No.-7509-SEPTEMBER 10, 1887.).
That the record of Mr Thomas Jackson's | services on the Council will be heartily endorsed by every residout. That, nevertheless, as Me Chater said, '
I know a Bank, wherein hie whole time goes...
That Mr Braco Shepherd has done excellent work for the Colony as Secretary of the Land Commission, and fint he well de- serves the homuratiam propused to be voted for his aurvices; *
MR PLANTAGENET Littlewood gaye zu excel. lent entertainment last night in the theatre, His Excellency and the Miases Cameron were present, but unfortunately tho addi. ence was very small indeed. The small at- tendance was due ng doubt mainly to the aultry, oppressive nature of the weather; and `porhaps a little to the apathy, too genera! here, for any intellectual entertain ments, more especially whon te waather is hot. We are sure, however,, that the few who did go enjoyed - Mr Little'a per- formance. There is always a depressing feeling in an almost empty house which_it" is most diffienlt to shake off, even when the ear in gratified with a pleasing flow of ulo quence or song. And perhaps it was that the Hongkong University (or Cul feeling that made one wish the programinis had boon olivened with a larger number of humorous, aketchos. Mr Littlewood in possessed of a good", voice” nad given a pretty gear onunciation to the worda Of the various pieces which he retilod
we think he owed hig“ powers to the
That the World announces 'that Sir George
Bowen, G.Q.M, G., has gone to Carlsbad, while the China Express and the Ozerland Mail persist in booking him for Elong. kong
lege of Medicine for Chinese) srems really to be an accomplished fact, and that it most to remembered as in great feature of the Jubilee year in the For
East.
greatest effect in The Death of Fol Tint I host that it is to be organised on
THE CHINA MAIL.
CANDIDATES
ito bluating-infioncs on the faculties than I the fact that you lind among old residentsuely approved by the verner, from 5. The Candidates will be scholira, 1 ra...
some who are bold enough to assert that any recognized Publio School in the Colony the weather in Hongkong becomes cooler of Hongkong, and with be required to bring the following certificates from the Hond in September.
Master of the respective Sohnal
(a Certificate of good moral character, (Certificate of age. Can
Candidates-1 must not exceed 20
ceed 30 years, for he below 17 years (e) Cornifextes stating they have heen scholars, for at least the three (3) years last at previous to the Examination, at the School that pro sonte them or at any two of the Pub. fie Schools recognized by the Go vornår.
General questions will also be sat with The trade in the Mediterranean is buts in the matter of women's dress. Such a lay referuhoa to the distory of Eaghhh rife who wo compare it with what it is would benefit thousands, and do no harm Literature (Stopford Brooke's English and what it will be with the colonies. Uh-to anybody Literature Primer),
der such circumstances is it word our while Play of Shakespearetillas Cesar (with to keep up the garrisons at Malta, with its simple questions on the history of the enormous native population, dependent, us words and the constrution of sun- it is, upon Africa for its food supply, or at tences, and other questions arising out Cyprus, of which we have but a doubtful of the subject).
tanure By withdrawing from the Medi Lotinus de Bollo Gailico. Liberterranean we should render, ourselves far.
That carefully kept records, extending over series of years, prove that, though a faw cool nights towards the end of the month may occasionally roduce the uieau temperature slightly,, the averago maxi muza during September in a high as dúr- ing any other month in the year, That this is another instance proving that in individual ongee years and wiadom don't always increase in thỏ same ratio. That the air of the Peak eran rarified that Bordo of the children of the mist" resid. ent there complain of attacks of dentness). To proceed to England within the obtained at the office of the Insprotar of and dizziness, others go ati futthar and complain of light-headedness, and évor empty-headedness
Thab the friends of the latter, with that. delightful candour characteristic of
and The Razon. Dickous pathetic arch lings, with the worthy, Dr Fre-school-boys and instimate frionds, de..
of the end of the poor outcast was rond
with considerable pathos, without soy. pretentious mannerism and without any
derick Stewart as the first Rector, and other residents of light and loading as
laboured overdoing. Mr Littlewoodalanodice-holders, and members of the Sex interpreted with good offect the weirde noss of Pass strange poem The Batoh
That it may be in the memory of some vid residents that the Model Settlement, or the Empire City of North China, was most unfairly styled ‘a siuk of iniquity.'
That it is somewhat aminsing nor to find
that Shanghai has set up as an instructor
clare that the symptoms are perfectly uumistakabli
That these alight drawbacks to living in the upper cirova afford a sort of compea eating, balance to the more unfortunato dwellers on the plain
6. Excly Candidate will be required to undergo a Mediul Examination with a view to ascertaining that he is in a round state of health...
more powerful, while our ships in that esa would form a duplicate Channel Squadron, having its headquarters Gibraltar,
As to our defending the Canal-in-time of war, we could not undertake it; in time of pesee the trade would requins no protection, since without our support the Canal could not be maintained.
