PARIS LETTER.
THE RUSSIAN LOAN,
17th March.
France line didy been "cruel to to kind" in refusing tursia any rare money with which The witt to carry on the war in Manchuria, step is uniserely approved by all tovers of The Car whom coffers are next to empty, son only expusist to refill them on litier thu her to ferns with the Japaness Ni once, bow to this inevitable, asul acok posen with in the next fortnight.
3.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 2)rn, 1905.
It sion. The inhabitants of Fourmies maintain that as the ringing of Church, bells can have no influence whatsoever on the practice of a road. their ure should be forbidden in the aercise of religion. Parisians do not object so mach to the ringing of bells as the cracking of whips by cabmen, the noisy horns of the team ways and motor-cars, and the mucous voices of street hawkers.
THE CROWN COLONIES.
THE CITY OF MUKDEN. Mukilen. produsend Mookies, a city of nearly 300,000 people, to whom are now added upwards of 101,000 refugee villager, was founded shut 270 years since by Tai Trung, Poking. It was many years before the massive walls, lying toursquare" with the points of the father of the first Mancha Emperor to reign in
comp
and I enclosing a squero mile, with eight gateways, two on each side of the city, were completel. There is no water gate, and the porous soil absorbs the rain; ft. to 40ft, relew the surface is a gravel bed testing on clay, and thus the wells never fail to supply good water.
KODAK
FILMS
& ACCESSORIES.
DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.
LONG HING & CO.,
PHOTO GOODS STORE,
an lively at night as it is in the day-time. bay often been remarked that while during the daylight hours the Avenue is full of 1 fe and bustle with equipages and fashionably-dr people, it is silent and desertod at night, simply because shops close shout six or seven o'clock the-lights are turned out, and the avenue is in semi-darkness. This is not re on the Boulevards, where shops keep opou late, there is plenty of light and colour, nail the promenaders ar numerous until the smail hours of the morning.
The Duke of Marlborough presided on March Shopkeepers have hit upon the following axrullent idea of attracting crowds to their 14th over a mesting of the Royal Colonial dret a great service to the world by nating as quarter. As more ligh: is wanted owing to the Instituto at the Whitehall Rooms Hotel shes do Crauent as Nicolas II. mag; electric lamps in we only (l'cuinuing the rat Metropole, when Sir Charles B.uce road
Boors of this home, leaving shops in the shadow, paper on "The Crown Colonies and Plac be, he cannot possibly surry out him Bomtils
outines powerial ges jets are about to be placed where was a good attendance, which included As not
the Duchess of Mariborongh, Sir Patrick and intentions without motory will las doth by his wil ing balikir and ally, they are wanted, while fallow tradesmen have Lady Macson, Sir William Tiles Drer, agreed to keep their windows brilliantly lighted Sir William H. Treacher, Sir Edward Wing France, for farther dess slaughter, and us Russin is Bhascially crippled at the prewat until hearty midnight. This will have forfeld, Bir Frederick Young. Colonel Sir Roper moment, los mast, unless other Power ovet to convert the Avene de l'Opéra- and Lady Parkington. Sir James Williamsen,
(soorstary).
Sir Charles Bruce, in the course of his paper, obliges him with the 621,000 90, which he which is ons of the worst Brkled stroets in the Mr. Benjamin Kidd, and Mr. J. B. O'Halloran China in bygone ages. Those Mahomedsa lecturo to the Royal Colonial Institute: -
said that while the self-governing colonies, with -tequizen- velijch is more than improbably-liste capital-into one long lane of illuminated
Franc has indeed ra
THE CARNIVAL
from Friars for this piyansat of the war indenu- | bronze podobals are to be placed, while on each of thosa-high enough to be out of the way of nity. Nothing could de fairer.
a pedestrian with his umbrella ap-will rest redolondrous green plants, palm truck, oleanders, and other chego ibera, récording to sensus.
would be seen that the Crown colonies and this places, apart from stations occupied for naval
almost sze ntul military uses, ware container between the tropics of Cancer Capricorn. During the 19th century, when the drift of our colonial policy was towards commercs to free competit on, two
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Hongkong, 27th December, 1904.
