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Co-day's Advertisements.

VICTORIA

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CHAPTER,

No. 525, E.C.

N EMERGENCY CONVOCATION of

VICTORIA CHAPTER will be held st the FREEMASONS' HALL, TO-NIGHT, the 23rd lnstant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely, Viali ing Companions are cordially invited to attend.

Hongkong, 23rd June, 1895.

CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR SHANGHAL

THE Company's Steamship

"WOOSUNG,"

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Captain Dowson, will be despatched as above on SATURDAY, the agih fustan', GE 2 PAM.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents.

Hongkong, 23rd Jane, 1898.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED,

{771

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI.

"HE Company's Steamship

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"HAILOONG,"

Captain Robson, will be despatched for the above Ports, an SUNDAY, the 26th instant, at Daylight.

For Freight gr Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,

General Managers.

Hongkong, z3rd Jane, 1898.

HAMBURG-AMERICA LINE.

(EAST ASIATIC SERVICE)

FOR LONDON, HAMBURG AND

ANTWERP,

1785

(Taking Cargo at through rates to AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, LISBOY, OPORTO, LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, NORTH and SOUTH AMERICAN FORTY,

THE Company's Steamship

"ARMENIA,"

Captain Magin, will be despatched for the above Potis, os MONDAY, the 4th July.

For Freight, apply to

CARLOWITZ & Co.,

Agents,

Hongkong, 23rd June, 188.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE P&O

1772

HE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship

"BALLAARAT," FROM LONDON, FORT SAID, COLOMBO AND STRAITS.

Consignees of Cargo ty the above-named yessel are hereby beformed that their Goods are being landed and placed at the risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Godowns at Kowloon, where cach consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo -

From London, &c., ex 5.5. Victoria.

Optional goods wit te landed here unless lastractions are given to the contrary belora 4

P.M. TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 29th instant, at 4 P.. will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in' any case whatever.

All damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company within ten days after the Vessel's antivat here, after which na Claims will be recognised.

H, A. RITCHIE,

Superintendent,

Hongkong, 23rd June, 18. "GLEN" LINE OF STEAM PACKETS, FROM LONDON, MIDDLESBRO AND STRAITS,

THE Steamship

"GLENGYLE.". having arrived from the above Ports, Consignces of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharl And Godown Company, Limited, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.

All optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 3 P.14. TO-DAY.

Cargo remaining undelivered after the 30th Instant will be subject to rent

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Consignees are requested to present all Claims for damages and for shortages not later than the 7th July, otherwise they will not be recognized.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 23rd Jana, 1898 (1. 786

"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The Steamship "BENLEDI."

FROM LEITH, LONDON AND S'NGAPORE.

ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their riak into the Hongkong and Kowlom Wharf and Godown Company's Godowas whence and/ne from the wharves delivery may be

obtained.

to rent

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the sat fair, will be subject All Claims against the Steamer must be pro- sented to the Undersigned on or before the 7th Jaly, or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to bo let ta the Godawns, where they will be examined on the 30th instant, at 3PM,

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Leding will be countersigned by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co, Agents, Hongkong, 23rd June, 1898. (1- 787

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1898.

Entimations.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

the action of the Spaniards in lining the ahora should not have been foreseen, for DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & we believe that it is a recognised fact that

COMPANY,

transports attempting to land men in a hostile country should, according to the best Naval and Military experts, always be accompanied by a sufficient naval force to allow of the debarkation being carried out under cover of the guns of the fleet. It is hardly to be imagined that this should have been neglected yet what other construction can be placed upon the Inability of the Americans to dffect a landing?

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Rongkowe. Ist March, 1897

We have been anxiously awaiting news from Manila for the last day or two, and consequently we were overjoyed when we saw In large letters on the Post Office notice board the words.

