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daning sights which are
and many which are not.
London,
THE
Among the Telegrams.
is that most terrible and harrowing of ail sorrows, a fellow human being, a brother man, bereft of, resson. Many charitable and enlightened Chipero are cow onder- vouring to wipe out the black: die grace of allowing pauper-lunatics to sub- sist on casual alms, or perish like parlah dogs on the rubbish heaps. The Viceroy has granted a site on which a new asylum may or may not be built in the future, the^ far: future?! In the mean-
time there is a Refuge in CaoIOD, ¡Cou-|| ducted by quite unselfish people, aud it ought not to be necessary for us to point. out to those who honestly desire to prove to the Chinese that we the enlightened, people of the West are 10 Earnest in our desire to enablin, the Brotherhood of Man, that the best way to convince them of our sincerity is to respond to such appeals as that made by the British and American Consul Generalů. in Canton last May on behalf of the John G. Kort Refuge for the Insane in Cantop
"GANZUN DAY BY DAY,
ICE COMPANY TO BE FORMED. (From Our Own Correspondisi )
Canton, 7 h July.
With reference to the application of a mer
chant named Obản Wai Näm to the Taolai for the Development of Native Industries request ing permission to float & company with capita). to establish an'ice factory in Coton, the Taitaj granted the application on the Sth lostaut.
LOTTERY SUPPRESSION,
Lottery tickets, styled. Shit Piu, similar to those now in circulation to Clap
but of lower values, have been imported
Into this city and the neighbouring districts These tickets are sold at five cents each and they are drawn in the Kuo Lo Minricts threa tiage a month. Almost a million of such
tickets are reported to have been sold by the loitery company for each drawing, as they are low priced and therefore within the reach of all classes of people to purchase. It'a.com. sidered that these tickets are doing so less harm to the people than those of, the Pak Kep Pip some six years ago. The Canton Self- Government Society has, thereto, sub mitted petition to the Viceroy asking him to give fastructions to suppress the cucklation of
. these tickets.
́LUNATIC' ASYLUM,
་
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JULY
to get out of the 100 of daval operations. The patly had accordingly to put back disappointed at the barren results of their sally.” HONGKONG TELEGRAPH” - It is reported that the configuration of the
BERVIC
COLOWAN BOMBARDED
PIRATICAL VILLAGE SEVERELY: -PUNISHED.
· PORTUGUESE REVERSE.
[From Our Own Correspondent].
inland presença great difficultlas to the Porta guase in restoring it to order, soon, since, the. antives have betaken themselves to the belghts on the hills and are scattered In lifte bands ready to
DOWN
Colowan in Ashes.
CHINESE AND PORTUGUESE
ENCOUNTERSOS
16 1010
THE FALSE IMPRISONMENT
AMOUNT AWARDED BY JULY REDUCED
HOME BY FULL. COURTNEY
Viceroy Yuan Sarcasm.
BRITISH PROTEST REFUTED.
V SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS DV I. EIYUAN
#1th inst "GUNBOAT CO-OPERATES IN CANNONADING,,
The Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, and "Mei Justice. Hazeland, Acting Pulans Judge, *[From Our Own Correspondent. HARRASS THE PORTUGUESE
13th laug
delivered their decisions in tia cars in, which troops ventating mat of the city. limits.
Wing Canton, 12th)}nly). Naws of a rather sérion; import was brought | Captalo A. A. Johnson, Master of the ss. Sami Stengely enough, wines one correspondensus today with the arrival of the steamer On, sought to have a decision delivered by Mr. The following is a literal translation; of, a *the Chiness have shown theni-ci ra na mfrom Macas is the forenoon. In brief, it tells Justiceckinsaland reversed on the grua ̈d that "eingram forwarded yesterday by H. E. Viceroy adapts at shipshooling. They hip......a la bure sdopted-Ber-tuatics and hide themselves be of the reduction of villages in the land of the learned Judge was wrong in fact and to up in answer to the telegraphic instructions hind rocks and camps of trees on the hila Colowan to ashes by the como ed loud and faw in not allowing certain points of just from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Peking whence they are ubis to "pot, the Portuguese aval forces of the Portagnese. So as to re- cation to go to the jury. Mr. M. W. Slade, Krespecting the recent amablishment of the soldiers with abioints Immunity.
mova suy doubt that may lark in the public, and M. G..G. Alabaster, instructed by Mr. Prepared Opium Licence, Monopoly in Casion. Maca, 18th July, 2.40 p.m.
