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THE CHARGE AGAINST SERGT SCOTT.

THE OFFICER COMPLIMENTED FROM THE

DENCH

The cross-cases of obstructing the police, #gafest Cheong Sem Fio described as "A gentleman" Chan Sew, compiadore, sad Chau Pin Wal, Interprater, and against Serveant Scott et salt, were disposed of at the Magistracy today. Mr. J. Hastings appeared for the defence, Leong Tim, he'd billard marker at the Hong- kong Club, sald that on the eight of the 19th inst. he was at No. 11, Wellington Street, play- Ing billiards. Tha sixth defendant was marking, Afterwards witness went on to the verandah and the sixth defendant was wiping the billiard table, Suddenly he heard a notam in the street and ha sent Im Chim, the sixth defendant, down la san what was the matter. He next beard that he had been arrested. He knew nothlag of what Im Chim had done between the time he left the room and when witness heard of bis nitest,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897.

THE POLICE SCANDAL.

DISMISSAL OF A WELL-KNOWN OFFICER,

Yet another member of the Detective Force has been dismissed in connection with the Wa

yesterday ordered that Detective Inspector W. Lane gaming-house scandal. Mr. F. H. May Qulacey be dismissed from the Force on the grounds that he had shown gross neglect of daly in not discoverlag and not reporting a the central district. The ex-Inspector joined common gaming house at No. 2, Wa Lane, in the Forćo 37 ÿtais #go

THE REBELLION IN BORNEO,

The following official report of the rising in Borneo and the steps taken to effect the capture of the rebel leader, Mat Salleh. is taken from the North Borneo Herald of the 1st inst. :

Sergeant Scatt, recalled by His. Wership, sald On the night of Sunday, the 11th instant, It was quite possible that Im Chim was newly

about half-past eight o'clock, I received a In the gambling boose when arrested, and that argent letter from Mr. Wheatley at Mempakal he was marking billiards at the stated time, enclosing letters from Kwala Penyu and Papar There was no light In the shop, but the states reporting that Polo Gaya bad been attacked by were lighted with a small kerozinë lumap.

Mat Salleh, who had killed one Sikh police

·Mr. Hastings, for the defence, said he did not man and cue prisoner, and wounded two doubt that the Sergeant belleved he was telling others, had sefzed all the arms, ammunition, the truth when be sild he saw the xlxih defen- stores, boats, contents of the Tressory, looted dant there, but he was moking, a mistake,

the Chinese shops and burnt down the There was no light, tremendous confusion, latter, together with every Government build- and ten men were rushing eat. The Ser-lag on the island. One letter was from Keilk, seant was pirogeling on the ground and It the Castors clerk at Gaya, which

BAYE was extremely unlikely that he could see the similar delatis, adding that Mr. Neabrennes, sixth defendant. It was likely that he had run

the Treasury clerk, was taken away prisones foto the street on bearing the noise and the by Mat Salleh, and it was impossible to doubt Sergeant thought he had run out of the basement. the truth seeing that he was an eye-witness With regard to the question of obstructing the of most that took place, I at once weat to po'fce it was of the most trifling character. the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's Öns defendant only

tack the Sergeant Office, which was closed for the night. Mr. Cole by Ite Jum and sik-d

kladly opened the effice, and I was 1008 in Kreest their sʻivant.

communication with Mr. Wheatley, and as the The Sergeant sald he had been pushed hat bis own witness did Rames was leaving at daybrook next morning, not bear that nut. There was no doubt that the

we arranged that Mr. Wheatley should meet defendants bad been assaulted, and it proved the Ranes with as many police as he could their dona fides when they said the mistalt was

spare off Fulo Deal whilst í brought all the very wiffing. They obj-cted to belog struck or men avallable from Labasa. After making poshed by he police sa much as European did.

these

occur was through mistake He suggested that the charge of obstruc lng the police would -not have been heard of but for the charges laid

against the Sergeant.*

htm not

to

THE AMERICAN HUSTLER.

HIS RETURN TO NEW YORK.

GERMAN MAIL ITEMS.

