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The Hongkong Telegraph.
Hongkong, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1,1, 1888,
TELEGRAM S.
(Reuter.)
THE RIOTS IN FRANCE.
LONDON, August 9th The nots continue in Paris and Amiens, and the streets have been cleared by cavalry.
LORD SALISBURY AT THE MANSION HOUSE. Lord Salisbury, in a speech made at the Mansion House, culogized. the Czar and the Emperor William, and stated that the prospects for the maintenance of European peace were much better than they had been for many years.
(From Straits Times).. MR. PARNELL AND THE "TIMES:"
LONDON, August 3rd. Mr. Matthews, the Attorney General, declaring in the House of Commons that the primary object of the Parnell Enquiry Bill is to verify the state. ments of The Times regarding the connection of Irish members with, crime, and that the Bill is not introduced for the purpose of enabling such members to clear themselves, Mr. R. T. Rend, Q.C., moved an amendment limiting the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1858.
Hayasaki Hichiro, 1.J.N., commander of the Amagi Kan, which took place at Jenchuan on the 20th utt., from an attack of tyhoid fever, al the comparatively early age of forty. A preli minary funeral ceremony was held on board ship the same night, Acting-Minister Kondo, Consul Hashiguchi, and other officials being present, in addition to the ships' officers 'and crew. The Amagi Kan arrived here on Sun- day, with the corpse of deceased on board, for the purpose of receiving the instructions of
deceased's relatives.
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IN. June last the number of bod es cremated in the district of Teklo was 828, of which 450 were males and 398 females.
EERY body may not know that the poorest paid of England's State official is the Hampton Court Palace Raleatcher, who serves Her Majesty for 8 per annum. The only signifi. cance attaching to this hoary bilet lies in the 8, and the fact that the present, holder is a blue. blooded old dowager, who faints at the mere
mention of a mouse."
If the Straits Times can be accepted as an authority, there is a probability of the thrice drowned and always resuscitated Remenyi paying a professional visit to India during the coming cold season. It is a short step from
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PATIENT-I wish you would prescribe for me, doctor. I am nervous and restless and my sleep is disturbed by nightmares hideous enough for delirium tremens. Doctor-Possibly your heart is diseased. Do you lie on the right side? Patient-Great Scott, doctor, I thought you knew that I am running a missionary newspaper and have to be on all sides. THIRTEEN students in the Hongkong College of medicine for Chinese attended at the City Hall last night for viva voce examination. Their Kong Wing Wau, Sun Yat Sen, Kwong Yin Wa, names were-Messrs. J. Wang, Wong Eroch, N. U. Kai, Yeung Chi Yuen, Kwan Shing Leong, Lau Taz Fuk, Sit Nam, Wong Sai Yan, Choa Hoong Shan, and Chon Pok Swel. The examiners appointed-some of whom did not attend-were: Dotany (Mes rs. Ford and Sampson); Anatomy (Dr. Ayres, Surgeon Thompson, A.M.S., Dr. Dr Jordan); Chemistry (Mr. W. E. Crow, Mr. Taylor); Materia Medica (Dr. Gerlach, Mr. Nicd- hardt): Physics (Dr. Chalmers, Mr. Denby) Che- | mical Observations (Dr. Manson, Dr. Sparrow, RN.) The examination was not completed, a few subjects being held over until to-night, when the results will be stated.
THE Avenir du Tonkin is informed that a rail. way will soon connect the port of Fakhol with the iron and coal mines of Ling-chan. The proximity of the latter locally to the frontiers of Kwang-si la said to promise a great development of trade.