ALEMAN CLARA MANILA. We accordingly made equiries of the P.O. officials and were told that the above vessel had arrived from Manlis, but on nak. Ing for letters nobody appeared tohave any Idea as to where they were, or where they had been sent, or even If the vessel had brought any. We next Interviewed our head boatman, who stoutly maintained not only that no ship had arrived from Manila, but that no vessel of the name of Aleman Clars had entered the harbour. [30 Among his boarding slips, however, he had one filled up by the mate of a vessel named the Clara and halling from Aparri In the extreme north of Luzea. Thinking that she might have looked in at Manila on her way here, & representative of the Telegraph was promptly sent on board, but found that she had never been within a couple of hundred miles of the block aded port and knew less about the state of affairs in Manila than Hongkong the latest news from the seat of war.

TO SUBSCRIBERS. BUBSCRIBERS TO "THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY REMINDED THAT ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE,

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED WATERS.

WILL HUGHES, a Scolilah vallos, succumbed to the in fleece of Hongkong fisawater and becam drunk and disorderly besides ansaulting a Ch twenty-eight days. mase constable. To-day he was fined $7 or

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Saxor. Williamson made a big oplam haul yesterday, He caught a coolls on Praya Cen. iral with 45 tacia of prepared oplem in his pas- son and to-day a fine of $500, in default three months, was Empored."

A DRIVER on the Selangor railway, the other -day, noticed a man lying on the rall near Kuala Kabu and at once used his whistle. The man shified in time to escape decapitation but not arrest. He is to be tried for attempting to com-

mit suicide.

DR. On Lee charged a Manila man to-day with doctor liver at No. & Ripon Terraco and Sergt. entering his house, uplawfully last night. The Chatte made the arrest, No. 4 Ripon Terrace in where a large party of Philippine refugees was residing. The caselis le come up to-morrow. AN A.B. from the Empress of ludia named ddy was arrested last night in Cochrane Street PC. McSwayed for cutting and wounding Chinaman. The latter is said have been badly wounded on the forearm. A remand was granted till to-morrow to allow of witnesses being called.

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THE CAINE ROAD, MURDER.

Immediately afterwards he told me "Your sister in law is going away to-day to Shanghai." At the Supreme Court this morning is the replied "no" and he insisted in saying "Ob. Criminal Session bakre His Lordship Sir J. W. Yeat she has got a telegram from her son," to Carrington, Chief Justice, and a special jury, the believe so." When I went home I asked her if which I replied "It is possible but I don' with the wilful murder of Francisco Xavier de case of João de Matta Orodo, clerk, charged she got a telegram and she replied no. Daring Jesus on the evening of May gih was resumed.

the time he was living with me his temper was not bad. The last fiw months before she lett The Attorney General (Hon. W, M, Goodman) | because he woulda't speak to anybody tomdays my house his manner becere very faser Instructed by the Crown Solicitor (Mr. H. Lad days and at mealtime he wouldn't take any Deanys) p-orecated and Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C....... Instructed by Mr. E. J. Grlat, appeared for the Ambold Karlory & Co., ssid: ha know the pilsozer

food,

Mr. M. S, da Marias, in the employ of Messrs. defence.

at Macao. They were at school together Pilsener schoolmates" Maluco" which meant ball. was sometimes called by his cracked and also "Telhado," a slang word | wlisens

Bacaning the same thing. In Hongkong and a number of felends ako called prisoner "Maluco," Pilconer changed unfortunato citent and he thanked the jury very more madurse than temper. fence, said his first duty was on behalf of bispered but when he was bad tempered, it was Mr. Francis, in opening the case for the de- his optaton so often that wkness called him crazy. At school he was generally good tem- slacerely for the patient way in which they consisatly seen prisoner from January to May, listened during the last few days to the evidence, He was always walking with his head down and which was of a very serious autore and very

talking very little.

The special jury conilsted of:-Herm. Har bert Smith, J. Orange, S. Hancock, M. C. Grote, A. F. Smith, G. Champesux, F. G. Smalih. ** The case of the prosecution was closed after we went to prens jonterday.

