No. 6947. NOVEMBER 2, 1885.]
had no means of subsistance. Thore was no witness who could speak as to his death but all the evidence pointed to self destrite tion, and the jury returned a verdict of jelo-de-e
THE CHINA MAIL.
it lig is
TESTIMONIALS AND ADDRESSES * TO PUBLIC SERVANTS.
The Government of Modrás having re
Paul Mourel, the eminent vielinist; accom- was to leave at 3 o'clook this morning with attribute to the bolief that Essa A fyw weeks since a French trader, who is published for general information Court will render it easy for additional the head of any Government or a
THE following experiences of the Chungking any the ND. Nem of 29th ult:) Are worthy of record. She left Chetoo on Sun day at 10 am and arrived here, with two blades off her propeller, in forty-three hours. At 6.4 on Tuesday, she went alongside the C. N. Co.'s wharf, and by 1 AMONGST the passengers who arrived hero p.m. had discharged 3,000 picule of general frous Yosolmma by the M. M. Co.'s steamor cargo, and was at the New Deck. She was fitted with a new propeller and was back at Menulih, on Saturday last, was Mena, the C. N. Wharf by 3 a.m. yesterday. She panied by Maules, Mounier and Darlin, a full cargo for Tianta vocalista, and Madame Leonti, pianiste. We understand that M. Maurel, assisted by the ladies named, purposes giving a concert in St. Andrew's Hall, City Hall, some time next week, 3 Maurel is an tutiste of talent and holds high-class certi Sentes from the Conservatoire de Paris. A very successful concert was given by M. Maurel and his company in the St. A drew's Hall in January last, when passing through Hongkong,
An old offender, named Lau Kun Kwai, who was basished from the Colony for five years in July last, was arrested by Inspector Parry on the 31st ultima. His excuse for returning once more to the scenes of his Former depredations was that he had an
used to be employed in the office of Mr A. R Marty, of this Colony, was attacked and murdered while ascending the river in a junk towards Bac-nich, not far above Haiphong
Depth, 171, d.
HAERy
ด
Dept, it i
A CORRESPONDENT informs the Bombay threatening Haidzuong, but had been at throughout the length of each side of the lote, and therefore if some of the exhibits span the court from side to side. Coutinen: ounsidetation should be given to finish, and Gazette from Quetta that the tribes north molod by a force lad by General Negrier, court, the walls are broken by girders that are late it cannot be helped. The Bret of Herat have suddenly veered round in acting in conjunction with the gunbost ing at six feet from the ground the girder to the small details, upon the observance or presonted that the existing orders on the their disposition towards the Boundary Phever, on the banks of the Thuong, ubote ran up the walls with inconsing projection non observance of which the oxcellence of subject of the receipt of testimonials and muil at the height of twenty fast they an exhibit must mainly depend. This can addresses by servents of Government are Cemminkin there is now, the greatest Haidenong, and completely routed, several project to the extent of luy a foot. From only be effected by each exhibitor taking a not altogaiber clear and precise, the Gn difficulty experienced in procuring supplies and the nativis attribute all this to the hundred of the enemy being killed or made this point they, ach their way across the pride in his exhibit, and, wishing to make it artment of India has laid down certain court onder the ceiling and from the sup- artistically complete, and it is very much rules in supersession of all previous orders dchiren that exhibitors will take this view on the subject. The rules in question de Very rapidly increasing influence of Kunaia prisoners.
The following drift disposition of spaus of the case. The arrangements of the not apply to the receipt of addresses by
administra In the pan lang mesus down the things to be forwarded between this and tion. It has been laid down; (1) that next May, but it is important that the save as, in these rules, otherwise provided, court, deep means across the court.
main body of the exhibits should be dea all servants of Government, covenanted or patched and the Court shaped as soon a
aus unsvognented, Are forbidden to receive possible.
ccraplimentary or valedictory addresses in any form; or to accept testimonials of any kind, or to attend public meetings, or complimentary entertainments of a formal and publio character held in their honer, |(2) The Government will view with die favor all similar manifestations in the case of retired offcers when following im mediately upon their retirement from no THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS” ·
tive service, and designed as an acknow
· FINANCIAL POSITION ANS
ledgement of nuts done by thom while în H. R. the Ufficer Administering the Go- the service of Clovermont. (9) It is not LONG-vernment of the Straits Settlements (Ceoil of regard for the private or official char intended to prohibit such an expression Model of Took & Junks, &C. Smith), in submitting the estimate noter of an officer retiring from service, Gangway. Gangway, & Hopa. Rupe Bope, for 1886, on the 20th ultimo, discussed the on leaving his station or district, na is in Gangway Charwar. 3
volved in Tarowell entertainment sup÷ financial position of the Settlement at some ported by his personal friends, even though
The cholera has now departed, but not without having left disastrous traces of ite progress throughout the country. Te in calculated that not less than 3000 of the French troops were carried off by this fell disease during the part summer.