We occapled fall; and in which he succeeded in making an E. F. Duncarson G. Gibb, er. J. W. Hunt, Shargbal from Bada Pesib, en route for Man-

running on to the Iranam. We were finally confronted by fort on a steep hill some 400 or Soo feet high across the Inanam, and we aí once advanced and arcupled a village on Hitle bill perhaps 70 feet Ligh, Silving nut the people, killing two of them. We bad barely accom plished this before we were attack:d from the being clear where the vilice stood. No one jangle surrounding it, the top of the all only

was struck however, and we formed up the Sikhs and fired valleys into the jungle which zoon drove out the enemy. the village at 1250 after a very ardosor walk of fields which had just heen flooded and ploughed, seven hours. I was mostly through paddy

and we we e up to our kees in mud and water the greater past of the war. The walk from Tanjog Aru to Bahalt the day before was just the same. The sition welk up was about 1,6c0 yards om the enemy's fort. A party emerged from the funt, crossed the river and took a pealition to a saga clamp and opened fire while one man was sufficiently on the st to be on a Thele prac ice was poor bat disturbing, dangerous. We got the range at 550 yards and | after a volley or two they were compelled to retire with the less of one killed. We then set about knocking up a few defences as we wese completely exposed. The Dusan and Bajow coolles who followed us from Patutan, sud Polagas, and the petioners from Ambang, whom we bad brought with us, were employed on this, whilst we seat out parties to bura ost kil ike villages on the hilli withis range of us.

The following morning another fort, which we had seen some way to our right, was carried, the es found full of Gayi loot were destroyed. laring two killed, kad about a dozen linges In the afeton it rained hard and nothing more was done. The following morning, the 17th, there was sti'i no advance, but a party went out to recannplire the Baja Campangs on the river; they returned saying they thought the villages were emply, and that the Givemment hosts stolen from Gaya were lying there, Daring their absence we observed a large party climbing the hill slowly to the main fört and with the glass made out that they were carrying up a gun. Upan this I declared we must advance at once, but our reconnoitering party were so long returning that they had mounted the gas and fired 1 "off at us before

Wheatley with go Dyaks, the prisoners and conlles, should occupy Dale Merawi's 'village down the river and selse the hosts, whlist Mfr. Ormsby and myself took the Sikhs and the remainder of the Draks marched down the paddy fields facing the fit and occupied the Orang Kaya's village immediately below li We then fired our camp and broke down our defences,

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There was në abstraction and whatever did Governments by telegraph, I returned to they turned up. It was agreed then thai Mr.

His Worship said a great deal of evidence bad been taken bat ha did not regard the care at very serious one. Up till jo-day he wa Inclined to believe that the six hidefendant was certainly one of those in the gambling house. However, he was unwilling to believe that the witness brought to-day had come there to swear

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House to prepare for my own departure and then went dewa with Mr. Hors- ford about 11 o'clock, and found the Sergeant Major bad to police ready to go, having previously sent word to him. I then sent oul and managed to rake op 38 free Dyaks, aimed them and sent them on board the Rande, We also called up Mt. Keasberry and chartered the Enterprise, had her coaled and provisioned for ten days. These arrangements occupled early the whole night, and we got away soon after daylight. It was my intention to send Mr.

A move was made and the two villages occupied, the fort opening fire on bath parties, The party under Mr. Ormsby and myself up.

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"exhibition" of himself. Burton was really "beatlog" his way round the globe for a wager, but good many of those who met him put him down at the lime as a mere adventurer, posacssed of a liberal supply of UTAUCH. completed his task and the New York Police Gasetts of July 6th, under seven big black type herdlines, describes the wanderings of this fin-de-ctdila Ulysses na follows :—

He has

THE MANCHURIAN RAILWAY,

NEW BORNEO COMPANY.

WILL HAVE A BRANCH TO FORT ARTHUR, Many people in Hongkong will remember that The Borneo Tobacco Estater, Limited, was

Whilst the proposed Peking and Hankow valable young man Fisk Burton, otherwise the registered on fair 12th, by E. Flux and Lead-Railway is meeting with a good deal of attention, "Amrican Hustler? who, while on a journey capital of £30,000 let shares. Obj ct, to bliter, 144, Leadenhall--treat, E C., with a

and observing cynics remain doubtful whether

called here and made himself famous by an Estates Syndicate, to adopt an agreement with round the would under extraordinary conditions, acquire the undertaking of the Barnes Tobacco railway will be completed in the text five or fifty even per the money is paid by the Baiglang the

years, that section of China's rallway system entertainment that he essayed to give in the Cly. A. Welton, and to plant and grow tobacco,

slaced under the control of Russia is being care- fully and promptly attended to. A week or two ten, enflee, ciachana, &c. The Directors are

go a young Hungarian engineer passed through trading as T, A. Gibb an: Co. Remunerat on fx d by the company.

charla and on Saturday a second angineer followed. This second gentleman is a young A NEW CHINESE RAILWAY.

