WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, -1894.

A MELLORE Syndiesto has made an offer Mass Chater and Vernon's report on the of £50,000 for a share of the Wealth of local Share Market, daire 4tt. Sept., anys Nations' mise at Goolgardia. It in aid to The market continues dull and inactive be the richest gold mine ever discovered. and we here no business of any importance to report. Banke-Further small sales of Have we caught the Post Office napping Hongkong and Shanghais at 32 per cent. sgaitz? This afternoon we received a let-prem. is all wo have to report Muritie ter addressed, very legibly, to The Obarsuramera-All Merines have been in tered Bank of India, Australia and China. demand at quotations, but holders are not inclined to part, and beyond few Traders We are adried by the Secretary of the at 66 cam dis, and Cantons at $140, no Punjora Mining Co. of the receipt of a telesales have been effected. Fire Imperances gram from the minas to the effect that--Aro totally neglected and rula weak at

During the month of August the will ran 24 days, crushing 1,20 sous, yielding 430

quotations. Shipping-Hongkong. Canton, and Moses af er sales at 96 are on offer at 826 without Guding buyers. Indo-Chi- nae have changed hands at 30 per cent, dis. and are in demand for the North at that The North German Lloyd's Company rate. Donging's are firm at $51 to $52,

ourcen of gold. Can do better."

THE CITINA MAIL.

ExPERINENTS ara boing sarried out by Mr B. Bylo Pawoll (Scots Guards) with a war-kite, which he thinks may supercede the emptive balloon. The kilo in Co equare feet in dimensions and 36 feet high, and is capable of elevating au observer. From Australian exchanges we learn that the barque Calcutie (Oept. J. Lucus) Saigon cargo of rica, was to Nomea with wrecked at Vashan Head, near the western entrance to Port Emington. No lives were Inst. The Calcutta was worden ship of 800 tons burden and R3, yer7. Both ship 800 tons bordon and 23 years old, and she and cargo were insured.

CORRESPONDENCE.

EXIT PLAGUE.

Floods are

talking as if the only aim of the, concern show that the burglars obtained possession consequence of the wanther. was to match a gain at the one end to of amongst other keys, the key of Prince now nearly as bad as they were a year or Gunterbalance the loss at the other, and StyleofTe auto, copraining jewellery valued tags, when people went about the alvik thub too though he actually draws attention at £100 900, but they were unaware that it station in boats, and when a gentleman was To the Editor of the China Ma

to the not, in utter contradiation to this was the key of the safe, and consequently almost drowned when driving on the high Hongkong, Sept. 5.

istorioice theory of trade, that while the neglected to make use of it. The jewel road by his dog-cart getting off the track DEAR SIR,-The rear in your let night's issue, angat the Racessity for check.ports of Eoglead to the East are steadily fery, valued at £10,000, belonging to and subsiding into sewe fathoms of water.

dwindling, the exports from the East aro Princess Soltykoff, which the burglar suc

THE CHOLERA SPIDEMIC AT LUCKNOW, He explains this contra- cested in getting away with, wm fuauced.

The terrible choler spidamis in the East ing the spread of contagious diseasca in siccreasing.

SYLVIA GREY'S JEWALA STOLEN DUZING

Lancashire Begiment et Lucknow has sp view of the danger to soldiers, anilor, and diction satisfactorily to his own mind, or civilians in the numerous houses of ill-fate

JIR SONETKOÓN, wheat from India has been counteracted by Landon, Aug. 6.-Missgivia Grey, the At the end of last wask the deaths an

parently not even yet run out its contes, in Hongkong, are apediaily appropriate just saying that the stimulus to the export of now, when the restrictions led by the extrumsly low and unremauerative well-known wotress, who visited Australia bored 90 out of a total of 148 stars

as a member of the London Gaiety Com the actual strength of the regiment was only bubonic pingue bare jest been tomared. price of wheat in this country, that is in As long as the 'Black Death held away England; but he inita curiously to aes that pony some years ago, and who was recently some 600 when the diese broke out, the in Tai-g ng-shan, a wholesome draud kept this adjustment of price is a fundamental married, las lost her jewels, valued at extraordinary severity of the epidemic sala most Eur peans away from Ochrana Strent,

God permanent feature of the situation, 800. The jewela were stolen by servants engily be estimated. Gram Street, Gage Street, and the other

Much

which must always ha present, as long as on during her honeywood. has

AN ACCIDENT. streats full of girl-houwen."

imperfect system of international currency

London, Aug. 4-Sir Horace Davey, Bombay, Augast 16-At the Gymkhana Sour man-of-wor's men ashore at Gibraltar bona aid in deprecation of exaggerating exists, to frustrate any such heads I win, for the day bad a try et donkey.id the soare, but in this direction that fate you lose game as Sir Thomas believes 4.0, has been appointed a Lord Justice Mud Sports yesterday evening an nouident

are certainly to be thanked. All branohea is possible to play.

of Appeal, in succession to Sir Charles ocurred to Lieut. Ellwood, 2nd Bombay Seeing one sailor sitting very far back on