Witness had

Cross-examined by the Attorney-Garera", but sometimes had its of madness wliness said that prisoner was not always mad Mr. C. A. M. de Jesus, clerk in the employ of Capt. Anderson, said he knew the prisoner when be lived at the Luciano Club from 1893 10

September, 1897. Witness cassed als seqazine tance with prisoner about a year before he left

Witness ceased to talk with prisoner because the Club. Dering the time he was in the Club opinion was that prisoner was deranged in mind. prisoner's bebsviour was strange. Witress'

be spke to him very harshly on one occasion, was a member. He remembered the prisoner Chin Chan, barhey to the employ of the Club paying his chlis at the bar in April. Prisoner Vasco da Gama, sald he know the prisoner who

said "I want to die, If you can arrange u man Mr. M. Marques, clerk to the empley of the Vasco da Gama Club. He remembered having a conversation with defendant in the Cish in April. Witness was fo the biliard would give $ico. Witness told him not to talk room when defendant asked his if he would tako his life or get somebody else to do so and he

very quietly when he suddenly said this, nonsense. He had been talking with wilsex

folks do, for her officers were eager to hear P.C. ROBERT Grint noliced some Army boots killing, of course there could be absolutely no Messen. Pawell & Có., vaid he was a member of

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We do not mind a mild joke being per- petrated upon us, but we do consider that the Post Office officials should be taught sufficient geography to enable them to realize the fact that Aparri is not Manila. We know that Post Office Clerks fre- quently give receipts for registered letters in which carefully ignoring the name of the town to which the letter is addressed, they insert that of the county, but hitherto wo AERATED WATERS of our mann- have always thought that the notice board facture are sold throughout the where malls had arrived. We have had could be relled upon for showing from Far East and are invariably pre-shaken to-day, and we shall not be sur our faith in the notice board severely ferred on account of their excellence. prised in future to see the English mail posted up as coming from Mauritius, or the Maldive Islands, or even from the neighbouring port of Macao. They are all more or less on the road from England, to the track followed by the mall boats and some of them are considerably nearer than Aparri is to Manila,

ABSOLUTE PURITY is guaranteed The best materials only are used:

THE PRICES are only half those charged in England.

WATERS MANUFACTURED BY Os aro

acknowledged by the leading English" makers to be equal to those of their own production.

REUTER'S MESSAGE,

In the shop of a dealer at 13 East Street (Hong. kong's Petticoat Laor). There was no satisfac" tery explanation forthcoming and the officer pro- secuted. It was proved to Court to day that the boots had been stolen and the shopkeeper was fined £5, to default afx months.

THE Band of the K, O. L. Regiment will play the following programme at the Officers' Mess to-morrow, commencing at 8 pm, t

Grand March... CA - N

..... D. Blake Dverin.......Militaire.. Salcedon...The Nautch fir!

matemas. Garmala Vahe... Fiddle And

Otto Boader Serade Bators Her Window. Mahi Plecton..........H, M. 8. Plaators. Sulliva God Save the Queen,

and early this morning the rain began to coma THR wet season bar set la in real earnest now, down in torrents, and collated pretty well broughout the day. At times the wied came from the duration and timid folk began to apprehend a wrth erst in violent gusts of short typhoon. Being cut off from the Philippin's at present we bave to depend upon the skill of our

focal weather prophet to give us notice of the approach of ove of these unwelcome visitors. The morzing's rainfall has iransformed all the gullies and ravines on the bill sides into forming cataricis that present a very five appearaDCO. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, There should be an sppro:lable increase in the The United States Government bas learned, according to some"accounts such increase was water supply at Tytam and Pok-fu-lam, and Gibraltar on the roth lost., has returned to strom Kowloon this morning had a fer from that the Cadis ficct which panned the Straits of needed. ""People who had to come to be city Spanish pert.

pleasant time and few landed here with dry feet.

LONDON, June 21st,

SIR EDWARD FRANKLAND, K.O.B., D.O.L., F.R.B., F.0.5., &c. the greatest living authority on Water, reports as follows on the water as prepared and used by us in our manufacture:— "It possesses an extremely high deaghly shell before a landing can be effected.

gree of organic purity and is "of most excellent quality for

drinking."

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A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841. Hongkong, 18th June. 1898.

DEATHS.