The story is related of how a corporal attach mind as to the necessity for concerted action D. V. Stevenson, of aisti. Deacon, Looker On receipt of your telegrams/instracted Pirates in the islan of Colowaned to the infantry.corps and a very arrows by the Portuguese forces in the neighbouring und Deacon, appeared for the appellant and the Canton Gaverament Anti-Opium: Bureau Me, Eldua Potter," Instructed by Mr. E to investigate and to report la, detail on the had been holding seven persons in cope. He was in command of a small stilmith colony it should be slated at the cutrat and the
ing party of Portuguess soldiers on the Arst drastic measure was not dictated by any politic-Davidson, of Mesert, Hastings and Hastings, matter. The Bureau has now reported“ skati captivity, for whose ransom-they day of the Sibt. Their advance brought Jose the ground of practical expediency which The Chief Justice in the course of his judge levied on oplum only after preparation from predate new prepared opium cesse feces are al consideratiour, but that it was necessary on repiesaaled the defendant, demanded a sum of $35,000.
Matheus, (that was the corporal's name) and
rendered imperative the extermination of the ment stated that the case had presented many foreign raw opium by the prepared oplum sen-rovers' lair which had obtained a permanent difficulties on account of the previcus relation dealers and smokers, and nor on foreign enw In the small hours on the inorcing bir men within the Chinese line. He soon found his romantion exhausted mod was
habitat on the island. Colowan is situate. ship of the appellant and the respondent. The opium as soon as it has passed the Customs er cut off from bin base la his plight be
facts were not very complicated. After cifing: "just landed. The collection of such licansu:fens of Tuesday, the 12th it, a
ed it ia a safe retreat behind an upstanding distant by water from the settlement.
peared to him that the appellants veision of tional Anicies to the Chefco Treaty at all,- An boulder. There he remained unobserved by GARAGATA HELD TO RANSOMAZIVA
what had occurred was raiber ex ggurated, hiss fees are not in the naimie of an additional the Chinese who soon after crossed over the. The origin of the trouble is reported to be because thers might have been a large number impost on fareiga eninas in, it's importation, same ground in large numbers. Yesterday the holding to ransom of a number of school of people present on the bridge but it had not foreign opium when being impuried in chests routog Matheus welcomed a reconnoitring party children who had been kidnapped in Can been shown that they obstructed or impeded does not suffer anything Prepared opium of sime-fony of his compatriots, who found too and were bold.in. bondage by the
him in any way in the execution of his duly from both foreign andễ bative SAW. Opium the corporal in a state of great fatigue after the pirates in Colowan. They demanded a sam
"It was, required "by the" Ordinance that the in-treated alike with regard to the collec previous day's experience and the lack of food of $35,000 for the release their captives, bai. master of a steamer in the event of any trouble. tion of the license fees and there is nothing and water for almost twenty-four hours, the children's parents ware said to agree to arising on his ship should wak the parson or in differentiation, ugalus the foreign opław
$15,000 only which the brigands refused to ac»
persons concerned their names and adrirasses, dealers. The collection of such fees on pre- The most exciting locident of all
The Captain falled to do that in that casa.and | pared opium is quite a matter of internal re- miniature war has to be chronicled in the sink-mukicated with the Macan Government who
the respondent scored a point. - On those facis, | vauns concerning the admipistration of our
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Portuguese foree of 46 meu were tooked for å biding place and nature provided jäst. opposite: Macao, some four miles facts of the caso, his Lordship and it op in Canton is not, therefore, a breach of the adāj.
de patated to beviele the lair in which the pirates had been entrench
'ed.
The object was to ransom the men in.captivity.
There was resistarice on the part of the pirates who opened fire on the Portugueso.
Part of the Portug less force
4.