We hav

have another complaint to make of Russall, win recently hecame Lord Chief Lauocta, resulting is the fracture of ứn bis animal, on edheer called oat to bim, the nav 1 and my sorvicus were

artirado Sir Thomas Sutherland takes Justice of England, in succomion to the collar-bone. Lieut. Ellwood was riding Jurok, why don't you get up was strictly forbidd. a to outer that pict of the ships Vell, sir, cried Jack, this

and sentries and patrol-parties in every

street

mista

the

▲ JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT.

of Anglo-Oriental commoros; but he is career at Oxford. He was called to the stumbled, throwing him on the ground. Es intends to wako aztaneiro improvements with small eales at frmer fisure, I is the fast "command" I've ever had. forced the prohibition. The resnit up. He not only asekmes a narrow, self-late Lord Coleridre. hr Borace Davey with General Gataere's team, and wai in its fleet. The reassen will be taken waared that they will pay a dividend of and it's hard if I can't ride on the quarter was that, for the time being, the trade of ah, end in the long run digastrons theory was born in 1833, and had a distinguished Jumping over a hardle, when his herse e tarorus and brothels was practically content to sow an unintelligent and uc-Bar in 1881, was created a Q.C. in 1876, was taken to General Gatzero's bungalow as the Bayern was, and, this done, it changed harsis is amall lots at $167 ex day. | GERMANT shortly will be able to host of Alopped; the regular customers sad their worthy apathy in regard to the causes and became the leader of the Chancery near at hand and treated by a Surgeon,

off, and will be inngthened in the same way

the intention of the company to materially improve the vessels on the Australls i and vassala a good deal larger then these at present reming will be put on that live.

WAT.

Tax Sydney Morning Herald of Argost 11 says:- Coal freight to Hongkong bate jumped from 9 par ton to 19s within the post work, as a result of the Japan-Clis Yesterday the principal inquiries hore and at Newcastle were for ships to earry New South Wales coal to China at what may be styled 'fabulous' rates, as compared with business since the great In leading

of Japanese coalmines."

$5 (10 per cent.) for year ending 30 b Juno, deck.! 1804. Sugar hefineries-China Souars have

We

Luz be remmin neglected, although it is generally believed that the company has done very well for the last monthe inngPunjoms have reled somewhat firmer, with autos et 86 and 80,15, have nothing to report in other Blining stack, scaleneous-lands have found investing buyers at Sol and Bal Drake at $77, and Waten at 810.31 and S1 and 810. West Pornis are on offer a $20

without finding buyur.

owing the largest sailing vessel in the world, the great shipowning and insurance firm of F. Lueiss at Homburg having ordered a new steel five-masted reset of 6.159 tons burdeust the ship building firm of Joh. C. Tecklenborg at Bremerhaven. The new vessel will be 865 feet in length, with 50 feet bestu sul a depth of 314 feet. She is to be launched in Jane next year.

WITHDRAWAL OF QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS.

is for- The following communication In spite of his eighty-four years 'bien! aaos, as the French sy. Profesor Blackia continues to appear in his favourite warded to us by Mr Fallerton Henderson, part of the cheeriess of optimista. wiiter in the English Illustrated for this Secretary to the Chamber of Commerça-

British Consulate, at his month, who h found him u

Chefor, August 29th, 1894 residence in Douglas Crenc ut, Edinburgh,

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A BOMBAY PILOT TENDER TURNS TURTLE,

Bombay, August 16.-The Port Trest pilot tender, Faerie, of twenty tous, while making for Bombay this morning, about

mo es nad exonped disse, and the ke

which bavo braght about the present dia- Bar. He was appointed Solletor-General of these places were in despair. w organization in tizo condition of trade, when Mr Gladstone formed his Guvern. borever, the bubonic plague is geries at Along with the extremely low price of ment in 1865, although he had the misfar

cancelled, the series are

wheat in Europe he had be note the ex-tune to lose his neat at Christchurch. He posamation

ithdrawn, the restrictions and romely low price of wani iu Australia, was elected for Stockton in December, 1888, fae, whica Las crippled Australian trade but failed to be re-elected in 1892. Sir and on Monday night the place was 10 ned into a perfect Pandemon At and caused the colosses to inport forty or Horace Davey was counsel for the prosaou

e fou-shaps and other such plecs,

He hat be onto the collateral and con- | Is the Berkeley peeragu_ case (1891) he ferporty quita deserted, wuru crowded and at alate ente the salt alors and costs at the trial of the Bishop of Liuauln. Ove dowing wish soldier and asilors, andt there was sheuley caugh in that one night acted fact, that there has been a progres appared as leading counsel. tm ke up for three sunthe fd solacione reduction in freights, and to admit

London, Aug. The trial has been Fear top to bottom of the strest, on vary that he cant foresee flity in the pr

of depreciation. He then sade: concluded at Brussels of a gang of 18 181 udah then and women held "bigh jinke |shouting seruxs the road tu en h other, and Wh may be the dansu or cases of this ruins known as the Black Gang,' on only possibility of the drew saving their Terly mad with the excitement of big rastraint sud tenly remured, Hams retore is human paths, and he are men who would say that these people cannot be blamed. On the other hand, te

RAILWAY BUNDSEN IN BELGIUM,

I do but say anything against ? this. attempt to explain. I will leave that in outrages and murders on railway passon-pilot sahooner, then about Saree-quarter of

ingers.