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FOUR new French trans-Atlantic mail steamers have been placed at the disposal of the Minister of Marine in Paris, to serve as auxiliary cruisers in case of mobilisation of the Navy. Wirt reference to the stranding of the Zerinnci the Shanghai Mercury of the 6th inst. says:- We are glad to hear that very favourable news, was received this morning froin the steamship Leesang, and there is every, hope of her being floated on or before the spring tides have finished. The holds are all dry and there is now water only in the engine-room. The typhoon that is blowing outside at the present time is not likely to reach where she is now stranded, the indications being that it is travelling to the north-east,
THX N.-C. Daily News reports that at Ichang, at the end of July, the river rose ten fret in two days, the watermark being 45 feet on the 30th, The country was flooded all round I-to," and there were fearfully strong freshets in the river. SOMETIME last night a large boulder, weighing several hundredweight, fell from near Plantation Road, bounded down the ravine, and struck the Peak Tramway bridge above the curve, bending a girder. The rall was not injured, but it was deemed advisable to stop the running of the cas dane in time for the resumption of traff until the girder was sirnightened. That was this afternoon We understand that 4. Company intend to apply to the Government for power to control the removal of stone in the vicinity of the line, to prevent as far as possible a recurrence of such, accidents. * Tue Nagasaki Rising Sun of the 1st Instant Calcutta to Hongkong, and as the great Hunga says:We regret to hear of the death of Captain clan violinist had a good time in the Far Fast Cantlie); Physiology (Dr. Ho Kai, Dr. Atkinson, on the occasion of his former visit he will pro bably come again." The "old gentleman clean gone on curios. By the way; we wonder what has become of Frank Weston DECIDEDLY a little typhoony were the heavy gusts and willwows together with the tremendous rain which characterised the weather of last night and during the early hours of this THE suppression of the general Budget for French Indo-China, which was lately announced morning. All day yesterday, and even on Thursday, the ordinary course of the prevailing in the Saigon and Haiphong papers, is, accord monsoon had been interrupted; the sun dising to the Avenir du Tonkin, only a temporary appeared behind a heavy canopy of leaden
and a tentative measure, agreed upon between THIS morning three more defaulters against the
Mi. Floquet, the French Premier, and M. laws which regulate verandahs appeared at the
zout of go to 239 and ultimately to
which it now stands at; the wind Constans, the Governor-General of Indo-China. Police Court, before" Mr. Sercombe-Smith i-
"M. got
"On the and June, says our contemporary," into the east and Nature generally answer charges brought against them by the appeared to be somewhat of sorts. Two P. Floquet addressed an official letter to M. Constans Public Works Department. Mr. R. F. Drusy.&O. and one Canadian Pacific steamer were in which he notified the decision taken by the Gay-
ernment of enforcing as a trial the new system of a clerk of that department, said he bad given behind time in their arrival, the Intter of which, the occupier of No. 64 Queen's Road West the Zamberi, has not yet put in an appearance: special budgets for each of the colonies of Indo notice to take down the framework of his The Mirsapere has not reported anything China. M. Constans expressed his readiness to verandah on the 21st ult, but on calling yester wrong, but the Chi-yuen informs us that she met be useful to the colonies, but remarked that he day he found it still up. Dependant explained bad weather off the Saddles on Sunday night, could not consistently undertake to enforce the to the Court that he kept it up because it was when it blew a heavy south-west-gale, with a
new 'measure, after having voted against it; he bandy for drying wet clothes. He was fined high sea; which continued to obstruct her either would rather leave the affair in the hands of an 825. Two others charged with the same offence in the shape of sea or swell all the way to the
Acting Governor, As the period during which and having no valid excuses were fined in Nine Pins. Her lowest bar, reading was 29.37.
the new law operates_expires in October next, it corresponding sums of $25 each.