On the 25th May, at Queen Anne's Mansions, at Singape, and second son of Samuel Balley, Westminster, SAMUEL BIGHT BAILEY, Solicitor, Ashley Hopar, Edgbaston, aged 40 years,

At the General Hospital, Singapore, on 14th fast, foN FLATCHER VINCENT. Aged 49

years.

The Hongkong Telegraph isitsrupt

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1898.

General Shalter's army, which has azılved off owing to the Spaniards having Hued fifteen miles Santiago de Cuba, finds a difficulty in landing.

of the shore, which it will be necessary to the

MR. GLADSTONE.

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Mr. P. M. N. da Silva, clerk in the employ of, Vein Sberan, Tomes & Co., said he kuam known bim to be very eccentric and bot team. prisoner since a bay in school. He had always pared.

With reference to his eccentricities told patroner that the only at place for blm was the lunatic asylum

Mr. Francis said that this closed his case.

want to call rebuting evidence, and call Dr. was depending on tho ples of insanity, he would The Attorney General said that if the defenco

their opinion on pihanet's state of mind. Swan who have examined the prisoner to give Atklaron, Dr. Lawson, Dr. Thoms in and D1.

The Chiel Jestice-Have you got anyiking to Mr. Francis-No, my lord,

this defence.

The Chiel fastice Then you wish to rely on,

Mr. Francis-Y1l, tay lord.

Dr. J. C. Thomion was then dilled and said from what he saw of Ozozio whilst in goal he was of opinion that he was of sound mind.

Craxim ned by Mr. Francis, witness sald ho bad made special study 1 lasanity. He had beard and read of cases to which there was

Witness was'quesitoned as to his mode of detect. bomicidal mania, Such cares were very low. a perfectly facid interval. He had also heard of

leg such cased and the symptoms of homicidal manie.

Have you heard. of the absence of any

Or a very inadequate motive ?—Yes.

disagreeable to those who had to listen to it and to these concerned, and be had to thank them lao for their patience in listening to a cross- examination, of which possibly at the moment they would not have been able to see the precise purport of and which cour sel hoped at the end of Sou sheny belonging to the Naval Engineers and with malice aforethought murdered Mr. de the essa to make tolerably clest. The prisoner was charged with murder—with heving wilially mess at the Navy Yard exclfed the cupidity of a Jenar, Three polots-three questions-practi- pankah coolle, who stole 30 cents worth of thecally were involved in consideration of that beverage, Inspector McEwan prosecuted him charge-the killing, the attitude of the man (ibe 10-day and cungue will to his fang for the next circumstances which attended that killer, and four weeks, with some incidental bard labour to the state of mind of the prisoner at the time of keep him la "condition.!!

the killing. With reference to the fact of the to kill me I will pay $ico doubt. It was abundantly clear on the evidence that the prisoner fired five shots from the re. volver produced in Court fate the body of the unfortunate Mr. de Jeads, and that as the result of the firing Mr. de Jesus was dead within a minute or two afterwards. Thay would therefore have were too clear to be contested and it must be at no trouble as far as that was concerned; the facts

once admitted that the prisoner killed Mr. de Jeme. The only question, therefore, that remained for the jury's consideration were the circumstances attending that kiilag, the surrounding circum. starcas under which it took place, the position, relations, dealings of the parties concerned in with a view to ascertain if there was anything that unfortunate affair at the time that it occurred,

the killing that they could draw any Inference in the evidence and clicumstances surrounding why that killing should be reduced from murder to manslaughter. Secondly, and they, Mr Francis, more important question, that they would have to inves igate, was the pilsoner at the ilme be fired the shots really legally respon- bodily health sible for bis acts? Was he la sach a state of he could in point of law be held respossible for And mental beith that that which he did at that mome ? Counsel had no additional evidence to pat before ttom with reference to the first of there two facts or sole of facts and Counsel would refer to 1; whea gravely consider on the evidence already given he addressed the jary gain. He asked them to by the prosecution whether there were not costato dicom stances in connection with the case which would fustify the Jury in the per- formance of their duty in reducing the character motiva for his offence belog considered a semp of prisoner's offence from murder to the lesser tom or a step from which you would be inclined effence of manslaughter; every man was sup-to draw the inference that he was insane You. posed to be sane, to he in fell possession of his tenses until evidence was given to show that be, was insane-that he was not in full possession of his intelligible faculties and thai hè did not know what he was doing or did not koow and understand what the consequences of bis acts were at the time. From those miser. might fairly and reasonably be drawn. Counsel ble leiters read at the Court such an intaresco intended paiting before the jury certain wit cesses who he thought would satisfy them that for sometime past he was not really responsible for his actions and was probably inffering from same form of mental disease which bat de. prived him of ressonable control over his thoughts and over bis actions which in THE NATIONAL MOURNING. The national wish, na expressed by the

