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THE lowest recorded temperature is 363 deg, below zero; it was produced by vaporizing liquid nitrogen under low pressure."
WE are informed by the agents (Messrs. Adam- son, Bell & Co.) that the Canadian Pacific Line Steamship Abyssinia left Vancouver for this port vid Japan on the 6th inst.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. Tur proposed electrical method of executing
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criminals grows in favor, and the report of the New York Commission recommending it is discussed, with emphatic signs of approval. PROFESSOR Pettenkofer states that in Munich 25,000,000 marks are annually spent for beer, and that according to investigations there is an excess of deaths from heart disease over other cities cuincident with the excess of beer-drinking,
NEVER in time of peace has there been such a demand for lead and zinc as at present. Agents. of the French Government have purchased nearly the entire American out-put to have it on band for the manufacture of brass field-pieces. Iris said that the biggest quill toothpick factory in the world is near Paris. It was originally a quill pen factory, but when these went out of general use the factory turned to the toothpick [s business, and now makes 20,000,000 annually.
CARDINAL-Manning is a frequent guest at luxu
ious banquets, but in the midst of such feasts generally inakes his dinner off a baked potato, a piece of beef and a glass of water. The Car- dinal rises at five o'clock in summer and six in winter.
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to judis kalmal members of the staff.
amas kämtkite, kapaka brava hinokkan jasambucklez juil.catiduouit la accompanied. by ake pune and a bless of the writers, not necessarily for quidization : laut ad cycleure of good faith,
While the roams of the Hongbing Telegraph will"always": Jonge for the fije diension by correspondents of all zurettinon derdag oldie interess, is must be distinctly understood that dhe filing alors mat in any way hold himself responsible for spildants thats exproved,"
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Thongh alte tough coigh and Aletaugh Plough me through Der life's dick dough tay course I wʻli" pusesitat
In these lines the combin' tion ough has seven different sounds.
MONSIEUR CARNOT, the new French President, hat commenced sowing the seeds of unpopularity Adrechen we requested to firwant, all untices 'Intended for
tion in that lays boste net later than Three o'clock seas by appointing his brother-in-law, M. Mairot, 10 martyremuridades easily publication ofthe paper
a lucrative office, though he behaved so badly Adontiveness and Subsorijatient which win net ordered for a during the Franco-Geiman war that he was tried feel piernal will be continued until countermanded,
by court-martial for cowardice and treachery.
jhe Unclene Tigraph has the larget cimulation of any 4 Auglisia vean paperegnblished in the Par Ban, and is shærefira cho Some mendua for A Nertisers. Terasy câu he learnt on applications
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ROM has 1,835 telephones in use, London 1,200, Glasgow 1,473 and Liverpool 1,399. The price ranges from $100 to $50. There are as many telephones in New York as in all Italy, and twice as many in New York as in London.
ADELINA. Pati never takes any out-of-door exercise. She is very much afraid of cold air, and when she goes out for a drive in winter swathes herself in, furs, thes up her head and
even puts cotton in her ears. She never speaks in, the night air, and when she runs from the stage-door to her carriage her mouth is covered by a scarf that goes over her head. The great singer has kept her voice in good condition by this treatment, but it would not do for every one Wrris reference to the Concert held on the 5th inst. at the City Hall in aid of the funds of the Alice Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine for Chinese, the following letter addressed by H. E. the German Consul to Dr. Cantlie speaks highly for the flattering results of the perform.
ance!~~ German Coníalate.
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Hongkong, March rath, 1888,
DEAK S12,The concen given by dhe band and the Glee Cub the Duman, Squadras, with the auditance of several Germs: and other heal amateurs har producm! a growɔ M of $466,50. !Four hundred and sixty six dollars, eighty seats.) The expenVES being re-te which have been covered by subscriptions from members of the German community.
I now have the pleasure to hand you two Cheques fưr, în gât, 456, which latened for the Alice Memorial Hospitel and the College of Medicine for Chinese.
I cannot conclade this letter without giring expression to my sense of the obligation under which the originators of the Concert are to the high oficials and the community generally for the support which they have no really and so effectually given.
I remain,
Yours very truly
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MINISTER (to whlow)- I hope the dear departed was prepared to die. Widow(drying her tears) Oh, yes; he was insured in three good com panica,
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We are informed by the agents (Messrs. Jardine,having seconded, the proposition was unani- Matheson & Co.) that the Glett" Line steamer mously carried. Glenfallach, from London, left Singapore for. Hongkong this afternoon.