COLONIES. THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE
Sir Charles Bruce G.C.M.G. mado the
Any account of the administration of the following reference in the course of his recont
Crown Colonies would be curiously inadeq without reference to the Oles of the frown
all the Colnujes not
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as, for the Protectorates controlled by the Colonial Ofe and the Foreig a i Offico, In the Office of the Crown Agents: the commercial and Snancial demands of the Gosurments of the Crown Colonion, orea the most listaut and the most isolated, ere brought inte fans at the centre of supply, just as their polition! and adminis rative exigencies uro
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MARK.
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TELEFRONS No. 135.
TANSAN
The city and its suburbs are surrounded by an earthen rampart from lift to 20ft, in height goneral plau is a docblo cross, with two main and about 13 to 14 miles in circumferation. The stroots in each direction. The houses, all one- storeyed, aro with few exceptions of brick and tiled, The people are about four-fifths Chiness and one-fifth Manchus. Among the Chinese are some 29,100 Mahometnes, strnilants these who worn transported from West of have grown very rich under the Russian regime.
Mukden is a grent trading and business eity to retten once and for all, and bring the war to brightness. Nor is this wil, for at regular | the excaption of a considerable territory in with many small local manufactures, though i Agonis, then comercial and financial agents for
groatont ollecting contra for rich cluse, wher he can have as much as hyped intervals down on each mich of the Avenue, Northern Australia, lay in temporate zones, it the:o'de not attain great dimensions. It is Government, using Ruspori
furs in all Eastorn Asia, and vast numbers of pelts are cured for export. The gover nat is modelled to a large extent upon that of Poling, and has seven of the eigh a great residential town for families of man- hourds. It is usually a great place at urus an
into focus in the Colnini Oftes. In banking houses. In the eastern subarb the
righbouring Colonies in remole parts of the the war ten years age, and well stocked with Empire find it more convenibut to adjust their The two tall chimney accounts through the office of the Crown Agents. shafts can be so 2 for a long distance off in London than by direct transacious. Their PER CASE OF 100 Brais Until the wont nu est vibes are fargo hey includes the supply of all stores that cannot to proenvel locally, and their in lude saplics They lie about two miles north of the
10 impertant transactions Han river. The land be worn is well cultivated for the departments of railways, public works for about a mile and half, and for the 1st harbours. Next in importanon are the post and thegraphis balf mile there are elbanks. The circular requirements of the the city. Conspicuous from afar are the four lanatory stores; and the quiprout of the huge Tibetan dagobas of soil unsonry with plies and local military forces. During the large crowns of beautiful bronze work, which
year 1903 they shipped afores to the Colonies if of A mile stead as mentinels about twe-thirds
the value of about 233,500 It is evident that SOLE AGENTS- from the centre of each wall of the enter sty
thus enabled to buy in a cheaper they are
H. The cooptry around is flat or undulating and market, and to hold a stricter control over very pretty, owing to the numerous groves of manufactures prssilde Agent ir apil at her trees, within which lie the graves factures than would be in aside fr of wealthy mandarin families.
Maxi-Cirns or the Juveniles Carnival was entirely spot this year by the abominable weather. It was a chill, depressing day, with grey ansymplectic shie, brera which rain fell at interrals, while the guy enlivening sunshine, which would love done much to cheer the
cranks in the stress, zulked bohind the clouds, as asciutely refusal to take the slightest part in the people's holiday Though it was a triste, trisi cura, and the mekucholy phrase is not adversid, parents did all they coull to phoer their children up. There was genuine "fun and merriunat have and there; ploty of
PICTURE FAKEUN.