is presumed that M, Constans will either return Marine of the following countries in, the year of Governor-General of Indo-China. 1885 was as follows:-The British Empire THERE was a very prevalent idea amongst out 4.293,115, the United Kingdom 3.969,728, United near ancestors that their earth was not much States (rivers) 1,30%,511, United States (ocean) more than five or six thousand years old; and 186,406, France 493,396, Germany 420,605, then a later and more scientific school of thinkers Hamburg 188,296, Italy 124,600, Norway 114,108, and workers came to the surface, and with a Sweden 110,151, Holland 108,422, Bremen smile of something very like contempt laid aside only 7 months at sea-showed that, they 101,256, Denmark 89,815, Austro-Hungary 82,171, the old theory and hinted whisperingly, at 50,000 and Belgium 79,009. In the years 1840, 1850,
as being considerably nearer the truth. But and 1860 the United States of America headed the list, but in 1875, the United Kingdom had day have completely knocked the bottom out of compeicat geological authorities of the present passed her, and had an excess of 774.529 and all such limited beliefs. They stand up now on the British Empire by a still much larger
Glacial Period in Britain ended about 20,000 in account for. From 1816 to 1860 the United
years ago, and that it continued over the islands States was busily employed in fitting out steamers for possibly 62,000 years. Before that longish principally for its enormous system of rivers, spell, between drinks of a naturally solvent fluid, which in so many cases answered the purposes there was the Pliocene epoch, immeasurably of railroads. By the year 1865 this rush for longer than the whole expanse of recent time, river steam navigation had pretty well subsided, and before that again the still longer Miocene, while the demand for an ocean steam service
and then the Eocene, immeasurably longer than from Great Britain to her colonics and other countries, was just about being felt. Then in
all the others put together. These three periods, the years between 1856 and 1866 the Americans subjected to the ordinary powers of simple addi- discovered that wooden ocean steamers could only equal to a single division of the Secondary, tion produced the Tertiary period, which was not compete with vessels constructed of iron, and which, in its turn, was but a patch on the carryinty in consequence felt out of the ocean incomprehensible vastness of the Primary cons. carrying trade. Their system of protection, virins fice trade, also held them back as THE following appears in the Japan Mail: compared with other European states who, excepting France, had their iron steam fleets Professor Sekiya writes from Inawashiro, under built in British dockyards. In 1875 France, date the 27th instant :-"Bandai-san continues also, forged ahead of America in ocean steam quiet. The heavy rains have rendered the ships; in '78 Germany, went by, in '83 Hamburg descent to the crater dangerous owing to land. came up and passed her, and in this present slips. in the crater's walls and at other steep year of grace 1888 is is supposed that Italy; places. It has not yet been possible, therefore, Norway, Sweden and Holland are ahead of the to take any accurate measurements. The work Great Republic in ocean steam shipping.
of making an outlet for the pent up waters of SIR SAMUEL BAKER, at the age of 67, appears has been actively commenced. Large numbers the Nagase-gawa, near the village of Nagasaka, to have used up some of his wonderful energy of men are engaged. But already the rice- as a traveller and to have now turned his active fields belonging to several villages have begun mind to the interesting question of Home and
to suffer from want of water. A sad incident of the catastrophic is that severe fighting has taken place between the men of various villages England who are more readily listened to than for the possession of available water. Each Sir Samuel, and there are few, retired travellers village now finds it necessary to post a watch better able to express a correct opinion on such night and day to prevent marauding of this subjects, but like all able men of many accom- character." We mentioned in a recent issue that plishments the indefatigable African explorer is disturbance of the system of Irrigation was one sometimes found a little out of his reckoning, as
of the serious consequences of the eruption. might very well be expected, in going over new Considerable areas of rice-fields are totally ground. All that Sir Samuel says about the destroyed by the mud deluge, and those that defenceless condition of Hongkong is correct remain are threatened with destruction for want enough, but still perfectly well known to the of water. Only this incident, described by Home and Colonial authorities. Further, he Professor Seklya, was needed to complete the thinks that a Russian Squadron-as we our sad picture the miserable survivors of the selves intimated some three months ago calamity sacrificing lives that had been almost might lay this tows in ashes on the breaking miraculously saved in order to preserve the
remnant of sustenance spared by the volcano.
SERMONS on behalf of the Church Missionary Society will be preached in St. Peter's Church to morrow, in the morning at 11 o'clock by the Rev. J. B. Ost, and at in the evening by the Right Rev. Bishop Burdon. The offertory collec tions will be given to the Society. HERE is a "naaty jar" for the Pope. The Norfolk News traces the origin of boycotting to the Council of Tours in 1163. At this Council the following decree was issued: "We command all blahops: and priests to keep A STEAM life-boat embracing all the safe and watchful eye upon the heretics, and to forbid all buoyant features of the original national life-bont men, under pain of excommunication, to harbour, seems at last to have been accepted by the or assist, or trade with them, that so, through Committee of experts whose business it is to deprivation of the benefits of society; they may be forced to repent of their error. And whoso
examine all such models forwarded to them. ever shall attempt to oppose the decree shall be For many years the officers of the Royal National Life-boat Institution have been trying to find a smitten with the same anathema."