The following Foam sppears in a book of NO, THANK YOU, TOM.
verso,by MYE WEATHERLY, én- titled Little Pony Cat, bearing the name of no publisher.)
They mot, when they were girl and boy,
Guing to school one day, hope And Won't you take my pug-top, dear
Was all that he could say
I. Granatical and other questions
·will be set on the language and sub ject matter of the book. One or more SAP ishger, not contained in the book, will be set for translation into Latio, a vocabulary of the loss familiar wotsa betly given. Chemistry,The on-metallic elements,
with special reference to exygen, On April 2 last, speaking upon the Im hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon and their perial Federation League, Lord Charles compounds (Roscoe's Leesons on Ele-Bers ord said :- mentary Chemistry)."
He balived that the shipping interest the Booting wealth, the food supply was could only be protected by the British and the ensin interest we had to lok to, and it (b.) On his arrival thora to port him Schole, are subjoined to the regulations aries. The point of importanco
self to the Colonial Office ns having note by one of the form At All in the world was, in his opinion, no longer.
due precautions ng taken to ascertain the Continople, but the Capa. It was the entered big name as the College or are of a boy, which must be cortified either point for our great merongile interesta nil and twenty, thirty, forty yeain Institution, approved by the Gov-
7. The successful Candidate will be re-
quired.
7.
months of his election,"
FORMS OF AFFLICATION, Forms of application copies of which can
We
She bit her little pinafore,"
Clone to his side she came She whispered, "No! no, thank you, Tom,'
But took it all the aure They met one day, the epif-same way, When ten swift youre had fown; He said, I've nothing hut my heart,
But that is yours alone. And won't you take my heart 1' he said,
And oilled her by hot name
Blis blusbed and said. 'No, thank you, Tom
But took it all the spe
ornor or Secretary of State, forward. I by an extract from the Hongkong registor over the workHe would not enter into She ans the licle peg-top:
ing in proof thereof a letter from the or by a sworn afdasit. Principal,
(c) To forward quarterly to the Crown Aganta for the Colonies a dortificate "of good conduct and proficiency in study fromthe Principal or Head;
Sir Henry Gordon sent a letter to the uper rodeipt of which the quarterly instalment of hir Scholarship will bees on this subject, of which the fellow paid to him.
ing is of extract
OUR POSITION IN THE MEDITER RANEAN AND COALING STATIONS.
Sir, In August 1881 the late General
Condou wrote as follows
the question of the Same Canal he had expressed hia opiaing before. But he would say that Englord never made her great name, her great wealth, or whatever abo had great by anything else but the com- mand of this sea, the broad ocean highway. would never do for England to think she was going to be what she had been if she went in for deluding ditches.
Have brought them care aut jog
He gave her when à boy? 'I've had no woah, wag wife, says he
"I've never bright you famo She whispers, No thank you! Tom,
You've loved mo all the same
ALL whe joy woyld win must share-it- happiness was born a twin — Byron Sunday is a sponge to wipe oct all the sins THERE are many people who think that of the week.-Bacher.
BYWATER, JANQUERAY & Co. (late BYWATER. PARE & Co.) are agents for
Again, in a discussion in My last at the B. The holder of the Scholarship will
Nugent declared that in time of war with United Servies Institution, Sir Charles That your Correspondent Seat-holder case tube intitled to throw sny money if:
quite intentionally makes out rather aho fail in any of these requirenteista.
a great maritime Fower the Suez Canal 9. Passaro will be paid to England
The value of the blediterranean, even big
could not be used at all, and Captain Kell good,exes in favour of the haritable pro- the Government and in special cases, where incog Connish maple, in I think, very the head of the Intelligence Department clivities of churcb-goers.
the Head Master certifies it to be the lutemen dan is and it case of war. If the at the Admiralty, concurred that not only to Hongkong in commercial morality'and. That presuming he is correct, and the only necessary, an advance of $150 will be-ontrance to it utt Gibraltar is blocked by a would the Suez Canal be utterly naoless Residents abroad, bliss'anaries, Chaplains, be gained agauiets us by the fleste ant up to Grent Britain if it were blocked"; while Shipping and passages arranged. Banking heavy est, I cannot see any advantage to
war time, but that it would boan advantage. &o, in every part of the world. Woods and Outfits supplied as Wholesale prices. I consider that the houting of Gi braltar and of the Red Sea and Cape routes
Admiral Boya denounced the Suez Canal in all its branches, Fall descriptive Cat- by: Great Britain would
utterly holding the Mediterranean and Cle would arise
Iwould At any rate.