Length: 145 ft.
in Kandahar. The general opinion is that Firsey is still rife on the upper watersports of the roof. the Ameer is far less friendly aven not distinctly playing us false. This Governor of Afghan-Turkestan, has con- eludad a most advantageous sacret treaty COUNT Tolstoi, one of the richest of the with the Rassiana The stue correspon Russian nobility, has abandoned all dont anys Quetta and Pishin generaly are
at present nothing but fover-holes. literary assolates and has begun to learn to make show. He declares that he is con. We make no apology for re-printing the vinced that real happiness can only be joined from the Sydney D.T. of the found in manual labor. Because of this other day Bayley.Died on Sunday, conviction all of his former companions August 23, 1883, at Incs, Queen think that his mental faculties are impaired, street, Woollabra, Sydney, Marguerette The question is by no means casy of deter Eliza L. BinoDunnell, the beloved wife deliberately express the belief that hap ment of New South Wales, daughter
There are many writers who mination.
of G, W. H. Bayley, Railway Depart-
Further detachments of troups. from pinena onn never be, attained by idlers, but the late Robert MacDonnell, physician, France, to replace the loss from donth and the general opinion is in conflict with thoir Dublin, sister of Lady Blake, Inte of Men views. At leuat most people who toil lough Castle, Lroinnd, and of Robert Viue- sickness and the return of tine-expired do so under protest and with the lurking Donnell, M.D., founder of the Hospital for men, were daily expected by the transports hope That they may one day be enaucipat Consumptives, Montreal, Canada, and of France, &o. ed from labor.
Richard MacDonnell, barrister, Philadel- phis nieco of Dr Richard MacDonnell, D.D., and late Provost of Trinity College, unssacre of Christians has taken place in
→ Ul Dublin, and aleo u De Charles MacDonnell, the province of Hu6. Collage, and the late Roy. W. A. Evanson,
and first cousin of
Inta Professor of Mathematics,
GiLucestershire,
aged mother residing in the Colony whom the last athletic aports of the 2nd Gordon of Inglesham V Richard G. MooDoo
An innovation likely to bocama popular in the bent of the summer, but hardly pleasant in this chilly weather, was introduced into Highlanders at Dovonport. It consisted of a fire engine tournament between officers' teams of the Highlanders and the 60th Rils, joint occupants of the Raglan Bar racks. Engines filled with water ware
At placed at the far end of the Parade. the signal the leans buckled to and ran their engines to the other end-about quarter of a mile. Each hese was com nected, and the teams pumped the water on each other. The Highlanders were Lyons, their engine being emptied the soonest The commanding officers of both regiments took part in the contest, manning the skin before it was finished.
ell, formerly Governor of South Australia and Hongkong, also of Captain Robert H. MacDonnell formerly of the 66th Regiment. Her end was perfect pence."
From Annam we leari that another
SUPREME COURT,
IN BANKRUPTCY.: (Before His loner E. J. Ackroyd, Puime Judge,)
....
Monday, November 2.
hs felt it his duty to support. Mr Wode house, before whom the returned thief was brought this morning, sont him to Victoria Gaol for six months' hard labour, after the expiration of which he will probably be treated to another free trip to his native place. Fifty dollars ahead is paid by the Government for the arrest of returned declared winners by the umpire, General opinion, as he proposes to himself no less ¦ cortain friends of the bankrupt had paid
deportess, and this reward has been found to answer the purpose intended in obtain ing information of the saturo of hanished
In To THE MATTER OF EWOR YING BRC.
Wetton, Mr Ewens and Mr Caldwell represented creditors, and Mr Masaop sp peared for the bankrup
At the last hearing, it was stated that
LEFT SIDE,
To bx NOTED. SIN
Platform-soqulied # fest high, 8 feet long, and 19 feet inches deep.
Table 17 text 6 tadbes deep, fort higla, 6 Tęcz Jug. Ita centre of the tabo to be occupied with tackle.
Matform feet high and $ feet long, on which pu be placed cases, back to- back and 17 feet & Lacher deep. In the no-put vegetables, and foule In the other medicines and wrentini olla.
in upright on B thet long on raised p plat form of feet high and
deep,
MANY persons are under the impresion that there is no limit te wan's power in influencing natural forces in his favor. Au inventive Australian is evidently of this task than the production of a downpour-of-into the hands of Mr Ewers, the sum of Along the wall place woods gain upon the dry districts of New South $1000, to to lodged in Court, provided the
All tho Wales. The means for accomplishing this bankrupt obtain his discharge.