good and safe plan of propelling life-boats THE Straitę. Times of the 3rd inat. anys:His mechanically, and of the numerous models and Honour Sir T. T. Ford delivered judgment this drawings forwarded them from all parts of morning in the cross case for damages between Europe, and the United States not one-till the steamers Hebe and Arratoon Apcar, which lately-commended itself to their netice 'ns arose from a collision between the two ships in which life-boats have to perform their work. being adapted to meet the trying conditions under the Straits of Malacca in the month of May last His Honour commenced to read his judgment, model was sent in from Messrs. Green & Co.. But at the beginning of the present year a which was a considerably long one, shortly after the well-known shipowners and shipbuilders of it am. The attendance in Court was very small, Blackwall, which, having passed through various His Honour proceeded first to comment apon modifications, has at last been accepted, and which of the two stories, as narrated in evidence the inventors have been instructed to build the by the chief witness on each side, was the more first National steam life boat to be used as an probable story to belleve. He felt bound experiment. She is to be so feet long, 13 feet from the evidence, to believe the story of beam, and to be propelled by a turbine wheel, the Arratsen Apcar. In the evidence for the worked by an engine developing 170 boric Hebe there were discrepancies impossible power. Such a boat, if successful, will neces to reconcile and numerous contradictions on sarily it is said-only be answerable for deep very important points. There was also in the water harbours, and not for sandy beaches. same story the gross antecedant improbability If the boat is a success the inventors will take that the Arration Apcar had passed abeam a prize of £3,000 which, since 1873 has been of the Hebe and had veered round in some improved life-boat," was given by the Duke of in the market. The first prize of £3,000 for an
on the bows while both vessels were going the same rate of speed.. Besides, the three chief admittedly in opposite directions and at about witnesses for the Hebr, the gunner in charge, the steersman, and the look-out lad-for he could call him nothing else than a lad from his appearance, and who stated he had been
duties attached to their offices. From the were totally incompetent for the serious
cvidence His Honour had no doubt that the collision was primarily due to the action of the Hebe. The next question to be dealt with was whether the Arratoon, Apcar, in violation of Article 18 of the Rules and Regulations for Preventing. Collisions at Sea to be read with Section 23, was not in some way contributory to And here the difficulty arose. It was necessary the collision by not having reversed her engines? for the officer in charge to show that there was Ruler His Honour believed that that had that necessity for his not complying with the been proved. If the Arratoon Apcar had starboarded her helm with a left-hand screw it calculation afforded by the evidence, the ships would have put the ship in imminent danger of running down the Hebe, when, by the best
were only about half a mile apart. He would take the law as the last decided ease of the Benaras left it, and hold that there was that justifiable necessity required for non-obedience to Article 18. The judgment was accordingly given against the Habe. The lawyers on each side, Mr. Joaquim for the Arraiçon Apcar and Mr. Donaldson for the Hebe, agreed to settle the amount of damages.
THE steam tonnage belonging to the Mercantile to Cochin-China by that time, or resign his post unaccountable manner so as strike the Hede Northumberland in 1836 to a boat builder in
WE read that a new method of punishing di honest bank clerks is now being tried in a certain institution of that kind in New York. Some time ago a clerk's accounts were investi. gated and he was found to be several thousand dollars short. To remove and prosecute the man would have been troublesome and apt to hurt the. réputation of the bank, so they have made him stay, as if nothing had happened, but have placed him in such a position that he can take no more, and informed his fellow-clerks of the defalcation. He is avoided by the insiders, and his position is about as disagreeable as can
he will work out in time the amount he has taken and will then be discharged.. HAMILTON'S MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY of
field of inquiry, which was rejected by a'majority well be imagined. Constantly under surveillance, proportion. Such differences are hot difficut public platforms and boldly declare that the
of forty-seven.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.'
ADMIRAL KRANTZ the French Minister of Marine, has proposed a new organisation of the Naval Schools of Medicine.
THE Government Astronomer notifies that the
frauds were performing at Singapore at the beginning of the month. Miss Maggie Ford's sories of "indispositions"when no seats are booked up to the last hour-continue with praiseworthy regularity. Of all the bare-faced
impositions in the shape of professional artistes (so-called) that have planted themselves on the mistaken generosity of the Hongkong public and their name is legion-two "crowds" stand.
time-hall was dropped this day as usual, the repairs to the mast having been effected. We are informed by the local Agents of the P. and 0. 5. N. Co. that the departure of the steamer Mirsapore is, again unavoidably post-out le ca in font of to the rich Atcher's poned until 4 p.m. to-morrow.
