No. 8688-DECEMBER 1, 1884.1
In ancther column we produce an article -The following is the table of contents of the entitled: "The truth shout our Colonial Overland China Mail to be published at defences; by one who knows the facia.' It 7 o'clock to-morrow morning — should be observed that the truth is not Biris AND DEATHS, stated about the Hongkong defences; one
knows
the facts is wrong in several particular relating to the existing arma- ment and other items of our deferco,
QUATIONS, EXCHANGE, &,...... SUMMARY OF NEWE, -.-.-. EXPLOSION ON BOARD A FRENCH MAN-
FORMORS..
•HANKOW, SHANTONG..
THE French transport Nise, which arrived Tisseurs,
NEWCHWANG, JAPAN,
MISCELLANEOUS. ....................... EDITORIAL ARTICLES,→→
The Situation..................
at Saigon from Keelung on the 16th No vembor, had two cases of cholerine on Honakora,....................... board. According to the Fuigannais the cases were not serious, but it was thought prudent, on account of the sanitary, stato of Koolang, not to give the Nice free pratique once. She was accordingly put in qua Tantine,
Mr G. V. Joshée on Western) Civili.
zation,
a
CORRESPONDENCE
-The annual bazaar of aedlework and fancy goods, in connection with the society of St. Vincent de Paul, was hold yostorday afternoon in the Hall of the Society in the Italian Mision How in Pottinger Street. The stalls were presided over by THE SAGAMER CHEANG HOCE KIAN
THE BBWANTY IN A TYPHOON,
Mrs A. dos Remedios, Mrs Gonsalves, Mrs IN A TYPSOON Bork and Mrs Almeida, and were libeTAR WERCK OF THE URANG-OSOW
THE FRANO-Cimsese Imbrooti,
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220
Selangor Tin Mining Company of
Shanghai,...
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DAN SERGEANT HOWARD CARE.
String
THE CHINA MAIL.
the port at all and junka ge freely in and salary of a Governor of the Cameroons, the equipment of police, and the maintenance out.
of a flotilla there,
Paris, November Oth.-Chola is increas ing here. There have been 25 ans and & deaths since Friday (7th).
Paris, November 12th. Yesterday'e deaths hers from cholera were 107, and to day the number recorded is 47.
Chinese rumours report tho Froneh ng victorious in the North. This morning firewood junk came in with two wounded and one dead Chinaman.
The Pillars had fired a gatling at her and the dead man was shot in five places, Tho poor follows were a dreadful sight. -
The junk in question had "been threa times caught and warned by the French, while plying up and down the coast
To-day she tried to run and hones the
Nov. 19th.
HONGKONG.
:
Ir, saya e lato San Francisco Chronicle, the
port, and lying on the direct rents to the the orator of an extinct volcane ; and there Chinese seas, its commercial importance is are two hartonrs, the outer facing the Eastern and European military and sport
very considerable; and in 1882 its imparts town, and protected by the island of Birafi ing press printed glowing accounts of the
were valued at £23,000,000, and the and the inner, called Adon Back-boy, on 217 | wonderful record made in a 100-shot match
number of ships entering and clearing the western side of the peninsula, which at more than eight thousand by Lieutenant Fred Kubule at Petaluma in
& per annum. The all periods of the year adnuta vessels draw. 317
steuners plying between Europe and China, ing less than 20 ft. From ita adeniable July last, when he made 400 points out of
Java and Australia, all at Singapore, commercial and military position Adon 217 a possible 5CO, what will they say of the
which is the great coaling atation of the early became the great port of call for 217.
Malay Archipelago. It is not only a grast trading rosols hotween Europe and Asia, extraordinary rejord made by Sergeant 217
trading station, but it commands the com- and it now forms out of the most important 217. Howard Carr of the non-commisioned staff
THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR COALING munications between the extreme East and links in the chain of British fortified cost.
STATIONS. 217 of the Fifth Infantry Battalion, who, in a
the Australian colonies, with which there is ing stations on the Eastern highway. The 217100-shot match at Shell Mound last
(By Chic who Knows the Facts.)
a rapidly developing trade. It is also the town, which is surrounded by precipitous 217 Saturday, mads 471 points out of a possible
The following is a statement of the pre- centre of government of the protected rocks that form an admirable natural 217 600, which is without doubt the greatest
sont condition of British coaling stations all States of the Malay peninsula, which defence, does a considerable trade, in tho 218
score ever made in the world with a military
the station that is the most expuse, and aggregate annual revenue of the Straits dyes, pearls, and ivory and in return. over the world, beginning with Hongkong, hove vant capabilities of trade. The products of Arabiscoffed, gum, feathers, rifle The watch was between Sergeant
Texnit. ......... 219 | Howard Carr, and Colonel Sam Beaver for
one of the most important in the empireSettlements and the protected States receives silk and ection goods, grain, and exceeds 2800,000, and promines in the provisions. The harbour is visited annually a pures 100 shots at 200 yards, military.