TWO. FLEEING JUNKS SUNK thocept. Accordingly, the Chiness.parente como
ing retired the pirates captured the put out frem Colowan with large numbers of the lade. The first signs of the impanding reduced to a vominal sum of Sto, each pasty the prepared opium dealers and lamokeis "to
military post at Colowan.
nativas who were apparently deelog from the island. The Portuguese were meanwhile | The Chinese inhabitants of the maintaining so effective blockade. As soon as the ju.ks were observed, they were signalled island now joined forces with the by the Macau to stop and surrender pirates and took up arms against the themselves to be overhauled. The signals were ignored, and as the junks attempted to Government,
cross the naval cordon, is despite of the war Yesterday and to-day the gunboating to desist, shots wore fired from the Macau. The junks made, averrjog. targets; they were Macau has been cannonaling the strock just bel w the waterling and sank. I villages).
is reported that all the occupants were drowned,
men
A Portuguese force of 140 liae disembark :d at Colowan
Martial law was proclaimed [in the islands of Taipa and Colowan] yesterday.
The casualty list so far is:--Portu-
GUNDDAT "JATRIA" CO OPERATES. It was stated yesterday that the Patria would be leaving Macad for Colowan that evening. 1o consequence of the state of the tide, the gua bust was meable to leave the inner barbour on Wednesday. She bad staem up all night and as soon as the tide' permitted it he cast off her anchor and soon was ander steam for Colawan, At 7.30 am. to-day she was seen rounding tion. There is a report that she will employ her heavier artillery to dislodge the Chinese completely from the island. The Patria took also further reinforcements for, troops ca. dacting the campaign on lard.
Among the Portuguese casualties was Lieut. Aguiar (wounded).
A proposal has, fue some pis bien, on fons guése three killei; four soldiers Bishop's Bay and was making for her destina-
for the establishment of a lunatic asylum in Canton under the auspices of the commities of the Canton Red Cross Society, but no suitable site has been found available for the purpose. H.E. VICHTPT Yuan has now sanc.inned that the old Government magiz na building at sei China be utilised, for, the proposed institution. On the gth instant this Tasini of Constabulary, In a despatch, conveyed the Viceroy's approval placing iba site at the disposal of the Red Cross Society aud encouraged the members of the Society to make the scheme au accomplished fact. It has been, ascertained that a sum of about $ipue han, boza -rained by the Society for the proposed scheme...
U. a. CONSUL GENERAL.
gib inst.
The Honourable. Loo Bogholz, Americas Copaul-General at Canton, has returned to this port after a foar moths"furlough and, on the oth instant, resumed charge of the Consulate. General hora.
BRICK AND CEMENT Co
Two prominent officials of the Canton Govarumant Cement and Brick Factory asa. detained in official custody by order of the Viceroy for alleged misappropriation of a 'sum of over $100,000 from the Company,
THIRD BILK crop
The third milk crop, this year had been
damiged to a certain ex'ect owing to dog drought during the firs: part of last month, Much more damage has since been ficted by the storm of the 30th of june, and it is reported that the third sils Crop is considered to be almost a total fosi, “
VILLAGE ROBBERY,
Day before yesterday gang of robbers attacked the villaga of Wong: Kong, of the clan of Aq, in the, San Ui district, whare six houses were aplicked. The brigada carties away with them several thousand collars worth of property and kidoapped seven persons, among whom was an ipfaät eight months old,
„VICEROY ON DÚTY.
H.E. Viceroy Youn's twenty days' terve of absence:expired.en the 8th insant and the Viceroy, accordingly resumed charge of the Yamen ibe, same day,
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PRISON ESCAPE, ** * During the height of the storm on the goth altimo thirty-five prisoners in the Reformatory in Sud Niog dimnict managed to escape by making a breach in the wall. The Sun Ning magistrate, has anns an official report to the Viceroy on the matter.
TAROTHER NEWSPAPER.
,
A vernacular newspaper styled the Shi Po Daily News" has been started io Canton and it will make ita first appearance in the next two or thron days. This paper will imus on duo- ¡ day, also, ...
¦ CHEAP RICE.