THE American Musical Comedy and Opera Company will appear at the Theatre Royal, populat opera The Lily of K Julius, Benedict's
Killarney,"
Surprise Parly and Hamilton's Musical Bouquet, We don't count Annie St. Clais's never-to-be- forgotten appearance as a première danseuse, because that fair sylph is still rusticating some well Road, a neighbouring of the Bubbling Well Road, and she might sue us for libel
but so long as memory holds its sent' in our worn-out brain we shall never forget the picturesque spectacle presented by Annie when her "fixings" gave way during that memorable Highland Fling.
THE agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co. courteously, informs us that the Company's steamship Melbourne, with the next French mail, left Saigon at 3 pim. to-day for this port. THE Jopax Mail learns that actions for slander have been raised in the US. Consular-General Court against two sets of defendants by a married lady and her husband now resident in Yokohama.. though only 21, this morning was rup in before Colonial defence. There are few public men in
CAFTAIN R. Jones of the steamer Kong Bang, which anived here on the gth from Bangkok and Haihow, reports that an August 5th his vessel ake the American barquentine Mount Lebanon off Cape Varela, and she wished to he reported
'all well,'
CHRONO A-HDI, a member of the rogue and vagabond fraternity who is well known to the Police as a larrikin of pronounced character,
"the bank," and charged with being found in the tween-decks of the steamer Namoa engaged on a piratical expedition in quest of plunder. He was arrested by a Chinese lukong, in the early hours of this morning who, not being able to sleep just then thought he would have a lk round in a place well known to all trespassers TOMORROW moming between 9 and 10.30 who find themselves hard up for a night's lodging o'clock the steam-launch carrying the Bethel the tween-decks of a "Douglas" sicamere in flag will call alongside any vessel hoisting code reply to the magistrate, the culprit explained pennant C, to convey men ashore to i am. that he was only looking for a friend; an old service, at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, return yarn which seemed hardly good enough for Mr. ing about 12.30.
Sercombe-Smith, who ordered hit 10 ante up THE Agents of the Canadian Pacific Steamship $10. Cheong managed to see up this tum Company inform us that the teas shipped per
out of sundry greasy cerements and handed it steamer Aberdeen, which left, Yokohama on the
present National boat which frees itself of water Newcastle whose invention developed into the in two minutes, but which does not always right after being capsized with the crew of if men in their places. During the last ten years the United Kingdom has forwarded 780 models for a steam' life-boat; the United States 160, and various European countries 236,
THE new block of buildings composed of Chinese shops and dwelling houses lately finished on or near the site of the Central Market, are a decided improvement in the architecture of that part of the Fraya, and as far as appearances go we know nothing about the value of their credit on their designers. They are four-storied, actual structure-they, reflect a fair amount of appear to be well ventilated, and are not devoid should be compulsory with all house builders of a certain amount of ornamentation which who have an ambition to found their places of business in the best and most important part
present so fearfully and wonderfully represent the of the colony-we mean the face of the city. Judging from the style of buildings,which at
city of Hongkong to the newly arrived visitor standing on the deck of a mail steamer,-of those business houses, native and European, extending in an unbroken line from the Victortia Hotel to the Harbour Master's office, it would appear that this important idea had been entirely lost sight of and perhaps not without some excuse because they were designed and constructed in the early days of the colony, when such important considerations THE great topic of discussion among the English city commissioners. Still, there is no had hardly found their way into the beads of residents of the neighbouring colony of Macao, reason why competent individuals who have the. the Portuguese community of this colony, con- for it may be presumed the colony pays them as well as with the more enlightened portion of interests of this British city at heart should slavishly wait to borrow their ideas from Europe, tinues to be the recent arbitrary step taken by liberally enough, if not to create by their own Governor da Costa in dissolving the Municipal volition,, at least to keep their conceptions. Corporation of the Holy City. The unanimity as far advanced as those of any European of opinion is decidedly against the foolhardy stato Architecture of a highly ornamental autocrat who risked an extreme measure where and useful, kind is not now in this world; it was not in any degree desirable or necessary. rather it is very old indeed, so ancient in fact Old Macao owed its pristine prosperity to its is its history, an to go beyond even the pena perfect municipal government. From the of Pliny or Herodotus; therefore the designers time the Settlement was founded in 1580 to the and the architects of Hongkong, and even those beginning of the present century, a municipality, gentlemen who have to approve of their designs very similar in character to our present corpo-if there are any such Individuals of which we rations at home, managed all the internal affairs are not quite certain, but are quite confident there of the city, administered to finances, regulated ought to be can have no excuse by pleading its trade, engaged in direct communication with ignorance. If they, have never travelled a little the Chinese authorities at Canton and Peking, bit over the world, or if they are possessed only and enjoyed an undeniable amount of prestige of one idea--that of making money for their own both at Lisbon and in the Far East. The selfish gratification, then they cannot be com Senado was in fact the only power which ruled petent judges and should consequently be dis the colony and represented the mother-country charged from such duties. During the last ten in Far Cathy of Captain. General, had formerly office years, there has been pursue a kond you please system in Hongkong
British ships-of-way, but Sir Samuel Buker differs.