creditors had agreed to this arrangement
here well,
who
Mr Caldwell opposed. To-day stated I that 1
the had been instructed to with- Thora boing no draw his opposition. objections from the creditors, and no oppo- sition being offered by the Official Assignee, the bankrupt was allowed to pass. his last examinatico, and Monday, the 19th, was
discharge.
criminals; but so long as no further poualls the rompa. Each man was drenched to desirable object is a balloon with a charghat one, who wanrosented by Mr Cald-Simdar upright costs for
is incarred by the culprit on his return to his old haunts than a short term of im- prisonment, the Government will continue to have to pay freely for the privilege of keeping such hardened criminals at the
305, ho, acc andate, and sugar, 17 feat fachos degy, on rained platform of £ bet Iong,ho comes to be screwed down inn to the platform and to the Logili
expense of the Colony. The only way to-j, opiura in Shantang Road, &c, not long would be the result of the experiment, fixed for the, bankrupt to come up for his fears to be covered
pat a stop to the return of such habitual thieves to their favourite and most lucra tive field of operation is fe pass a measure by waich-all-auch-returning from banish- ment shall be, upon proof of their identity, subjected to a severe whipping Only a month or so since a returned de portos, upon being brought up befora a
|
of dynamite underneath it. The balloon to be sent into the clouds, and when there WE (Mercury) hear that the Lokin Tax the dynamite is to be fired by a wiro con- Office, in recognition of services rendered necting with the earth. It is expected that
the
sion will causo a condensation of explosion by Mixed Court runners and the police in vapour which will be followed by rain. It the matter of some extensive seizures of is not improbable that such a condensation
the
produced would in all like slight rain sinoe, sent recently to Mr Lo the sum 6732 for distribution amongst the ren-
lihood never ranch the earth; but would derers. We understand that no lesa a sam become vaporized in its descont. Sock than $401 falls to the police share, and
on experiment, so as to become successful, that the amoun, has been handed by Mr would require to be on a scale so extensive Lo to the Captain Superintendent, As but that such a system of irrigation would be five members of the police, to wit, Detecto coatly to ever become practicablo. tive Inspector Charters, two native detec tives, and two native constables, are entitled to share in the plunder, if the Municipal Council sanctions their receiving the it will be rather pico windfall
money for them. The services rendered by the police, we beliora, amounted to simply standing by while the Lekin runners secoped in the opium.
`Police Intelligence.
(Befire B. Mackean, Esq.) Monday, Nov. 2
THE late Commander Rondaire's scheme for ALLEGED OPPOSITION TO THE COFLE BARLIER. letting the sea from the Gulf of Gabed ̄ínto
A. A. Ees da Silva appeared on a suri.. mons charging him with obstructing Frede. the Sahara, to which M. de Lesseps brick Howell, bailiff of the Supreme Court, fricted to the creation of a new part bo giren bis support, is at present being res in the execution of his duty. troen Tunis and Tripoli, At the last meet
ing
that at 9 p.az on Friday laat he wont to Mr
The bailiff's evidence was to the affect
stick
The buck of cans contain-
with suitable material and mado a LOPDEN SOT pictures, and against it to be placed shelf a test long and 17 feet 6 inches deep, also for pletoris
Shelf for pictures against
the wall te long and- 2 deep-
Matel or Colong on mised
platform feet high, fi fest long, to feet down.
Table 1 ft 8 in den 3.
feet high, and 4 ft. long
with rained partition in centre thra feat high On alde furtag madal place pictures, on the other side brass and parter ware.
magistrate, enquired if, after he had finish od the term of imprisonment to which he was sentemood, he would be banished again,
of the Paris Geographical Society M. de | Da Silva's house with a writ of execution Upon being informed that such would be
Lesseps stated that borings which have Inte- against Mr De Burgh. He arrested Mr De ly been made in connection with this work Burgh, who sent for the defendant. De- the case, he expressed a dasira to be ent
THREE has been a good deal of gush lately have strack into excellent fresh water in fendant refused ta allós. complainant to for trial at the Supreme Court, where a
anent the last Channel row, when after grant abundance. The force of the outburst tako Me Do Burgh away, and threatened to longer term of imprisonment would be
I stones weighing 271b. to u height of
of arms complainant's bond with all there is roully no credit dne to the sight nearly 20 feet. The sapply is 91 motres which he had in his hand, and sent for the imposed, as he would rather live in gaol in for the performance, which has not even below the surface, and yields 8000 litres per polico. Upon the arrival of P. C. Baker, Hongkong than be sent to his malive the merit of originality, Forty years ago. laule, Capton has obtained a concer- atonrity for Mr De Bargh,
Landas, who is contine- defendant gave complainant his watch as some officers in the Royal Artillery rewed in of the adjoining lauds from the Tuni
ing Rondaira's work,
Defendant denied the charge and stated. {-a-mix-cared galley across the Channel-They-
were not accompanied by any other boat, sian Government, and M. de Lesseps Bays that the complainant came to his lieuse at Railing feet high for E BELOW we give the names of the crews but went sutirely by therrasives. They that 60,000 palms may be grown there, in 9.30 p.m.