A FEW weeks ago the parents of a young heiress, living at Vigo, attempted to prevent their daughter from remaining as a novice in a convent in that city. The father argued that his child was a minor, and in bad health, and consequently lont in a proper condition to take eternal vows without his consent. The tribunals and municipal authorities supported his plea, and gave him awar mnt to withdraw his daughter from the convent. When, however, hereachoil the establishment, the Lady Abbess declared that the bishop of the din. cese had authorised the novice to take the vows, and that she had done so that very morning at the six o'clock Mass before daybreak. The un- happy father retired, as the warrant of the civil authorities has no validity against a professed nun. He appealed in vain to the bishop and the tribunals, The case was referred to Madriel, and will be brought before Parliament by the leading Liberals, because telegrams from Vigo state that the nun had died suddenly in Paris, and by her death her propeily passes to the consent. All the papers call upon the Government to interfere in this sad case. This is the sort of detestable fraud andimposition which make Ronian Catholic trickery, misnanied religion, detestable in the sight of all intelligent and right-minded people. Anywhere else but in Spain that convent would -have-been-promptly, and des ivedly, made a
bonfire of
·SUPREME COURT,
. IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
To Dr. Candic, fon, Secretary, College of Medicine for Chicc An enterprising youth of 19 years, named Maxim Machado, a Portuguese, was to-day charged by. an Indian policeman with passing himself off as an excise officer, and in such guise, on the Canton steam-boat wharf, searching passen- similar evidence saying he had seen the accused gers leaving the boat. Another policeman gave engaged in such proceedings every night for (Before Acting Chief Justice Russell anil a the last two or three months. To this last witne.s "the fraud" had produced an officinus-
Special Jury.) looking paper written in English, which although they could not read they respected as a mys. are our young adventurer was enabled, in the face of the doubtful Punjaulices to carry out his "nefarious schemes." The accused said he did not say that he was an excise officer he was only a runner for a Chinese boarding house and was employed by his masters on account of his nationality the police having a habit of driving away or arresting Chinamen, but leaving the descendants of the "Conquerors of India a free hand. Defendant was remanded to the 14th inst.
A RUSIAN saloon for tea-drinking is an interesterious document, and by such talisman it ap
The Hongkong Polepaph's murder at this Telephone Central ting feature of life in Russian cities. The waiters
Exchange in Nin 4.
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The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1885.
TELEGRAMS.
(Router).
LONDON, March 9th. His operial Majesty the Emperor of Germany died this morning.
THE SUEZ CANAL CONVENTION.
France concurs in England's abjections to Turkey's' amendments to the Suez Canal Convention,
THE NEW EMPEROR.
The Gennan Consul at this port has received the following oficjaľtelegram, dated Berlin, toth Much, 2.21 p.m. →→→
"Ktiser Friederich is the new Emperor."
(From the Courrier d'Fíniphong), THE FRENCH ELECTIONS,
PARIS, February 29th. The nire partial elections which have just taken place were, unfavourable to the Conserva- tives. General Boulanger obtained $4,000 votes.
Municipal Council of Paris.
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The newspapers comment on the votes given Le General Boulanger in the last elections. The Governacht has ordered an enquiry to be made
into the matier.
DEATH OF M. BLANCSUBE.
March 1st. M. Mancsubd, the deputy for Cochin-China is dead.
WILSON'S APPEAL.
March, 2nd.
M. Wilson has appealed against the judgment Lately passed on bini...
THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
March 3rd. The Chamber of Deputies is still engaged in - discussing the Budget, and has agreed to holding
two daily sessions.
MADAGASCAR. Aéyclone has caused heavy damages in the district of Tamatave, and has destroyed a portion
of the town.
GENERAL BOULANGER.
March 5th. General Boulanger has written to the War Office disavowing his candidature to any place in the Chambers,
ure attised in white from head to foot, with a
large black purse at the waist, and are all men. Tea is drank alone èr with a lemon, and the ugar enten from the hand. Eleven or fifteert cups are not too many for an old tea-drinker. The salutes on board the German war vessel Sophie in commemoration of the death of the Emperor William, and the ascension to the throne of the Crown Prince Frederick William, were thoughtfully postponed from yesterday until today in order not to interfere with the church services and other Sunday solemnities. THE fact that men are wearing red neck scarfs and bright linings to their coat sleeves and that ailors put a bright colored piece of V-shaped Silk in the back of the waistband of trousers, leads a Cincinnati philosopher to argue that men are drifting back to the days " of blue silk coats, yellow vests, green knee-breeches and lace collars."
