestan insurrection de effectively, Jao Ying; age. The case puzzled Mr. Panton, P.M., and ch'l is confirmed in the substantive post of the police. Of course, the charge of vagrancy Governor of that province. By the extermination given shall be read over to the acceted before could not lie, and, after a considerable amount 'ol ail the principai rebels within and withontibe he or she is committed for trial, I do not know of persuasion, the girl, who is 19, consented to go western end of the Great Wall, the high militaryhalker you wish it to be read over in this case, with a lady of Scots Church, with the intention
Mr. Lowder-I am quite willing to waive of reforming,
the reading over of the evidence.
The Intercolonial seamen, sed firemen have past and now the companies have decided to been seeking an increase of pay for some time Increase the wages of their crews--zcamen, fire- men and trimmers-by £1 per month. That will make the rates 6 per month for seamen, £6 for trimmers and £8 for firemen. Among The companies who have granted the increase are the A.U.S.N., the Union SS. Company (Tasmanian service), Adelaide S.S. Company, Mean W. Howard Smith and Son, Haddart, Parker and Company, M'Ilwraith, M'Eachern and Company, the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company and Bellambi Coal Com- pany.
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The stramer Oak Branch which anired here from Yokohama has had an eventful and dangerous voyage. She left Japan on August 29th, and on September tab, when in latitude 7 deg, south and 15'3 deg, east, all hands were alarmed by a heavy concussion, followed by the engines racing. Upon examina- on it was found that her tall shaft had been broken and the propeller lost. A heavy south east gale setting in, a high rea got up and the to keep her head to sex, but did not at first vessel rolled tenibly. A sen anchor was got out
answer owlog to barks biting the ropes and rendering the anchor almost useita. The steater made such leeway that another anchor ↑ was got out. Although she rolled frightfully the headed the seax, and gavo Captain Scheel and his engineers an opportunity to get to work to save the ship. It was resolved to “tip” the vestel—that is, bury ber head to such an extent as to raise her stern out of the water, and to a new tall shaft and propeller which fortunately were carried on board. The wasther moderated, the forehold and peak were filled with water, and her after tasks were pumped cut, the result being that haz stern waz raised well out of the water. Operations were then commenced for the liiting of the tunnel or casing over the shaft. This proved a most dif- ficult lark, and occupied two days. The frac fured shaft was then drawn, and the new full shaft fitted, this work occupylag six days. The chief engineer, Mr. Charter, and his assistants, Messrs. Moore and Hale, showed great resource to connection with the work, and they were ably assisted by Captala Scheel, the commander, and the deck officers. Eight days hiter the break- down, the chief engineer reported that he was ready to proceed, and the steamer immediately resumed her course, everything was found to work smoothly, and she steamed down the coast, and entered the port unicly.
The Commissioners recommend that the prl vate holders of deferred deposit receipts should replace the shareholders as proprietors of the bank, the capital of which is gone, and the shareholders remain legally in possession,
There have been 160,000 abares in the bank issued, on which there is a further liability of La per share, or a total of £320,000; and it is
During the recent Rifs Association's meeting, Jinggested that the shareholders should surrender
■ match was arranged in which only smokeless what may be termed their eqully of redemption powder was to be used. The maskimen speak 10 depositors in consideration of being relieved | very highly of the explosive and an effort is to of this liability.
be made to get it generally adopted A Martial The Commissioners recommend Governmentacion rifle with the Metford barrel was also in and the depositors to grant the release of the evidence and attracted much stieniles, it having shareholders' ability. Then the pastilon would been made by Greener and Greener, of London, show surplus of sendis over liabilities of on the suggestion of the Colonial Ammunition 63.754840, a position se strong as the present Company. The Canadian forces are now being one is weak.—Townrutils Bullettvo.