Defendant was
was discharged with a caution. for the Chairman's, German and American started from Dovoz intending to fetch addition to other produce, and that the rearing of ostriches will be possible. Tha Cups, selected at the meeting of the Vie-Calais, but bad weather coming on, they promotors of the scheme for a port have were compelled to ruske for Boulogne, been encouraged by this discovery, and it toria Recreation Club on Saturday night which place they reached after being nearly has been decided that it shall be named It is too early yet to speculate on their swamped. As a fest of endurance, it is composition. There is a little fresh blood, nothing when compared to come feats of Roudaire."
country
THATS ago by rowers, in boats, ton, of a
ATTEMPT TO BBISE A
CONSTABLE. Lum, 300, gambling in First Street, was A coolie who was found by P.C. Kung 1
charged with offering a bribe to the consta blo. According to the latter's evidence
The
and there is an absence of a lot of the good endurance that; have been accumplated! Hans is on American story-To: remore the defendant came up to him and offered blood which was present last year, and very different pattern to those of the pre-by the action of water sound-bar which is him 20 cents to keep out of the way. there are fewer entries. The crews are sent day. For instance, according to subject constantly to the tremendous moys-incorruptible lulong at once arrested the
Brickwood in 1824 a six-oar crew of the
generons gambler. composed as follows
Guards rowed against time from Oxford to ment of the sea seems anomalous, but charged with a caution Wertminster, & distance of about 108
miles, nevertheless water is the agent' which is
CHAIRMAN'S CUP,
STATION NO. 1, STATION NO. 2,
R. Geodlad (stroke) 0. H. Grace (stroko)
W. Parfitt
E. B. Shepbord
C. B. Thompson
C. A. Jackson
-Friedrichs
J. Edmonds
in 15 hours. In 1828 seven gentlemen now being employed to plough up and lovel rowed from Westminster to Oxford, and off one of the greatest of the sand, bara four oared boat, in 60 ane- which obstruct the entranoc to New York Bock, pessive hours. In the same year, Contes Harbour. The appamtus wherewith this complated rowing 1600 miles in 1000 hours, work is done is called - • water
Defendant was dia
BREACH OF QURANTINE REGULATIONS. Leung Afoi, & liostised boatman was charged with a branch of the quarantine re gulations by mooring his boat alongside the
in Chelsea Reach. Again, in 1892, John is the invention of Gen. Rough. 8. S. Bellona while she was flying the qua
Hopkins (cozawain) G. Grimble (coxswain) williama rowed a beat from Waterloo commanded the Bucktail Brigade who rantine flag, on the 28th Oct.
STATION NO. 9,-
T. Qlus (stroko}
D. Mills
F. 0. Wilford
D. Kennedy
3. W. Stopaní (coXR)
STATION NO. 4, L. Hughes
J. H S. Lockhart F. Götz
A. Tirnstein
(coxswalo) -STATION NO, 5;—
Dr. H N. Thompson (stroke)
H H. Hayilar
G.0.0. Master.
Osborne
A. Caldwell (sowswain)
GERMAN CUP.
Station No. 1,- Station No. 2,-
H. H. Hayllar (stroke)
W. Parfitt,
G. 0. 0. Master
D. Kounody G, Grimble (coxswain)
Station No. 3-
I. Hughes (stroke
J. H. S. Lockhart
A. Tirnstein
CH Thompson.
R. Gogdlad (stroke)
-F. Gatz
Friedrichs Hopkins (coxswain)
F. C. Wilford
Blation No. 4 TGlass (stroke.
Lammert
B. B. Shepherd Machado
G. Caldwell (voxswain)(Coxswain)
Station No. 5,
Dr Thompson (stroke)
A. H. Jackson
A. Turner
E. Osborne
V. Stopani (coxswain.)
shout
in the
Bridge to Gravesend, back up to Richmond, and down again to Waterloo Bridge, the whole distance being sho 73 miles, in 113 hours. The boat in which the experiment was made was a clinker-tault outrigger, similar to those used in the Torpid races She was 66 feet 6 inches in length, and fitted with sliding seats: She was covered
Government House,; with canras fore and aft, extra wash boards
Hongkong, 22nd October, 1885. bad been added to her, and in case of an below the surface, he strapped the hore Sir, I have the honour to request you upeat, so as to make her buoyant, a long to his waist, says su neocunt, and held to transmit the enclosed Memorandum to strip of cork was fastened all round inside the nozzle firmly between bis kunca, with Colonel Graves, commanding the 2nd Bat
The dofundant, who adinitted going along civil war. He had been impressed by aide the steamer but said he had not observing the effect of a jet of water in the boarded her, was fined 810. operations of hydraulic mining, Tom Clank-
ling, an old diver, went down on the reef THE GOVERNOR AND THE BUFFS. to try an experiment. He carried with him
The following appoate in. Saturday's Gro a hose, which was attacked to a a powerful force-pump. Tom Conkling said, as he vermut Gazette went down,
no use trying When
he landed upon the roof, ninetaan fest
ing. Plation feet high and 17 feet 8 inches deep fos theatre and matabod, 7 feet long. Rope to he
and at distapori fact on each side..