but talented Hungarian tallway engineer, Mr. The cosvenilon with a Belgian syndicale Gabinyl Kaloly, who has accomplished some which is to supply the funds necessary for the very difficult work in Europe. He has been construction of the Shen-Sea Rallway, which engaged chiefly for tannelling in the vicinity was ratified by the Chinese Government, has of the Kirin hills on the line from Vladivostock now, it is stated on good suthority, also been io Klin, the capital of Manchuris. So far

atlied at Bussels According to the text of

surveys Ir the line are proceeding, and when the loss, the tyndicate is to furnish £4,500, co these are concluded active work will be cam. loan is payable in four instalments of Cric12,500 will not be at Kirin bat the line will be contianed At 10 per cent, with discourt for later, Themenced. There is no doubt that the terminus each at intervals of six months, the first pay. ment to be made on January 3rd, 1898. The ca plial is repayable in 30 equal nous instalments; the first payment to be made in 1948 The syndicate guarantees the completion of the line by 1903 The sole security mortgage on the rallway, of which the Chinese are to have the management, while the Belgians will bave control of the construçilən work, for which the syndicate is to supply half the materials.

Frank Barton, the American hustler and globa trotter, representing the Poffte Gasetts, who started from Clly Hall, New York, on January 8th, 1896, to travel around the world under the conditions that he should start without any money and melther beg, borrow, nor spend a cent on his tour, to settle a wager, arrived home last week, after an absence of about eighteen menths.

There were no Instructions in the mode of travelling, but Barton says he covered the largest part of the journey on the bicycle.

When he made his departure from New York he received a ticket through to Albany, presented to him by Steve Brodie. From there he started out upon his arduous task and glace then has

travelled through all the important cities of both continents.

From Albany he went to Troy and proceeded through the following lowas, making a big success of his venture, Rochester, Buffalo and Pittsburg; from bere he was escorted to Pal man by large delegation of wheelmen. From there he rode is Miiwasker, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Denver. While in some of the large clites mentioned Burton worked with Beveral theatrical companies and was entertained by many prominant people.

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THE RISING IN CHITRAL. Major Deine, Pical Officer at Malakand,

ed in the late determised aitacks on Malakand, Kotal, and Chakde. The names of the tribes in question are:- Uiman Khels, Swa'is, Baj- oures, Baneciwala and even Dir 1 vies. They lost 2,795 killed. Altoge her the losses in wounded are compiled at upwards of 4,000.

reports that prac ically all the tribes have join

CHINA AND GERMANY.

youth-west to Shan-hal-Kwan to connect with the Chinese railway switem, and another branch will terminate at Port Arthur.-Shanghat Dally Press.

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NOTANDA.

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CALENDAR,

AUGUST

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Thursday, 26th August, 1897. Chinese-2018 of Tik moon of 53rd year of

Kwong-st

Just a year ago, said the Berlin correspondent the Timer, an July 17, Germany in general, and, Berlin is pullquiar, was thrown into a wild After a short stay in Denver he continued on

stat: of excitement by the vist of an eminent Chinese statesman. his wheel to Salt Lake City with Primrose &

Li Pung-chang was at West's mostrel show, and rode to Order,-Ulab,

that time on doubtful terms of friendship with where he experienced the most difficult part of his imperfal Master, but that circumstance did his journey, owing to the refusal of the railway not prevent his anival from being beraided are of TI T'seng-wang, the patron of departed officials to assist or allow him to ride on trains the signalt : linumerable pellicht and fan-

Tollis.) out of town under any circumstances. Alter alal advantages which were to accrue to Ge..

Jewish-28th A5, 1657. stay of six weeks the members of Hoyt's "Trip many by reason of his presince.

Mohammedan-27th Rubla 2, 1516. to Chinatown" Company, without the knowledge relative of the Prapor of China and one this Sun Rises ..... of the management, bulli a box in the shape of

My's esteemed advisers. Is making Ide

Sets a coffin and shipped the globe trotter as far as

cally the same tour that Li fing-charg under Oakland, Cal., where the case was consigned to

took last year emit such pomp and acclamation. Primrose and West, who wer: playing at the Prince Chang, however, comes and gors infost California Theatre in Fikco.

unnoticed; tui belief is gaining ground thst Gous visit far more than they did from that of 1839-British left Macae for the stlps anchored Germans. likely to profit from this unostenia- Lt Fuzg-chang. Palace Chang was yesterday

Today =

lles. He was a man well-known here and well Wheatley in the Enterprise up the cotat to proached the back of the village across open keeper, arriving there on the 20th day of June, received by the Under-Secretary of State for

WAS

acquainted with the necessity for telling the truth, and his Worship sald ho Inclined to accept his evidases. He therefore found that the sixth defendant was not in the gambling house at all er for any prolonged perled, and ordered his discharge. With regard to the charge of obstructing the police in the exccalion of their duty be did not regard it as very serious, Generally It was a very serious offence. He believed defendants thought there had been a mistake and objected to the street of their suvant. At the same time the action they took was illegal'and they each had their share in the obstraction. Actor Sergeant Scott he had performed his duty with the greatest discrelton. Even when defendants were moit anziose to bring a charge fasolt against him, they could only say they had received a slighi push. Con- sidering the obstrucilon, the Sergeant would have been jurified in resorting to far more severe measures than that. He therefore found that the Sergeant bad done bis duty very satisfac.. torily and bad committed no assault. The defen dania were carried away by excitemest and he found that they had obstructed the pollee in the exception of their daly and they would each be fiard $ic.