Sir-With referance to my despatch class claiming a manopy of right-think-ly likely to agree in the future

be Newcastle cosi strike and the development | was surprised la End one who was buried June 23: 4, to aay that certain eanitarying woud - it frightful. It shot, it is surely strangely out of place ing from 10 to 20 Imprisonment rabg-seated in about a quarter of an hour, article the same jeuroa! saya:& cheering Gladstone, mili presenting an erect, youthfre Prat, I have now the bonour to ny be, the present action of the Gov IA- ie a revival in the isnal coal trade owing to | 20uthin heart. Coming in singing, them you bat with the section of Hercerable, for 118 policy is simply to shmit to Sir Thomas Sutherland and his an I chose name has constantly been before i

'clock, ssawards of the lightship, was struck by a heavy see on the port quarter and capsized with two pilote and coven

vanel absolutely turned turtle, the pilots. Inscars on board. Fortunately, before the

and crew had time to sozambio over the weather side and get on the batsora of the beat, and to sasure one light. The Faris was becoming rapidly water lugged. and sha tremauduse de basement in the price and enspici, a of being concerned in series of lives was to attract the attention of the value of evory hing I shall not venture to

They were said to have committed mile away. The port light was used a teresting problem to political economis's, Od murders ou various railways in Belgien signal of distress, and happily for all who certainly do not agres as the present within a period of 18 months. Three of consorced the piper, then in charge of the time, and who, I venture to say, ro hard the prisoners were found guilty and sex schooner, saw the signal and immediately If this tenced to de th. The remaining 10 were made for the Faurie, and the remus vis

to Lárms gibe at the political econ- conteared to

20 yours.

THE CHINAJATAN WAR. PANAMA CANAL SCANDALS. THE PANAMA the same year as Mendokea, Chopin,

Thors may be diversity of opinion smon

London, August 18.-China is negotiat- Darwin, Tennyson. Wendell Holmes, and Irulations imposed on ships arriving from right or it may be wrong, but whatever i

Ζωτιάδης, Aug.

ug. 4.-Dr Cornelius clerz, boing through the Rothanhtids, of London, for Hongkong and Canton were in force at 1

mit is simply the maddest cere com-economists; but they at least endeavour

to unravel's prubland of the highest i was concerned in the Panama Canal frauds, A Brill more

a loan of ten millions figure, and carrying e

sterling ful-l-oking

portance to fellow-merorauxis, which they are too lazy the public ever since the trial of those con Chinese officials in Dorsa, offering large re- Proclamatione bave been issued by the seriously to attack for themselves. At a Professor proved to be in high sprits, and Mjesty's Minister these ruka have been gesto call the brothel bosinos vil, and

cerned in the scandale, has been Bantanced

wards for the beads of Jepanses officers, and If the thing he was staily drawn into a dennnciation rescinded, and vessele from the abro yet to leave it absolutely antio A.

all its works named plass are at liberty to outer with-

tiengrad, but viguronaly combat- mausɛ of fact, morenver, though complete ; in l'arts, in his absence, to five years for the captare or destruction of all vessels. tainly noti

onaniaily · is not resamnably to be expected prisonment in default of appearing in oourt

GRIESISK tha Japanese fag. Schopenhauerisms and

Peasizism, inleed,' he aid, with infinita out further formality I have, &a..

(Signed) CEMENT W. ALLEN, ed. If it is not to be combated, then this any more than on any other point, to answer the charge preferred against him, ald

London, August 22-The British Go scorn, and be alded-Boliate an

Comand

ought to be carefully watched, in the

the great majority of the first potiliesi Dr Herz has been in England since philosopher when he tells you there is far

unts of bumanity. One of those swo courses more good in the world that bad. Ac- The Honourable The Colonial Secretary,

ought to be consistent folowed, hot in-conomists of the day sea abulately agreed December, 1862, staying under roadiest vornment is maintaining & eiristly neutral advice at Bournemouth. Efforts bare from attitude regarding the China-Japan War, Hongkong.

stend, the Govoruteent has decided to do to the explanation of the heavy and coa-

tinuous drop in generat prices They no time to time been made by the French the authorities having gene so far zetu saize esteral Armstrong guns, and a Tostel not cording to the same authority, pessimism is a habit of thinking, or frime of mind

neither; and this decision i made the no ffx his eyes on the that leads a man to

more strikingly aiofal by ire quinoidance longer doubt that the chief oaune is the police authorities to ensure his oxtradition,ilding at Glasgow, on the groatd that with the turning loss of the any sud simple fact that the leading commercial but it has been certified on the highest both guce and wessel were intended for a00

authority that say attempt to more him himseli. accidental faults or disagreeable points"

fatal. The would probably prova: ay cbject or objects relatively and to iafer from them, by a hasty con." clusion, that accidental fou ta or differences xre the esence of all things, and exprese the dominant charwater of the universe Sech a thinker, esya the Professer, were