THERE were lynched in the United States during the year 1887, no fewer than one hundred and wenty-three persons. Of the various States and territories Texas heads the list, with fifteen lynchings, and Mississippi is entitled to second place, with fourteen to her credit. All the victims were males, eighty of them being
negroes.
THEY got on nicely apart." My dear," said her mother, you should never allow any hasty cnotion to lead you into a love match with a poor man, Both your papa and myself were blessed with plenty of means, and you see how nicely we have got on together," "Yes, mam ma, replied the maiden, "but you know you lived in Paris nine months of the year, while papa was in New York."
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THE Director of the United States Mint has estimated the values of the standard coins of the various nations of the world, to be proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury on Jan. 1. As heretofore the values of the gold coins have been ascertained by comparing the amount of pure gold in such coins with the amount in the gold dollar of the United States, and in countries of the double standard the silver coins have been given the the silver coins of countries having a silver stand same valuation as the gold coins, the values of ard have been reckoned at the market value of the pure ever contained in such coins, based on the price of silver in London for the three months ended Dec. 24. The average price of silver for this period, with exchange at par, was $090045 per ounce fine, a declive four the same period of last year of 3.89.100 cents per ounce fine. This occasioned reductions in the valua- tions of the following coins from Jan. 1, 1887 The Florin of Austria from So 359 to So 31.5: the Boliviano of Bolivia from So 72.7 to So 69.9: the sucre of Ecuador from $0 72.7 to So 699; the rupee of India from 30 344 to $0 32.2; the silver yen of Japan from $ 78. 4 to. $0 75,3; the dollar of Mexico from $0 79 to So 75.9; the sot of Peru from So 73.7 10 0 69.9: the ruble of Russia from $0 58.2 to 30 55.9; the mahbub of Tripoll from 30 65.6 to 80 63: the pesa of the United States of Colombia from So
U-TZ-WAN 2. Carrells and anOTHER, $50,000.
This was a claim made by the plaintiff, damages alleged to have been sustained through malicious prosecution and false imprisonment at the instance of the defendants, in connection with the Arson case heard in May last at the Supreme Court in Criminal Sessious, particulars of which were published in our issues of the 27th and 28th of the same month.
Mr. Stewart-Lockhart moved that a vote of thanks be passed to Mr. Hayllar for the efficient manner in which he had acquitted himself g Secretary, which was carried by acclamation.
On the motion of Mr. W. H. Young, seconded by Mr. Sampson, Mr. Wright was elected hon
The Secretary gave notice that owing to his all, is simply making a burlesque of what in nil constant occupations he could not dispose of, sporting circles pught to be considered a very sufficient time to carry out his duties as hon, important matter. Nobody in this colony odas "secretary'"; "le"propoted that str. C. H. TROME ON i knows what a thoroughly, stanch spotamu Mr. be elected in his stead. Mr W. H. Young W. H. Forbes has been for the past generation would think of grudging him the trophy he has 'striven so hard to win, and we feel assured that My. M. Heart although only a local yachtsman of yes tenlay, would be the last to seele to deprive the veteran Commodore of laurets fairly wor; but personal desire and predictions must be set aside where a principle is involved, as certainly appears to be the case in this Douglas Cop dispute. Mr. Forbes in too much of a gentleman and far too good a sportsman to accept any prize user equivocal circumstances, and it is on that nequust that we do not hesitate to speak plainly. Notwithstanding the conclusions and opinions of the three referees printed above, we deliberately state that on the printed evidence alone-vide Mr. Forbes's letter dated the oth || Jan—the Naomi should have been at once disqualified for a breach, of the laws of yacht
Club, the Thames, the Clyde, or, any other. racing and our opinion will be confirmed if the question is 'referred to the New York Yacht
leading yachting association.
treasurer,
After several suggestions had been mad, relating to alterations and additions to last year's programme it was agreed to leave this matter n the hands of the Committee, and the meeting then broke up..