The police aru moins merciless than ever in thir crisa in treliant artistic forgers; thanks to the vigiles of the authorito, grust mudar of forged rausturpi-ces lease
um seized at the lotof Drouotos of the best known picturo martejn Paris. The latest examples “iruolude nearly all the great names of the Barbizon School, such as Corst. Daubigny, The forged or Courbek and Harpignies.
Bogrogation and the surrender of ring. it is als not for its large Shensi
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Chlonies" and "What are we to dỪ with arsenal and wint, beta constructed just aft... illustruien of their position 11ny suentiom that; PER CASE OF 48 PINTS...
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German maschinery.
korracks.
confatti-by lutter could scarcely has supplied suspectral chef-l'œuvres are slipped into the to hold our hands and stand aloof from the ouaierure with the Altar of, tiraven is mouth of departments, the supply of hospital sodi
fast enough and wore that, subirient noise, dúst, and hors-plug. The majority of Par sions When have long go tind of this amusement. confetti was a novelty, and its throwing was unaocesupial by the insulting retnarks and the rade bebusinus of hooligans, there cerainly
TAN
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More fan in going ant maske ut the Boulevarde anal pelting your neighbours with y multi-colored dises of paper.
such Not so today when the fête is mized on, and whore gallantry husban replaced by rowdyism. This is the reason why ull those that respect. Thomaseives or who value their clothes star ut hout on Shrove Tuesday. The few that go out take good cars to quit the
ales anong genuine works by a most ingenious system which until quite recently, taled the ties as much as the auctioneer. The most remarkable thing about this is perhaps the fart det ons varying between 1980 and 15,000 franen enda have been offered for such
forgeri- by counoisseurs,
AEROSTATICS.
That intropil young Brazilian aeronaut, M. Santos-Dusunt, hes barn very hard at work of Jate Al wing well ho proposes to renew his interesting experiments shortly with his Intent and most scientific invention, the Santes Dumont XIV. admitted to be in most perfect type of mir-ship or navigable balloon, ever seen More wonders are expectal by Parisians, us soon as the weather læreaks.
MCTORISTS.
them?" The general reply though not with out vivorous pretent-was. They are of
od; gut rid of them." The 20th century, he arvel, hid ofready formed a stuer judgment. and he proceeded to show that our colonies and place were of enormous and in- calculable We must frankly abandon tho policy of the 19th century, head on the
that it would conception
be possible and lesir. abs trapion
We must realize the extent to which
the
ur givilization rested on the prodactions of tropica, and zooognize that the prinsipio under sing all trade that oxchange
products between regious and peoples of different capacition tended to te mutually proditatlo found in commerce between our temperate and tropical regions its most natural expression We must make up our minds that the bid administration must conse to Le the odusation of the peoples is political methods with a view to providing them with an equipment of political leaders and departmental officials. What we find to do
ut car
of
was to denoh
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The Russian railway crosses the Hun bolow the sandbank zone, or about five or six miles eath-west of the city, on a well maita bridge with 13 plors. The station and cantenment are nearly two miles from the city on the west,
them that the sure foundation of prosperity Thoneo the line skirte near the northernmosts on questions of concesion
wor
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0
for
or
tend far beyond the apply of roaterials; when important works such as railway, harbor, drainage, water supply schemes are projected, their business includes correspondence with the consulting engineers, making arrange
making contracts, and ad drawing ad the Secretary of State and the Colonial
that may arise AR say point of difoulty Crown Agents in the mate of railway co specific instance of the truus etion of the struction, I may refer to the We-f Africa rai.- ways, in connection with which testimony hos baan beras by Sir Willie MacGregor, Bir Alfred Jones, and others to the services they have randered.
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TANSAN
PRICE & CO.
12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
86.5
8,00
ROBINSON PIANO Co. LD.