Wo hear the Fly is to be relieved by tho .....219 rifles, six pounds pall of trigger, opon Wanderer, and very sorry shall we be when The first and the treat dangerously exposed como of a few years to double that sum. by 1,500 vesenia. The value of the 858
off hand. Bergeant Carr used a
at the present moment is fur great com from the town of Singapore sa Lined with exports aggregated £1,444,890. There is The whole of the shoro stretching wastward imports in 1882-3 w £2,014,580, and Wre Aerial Navigation,
*******.... 210.
pe-Bochard rifle, sixty-six graing of they leave us,
zaercial omporium in the Far East-Bong coal ahods. The Peninsular and Oriental also a land import trade to the value of The Recent Lecture by a Brahmin,.. 219 powder and a 4b-grain bullet.. Colonel
kong Hongkong, with the peninsula of TEA AND ENTERTAINMENT IN TEMPLE-Beaver fired his new Entchless The
Hankow.
Kowloon, is ut pove the Malte and Gibraltar have one large wharf and the Mosageries £201,428, and the axperts to the interior Ace Ha
219 champion score, which all good and trus
of the China Sens. It is the last of the that there is never less than 300,000 tons
Maritimes have another, and it is estimated in 1883-3 amounted to £79,480. ROOTIE COMPETITION, ............. 219 riflemen should eat out and paste in their. So much has already been said concern- great series of etepping stones by which our of coal constantly stored at this station. to guard against attacks from the land side, The defences at Adun sa chiefly designed THE GLERATOR" IN HEAVY WRATHER, 210 hats, is as follows:
ing the Franco-Chinese difficulty that to steamers make their way to the East This port is conveniently sitnated for three Bat Colonel Jervois reported in 1873 that, 219 MELTING Tax BOUTE APRICAN EXPEDITION,
say more would almost seem suparfous: the base of our Chinese squadron. It con but there is one ph so of the affair that tains the naval dookyard, where our ships of our naval stations-the Chinoso, in anticipation of an attack on the harbour, at the western part of the peninsuls should 4 5 5 5 5 5 4455-47 appears to have quite esanped comment.roft, the graving dock, where they are Australian, and Indian. It is, however, 5546556 55 549 I refer to the energetic preparations for scraped and repaired, and the stores of coal prout open to the attacks of any passing be converted into a strong defensiva posi 245064-4 treaty was signed. Imperial Commissionors only the naval and military base of our fantry; bat, with the exception of Fort stationed at Aden, and employed in rais 555645644647 war on the part of Chinese after the without which they cannot move. It is not rule; its garrison consists of a battery tion, with a hoop and three batteries. or of Royal Artillery and a battalion of iu Two of the Bombay marine vessola pre 49 were appointed to positions where none operations in the Furthur East; it is a get Canning on the island, which has so guns, cellaneous services. It is indispensable 464 645 5 4 4 6 45 ever existed before; recruits and war mate-commercial entrepot. In the spacious ware
556-48 risl were sent to Farines and various other houses which, milo after mile, line the and two forts upon the islands to the south that-batterics should be thrown 44445 places, and at all points where it was thought northora shero of the island is stored of Western Entrance to New Imrbour and test the anchorage off Bicamer 5.6 5.54-48 an attack might be made new forts were enormous wealth. It is the grunt, mart of Pulo Brina, which are provided with Four cover the conLaheda and tho trval storca, 4655448 built and old ones atzengthened: This was the East Its spacious harbour is crowded light guns, of no vas in case of a naval at-und to guard the condensers. Adequately particularly noticeable on the banks of the with shipping, of which five million tons tack, there are no means of keeping off a to fortify Aden will involve an expenditure,
Daring the American it is estimated, of nearly £400,000 Yangiare. New forts were built at Split Hill enter every year. At its wharves are land: hostile cruiser. 471
and Her Point, guns were mounted wheroed millions of pounds worth of British Civil War the Alabama was in the habit of scheme that would place Aden out of carious other narrow reaches were more or les tributing centrs are acut off to almort grey was sweeping the Northern clippers off the would cost £35,000. The exponse would there had been none previously, and various manufactured goods, which from that dis-repairing to Singapore, where she replenish-danger could be excouted for £120,000 the ed har bunkers, during the time when she armament, including several 10-inch gus fortified. No loss than five battalions were market in China. Hongkongie a Hutle collected about this place and marchiolland, the creation of English energy, entorseas. Plans for the fortification of Sing. be borno jointly by England and by India. overland to Shantung; others have been prise, and industry. Forty years ago it was apore have been drawn up and are now in Aden in the hands cf a hostile Power would collected in the northern districts of Honana barron rock, inhabited by a fow squalid the possession of the War Office. In order of course close the Suez route altogether, to place the coal shode of Singapore out of It is garrisoned from India, and held be an for the same destination, and enlisting has fisherfolk To-day it has a population of
the danger of a strong attack by a foreign outpost of Bombay. been going on in this vicinity evor sinec. 160,000, and a revenge of a quarter of a
From numerous conversations I have held million a year. Of late years it has added cruiser, it is estimated that an expenditure with Chinese I am satisfied that a belief sugar refining to its other industrica and, of at least £400,000 would be necessary.