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abere to Gaya to pick up news of Mat Salleh, as It was stated that he meant to attack the other outstations and destroy them as well. However, upon meeting Mr. Wheatley I found that Keilk, the Gaya clerk, bad anived and was with him. He stated that Mat Salleh was still in Gaya he thought, and had told him he intended to attack the Rands, so we detded it was best to go all The attick on Gaya took place at 4:30 a.m. on the gth, and the baming of the shops only occurred on the rats, as we could plainly see from Pole Tigs by the dense column of smoke

cending.

to Gaya together.

beat course of action, we determined that inac- After consulting with Mr. Ormaby sa to the

lion would be very til-advised pending ariya} of further assistance from Sandakan, We had information that Mat Salleh would destroy all the outstations. Our force split up was possibly officient to protect them but the material was poor. Wo then returned to Gaya bloging some twenty police and free Dyaks to add to our force.

Upon reaching Gays we found that Keilk, the clerk, had succeeded in keeping all our police out of sight and quiet in the Bajan Campong whenever a boat was seen, and in this way had captured seven or eight men, amongst them a Sula spy who had been sent by tier Mat Salleh Into Gaya for about a fortnight before the attack to corrupt the Gaya Bajaus, which he succeeded in doing, and who also Joined in the attack on the morning of the 9th

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pady fields to view of the fort. The village WAS deserved except the row of Chinese shops. The Draks promptly ran

10 cover in the jungle when the fort opened fire, but the Sikhs were steady and lay down behind one of the paddy field dykes. I then crossed the Gelds and turned "out all the Chliess from the shops for safety and returned to the Sikhs and,

bearing brisk ficlog going on below at Mr. Wheatley's village, we ordered the Sikhs to fire- volleys at the fort. They made very good prac› lice and arcceeded in silencing the fort, Con. sidering the position too expored, we then proceeded to join Mr. Wheatley arData Merawl's village which we at once pat to a state of defence by disk. We had no further trouble from the enemy and they maintained dead silence all

right

Mr. Wheatley theo went down the river to the Enterprise to bring up provisions that we were In need of He returned at 3.4 .,, accom. nanied by His Excellency the Governor, Capt. Reddle and Mr. Wathen, with more police from Sandakao and Kudat, the Maxim and a moun- talo gon. The Governor, Captain Reddle and myself at once proceeded with the mountala gan | and planted it on the edge of the paddy field be. bind the amper village jast by day-break. Word Was rent hack to the others to advance at once against the fort which still maintained silence. Twa shells were thrown lato it and there was no reply, and shortly after it was occupied by enemy having deserted it. We then retired

Messrs. Wheatley, Cimsby and Wathen, tha

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He worked his way, from Frisco to Sydney, New South Wales, on the Monawat 13 a store 1895. He was entert faed there by several wealthy citizens and promirest officials, including Col Bell, former Walled States Consul.

Salled the steamship Guthrie as a purges, through the kindacas of the boat's captain, R. Reed. [Who man blong? The voyage accors proved very successful. On his way the boat stopped at Thoriday Island and Port Darwin,

Foreign Affates, and this mornleg travelled to Stella to Inspect three ships which te belog built for the Chinese Navy. From Berila, Prince Chang proceeds to Kropp's works at Essen, and to Cologn?, and then to Parts,

ISLAMIC AGITATION. The Standard corespondent xt Constantino.

where he gave lectures and reared quite a sample wrote last math-No withstanding the

of money.

He then went to Hongkong and gave a con. cert and lecture which was financial success, [Now, Mr. Hustle]

Kobl, Kiota and Nagasaki were the towns he travelled, and went to Shanghai, China, where he was attacked with typhoid fever and obliged to give up his jouráey for fourteen weeks. When he recovered, the next destination was Britisk Burmah, to which place he sode bis wheel with Mr. Melbaith and wile, who were reprcreating the Chicxge Inter-Ocean, touchlag Tee Too, Tientsin and Pekin, which he thinks is the worst clty on earth, dirty and uncivilised,

work entalled opas blm by the Greek Question, the Saltan is vefvely p ruing the Islamic ideal. One of the mo t'mportant steps taken in this direction has been the issue of stringent orders to the whole Molen world, to Bokhara, Algeria, Egyot, Persis, Alghanistan, India, and the Far East, to able in the mosques every Friday, and sten to the adionilons of the Ulemas and Imams, These last are continually receiving instructions from the Moslem Synod, which meets every Tuesday at Yidis to frontact the religious rites of the Khalilale. The work is carried out quiet and unobtrusively, bat is worth the closest watching.