THE
PIANO
FIRM AND THE
NOT
IN HONGKONG:
MERE DEALERS, BUY-
ING AT ONE PRICE AND
BELLING AT ANOTHER,
social onlakmont, which commands & Sno view of was the development of natural resourons rampart to the north-east along very high and that in their aspirations for
were fat
Dorthern of the two western gatos rase the quality they would find that insite, the city walin and gateway toware. From the levellers than official or political Assuming that, whatever might be the sstant Imperial road to Hsin-min-tun and Peking, which the Japanese advanced to streets at nightfall. These reuirks do not
blished form of government in a colony, the the old railway 13 miles west of the city, where the Russians offered a stubborn resistanes imply that Parisians ara less gay than formerly,
development of its rources was to be the first cucurn, the conditions esantis! to such develop hefors they fell back to the Long Kang, or though they draw a line betweon mirth and
conditions
Bat it is in financial business, and especially Dragon ridge. At the western end of this ment ut first be considered.
unit The next six months will prove an exceeding- charsen. Consetti and its waplonsant accou
"Pagoda circle," in Is Wan,
in the ridge were health, labour, organization of industry,
arrangement of tanporary advanCOA Sir Charles Bruce curious round formation of law olids of Axed terr
term loans, that the Crown Ago PREMIER paniments, it may ho said, have had their day; ly busy time with the French satomobile world, the sooner manething else conues along of a more The following interesting matoles have been tratasport, and funseo.
dealt with each of these hands, and in connexion earth, on which stands small and very have rendered the most signal sorrices to A novel arranged by the Automobile Club of France with health spoke of the work of the London ciont pagoda. It was here, four milon from the Crown Colonies. They hold in trust respectable claruc-or the Letter. feature of the casnival this year in Paris-if The first yachting competition will take place and Liverpool Schools of Tropical Medicine, the city and two miles from the Fui ling temb, on behalf of Colemial Governments
ere to that the Japanese made a great
£9,000,000 and successful
of security, while the loans domiciled! was the driving on April 1st with the Menars moeting, which As to bour, he concluded that, if we were to nevelty it can be called
retain our control of the tropics and draw from capture of batteries, and thenca easily shelled with them on which they pay interest ameant ONLY PIANO SPECIALISTS through the dy of an old-fashioned dutigence will last twenty days; this event will be suo-
thom with advantage the products of which they the Iussian cantonusat lying in the lower plain to £26,500,000. This position enables them to obtain for the Colonies temporary advances on or coach, by there well-known caricaturists, ascended by the Algiers.Toulon outset which opens had a monopoly, we should bare to look to the three miles away. The Japanses swept round
terms much more favourable than would other- anniveramoment of a charity ball organised by on May 15th, the Kiul meeting will take place immigration of Lailians and Chinese for a large behind the large raorod forest of the Fei-ling. tort
After drawing seized Sun-tai-tzu Station, cut the line, and held wiss bo possible, artists. In some parts of France however, the from June 22nd to 30th; the Calais-Ramagata share of our labour supply.
on July 15th; the Ontsnd woek from July, 20th attention to the importacies of transport facil.theonly heavy cart rontes north. A ridge of hills carnival has bon sudly spoilt by general illness and the weather, to wit in the Haute-Loire. to 25th; Paris to 1 rousillo, Angust fox to 13th;ies in the development of Crown colonies, ho ertanda from the pageda above mentioned to where now has stopped railways and tele-llavre Regatta, August With; the Harmsworth said that the severity of the probable struggle Taog-ling, or Fa-ling tomb, six miles to the for control of the tropics could not be better east of the city, which, like the Pei-ling,
the history of the sugar indus contains only one mound or grave.
riodus-
Both are and Recope Cups at Arcachon, September 7th to illustrate than graphs, while in other placent lies more than
try. With e-gard
gard to finence and the question of most sacred in the yes of all Marchus, and a yard deep. Paris has come off hest, and muct Iith; and the San Sebastian meeting the last,
inancial relations between the mother country and the Crown colonies, he asinarked that the until recently capital punishment was threatened to any unauthorized person trespassing within money was spent by all sorts of peuple, for September 2014. The racing for the British In-
The inner enclosure was policy of protection in the scooptol senso of the
the sacred enclosura, which they derived but little pleasure. Pre-ternational Challonge Cup will take place at
even more strictly guarded. parations on n gigantic scales have already be Areaohon on September 11th. A more exciting term did not enter into the scal system of the
all Crown colonien for 13e best of reasous-they quiversal
The actual graves are mounds of earth about gun for the Mi-Curese when the entire city, programmo has seldom been drawn up.