armed with this weapon and the Engliḥ Govern- |ment has given It wärm approval,
Matrimonial agencies are now to be found is all our cities, and they seem, sirango to say, to do steady, business. The minister attached to one of these concerns recently figured, in the Melbourne Police Court as a witness in a case where the would-be bride was a mleer. His reverence said that he was engaged by the agency to celebrate marriages, and had married as many as 14 couples » week. He was paid a work. He munded all denominations, and would marry aboriginals for love. Witness told the cross-examining counsel that he (the counsel) had the figure of a man, but the soul of a woman,
The swarthy sons of Syria are kicking #gafast" "Pagillam is a "back number" in the colonies being included in the Allens Restriction Bill now and particularly in N. S. W., where several and the Primate supports them, saying they fatal milfs have taken place. At the Supreme belong to the Semitic branch of the human race. Court recently there appeared Sydney james Samples of colton grown in the Macleay Ryan, better known as "Chiddy” Ryan, and District, in the north of New South Wales, have James Barron, against whom a bill Ead bren been sent to Japan through Mr. F. Kanematsu, Bled for unlawinlly baring entered into a and the lodges in the Far East report that the agreement to take part in a prizzight. They, qualliy is very good, and superior to that obtained denied that they had intended to take part in a from countries accustomed to grow cont. It prizefight, and stated that what they were going in considered that it would be beneficial to do was simply to give a scientific exhibition,
LONDON, November yıb, The Chronicle's Paris corres, ondent telegraphs that paper: "It In stated that the Tsar offered the foreign portfollo, in succession to the late Prince Lobaroff, to M. Nelldoff, | Russian
ambassador to Constantinople, who declined it." Dake William, of Wurtemborg, died yesterday aventog of syncope. He was born in 1818.
SAN FRANCISCO, November 7th, Flzimmons and Shaker have accepted the terms of the National Athletic Club for a ten- round go on December and, at catch weights for $5,000, the winner to take áll,
NEW YORK, November 8th. Mrs. Mary Loulie Vanderbilt, widow of the late William H. Vanderbilt, died on Friday et the residence of her daughter, Mr. Ellioti F. Shapard, at Scarboro, in Westchester county. Mrs. Vanderbilt had been visiting at the Shepard residence since the wedding "of her grande daughter, the daughter of Mrs. Shepard. She was with heart failure and died in a
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Dancing and Muste-B.E. Major-Generat low minutes. The death of Mrs. Vanderbilt was Australia and Japan If there was a forther| His Honour, who had read the depositions, said
Black, C.B., Mesars. G. C. Anderson, H, W. Robertson, C. H. Ross, D. K. Slman, Lieut, W. H. Ramage Dawson, R.A.
Supper and Wines-Hon, T. H. Whitehead, Messrs. A. G. Alikes, A. Camming. CE Home, E. F. Mackay, W. Machean, J. McKis, G. W. F. Playfair, A. Rodger, J. Waddell, D. R. Crawford, H. F. Carmichael, W. Ramsay.
Decoration Commites-Messrs. A. Ewing, 1. Gilchrist, A. G. Gordon, W. Kinghorn, D. MacDonald, E. J. Main; J. Kirkwood,
Ladies Room.-D. R. Crawford, R. L. Richardson.
TELEGRAPHIC GREETINGS,
Yesterday morning Mr. David Wood, the Hon. Secretary to the Society, forwarded the following telegram" Hon. Secretary, Singapore St. Andrew's Society.-Scotsmen Hongkong send St. Andrew's greetings to brither Scots in Singaporn."
A similar telegram was also wired to Shanghel and a hearty reply received.
expected, as she was apparently in good bozlik and the slack, cama without say warning
SEATTLE, November 9th.
A boom has been started hers looking to the nomination of William Jennings Bryan, of Ne braska, as United States senator from the state of Washington,
LONDON, November gib, Geomal Sir H. H. Kitchener, commander of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition to Dongola, arrived here this morning. He has come to London for the purpose of conferring with the War Department.