all the virtues.
whole appears a meaningless produe. tion, but it is burit ap of beautiful imagery and when well recited, as it was last night, it has somewhat the same effect as the weirdest-music of Wagner; There ion depth of genuine pure feeling both in Hosti's
Bridge of Sighs and the place" Snowthat keeps them from beco trite oven although noe has become smat Although tired hearing the rapuated Mr Littlewood'a raidering was not commonplace, yet there was room for many finer touches, whiol: would have heightened the effect. In the comic line- the ugly piece given last night was Mr Flutter goes to a tea party, and-by is Mr Littlewood showed that he had attained ex cellence in the corni as in the pathetic rain. Only two selections from Shake- spare were given, the Balcony Scene" (Baraeo and Juliet) and Othelo's, apuech in hia defence. Both were given with some elocutionary and dramatic el That the effects of mirage are well known but there is much variety of opinion as in the Pechili plains, as it ofton makes a the way of best rundering the sentiments
of these pieces, and we think we have heard- both done with much finereffect. Thelastitem"
of Ga given was savural mimic renderings o sabianca, some of which were staing, we think on the whole the item might have been left out. We must again express our
but
regret that the entertainment was so poorly.
patronised.
Even ou a siltry evening thoro is a pleasure and profit to be derived from listening to suime of the finest extencta in sar langu go declained by a professional oldcabionist. Between the recitations va--
rious musical selections on the piano wore given with the testo by Bignor Gattabeo. We believe Mr. Littlewood is to give an other entertainment, and we trust it will he -attended with-stiecośn,——-
HERR HELVÍCH Kötz, one of the piano- forte Professors af the London Academy of Music,, who arrived-hota by the last German. Mail-will-ahortly give a few entertalomudy in Hongkong. He, we believe, intends first of all to pay a visit to Canton, and has not yet arranged on what day his first per We have already formance will be givan. given an extract showing how Horz Köhlez's- rocitals were appreciated in Singapore. We now give two other extracts from Lou. dun paperon
The st. James Guzette tapa:—Dorr Asta- rich Kuliter was heard for the first time in, public (so far at least' as England 'is con- dorned) on Saturday-last-at-Stowage Hall-
That something should be done at omé to prevent the recurrence of such scandals ou British Justice as these intoainable re-arrests and rendition cases. That the great American Syndicate Balloon has already been so well prioked that I durbifal if it will hold gas enough' tự raise a picul of Tientsia mud.
thesand dollars appear to be a million,
grogations average 80, from that 6gure a liberal allowance mast he made for chil dren and those who have not the means
withole was the and declared the Capealogye post free. Offices:-78, Gaoen Vic- ; materially upon whose shoulders fall the if not return passage will also be paid, the inevitable sequent complications which time the only one worth considering iptoria Street, Lonton. 20,000 Reierencia
of subscribing, reducing the nombor very
respousibility of providing monthly for what he apparently considers the ton temptible sum of $40.
made for purposes of out, bat the whole amount 80 advanced for Sujit must be re- paid through the Crown Agents, in qua terly-instalments, during the first year of the Scholarship.
10. T
shall have occurred to cian salify 11. The holder of the Scholarship will not be allowed to retuore to another College or Institution without the permission of the Secretary of State.
EXAMINATION
buy,
of War:
Present
With regard to our position in the let Mediterranean, the able writer of the our first part be for the Cape route, and se al, and Red Sea The Oage rate entails Position of European Politics' observes: eously for that of the baditerraneas, Cag
articles that have
have recently appeared in the Fortnightly Review upon The no complications, the latter endless ones,
It would be az idle for us, with our pro That considering the many attacks to com-12. The time of examination will be and has also a precarious tenure. Graft
sont naval force, to hope to thoroughly con munity is subject to from pious mendi- within the last fourteen days of the month Bestal is apported by her trade this iftirand the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
her only vuliserable side; and to
guard that cants, and to which it freely responds, of Detuber.
13. The next examination will take is the main object we should have in view, againstthe French without an Italiaualliance. the charge of illiberality is unfounded.
placu in October, 1888, and, due' notice of Looking at the chart of the world, and contoury to hold our own itr Turkey or in Bel-"
Gibral
btalgium with our pacient army. "Just and the" Ascension,
Holatry Besme, now to have made up its enment Gazette **.
Ceylon, Seychelles, Charts, lens, 14. The Examiners will be the Syndicato, Manritiva, Sicaon's Bay, St. Paul, the Salk
land
ds, Hung Koay, Borneu, of the University of Cambridge.