Midway butwoon Afrin and India Ikas in Franco's povarty is very wide-oprond.
what with its banks, its manufactures, its According to one scheme of dofance the the Malta of the Indian emas. Mauritius is
On two forts Business of every kind is at a stand-still; newspaper, its tramway, now in course of
the islands adjacent an island wrested from the French in tas there is nothing doing compared with what constraction, and its dooks, it is one of the should be strengthened and armed with Napoleonic ware; and possesses the best 10-inch guns, and two forts should be barbour in the Indian Cocan. It was takon should be at this season. Trade at the most thriving places in the world. open ports carried on by foreign vessels
Hong Kong is the coaling station of the rated on the island opposite. These four from the French titer a hard tight, besause would be sufficient to provout the from its fortified harbour, the French not, suffered to any great extent; but of tons of coal are constantly stored on the rest appriching with unshed privatecre which played havuo through the agencies of foreign hougs has Chinese oquadron. Hundreds of thousands for native dealers are only buying to supply island and on the Kowloon peninsula, hostile intent. The town of Singapore it with their immediate, dosaanda, and almost There also are the Baval dockyarda, and is proposed to protest by erecting a fort in with our ludian trade. When the French tirely on a cash basis. To is the trade the three docks constructed by private protection of the coaling shoda.
the Bay; but this is not essential for the word bombarding Tamatave, and her Majesty's ship Dad was showing na carried on in native, craft that be suffered terprise, to which a fifth is now being
Of more andaunted front in defence of British subr tion of the heights. After Hongkong Johnstone drew the scal, which kept his fonded or which stands more it seed of in South Africa or in India, it is always to
rally patronised, Tumbored price tickets, Tay PROSFETY OF PEACE, sold at ten cents each, caused consider-Tas FooRNIER MEMORANDUM,
able amusement, to, the yuangos, visitors, and, sinne, afforded a revenue of about 8190. There was also a refreshment stall. The
musicians who kindly gave their services tended ir do; small, degree to the general success. We are glad to hear that more than $600 ware realized.
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223 secone string, Carr male elevan suesessive Beginning with the fourth shot on the ......223 bull's-eyes. Sergeant Carr put his 100 ...........244 bullets all within a space of s aquars foot,
which could be covered by a man's hend.
THE steamer Greatham Hall, having broken Lightalipa, was towed into port at Shangha down between the Tungah and Kintuan
on the 25th Nov.
A LIVELY encounter took place yesterday formoon at the village of To-kwa Wan, in British Kowloon, between a party of Police and a crowd of villagers. About eleven THE 8 S. Propontis, in entering the o'clock, Sergeant Lau Bhai and twelve harbons at Nagasaki, about 6.30 p.m., on lakongs, acting under instructions received the 10th November, in charge of Pilot J., from Inspector Thomson, who is in charge Russian man-of-war Skolele carrying Smith, had the misfortune to foul the of Kowloon district," surprised a party of away her starboard swinging boom and gamblers, who wore playing at "Potas in several iron stanchions, and doing sundry
other alight damage.
- the villige street) Several men were cap- tured, but the gamblers and their friande
chstaty, and
the police were forced to re-
blow on one ear with an iron bar, and one likong was so severely egt about the head that he had to be sent to Hospital, where He now lies. As the police were able to recognise who their assailants were, Ins- pector Thomson and a party of the men under his charge descended on the sleeping tillage, about two, a'clock this morning, been concerned in the assault. These were charged at the Police Court this morning and romanded.
such as six persons.
HAMBURG, Oct. 21st:-The trade on the river is continued in the same unatia factory state sa before, and the lists of arrivals and. departures are small The arrivals Ium the Far East have been the Constanas, barque (Jacobs), from Rangoon, and foschne (Nelson), frum Singapore; the Breconshire (Dutton); for Singaporn, and Gustello (Chandler), for Forang The berth for the Far Easi is but insufficiently on piod at present. The weather is rainy, but Father warn yet, and farcurable to agricul
The Glenavon in Heavy Weather.
The Glendon, Captain R. A. Donaldson, arrived here in safety this morning. The following is her report —
Left London 11th October, and arived on the 27th, and arrived in Femang on at Fort Said on the 25th Oct. Left Sixcz the 16th ult. Left Singapore on the 18th ultimo at, 6 p.m. Taght wind and fine weather was oxperienced until about 100 miles south of Fulu Supalu, At
was blowing, with heavy
Bes
from
a great measure ceased be given.
∙to
It is struction of this dock the Admiralty has
and a lean of £20,000 at low interest.