Platform feet high for dispensary and factory, 6 foot long, 17 feet 6 inches dee Table for ivory and allver
wurt..
Silk rope two feet long.
Museum casas 4 feet long,
feat inhas deep.
Similar munerima cisés.
Length; 2:45 ft.
-Dar 17 22 € -
Fishing. Fishing, Jaska. Junke, 6
Gangway.
Gangway, 3
Praits. viables, Mallein, Exeontial Oils. 3
Soy, Saabo, Sweetmeat, anıl Kogar
Pictures Pltures Model of Colmy.
Gangway.
Picture Fewer &
Notaren. 2
Wara.
The artioles shipped by the transport Mexican consisted chiefly of wares for the Bazaar or shop. The other things forward- od ware blackwood furniture, brass and pewter ware, camphor wood and leather trauka, and specimens of rattan waro.
length. The following passages taken from hia spouch will be of interest and up in comparing the finansial position of the Straite with that of Hongkong
The present state of our Finances and the outlook for next year may be gathered from the following
81,039,253.
Asuta on let. Jun 1885, Estimated Revezu 1885, $6,848,000 Trobable Deve 1895, $3,014,200 ADET Estimated Expenditure, 1685, 43,075, Trobably Expohuture, 1986, 38,645,000 Estimated Anstey 1st January, 1963, $827,255. Estimated Revents, 1890, $8,715,409 MA Fathanted Expenditure, 1888, 8,093,600 LA Detonadaneta,
some of these may be his official subor- dinates; but the proceedings on such and informal character (4) Local Govern essions thould be substantially of a private
monta and administrations will forward. to an officer who has left a station or dis trict
the resolution of any local publia body recording a vote of thanks to him for help and advice afforded during his official connection with the station or dis trict. (5) Medical offers are not pro: hibited from receiving poouniary recogni- tion of their servicos from a community of persons which may desire to Diedge thcso, but the previous #STIGH
admini The Idabilities of the Colony consist on-time of the Local Govenunent or
tration must be ly of the Public Loan of 1877, which by officers before receiving any public cum- obtained by medical Jan. next will be reduced to £48,400 or about $300,000
plimentary address. (G) The previou
Of the Assots of the Colony $500,000 reaction of the Government of India must main invested in the Government of India be obtamed to the relaxation of these rules: Loan Banka and of the rest, 8447,500 is lent in any special case in which the Local to the Municipalities at 6% interest (except Government or administration may think
it desirable, in one case in which the interest is at 4%). The Loan to the Irotected Stute of Solangor of $120,000, also at 5% will be adjusted before the close of this your
The financial position of the Colony con- tinues, therefore, to be perfectly sound and indeed Bourishing. The accounts now be fore you show, on both sides, exceptional items which will be wiped out by Decom- bor, 1888, and in the following year it should he possible to undertake important works which not be for
for the poned
prosent post-
Tas principal featura of interest on tha
Revendo ride of the Budget is the re-letting of the Farms. As is now well known, a substantial increase on current receipts will
dorived
from the new contracts. The annual inoremant for the next three years
Je
Quotations
HONGKONG, November 2 OPIUM-New Patna, caah,..... 5827 385
OLATE CA cash,
31
>>
New Benares, cash,,,, 560/562)
ON cash,... 530 Now Malwa, onsh,... 540- Allowance, Taal 149 48 Old Mals, cash-- 550/60 Allowance, Taels
Persian, Olly, carb... 510/020 Allowanco, Tools un-16:19 32 Porsan, Paper tid 550 Allowance, Taels..... 1632
Exchange.
will amount to $389,320. The Farm, Bank, Wire,...
both Opium and Spirits, are in the haurts.
#3
Demand
se days' sight. *** 4 months sight,...?
13
Documentary 4 months sight, Indie, Wire, s Edemand, Shanghai, demand...
of the same Company in each Settlement, and the Singapore Farmer holds the Johor Farma, and the Malacca Farmer has ar Crodite, 11 Gangway, Gangway a ranged for the Farms in the neighbouring small States. There stu, therefore, no con- Granto and dieting interests likely to lead to smuggling Stone Figures, 10 or other troubles in congestion with ilicit operations in places over which this Govern- cont exercises influence or control, and it cony safely be anticipated that, during the Sovereigns, next three years, there will be no dišicalty in carrying out the contracte.....