polat of law rendered bim Inzuponsible for the xels which he had done under the in COL. LIWI", RE, has been selected for the speeches in Parliament that Mr. Gladstone fluence of that diseased state of mind. Conasel appointment of commanding Royal Engineer atter Abbey was acceded to, and the ceremony took not murder hat suleide and that for same time should bag anled a pubile fameral in Worlmins. would show that what was canters plated was Wel-hal.wel.

plice on Saturday, May 18th. The body had past there had been such a change in his con- over 4,000 residents of the district took their ing with these around him-as to Justify the fa- previously ban brought from Hewerden, where duct-in his mode of living, in his mode of deal- fast look at the features of the dond stateman. On the moreleg of Wednesday following Mr. that he was suffering from some montatsfliction, ference which Counsel would ask them to draw, warden Church, where some obce persons last month or two atleast be was not responsible Gladstone's denib, the body was taken to Ha-some diseased state of mind, and that for the

used before the bier. The coffin was then for blu scie. taken to Broughton Hall reliway station en route

Dr. J. M. A kisson said that on 16th June ka Mr. George Caldwell, accoistant in the Dock prisoner at the Gaot. Witness examined for London and its progress was watched by Company of Hoogkong, sald:-I know the pit- bim with a view of seeing whether he was of crowd of go,or'a persons.

soner. He had been in the employ of the Cém-round mind or not. As the result of the exumi. ZYING IN STATE.

9th April, I got to the office about a quaster pany lofthe past ten years. I remember the nation that afternoon witness' opinion was that past size. The prisoner was standing at the the Locatie Asylum here slace F8y and be hid he was of sound mind. Withers had charge of counter Mr. Gillar.

the time talking with this manager, experience for the last 20 yearn on ibe subject of

As soon as I sirived at my desk fatally, rather exelted way ssked what was the correct the prkoser while apparently still engaged with Mr. Gililas turned sharply towards me and log way of wording an obituary notice in Englib. He had the draft of soch notice on the back of another an express.

Didn't you think that was a plaid delusion on an argument with him on the point and attendant as he could eat potle on anybody eiss, He said that Mr. Remedios, ble part -N, the man was amply extremely assistant

ffice, had jeans and pat the jealousy on the medicat he was rather worried as to whether the wording should should be "Died" "Dead" questioned prisoner regarding the murder wit To reply to Mr. Francis as to whether he had Died" and sometimes" Destb," He seemed or "Death." I told him that sometimes it was ness sald "I asked him why he shat this man,

He told me he did not know," satisfied as if he hid carried bir pofot and then he went to the dark of Mr. Remedios. He spoke with him but I could not hear what bary And Prebendary Wice at St. Paul's about four o'clock I had occasion to speak to character of the great staterman the chief theme of their garmons were the Archbishop of Can!pt-

passed. Later in the day prisoner scamed very Intent in his work be was very quiet-and

the Dean of Norwich at the Temple Church, the steamer on the following day. He was talking force at Wentmtaster Abbey, Casos Aluger and we had for Now York and not to mend it by the Cathedral, Canon-Egyton and Canon Wilber-him and told him to keep back an indent which

the City Temple, and the Rev, Hetk Guyton before he took it in. When prisoner looked Bishop of Southwark at Gigenwich, Canon when I spoke to him and looked at me in a valy Pearse at St. James's Hall**** Palmer at St. Saviour's, the Rev. Dr. Paikee at stupid manner and I had to repeat the instruc up at me his eyes weiß very red and molet and his work but upon leaving his deak he appeated I thought at first that he had been asleep over office up till gih. May it on the whole good to be crying. Pilsoner's general babevious in the His lemper was very anllen and morore. In the reserved. last year he had beca gafeter, much more

THE PLAGUE.