THE "DOUGLAS CUP" DECISION.
for the Douglas Challenge Cup on the 8th of It will be remembered that after the yacht race January last, Mr. Montague Beart, owner of the Kathleen, which finished second, lodged a protest against the Naomi receiving the Cup on the ground that during the race the owner of the winning yacht.applied for and received outside assistance, contrary to the accepted rules of yacht sailing. Mr. Deart alleged, when the Naomi was trying to make the White Rocks in the darkness of the Saturday night, that either the owner or sailing master requested some foreigners who were on board a steam 'aunch. that was accompanying the competitors in
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FIRE IN QUEEN'S ROAD,
A fire broke out in Queen's Road at a little before five o'clock this morning and burnt with great rapidity and force up to about six or half past six, when by the efforts of the Brigade and
good supply of water, the thymes began to show evident appearances of subsidence. It is accident, to direct them to the White Rocks,
Said to have originated in the cellar or basement and that this was done, the Naomi thereby of No. 137, the shop of a wrich-malcer, and very obtaining an unfair advantage over the other soon the houses on each side were burning competing yachts. In some correspondence that furiously, The Brigades were quickly on the took place Mr. Forbes, owner of the Maomi, ad-spot, and began the fun with No. 5 engine, mitted, to use his own words, that we did ask the Nos. 4 and 3geting into play very soon launch that was near us at the time to pick up the after, and pouring a good stream of water White Rocks, for us," but he denied taking any on the burning mass of the four tall houses, in- unfair advantage of the other yachts, alleging mediately franting Queen's Road and opposite that at the time we were close to the Rock and the "Stag Hotel, which appears to be a some- could have found it in a minute or two without what unfortunate locality in consideration offices. the assistance of the launch," Mr Forbes further-No.-t-flofting-engine-was-also-in-altendance-and- stated that" before the launch found the Rock sent a liberal supply of water up the narrow tho- we had picked the small islands to the cast roughfare of Gilinan Street, but notwithstanding forward, and had already altered our course for the the promptness of the engineers and the Brigades Rock before the launch whistled; and also their ready means of extinguishing the flames that he had ordered the launch to remain at
were not effective till the roofs and floors of three the White Rocks so as to show the other yachts to a pile of ruins. The long granite supports over houses had fallen, and the walls had been reduced where it was."
floors, and it was noticeable and peculiar feature the doorways soon followed the falling of the
in this fire, which builders and inspectors should not fail to make a note of, that these granite long before the corresponding worden beans supports cracked and splintered into fragments within the verandahs, and thus much nearer further than having their the fire-showed any signs of being damager
outer surfaces wooden beams held on, and are still standing blackened and calcined; as, however, these and supporting a considerable weight of brick- work, it may be inferred that their interior this is sul more curious in face of the fact sections have received but slight damage, and
and floors, are reduced to fallen wreck, and that even the brick-work of the buildings, walls complete ruin.. In look at the burning frag- ments this evening it was noticeable that neatly the whole of the rafters of the floors of all ar most of the houses, were completely honey. combed by a kind of worm which leaves a track more like that of the teredo than the white-ant, then these beams appeared to boas dry as tinder to their very hearts. The burnt out property, of three storeys, was occupied on the lower floors, respectively, by a watch and clock maker, a Chinese Bink, a money changer and a pawn shop.
Mr. E. L. O'Malley, Attorney General, and Mr. A. Robinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. J. Ackroyd, Registrar General, for the & Co, who are agents for the Prussian National defendants-Mr. 1. H. Garrels, of Mears, Meyer Insurance Company, of Stettin, and Mr. E. L Riuter, of Messrs. Pustau & Co., agents for the Fire Insurance Company, of Hamburg.
These were all the facts of the case laid before the public, so that the question at issue seemed to be reduced to a very simple: matter. Mr. Beart's objection was a perfectly legitimato one, although merely based on a technical point of yacht racing law, and there can be no denying that in every respect. Of course, there aught only to on the published evidence his protest was sound
kind; the Hongkong Yacht Club is the arbiter of have been one way of settling a dispute of this all local yachting matters, and as this particular Special Jury-Messrs. Ezekiel A. Solomon, should have decided the objection one way or The following gentlemen were empanelled as race was sailed under Club rules the Committee Rackenzie Gray, E W Croce, H Mother without the slightest difficulty and in Huntington, T. E. Davies, Andrew Veitch, and very few minutes. It would appear, how ver, A. Findlay Smith.