Gangway, Gangway 3
Bilk Hope. Theatre Matched
Filz Bope
Gangway, Gangway 3
Belter & Iwry Pigmenta.
#
30 days sight, private 73 Gold Loaf 99 line
829.05 **$£.71
Temperature.
Queen's Road.) HONGKONG, Normber 2.
BAROMETER
Do.
THERMOMETER M
The heaviest itom of Expenditure is, a (Taken at Mesura Falconer & Co.'s Premises, will have been anticipated, for the construc tion of the Defence Works. The first ant of plane were received in the Colony in June, and ground was broken at the close of that month. Before this year expires, Do it ja calculated that the expenditure will have amounted to about $139,000, and you are invited to vota $270,000 in the Estimates of the ousting year. The total expandi turs in the two years will thus be $400,000 (equivalent to about £70,000), and will, in the main, form the
share of the in what Her
-Gangway, Gangway. 8,cost of placient scient
Sak Ropo. Bk Bspo..
Chinos Dispensary, Vermilen Factory. Bible Hope. A Rope, 1 Gangway. Gangway, 2
Majesty'n Government comment and
The armament and stores:
state of defence,
which are to be supplied by the Imperial Government, are now calinated poo £90,000 ($814,260), and, according to the lates! information which has reached me, it is understood that the gans will be seat time a circuulatanger here from time permit, no that they should, however, all be received before the close of 1885. wish to take this opportunity of publicly Gangway. Gangway, a placing on record the high sense I entertain of the great energy and ability with which Elambos, Bumice. 22 the Culonial Engineer is devoting himself with such untiring real to the erection of 245***
the Defence Works.
Butterfiles. Butterflies. 4
Gangway,, BangYEY
Coins
RIGHT SIDE.
Darni 17 r. d. pr.
To BX NOTED.
Silk and other
I intend to forward by the next mail
8 Gangway. Gangway.
a
Copy
9
of her. What with these precautions, the end pointed beyond his toer. Hetalion of the Butts (Kast Kent Regiment). and the attendant, tug always close by polled the signal string once, and the
J
with plenty of friends on board, there was water was turned on. In less than a
of this Memorandum to the Secre not pron the charm or excitement of dan minnto came two violent jerks, and then tary of State for the Colonies for trannie gar attached to the expedition,
three rapid pulla. That meant to shut sion to the War Onco. I have, de, off the water and holat him up. An hại
G. F. Bowen. ** reached the float, Tom Conkling, panting Major-General CAMEZUX, C.B., 50, 60, and pale, took off his helmet and said
1 work, General; it'll work. If hadn't turned the water off, I'd have bear in China by this time." The water had bored a hole in the reef under Tom's feet, aroam was turned off
The N-0. Daily Neues comments-The case of Easox . Da Malherbe is one of those childish and discreditable incidents of which the less that is said the better, We, at any rate, have neither the desire and he had sunk to his waist before the nor the intention to review the decision of the Court or try the matter orer again in our columna Sesh a tank would be interminable. It is suficient to draw brief attention to one point-in our
opin-
ien the only important point in the whole
MEMORANDUM.
00
Articles of ComYQITVE.
Matting. Gangway Blackwood.
Address to
Prince of Wales.
front and both
Platform af 'reet high, 15 fent doen, and 15 feet
· long, to be suitably co- verel Falling with 80k rous, to be made for
20
Hail & Het
Shep
21
Bettan, China Waro,
Embroidery and Ba
boa
9M30.040
1 EM
4 PM
29.970 20.050 79.
Do. Do
Do. Do.
1AM..
4 FM
Do(Wat bulb) 9 A.M.
Do
1.M73
Do.
Do 4PM. Maximum
Do Minimum over night. 75
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER
AF Å F‚M. TO-DAY. Barometer
29.98
78
Temperature Humidity
Dirvotion of Wind
Force
Weather
Hongkong Observatory, & Nov,, 1885,
Money Orders. 1.—Money Orders are issued at Hong- "kong and Shanghai on the following coun-
tries and placea
I hesitate, at the present crisis, to refer to the state of the trade of the Colony, Amoy though I am inclined to take a more * Azores Is.. sanguine view of its prospects than is * Balgiam. prevalent in certain quartora, The last * Bermuda. Returna show a comparativo decrease In
* Canada. Canton.
the p
Cap
Colony.
*Denmark. Egypte
great volume of trade which pasace through our Ports, the value of which amounts to above one hundred and forty- Ceylon five million of dollars, but there is a steady † † (Constantinople) increase in local trade, the #igns • Enf which Cyprus. are having, in so many ways, a marked infuanes on the Colony. The Shipping Returns-British, Foroiga, and Nativo ahow a considerable improvement, and the combined totals of vessels entered and cleared now amount to a tonnage af
searly five millions. The importance of the Port of Singapore will shortly be greatly sa- fanced by the building, in New Harbour, of a largo Adminally Dook for the use of
Blajesty's ships.