The Pacific Cable Conference resumed Its sessions at noon to-day in the rooms of the Earl of Selborne, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Colonies, at the Colonial Office. Earl Selborne presided and Mr. W. P. Hepworth Mercer acted as secretary. All the delegales were present. Alter
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increase of cotton production in Australia. Japanese labourers have bad much experience la cation-growing, and it is thought that it would -be economical to employ Japanese labourers in
Australia to Increase the production.
People here are great believers in the realistic drama, and Mr. Bland Holt ly giving plenty of it at the Royal in a piece called "In Sight of St. Paul's," There is a great fra scene in the fourth set, and a couple of nights ago, after the "fare," smoke and flame poured thickly out from the wings. For a time there was great danger of a psafe in the large audience,|| medy were ruibing for the doors, when Senior- constable Tuxfe, who was in mafil in the frost row of stalls, mounted a chair, and lo stentorian tones requested the assemblage to keep their seats, as there was no danger. Those who were
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it appeared that they intended to fight for a portion of the gate-money. It having been potated out by his Honour that if they confined themselves, to sparring exhibidons only they would not be interfered with by the pelice, they cousasted to be bound over in "their" own recognisances in the sum of £40 each to keep the peace for twelve months.
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and civil authoittles of Kausu bare bazu encouraged to report to the Throne that the Mahammedin Rebellion of 1895-6 has ceased to exist.-N. C. Daily News.
OUR NAVAL POLICY.
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HENRY LITCHFIELD,
·H.R.M. Crotum Prosecutor in Fahan. Sworn at Yokohama aforesaid this eleventh day of November, 1895, before me,
JAMES TROUF,
Assistant Judze. His Honour then said :-Edith May Hallowell trial there is a rule to the effect that the evidence Carew, before committing a person accused for
His Habour-Having heard the evidence, do you wish to sty waything in seswer to the charge? You are not obliged to say anything unless you desire to do so, and whatever you may may be taken down in writing and may be given in evidence against you on the trial. And I give you clearly to understand that you have nothing to hope from any promise of favour and nothing to fear hom any threat that may be held out to you to fodaence you to make say contes son of your gullt, but whatever you say may be gives in evidence against you, notwithstanding any promise or threat.
{Rejeras, October 18th.] Have we one? There is no doubt in the minds of all who have intelligently studied the position of England in. Its relations with foreign Powers as to the importance of our having a really strong Navy, fit to do say work that may devolve upon it; and, Among those sensible people, there is small diference of opinion as to methods that ought to be sealously pursued to altain the object in view. Bat foolhardiness seems to be the rule in Downtre Street scarcely lets than elsewhere. No later than inst January
First Lord of the Admiralty, tickled the cars of Mr. Goscher, our responsible or responsihin the graundings, both Tories and Radicals, by declaring that the right and sale policy for England was one of “splendid Isolation," and || Estimates for the current year was that the his boast in producing and carrying the Naval
additional outlay he asked for would amply office for all the nation's requirements. The Little Englanders protested against his demands as excessive; but now we find them metamor- phased from Little Englanders into Little Jingoer, and clamouring for such "splendid isolation" in demolishing Turkey as would probably involve us in a war with France and Russia, and perhaps other Power as well. The Go- vernment is prudent enough to hold aloof from this madness. Yet its prudence in this particular in DU adequate safeguard against the European dangers with which we are threatened, and It appears to be quite satisfied with its arrangements for meeting any contingencies that may arise. More, much more, than that, is wanted." We may reasonably hope that a European war, with England as one of the combatants, will not be forced on this year or next over the Armenian or any other business. But so long as our foreign neighbours -nomla- ally our friends sud really our jealous rivals, eager to trip us up whenever and however they can-keep up and augment their fighting pawers, we must do likewise, to the extent, at any rate, of making it certain that we can hold our own. And for that it is indispensable that we should have strong, and in every respect efficient, Navy. We alto want an afficiant Army, one far more capable than we have at present, Ort Navy, however, is, or should be, and alwaJE ought to be, our chiel arm of defence. Wie THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer žydasßer statesmanship may save us from ever again left Singapore for this port at y a.m. to-day. being engaged in a great and life-or-death war on land, We can never be secure against THE O. & O. S. S. Co.'s steamer Dorie, with attacks on our colonial possessions, and injury or rain to our foreign trade, unless the flag that's malls, etc., which left Hongkong on Nov. 5th "braved a thousand years the battle and the for San Francisco, via Macao, Amor, Shanghai, breese" maintains its sepatation for bravery and, Nagasaki, Kabe, Inland Sea and Yokohama, more than that, is held by hands able to wave li arrived at her destination on the syth alto. triumphantly.
