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Baronly possible, whilst considerable relation appor portion of shall two thigh bones, home In the form of service with the colonra would finge bezes, and a beautifully white koolit, dislocate the systuu, and might fall to draw. The discovery was undebtedly interesting recruits in larger numbers. Still, Aroduction from an archeologien point of view, sui se such In the colour service in cartainly one of the attructed no little attention at the law. The makeshifts with which wasm threatened reliquary was at once inspected by Canon Scott though Capt. Blood dons not enter upea that Baberteon and Canon deilding, who, as the var question. Ho alews, too, that the Roscave has of Folkestone tolls us,proneunead it indubit rouched its maximim strigth and cannot be inably that of the Princess Earwythe, creased under the present system. That ho dubitably is good it, has the trae medieval naturally catalogoes under the head of sal ngiological ring about it Archbishop vantages. Ile also points ont that the Reserve Hopson, we are told, was and greatly inter ls antiained, and not be subjected to annual osted" in the discovery ss be maturally would training without jeopardising the prospect of bd, but we are not told, and we should be the Reserveman in civil life. Our Reserve at greatly surprised to learn, that be pronounced txingal its maximum strougth (52,0 mon) in 15" indubitably to be this, that, or anything 1595, but at the beginning of Lad your it had also but what it clavicasly was a loaden basket declined to 78,057, and artificio measures of ancient date and and workmanship containing, are being resorted to in order to maintain it at certain fragments of fempty human hanes, a strength af eighty thousand men. The fores tagoiler with a beautifully white tooth. Mr. in foedoquale, in Capt. Blood's opminn, for the Hours of the matter la altogether requirements of the Army in war, and that view inconsistent and boridering The venkat is also endorsed by the highest authorities. was found, ho tells as deeply embedded "But there is no curely under the short servies in the rubble of an Lodgial Norman, or ayatem, and this, again, in eos of the most may be early 13th dentary, wall the serions defects of voluntary serviceOn the churah; it will Laubsorted, having been other hand, our system is not designed to pr founded, according to Canox Woodward in duco a large Army. Is in the steady expansion D. 1183 But, though the wall was ori of the Empico and our frequent tabrogios ginn, the casket was not plaped thore, accord. with military Powers which have led militarying in Afr. Hem, until muy contarles after, then to demand a stronger for The short waris, If the monks were at the pains to service system was designed to give us a Halent transfer to their how church soch, ralics of St. recruits to foad the Amy in India, to maintain Enazwy the as the Danes d left when they Colonial Army of woont 36,000 men and a wrecked her couvent, some foar centuries uiter komo Arms which would enabis in pat two ker death, they wont turally enough, as lir. army corps into, the field with rapidity. Cast. Hexa per keep them for Incrative expo Blood maintains stoutly that this ambitionsition in handsome shrine and not bide has been anhieved, and he is, thesfore, die them away in the middle of a wall. But tho posed to ba content with voluntary service wicked Old Noll conteniently brought in at toast for the present Wo have seen, to account for this strange deal of darkuma however, tliar voluntary servico-span the short-Il in recorded that in his time many acts of service principle bus grave defects. At the end-dege were committed in the parish church. present moment it is said that we shall she shrine of Et. Eanswythe fared a badlyHE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA umble spare two or three thousani mest forns the rest; the coin was probably torn open AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA tho Sandan sampaign in acnesqcozice of the and rifled of any valuables it sonteined, hi disturbance on the Indian frontier. Confronted them thrust into its resting place and built with this fact, and with the views of Lund up in the position resocothat in Wolseley, a passivist would deplure that volun-according to the samo high authority, in the tary service had proved a failure.;
serp middle of a wall of original Norman OF thirteenth coutury workmanship, waste no co was found, bat only loaden casket or toliquary of insignificant dimensions How. ver such is the reasoning which tiefes those The like to ballero flat the casket contained the to that system in England, But with the stories of St. Earawylba. Now it seems to the rate of 3% per aunum on the Daily Indances to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Carrunt feanings of a soldier, he proceed to argue that it contra, use a loss thas a decent sense compulsory service is by no means the disadvan
of tovaronoe for the remains of the hallowed tago to a nation which it is commonly repre Rented to bo. But there can be na question that dead, would have suggested that the bones a very different view of the cage is taken by the should have been reverently baried within the mass of Fration and Germans. Still, it precincts of the eburch and covered with a will be admisted that Cant. Blood argum skil tablet or brass recording the fact of thin fully in defence of the ethics of compulsion: discovery, and that the casket sticuld have been. There is rast difficulty in estimating, eveu a preserved at an archeological relic of great Interest, bat of origin and history utterly praxiantoly, the auennt of commercial loss. which a bation suffers through recort to come. But this was not the court which pabury service. This loss has been defited se commended itself to our star hagiolo- the amount of money, which the troops are gists I had," says Coum Woodward, kn. ing male of ulabaster. In front of the spor “debarred from carning during service; but the
It aspurneo that tube on openwork breed grill, was fastened by estimate is not aconratë.