that this, the proper mode of dealing with Mr. Beart's protest, did not suggest itself to those aquatic circles were eventually selected to decide concerned, and thrco gentlemen, well known in the question. And this is their official deci-
Attorney General stated the plaintiff's case to Alr. Robinson having read the pleadings, the the jury. He summarizet the circumstances which led to the plaintiff being arrested in March last year, indicted at the Magistracy and then at the Criminal Sessions, for arson. The Jury returned the following verdict on June he have already agreed upon our verdict; and do not think there is any use in calling evidence for the defence; we unani- nously find the prisoner not guilty"-upon which U-ta-Wan was discharged." The plaintiff and false imprisonment. He, the Attorney now claimed damages for malicious prosecution General, would bring sufficient evidence to prove that there was no reasonable cause, no circumstances whatever that could justify the defendants in prosecuting the plaintiff plaintiff's property they were certainly entitled, in the way they did. As Insurers of the io institute certain enquiries to discover the premises on the 24th March; but they were not justified in arresting him undera charge of argon. The plaintiff, as a man of business, had sustained considerable losses through the criminal prosecu tion which he had to undergo, and as he has been acquitted of the serious charge which was levelled at his character, he now comes before the Court of Justice to claim darnages to the amount $50,000 against the defendants.
The following witnesses were then examined at great length-Messrs. A. V. Deacon and Ernest Reuter, after which His Lordship adjourned the further hearing of the case till to-morrow.
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THE HONGKONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC SPORTS.
of the Hongkong Amateur Athletic Sports and On Saturday evening a meeting of the members of gentlemen generally interested in Athletics was held at the Victoria Recreation Club for the purpose of passing the accounts, drawing out a and doing the general business of the Committee. programme of sports for the forthcoming season, Mr. R. K. Leigh having taken the chair, Mr. W. H. Young, the treasurer, read the statement of accounts, which showed a balance of $43 for the year ended the 31st December, 1887. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. J. Sampson, the accounts were passed.
Mr. H. F. Hayllar, the Secretary, informed the meeting that the first day the Cricket Grbund would be vacant was Saturday, the 7th April, and he proposed that the sports be held on that day. The Chairman seconded, and the date was fixed.
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. E. R. Delilios offering to subscribe $50 every year to the sports, to provide for prizes. The Chairman proposed that the offer be accepted and that the donor be thanked for his generous gift. Mr. C. H. Thomson seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously.
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Hongkong, 7th March, 3788. We, the Undersigned, hare very carefully consideret the deli suteed by Small Tear against the hamm in tecost yacht race for the Durga Challenge Chip, and have arrived at the conclusion that the said objection can sustained, and that the cup was fa sly won by Lie Naouil.
TE, BURNIE. (Signed) {H} H. TRIPP. L. WOODIN. much to be desired.
We venture to think that this decision leaves impugning the professional capacity of the Without in the least
gentlemen concerned, it appears to us that the wording of the judgment must inevitably suggest that the three referees could only tion they were called upon to decide. have had a very hazy notion of the ques As we have already indicated the matters at against the Naomi on the simple ground that assistance from a certain steam launch was asked for and obtained to enable the yacht to find the White Rocks. All the referees had to do therefore was, in the first place, to find whether this assistance was asked for and rendered, and secondly, in the event of such evidence being forthcoming, whether the course adopted by those in charge of the Naomi was in accordance with the laws of yacht racing. There was no need for any careful consideration as to Mr. Beart's objection, and the gratuitous conclusion arrived at by the referees that "the cup was fairly won by the Vacs" is altogether beside the point. There can be no question that if Mr. Forbes was assisted by the steam launch to find the White Rocks, he acted contrary to the laws of yacht sailing, and notwithstanding the certainty that no idea of unfair play or taking undue advantage of the other competitors ever entered his heat, his yacht should have been disqualified. On this point there can be no doubt. whatever. The only question for the referees, therefore, was whether or not the Naomt had such assistance. It would seem from the wording of the finding of the referees that they never even inquired into the only matter they were competent to deal with. We, of course, assume that the no doubt valuable personal opinions and conclusions of the worthy gentlemes are not to be allowed to over-ride the evidence of facts and the recognised rules of all the yacht clubs in the civilised world! Was Mr. Beart invited to give formal evidence of the nature of his protest against the Naomi Were the two gentlemen in the steam-launch, who are alleged to have been asked to find the White Rocks and who actually, did so, called either to substantiate or disprove Mr. Bear's allegations? Was Mr. Forbes asked whether or not he asked for and received the assistance alleged If this course were not adopted the decision of the referees is a complete farce and not worth the paper it is written on.