NIW DUTCH CABINET, The following is the esaslution of the new Dutch Cah-D. Pierson, Premler and Minister of Finance; M. de Beaufort, Minister for Foreign Affairs; M Cort van der Linden, Minister, of Justice; M Goeman Borgestas, Minister of the Interior; M. Janien, Minister of M. Lair, Minister of Waterstaat, Commerce, Marlur; Major-General Aland, Minister of War; and Industry; M. Cremer, Minister for the

in Tibe the venturous pedestrian and party experienced great difficulty riding through the iboranghlures, belag stoned by the natives. On their journey through China they were obliged to live on fish and sice, and were gled when they reached the hotels of Mandalay, where they could procore good estables,

In Ren2000, Burton pablished a paper called the Hustler, and it at once proved a big success. South Africa, but failed to get the host, and took the steamship Annie-Adams[AuziaAdams, ok ?] for Calcutta, When off Bombay the ship was wrecked in a beavy gale, and everything was LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. lost but a small bag containing a few autographs and letters of introduction.

He again returned to Hongkong to all for

Colonies.

SUPREME Court,

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION,

to the lower village for breakfast, after which HI Fxcellency the Governor with Capt. Reddle, Mr. Ormiby and Mr. Wathen ascended to the fort and pursued 'the enemy overland through the Enterprise and Normanhurst, gasded the Menggatal, whlist Mr. Wheatley and myself, with

While waiting to be rescued he asterialoed Iwo exiis from Menggalai, kaving a guard in the survivars by telling them of his eventful the camp at Toxoam. In the alternoon the travels and experiences In the countries of the overland parly emerged in boats bringing with Far West. They were rescued by the steamship (Before His Lordinis Str 7. W. Carrington, them Mr. Neubronner who had been isken out Lightning and taken back to Hongkong and

Ki, C.M.G., Chef Justiça.) of the Josnim fort and cared for by Pangeran | returned to Calcutta, where be joined Harmiton's | Kabar el Menggatal. We then landed all men | circus and made a tour through India, Java and and stores, etc, Tram both steamers at Gays, and Siam se a clown, and managed Foter Jackson, the following morning, after trying all the pelsoness captured, Mr. Wheatley and myself with the Labon Police returned to Labuan by the Normanhurti, arriving about 10 p.m., on the 19th instant.

I must not omit to mention the conduct of Sergeant Tara Singh, of the Labuan police, which was beyond all praise from start to finish. · Ha worke1 splendidly all through, seeing to every eblog, keeping the police in order all day long, and was both willing and anxious to stay ap all night, and we had to order him to toro lo and sleep; and I sincerely trust that he will receive some substantial recognition of his services, which were lovelable.

G. HEWITT.

Acting Realdini,

the boxing kangaroo,

His voyage from Rangoon, on the steamship Preme, to Liverpool occupied thirty-five days, reaching there on the 14th day of May, 1897. Leaving Liverpool with_bis bicyle ha rede over the conilaent, touching Spalo, Portugal, France Saxony and back to London, arriving in time to witness the Qeean's Jabllee. He sailed from Liverpool for New York on the Birurta and wired home, on July 3rd, 1897, five day: ahead of time.

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August 16th.

CHU WA V. LINSTEAD AND DAVIS AND CHU KWAN.

Paintiff sought to recover about $500 being the balance of a depasfi account.

Mr.M. W. Slade. (instructed by Mr. C. D. Wilkinson) appeared for the platnili and Mr. | G. C. C. Master for Linstead and Davis,

Cho Kwan, the principal defendant, did not appear and consequently judgment was given against him with costs.

Mr. Slade asked his Lordship for costs against Linstead and Davis also He said that the fact that they sefared to interplead had prolonged this case and then all throughout he had not only to contend with Chu Kwan but with boik #olicitors working together. Mr. Master Cross-

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Afternoon ANNIVERSARIES.

at Hongkong. 1860-Tientsin occupied by the British forces. 1896-Massacre of 2 oco Armenians at Constan- .

tinople.

TO-MORROW.

Friday, 27th August, 1897. Chinese- 50th of 7th moon of Brd year of

Kwong-15.