The proceeds.realised: from the distribution of cheap rice at the four sheds in Canton, on the och inriast were as follows Essiere Shed, $4441] Meator Shed, $1,970; Hooam Shed, And: Woagabi Shed, $1,673. Un. the $1,95 samh day a sum of about $is oud wor h of tice was sold to ylilagers who came to Cautón to obtain their supply of sucessary.com
A
ROYAL HONGXUNG GOLF CLUB, The Capraig's: Ous, was, played for at the Happy Valley from, the 24, to the 4th ips. 'with the following exult ;-
CAPTAIN'S CUP,
Gross Heap, Neti
D. E. Clarkiaikan
AWW, Walkiniber.
L. BYE...t
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H. Pinckney
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Wounded.. Chinese, unknown.
THE MACAO ORISIS.
CHINESE GARRISON AT WONG KAM.
MOSQUITO FLEET PATROLS MACAQ ROAUSTEAD,
[From Cur Gwn Correspondent,],
A MILITARY FUNERAL
The corporal was thed in bospital on Tuen diy was buried laat svezing. The funeral of thelate Corporal Leila was accorded fuil military. honours and by attended by the Governor, his Chief of Staff, the beads of Government depart ments and a large number of the residuals.
The artillery aina was buried this morning, Macao, 14th July, The task of barying the Chinese dead in Col
12.15 p.m.
OD is a meet trying one On account of The Portuguese gunboat Patriae scorching bear the corpies exposed to be sun are rapidly decomposing and li is left Macao this morning with more na joke for the soldiers who bave to collect the
corpses to bury them in trenches. - troops and gins for Colowan,
Up to last evening the strength of the Portuguese land forces engaged at Colowan was 300 soldiers and five gun.
to the time of
AN ABSAN L'PLAINTIFF.
JUDGMENT WITH COSTS FOR JEWELLER'S
ith lost.
The casualty list ар
Balore the Chief Justice, Sir Francia Piggott despatch of this message is three Port the Supreme Court this afternoon, the action was mentioned in which Arthur Dreyfuss, for«. tuguese killed and eight wounded. merly to the employ of Messrs. J. Ullmann and The number of the slain on the Chi-Company, jawellers, sued the orm and Eugene nese side is still unknown.
trouble was the observance of distress signal rockets fired at Colowan
(1
ASKING ASSISTANCE
from Macao... At one o'clock in the morning of yesterday (Tuesday) some fifty, Portuguese soldiers bolonging to the Infantry em baiked on board a Government launch and proceeded to the insular dependency. Evid antly the piratical force was considerably under- estimated; for. no sooner did the quarter company begin to march on the Capete, satrenchment with a view,to basinge them than they were met by a terrifi: deadly fusillade, The officer ip charge of the punitive expedition at once realised the utter futility of misting the onslaught which gave pamistakable evidence of infinitely superior numbers, so it was de cided to retreat and await further rainforce ments from Macao belera operations would be recommenced,
In the early encounter, two Portuguese
soldiers were seriously lojured while a corporal was mortally wounded. The fatter died from the injury recoived at the San Janourio Military Hospital. at seven o'clock yesterday evcejox.
REINFORCEMENTS DESPATCHED. Yesterday afternoon, after the receipt of news of the Portugueso reverse, a reinforcement of
considerably over 100 men, comprising artery; infantry and Europeas polco, embarked for The stillery wars equipped with Colowan, field gaus. Upon arrival the stensibly peaceful inhabitants of the villages, who had hitherto been perfectly amenable to Portuguese law and jurisdiction, were invited to evaconte the island and were promised shelter oat. of the zine of the contemplated millitary operations. lostead, as expected, of moving out of harm's way, the natives had already concerted acilon with the desperadoes and wero, so to speak armed to the teeth to fight the Portuguesa. They, too,
OPENED FIRK
to pay bis own coils. It would not be criti boil the raw opinm they, porch, sed is a step cizing the Magistrate's action in any way if be, taken-with a view to: prevent merch ats from. said that if the charge of assault had been pro- storing up the article in inland places for parly perferred in the original instance, the fature nes.. question, therefore, naturally arose as to how respondent would have been convicted. The TET, A POYIOD WAY responsible for the fault of a Police inspector, The respondent had mera. ly scored a technical point owing to the super ficial knowledge of the Captain of the Mor
chant Shipping 4th
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The Pulsne Judge concurred with the views expressed by the Chief Justice and agreed that the damages should be reduced to $-0, each party to pay his own costs.