had nothing to protect, Though a
100ft. high and oval, surrounded by a crenellat. rich and poor alike, will unco more give itself
od brick wall. Behind them and to the north Imperial Zeltverein might not be possible, there up to the open gaieties of the saASON,
the venerable President of the French Republic Zollverein honid not be introdaced into the
of buildings for sacrifice and other rites or for All to continue to act as the Head of the State for fiscal relations of the United Kingdom with covered with trees; to the routh in a long array a third torm, that popular and distinguished Crowa colonies and place. In conclusion, Sir the convenience of the Imperial visitors.
Charlos Bruce sugposted, in regard to the these ba kings has roots id
main entrance The censor has noted very wisely in not allow-gentleman is auxionsly looking forwards to the question of the Crawn colouies' contributing plated tilos. Outside the fellow or green express my one of the particular services than
ay, with leage a stone-paved, grass-grown causeway, ing In Mancheria a one-net piece written by a 1th of February 1906, when he will retire with towards the defence of the Empire, young dramatist, M. A. Savoir, to figure on the all boneurs, and proud of his work. Age and future the contributious to Army funds should gndly-carved Fai-lo, or arob of triumph, and miage, unlean the unthor consents to modify recent family troubles have told on M. Loabot abolishod, that there should be substitutod avail stone animals, formos the approach. There in the Trent Governments are placed in a
to the Imperial Treasury for de-are only two Imperial tomis, those of No-gr-chn very much, whose wish is to retire to some quiet fence funds, and that all the Crown colonies and Tai-tung respectively, near Mukden. The spot in the South of France, and there end his should be invited to contribute to the funds, arlier Mancha chiefs to at Yang-ling,
This the Dragon ridge, near Shing King. days in pence, after his brilliant career. While according to the assure of their power, on tombs of the brave," 80 miles further along
(Hear ben)
ridge becomes mountainous further east, and President he has bad as his guest ne rly ovary such a basis as might be found most convenient.
stretohes to the Long White Mountain and to Sovereign. in Europe, with whom ho is on the
the sacred volcanio Dragon Pool. friendliest of terms.
Weather Lave ia proved by then.
THE WAR AND THE TABATKM.
LOW T.
Apart from the exceptional transactions the concated with the Transvaal sud Uranga: River Colonies and the liquidation of affairs of the late South African Republic, the Crowa Aganta in 1993 arranged for advances to various coloria: Governments, in anticipa tion of the issue of loans or the receipt of instalazents of loans to the amount
wki o they leat out temporarily £9,000,000; at interest money's belonging to the Colonies to the extent of over £15,000,000.
of
BUT
May the All efforts having failed to induce M. Lonbets seemed to be no reason why the urine.ples of a there risen a high hurashoo-shaped artiñcial bill | of the transactions of the Crown Agents with/PRACTICAL EXPERTS
Talent is something, but last is everything.
raut
BUN SPOTS.
sortain details. The new play in question has been accepted by the house-Farisiens thestro, which is subsidised by the Statu. There are none of the dramatic materials in, the pices, which does
coutain any woman's part. In Manchuria is an ably written drama of great intensity, the interest
According to the Alie Moreur of the Bearges turning upon the relations botween the hard crican Russian arddiory and their favouret | Observatory-whose meteorological forecasts are superiors. This sufficed for the ecisor to regarded as authoritative in Frenes-the now interfere, and to demand modifications from sun spot is a disquieting sign of the times; it
war in Savoir, who refused. Though the Manchuria has thus been summarily stopped on the Frenel stage, in consequence of this refusal, the young dramatist, it is believed, will soon alter his mind about the matter, and com-
wilfully.