which were stationed on and around the penin- this, take the horrible nest of blue-brick shanties The following observations from the Philadel from us in this, that whereas he recommends English fleets should be overwhelmed by a sula, but this entfly had no jurisdiction whatever which have sprung into existence anywhere MR. SERCOMBE-SMITH fined four fishermen.gg phia Timer are very much to the point: heavy guns which shall have fixed positions in combined attack of other forces, the members of over the civic and the international affairs of the between the points which marks the Canton each this morning for anchoring their boats Attention has already been called to the fact more destructive weapons which can flost of Admiralty would be exiled through public element increased in strength, just in proportion In their lowering and gloomy countenances stationary forts, we are in favour of much the present Board of Ordnance and the Lords dependency. In the course of time the military Steamboat Co.'s wharf and the Sailors! Home.. within fly yards of the telegraph cable at Tai- that the new steamships make almost railway on the surface or dive it pleasure to the execration. Here is given one day's proceedings as the colony was gradually losing its commes there is an expression which unmistakably Kok Tsui, East Point. The charge was pre-express time in crossing the Atlantic and that bottom, guns, which can actually get up of the naval reserves, taken from official cial importance. From the commencement of the Indicates every featute of Asialic nastinéas all the delay ten pector John Mathieson, who said the time of their departure and arrival is calcu- steam and, go out in search of the enemy, documents. There has been some delay in present century, the Senade, though still posses the way, through the fearful gamut of small the delinquente were very close to the cable and lated nearly as accurately as that of trains rather than being reduced to the necessity of re-enforcing the Mediterranean squadron. First sing many ofats old privileges, became despoiled pox, leprosy, cholera, con using dog-holes kwete well that they were infringing the running on schedule time. In achieving this rulkily waiting in some even prominent position the inflexible was to go; then it was found that of its share in the financial administration Lich. They are a collection of stinking dog holes laws of the Colony.....
result modern railway methods appear to have for the foe to pass by and be kicked. Sir her roller-paths were defective, and the Benbow of the colony, while a succession of more or which, as long as they exist, will be a conspicuous been followed in several essential particulars. Samuel is anxious that our guns should be was told off for the duty, but she has been some leas rapacious Governors were appoloted to and living monument of rare incapacity on tremoto siop in his larynx, will y pulled out the In the old days railway trains were a medley of quickly get into-position, but the idea does not time completing for sex, so that the Zemeraire administer the Settlement, and these in many the part of those members of the Hongkong "No," the Answered with all they may me or passenger and freight cars. Then came the seem to have entered his head that the city of and Sultan wereto have been dispatched. The eases substituted legislation and well-rooted Legislative Council ho sifted the cloders of sincere conviction. He paused as if in. deep trains, and, still later, the division of the passen coast of the island, and in the case of a Russian worn, and she again broke down in making her evolution of separate passenger and freight Victoria could possibly be shelled from the south latter ship's boilers and engines were much
customs by their own sweet will, sided by the all their claptrap wisdom in municipal affairs, when thought, and then said: "Strange, strange, how a simple word revives scenes and impressions
powerful sting of ambition. Since then Macao the wretched foundations of these fever breeding ger traffic into first-class and immigrant on the squadron taking up such a position, of what use trist over the measured mile and bad to be has gradually been going to decay and disso dens were laid That this crass Ignorance of that have passed away. I am almost certain and local, separate trains being employed for each cutter's Island? Sir Samuel also commits an ment of ships
loog
lines and a further subdivision into through would be the guns at West Point or on Stone towed back to port. The following is a state- lution. Ats inhabitants have degenerated into municipal duties did not exist in other oriental that I have heard that before."