It
forts
QAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
bu
MAURITIUS.
to pro
and it harbour is convenient for shelter and safety. The population of Mauritias, athugs little more then the sise of an revenue of £760,000, per annum. The English county, is 360,000,-who raise a trade of Mauritius is £6,000,000. The garrison at present numbers 400 men of all arms, and its defense is secured by two Forts, which, however, are not to be relied upon against the attack of an ironiaiad. To place i It in as posture of defence vould.
mado pela resolutsinawainst the INVESTIGATIONS CONCErning the effect of dif- midnight; the 21st, strong gule Monsted on in the interior are added, exprole of accommodating any but importancia for that object is the fortifiojecte, it was from Mauritius that, Unplain lukonge, that those arrested escaped from ferent forms of artificial illumination on the the N.E, and at 7:30 am on the gathering in their fonds, and redit has in the largest ironclad afoat. To the con- there is no station in the empire less de engines going. Whenover trouble occurs health show that the tallow candle is the 22nd,:.cho expanies were reduced to half not only the difficulty with Frasco; there is granted the promoters £25,000 in cash down defence than Singapore, unfoss it may Mauritius that the first call coines, and, most inwholesome agent and the electricpeed, the wind and sea increasing the whole a general feeling of insecurity pervading the not be completed till nearly the end of the station at the Cape. The expenditure scanty though her garrison may be, she -treat, badly, bruised and cat. „Sticks, trop light the bost. The indescent electric time. Shipped heavy seas fore and aft, minds of all classes, and low dealers 1885, and in the meantime the only dock necessary to fortify Singapore should be spared troops to arusha tho Mutiny in 1857
breaking
boats and washing away everything inclined to invest money bars and stones were freely used, and, for app produces only about one-thirteenth as
in anything that a time, the village, was like a miniature much heat as the tallow candle, while is held on fleck. This waathor continued they could not move readily or convert in large, sauth for the Audacicus is the borns half by the Imperial Government and droops to crush the Mutiny in 1857 and half by the colony. As the protected 1870. It is one of our minor but very | given ont ne marbonio acid or water. One the whole of the 2nd and 23rd, the wind to cash at once. The greater.piation Aberdeen Dosk, an inconvenient and dan States have a large tarplus revenue they important outposts It has three dry dook. 'Donnybrook. This “Sergeant received gas-jot in a room is said to vitiate the air asing N. by W...with a heary and increa of the repraits row boing sollented about gerova graving dook in the south of the is-d contribute to the cost, and at. Bong of a length varying from 300 to 305 foot,
asing confused sea, with lightning from the the country are thoroughly worthics, and land. All this accumulated wealth lies at korg the Legislative Council is not indis-
N.E. and falling Barometer, and every ap- would engage in a raid to plunder their the present-moment at the mercy of the for pearance of น Typhoon to the northward.
own countrymen as soon as they would French deet now in Chinese waters. Hong-posed to do its obara, which, if the full At 6.46 p.. on the latter day the ship's their country's enemies. This is well known Kong, the British Malta of the Chinese value of the land is taken into account, head was put to the South, and kept so to the people, as is also the fact that there suas, is practically defenseless against amounts to 50 per cent of the total outlay, A lesa thorough rehome of defonce, which until noon of the 24th, when, the wind and is no money to pay them, and there is much French attack.
would secure the new harbour and farbid sex moderating, the ship, was put on her concern on this account fuit by the better There are nume, earthwork forts in ox- course again. The son was still hoary and classes. Trouble is anticipated when these istence. There is one at the North. Point men-of-war access to the deep water anchor confused, the ship pitching and straining, lawless vagabonds are discharged without Fort, with four guns, two on the Kowloon 189, would cost £125,000. a house quantities of water their pay. It has occurred more that unde peninsuln-one with thren guns and the throughout the th
of the 26th since the Taiping rebellion that soldiers other with four--and two forts on the Next in importance to the trading ports warde, the ses still running very high, and in arrears, and no mones to be had until The chief defect of the defences of Hong point of view of maritim u to the the decks boing continually fooded with. they had revolted and killed some of their Kong is that the amamant is inefficient Admiralty coaling station of Kinton's Bay. water. On the 27th the wind moderated to officers and threatened to loot the city of against ironclads. Altogether there are The Cape of Good Hope, incced, ofers the fresh gale, with heavy head son. At3p.nl. Whebang. Then there was a sufficicat only seventeen gana, none of which are more only ale ports in which ships passing to on the 18th observed a vessel bearing amount forthcoming to quiet them. The than seven tons in weight, throwing a shos and from. China, India, and Australnaia by by E., heading N. W., under jury rig, with soldiers sent from here to Shau-bat Kun acros inches in diameter. à 7-inch gun way of the Atlantic and Indian occase can signals fying; only bowsprit, fore lower and at the time of the threatened trouble with fired point blank at 200 yards range will safely ail expeditously coal and refit in all mizen lower masts and caff standing with Russia were discharged in a purely Chinese picou sight inches of armour, but at the weathers Table Bar, the harbour of staysail sot acoldstips; boats sails set on way. In lieu of the half year's pay due range at which su action would be fought the Wenchow authorities have cleared away fore and mizen masts; and tarpaulin on Sacra they were paid one month's wages in the approaches to Hongkong it could not post, s excelent docks, and a graring dock lang coough to admit very the debris of the missiontics houses and starboard mizon digging Stoored for her, and allowed to invest it in salt on which penetrate the armour of the weakest run-farge vessels.