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quary, who supports the vicar and contradicts the charchwarden We need only esy that ench a conflict of testimony about matters of fact which occurred who twelve years ago is little alenlated to inspire faith in the ideality of the eve of a salutonly died twelve contaries ago.
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But the most wondorted part of the whole Against all this must be considered the fact that sowpaision on the Continent has led to story is the use made by the vicar of the relics, extremely short service, while our voluntary Here again, the malice of testimony between soldiers serve for many more years, and have - Woodward and the correspondent who originally drew cat attention to the matter in tlas a better him to individual efficiency. suficiently significant, but, as our corespondent
Improbable ne the introduction of compel septas to be a liftto stringent in his Protestan sion in this country appears to be, it oftiam, we will, to avoid possible partiality, deal academic interest to note the probable results only with the facts as stated by the vicar him- of such a system upon the military strength self "I no ho tells us, frequently asked to of the Empire Captain Blood is that it nikow persona to won this almost unique dis would be easy to raise fully trained stay covery but I feel it right, as a rule, to of 1.527,000 men. Ho estimules that from dealine except on Go Eanswythe's day, 180,000 to 200,000. Toen would be available September 12 The strange scuse of duty here for the naual drafts into the army. End invoked is scarcely less interesting psychologi that one-half of this number bt be called only than the original discovery of the reliqnary apa to nervo. He aims assumes tho Continental is from an acohological point of view. Canon system of chart servies, and thus produces, on Woodward, it appears, so anrious that paper, a standing Armor and reserres of 401.000.io one should be tarapted to worship bi pré- a sreond live of 739,000, and a third line of cious reles that be will not even tot a mero 279,000. Nor does he omit te consider the archeologist see the casket except of St. Fans, question of cost, althangli giving no definite withe's day Then all the world may neh, and figars. It may be assumed, no doubt, that we whose chooses may bother to the altar, es. on work the compulsary system alo Caron Woodward thinks they do, or to the ro
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relica of St. Dunsyy the at Folkestone, which hus utterly been appearing la o caluans St. Enowy the was the granddaughter of King Ethelbart, who was converted by St. Augustine, ond make arrangements for the decent baris Devoting herself to a life of pisty she becne of the remains, and then and over the key of the art sister and ufterwards 'abbess of a Bonadio reliquary to the verger of his obarch and alber Lise priory founded by her father within the precincts of the old coatie of Folkestone, which fiss long since we wracked by the sea. Thờ original castle soul with it the priory was, it is eoid, first destroyed by the Danes and Earl Godwin in 1052. Ent a new pelory, occupie by Bonextielise monks, seems to have bou founded in 1995 on the same sito; and removed shortly afterwards to a site najureat to the prosunt parish church, where it survived until the dissolation of the monasteries Conn Woodward, the vicar of tufs church, which is dedicated to St. Mary and St. Eanwyths tolls. mus, in a letter which we print to day, that the ent's life of sanctity and sok-snorifice won for her the love and ceneration of the people of this place in bygeen days that her remains were removed from church 10 church, as ons after another was destroyed, til at lush they found a lodgment in the pre- sent perial church