15. The Inspector ut Schools will act held as faire or dens, as
and Vancouver Iland, wors poaling stations se local Presiding Examinerand mag 1880 for our vissels, what chance would any apo rente in time of war. Italy being ciate with himself for the purpose such per son or persons as may be appoved by the Governor.
SUBJECT
has the ourious effect of elevating ship That charity has been defined by a well be day and hour. will be given in the Gonsidering that if the following wind to abandon not only the defence of
carpenters into fall-blown naval archi.
tecta, -and taṛning ateau-launches into.
ironclads.
That there oro bitter complaints among the
Chiusas here of illegal squeezes levied on fond supplies leaving Chaton for this Colony...
That in theas matters of illegal levies Con-
Bolababaster should to strongly appasien to, failing whom Peking and London ought to be speedily awakened on the subject
That the awful smell which so keenly gear.
chea-overy nook and cruinny of the tes -P. 30 atto Te almost overpowering, and that it is to be boped it has not secured a long loase of the neighbourhood. - That the avoial event of the weer was cer tainly the "Friends' Day. ht the Sketch- eries, when all the Hongkong world,
known Bishop under the following formé la, bearing of B's distress, immedi ately rushes to C to get him to relieve it. That vicarious charity is inexpensive, and often secures a good den of uncalled-for notoristy.
That if. Scabholder' wore to turn his at
tention from the extousion of charity to "the suppression of that weekly and semi
weekly, heart-breaking, cor-splitting, peace destroying flood of tantalising dis cord that emanates from the miscalled Chimes of the Cublicdral, he might at once with a perfectly easy conscience.Bot about 'onlarging the border of his phy Jactery
That the author of Paking, the Goal' is proceeding with his work on the Worthies of the Far East.
BROWNIE
EXAMINATION.
16. The subjects, with the maximum marke attached, will be the following: English Grammar, .............. 100%
Composition,...200
4
Literature, 3503. Geography.....
Arithmetic,
-Algebra vi
Euclid
Mensuration,
600
100
1000
100 600 100 .100
Latin, on Chemistry-er-botti, may be offered instead of Euclid or Mensurations or both, and will be allowed 100 marka ench..
17 No candidate will be elected who to get 400 marka in the four English subjects, together with 300 marks in the remaining nobjects.
DETAIL OF SUEKSIS-
fails
tar,
fed 1818, -
bald
Turkey against Russia, but also the defence
of
the neutrality of Belgium, solt will have
to make up its mind, unless it is prepared increase the wavy, ta resurt only to the noutral and we At war with France, we maritime enemy have of crippling us
could not st by destroying our
trade
? Look at the whole of curcolonios and trade against attack prosent hope to defend the Mediterranean and see how amal) is that sea
and London against invasion, and yet suguard upon which we are apparently devoting to the Mediterranian and Red Sax as to make greater part o of enrattaatios. No diplumage
tic complications counttend the organisation Passage past Toubin and Algiers, Corsica of the stations named. By this means we and Huerta, sate. Our fores is probably should unite all our [colonies with us, for
superior to the French as to enable us to
Quotation HONGKONG, September 10. OPIUM-New Patna, cas, 478)
Old
chah, 482) Naw Bonareg, cash, 4081
canb, 455
On London
Old
New Malwa, cant
520
Allowan Table 4 Old Malwa, ah,... 540/60 Allowance. Taels... 48/64- Persian, Oily, dash: 480/630 Allowance, Tagla... None. Persian, Paper tied 515/610 Allowance. Teals... None.
Exchange
HoNexong, Sept. 10
Bank Wire
On demand
17
"
-30 days night,
-4 months' night,
Credits,
Documentary, months' sight,
we could give them our support effectively. up their ironclad but it would pro-Un The spirit of no colony, could bear up for bably be easier to shut in their Mediterra Credits, 4 months' sight,
nion ironolade holding the Straits of On New York long against the cating off of its trade,
Gibraltar than to attempt to blockade them which would happen if we kept watching the Mediterranett and neglected the andhis is the view I-tate of the position,
Toulon, ocean mates. The torrent of questions as
only that I won'd give up in time of peace
a possession of Multa rather than have to of war, for fall it must if the French set sorrender it, with a loss of prestige, in time
wow at large in the Mediterranent while pura was at Gibraltar.
With regard to
to Gibraltar, it is believed ile defence are in a very satisfactory state
what this Power say or dous not say, case, which is in itself also us gain. Lot the Cape question and it may we need not care for it as long us we hold Salon's Bay. The status named are es sentielly English (except. Mauritius). We need have no bather with their inhabitants. as we have with the pin of Malta.