NAVAL MEN.
BY ONE WHO KNOWS THEM.
It would be a considerable gain, to the study. of social philosophy if we could get accurate descriptions of the different types of character formed by our professional divisions and their attempt of the kind in our tight literature; hat the books to which it, gave tise were generally.. inere imitations of the French physiologies; written by comedians who only aimed at being funny. More recently the clergyman, the Cantab, by our peculiar institutions, have found analysts and other varieties of our countrymen as modified and exponents; and an apology is hardly required list. The permanence of professional types is from anybody who endeavours to add to the by itself too curious fact not to make the whole subject interesting; especially when wo remember that it exists in defiance, as it were, of the general law which is making all society. more similar and uniform. Commodore Trunnion is gone and Parson Trulliber is gone, but the representatives of Trunnion and Trulliber are little more like cach other than their respective ancestors were. Admiral Napier or Admiral Boxer hardly resembled Bishop Blomfield or Bishop, Murray more than Bentow did Compton, or Hawke resembled Hurd. The tendency of events is of course to reduce even such extreme dissimil- arities as these; but the slowness of the process shows very markedly the tenacity of tradition, the force of education and habit, the power of special occupation, and the strength generally of all those influences which go to develop distinct species of characters out of people of the same class.
M. Darlot has been elected President of the MR. FREDERICK ELLISON, who was appointed 72.7 to So E9.9; the bolivar of Venezuela from origin of the fire which took place at U-z-Wan's issue were in a nutshell. Mr. Beart protested subdivisions. Some years ago there was an
Consul to the island of St. Helena by President 19-3 to $0 14. Heretofore Venezuela has had the double standard, but by the law of May 27, Cleveland, has returned to Washington to tender his resignation of the position. He says that 1887, silver was made the standard, of value. The Director has also estimated the value of St. Helena is so dismal that he wonders Napoleon monetary units of the Central American States, survived so long as he did his exile on that Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, the silver dreary rock. Mr. Ellison landed on the island at night. Had he reached it in the daytime he peso, the value given it being $0 69,9 says he would never have gone ashore. ABOUT a fortnight ago we received a letter from Tientsin from a Mr. J. C. Dunn, who complains YAN YAU-TIN godown keeper in the employ about our reproducing from the Shanghai of Messrs. Carlowitz & Co., nd living at Wan Courier certain correspondence from Paking chai, was this morning cha d by the compra. which, he says, reflects unfairly on himself. dore of the firm with stealing 1650 piculs of old Mr. Dunn very truly remarks that we have no Bron of the value of $3298. The complainant motive for either offending or defaming him, to said the iron had been stolen by the accused which we have to add that until his letter reached between June 1886, and the present time, us we were quite unaware that the correspondence and had all been taken from the Wancha
be complains of had any objectionable reference godown between those dates. The defendant either to himself or to his business. We have had no questions to put, and no defence to make. also to express regret that, owing to the some- He was remanded by Mr. Wodehouse till thewhat serious illness of the Editor of this journal, 19th inst.