The Berdiven (H.M. iron and at 4p.m., in Lat. 1800, Long. 114 30 they more than doubled their money, clads the stasion. The French have screw corvette, of 4,140 tons), recently za.. chapels so that rebuilding may commence E., stepped close to her, and she then proved With this they had to ba content, thair-four-irone ads in the Chinese seas. They fitted there. The other ports on the Bast forthwith. They have also made some ubiew to be the barque Elizabeth of Autworg, oficas Treening the balance. To further are the agunt, with D3-inch armour and Coast, Mossel Bay, Algoa Bay (Port Eliza Manila 20:04 78:074 SNE to arrange terms of peace on the basis of the gotne forty days to retire from the cares of gone and her docks, apparently cleared of modities has been crised. This is especially 6-inch armour, each carrying six 16-100 fenceless open roadsteads, afforded. Haiphong. 30. 19 68,756 98
of arresting the rioters, affording them She was rolling heavily, her rudder was augment troubles the lekin on several com- four 14-ton gaus, and three others with bath), East London, End Port Natal Tientsin, or Fourmior, Tranty or Qoruntion, pablic life. Considerable sympathy a felt everything movostle. Biguals were aoisted the case with the wood trade.
no bato Hongkong 30, 14:66.3 578 At present pre
breechloading
guas,
The four ironclads anchorage. The traffic to and from East Amoy.... 30.17 64.0 73 W for the sufferers that is the insendiaries, sond a boot alongside and endeavour holders cannot realize money at half value; lying a couple of miles from Victoria could and the Antipodes which now passes round Shanghai, 30. 1767.052 WNW 7 I would Inot require any foreing in the mat-
who were moved to action against foreigners to pass a lino.. I am unmanageablo ber. That Treaty merely provided for the because foreigners attacked their neighbours We immediately hoisted out and lowered N... D. News.
as there are no buyers in the market with these twenty-two heavy guns in anything wore to happen to cloan the Suez WPostock 20: 8417, 4 the Cape would be enormously increased if Nagasaki. 30.21 — everything with the shells without evacuation of Tonquin, the recognition of at Foochow The populaco was in no way the starboard life-boat, manned by the
incomoded in the least by the fire of the Canal. It should not be forgotten that until hostilities were commenced chief officer whc, on
7-ton guns on the forts You might as
as well French rule there, and certain trading pri- the French. The military, authorities have alongsida, kad if those on board the vilegus scross the borders for the French paroassod a steam launch for communicat- On all these point
are no doubting with the fuxia.-C. D. News. points the Chinese are no d willing to give way. What the Chinese ob
and ARDFATEH ten men identified as having departures have been the two stearners passed a P. & Q.steamer bound north have been disbanded with thoir pay largely Stonecutters' Island, with tires guns each..] of Hong Kong and Kingaporo, from the cost about £00,000. Pall Mall Budych..
tural operations,
A TELEGEAM TROCIved to-day states: They obch Chamber of Deputies has voted a rosolution | In accordance with the Parker Treaty,
to enforce the Tientsin Trosty, and has ex- pressed its confidence in the Gorgument This is a rather strange announcement. The Chinese would no doubt be very glad
and
ject to, and what they are fighting about, The Viceroy of Chibli is evidently not Is the French dement for an indemnity en frightened by Captain Fournier's appeal, account of the Langson affair. The Chinese either to his honour or to the point of his
Light
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We hear
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGIJAL
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THE
ty swanshot on an alligator as 1-in. shot only last year an outbreak of cholers in sides the batteries, with their inefficient deed, the Capa would be, as it way before, Hongkong 30.2865.003 on a 10-in. armour-plated us-of-war Beypt prompted the Governmout to send Manila... 30.04.80.758
the Indian reliefs round the Cupe In Haiphong, 30.8267.668 www. armament, there are for the protection of the only open and safe route to the British Amoy 30.2660.082 w Hongkongthe vera, armoured turretship, possessions in the Indian, Pacific, and Shanghai. 3, 3348,092 two torpedo boats and some submarine tor- South Atlantic Oceans. Very little has Nagasaki 30.08- pedoes, which would be filed up with been done to macaro the two excellent bar- Wlostock (29.95.12. N
10.03 punity by the Bayard, for there is no bouns of Table Bay and Simon's Bay, so
The Barometer and the Humidity havo lifting or exploding the mines at her leisure.
attacka. There are usually one or
ff.