The expones would not be more thand requiry reacting; at the same time its 18. History. An epoch to be selected these plates cost now, if the principle of constantly increasing population adds mob A shooting match took place tais after,from time to time by the Inspector of heavily armed, light draught, swift gun had the summed of the see, it woult to the difficulties of its defence, siuce, if wo
soon fall, in consequance of its being without any food supply.
London. July.
with big wito and daughters, were pro-SHOOTING COMPETITION AT KOW: sent at one of the best exhibitions put got tog ther.
Ha in a young planifrom Geunyand Tint the remonstrance of the Committed
LOON.
Schools
bonts, with enitable arammals, properly fust literature, and special play of Shake
Literature. A band book of English over) de endlad, wore fell wed. has lately joined the state of professora abun the last occasion when the members the London Acaderoy of Music... He plays.
The defence of India from aussian peare, of w
Work of any other English advance is by raising the tribes or the every kind of music except bad music and of the Skatehing. Cink were invited to † gingart, and the Garrison-Glüb. The còn to be quieted from time to time by the Persian Gulf and supplying them with,
whether in a sunsts of Beethoven, ur-a- nocturna of Chopin, or a rhapsody; more or less Hungaring, of Liszt, or in compositions" of his own, he shows himself a perfect inaster of all the resources" of his Ïustru- mant.
The Musical Standard says: At the matinée of Monday last Horr Köhler played Besthoven's Bonats appassionata and two pieces from his own pen, namely, an in promptu anda barcarolle, which, with andud modesty, be ascribed to Raff Both pieces were much appreciated and Ever Kühler need not blush to famous.'
find them
THE TYPHOON? We received at 1.45 p.m. the following' telegram from the Spanish Covent
The ipphors udvand featuredeyiz. detained or perhaps driven towards the E. It has not yet crcased the island of Lazón. It is doubtful now what direction it may take....
Previous to the reception of the abova mossago, we believe that a telegrain was sent out at 11:45 am by De Roborch to the following affct Violent typhoon sp- proaching Formoss Channel. (It was 4,30 p.m. before we got notics of this massage.) The Director of the Observatory is rallur wide in his guess this time. If the typhoon has not yet crossed the island of Luzon and it is doubtful in what direction it is travelling, Dr Dosure might as well say was approaching the moon as say it was approaching the Formosa Channel. The Manila Observatory is near the centru. of the disturbance and the telegram from that source may be raliud on as giving all the information that can be obtadiet afout this orratic storm. The local message is
only
"A
on at the Military range between two teams, of twelve meti. each, representing
of the company of
Northamptonshire te-
ditions were seven shotseach at 200, 500 and
try-again was evidently taken in good co0 yards. The match created a good deal Inspector af Scheels.
part, a tha uumber (urly ono hundred) of pictures and sketehes show-number of ed; which was as it should be pat
That the ladies, blossom, contributed about two-thirds of the exhibits, and hore the palay for quality as well as quantity, thus lowing what they can do when they liko.
That Reflections (not-Rafeziona '), No. 65, by Mrs Allen, was the most artistic pictaro 'shown, which, though qui aore criticism, was not far below the professional standard. That Mrs Sconson, who exhibits for the
brst time, to an adopt, and a great acquisition to the Society,her tower. pieces being Bro in colour, though a little weak in composition, and chiaro- usouro:
That I plead guilty to a liking for por traits, some of them laave so much to
the imagination, particularly in to wat tor of identity,
of interested was witossed by a pretty large
That the compati spectators, ting was remarkably close out will be understood from the fact that the North amptonshire Regiment team, who were the viclors, had an aggregate of only five points more than the Garrison teen, the respective totals being, A company 902, Garrison Club-897. The following are the italivide»- al scores at the thrèo ranges matern
'A' COMIANY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
PL. Kaid
REGIMENT
Col-Sgt. McClure
Sgt Bnsh
Pt. Hewitt Ft. Fulles The Cord, Batten,
Col Sgt. Delany 1. Sgt. Williams Pt. Dose- Sgt. Coaby Pt. Humphrey Sargt. Fricker
23
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closive).
Money
few adventurous
On demand,...
On Bombay
- Wire.
On
Credits, 60 days afgh
Do demand,
Calcuttas
Ou demand,
Shanghat
30 days aight
Op
Old Leat, 100 fun.
Sverig
...
32.30
80.18
AN EMPIRE IN FURTHER INDIA.
The agitation which existed in certain
TP.X....