Mr. Potter seferred to the question of costs. If the Court held 'against him on the question,
of
damages he failed to see how he could be deprived of bis costs,
The Chief Justice The question of costs are never argued..
"The agreement made between the British. Minister, and, the Wal-wu-pu respecting the reduction of foreign raw opium. to be imported. Into China sets forth that, from the 12th moon of the 33rd year of Kuang Hau, the in portion to be reduced proportionally of raw, opium
by one-tenth every year. It has, however, bten found, from the statistics of opium Im potted, that there has been a reduction of only 1% in the gath year if Kuang Hso a compared with the amosat impuried in the 131d year. Again in the 1st year of Haun Tuog, that is, last year, the amount oforaign opiam imported was not decreased but, has actually increased instead. Where has this increased amount of foreign raw opiam besa taken to? It is, therefore, the opinion of the merchgets. public ibat it must have been stored up by some
Mr. Patter contended that if the learned Jedge in the lower Court had been against him on the polat of légal facts, ho would have boon
"la enforcing the prepared opium liceose noi dogo because it had not been found ueces Boreau required the prepared opium desfera and entitled to call rebutting evidence, which he had | fee regulations, the Government Anti-Opium sary to do so... Now he was deprived of callingsmakers to boil tha'smount of ram opium they rébatting evidence in the Uourt of Appeal. The purchased, at any time, within three days altar learned Poiste jadga bad withdrawn the points its purchase simply with a view to prevent mer- of justification raised by Mr. Alibauter from the | chants from boarding the drog in stock. The jury. The fact of the matter was that their drag, II secretly accumulated, will certainly have Lordships had heard defendant's version of the the effect of producing mnie opium makers in China, and the evil of opium smoking, will be story only.
difficult of eradication and cannot be juccesful. ly suppressed within the limited period of tes yoors. It should be well understood that once raw opium has been imported, and sold by foreign opium dealers 10 Chinese merchants, no Mr. Potter-I'm asking your Lordships to maiter in whatever Hoit of time the opium thus reserve your, decision till you've had an op ́bought by the Chinese merchants: is requirad te portunity to bear my client's witnesses.
The Chief Justice-li appears to me you are re-opening the issues. I'm sure you've given
The Chief Justice—We've only heard the facts of the case.
Mr. Potter contended that was DOI SO," The Chief Justice—What are we discussing, Mr. Potter?
all the facts.
on the European" furces, which furnished..go the signal for a general cannonading of the island by the jint inilitary and davai Porto guese forces who now jointly conducted the punitive expedition. The river gasbast Macaw was also commissioned foracilen and her Hotch- kiss guns kept an incestant fire on the villages throughout yesterday afternoon. Our jofor mant tells us that the villages are practically
REDUCED TO, ASHES,
Berpbaim in whica the plaintiff sought (6) to racover the amount of bis salary al He has no idea what the casualties are like, The Chinese Government have leged to be due for the month of September, but it may be safely concluded that the Chinese must-have lost, in killed and wounded, stationed a garrison, of twelve bun-1909; (2) damages for alleged wrongful dis
missal, Mr. M. W. Slade, KC, instructed by over one hundred men. It was reported: al dred soldiers. at Wong-Kum, an Mr. M. Reader Harris, of Mr. Wilkininn and Macao last evening that the number of the Grist, appeared for the defendants, while the Chinese engaged in the deadly encounter island in the vicinity of Colowan,
plaiouff was represented by år. P. W. Gold-was over 300 strong and that they were armed ring, of Messr, Goldring. Barlow. Bad Morrell, with modern Mauser rifles and used smokeless Mr. Slade informed the Court that the plate powder. The Governor of Macao has com tiff, after coming to terms with the defendants, missioned his aide-de-comp, Lieut. Machado one of which was that the plaintiff should with. (son of General Sir Joachim Machado, the draw the action, had left the Colony without Macao Delimitation Commissioner) to proceed withdrawing the action, Plaintiff bad received to the scene of the trouble. Up to this morning a certain sam of money, oot as an admission Lieut. Machado had not returned to Macao. of liability but in order that thern should be no
There are about seven Chinese gunboats in the Macao roadstead watching Portugueso operations and awaiting developments.
come forward and treated the plaintiff gener easy and plaintiff bad gone sway without with drawing the action.