which yos fennded AD. 1139, and that her figure finde ita impress upon the mayoralty seal. In support of theresula ments he invokes the authority of elund, writ dog in the reign of Henry VIII and of. Tarobarde in that of Elisabeth; of Capgrave, why wrote, in the fourteenth century, sad of Hasted, who wrote in the nigteenth 11 is pro hable enough that the roles of St Eanswysha, or what, passet for them in the days who relics of the kind were a reerimized Yource 37 of coleriastical income, did did a resting. place in the church untreated to her monery, But nothing was known about flors recept the facts rncneded by the Listolans, which muy bo taka for what they are wort), natil some twelve yatra A vien 10. & bolt. and only une morning ATY, Harry Hems poetically puts it in letter we printed on Tuesday that gentleman was engaged in emperintending partnefs of decoratio and restoration proceeding in the sunetnar. the charch," We were,, lagaye, Eras to remove some scagil: portion of the original. #Norman, ur may be early 19tu gabry, poëth
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ALU
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AT TAKA The following Properties situated in the inner Harbour of Takow close to the outrance ----
A LARGE BUESTANTTALLY BUILT GODOWN ofonostoroy. Capable of containing avent 20,000 picul Baga of Sugar with Facing Shed in frost and private loading Wharf for tonding Cargo Boats
A DWELLING HOUSE with Yard and Onthouse attachel
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Princess Sarah, by Wintert
A Deserter af Pblistia, by Train
1:50
150
Juggles and the Soal by Mathers
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Mas BAIN &00, Anping
2408 Hongxing, 28th October, 1897
Pharisees, by Darios
Xmas Nos, of Graphle, Landuu News Sporting
and Drmatio, Black and White, Pear's
Annual, da, in a few days,
Q'S ROAD, Unde HawakuNG BOTH. [24
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LARGE STOCKS OF EVERY DESCRIP BEATA MION OF COAST
N Addreau Care of. Meiers. Kung Sang & Co No. 68 FRAYA.
NOTICES OF FIRMS
NOTICE:
1784
UINART PERE & FILS, RELUG
Established 1710, CHAMPAGNE OROWERS AND SHIPPERS
Ship only the Finest Quality Axirs Dry (Green Goal),
LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.
Sole Agants..
11178 Hongkong, 17th May, 1895.
FOR SALE.
SICETD81ECKS CHAMPAGNE, 1889, WHITE GRAY. 525 per pase of 1 down quarte por out of 2 dozen pirts, KRESB MANN & 00,
TER ARTHUR DECKER has been
anthorized to sign out fem por procursED Hon from this date.
NDER & CO. 18076 FRITONG Hongkong, zast
LANE, ORAWFORD & COMB
agong
embodied in the rabble, bledon casket HALLEN
takot, was found to ensure 161 vg, 101/ wile, and Giu, deep lastelerindented with geometrical "and disapered durichment, it
hi frétuninge of land endreling it to keep the
lid scencely closed Within a found soITER Sfatula koosa, 207olaktone way of the
(ENTARLITLUME 1504) 8960 to 6300/
Hongkong, And Norulmogr
IANOS
PIAN
MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
NATT BOILED
8th instant, and is expected to arrive hom.ou the 19th Lastauk
The N. G. I. stoor Bamila, left Bombay for this pert on the 7th instant, and is daa hera on or about the 26th instant,
TIRARD THE GÁNAL. OUTWARD ---5th October Commonwealth. 15th Dot-Port Adelaide, Darolien Rickmers. 22nd Oct-Deuteros, Taicha, 29th Oct, Priam, Persidon, Bularie, Della, Hanseat. 2nd Nov, Denvenue, Halacer, Orestes, H. Siping, Kirbfeld. 5th Nor-Sagħalien, Koisco, Mount Taber. Eth November Kriemhild, Tainan, Puritan. HOMEWARD, 5th November-Preussen, 9th
November Bonlomond, Yarra. POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
LEAK DELIVERY closes at Port Office of 11.30 am and 8 p.m. or in Loiter Boxes in the Cars by 12 and 3,30 o'clock TransLetter Boren Ri Foak will be cleared at 12.30 and 4 pas..