branch. The steamship companies have been
for guns on the 28th April mere automata of the Government, which cities under the British flag, we have only to error when he says that a French squadron. Innt; THE Japan Mall understands that notice of lower steamers are now used exclusively fo
gradually
Collingwood-Four 12-inch 45-ton, of which profiting by the reigning poverty, and by go to such places as Madras, Rangoon, or adopting this plan. The older and would be irrecoverably crippled so long as we two are ready, and two will be ready within a what may be termed the loss of caste among Calcutta to see at a glance. Even in the commencement of action has been entered in freight, the delivery of which is not required with Her Britannic Majesty's Court for Japan at the unusual baste. The faster steamers are still
succeeded in holding our coaling stations free month. How-Four 13.5-inch 67-ton, of which the citizens of a once prosperous colony, want European concession of Shanghai such a total from capture, but an old African explorer such one has been issued, one is promised for June, on heaping abuse on despotism, transforming disregard of the simple prerogatives of archi instance of the owner of the American ship further differentiated, the newest and mosi speedy as many coaling stations as we have in the down-Four 135-fach 67-ton, will be ready by and causing the majority of table-bodied" every large city has to demand of its civilized? Spartan (Captain Fawcett), against the owners being only used for the conveyance of first-clas
as he is should know that the French have nearly and two others for September next Camper- the people under its tutelage into mere slaves tecture and, of the conspicuous rights which of the British steamer Whampoa, for damages to the amount of $20,000, in consequence of a passengers who can afford to pay high rates, land-locked harbour on the African coast, within next December, Anton-Four 13.5-inch 67 tons, ale to Hongkong and to the Treaty Forts of found. However, Hongkong is now in the hands Indian Ocean There is Obock, a magnificent next March; six 6-inch 5-ton, will be delivered and mentally-qualified classes to emigrate whole builders a clean and attractive face, cannot be collision which occurred between the two vessels The little freight that is carried on vessels 16-6.
half a day's steaming of Aden, where our neigh. should all be delivered by next April; six 6-inch China and Japan. The Monicipality of Macso of a new, and let us hope, less illiterate and in Kobe Harbour during a beavy gale that the Umbria and Etruria is of the kind kno blew there on Monday the 23rd uito..
as perishable and is simply express freight, sva
bours are also fast creating an arsenal; there guns now ready. Undaunted-Two 9'3-lach has ever been a powerful barrier to the aggres perverse generation, whosball have some regard as fresh dairy produces, poultry and
is Mahd on the Malabar coast of India, To-top, and now under inspection, Australia siveness and the arbitrariness of the military for the proprieties of architecture and of the game, ť Fondicherry on the Coromandel coast, Roderique Two 9/2-inch 22-ton, one under inspection and Governors who have ruled over the unfortunate high demands of the useful and the beautiful, By kind permission of Major W. T. Ellis, and the which the company charges as high as $10 and in the Indian Ocean, and at least two ports the other due yesterday; ten 6-inch 5-ton, now colony. It is on this cardinal fact, backed by which, since the beginning of time, in the con officers of the 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment, $12 per ton, while grain goes by lower vessels in Madagascar. In addition to these porte ready, Narcissus Two gʻa-inch 22-ion, ex- the high principles embodied in all municipal atruction of streets and houses Bas" invariably the Regimental Band will play in the Public at nominal cost. How much further the evolu- there are hundreds of places, bays and harbours pected next month; ten 6-inch 5-ton, all nearly institutions, that the citizens of Macao and their guided the minds of men like the saplent and Gardens, to-morrow (Sunday), from 9 till to p.m. tion of the rapid-sailing first-class steamer can of some kind, all over the world where the ready. Galatea-Two 92-inch 22-ton cas Hongkong cousins base their antipathy and honest cliizens who founded not only tracent The following will be the programme;- go is impossible to guess at this time. All French commanders would repair to in order to promised for March, 1887 and expected next aversion to the despotic measures lately Palmyrs, and Genos but modern Calcutta and
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the late improvements are in the direction of meet their steam confvessels from which in August, the other now due; ten 6-inch enforced by ill-advised Governor Costa la die Shanghal. As we have already sald, the new Abadi