Dailog the twenty-four hours codisg at noon to-day no cases or deaths from plague wern reported.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. H.M.S. Pigmy left to-day for Manila and F.M.S. Linnet for Fosckow,

not cook his rice quickly, a Chinimen was to- FOR awaiting his concabine because she did day rent to gaol for 14 days.

THE Chlonman charged with wife murder at Panya West was brought up to-day nod' formally remanded till the Bessions are orar,

A COOLIE who unlawfully entered a honis al Hang-hom and stole a pair of trousers to-day becomes the guest of the Government for twenty- eight days.

A CHAIR Coolle who isid "peculative hands on three fowls, went to a place to-day where he will have to dispense with poultry doing the next four weeks.

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NOTES AND COMMENTS. Does spain intend to continue the war? is the question that we hear on all hands. Apparently a certain proportion of the A 13-YEAR-OLD youngster who stole some cloth Spanish nation, backed up by some of the fog from a mataled woman was to-day ordered papers, have no longer any stomach for to reeira four strokes with the birch when they the fight, but this may, for all we know to will de mest good,

in definit two days' imprisonment.

the contrary, be simply the outcry of a few Fon carrying a wretched little plnäse revolver, voice of the whole nation. Reuter tells us of the weaker hearted ones and not the lika Dick and Malsia used in The Light that that the Spanish reserve, squadron ta sald Falled," a Chinese former was to-day flord #z, to have returned to a Spanish port, and this does not appear as though they were THE steamer Pasig, on board of which a sefzure very anxious to hurry to the relief of their have been forced to return for want of ring off Wanchat. The trip that falled is under friends in the Philippines. Still they may.

of amamualtion was mado some time ago, is still stores, or coal, or there may have been stood to have cost e good round eum, tome accident to machinery of which we Ayingealous thief who lifted shoes out of a shop have not been told. Yet the delay in by means of a long bimbos rod with a hook on the arrival of the fleet at Malta or Port top was to-day given twenty-eight days in which Sald tends to enhance the probability to devise a better means of making a living. of Reuter's news being correct, and the wind of rumour appears to be setting in the E OLISH papers received by the mall to-day direction of overtures of peace being made bave a remarkable dearth of war news. In all by Spain,

probability the British press is waiting for some Lecters on Zältoeld matten to be set to "The Editor and still holding their own, for General

In Cuba the Spanlarda appear to be war "news,”

thing to happen before filling is colamas with Commemacations landed for pehlication must be accepted Shafter's army is unable to land until such Tas following appointments have been made at by da nama and address of the waters, not monsterfly ke publication i bot an evidence of good fales, S

out of their position along the shore, Cayley, jo the Iphigento, Loys H. Crozier, to time as the Spaniards have been shelled the Admiraltyis-Sub-Lieutenants.—Henry P. and how long this will delay matters | the Barfiour and Alan J. Kuckassis Gilave, to nobody can say. It appears strange that I ins Grafton, to date Isus Bik,

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Talarequested that all comications relating to Balecriptical

Advardsenants, &c., be addressed to the "Maung, Hongkong 1. Talarıng A “ und wot to the Editor

101 to individual members of the

Open that dictation of an queer addicting pubile beslemens, la mase be anody, modestood that acialona Chue muted,

be for by qutespondents

the King does not la kay way held Masell treponačble for

(To-Day's Matt.) The manifestations of rympathy and narrow at the death of Mr. Gladstone have bien venerk? in every part of the United Kindom, and mes- sages and Expressions of similar fcóllaga havo message of condolence, sent to Hawarden from come from all over the world. The Queo's Windsor Castle on May 19, expressed her deep grief at the sad news and her deepest sympathy with Mrs. Gladstone and the whole family Among others, messages of condolesea have been received from the Viceroy of India, the Australian Premier, and the Agents-General of the Colonter.