Temperature. (Taken at Messrs Falconer & On Premises, Lauen's Road) BAROMETER
29.620 Do
99.560 Du
A. Maner
THERMOMETER-9
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arnie, and Geography.— Gomural, political and phy: sical guography, but special knowledge of officers (to trips), and leading them on-to the British Tales, of the British Cidonies the Russian fank from the Fersian Gulf, quarters two years, siuct for the separation and Dependencion, and of China, will be in good ends with Alghanistan of Lower Burma from the Indian Empire, There would be to risk in this, India and its location nuder the Colonial Office, drithmetic. All the subjects included in would not be disturbed. She would retain has not diet without giving birth to a marire the usual standard text books,
her forces on the Indus, For this purpose compe hensive idea. That station chicly Aden ought to be separated from India, proceeded from the mercsutila, community Alijebra. To quad:etic*** equations (ie- and mics Crown colony having apparst: at Rangoon, who fretted at the retardation Euclid.--Books I to IV
Laica uper the Persian Gulf and Red Sow in developing the material besmen of the Not only would this be an advantage country, owing to ite contribution to the Mensumtion.-Longths, areas, volumes,
pecuniarily, but it would tend to prevent general revenues of India. They were and areas of the surfaces of sulids.
the great dolays which the Resident at adreitly blind to the fact that but for India- Latin-A book of Caesar, with grammar Aden is now subject to in having to refor the prosperity of Lonos Berma" would not and translation of short simple sentences to Bombay and Silla A regioient of Behave existed, and that although the milch into Latinka"
logchen abauld ho raised fat special version cus of the Indian Exchequer for some Chemistry. --Elamentary.
at Aden The Bombey suinients not year, the Province has bafely yet replaced there are neatly all more or less auffering the outlay of Indies revenue on it from scurvy, owing to their selling their tion and subjugation. The new idea is
Lan are there.
contended that now British
Br
ermah- Hong Kong, owing to China possessing stretches-ug to the Chinese frontier, it has
200 500, 600 T. ydaydı. ydo.~
23-23-25-82 20 21 17 €4 19. Within a month after the conclusion
20
of an examination, the details concerning 27 26 2975 the subjects of the acxt ensuing examina 36 21 160 man will be published in the Government 29 21 16 66 Gazette. 32 24 18 74
RESULT OF EXAMINATION, * = 30 18 24 7:2
20. Immediately after the receipt of the 30 28-2987 decision of the Examiners, the Danes 30 16 31 77 of the first six Candidates will "ba. 29 25 25 79 pablished, in a case, in the Government 29 22 23 74 Gosette in the order of merit, with the number of marks obtained and the names 302 of the Schools where they wore educated.
CORRESPONDENCE.-
GARRISON CLUB,
That was struck, howovor, with the Col. Sgt. Tighe
mercilcas truth of Mrs Wodehouse's No. Sgt. Aston. 67, which greeted me with fifty dollars. Taylor
OF DE Bgt. Speadboro
or three months' the moment. I con C. Sgt. Major Seabright. That I was not a little puzzled over that Mr Watson
fronted it
Set. Bavare M. G. Ling curious medley of wild sadness and.com- Sgt. Skinner ical suggestion which ought to have been S. M. Meredith
8.9: Aduros called Nebuchadnezzar and his throu8.8. Dickson, geuso,
intelligible ou the supposition that Dr That Mr J. McCallum, Mr D. Caldwell,
Doborok has manufactare-a-tepboon for himself and sent it spinning in the direction of the Formosa Chunael, where we do aut! suppose it will do much harm.”
FRAGRANT WATERS MURMUR That the Acting Governor has followed his remarks to the Chipeso Depasation, in reference to the strange notion that tha Government is entagonistic to the Co- lonists, by prenobing a crusade againat partisanship in the Legislative Coung). That as the red rag is entirely of the Government's owar making, the serucu wus uncalled for, while it proved that its author, han nẽvec boon well up in the ***fundamentals,*`-
That it is porlapp maro creditable to Gen- eral Cameron's heart than bis head, that he thus indirectly censures the Hume Government for depriving me so long of nearly every vestige of Home Rate. That it was gratifying to note the unani
mity of sentiment regarding the absence and fondly-looked for return of Mr Mag Ewen to the opposition sida of the "Boparatist ' pesembly.
ud Mr Coughlin, to my mind, alowed.
TI.
ng the tiuro
ratione in endeavoring to coram se botand apon inperin opportunities.
Empire.
control,
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PM Maximum Do. Minimiaravor nigh, 84
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER
- AF 4 P.M. WO-DAY.
Tarometer Temperature Humidity
29.45
58
Direction-of-Windyw
Force,
Weather
Typhoon N. W. of Luzon.
Hongkong Chervatory, Sapt. 10, 188
REGISTER SETEMBER 9.
lands in her barbour, cannot be defended. become the natural centre of a new bmp CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
When the Sultan of Bruni (Borneo) The new sent of government would con diss we ought to cccupy the country, as he besides Burmah, the Mainy Peninsula.