· Plaintiff's name was called three times in the usual formal manner bat the latter failing to aarwer to his namo judgment by default was entered for the defendants with cosis,
More news have barn received from Macao, to-day "regarding the critical slidation by which the Portuguese Government are con-ill-feeling between the parties, The firm had fronted at the insular dependency of Colawan at Macao. The desperate character of the resistance on the part of the rebellious in habitants of the island can best be judged when it is learnt that the three Govefamant launches and the tug recently acquired from Shanghai, which were patrolling_the_walem around Coloway, were fred on by the Chinese from the island. Tha accuracy of Chinese marks. magship was such that the wooden bulls of the launches were hit by rfla sbois, so also were, the gigs that were on commission in Colowan waters. The lug was also hit, but juslaizad no damaga because of her steel bull, For soutely noon on board the Portuganna varsels was injured,
COLOWAN FORTRESS RECAPTURED),
THE-BUARD CASH.
' APPEAL MENTIONED BEFORE
THE FULL COURT.
13th inst. Before the Chiel Justice, Sir Francis Piggott,
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·A. FURTHER CONTINGENT
of artillery was marching out of barracks this morning, with Geld guas, to reinforce the men operating, at Colowan. The gunboat Patria was getting ready to steam up to the scene of the trouble from the inner harbour, and
As soon as we first received the serious news chronicled above wa inquired of the Portuguese Gegsal at Hongkong if he had any official con- firmation of the encounter,. Up to the timo hour, Mr. Leiria had bad as news. Subse quant fequity, later in the afternoon, elicited from that gentleman the fact thit be had.co. caived a telegram from Mecao, but had no in- formation to impart for publication.
As we go to press we hear that the Pontu guese cruiser Rainha Dens Amelia, now in port, is getting up steam to proceed to Macao.
THE COLOWAS AFFAIR,
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Mr. Potter-No, my Laid. I did not even into the facts, as I had no reason to do so, The Chief Justica—Oh, yes. Proceeding, the Chief Justice said that at the time the Court rose on the last occasios, he understood that they were to be bound in their judgments by the Court's record, as the Court bad power to give their decision on the record, subject, of course, to the facis stated by Counsel on both sides. There was no question of calling rebutting evidence, It had not been mentioned at all,
be bailed and whatever prepared opiam liceose fees ato levied on it, there is nothing that is- erie es with the Treaty regulations and there le also nothing that concerns the foreign opium dealers. Thora inshorafoto nothing to be found fault with as far as the recent institusion of the prepared oplem license in Canon is concerned. *It has been clearly laid down in the Agreem most that both foreign and native oplum is to be reduced propesionalely, every year. Now the cultivation of the poppy in dis viri, us prou ví ces bas, been reduced by, about 80%. - On account of the shortage of native ir plum inclts production, a telegram received from the Tu- chih-Fu (the Ministry of Finaper), in the 3rd moon this year, stated that it was feared that all opium imokeri might cominms forelga oplom instead of native opium io, future. Tha Ministry should make lovestigation, to an certain the amount of foreign oplom im ported and whether the quantity has in Mr. Palter-Then I must have left the Court creased or decreased. A representation should- usder misapprehension. I thought, it was also be addressed to the Bitish Minister; sgreed that evidzace should be called if neces-rquesting that the importation of foreign, raw
opium should be reduced in proportion.accord At this point, Mr. Alabaster said that threeing to the terms stipulated in the agreement. poists had been withdraws from the jury by The regulations should be strictly observed by Mr. Janice Hazeland but one point did go to all concerned in order to susist Chios in the the jury. He remembered his Lordship asking oppression of the evil of opium + mokleg. RA. Mr. Potter if he wished to call any evidence and Me. Potter at the time said that the only other witness was Mr. Dividson and after some besitation, usid his did not wish to call may more evidence,
Mr. Poner don't think it was. No, my Lord, it way, with respect, because I remember your Lordship saying that the other side had not ca'ted any evidence.