message from Newcastle states that there

the demands made by the Chinese nathoi- ties upon the supplies at Hongkong. The hostilities in the East will necessitate larger reserves of fuel, at the same time that local sources are no longer productive or reliable. There is thus a freight movement to Hongkong, in which the soslovners and miners of our parts are likely to find their advantage. There is something saggeative about this inquiry. Some years ago New castle bad a largo Eastern trade, which was lost in part by the strike, that give ibo Chiness and Japanese coalmines josts a thymer, might write-

the opportsnity they wanted. Thera cow Krema & prospect of winning back this business during the war between Oriental rivals. But however great ibe immediate domand may be, we must re- member that when disturbed conditions pses away, the trade in Australian coal will be subject coon mare to the competition of n people castent with low wages, long banta and amall profite inly by labour-Having machinery in mining and by shuence of atrikes and labour disputes cum that cam- pelitian be mel; but if it is met and checked there le cousidcrrble hope that the lost trade uvy he regained in large part, and permanently. The prospect is good enough to call for the fostering intersal of all concerned in the col export of No. castle, coa miners as well as costlowcars, and the opportnolly is oac to be embrased. It may alar he pointed out how watch the coal port has to gain by a policy of hee trade. If ships coms here with cargoes they will not return empty, freights will

I hate the war that wears a thorn,

It fects my dainty thae;

Sconer of well would I to ahora Than smell the thorny rose.

uf

Tax Ellowing items are taken from the L. and C. Paprese of Auzost 3 :-

The Admiralty hav» given orders for the tropship Tune, Commander Forlong to he rektted and prepared in Chatham Duck- yard to proceed to thin East Indies and China on a round of relief and store duties.

In the Ten market a strong lona la up per most, aided by the statistical position. and the reduced supplies from China, will not at any rae ut presunt, he made up from British grown. The late rise brings the advance to about an average of 10 per

CALl

Fuse China Te bas boued by the asian demand; the drawhack is, there is mat enrugh of it. The Indias supplies are | Compra Ng Turrire in quan ity and similar conditions exist as for China, viz, a strong demand for fine, which realise remerative prices to importers. Ceylon is in retiva demand and cutou teas nto freely taken

at current rates.

A cumaid-rable business has been done in war risks at Lloyds in connection with the Korean possibilities. On British owned

Thare mem to be two depressiona, ene W.N. W. of Manila in the China Sea, the other to the Eant in the Pamfa.'

0107.

prvention.

18

it ought to be cor

i ter

im-

or other of the belligerent Powers. This | jealous maintenance of the ions of neotrality eccentuates an useary impression which prevails as to the obance of bostilities extending beyond the two Powers imme dialaly concerned.

VISITORS AT HOTELS.

HONGKONG HOTEL

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

gations have chosen x currency which is Sen. E. etiz, Spanish Consul, courtecus-

It is not merely the immediate hura that being given too much work to do.

business gold has to do is increasing more

(Tinca of Ceylon.) by forwards to us the following telegram re- esived to-day from the Manula Observabis to be onsidered. à mi to rapidly in proportion than the quantity of ong Asiatin women has only himself told there is to do it, and the vatus of god thank if he outsi censen, But the the ev.l

therefore rising. In other words, general JAPANESE TESIEL DETAINED AT GLASGOW. London, August 21-The Britob Go- gland, and spreads

Political try-

mreturns to E

rices are falling, and must fall,

British in British homes, with awful reau to to future

falem, now lying in the las abip enerations of inasse-t people who baresbamiats have thus done their part: bat erat, having bean informed that the solely nothing to do with the onuso de ita they cauavad nothing so far as the proti Bri

Therefore I say that, if the al aspects of the question are concerned, Bow harbour, has been secretly bought by anless the mon why control the legislative fitting her out as a cruiser to harass the Alise the Jupanone Government for the purpose of The Obserratory notics this afteronon evil is nut to be checked by close entenias of England make themselves Chinase during the present war between

visions, 40 strongly urged by the Cole acquainted with the results of investiga. Janus der rdered the wal Mr J. Batalha Mr G. E. Mistra

Mr and Mrs H. Mar- There appears to be à depression to the Dal Surgeon, the Rgistrar-Gonoral, and tions, and insist on having the reforms to authorities to lay an embarge on the vesses Ror. S. A. Baylee

other responsible officials in the best post which the e investi ations point curried out. forthwith,

vella and dild Mr Ch. E. Bigmore Mr Harry T. Methuen tion to ju ge; then it ought to be suppress-It be state of things which Sir Thoma

SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF Eneral trenCE.

Master Sydney Briak-Mir T. Busberland deplores is not to continne ed antiraly.

Mitchell London, August 19-Genera Насту It is open to question whether suppres and to be aggravated in te future, he

worth

Mr Moore in sould be posible; those who know and other sau in like positione, wiek: been found dead with a suspicious phial Capt. R. Crawford Maj. Gen. Owen, Z.A.

Treceh, who was staying ut Braemar, has MrJ.H. Cookeedge, jr. Mr Oscar Notat Hongkong and in peculiar crestering lika influence in the great comercial beside hire.

of the country, must constituencie are emphatically and unanimously

Me A. G. Dufetre ASJASSINATION OF A NUSSIAN ADMIRAL. Mr opinion that it cannot.