Pace d'armes, Vladivostock, to which place china. The task of overlooking theso
adequately. It is aged, is too much for the Indian Government, whoa whale attention
ogr
heires; and then, with one ask on which is either British now or under British Vaneuver Island and the other in Boren inluence, the Malay Archipelago and North we would make front acaust the Bresian Borneo, and would direct relations with Slam and the French colonies in her Black Sex establishments have been 200 500 600 21. all correopulence with the Govern I'moved.
Ritseia has an oyo for support at Vladivo. yda. yds. yds. ment and with the Syndicate of the Uni-stock from San Francisco; she hopes, in je demanded by this I dian conti. ent, the Mania....21.50 7994 28 20 20 73 versity of tambridge, on subjects connect-time of war, to crabroil us with the United North-Westor fremier, the Persian Gulf Haiphong,20,30 90 92 31 24 24 79ed with the Government Scholarships, must 28 26 24 77 be sont through the Inspector-of Schools The inregoing memoranday is particular from its very vagueneas and vastness, while Amoy 29.61 and Red Sea. Such an idea is attractive Hongkong 29,64 States. -29-20-26 75 for the time being."
ly instructive at this time when we have everyone must admit that the populations Forchow 29.73 36 29-24 23 76 22. Candidates who intend to compete at before as the large expenditure proposed in and interest of our possessions in the Shanghai: 20.30 85 79 27-24 20
20 BU the examination should file their applies the Army Estimates, soupting is they Farther East constitute in some meastire a 30 25 10 10 tien at the office of the Inspector of Schools du, to £19,028 724. (it is misleading to say homogeneous whole independent of India. W ostock 29,60 69 Nagasaki.. 29.92. — 27 17 24 68 not later than 1st May, next by using the
that the sum is £18,393,000; and the full Bat the practical difficulties are enormous, 29 27-18 74 printed forms approved, for the purpose, smount must assuredly be considered as
SEPTEMBER 10-ar 10. 28 28 24 80 by the Governor
and the counterbalancing disadvantages
Bolina.... 29.61 78 20 18:31 78 Candidatos, to be submitted for the apawell tho
The complete list of all, appragury balances-at the end off to furnish the new and still disquiet traes Manila 29.66
in aid would otherwise would be great At present India is able 33 21 18 67 proval of the Governor, will be open to the the year) We are told that even with this of Burmah with skilled administratore in Hongkong 29.57 7 62 Haiphone. 29.76-86 | 99 inspection of Headmasters during the first large expenditure wo shall still be alert of every department. The maintenance of 897 week in May.
garrison gunters. It is further shown that, order and the defence of the new province Amor29 62 85 68 we require, under Vote.12: for the armament miras also With reference to the Amended Regals of the coaling atations £481 990, of which Lastly, tor
Shanghai..29.80/13631 pon...Judian. tions for Government Solarships for the only £128,680 is to be presided this year; vernment is both expensive and useless. Wibotook 29 to 61-0051
the machines. 20. 20 study of Law Medicine or Civil Engineer white for the works theinselves, under Vote An Empire in Further India would require ing in the United Kingdom, the following £13,278,410 will have to be voted, but reanother Governor General, another Depart. additional details have been approved by stricted to £77,200 for this year. Generalment at home, and another creations of His Excelfency the Officer Administering the Government!
Gordon's suggestions were 'adopted your Scoretaries of State-Home News. deficiency in ganners would be thet by the. withdrawal of close from Malta, while the
The three best pictures in the exhibition THE GOVERNMENT SOHOLAR
sad that some of the juniors showed gra sifying signs of industry, if not in uvecy- case of improvement.
SHIPS. “RÈHULATIONS.
The subjoined Regulations, for Govern meat. Sobolarships for the study of Law, Medicine or Civil Engineering in the Unit- That it is wonsidered by many to be a pityed Kingdom, have been approved by the that the pictures are not on view for a Right Honourable the Secretary of State
for the Colonics lunger time than half a day, and that to
1-The Government of Hongkong offers,
afternoons would be appreciated by the for the study ut Law, Medicine, ur Civil / further notice, recognized by the Governor would enable you to tuoreash your expen lady, hae addressed the following pati-ports: at 4p yesterday: Typhoon N. W
The tuinparature is high and the washer The barometer bar fallen everywhere. cloudy but dry. The typhoon streck along the N. W. coast of Luzon during the night ac companied by heavy rain and a tremendous 1s Public Schools recognized by the ....**
Diremiona to
to take down the fall wore Governor.
