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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1889.
A NEW submarine torpedo bost has been tried. by both France and Russia and is said to be successful. It is driven by an Edison dynamo, provided with compressed oxygen for use under water, and a large pair of scissors projecting from the prom, in order to cut torpedo wirck
ABOUTien o'clock last night a Chinese constable heard cries of "fire" from No. 52 Queen's Road West. He ran to the place, and found the partition alongside the first flight of stairs burn. ing, streama of kerosine running down the sides. A man was running, upstairs when he get in, but instead of pursuing him, the constable set- to work to extinguish the flames, which be at Inst succeeded in doing. It was significant, however, that the groun 1 floor, was occupied by a carpenter, who bad not long ago insured his premises with the Lubeck Co. for $1,000. Over eighty coolles were living upstairs, so that had the fire extended must have involved a loss
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PROFESSOR DE LAVELIVE has published an article proving that Napoleon III. always pursued the project of the annexation of Belgium to France. As to the defence of this country, he is authorized to publish the following observa tions made last year by General Brialmannt, the inspector-general of Belgian fortresses :- If war banks out befire the new forta (at Liège and Namur) to the sin at an important centre of communication like Léga supported by the two old citadels, and by provisional battles
completed, it would will be the duty of the Belgian anxy ka defond
occupying the heights near the town, whence fire can be direcipi on the bridges of the Meuse, I have been astoniabal_at_tho opposition to the new system of defence which removes the forts. to seven, eight, and nine kilomètres from the centre of the sown, and the sfoci of which will be to prevent the violeilon of JNE
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A POPULAR mesting was held in the Gürzenich hall, Cologne, on October 27th to promote the suppression of slavery in Africa. There was a very large attendance, including the chief Burgo master, the Archbishop, and the principal civil and military authorities. The followingresolution
as adopted
The suppression of slawe-hosting in the common duty and mission as Chiefan Stabb Since article of the Cong Treaty pledges wil'the Powers to co-operate thy the suppression of savory, it is the pocial duty the Cargo State, Fugland and
·Germany, bys mutual understanding to take’opransl carry the ugh the unavoidable struggle. We rely upon the hoomer of the German Bag and Gerae interests being affectually safeguarded by the Imperial Government, and are convictol that if such action may count upon the marimone support of the posple, without regard to religious distinctions, the active co-operation of the Raiche Ag will not be wanilag, '
IT is about time, a writer in Vanity "Þair observes, that the status of poker as a club game should be settled. Introduced in England about a dozen years ago by General Schenck and Mrs. Washington Hibbert, it at once became popular, and the first good club that permitted Its playing in a card-room wa the Orleans. It in still, however, doubtful whether it be around"
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tion in flatly contradicting the statement. "No unusual applause, and certainly*no jeering, or respectable ladies in the Theatre, and in lasults, were directed towards the appearance of Justice to the soldiers who are perhaps as well conducted as the gentleman who describes their writer must have been victimized by a sad conduct as that of cads, I consider that the deficiency in the organ of hearing, or, imagined that the applause intended for the early rise of the curtain was directed towards respectable, ladies"
Should my supposition be right, I think the writer has misapplied the word "cad."."
Yours truly,
THEISM REVELATION.