·Jewish-2018 AD, 5687. Mohammedan-28th Rabta I, 1316.

Sun-Rites

Sets

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Thr. 39min. Afternoon .... Shr. SmÍN, ANNIVERSARIES.

1841AD-Amor taken by the British; 95 55BC —Julius Crosar landed in England,

guns captured. 1996-The Palace at Zanzibar bocabarded by

the Brilib.

· SHARE MARKET.

LATEST QUOTATIONS, National Bask. $12; Canton Insurance, $177); Steamboat Co., $32; Indo-Chinas $48; China Sugars, $140; Luzon Sugar, $44 Charbonn ges. 38; Haimors), Sr.ja; (Pref) $1.70; Oliveri, (B) $58; Dock Co., 232 per

cent, piem.; Kowloon Wharves, $63; Invest- $45; (ex new issue) $30; (new lasue) #15 F ment Co., $74; Green Islands. (com new faius)

Watsons, Brago; Tramways, $1121 Dairy

·Farms, 14.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,

MAILS DUR: Australian (Sagami Maru) 28th [not, French (Yarra) zest Inst.

Australian Menmuir) 3rd prox.

American (China) ged prox.

American (Belgie) 10lb box.

Canadian Empress of Japan) 15th-prom. American (Pars) 22nd prox. German (Preussen) 23rd "prox. American (Coptic) 1st October, Canadian (Emprèss of China) 6th October, German (Sachsen) sist October. The Chios Mutual Steam Navigation Co.'s stexmer Danfa from Swanson and Liverpool, prza'd the Canal yesterday, and may be cost- dered due at Singapore on at about the 17th prox.

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Upon arriving at Gays in the Ranca- we Gaught the Mengkabong people red-handed born ing and looting. They fired the Chinese godowns on the whaifjust as the Rawie came into view. They immediately ran for their prahu and endeavoured to escape. The tide was onl, however, and they were unable to pass over the reefs, and the Rawes steaming up to the beacons closed the exit. They then ran their six prshas ashore and, jamplog overboard, orcaped in the jungle. We at once lauded all our men and followed them, but only captured one man and the prabus, which were stuffed full of loot. We then lodged all our men in the Bajau village At Gaya, which was left intact, as the Enfans »ll

· WITH "JOHN" AT THE PLAY.

joloed with Mat Salleh, and the Raxce then left, Next morning we left at 3 o'clock for Ambong There has lately been a regular boom in the is the Enterprise and arrived there soon after Chinese dramos, as far as Hongkong is concerned, only received a report of the sacking of Gaya 6, and loved Mr. Ormsby all right. He had and crowded bosses have been the order day the previous afternoon about the time that we and night at the Cheang Hing theatre, Tal-reached Gaya in the Raner, which fact is signi pingsban. The season at this place of amuse-

ficant of the general knowledge of the natives ment closed on Saturday, and then what is called and their desire to keep It secret.

■"number 1" troupe opened at the Ko Shing Theatre on Sunday. To visitor a sight at the play with John Chinaman to an experience that should not be missed, despite the discomfort of being crowded in amongst a cosple" of thousand Chirene fall classes. The domestic drama held the boards at the Cheung Hing on Friday and Saturday and from the openlog, at 9am, till "curtain," at 11 p.m., the place was packed from floor to ceiling. On Friday night the pit or ground floor presented the appearance of a vast sea of shining yellow pates and in the galleries above, where the "gods" (coolie class,) congregate there was nothing to be seen but a swellesleg mage of balfclad humanfiy piled tler upon and, for the greater past, smoking vigorously tobreca fit to be used in Mark Twain's { 'Witch. of Eoder"

pipe. The ladies' galleries, too, were all filled, and, altogethei, it Instant, was fast such an audience as in numbers, 48 would have filed the heart of many a poor #barnslormer with unspeakable delight. Like the draper who la clearing old season's goods,

Mr. Ritchie's letter to the Associated Chame | examined his client ön matters that were simply the management went in for "weeping

bers of Commerce is a development of the policy directed to strengthen Chn Kwan's caan and tions" for the last two nights, and the tariff fer

Indicated a year or two ago by Mr Chamberlain | weaken Chu Wo's and did not tend to strengthen yesterday and to-day was brought down to "from Gaya who reported that they had just

In his dispatch to the Colonial Government. It Linstead and Davis' case. He said the vigorous cents all parts of the house." Previously the escaped from laanam. They loformed as that rate bid been in cents downstairs, 5 cents up.