increased speed, the boats being built of immense most cases, they would obtain their supplies, 5-ton, all of which are nearly ready. Immor solving the Senade. The Individual members block of native buildings on the Prays it's move strength, with cugines and other machinery of and obtain them in the open sea if so convenient. FallieTwo 9'2-inch, 33-ton, promised for Sept. who constituted the extinct corporation may in the right direction, and au Indiesiton, at least, corresponding power, The cost of running these headland or anchorage could be found. As wa fast, and expected seat Apgusti, tet 6-inch Bq or may not be personally acceptable to the that our City Father have at last swakened to so-called ocean greyhounds is very great in have before observed, there need be no very ewt., nearly ready. An Admiralty note appended generality of the burgesses, or to the friends; the fact that the useful in architecture need not "VIVA España, fuera los Frailes" and "Viva machinery. To make these vessels pay it is so long as Hongkong and such other British Anton and Undaunted
consumption of fuel and wear and tear of great anxiety about the inability to obtain gems says The Collingwood, Howe, Camperdows, but what an upheld, and very justy Uphold necessarily be blended with the hideous, and. are ready to receive, is the inviolability of Municipal Institutions, as that the time has arrived when Hongkong must Frites, vivaci Rey, viva el ejército, fuera los necessary that the business shall be almost harbours can secure the possession of two or their guns. In all probability, then, other ships, inviolability which is held sacred throughout wear a clean and healthy face rather than one Frailes," Long life to Spain, out with the exclusively passenger, and of the first class at Monkss" and "Long life to Spain, to its King that, If a sufficient number of foreign tourists the blended virtues of submarine, mines, of the guns zot peter ready. I will be observed that civilised world. It is to be hoped that the vetem lay down the Indexible law) that this face three fast submarine boats, which shall comprise when ready, will be delayed on account of their the length and breadth of Portugal and of the Ludicative of interior bodily disease and filthiness the fly, and out with the Monks-are can be found who are willing to pay enough for heaviest guns, and of the most destructive rams there is a great diversity in the calibres of the reaction which has set in against the highly fill be worked at least once nnually and ibal Spanish of two pamphlets published in the the privilege of being ferried across the Atlantic weapons which can approach the enemy guns, and is is claimed that not a cartridge in irregular conduct of His Excelency licorch told and horrible features, as they decay, shall Spanish language which have just reached us, in the shortest possible time, it is quite probable, unseen; notwithsanding all his electric lights, many instances has been manufactured for him and his succession those high obligations be replaced by those which are first look upon, dealing with the clerical and monastical abuses that the speed may be very materially Increased and whose very first Impact must abibilato him, certain hores, and even that some, ships of the which ought to bind Governor to the residents and, the will receive not the lean and curios which are said to be so rife in the Philippine yet. The limit of maximum speed has not been such weapons and pipbably much cheaper than Mediteranean squadron were furnished with of an old dependency and which Senhor or
Tribe blessities of all future generations of Islands As soon as time will permit these reached if only mocey enough is spent in increas. Leary guns and could be constructed in three ammunition useless for their guns. And this is Cous bas either forgotten, or intentionally and dropesas: Rud, Aulation whose fortunés mű pamphlets will receive ur best ållention, ing engine power.
months from the date of contract.
the nation that claling to rule the WÁvár! maliciously broken asunder
out of war, or even before a declaration of war had reached the ears of the Governor. Such a
over to an arbitrary Government in preference catastrophe would-be quite possible if the hostile Save the San Francisco Chronicle-If there denomination of Captain-General, had formerly of night of the roth ulto., were delivered in New to taking a month's retirement from the busy squadron succeeded in evading the quest of the should be a general European war and the the exclusive control of the land and sea forces house building. As a conspicuous example of
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