The Archive · 1887

The Hungarians Vote a Military Credit

London, 21st February, Both hooses of the Hungarian Leg' nature huve the vote of oredit for military prepara. tions, fights between contiguous village of frequent occurrence. Whew pol are stagnating in Canton, it ie not unusual for curreapondente there to send to the journals of Hongkong and elsewhere jerts ut actual rebellions which. have a jous enough look at the time, but which ever come to anything, One of th little rebellions forms the subject of a cout memorial to the Throne, a translation of which appears in our extracts from the Peking Gazette to-day, and a Indicrous enough affair it was presuming that the memorial have not minimised it for the sake of their own reputation, Unimportant self and resultless from having been nipped actually in the bud, it confirms the general belief that there is plenty of material for a blaze in the two Kuang, if the fire is once allowed to get a fair start, Eight of th leaders, having confer were decapitated, andthe Kingdom of High Excellence' was abolished in the moment of birth. It la quite " dramatic story, and we may congratulate the Viceroy, Chang Chi-tung, on the energy of the local magistrates, who crushed the rising before it had attained serious proportions, The annual ball of the Mil-ho-loong Hook and Ladder Company, and of the No. 1 Mib-ho-loong Company of the "ghai Vulunteers, took place as usual at on Friday night, sth and not continue a hindrance to trade for the sake of the few thousand dollars which the Consular fees on invoices bring in.

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