OPERA AVENUE,
be
ountribution
12
that in
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RUSSIAN WAR PARTY DETERMINED.
a
the
savore
AND
DEVOTED
FXCLUSIVELY
TO
THE
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENT TRADE.
These are
OF THE
FIRST IMPORTANCE
I am sorry that the exigencies of time maaka it impossible for me to give a detailed account the Colony of Mauritius during B financial crisis in the year 1897, but I gladly avail myself of this as of every occasion to rendered to the Colony. I believe that similar MANUFACTURERS service has been done in British Guiana, and my expo experience leads me to believe that the assistance which
osition to afford in times of crisis through the Crown Agency system appreciably fortifen the Bucurity of the Colonial banks.
In view of the responsibility of the Imperial Treasury, in the final resort, for the financial stability of the Crown Colonies and Places, the The Duke of Marlborough, who opened a dis-
position of the Crown Agents acquires really cussion which followed, spoke of the importance
Imperial significance, and it may be said with out exaggeration that their able, upright and of developing the Crown colonies. The value
single-minded service," to use the words of Mr. Chamberlain, constitutes a national asset. of the colonis was that they supplied us with foodstuffs and raw materiais and formed a good
of 1904 was marked FACTS Bession The
parliamentary market for our manufactured goods. Had
Measures are still being taken for continuing by mnch criticism of public departments, and the office of the Crown Agents was not spared. attention to the sugar industry, and observed
the war. The 19th Army Corpa is to be
But the complaints made were of aneh a nature that in the West Indies it had during the past montis developed and inoressed in un
It appears that the that Mr. Lyttelton was able to declare, that while he had always been willing to investigate store, too, for the fruit industry in the Wost held at the Palace, amazing manner. There was a big future in mobilized. A fresh Council of War has been
it was most remarkable, Indies. It was most vital that the supply of nomination of the Grand Duke Nicholas
the Crown Agonts, work, and he would prefer to see that inereuss he himself has not vet accepted it. General considering the enormous magnitude of their collon should be fasteased throughout the Nicoluistitek has been decided upon, but that any specific causes of complaint brought against take pl
place within the unfines of the British fukhomlineff would be the chief of the Grand Empire. As to what the, colonies would do in Duke's staff, but would in reality exercise time transactions, that a specific instance of the
Duties to be against them. the matter of imperial defense, the prosent authority of generalissimo. Financial measure kind complained of had ever been brought
beavy
FRENCH INDO-CHINA. moment was but one in which he could expressar leo nader consideration.
another
Colonial Conferouos was bound to take oils will yield about 40,000,000 reables
of
(24,000,000) But that is very little, for if Imperial an opinion. In the ordinary course of events imposed upon matches, petroleum, aud
Не place in 1906, and the question
they
want to despatch 400.000 men, at least a The Temp on 13th March confirmed the] defence would be ears to be discossed. could not help foring that they could lock milliard roubios (£190,000 will be required. nows that M. Clemontel, the Minister for the forward in the future to representatives of the The army could not be ready for action before Colonies, would submit to an early meeting of Crawn colonies being present at colonial con las end of six months. Where will the Japanese the Cabinet his proposal to visit French ferences aud being allowed to express their be by that time, and in what pumhers? An to lado Cuips during the Parliamentary vacation views on Imperial defence. If that were over peace, it is exceedingly improbable, as nobody in August. September, and ctober. His in Governmeat circles will hear of it except Preonzator conceded, it would stimulate the interest of the
the defences of the French possessions, as clearly, but who will certainly not be listened alte their rapid execation, and to manifest t
the natives the solicitude of the Government for colonies themselves in the question, (Hear, M. Witto, who signe up to the present has sort object will be to study the means for complet
Mr Benjamin Kidd and others took part into."