Accused :-I have no statement to make now. His Honour-I have slready expressed my opinion that the evidence is such as to render it facumbent apos me to commit accused for trial, I therefore commit you, Edlih May Hallowell Carew, to await your trial until you are delivered in due course of the law. As accured is defended by cogusel, it is unnecessary for me to remind ou that you are entitled to a copy of the evidence taken.
His Honour -Before the Court rises I wish to
say with mgaid to persons summoned to serve upon ajare, that the Court will accept no excuses from persons so summoned who do not appear, unless such excuses are perfectly valid, such as ester of sickness, But mere forgetfulness of tha time or variation of watches will not be treated as valid excuses nor penalties remlited on such grounds. The reparters will kindly note this.
Mr. Dickinson was then ordered to enter into ble personal recognizance of $100 to daly appont at the trial. A similar order was also made by the Couri in respect to Miss Jacob, and as that | lady was not present at the time, his Honore instructed the Usher to fetch her in order to sign the requisite document.
While Mr. "Dickinson's bond was being signed,
Mr. Lowder, addressing the Court, sald—I am not prepared at this moment to apply for ball, but I trust that Mrs. Camw may be allowed to go, la proper custody of course, to her home, In order obisin such necessaries as the may require for to-night.
This being essented to by his Honour the Court rose.—Chronicle,
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The allly and pernicious talk now abroad la favour of an English crusado ngalost the Porte renders especially apt ike publication this week of a very clever book on "Navs! Policy" by Mr. Copiie..............steamer, for America 'G. W. Steevens. Mr. Steevens is somewhat of | Verona ....
pesalmist and an alarmist. But if the pictures Singan |that he draws are rather blacker than they need be, they are diawn with excellent latent, and the moral they convey is one which every patriotic The wool fleet is busy just now and in one day Englishman is bound to take to heart. The last week three big steamers cleared out. purpose of his book, "achieved with more Messrs. Dalgety and Co, sent away the Austrian thoroughness and lucidity than can be claimed steamier Burma for London with 3410 bales, the for the treatises of the experts to whom he only Bainio, of the British and Colonial Line, followed profeuven to act as interpreter, is to show, " first, with 290; baies, and the Orient Company cleared what our Navy can do rainilvely to other Davies, the Maori King with 1545 bales. In the frozen and second, what it ought to be able to do." mest trade there is plenty of activity too. The And the conclusion he arrives at, that, if at all Maart King, which left for London took 32,050 costs, if we are to remain the greatest sillon of Carcasen mutton and 6235 carcases of lamb. the world, wa'must fit the Navy to do lis work," The Port, Pirie of the Anglo-Australasian | is
is as indisputable as his reminder that we Live, in at Newcastle loading 12,000 CATCKSON exist as a great nation by reason of our mutton for the home market, »
calentes, our trade, and our dally bread, and, once we lose the sea, we lose all three of them." The feeblest and the most dull-willed of the
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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCE RETURME, an hour and a half of informal chats, cowards," said the officer, "resume your seats,
Heungshan in Kowloon Dock during which routine subjects and ordinary is all sight," The crowd, wanting but a word basiness were discussed, it was decided to begin to break out into open panic, paused, and, as
Dante omnia with technical questions and this will probably Taste renewed his persuasions, turned to the THE MAHOMMEDAN REBELLION. | Little Englanders ought to be able to recognite|| Zrene (H.I.G.M.5.) .................. require one or two Canadian witnesses. The rig tabout, as if shamed of their foollab
that truth, and recognition of it points to the Chelydra gr first regular working session of the conference action, and sested themselves again as if nothing