Falkland Is Prochow Gambia *Germany.
† (Gibraltar)
Gold Const Hankow.
HAW
Hoihow.
Hongkong Bolland.
* Lagos.
* Madeira
* Mauritius.
Natal
Newfoundland. New South Wales North Borneo.
Fort Darwin. Portugal. Queensland. *8. Helena/
Buychelles Shangbai
* Biéra Leone.
South Australia:
Straits Settlements,
WALOW
Sweden.. *Switzerland. Tasmania
Governor Sir George Bowen cannot allow the 2nd Battalion of the Baths (East Keut Regiment) to depart from this command without placing on record his high apprecia tion as the Representative of the Queen 140
It will be observed that part of the space in this Colony, of their excellent conduct throughout the period of nearly four years is excupied by an address to the Fringe of
Her during which they have Loan quartered at Wales. This addron will be on als, and Dongkong.
vary effort is being made to make it as A sziali garrison of
of Englishmen zuid an fine à pisos of embroidery as the South of RUSSIA IN THE FAR BAST overwhelming Oriental population is always China is capable of producing. It will be Under this heading the Saturday Review
difoult position, But disc
discip
handsome blackwood discusses the questions suggested by the Accompanied by a to a duel So much the worse, one would peace with China and the arrangement line in
a book bound in sandalwood and
and recent revelations as to Razsm's dealings think, for French law. But is there lead to have been made with the ink and historical Regiment. Both officers and of the addressors Annie the slingerhibet. It concludes that the qujan si's forwarded through the London Post Office,
as gallantry in the held of this distinguished inlaid with
with ivory
English translationing the efforts of Colonel Privlaky to get pode, ge standard, written or unwritten Flags. On the 2nd Oct. General de mou have always
ich the
maintained Friendly re- will of course be by which provocatica which emits
lations with all the races
s that
TONQUIN AND ANNAM Recent reports from Tonquin ga far to The President of the Feenth show that the labours of the French ex dispute. Conanlar Court intimated that, according peditionary force in that country are no to French law, the plaintiff had
Gaze
Honduras, (Br.). United Kingdom.
Tooland
India
United
Western
Staten
Australia.
STATION NO. 1 STATION NO. 2 agost the defendant for challenging birthing like over, in spite of the treaty of arters is as strong a characteristic case, and are containing the signatures with Korea, and also the telegram describ orders or the Countries marked * are
AMERICAN CUF.
Dr Thompson
R. Goodlad (stroke)
(stroke)
F. O. Wilford
J. EL. B, Lockhari
E. B. Shopherd:
G.0.0. Master
D. Kennedy
W. Stopaut (coxx.).
STATION No.
03. Thompson
Hopkins (boxswain)
Station No. 4-
O. HI. Grace(stroke) 1. Hughes (stroke).
HH Hayllar
W. Parfiti
A. H. Thakson F. Götz
A. Turier
G. Grimble (çox)
A Tiranteiri
STATION NO. 5.
T. Glass (stroke)
D. Mill
Lauraert
E. Osborne
性
(50%)
A. Cald:roll (coxswain)
1
-The-Regiment
The Garonnor requests Major-Clopori Cameron to transmit this Memorandaia to Celous! Graves, Commanding the 2nd Bat talion of the Bulle
(Bigned)
G. F. BOVEN. Government House, Hongkong,
Zud October, 1885,
COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXRIBI-
SATION,
the
-tho
West Indies (Bratish, Danish, and Dutch),
the Order is
0.20 cento
No Order must exceed £10 or 160
inganuity of the Chi- and are paid in a small discount of about in challenge is or may be appraised Conroy, the commander-in-chief, left Had heterogeneous commuoitzake ng this dress. The address emanales from the defeat is due to the 2 There STO BUme offences which even the to the early morning by a gunboat to take on their part has proved an important assist taking the opportunity of the Colonial and Theo blocked the mountain patha 4. in the £1, for which the remitter should
This conduct Chinese merchants of Hongkong who are note,
Колеци bukiders i
ie described na more allow. All auch orders must be expressed storniest mom
morahet might consider sufficient
lent command in some important operations to ance to Gent leaves these shores with of Wales as President taviz congratulations
Civil Government.