Mr. Dunn's communication has been so long THE Correa Macaense of the 9th inst in neglected. Now, however, we will make all notifying that the fish monopoly which was put
possible amends by placing our correspondent's up at Macao for public tender on the 5th, realised of justice to which he is fairly entitled. The statements before our readers, as a simple act only $7,300 being about half the sum it had fetched last year, says that it is time the Government of Feking correspondence complained of, mentions the Holy City abandoned the erroneous polley of Mr. Dunn's name as manager of a new farming out the supplies of food, as the result bank to be established in Tientsin, a state- invariably is that the farmers tax the com
ment to which he takes exception. He further munity with prohibitive prices and supply them says that the whole of the references con- with a far inferior article than that which they cerning the Syndicate, Jardine's, the Comptoir are entitled to. It is suggested that the Govern d'Escompte, the Tungchow railway, the offer of ment levy a direct tax on the sellers of fish. money at five per cent, the establishment of a rather than resort to indirect taxation by collect
bank, the disfaver in which the projected bank is ing from the farmers the original contribution held the Yellow River loan, and the Amur loan, and vesting him with rights and privileges which are a tissue of lying inventions, and that not one are highly detrimental to the consumers at large. of these assertions has the slightest foundation in fact, This is pretty steep accuration A VERY Impressive funeral service in comuns against the band Alder of the Courier's Peking moration of the death of the late Emperor correspondent, but Mr. Dunn goes a great deal William was held yesterday aftemoon on board farther. He says be knows the writer of these the H.I.G.M.'s corvette, Sophie, before a numerous liesbe mentions a name, which we, of course attendance of naval officers and men. The omit and gives the owner of the name a German Consul and a great portion of the character which would send a Methodist parson German community, in addition to several to penal servitude. Mr. Dunn further tells us The Patrons forthis year are :-H.E. Sir Wa- foreigners were present, All, the vessels in
that the object of the Feking correspondent's llam des Voeux, K.C.M.G, Admiral Sir Nowell harbour had their flaga half-mast, the British men: letter is blackmail that for some time Salmon, K.C.D., H.E. Major-General Cameron, German ensign on the main-mast in token of of war and the Rumlan corvette Villas flying the past there have been certain persons in C.B., Hon. J. Russell, C.M.G.; Commodore
Tientsin and Peking who have been levying Maxwell. mourning. Minute guns were fired this fore. blackmail with occasional success, and that as Stewards-Licut-Col. Anderson, Hon. J. Bell- noon, commencing at 8 am, by the Sophie, soon as the offensive paragraph regarding Irving, Hon, C. P. Chater, Lieus Col. Cook, Mr. H.M.S. Victor Emanuel, the shore battery and himself pass into libel or defamation he will. Layton, Hon. W. M. Deane, Mr. E.L. Woodin, the Russian corvette. A royal salute for the take legal proceedings against the Courier. So Mr. W. H. Forbes, Deputy Surg.-Gen. Lewer, new Emperor was fired at noon by the Sophie, far so good." Mr. Dunn can do whatever he thinks Mr. M. Grote, Mr. H. Hoppius, Col. Hughes, and responded to be the other war ships in best as regards our Shanghai contemporary, and Hon. A. P. MacEwen, Capt. Smythies, Dr. harbour and the shore battery"-
as far as we are personally concerned we have. Mortimer, Col. Craster, Hon. P. Ryrie. Mr. E. A. no desire to tracomell his freedom of action. Solomon, Col. Stevens, Col. Storer, Mr. T. Two fishermen found dredging on the man-of- There is certainly nothing defamatory, nor any- Jackson, Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, C.M.G., Mr. war anchorage early this morning were charged thing approaching a libel in the Peking leter W. G. Brodie, Mr. T. H. Whitehead, Mr. J. at the Police Court with the offence, and we.re-published from the Courier last January, Thurburn, and Mr. E. W. Rutter. having no excuses of a reasonable nature were | and, prima facit there is nothing offensive to The following gentlemen were elected as fined by Mr. Wise in the sum of four dollars Mr. Dann or to anybody else that we can dis-officers for this year:-Committee Meas. each. If the Police authorities paid half-as cover. However, our policy has always been C. S. Darff, A. Denison Major Ells, Lieut. much attention to the filthy condition of Queen's plainly marked, and we have no intention of Road-the east end of it-to the sickening any departure from it. Any information from and offensive displays of garbage and the the North that we consider of interest to our generally unwholesome and disgusting appear readers we shall certainly publish, at the same ance of that part of our main thoroughfare time taking every precaution against injuring or and roadway, as they do to the wretched prejudicing the legitimate interests of individuals. boatmen and sampan women-in-the harbour, More than that we decline to promise to Mr. Hongkong would quickly become in that parti Dann or to anybody else. In another column culur part-what it ought to have long been ---
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we reproduce from the Shanghai Courier an place where a white man could walk or ride article dealing with this subject, in response to without feeling ashamed of many of his country. a lawyer's deiter from Mr. Duna, which would men in their miserable efforts at running a give that gentleman the opportunity for the city."
publicity he appears so earnestly to desing, •
LOCAL AND GENERAL. A SMART writer has designated the adjective the bustle of literature--a deformity rather than an ornament, and generally useless.
Te retains of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ending March 11th, are:--Europeans 222, Chinese 2712; total, 2,934. AR Emergency meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. 1016, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland trect, this evening at 8.30 for go'clock precisely Visiting.brethren are cordially invited. THE Band of the Northamptonshire Regiment will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, to-morrow evening, from 7.30 till to o'clock. The following will be the programme.