A CONTRASTÄAND, 'A' ‚STUDY/
celebration was to take place that evening at the "princely house," which would attract a very large number of the regular patrons of the opera, regretted that he could not content to play to certain loss, but expressed his readiness to permit the St. Andrew's Ball committee to put up decor
PERSONALITY. OF THE GODHRAD. tions and make nil possible progress in fitting
..That Revelation may be possible God the up the Theatre for their purposes, Mr. Dennys
revealer should be a personal, being, or a being distinctly assured Mr. Willard that theSt. Andrew's
gifted withthe same predicates as mantherecal Ball committee did not wish to bhand over
with an intelligence, will, and an inclination the pit of the Theatre, and the latter gentleman
to communicate or hold. intercon ith the then called on the Secretary of the St. Andrew's
human species. If the advocates of the revealedy Society and told him they could at once procced
religion can demonstrate the personality of the to fit up the dress-circle, leaving only the front
Godhead, or, in the language of Matthew Arnold, row for Thursday's performance, The Secretary
prove that some being like a magnified man, stated that this was most satisfactory and would
rules the universe, the theory Velaiion will give them ample time to complete their arrange- TO THE EDITOR OF the "Hongkong Telegrafie” have a firm standpoint and an artford evidence. ments. Sofar everything had gone smoothly; but SIR,-Would you kindly allow me a small in its favour. The God of Matthew Arnold is the on Monday Mr. Dennys againsent for Mr. Willard space in your valuable paper to say a few words Eternal not ourselves that makes for righteous- and plainly told him that he could not have the Indies, who sigus himself." One who icks up that of the Pantheists is Nature, or the Universe, in reply to that self-constituted champion of the neas an essentially impersonal entity while use of the Theatre on Thursday, and that he could for the ladies Why does he attribute to the itself. Theists reason on grounds entirely que the City Hall committee if he felt aggrieved, soldiers this unmanly conduct of applauding and | un-pantheistic; they admit that the universo The latter was the course which Mr. Willardiccring at ladies? Now, my experience tells me has a Creator, and that the Creator of order,
LOVER OF THE FAIR SEX AND FAIR PLAY,
Hongkong, 29th November, 1888.
game or one of skill-that is, from a club com ought to have adopted in the face of such high. (and I have attended nearly all the performances |- of finality and, of the innate tendency in mittee-man's point of view. From a player's, it decidedly requires as much" skill ́as" whist. Only a few weeks back, at a large general meeting of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club at Ryde, the burning question discussed a "Poker or "no Poker." The game for small stakes bad been played for some time, with the result that whist had almost entirely ceased. In the result, the Pokerites were defeated by four
votes only.
territory in all cues where the purpose the mallant would be THE correspondent ofan American contemporary
to gala tine. Suppose the Germans, taking the offenslys, india lose only ten days in carrying our y wlikana (and wa should hold oct much longer), li would no longer be of any advantage to them to pass through Belgium,
Professor de Laveleye adds :-
It follows from this that the Belgian army represesbid by is most eminent generat, omniders it a point of honour and duzy
defend our neutrality, even with t'e Insufficiant many of which it disposes for the moment. Let this be will noted in France.
A RIVAL to Professor Baldwin, in the person of George Higgins, the driver of a Clapton omnibitis, appeared at the Greyhound Pleasure Gardens
··Lea Bridge-road, on Saturday, October 29th for
formaance of the kind identified with the name the purpose of going through an aerial per
of Professor Baldwin. The exhibition had been well advertised, and a multitude, estimated at from 30,000 to 10,000 persons, assembled to witness it from the vicinity of Hackney Marshes A considerable wind was blowing, and this gave rise to a rumour that the "professor" refused to Subscribers to The Honchong Telah are respectfully risk making the ascent, on account of the con- sequent danger. It was now past 5 o'clock, and the people were turning to go homewards, when the arrangements for the ascent were finally
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reminded that all Subscriptions are payable in advance,
The Jongkong Eelegraph completed; and the balloon was sei free and rote
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1888,
LOCAL AND GENERAL. MESSRS. Adamson, Bell & Co. inform us that the, "Shire Line steamship Monmouthshire, from New York, left Singapore yesterday for this
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wires that the Emperor William's visit to the Vatican was certainly not a success, for a well informed p rson writes from Rome that directly the Pope and the Emperor were alone his Holiness abruptly commenced to discuss the temporal-power question and would not be diverted from it, so that the young Emperor. who is acknowledged even by the pontifical entourage to have displayed much cleverness and tact in answering the Pope, was compelled to stop the debate by asking permission to present entered the room. It was noticed that the Prince Henry, who at that very instant suddenly
Emperor drove direct from the Vatican to the Quirinal, which was plain proof of his displeasure,
as arrangements had been made in order to soothe the Papal susceptibilities for His Majesty to change carriages at the Palazzo Comprencia. Two of the principal telegraph offices were almost exclusively occupied days after the Emperor's visit to the Vatican in transmitting cipher messages to and from Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe.