The Postol Guide for 1896, revised to date will be famd in the Chronicle und Directory, P. XIX. This is the baly authorised complete Bubamary of Fental information published in Hongkong
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The authorised Tass of Mails issued in ponnection with this paper is the ons published twice each day in our Extn, which is corrected to a much later hour than that given below.
AMATE WELL CLOSE For HongyPer Hermes, to-day, the 18th instant, at 9.30 4.3.
Du. New Lane...... I. & O. Bakery Hongkong & C. Gas...... Hongkong Electri
. H. L. Tramways Hongkong Hotel ................
loursong Joo
H&K. Wharf & G... Hongkong Bopean H. & W. Dock
Instan
Canton
China Fire
China Traders.....! Hongkong Fue. North Chinn
Strait UnionẠ
Yangleze mamma
Land and Filling---
10 T. 32
$475 buyer
$25 $285 8108, Jalu
$33, buyers £10 $71, buyers $10 $1 Belters $100 $112, collers
$50 $48
125 5113 200 $68, sullere $50 $170, buyers $125 228, p. et. prom,
114074, llesss
50 17, allers
$205107
$25 $73, sellers
A5 Th. 198, bayern
$243; wilera
PG $40, Bellera $60 1166, cellers
Hongkong Land Inej $60 $75, sales & sellen
Humphreya Ketate...
Kowloon Tool & B
West Point Building Luzon Sugar Mining
Charbonnage is mana Gt.Ecin.&donian
De.
Jeleta
New Balmoral ......
Do. Preference Oliver's Mixes, Aus
Do. •B... Panjom drama is Do PreferepON. Route
New Amoy Dock man Steam Cor
China and Akusilä...... China Mainal: Ord.
DuPreference Douglas Steamship Canton rond B... Irido-China 3. N.
For Kutchinotza, Per Hinosan Maru, to For Singapore, Samarang and Bourabaya- do the 18th instant. at 11.30 6.at. Par Heang, to-day, the 13th instant, et 11.30 Tebrau Planting Co....
A.Mi
For Singapore,For Saade, to-day, the 13th instant al 11.30 AM.
For Port Darwin, Thursday Island, Cooktown, Townsville, Erisbane, Sydney and Melbourne Par Ching to day, the 13th instant, at 11.30 Caloutta Per AN
For Singapore, Penang and Artoon Aptar, to-day, the 18th instant, at 2.00. P.M.
For Yokohama Par Germania, to-day, the 13th instant, at 2.30 7.11.
For Saigon Pir Nasyo Maru, to-day, the 13th instant, at 2.30
For WachowPer Hoi Oz, to-day, the 13th instant, at 5.00 PM...
Fer Kobe and Yokohams-Paz akala More, cm Monday, the 16th inst., at 6,8) r.M.
For Swaton, Amoy and Feoshow-l'er Hai. tan, on Monday, the 16th inst., at 5.00 F..
For Moji, Kobe, Yokehame and Portland, Cr-Per Loubard, on Tuesday, the 16th inst at 11.30 A
For Noganki, Kobo and Yokohama Par Verona, on Tuesday, the 16th instant, at 1150 $24258 SONB
LONG FLAXING CANVAS RELIANCE CROWN TARPAULINGANA
ARN HOLD, KARBERG & CO., Bole Agents" TOCKHAUSEN
"RE.