His Lordabip differed from Counsel.
KÄT.
After further discussion, the question of special damages was refered to the Registrar,
THE MITCHELL-LEMM CASH,
APIRAL DISMISERD WITH COSTS.
·reth inst,
As statedio the British Minister'sxeprusanta tipo, the Governmedi of India declined to re- doce the quantity of raw opism Er exportaliqa.. to Chips more than the amount previously are ranged. That is only a mara, excusa, but in reality it is for the purpose of perfecting the in terest of the forelgo raw opium detinse. This action is quits contrary to the original good will of the British Government, in assisting the 2 suppression of the opium smoking vice.in... Chios. All civilised nations are willing to land a hand to help the Chinese in the matter, and the British Governmost, a civilised, nation,
second to none to the worl), I expected to do similarly towards-China and will not act cot rarily simply for the sake of protecting the in The Ministry, is requested to clearly inform crests of the few foreige oplum dealers, the British Ministry of this matter, with those explanations,"
SEA-PIANO-TUNER'S CLAI
MARIA AGAINET, LOCAT; MURIO:STORTI
The Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, de livered his decision before & Full Const this morning in the action in which Jobs Lemm, and Mr. Justice. Comparte, Acting Puinos
architect, sought to have certain decisions de livered by the local Courts reversed in Judge, sitting as a Fall Court this morning, the
copcection with the action brought by case was again mentioard in which DR The fortress at Cowan, which bad fallen Captain and S. M. Z. Allana are seeking to
Captain, Michell, Master Mariner, for erf minal conversation with the inttur's wife. Mu lotoibe bands of the fabels on Tuesday morning; have decision delivered by Mr. E. R was recaplaced the same day with the attiva Halifax First Police Maglu:rato," revoined,
M. W. Slade, K.C, instructed by Max Pu Mỹ of the guabout Macau, ... The story of the taking in that the appellants were each sentenced to
Hodgson, of Mesin. Ewens and Harston, api
· POSITION, UNCHANGED,
peared for the appellant and Ma, C. G, Alabas- of the military post by the Chinese brigandı topreen, days" hard labour for an alleged forbishas an exciting episode in the present assault on Miss Della Huard in her house-
15th inkler instructed by Mr. De V. StaavÉLI ONT OF MESSAGE guerilla warfare. The fortress, we were told, in Hollywood Road on the 6th May last, the Private despatches, received from Macao to-
Messrs. Descon, Looker and Deacon, repre- sented the respondeat. was guarded by a Portuguese corporal and two appellants not beleg guilty of the offence pre day add no.hing fresh to the complets reports. Indian sepoys. At an early sings of the enferred against them. Mr. Eldon Potter appear Iwe have been publishing of the unfortuanie counter it formed the principal objective of the
ed for Captain and Mr. M. W. Slade, KC disturbance at Colewas. The respite must be insurgents who had an eye on the gups mounted on the fort and the powder and ammunition in for the per la Mr. G. G. Alabaster war sincerely welcomed if only en bomasitario grounds, so that any further loss of lives, whether the magazine. The Chinese roshed the fort and took it by storm, mortally wounding the Euro-
Mr. Sinds stated that he understood that the on the part on" the zintars of the island or on case was not to be taken that morning. The that of the Portuguese troops, might be avoid. poan officer in charge, while the Indians, but case had not been mentioned at alle died. The European commanding.officer at living, discretion the, better part of walour, in
fair. Alabaster "explained that Mr. Potter Colowan has granted a tince, to the, Chi- the face of such overwhelmlog odds, took to appeared for sptain and Mr. Slade for Allana, nese, villagers mutil "this afternoon, and it their heels, There was a piber Portuguese represented the respondent.