March......Unter Kameradan"...... Overture.....Willium Tell". Vallikado",
Fount Rosstul. Ducales.. Aria............ spitants":
Verdi. Selection.....py Life" Salection. Durority. Thiere.
Cellier's. John Moran, Dandmaiter.
THE appointment of Mr. A. Pacheco to the post of Administrador, which is equivalent to that of our Registrar-General, is strongly deprecated by the Correio. Mr. Pacheco is Commander of the National Battalion, and a lawyer, and it is said his official duties in the former capacity preclude all possibility of his rendering efficient service in the Civil Department which he how occupies, In a colony where military and naval men occupy Almost every position of importance and trust in its general administration, we wonder who could feel surprised at the appointment of an officer of the Battalion to fill the place of Registrar- General
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Graham, J. Grant, F. A. Hazeland, K. Koch, Lieut. Metcalfe, Major Tripp, Capt. Reynolds, Messis. R. K. Leigh. J. Sampson, H. F. Hayllar, Commander Rumsey, R.N., Mr. J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Mr. H. N. Thompson, A M.S.
Handicappers Major Ellis, Major Tripp, Messi A. K. Travers, F. A. Hazeland, and W. H. Young-Clerk of the Course-Major, Tripp-Starter-Mr., W. H. Young Judges Major Ellis, Elon. W. M. Deane, Mr. M. Grote, and Mr. R. K. Leigh-Referee Mr. E Woodin-Time-keepers-Messrs. Fraser-Smith and J. Sampson,
What makes our naval men a good subject even for the humblest social philosopher, is that they form so marked a type, from the peculiar isolation of their employment, and the altogether. unique way in which they are trained up. They are bred is their profession, while other people are bred for theirs. The soldier, the parson, the barrister are men before they begin to be acted upon by their special pursuits; hut the naval man entera ne a youngster, and is moulded while his clay is still very soft. He is not prepared for his work by a school, but the work itself is his school. This primary fact at once gives naval men very distinctive slope of their This objection was a purely technical one, own, and explains the resemblance which and should have been decided on Its strict legal runs through the whole body. They are like mests. There cannot, we think, be the slightest nobody else, and they are very like each other. doubt that the Naomi required no assistance. If a "swell is an Admitral, he is generally thore whatever to win the race with the greatest ease; Admiral that "swell." There are few such glaring nor can there be the slightest suspicion of any differences in the Navy as between the old school unfair play on the part of those on board. Mrrected and the literate, the judge who has begun Forbes's yacht. But unfortunately these facts as a bagman and the judge who was the crack have no direct connosion whatever with Mr. boy at Eton. Differences there are, no doubt, but Beart's protest. The owner of the Kathleen not so marked as the general difference between claims that a well known yachting rule was naval men and non-naval men. violated by the Naomi, and if he could prove Having thus briefly illustrated the peculiarities that; no matter whether it was caused by of the naval man, let us inquire more closely how thoughtlesiness or a simple error of judgment, he is formed. With regard to the materials, disqualification was bound to follow. Sympathy they are inuch the same as in the other leading for the plucky yachtsman who had fought sa profession. The Navy has never been.com perseveringly for many years to gain possession: sidered quite so: aristocratic a profession as the of the roveted trophy was quite, outside the Army, and perhaps it has never been so in the point submitted to the referees simply to vulgar sense of that mech abused word. The go by the evidence and by the laws of yacht majority of our great admirals have been of racing. It seems that they called hosdetailed gentle familles, and there are always some of evidence and totally ignored the only standard the noblest British names in the Navy List. But laid down for their guldance. In such case their on the other hand the Nayy is not a profession very careful considemtion of the objection, into which titled men and rich men go for a few and their conclusion that the cup was fairly years to spend money, as the Army is If from won by the Naomi" are equally worthless. If this fact it loses a certain splendour, it also the refurces can state, as they ought to have done, escapes the ridiculous scandals, which have that they have called all available evidence and attended particularregiments-hussar regimente, that such evidence does not support Mr. Beart's for instance, the names of which will occur to protest, then the matter is ended and no one has everybody in the present generation. So 100, Hit- reason to complain 1 but to decide an objection misses the magnificent Enri de Rhino, who might of this kind without going into the evidence at possibly gild the lower biasis at his own expensey
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