absolute necessity of our prompily and cheerfully Dista will take place on Thursday next. Delegate had happened. In the meantime the difficulty
doing all that la requisite for our national preser Hallas „VER Jones was to-day introduced to his colleagues and #behind" was surmounted, and the play pro An Imperial edict of the 9th instant, wired to vation. At present, though we are spending For
ceeded without further lateruption. THE IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA, was highly highly gratified with the cordial sa
the Hugo, which had been delayed in trace great deal of money, we are spending much Dagmar ........ ception met with
Truth this work published details of another anspended for two months for striking a com- of Junior Guardian of the Hair-Apparent to We are allowing France and Rasals,
Joku Balsley of those scandals which threaten to destroy the petitor named M'Donnell In a race at Adelalde General Tung Fa-hstang, Commander-in-Chief two European nations we have most to be In reference to the Imperial Bank, of which tradition that the British offices is a gentleman. has given his vession of the affair. Ho aald of the Imperial forces operating against the on our guard against, to outstrip us in ship an much has been rumoured during the past few It appears that just before the 20th Hussars "M'Donell makes out he is a very innocent sort Mahommedan rebels of Katze, at a reward building of the right sort, and we shut our eyes OUTWARD-27th October-Dordogna, Zom months, the Tiestiin correspondent of the west to India a new joined subaltern was taken of a young man, and that he doesn't know this fox signal services in crushing the Mahommedan to the fact that, if there is no great Bard 30th October-Medwa. 6th November Shangaat Mercury reports that on the gist Nov. by bla brother officers to a sliding school and put and that; but I've been racing about six years, rebellion in the region inside of the Great Will risk of the United States doing us any serious➡Sogholden 13th November-Bentomond, Shong Taotel and his trusty olds Chang were to gallop and whipped until the subalters fell, Innocent-like. Look at that twenty-five-mile necessary for the prosecution of the war against over Venezuela or any other trumpay difcally, Astoun, Pingrey. th November-Balmo
on a bare-bick house. The animal was made and I've never seen anyone act as he does, so Forable services rendered in raising the fonds harm in actual fight, should one perchance occur Ballons, Orriles. 17th November BOFNED, -awaiting in Tientsia the arrival of Major injuring his kase. He became lasensible, after race in Sydney wa had. We started on opposite the rebels, and energy and care in providing the risk of its spelling the canying trade
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24th November-Boyers, Chingwo, Von Hanneken and Mr. G. Detring. The enter, which he was on the sick let for weeks. The sides of the track, and I caught him fà about supplies for the forcet, the Governor of which we are now paramount la considerable Myrmidon, Oclong, Blizabeth Rickmers, Senta, paise has already been agreed upon and in con the subaltern out of the regiment. When the played up such pranks that I had the greatest provinces, Tas Mu, in confirmed as substantive itself, and there is small chance of German felly
object of this treatment, it la stated, was to drive are miles. Then for about eighteen, miles be "Twkestan, and acting Viceroy of the Shen-Kan German bluster may be of slight account in || 27th November-Formosa, Oltar,
MHOMEWARD-24th NovemberMaria Va. nection with it an agreement has been signed latter reached Indis it is said these' practices difficulty in keeping clear of him. He would Viceroy of the above province, Wei Kuangelio, and spits ever leading to an attack upon us kerta. 17th Novembe-Argyle, Glaucut. by the Board of Revenue and Tsungli Yamen were kept up. The subaltern was made to spriet and then stop suddenly, away from one Governor of Shaust, is referred to the Board of Civil which would inevitably do far more harm to the The correspondent adds that it le "an arrange dress in the clothing for his native forvant, lo side to the ether, and get up to all sorts al games. Appointments for materially assisting in putting assailants than to the assalled. But we have Scorts Emulsion of Pate Cod Liver Oil, with ment of which the French Minister, M. Gérard, salaam to ibis servant, jump into bonfires with The league had him up for his behaviour, but down the rebelion with his