London, August 10 telegram be

A. Duff Hawarur. the polics of Parliament' canonger be content to leave the problem to

Mr Gibson kat ba ay rrulad, and the poliosis in the political ne momists. If they take it up boen reveived stating that the Russian F. J. East

have not the smallest doubt that they Admiral Tavoroff, Commander of the direction of soppressing the business, and will arrise at the conclusion, with the monstradt, was spenssinated by a dismissed / Mr and Mrs C. GrantMr F. E. Shen

anys:-

East of Luzon

FRAGRANT WATERS MURMUR.' A REPLY TO VOCES POPULI." Dear old Shakespeare somewhere telle ve

a thing or two quite rute- Not a Pix, then u Bruton, on an ill-sorted pair ; But that gend ul prrace of writers Wold bave longed to shed a wink, Hud be known the Phoenix-Bru Laureate of the Model Sink.' When our competition-walizas Read this Lurust's humble cong,' How they'll laugh in jolly chorus And inveut another sund.

Life is real, fun is cornest

Songbai's Laureate tops the roll.

Bw the kee if thou but year est Pour dull fool, a mak his gole.

That he ne'er was 'cratamed with wisdom,' Their weak minds can't fail s

be cheap, and there will be inducements/yarn in Japanese nward veanula on this waySearoely out of sohou thay'll splutter,

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to push trade abroad.

from Talicorio Hongkong, Shanghai, and Ws he ever there? not he If ships are ro Japan, the rate per tu the declaration of Queraleus and queer will cle to them, while the charge for wer was 40s. per cunt,

Ur with laughter sure they'il aplát palled, instead of being attracted, the ex-

twelve wonths on bulls of liners gaged They'll quite as he never traded in the China trade was 15 cent. 10 port will hogaish, for there will not be

At an auction asle of wit. vessels to do the business. This is one British acomers the rates paid were -

64. per £100 for the voyage to Hongkong,

twelvo

of the alarming features of the situations in Japan, and 152. fur

in Vistoria, where protective and pricinge risk. On 2nd lost, au important ueling doties bare frightened abipe away and made freight scarce and dear when the prices of products imporatively demood minimam cont of transit.

And Bey'll gently write a letter, To ach mission' in the sink," Pating out that Shanghai's post of underwriters. repaunting the principal Stauduth on destruction's brink. Marine Inerrance Companies in London, That bis mind is small on failing was held in the City to consider the rates of They can judge from bis cite pome,

Radom fate will surely galf them. war risk to be greed upon for cargoes to Eastern waters, in view of the war betwet and they'll ship the noodie home. China and Japan. Six guineas per cont.

Tas Shanghai Mercy of the 30th ult contains the folowing paragraph, which neems to be a scientific attempt to connect

was paid at Lord's on la ins. un monThat he ne'er eaw Pagan China' tions of war carried by the Glen line of Is a fact we won't discuss,

ears to Shanghai, and the on by tran-Doubles be's a carpet warrior shipment to Tie leie. Five guineas per Scarred in many a parlour fus ceut. was paid on a cargo of coal to Shan. Bu of things wo dub Celstind hai The hull of a stesurer Agia, a British He koos little more than this-- the exceptional boat at Shangbai with the fag, trading between China and Japan, was, our gave commercial elders appearance of a comet. If there was a covered against war for twelve months at Cunida's mabage ought amiss.' comet or any other body of exceptional 60 per cent. Merchants are evering Now it's really very funny

theusolves at a scale of rates commencing interest visible in the heavens why does not 5 per cent, for the present month, and (Not the pune, all that is rot),

But our Backe do oft lose money, our expensive Observatory tell us some everything points to a very general insur. Many lace bara gana to put.

ence against war risks the part of ship- thing about it? The Australias and Southern and others trading with the East. And we know how gold mines prosperi African meteorologists keep the people who Cables have ranched Loudon from Tokye Borneo's rather late is booming

Timber, too, he once proved quser;

bankers appear to be insisting upon the free

pay them wall posted in these mattera asting for cover against war risks, and Big hotels email profits clear.

There recurs little reason to doubt that on of capture and seizure and detention clause · Chumous business' doesn't prosper the 34th or 25th an important comet pased being expunged from the policies they quite as mach as we could with the peritation point. From the accous

Begotiate.

Now and then's long, pretentious given of its appear nce by the few who saw

The Naval and Military Record, referring Tries to rush the little dak.' it, it approached in a retrograda urbis, and wust have passed cloes, possibly within a to the question as to how far war vesels (Yes, I know the Shanghai Laureato anillion or so miles of tho solar surface, are justified in going to the assistance of Says the phrase in 'amellor fry,' which would give a velocity of perhaps 200 distressed ships of the mercantile marine, But I'm not a 'copying poet miles pat second, or a heat equivalent of in connection with the help given to the Tul I've sucked my genius dry). some 20 million foot pounds. Should the waiting-ship frumetten by H 51. ships at When I can't dug one ide particles of the comst come in colision Nagasaki, remarks:--Uer Majesty's ships Fow us jaded wallah brain,

to are not built to set as tugs, and it is not l'il forsake thinnest of pirates with the meteoric watter known

surprising to

to learn that one vessel alone sorroned the sun, an amount of heat pro- bably appreciable must have been geserat. damaged gear to the extent of £1,000, while Where swest peace doth nor etly reigus