earnestly to be hoped that batter-conniels "Ini bis quarters. Under the circumstances.
for the respondent.
toi oppose the Chinese advance was hope. Sladem There was a sort of triangular will prevail and the threatened re-opening of lass and he decided to bide himself ender (laughies) and two persons were convicted. hostilities averted. Our latest report to-day a camp bad, in which position his platente My Alabaster-Each of the parties filed apsaks of concerted action on the part of bola was unobserved. This man has since related separate noi.ce of appeal. Only one of the the Peiris and Mersw failing surrender and
appellasts was mentioned last time. bad the fact that some of the Chinese were hard at
work dismounting the cannon and others were trying to carry, away the milliary stores, whep, with deadly precision, a couple of shells bissed through the air and dropped in the fortress The murderous work of the little gunboat sent the Chiness flying in all directions and so their DISLODOMENT FROM THE PORTO)
taken together.
Mr. Potier-1 don't think they ought to be
The Chief Justica—Oh, yès. Proceeding, bie Lordship asid when be said (bot the cases should be taken, together, he was affected and I was subsequently recaptar meant it in the sense that they should be taken. að by the Fortáguessin pH MAN ́on the same day, ?"
Before Mr. Justice Hasaland, Acting Puisza Judge, in the Summary Court, this moralog, the action was again mentioned in which Mr. A. Ogilvie is seeking to recover the sum of Son from the Robinson Piano Com Limited, belog amonet of balades dos for Nerdces
rendated while in the defendants': employ MrM; Reader Harris, of Maasra;: Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the plaintiff * and Mr. W. D. Hind, of Mesure”, Bruston and
Halt, represented the defendants,
* In the couise of a Frugthy judgment, the Chief Justice touched at rome length on the Proceedings in Scotland and at the conclusion. at the judgment dismissed the appeal with com sxcept in respect of a certain part of the appant in which the appellant had succeeded, o prakti
HIPPODROME CIRCUS. DIRECTORS. GENEROSITY,
15th just,
Mr. Hamis stated that the fast time the cass was mentioned, hie, Lordship bid made in order for discovery, but his friend had not complied with the direction ofthe Court had been
giving up of arms by the Chinese,” it in draad»] mení. kx1 received the sum of: Sub from the SMM ORIEN
Mr. Foter There are two saparate appeals. fal to contemplats the farther, forrible denimc Mr. Alabaster-They ought to be taken, t-ion which will be inflicted by the heavier "gether, te
astillary of the gunboat Pabians compared with the gaps of the Afaciu,. In truth, Colowan, though large enough island, is lefabled by a population, who live only from hand to month, not to spark, of course, of the robber binds who, have established their Jair on lille, frequented parts of lbs Island. The In habitants losses, by reason of the two days The operations on Weddssday, wets mainly in Mr. Potter--Dapialu was the first appellant, candonading, may, well, nigh" be irrepambio, (directed from the gunboat Maram. She opened, sherefore he is untitled to be heard diskoteka bat the hope is entertained that, in the interest
Brs before dawn and kept øp the cannonading jeg Mr Blada➡To savatima i anggesttkeyshould of the administration itself, fall that luon throughout the day until anotels. A vasture-, be taken together. They are the samečkanised ably possible to be done, will not be nea female cala Isome party of young Macão heroes hitempted), The Folins Judge,zThey want cuirted 16-
amant to rababilitats ike Colowan by lausch from the
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WAS, received.
ut the American
We are requested to stain that His Excel lenny the Officer Administering the Govern directors of the Hippodroms Circus and Mens gasle for distribution in local charities, His Excellency has forwarded con-ball of this sum to the Diocesan Girls' School and the other ball to the Banovolent Society. We feel are that zeildents in the Colony will greatly ap preciate the generosity of the director of the Last night there was silirge sitesdance ni the Circus, the draw of the evening being the ween Keri Keamer Rod ́s. wrestling/
to
| tbit no order for diecováry:
His Lordship -When wart MG Hind, I think it was outhe 24th The Clark of the Court referred lo record and teen informed bis Lord under had been
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