DIAPER, MILLINER, DRESS AND MANTLE MAKER, 28 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRALA. LATEST NOVELTIES
FOR
AL AUTUMN. Hongkong, let October: 1897- MARBOLINEUM-AVENARIUS
Üsen yon.OVER 20 YEARS. Thuruaghly reliable preservativo for Wood and Stone sgainst While Ante, Decay, Fangas Rot, and Dampases.
Sole Agoute for China, LÜTGENS, EINSTMANN & co.
1269 Honakour. Sist August 1807.
ITSUI BJSSAN KAISHA MUL
No 6, Tos HOVER STREET, PRATA CENTRAL.
Head OfooTori
Branok Boos:LONDON, NEW YORK BON BAT. SINGAPORE, SHANGHAI, TIEN TSIN NEWCHWANG, and all Ports in JAPAN.
Mike Coal Hinas,
Ohreurs Coal Mines as my Kanda Coal Mino
For Wunbow-Par Winglong, on Tuesday, the 18th instant, at 5.00 r.m.
...... De
United Asbestos vagina
$10 $975, cellera
$30 18; seller. $40 $21
$100 $43, buyer Fœ.500 $105, buyers
$5 86
$22.90, sellers
66 $2.10 $1 $1.40, ingeru; $1 $1.60
85 $30
53 $8.30, enten ellers
$4.70, byen 81 £1.40 13. 14. 12. sales
$lu 33, sellers
$60 $77, sales & sol I
£6. 152 158; Iniyanın d £10 27 10% buyer *50 57, males & buyers 8152, sellors 211251, Buyers $52k selberg $299 sellers.
$22, selleri
it $10, top]
1974 544), sellers
1012, & foltern VY VARNON, Broker
Watson & Co Air, Gal
with alfastor of etia New Milan (this year's) $710-R New Malwa (Inst year's) B. 1161} Old Malwa (8 verre)...202 to 9 Older Malwa (6112 yrs) $60 1 to 1 Now Patna (702) New Eenares 37072 Perstan
8490 to $370 Oily and Paper weripped.
Kalm-28 chey's Putia.
8350 to 90
THE WEATHER.
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER 1 NOVEMBER, AT 4 F.M.
STATION.
Fammeter
Humility/
Vladivostock 180
For Shanghai, Chefoo, Chemnipo, Nagasaki, Tokyo Pasac, Gensan and Windivestock-Per Fendal Kock Moru, on Friday, the 18th inst, at 3,80 r M.: Nagank
Su10 30.28. No.1
20 20
$0.25
30.10 69 68
Fer Kobe and Yokohama-Per Idenmi Kageebina
Gutzlaff art, on Friday, the 19th start, at 3,301.. For Nagasaki, Hohn and Yokohama For Sharp Peak Tokio Maru, on Monday 22nd instant, of Amcy 330ẰM NGAN
The Mike Cotton Spinning Mill, La Tokyo Marina Inkarance Co. Tartan. Meiji Fire Insurance Co, Listed Imperial Government Paper Mille, Caston Cloning and Working. Co.,
Shangha
Onoda Cement Company, Japan, Kanagafvolil Cotton Spinning Mill Tokyo Cotton Spining Mill, Japan.: Hayoshi Clock Factory.
Hongkong 4th August, 1897
1201
For Thursday Taland, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbert-Fer Oni Maru, on Friday, the 21th inst., at 3.30 FIL
For Singapore, Calcibe and Bombay-Per Hiroshino Moru, on Today, the 30th instant, at 11,90 KE BAR
Iwato
Canton
Hongkong Victoria Peak Gap Rock Mac Haiphong Bolinao
30.01 31 28.08
30.02 77 200 29.687558 2N3
2936 802074 NY 29.01 67 81 NE 28.75 85705 K
Maxila 29.80.