And I'll save the Shanghai paper ed. The quantity, in the absence of all the coal consumed by the squadron was From full many a hearty cuise knowledge of the mass and conditions of about equivalent to the value of the the comet, we cannot of course arriro at Drumelton. In the light of the information Vrang from intelled readers Now, i old story that connects to hand, it seems as if the elurt was out of By in your's half-oribbed verse, vintages with cometz, and the year 1841, all proportion to the need. It is a nics Vocus Popali's a diamond, when one of the largest comate of the question as to how far warships on foreign (ta pigh said patatored black ') :

pasand close to the sun, was long stations are empowered to arist the trad-Surely when the 'fools' are numbered remembered, and comet part was for ing community, and thungh the rules are albaar. Prints on his backs early half a century well known. This is, woll defined, exceptions will inevitably Shanghai in him holds an engine however,

only anot

exception must expressing arise, but the

That will bear the beatben back, hot, dry summer. For long, till the remarkable one that demands the con Should they seek to take the city spectroscope revealed the intimate com-tinuous services of six warships for sixteen When the feet off the truck, position of comets, this connection was flaps and nights to tow off one comparative

another of

WAY

be a

looked upon simply a populae supratily insignificant sailing ship. It was not Wirl bis self-assurance! boundless fion, but with increasing knowledge and always so. The Japanese papers repali Ho'll but ask the fost din," the working out by Joule, of what is instances where life was in danger and And his Providenes sportive known at the mechanical equiv tent of keen distress prevailed, but Her Majesty's Like black havoc he'll let fiy. heat, a zientifı base was affrdod for the ships held alouf because the work of rescue Home returning, all the eldera popular theory. So it is quite within the was the province of privato ancorprise, WV ll lie prostrates at his fout,

of soientide deduction that the We have now gone from one extreme to Till they bust the thunderous roaring extreme heat to which we have bess sub- the other, with rosulte that demand a little of the guns of Chine's foot.

wholesome rule at josted for the last two weeks may have its explanation. It is explanation in the most apprompt of a home that when reels are in danger, and And they leata that all his conqueste, comet to the sun, e comer which, however, other resources sie indequste, the navy Like his power, had other source; one or two instances, to shall render succour, but at the full market And they'll feel inclined to treat him BOO oxcept in

With a dose of wooden horse. have escaped cbservation. If the comet rate. If this rule be applied in the pre- has not been dissipated by its near ap-went case the claim will be greater than the When they had that all his veress proach to she son, it is quite possible that ship is worth, and the ware will be glad Were but copied (there's the reb) It may be seen on its returning path near to make over the Drumeten to the British From a pattern made by Swinburne, the western horizon shortly after exinet in Government compensation. Fronato a book that's at the Olub. the course of the next few days.

white elephant would be more acceptable,

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133

mid

Mr L. Bana

Lieut. B. Petre Mr F. Radamello Mr G. Rombacha Mr F. Bowe

E. Sopter

Mr Tho. Tatlock Mr F. Thornton Me AJ, Wobstar Capt. & Mrs Welman Mr W. Whiley

Mr A. Mr J. Hamilton if the economist's labours, that us permeaply while driving with another officer. Me F. Jameson

in Eastern trade or in nost improvement in t

The murderer afterwards committed saioids. Mr H. Kenneth

LEVOLE IN MOROCCO,

is directly opposed to regis its neces xity and proving it with figuris. Then why does the torment et set to work to secure ita suppression | Why does th Govthe trade of the world is possible an lang a currency conditons remain as at present. crae stupidly seek to defeat is hy go They would then, we they always do when Southern Morocco have revolted and defeated Tangier, Aagust 20-The Katyles of ing it, hke the ostrich burying its head they are really convinced their posseto co with heavy loss the Moorish troops sent to

A and to escape a tack? Let the au thorities give the peling of suppression s fair trial, and then, if that fat, there will be to alternation but to revert to the ystem of supervist a--Yuore faithfully, EXETER HALL

BIR THOMAS SUTHERLAND ON ANGLO-ORIENTAL TRADE.

It is curious to ind Sir Thomas Satter-

in question, eat to work to move Parlia

--

Mr J. Kinghore Mr R. Lyall Mr C. Mackinlay

MOUNT AUSTIN HOTEL. it and an international reform would repress the rotullion.

London, August 1.-The advance in 8000 fellow. No political economist will THE REASON FOR THE AUTANCE IN BILVES, evar induences man who, li Sir William is

Mr & Mrs Boas AntonMir A. C. Marshall Hatcourt at a treet 17 dinner, speaks of silver is sacribed partially to the rumour international humetallisus as a system which that China will take a purtion of the dew The Misses Anton

Mr H. E. Boxsbali ban

aleo to the improvement in Mr Hart Buck in silver; aim at replieing our gold standard by a

Indian exchanges and the favourable views D. and May J. Jau ourrency

cowries and brass farthing: taken with regard to the Indian Budget. kut Sir William and sit taler Chancellor

Wie sod child of the British Exclu quer come round rapid

W. E. Clarke Mr T. P. Cochrane

TEX SCUTCH LUCAL GOVERNMENT KILL,

London, August 19.-The Soetch Lana

Mes

Mr & Mrs McCallum

Bad child Mr L. Mendel Mc H. E. Meyerink Mr J. 8. Moses Mr J. Northmanny Mr E. Ortiz

nd, in his address at the half-yearly meet. ader pressure of Parkamentary ma | Government Bi bus heen passed by the Mr J. B. Coughtrie Mrs A. S. Palmer

Burely

Acuse of Lords.