recognises the necessity of Belilah producers | way in which Linstead and Davis contented the the Inanam river was strongly forilɓed, that stalss. The overflow from the ground floor there was a strong fort with two guns close

belag better. Informed than they generally ate case made it hardly fair that plain:lă should- Elled the sides of the stage with a couple of is the Kwala, another little higher

upon the subject of foreign competition. The not receive the costs. phraseology of its openlog sonienco is worth A His Lordship did not require Mr. Master to handred eager auditors and a big red-tarbaned one more at Dauta Merawl's village and

moment's noties. The Board of Trade has, is reply. He rald the plaintiff was entitled to judg Sikh devoted his attention to Iasily big strong one up at O. K.

been considering for some time whether | ment against Chu Kwan for the amount claimed keeping them frem impeding the actors. The Mahomed Serall's village, where Mat Salleh

the Statecao usefully assist British traders in and judgment against Linstead and Davis to pay Chimers have a keen sense of the humeurons Intended to make an office and carry on a Go-

their struggle with foreign rivals, and, if 50, over that sum to the plaintiff. He thought Lin and the quips and satites of the performers kapt them to a simmer of merriment, bat the clanging Mr. Neubronner was qulie safe, living to the vernment of his own. They also told us that

what form the assistance should be given. sicad and Davis would have acted more prudently Collection, This does not imply that Mr. Ritchie is if they had adopted the process of interpleader. of sa susplitting gong and the squeaklog of a

| Orang Kaya's house, and was well cared for.

1896. prepared to depart from the principle of Fres They did not do to and practically onsite firat trampet pretty effactually smothered the voices The Orang Kaya has always been friendly to

248,387.0.0.9 Trade, but it is a form of words which would hosting took up the position of Cha Kwan and on many occasions. Fruit vendors pushed bere

wards the Company, and although his men took Tientsin and there through the crowd and only part in the attack upon Gays he would have

200,795.00.7 hardly have been used by a British Minister acted in lieu of him. If the case had gone 119 448.3.77 very low yatra ago. The noilor that it could on to the end and Linstead and Davis

West York ................... Cosmopolitan " needed the old famling cy of " Apples,

thug to do with it and endeavoured to per. Chungking bill of the play

PAIKKO THE CĂMAL, 48.741 4.7.0 pasifbly be the basiness of the State to ussfat | bad defended Chu Kwas, he was inclined to ike Inanam people agalast It,

Ichang

73.218.5 3.5 one's thoughts back to the Adelphi or Drary.

71,294.8.3.3 home prod cars in any way would, noi long think that they would have Feen lable for the (JUTWARD-27th July-Beniawers, Kritms Upon receiving this information we gave up Shas

831.2.0.4

slace, have been scouted as savouring of Protect costs in case the defence failed. However, thai | Afld, Lachlay, 30th July-Dardanus, Lourd Lane. The Celestial cccupant of the gallery, all thought of attack from the mouth of the Hanks

667,467.1.03 631,801,2.8.0. tionist beresy, The President at the Board of was not to and the Court directed that Cha Branch, 3id August-Glaslo, Herika, Bih too, is like his London prototype. "Harry" atsiver as likely to cause or too serious loss and at Kinklang 384,205 4.48 432,285.1.9.8 Trado has, however, come to the conclusion, in Kwan,should be brought in as a parly and the August-Elm Branch, Flintskirt, Furnitu the play is quite at home when he's got his coat once proceeded to Tangjon Aru where wo Waba quo. 101,731.9.9.6 149.555.1.9 a view of Increasingly keen competulơn, that it is real contest was between the plaintiff and him. 10th August-Macduf, Sumatra, Glaucus, St. off and a front seat among his pals, and John of landed and started to walk to Palatan at Chinking...... 188,712 5.1.1 199.514-33.) at least a duty to collect and disseminate among Then the right course for Linstead and Davis Jerome. 17th August-Glmarinay, Oolong, the coolle class makes himself comfortable by 30. We found the Palatan Office already put Shanghal 3,138,465.1.3.1 2,173,623.3.1.9 | traders in this country full and accurate informs would have been to stand aside. The defendant Sydney, Taucer, Cars, Helena Rickmer1, 180 dating the garment that serves him as vast, into a state of defence and the Gaya and Papar Soochow

33,651.8.6.9

thones to the candlitons under which trade had been before the Court after the first day and | August-Socotro, 24th August—Ganja, Ramusi cost and shirt, Smoking, as before mentioned, is police collected there. We rested for an haar Nagpan

159.490.5.4.1

249,014.2.0.8 in cartled on by their rivais abroad. Mr, he thought that Llustead and Davis did not HOMEWARD-24th August-Canton, Myy- not prohibited to the Chinese The plan temples and then, taking all the palice from Putatan to Hangcbow

$3.004.0.3.8 and the fumes of countless pipes sed cigarettes, add to our force, we started again and walked to

Chamberlain's Instrucilons have already had occasion" any additional costs to be incurred, |, mison. Warchow **** - 37,182.6 0.0 angelber with the natural heat thrown off by about Babait on the Ulo Patatas, reaching thero about Foochow ........