Indian Exhibition to express to the Prince comp Justify an aapeal to arms, offences ce
and, perhaps, more conjec in British currency. complicated,
vás followi te every instiant of society and be undertaken sgainst a strang mixed force the sincers regret, and hearty good: wishes 0 British rule under which they have pros- East, and adds Many things
tural It proccds to describe the apparent.Tha commission charged is sa
to the the occasion, and their appreciation of character of Eensia's projects in the Far (coverding Pusanity, insults in the fullest sense of of Black Pingsand Annamites in the of the entire accomunity.
the currency have e con-drawn inj the word. But-is-one-man justified, even
pored for the last forty past to this colony tributed to assist this design the indifer Up 22, or $10 & by French law, in trying to force a dual on neighbourhood of Hang-hoa; only about 49
Every effort is being made to have the ad- once of another man for expressing the opinion miles from Hanoi. The same day rumours
dress completed in time for the installation, absence of any other European competition,
of England to these
distant regions, the £5, or 820, or Bb
£7, or 836, or R. that, on a certain occasion, he was of a most serious nature vere in c.rulatių
It will be exbibited in the City Hall before the jealousy of Japan sud China, the bad
**210, OF 800, Or 100 mannersdiskt bỏ, thatế is no one to Shanghai or elsewhere who can consider in Saigon to the effect that the French
despatch, and it is intended to make it an orgazigation and slow movement of the vast The Houghtong Gourt throughout furces of the Chinery Bapire. But it (unisas drawn on India, when R150 in the exhibit of the himself safe. We have met with insults troops had met with a disastrous defons of the sea asinants and alsrepre
and must malicious Laure near Hung-hos and that two of the Generale,
Each szhibitor is supreme in his own slaverly made and just defeated, may not limit), nor will more than two such Orders
not quite certain, that the RaiSTE in the local
department, subject of courts in the general | be the last which Rasais has a chance of be issued to the same person, in favour of Freotining days were also appointed an orations whone falsehood was only equall had been killed. The reports were raid to
requirements of the whole Court, And making without aptual, war. It is aid by the same payes, by the same mail, se hoped that those whate lot throws them Buthorities diffe
different from these just quoted,
Money Orders on the United King follows, Monday and Friday being left woro, levolle and then in which they be without eng sound foundation, but they
Msame from Haiphong. We learn from s The Honorary Searetary (Mr H. E. Wodes against the wall will exercise theiringenuity but worthy of hat less respect, that both dom for sums not exceeding £5 Maser, for expressing an
an honort and glass pastushgor who arrived from Haiphong of house) la fant us the following interesting devising trophies to placa sgainst if Chins and Japan have at last waked on to by means of Postal Notes th to which
Exhibitors are requested to have their the Being a term
@dangerous Friday last that two or three rather import- information regarding the forthcoming Ex-goods ready packed for ahjument by the family je dvantage given by their separate notion or the Hongkory Post Justifiable.of
powerful and unstrups Guide. 12th Dacomber, It is proposed that they lous neighbor who has so long been edging Soms not exceeding maintain, moderate and
860 say bu re- Saturday, International Cup.sive, is challenged to a pombat with side between the French proogs and consider- The court is one hundred and forty-five should be packed in every respect except down upon them. Whatever truth thers mitted between the Paris of Chinak by Wast has becouse of the Members' Cup) in which he might easily here hean killed his band of socalled pirates fusi before foot long and fifty broad. It has a gung- the city Hall and shown, and then be marding (abt, of course, tripollacos) sharge of one per venit, for cashing there
forening up of the case, and taken to may be in the zampurs of a trips under- means of Postage Stamps, qubject to or jujured for life, and the French Consul Dr Thompson has selected the Nhamrock, General upholds the challenger. Com. the departure of the Namion from Hai, wey of fifteen feet ruaning through irom naily packed for transmimion to Eng between thong two Powers and England or Money Orders can be rented at Fongs,
front is supertheus. It is us enough phong, on the 29th, intelligene mas received it hopes throughout its breadth. The lands not intended that any
It is of the exhibita Rose, and Mr Grace, she Thists Mr to thank M. Kractor for the very val that e foros, comprising some three thousand walls have an unbroken hoight of tranty anal be sacrificed to hate it Chodlad has not yet made a choice of any code of honour which exists in France, Annanites, Chinges and deserters from the arched roof, from windows along which the fault of the Commission that the informs Lagion Biranger, had been for some days court in lighted. At intervals of ten feet on regarding the Court roughed them a
open
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Chairman's Gup German Oug American Cup.
Me Highes, the Keriklane, Me Gloss, the
pana without the honoure Allowed
1.or not.
| epped opinion, the drogagements had recently taken place hibition
able lesson be hat given us respecting the
and to not upon the warning,
end to
end it is
feet, at which point ther break into a nami-
|
Which
to Eva
F20 are
to check Ruslan designs and advance, it kong or Shanghai Parta where there and in certain that such an understanding Agencies of the Hongkong Post Offee.
not be a formal was, would be a remitances can be do to these an exceedingly serible thing for the inte place by means of Postal Nate See achie rease of all three,
netion or the Posts) Chukle,