Huugkong, th April, 1905, their welfare and for the establishsaent of closor the discussion.
relations bewon themselves and the mother country.
forecasts earthquako and colliery explosions, unless the solar ecnditions undergo & change of which at present, the Abbè can datusi no sprapłonus.
DHEIFUR AŬAIN.
ply with the just demands of the consor, rather HaTe Parisiaus suffleirut patioues lalt to than lose his piece entirely. To represon: In listen to a freak Dreyfus trial? Time will Manchuria in its originsi form, especially just prova. Whether they have or not will not now, would only lead to grave complications pront the casa being heard once more. The letween France, and inasis. The French Goprocedure for the roop-ning of the grande faire vernment has no intention of annoying the Czar for the second tins has taken a definite sex in advance. The Procarator of the Courde Cassation has just presented a voluminous The project recently sabmitted to the muni roport consisting of nearly 1,000 pages, em- cipal council to make the Avenus de l'opera more bodying his conclusions and the ground upon attractive at night, having met will approval, which they are based. that main thoroughfare will shortly bocoran unreservedly urgos revision, but argues against upe of the most animated as well as agreeable sonding the easy to another Council of War. evening presenades in the city, while the idea Impression retails that before a final decision of combining art and business in so pleasing is taken by the Court of Cassation, M. Sarrut, and practical a manner cannot but be attended president of ons of the sections will be commis. with the most encouraging of result. Despite elozed to draw up a studied comm«utery upon the fact that visitors have long sincs looked the report for the guidarea of bis colleagues. upon Paris as co of the most beautiful cities When will the Inst be heard of the Drapfas in the world, the Ville Lumiere does not appear case!
The
THE CHURCH REIL NUISANCE..
to come up to the expectation of its inhabitants,
Parliament has been petitioned by the who have come to the conclusion that it might be greatly improved, which accounts for every Fouranios (Nord) section et League of the ess the ringing of house that is built to-day being a fuer one Rights of Man, to than that which preceded it. This alone shows Charch helis, on the pro that it is a continus how well Parisians anderstand the commercial cause of sunoyance na carinues to intellectual ligions nature of value of art and artistin and graceful croatione. workers. Anything o The fact that ronis are proportionately higher lato Booms to be as gading to Frenehmen as a seems to be overlooked. Shop-keepers residing in red rag is to a bul. Fourmies in composed on-
hear).
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
Tha silk ex C.P.R. str. Athenian arrived in New York on the 17th April.
The C.P.B. str. Athenian loft Vancouver au Monday, the 17th inst., p.m., for Hongkong vịa the usual porta of call,
The Barber Lino str. Shimosa sailed from New York on the 13th inst.
The Boston 8.8. Co.'sstr. Tremont sailed from The Barber Lino str. Hindustan urrived at Manila ru the 18th inst. Mails on the 16th inst., and may be expected here on the 21st inst.
this port on the 19th icet, at 6 a.m.
The stoomst Tacoma, after having passed more than a month in the ice off Hokkaido, bas won seixed by the Japanese, Ske left Taroma on 6th January for Vladivostok,, and was reported off Hokkaido on February 3. Bibco then it has been a fairly even chance whe her she would be a marine less or a capture. The Tacoma, of 2,812 tous, built in 187, is insured against war risks for £52,100 (ul), £13,000; cargo and freight, £39,100). This makes the twenty-first seizure reported since January 13, here for £1,130,000. In addition to this sum- of which 19 steamers and cargoes were insured of which part may be recovered on appeal
ing
WEATHER REPORT.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued) the following report
On the 19th at 11.10 a.m. The barometer eularly in the North
as rison over Japan, and fallen in Chino, parti-
A depression appears to be moving Eastwards in the Yangtzzo Valley. Pressure is highest Gradients are rather steep in the North and oror E. Japan. moderate in the Sentb.
Fresh S.E. to 8. winds probably prevail in
the Formosa Channel and the North part of the
China Sea
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