3. Htay, in percentage of gaination, the
6. Sita or WZASSE, Uble aby, de-
squalify, rain, mow, thander, o visibility, k laft, ¿ lightning, nerast, paining more, w dów (wet).'
7. Rax, inches, tenth and hundredthe
NEWS BY THE FRENCH MAIL, Elizabeth desired to leave the passol. The
The M. M. steamer Natal arrived here Captain replied to, as she was making no water, but he wished to ba towed to any pori; early yesterday morning with London maile was bounil from Mantung to Hongkong with up to the 24th October, salt and had encountered two typhoons; one on the 14th, in Lat. 14 17 N. Long.
(London and China Express, Oct. 24), 115° 38′ E., which carried aails and
Away
We hear that orders for various armas, contend they were not to blame for the sword. That little piece of blister on the fore topgaand another on the ammunition, &c., on account of the Chi. battery fire strong enough to deter her from ble nocasmiry to this ocean route, risen in the North, where the weather in- 19th, in Lat. 17° 6' N. Long-11707 peso are still being executed, and ruscha So serias has the position at Hang cong two ships of war in Simons's Bay, but their overaust and damp... Fine weather provis attack upon. Colonel Dugapne's column part of the gallautCaptain haa, of course, only which carried away the main fore mast and have been made both in this country and been felt for years past that the authorities armament 1 utterly inadequate for the de-over the China Sea Gradients andisala
raised a Kugh But nothing could be prettier mizan topmasts and fibboom, rudder, life on the Continent. and they will neither pay an indemnity, than the orrel as it stands. The prompt boat, cook's galley and ovarything moreable Vice Admiral Bir G. 0. Willes, where at the colony have made the most strenuous fengs of the station, which is also the head fresh NE winds o nor make suy considerable compensation to telegram sent to us on behalf of La Chung on deck. Concluded to stand by herdaring contly relinquished the command of the efforts to secure a heavier gum. After many quarters of the West Coast of Afriva und
DOVERCE, Francs for that attack, which they say was 'nny by his secretaries cannot fail to have the night, nud, should the ses moderate, at China squadrom, and formerly simiral unavailing attempts they succeeded as last Ton. The
Government Astronomer, * Capo station being the only one a very strong effent upon public opinion,
tempt
tako her in tow the following superintendent of Derenport Dockyard, in extracting four 10-inch guss from the in- the South Atlantic where our men of brought about by the Colonal's impetuosity, which is already much juterested in the
Hongkong Cuscatory, December 1. It may be that France, basing made re- controversy. It is, however, vory deal day. Whilst trying to hoist the life-boat will, it is believed, succeed Admiral Bir w/ War Umee. They are on their way out, war enn repair, coal, refit, and take shelter,
1. Basına, reduced to 82 degrees Falas- to he regretted that when the interview and again, in consequence of the high H. Stewart as naval commander-in-chief at indeed, they have not already arrived. Nor its importance is so obviously great that if
heit, and to the level of the sea in izobes, enlis is now willing to arrange terms of prácu on tone place the former eine unaccompanied, a in and forward tackle espried away, | Phillimory is also mentioned ia conuustion that their now big guns were stolen from war is invaluable to Great Britain as prisale against Obiaz for the Langson affair, bativeon Captain Fournier and the Viceroy stove it and found back she was Devonport. The name of Vice-Adiniral will this people of Hongkong feel less secure ought not to be necessary to insist upon ita est, and to the le
when they sea then mounted by knowing need of doigne. This station in time of the boat with all gear attached being with the positon.
"Y."TEMPERATJA, the suade in degrees, the basis of the Li-Fourier corvention He has a witness to supoal to, while the completely lost. The weather during the
and tenths, Fabreqúast." Viceroy has two.-N.-C. D. Newco
The Barba correspondent of the Past says the fortifications of Plymouth. In order to poncluded at Tientsin, but recent telegrams
was still running, and on the morning of see what the French will do with regard tä} fence, it is Lecessary, in the opinion of deconazoted by cable, can protect her com- kamblity of air saturated with moisture being,
ht moderated slightly, but a heavy ana to German Government are very anxious to put the port in a thorough posturo of desire for her fleet, whenee England, being
commerce, and hold the control over the sons 100. from home have pointed to a very different
PHILADELPHIA, October 28th-A Ledger the 29th, at 6 a.m., lowered the starboard thros Gorman ateapers loaded with arins, une at Belcher Bay and the other on defence of Simon's Bay is a matter of In-
potent authorities, to construct two new in the whole Southern Hemisphere. The 4. DIRECTION or Wran, to two piolate. position of affairs.