DOUNTY CRICKET -- A TTB.

Mr O. W. Dickson Mr D. Galvao

London, August 20.-The bricket match Mr E. Goetz

Mr Pestalozzi

Mr K. McK, Ross

Mrand Alra P. Backso,

It is jrity. is diepprinting hnwever, inz of the P. and O. Company, speaking off of the

men of the elligence, ability and heat as one of the Ingest (it pub the psi in of the present Chairman at the arest) staple export from India.

has not yet made up his mind in wha: di. at the vil between Surrey and Lancashire and Mrs H. Han- 2 children and aures one need not be the chairmen of an in-. Company avowing, at only that he

tant shipping Company trading with the

ration Parliament ought to move in order East to know that wheat is very far from to find a cure for the present disorganis being the largest staple is the expert tradation of inrera tial trade, but that he

of India. Of single articles raw ito sa net think it worth while to make the at-3 preeminently the most important, the avertempt to form an opinion.-Pioneer Mati.

age value in

Beries of years being nearly double that of wheat. Opium a sammen second and even rise over a ries of yeare is a The more valuable staple than wheat. experi-nas of years in short has shown that wheat is of all our great export staples most dependent on the character of the reason in India.

out that the fall in

the

vatuo

the

LAIE TELEGRAMS.

(Sydney Morning Herald.)

THE ANARCHIENS.

resulted in a tie.

CASE OF CHOLERA IN LONDON. London, Angust 21.—The medical exporte

appointed by the authorities to report on the alleged fatal case of cholera which took

phreys && children Me

Mra

Mr and

F

J. D.MrSeip Mr Chantrey Inchbald Capt. A. Tillett

8pry Humphroys Mr. U.S. Taylor Dr. and Mrs J. H.Mr H. E. Topkins

Knott and son

Mr J. Kramer Mr D. Landalo Mr B. A. Levy Mr Mr and Mrs Mannlob

O. Malsch

LaBut. Commander

Tufnell, R. Mrs Tufnell Mr J. Y. V. Vernon Mr W. H. Wlokham

PEAK HOTEL

Capt. And Mre Moors

Mz F. Morany Mr Cordina Nielasn är W. Parts

place ut Battoreca vn the 18th instant are of opinion that the patient died of cholera morbus,

A GOLD STANDARD, INDIA MUST HAVE

London, August 17th. In the House of Commons last night the debate on the Indian Budget was resumed, London, Aug. 5.-Buren Veruberg, a Russian, who was the leader of an inter- and the Secretary for ladia, in his state- It is hardly less curious to find a meu of national band of anarchists, and who was ment, said that the Government would not the calibre of Sir Thomas Sutherland hope-recenty arrested in Sorvis, has expand oppose a duty en cotton goods imported into Capt. and Mrs Ander Mr G. H. Medhurst lessly bewildered on the subject of rx- from the Russian polico at Salonica. India if a countervailing duty were placed i son and child change and candidly admitting that London, August 29-Drastis laws have on cotton goods exported from that country. Miss Dou inglorious attitude. He had just minted bean bagved by the American legislature The experiment of elvalog the woints had not Mr H. Crotobis

of prohibiting the landing of the swarms of yat hasn fully tested. The Government had Mr B. L. Dalrymple whole anarchist refugees from Eampe on any part no intention of resuming the coinage of M: E. Delbands silver weighed heavily o export trade to the East, the F. and 0. mail of the United States coast, and providing silver. Hitherto there had been no rosson Mr R. P. Dipple steamers being unable to ohtair more than for the deportation of those already in the for alerts at the situation. India must, Mr J. P. Dowling

socher or later, have a guld standard for Mr Deo. Fenwick hail or two-thirde of their comparatively conutry. smali cargues; and he went on to say a strique anarchiat plot, having for its regulating her catamares, the bulk of which Rev. and Mra Forgu-Mr and Mrs A. Find

What operates disadvantageasly it one object the assesitation of the Premier, M. was carried on with countries using gold sa

A prolonged Mr W. S. Harrina Capt. Stonkam direction might actually be suppoerd to Day, has just been frastrated by the the standard for currency. operate advantageously in another direction. French pulics. Most of the conspirators Budget, and Mr. Fawler, concluding the Mr Morton, Jonas

discussion then took place 00 the Indien Mr Geo, Hotues and we should have expected to and that fleted their excape.