25,757-7.4-7 || some good effect in this direction, bai Mr. Llasterd and Davis parted from their position 316,341.6 8.7 3,000, make a summer visit to the theatre some 7.30 p.m. We had now a respectable force.

398,776.8.5.3. Ritchie proposes to go further. Ho suggests when they cross-examined the plaintiff to show | 17 the sufferers from Consumption, Scrofula and Amoy

320,422.2.8 4 357.213.1 8.6 the appointment of a Central Bureau, whose that he did not make out his case. The cost of General Debilly will try Scott's Emulsion of thing to be long remembered. Such a visit, how. From Labuan and Mempakul 15 police and 38 Swalow. 346,537.0.7 4 296,014 6.4.3 f⚫nction ever, is fall of Interest to the student of men and Dyaks, Ambong souse xo, suď î5 were from Canton

R would be to obtain reports upon the that cross-examination should go to the platoiiff, Pore Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites, they 469.271.7.0.0 410,726.4.19 demand for British goods in the various markets | Ho fixed that cross-examination at one third of will and immediate-relief and a permanent sblugs, and at the same time affords an exPatatan, total go men, less 12 whom we left on Klungchow 35.882.9.9.4 32,775-8 5.1 | of the world, the duties to which they would be | day's costs.-

benefit. The Medical Profession in the various cellent opportunity of seeing how our Celestials board the Enterprise to guard the mouth of the Pakhol

39,795.3.4.3 30,127.1.4 1 subject, the cost of transit, and so forth. This Mr. Slade asked for the costs for supplying countries of the world universally declares it a . friends take their pleasures. Of the merits of the Inkdam.

19.5.5.9

bady would be composed of representatives of copies of the accounts,

remedy of the greatest-value, und da it is very 1,769.4 0.8

the Treaty, and iba Foreign and Colonial Mr. Master sald ke had not wiked for them palatable it can be readily taken by ika mont Officer, and of delegates from the harcelated and that they had been given to him voluntarily, sensitive stomach, and will never fall to gira Chambers, The Associilen wil we take it, His Lordship gave the plaintiff the coats of relief and comfort to the sufferer, Any Cherrien 2 respond readily to the invitation addressed to it, | the coples of accounts after the first day's hears | can supply it. Bola Agents for Hongkong and for ikere can be no doubt as to the uillity of the | fag.

the Empire of Chies Watkins & Co., Howgi sanctwa " proposed bureky,

The Count adj-urned atau dil.

muts, oranges,

to Kend

The following morning, therefore, we held an enquiry on these prisoners, and remanded all until the expedition was over except the Salu spy, Him we tried, sentenced and executed upon the apatn

There were also four of the Chinese traders

THE CUSToms revenue,

up: That useful, indispensable and carefully complied quarterly, the Customs Gasstti, hus Again made its appearance, and from it we take the following table of the dues and duties collected in the Apill-face 1897 quarter at the Treaty Ports of China:

Collection.

201.701.6.1.8 186,055.2.7.7.

Newchwang.... savam

Chefoo

Samahu m

performance mention is here culted for obviousThe following morning, theʼrsih, we started Wachow zassons, the main ons being that our own par at 5-30 and walked across country over Licular Chinese dramatło czitio le at present at Kills and through long stretches of paddy work on s most elaborate translation of "Bez | falda to the Uld-Insnam, On sewing and Car" into Mandarin Ungo for presentation Inanam we found all the Dusta villages fall of Before His Colonial Wightimens ni Peking, fact, the people scattering before är musikly

148,055.3.4.0

68,217.9.0.0

410

Total Hk. Tir. 5,975,111.9.2.5 5.984,971.0.6.8 Bem Quarter [‚of 1896" remist 5,084,871,0.5,9

EAL

seems,

A COMMERCIAL BUREAU,

(Globe, July 19th.]

Aggrega''ng, 7,389 tons register, DEPARTUPEI.

Helstein............

#

Shacgbal

Salgon

Ată....................qu..............steamer, for Halphong

Pausang ..................... DONAT krarosset Katsar Hind, .........

Krim

か

Yokohama

Caston Shanghal Tamsal

Hongay

*Aggregating, 9.385 tons register HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNI City of Rozprebaturgi Kowloon Dock. Hongkong Empress of India...... Esmiraldacoma y

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