New York special Rays: Intelligent onser cutter and sent 2nd officer with crew along and anamunition, which must have reached
5. FORGE OF IND, coording to Beaufort side, and made several attempts until 2.30 of the treaty ports this week. War not Kollett Sandbaule, to repair and strengthen Two seamen, who arrived here from Ma-Vat Americans who have been spending the p.m. to take her in tow, but these proved being declared, France will place herself the existing forts at Kowloon, Stonecutters perial concern. To place it in tolerable Besle
security would east about £100,000, It nils in the steamship Zafirɔ this morning. / Phat suuruse in England and Scotland, and unancoessful, when, having sent the Capin an awkward position if she captures | Jikad, sind the island of Hongkong, and could not be held as a Gibraltar disconnect.teshed clands, & driszling isin, flog, is gloomy,
tains Jetter
informing him that wo could steamers under German coloure
over and above
above everything size to arm tho ed from Cape Town, with whose destinies just returning home, speak of the political not stand by him any longer, and giving
that some discussion has taken existing fortifications with heavy guns. The it is indissolubly linked, acouse the American Consul at that port of excitement we are having here as the mere him his position at noon, which was Lat place on the question of the New Oriental cost of these reastures of precaution is having unlawfully imprisoned them at Ma- ont bagatells compared with that which pro 15.09 N., Long, 114° 24′ 80 E., preceed Bank Corporation (Limited) taking over the estimated at £400,000, exclusive of the cost
At Table Bay the breakwater, deck, &c., nila for eight days and skipping them to vails there with reference to the che ed on our way to Hongkong, and arrived whole liquidation of the late Oriental Bank understood, the colony is willing to pay the 1882 cost £136,000; the number of vessels of land. Towards this expenditure, it is cost some £160,000, the duck opened in much in the way that the Agra Bank were Hongkong. They say they belonged to the brand the attitude of the Benes of Lords at 10 am to-day, 1st December.
the liquidators of the former bank of that interest and sinking fund on a loan of docked in that year was 926, registering American ship Serammin. Abont a fort. tle doubt that when that bone of contention
name: The matter does not yet approach £100,000 and to provide the land, still being extended. The trade of the 1,000,000 toE: The harbour works are night sgo, they, long with the other mem will be brought forward and pressed with isout of the way, other democratic ensures
a auttlement, however, and so far what has £300,000 to be borne by the Imperial Goy- hew of the crow, complained to the Captain equal vigor. The next battle cry of the Li-
taken place has only been in the way of ornment. The value of the land together Cape, which is hiedly carried on at Cape is taken at about £100.000, so that the Town, umounts to about £13,000,000 per of their food and drink being bad. The beralain all probability will be that the Bish
The Evénement states that the ques colony daime that it is willing to bear its annum, the shipping entering South African The day which wit Captain thereupon saked them to go ashore ops will have to go.
of sending reinforcements to Ton fair share of the cast of its defines. A morsports numbering names their departure from the House of
population of Cape Town, to see the Consul They went ahore, Lords in other words, the separation of the
gain is practically settled, and that the model estimate of the cost of defending 3,000,0 0 The 2000 with a tonnage of Ministers for War and Marine have taken Hongkong is put at £100,000, about £40, with its suburbs, is shoni 45,000. To ne saw the Consul but were not allowed to Church from the State, so earnestly desired Edward Nesmith Deady, seaman on board the necessary ensures. The companies 000 of which is seeded for guns. A fened Table Bay would cost £120,000, an by many churchmen will see the removal the American ship Helicon, was convicted which are of present of 150 men will be present Victoria could be xxked to expenditure that could properly be burne speak and were, without being discharged, at the last barrier betwear the demoretispi af husving saulted Joseph B. Bilva, cook brought to 250. A brigade composed of a rácsos in a few hour, the docks on by the clony Notwithstanding the im marched off to gaal. Here they were kept. masses and the Lords themselves,
of the same ship. The cook, a native of regiment of Zouaves and one of Algerine stracted with such care and at se exportance of this color, only connection Bank, Wire for eight days, when they were taken.