The arcode against anarchism is being debate of enquiring into the policy of the

said that the Government had Mr J. E. Macroe the exparts from India and Chin would have lrgely inerated in cons quence of generally prosecuted throughout the con

Judian Government, The new Livent,

Committee to be this very low exchange. This is t tallaar, but it is acus the more admirable Fory anarchists are beau arrested appointed next session would make a purely financial enquiry. He fenced that "India f being old. When

would not come best cut to find a ground for sposopher wishes within helst few days in Herlio.

Push ATTENŢE TO DIFEBOY A ROYAL PALACE, particularly absurd

soquiry; Bandon, Ang. 7-A daring attemp. has bat responsibility would rest with those who theors be rests it on Natute: and in these

Mrs F. Robinson and

obildren

Mr Gandelands?

Mr F. H. Baghet

воп

lag Smith

Mr Stouham Mr A. G. Stoken Capt. &

&family

Wilson

HONGKONG KEGISTER,

Previous On date at On dafy th deystip.m. 10a.m.

4 plu

29,88 29,92 29,85

22

83

13

14

16

69

Wind

I

ENE

*K

Force

2

2

OPIUM,

"Sindu, August 13. -The price of Oplum

Weather..... Rain

b

arer days the amateur politial economist bess made to destroy the Rogul Paises at had made the demand for the Parliamentary Barometer. has been perpetrating innumerable enor Brus-els. A sentinel on day at the Comilles Regarding railway extension mitice in the name of the sauce delusis palace detected some men in the aos of in ouls, the Government would endeavour Temperatore

Humidity abstraction. Unless the natural be the pre-depositing an explosive apparetur on the to see what codifications were possible. The posterous why on earth should it be 'natu- terrace of the palace. By the sentinel resolution passing the Budget was adopted Direction of rat to expect that what injures England's giving timely warning, the design of the without division. trade with the East should bepetit Eastern gonspirators was frustrated. The attempt trade with England? The idea that for Las caused a sensation in Brussels,

be somewhere a one- W, G. OBLUE AND MURDOCH MORBZU, there must overy gain reading toss, and vice versa, in at the rost London August 7.—a disingkenos took of ball-and these the most pernicious of place at Bristol yesterday, when Dr W. G. the fultaules current regarding the character race and Mr W. I. Murdoob were sub be enormously larger than the estimate of and conditions of international exchange,jected to rough treatment by an angry mob. last March. Malwa export is much better England blazons free trade on her bagner, Arrangements had been made for a cricket then har been for the past Ave years. and the saving truth of free trade is that match to take place, but in eonsequence of Prezent prises, however, are speculative,

sound concepting of commerso involves heavy rain having fallen some time pre-consequent on the China-Japan war.

actual interchange of benefits between ringly, the wicket was found to be amplay

has risen to R1,403 per chest. Govern ment's estimate was 1,075 for the year, and if the price keeps up, the revenue will

THE JAKA SAHIB CAWARD.

Fichest open air temperature on the sth. Lowest open air temperature on the siklus 16

F. Fine, First Airisland.

There appears to be a depresion to the **E of Laser.

the nations. Yet the country which elings able, and the umpires decided to postpune The Government of these Province has to this cosmopolitan theory, is at the the play. The spectators of the ground heard nothing of the arrest said to have been same time the most inanlar ip the world in manifested strong marks of disapproval at made by the Bombay Polios of the

A DISASTROUS LANDSLIY.

ite ideas regarding cnditions under the decision of the umpires, and as they | Nana Bakib. which a table interchangs uf commoli ties can be carried unt. English statesmen, English bankers, English merchants, speak and write, and even seem to think, as if advantage the disadvantage of one was the

were leaving the ground De Grace and Murdoch were robbed by the cragi.

THE F. AND & REĶENTPÉE, OVER-HUB-

Jordan, August 4. —Tho asw 31 per cent. of another, and that in this idea was debentures to the amount of £500,000

BOLIKEL

supposed

Calcutta, August 15-A dianatrons land. alip has taken place in the Kourazaon State in the Kulu Valley. A village was com- pletely buried, only seven of the inhabitants

TRE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRI,

The terrible outbreak of enteric fever in

be found the true esguption of a fraill issued at par by the Peninsular and Orien-excaping with their lives. commerce. It is this Isise orderishing how alowly fal Steara Navigation Company fave been

of ideas yields to the knocks of uncomfortable fatte, Sir Tasma-subscribed.

THE BOLTYKOZE JETILA.

the Durham Light Tafantry at Mhow has Satherland is obairman of a. Company. London, Aug 4-Farther details of the come to an end. whose existence dopenda on the maintenance | burglary pommitted at the residence of

of a solidarity of commercial interest between Prince Saltykoff (the well-known patron of The stond day'craging at Looknow on the Wet and West Tot we hate him the turf), at Slough, in Buckinghamshire, Saturday afternoon bad to be abandaged in

Hongkong Observatory, September 8, 1804.

Temperature.

HONGKONG, September 5, 1894. (Taken at Mari Falconer & Ce

Premier, Queen's Road,} BA.M...

Do

BAROMETER--

1·7.M. Do.

4.2.... 144, THERMOMETER—9 4+M«,«s'

Da

PM Dev

29.00

29.84

20.83

85

Do (Wet bulb) 9 .. De.

150,

Do

Do. 4Y.M.

Do. Maxixum

271

Do, Minimum over night

A

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