cos of proposed addition to the defencesA WOMAN'S APPEAL FOR MALE
ineriod
at 12.30p on the 8th and to hotstube following Public Schools are, until at Malta and Cyprus would bo
saved, and
ATTIRE
drum at 13.15p on the 9th. The following "Madame de Yalsayer, a well-known Par. tolegrams were addreated to the treaty friends of the contributors, Engineering in the United Kingdom, two qualified to prenent candidates for com-ture upon the casting stations A
It is
is desirable that the question of our tion to the French Chamber of optief typhoon approaching Formous Channel That loose lime should not be allowed to beach, per annum, for four years, to scholars Central School, the Hongkong. Public sining Gibraltar, and Rzypahould be dis-human life, whether on sea or land, woman
of Luzon and at 11.46a this day Evielent Scholarships of £200 (two hundred pounds) Petition for the above-m-ational Govern
ment Scholarships, viz., the Government withdrawal from the Mediterranean (re- Messieurs, In all the accidenta carried in open baskets, as it is both of any Public School recognized as such by School, St. Joseph's Coliege, the Finosan passionately and calmly considered, and no in consequence of the dress she is obliged dangerous and unpleasant when a puff the Governor in the Colony of Hongkong (Home and Orphanage) School; the Victoria hasty conclusion herized at? of wind blows it into one's eyes,
en the following conditions:---
to wear, is praduatingû to become a victim, Scholarship 2: One
It cannot o will be awarded in English School
be denied but that the bulk of The ontastrophes, fatal or otherwise, which That if proof were seeded of the Nineteenth each alternate year.
2. Entails of Subjects.
ur oxtra expenditure "For many years pást
daily occur Bamonares, tedamed to 82 degrees Fahring The following additional details of sub. has been caused in conscanence of our gaus renesansit, and to the level of fine tos in ipes, teathe 3. The holder of a Scholarship can select facts, selected by the Inspector of Schools posed interests in the Mediterrabon I were thought of the unfortunate and hadaredibi Century's capability to produce idiots of
the Collegiate course he wishes to fullaw or sa2 gigantio calibre as any of its prade the Institution where he is to study, eth fur the purposes of the next examination led to the Russian War of 1851, to an inter- belays thus prevented from escaping from cessors, it might be found in the fact that Jest to the approval of the Governor or that sold in Oetober, 1898, Ive been do futonce between Russia and Turkey, ter the dates of the Opera Comique must Fahrenheit.
finitively approved Secretary of State for the Colonies, bat
mluating in a treaty which has become suffes to prove that it is not only urgent,
8. Humory, in perrontage of thation; a muscular imbecile of the name of Mac
History In King's College, London, is recommended
addition to general que de
Egypt. - but alsy logical end human, to abolish the humility of ste samoted with misture hojas gregor has been transporting his trains the best suited for finishing this educa-
tied regarding the outlines of English
glish Now, what co -less body hackward and forward between tion of boys and beginning the course of Bistory, special questious will be set Why should we care if the Russians occu-
DIRECTION OF Winn, to two panis. stady required by men in the santo estab with reference to the perind of the pied Constantinople? Arg po prepared by wearing gasolios anira.his sort of cos
Plantagenets from istmeat
tume, whatever may be said to the ont. OF WT, cording to Beaufor of arms to interfort against such an tray, is just as decent as the present fashion 6 Stars WEATHER, B bios shy, a do Heary
to force Richard II)
ucupation of Syria. Why should we objezi,
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Dundee and London on stilts,
That a perial Pist of Milk is a very
small thing with a very big name,
4 The Boholarships will be awarded, after competitive examination, to the Can didate who obtains the highest marką, bat That perhaps nothing more clearly proves subject to the restrictions mentioned below
the deteriorating effect of the climate and in paragraphe 5, 6 and 7.
from
• Government Astronomer, EN Hongkong Observatory, September 10
2. TAKPERNTORs in the shade In degionë,
quea doartletter, and old routine law which prohibits women from 10th
Sentenze
English Literature:-The period from it drance? Francs has for years coveted the or female garments I ha elso the ad.clereloaded drissling, relatyy fog, a gloomy, Conquest to Chaucer's death as treated to such an occupation, and why should da Fantage of being more healthy.ATOR ONLY, KIANTI Anow, 1 thunder vsakkilisyy
In the name of those who are not
hai,lighting, o overcast, p pasang showers.
in Chapters III and IV of forty hai could to watch the Caual, which could to Frivolity or Jazury, I bomby, pray you e dew [grat). Fira: Sketch of English Literature, at any time be bleaked ?
to paza a law snapting fall and entire liberty. Razy, in inches, Mentha and Luzdroitle,