Gon, alleged that about half-past five on sharpshooters and two battalions of Chas pesse are practically undefended, and the with England is by steamer, which places the Cape within wocks of Plymouth. The straight from the gaol on board the Amasista Ir is notified in the Gate that from the Friday evening list, while he was in the sours will be despatched to Tonquin, Theool by which alone our gunbeats can, eta Natal submarine cable passés by Miczambi-f
galley, one of the seamen came to him and hired transport La Telemages will leave northward against the monsoon could 59 by at arised emot of talen. Die best day of January, 1885, the new electie asked for a plate. Ho refused to give the Marseiller on the 25th aust. for fomion, but wishtub, stipgambols availably alrucak sertainly, be; out in case of our Urodusen
at war. Documentary 4 months' night, rival here this morning they went to see kine-ball by 8. A. Varley is to be dropped plate, when the sailor called him son of in order to embark the troops destined for effective resistance; the
hand, ran away. He followed, olen this day (24th) with a large quantity -guls are known by file Admiralty to bu not marine cable communication with England
Tonguin. The transport Comoria will leave for defence are slow tube, several of whose The necessity of providing a direct sab-India, Wire, the American Consul to ask for his saatat Taimaha-taui by the Mean Time Clock and the accuse bridge of the nose, cat of provisions: The Paris Argosy Chinese, owing to the fact that thers are upon the Government by Sir Donald Gurria
forward, and gara anos. The Consul refused to assist them, at the Observatory. The ball will be hoisted him's blow on the
ammunition, and war trustworthy, and whoes crews are necessari by the west coast has frequently been urged Shanghai, demand,.. and refered them to the Harbour Mister half-mast at 12h 55m p.m. hoisted to the ting it Deady said he interlared because materials for Tongpatch 10,000 troops British sailors in reserve. Such is the And Captain J. E. Columb, but hitherto Gold Lea? 99) finest are PI7-755
top at 136 57m. pfu. and dropped at1h. Om, the complainant had a knife in his hand, the Government to who, Ja tura, kald that if the Qonn did a p.m. Hongkong civil tinsel Hongkong Complainant said he did not have a knife to Tonquin, and China-7,000 to Govered Hongkong, the terminus of the British condition in which at this moment is Bot assist them he ouuld not. This is the civil tima fs henceforth counted from the His Worship said he found the scened bad Bribre do l'Ials, and the remaining 3,000 to story of the man How far is true or maridian of the Observatory, the meri assaulted the complainant in a most an Admiral Courbet The Finh Long left Empire in the Further East viherwise we cannot say A Hits ayati transit auument and through the middle the option of ten days' imprisonment. The quin. It will touch at Algiers and receive Pho nest station on the road from the dian pessing through the middle of the necessary manner, and fusã him 45, with Best on the 20th instant, bound for-Ton
Batina would, disclose the true state of of the white meridian mark erected accord, fine was paid.
sa board the non-commissioned officers, ut further Heat after leaving Hengkong in the affairs; and, if the man's story be trus, Ing to a triangulation by the Surveyor
the Marine who are to sumpleto trading, General, 11,354 feet soth of the traunt
Our informants likewise believe there is lit
(Before Captain H. G. Thomasti, B.N,
Marine Court
Harbour Master).: Monday, Dec. 1
ASSAULT ON A COOK.
Formosa,
some remonstrance ought to be addressed instrument on the side of the hill sinve to the American Consaf at Manda against Waataal The longitude of the Observa
(From our Correspondent; } his despatching to Hongkong men who Leah Commander Green, U.S.N., in 1881
tory if, acording to observations made by
Takow, Nov. 24th tinevitably become baschcomber. If, "h. 36m. £12:56 Fest of the meridian of the Since the 19th inst. there has been lite the other head, the mes have made tains Hoyal haervatory, Greenwith. The geo-rally nothing of interest. The blockade
graphical latitude of Lie. Obsarvsfory in allegations, they can be dealt with sopard, 92, 18′ 17′′1 North Recording to Colonel must be very ineffective one. Sometimes.
Falmer's ubservations in 1862,
I for two days at a time në Frenchman in off
conversation,
tou of
HINGAPORE,
Quotations.
OPIUM-New Pataa, cash,....... hi12ë 195 HAKOND, December 1
J
Old calip... 000. New Benares, cash,
6757 Old
Now Malva, credit, 830 Allowance, Thekk,
Old Malus, credit, Allowance, Thola Exchange.
Demand, 30 days' night, 20
months sight
demand,
50 days sight, private
Vinsent, and there in some hope that it may without access. It is inid as far as St. Sovereigns, bo extended to the Cape. Then we shal have an alternative service of telegraphy, St. Helena, Ascension, and Cape Colony, linking our West African possessions with
·660
Temperature. Taken at Mours Falconer & Co's Promise,
• Queen", Roudy HONGKONA, December 13
90.254
BABOXKTER
Da
Da
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the cadre of the. Tonquin native auxiliary lies 1,500 miles south of Hongkong and
The entrance to the Red Sea is guatled troups. The Fienne also left Brest bound about 100 miles from Ceylon. The island by our military and marsi station of Aden, for Coshin-China and Tonguie.
of Singapore forms part of the Straits which is în care sense the key of India" THREMOMATE Settlement,
which have booh in the Latitis This includes the main peninsula and tho TELEGRAMS.
of this country since 1,810 The inlord, opposita reninsula of Little Aden, together Teheran, October 25th The Rudian which is about 27 miles long by 14 miles with a strip of territory recently purchased, Afghan Frontier Commissioners will leave wide, is separated from the Malay peninsula extending for about the miles inland. Tiflis in Demember,
pinanghal by a stral 34 mile wide. The population. The total area is about seventy murta Berlin, November Dah Trinca Bimarck is about 140,000, of whom about three miles. The town is built on the stern has asked for a supplementary credit for the hundred are Europeana Tha buing a free coast of the peninsula, in what is probably
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