Hupan army corps other and more dangerous rivals, and our only | Hypophosphites, is a combination of two most took him to be an unoccal, and let him off of 30.0:0 men, and for preventing the
of Vanquished WAY keeping the rivalry within ilmits and pro- valuable remedies, in a palatable and easily young officer
CyEs of the ustives., Truth Consul, Comte du Chayland, his to Chang here, thereupon demands that his tormentors be tried I don't want to be killed. Coming up that certain portions of the Kansu-Tibetan border, strong enough to hold them at bay. That can strengthening properties, most valuable in Con. waiving their previous asinagement respectlog by court marital, but adds I do not expect straight I hollered out to him four or five times Prior to or, to be correct, one month before the only be done by our having more ships of the sumption and wasting disostre. Raad the the Linkobchian-Hankow Line, made through Lord Wolseley, Commander-in-Chic, to maintain to keep in. Not ha. He looked under his arm | rebellion inside the Great Wall a cerinia Chiasse: right sort than we now own or than we lo following I have found Scott's Emulsion of the late M. R. Griffon, in favour of the Americas, the honour of the Queen's
and saw my red wheel op agalasi his pedal, and Mahommedan of Kanas, named Liu Sir-lo, process of building, and by our making sure of great benefit in the treatment of phibisical and SAN FRANCISCO, November 9th. ikera he kept me blocked into, the fence. Two headed an insanection of Turkestan and Chinese plenty of competent men to work them. In last scrofulous diaensen. It is extremely palatable -Mr. Oshima, technical director of the proposed | #kicks" and a clear run and I would have passed | Mabommedans a iltale west of the Great Wall, | session's debates the Government and the Op. and does not upeat the stomach-thus removing steel works for Japan, and four japanese him. Doesn't take that many 'kicks,' you know, - the breaking out of which encouraged the Chin. position, Mi Goschen and Mr. Balfour on the the great dificulty experienced in the administra- on this than wo. At any rate here everybody, englusers, kava arrived on the steamer Río de to get up that straight on my gó-in, gear, I was | ese Mahommedans inside the Wall under ons | one side, and Sir William Harconit and his nap. | tion of the plain oll--D. P. Keixa, L.R.C.S., high and low, Chinese and foreigners, are over Haneiro. They are on a tour of inspection of going strongly and could have beaten him Makommed Arkkoan, of Hochen, Kenex to porters on the other, showed equal apathy and Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dabün, H Any the great sisel works of America and Europe, saally, Not content with his tricks in the maka o dnak for the city of Halcha'ng, which he callousness.. It was left for a few kambiar and. - Chamlat can impply Lim-Sola Agents for Hong- whelming Sheng and Chang with thude congra- having in contemplation the purchase of a plant straight, he tried to run me into the fence after saprated sites killing the local mandarins, there were patriotic politicans to wet facts in their true | kong and the Empws of Chima in lyndina át CON tulations,"
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| we'd falshad the rade. 258 knew X was seming ́i by putting the tech to a ponerai sehvillen in tha - light, and 5ị të for the pubila to apprakani thows | Hangban/
'gaye Sheng ble hand at Peking, and the French bla pajamas on, etc., ali to order tó dfsgrace the caution. Why can't ke leave me alone? | rebels from making a dash Into Shepsi and | tecilog ourselves against it is to make ourselves ‡ digested form, having great. Egaling and
and heartily uniting in this undertaking with Germany. But you are perhaps better Informed
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