6185 1
15 NOVEMBER AT T
MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET | Go B. James
The British Contract Packet Ancona, will
despatched un THURSDAY: tho 18th inst., Wladivostock 3.08 36 100 with Mails for the United Kingdom, Europe Tokyo and countries beyond, a Brindisi to the Room
Nagasaki Stenite Settlements, Netherlands Iulia, Barmah," Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and Gibraltar
Posting of Pros Current and Cir. Guteleifen
oulars ceases.
Kashina
Sharp Peak ara
10,00 M-Hegistry cases.
Swoww 10.00 Al-Posting of newspapers, books, and Conten Jy patterns ceasefie dat
TATE LETTERS may be posted (from 11.16 Victoria Peck AN) with 10 cents late fes up to 11.30 AM. Gap Rock **
with the same lite fee. after which hour they may ko sant on board Macao
PORTLAND
Haiphong Belinso
CEMENT Manlin
J. 8 WHITE & BROS
BOLD AGENTS FOR CHINA,
HOLLIDAY, WISH & CO. [2136 Hongkong, 11th April, 1883
S
IEN TING.
SURGEON DENTIST.
No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET. TERMS VERY MODERATE Consulation Fres Hongkong, 23rd September, 1801,
OB. Jaties!
30.08
30 02
29.58
Weather:
Kain Inst
24 hour
Un the 32th at 11 am The barecter has fallen in tis North, and remains steady in the Bombers arose. Presmare is probably highest svor Jupani ligatly low apparente ly in the 6 part of the Uhius Ben. Format Fresh NE winds Pixies,
HONGKONG REGISTER B
day 4 pkm. / 46.10 am.”
A
BARinter
Temperature
qua
Direction at wind 1, B BNE:
Ou deto
PSE
Con the 31fa akty
12189|-* meal open air temperature of the 11th raison d Lewed open air (per 100, Acting Director, Hongkongy Observatory, 12th November, 1897.
PEMBUDSTAW KEW & CO.,
STOAN WATER BOAT COMPANT Hongkong, 9th October, 1993, 1508
TO SHIPMASTERS. INQUIRE where your FRESH WATER is obtained by the Water Boate, as Four: POWERFUL PLANT OF STEAM WAZES is the 1080 of much Eickness on board A LAUNDRY MACHINEY Makers Ship
Hanlove, Allot & Co. and Thowes Branferd We are the ONLY WATER BOAT COMPANY & Co. It bes only been abort time in das, HONGZONG EXCLUSIVELT supplying and has been wall cared for; it is a good as FILTERED WATER Landry, where a large amount of washing la 9 now, and would be very suitable for a Fablic to be done, All this inahinery combined minkes a very ponurit washing plant, and is supposed to wash, dry and finish about 5,600 pionea of clothes per day:They are Rited with two of Washingten Lyon's Patent Steam Dis infestor, so that whilst the washing process in [86 going on with a pressure of 20 lbs of eart shay ruedas a temperaturo of 200 deg, which destroye the garms of all disease and all forms of insech be, and at the aside time the most WEST delicta coleate and taris 4k, woollow, Iron Aung Harboerd
otten santéria are not in the least affects of danged by this process of disinfecting and
For Price and Particulars, apply to:
W. LISAUGHT
RAD AND WRITE LA BORDEAUX WINES. TIBBERT & 0.0.8 BOTTLED ALE STOUT
SIAMBBEN & CO Hongkong, di Beptember, 18370
FOR BALE
TOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTA Nalther the CAPTAINS, E AGENTO, nor die OWYERS will be RESPONSIILE for say DEBT contructed by the Offcern or sho CreeUS of the following Yach ring their etay in
FALDONES & CLERGIEFER, 18th Nov darameter 9AM.3.18 There, § 4. M. (Wetlab) bá Barometer 3 r., 29,18 Them 1 at (bal) 70 BOLeter 4.-29.95 Therm zar (Wet balb) 70 Theron 9.77 The Maximum Thermom, 1:59 -- Therms. Minintim: (CET? Tireretana: 42.1477 night
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