A special train conveyed the remains of Mr. Gladstone to London, and the coffin was at once taken to Westminster Hall..

The caffe lay on a raised catafalque in the centre of the ball with a lighted candle at anch draperies relieved by the white silk pall formed corper and. crucifix at Its head. Black cloth the only funeral trappings, and the effect was tboroughly simple. During the day a vist con- passed through Westminster Hall to pay a tribute course, compuled at more than 100,000 persons of respect to be mortal remains of the dead atesman. On Saturday the general pubile

were admitted,

memory of Mr. Gladstone) were general on the FULFIT TRİBUTES.

Sunday following his death. Among the Throughout the county, paipit tributes to the

preachers made the life work, and

THE FUNERAL

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All your evidence amounts to is that privones was sene when you saw his last week -Yes,

And that you can give no nosltiva evidence what was his condition or g'h May -No.

All you can say is that it is probable fram

rome signs of insanity - when you saw him ?— your knowledge and expalance that if he brd bees intand.on gth, May he would have showa - Yes.

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In answer to further quesifont witness rald it was the case that a person might to perfectly Insane with reference to one paitleylar matter kad be same with regard to other matters.

Wilders we questioned upon extracts from Dr. Mandaley's work on Infinity and upon cases of record dealing with losanity

made with the definite object of seeing whether

By bit Lordsb!p-H{ examinations were'

clear ronclusion and that was that pelsover was poisoner was sane or insane. He came to of sound mi. d.

medical men about homicidal menta, some of I think there considerable difference among

differences. Homicidal mania can only be. them go too far?-There may be light

in the absence of mative supposed the absence of other symptom and

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medical attendant of the lady had been unfaith. that prisoner was under the impression that the Crass-xamined by Mr. Francis witness skid

lel to her whlist she was under his caro.

Dr J. A. LOTION said that the first day bo' LAW Ozbris War on 16th June with the exception of when giving evidence at the Magistracy. He bad an opportunity of examining Osorio, He went there with a clear mind bring the fact

oplatos that prisoner was of sound mind, that he had told Dr. Akinton that if waak selous matter to hang a man if he was out of bis mind. As far as he could say he was of the Cross-examined by. Mr. Francis he said ht when with pilioner he principally ques tloned him about the murder. Witness naked

Dr. Lawson continuing said "He said he was him, what was this he had got himself into god then prisoner went on and gave an account of

he had shot the man, I asked him why he did innocent and had a perfect conscience and that of It.

it and he said he dida koow but could not help it.". On his first visit he formed to opinion and thought that he should have more opportunfiles. to observe the pritoner,

The taking of evidence having been coa The case was adjourned til tomorrow morn..

The arrangements for the funeral in West- an elaborate nature. Accommodation was found mlaster Abbey on Saturday, May 28th, were of for the members of both Houses of the Legis. the coffin-the Prince of Wales, Lord Sailsbury, Intuse. The pall-beards were on one side of Mr.A. Balfour, the Duks of Rutland, and Lord Mr. F. M. de Gragi, book-keeper in the ́em- Lord Rosebery, and Mr. Armistead, Laid boy. He has reaided with me in Hongkong for Rendels and on the other side, the Duke of play of Messrs. Chafer and Mody, mid-1 York, Lord Kimberley, Sir William Harcourt know the prisoner. I have known him since a

grare le a fox fast to the south of the ing hus on the morning of pih May last. I sides and the Chief Justice will take place and Pembroke represented the Qaben. Mr. Glad six years, from 1888 to 8894, I remember seeing when the summing up by Counsel on both equidistant from the monument of Lord Beadow of his house. family vault of the Pilta. It is in a spot about came out of Charch and I saw hits at the, with owing to it being a mall day the Cears will sli Consbald, and Sir Robert Feel.

I said "Hello ! You are 30, the jury desleing to finish the case in have got up so early,” He gave me no answer, I the morning.

cluded,