rapidly, carrying the aeronaut with it. The Tex death was recently announced of Father balioon, the Eagle, lent by Captain Orton for the Schleyer, the inventor of Volapuk. Johann occasion, swung with wide and enormous sweeps Martin Schleyer was born at Oberlanda, Baden, before a strong south-westerly wind. It had in 1831. He was educated for the Catholic nearly passed from sight, at an estimated height priesthood, which he entered in 1856. He showed of about 1,000 yards, when he let go. He seemed great apiness in the study of languages, and he fall over on his side, and to be in the act of rapidly acquired the ability to speak many living turning ominously head over heels, when sud-languages from foreigners whom be met. In a denly the parachute opened out, and, pulling him few years he had gained a knowledge of fifty ap at once, restored him to nearly a perpendiculai languages and dialects. He applied his know position. The rest of the descent to earth was ledge, mainly to the study of comparative THE American Musical Comedy and Opera performed with the easy motion so character philology and in 18yg he first became possessed Company will appear at the Theatre Royalistic of Baldwin's descents at the Alexandra of the iden of creating a universal or neutral City Hall, to-night in Gilbert and Sullivan's
language that would afford a common means of popular opera "Ruddigore."
communication. In that year he constructed a grammar and published his first book, "Entwur- feiner Weltsprache," This he followed with retired on a pension and be settled at Constance grammar and dictionary. He was soon after where he devoted the remainder of his life to the work of spreading the new language. He to see societies formed for the study of the new wrote a small library on the subject, and he lived language in all the countries of Europe, as well
MEMBERS wishing to play in a "Pick up" Cricket match on Saturday will please sign thei names in the Lists which are lying in the Hong kong Club and Cricket Club Pavilion, before's p.m. to-morrow (Friday).
A leading Roman paper, the Riforma of the 27th ulto, in a review of Italian commerce,
declares that Italy is about to seek fresh outlets
for her goods, with a view to compensating
herself for the loss of the French market.
She chose the lesser of two evils."Signorita, the waliz has begun; may I have the pleasure?" "Excuse me, Signor, I do not like waltzing," “Ah! then, perhaps, you will allow me to con
this round 2" "Ahem Come, I think we
had better dance ! "
Palace, and in less than a quarter of an hour Higgins was again safe on the earth, but not before having a rather rough tumble at the moment of reaching it.
CONSIDERABLE dissatisfaction has been expressed of late at the naval ports on the part of scamen and marines with respect to salutes on shore, in plain clothes. In the alteration in the Queen's and more especially as regards salates to officers Regulations just issued the Admiralty have
revised the orders on the subj-ct, but without diminishing their stringency. Petty officers and men are to salute officers according to their rank
(a) when addressing or being spoken to by an officer; (2) when passing or being passed by an officer; (e) when sitting about in their messes, or
elsewhere, they are to stand up to attention (and
as across the sea:
MR. WILLARD AND THE ST.,
ANDREW'S BALL.
In our issue of Tuesday last we made some rather severe comments regarding an unfortunate between Mr. Pemberton W. Willard, the director of the American Musical Comedy and Opera Company, and the Committee of the St. Andrew's
handed insolence, but he preferred asserting his undoubted right. We believe that the Secretary of the City Hall is a member of the legal profes slon and claims to be a lawyer. Perhaps he is lawyer-a Hongkong lawyer, but how, after writing to Mr. Willard's agents on November 6th declining to postpone their lease of the Theatre and insisting on the "engagement to play for four weeks from the 15th-Inst.," being strictly adhered to, he could bave attempted to bounce an old stager like Mr. Willard is one of those mysteries which nobody-but a Hongkong. Inwyer of local manufacture-can possibly ander- stand. Why, on the strength of that letter alone Mr. Willard has an undeniable claim to the Theatre for a period of four weeks from November 15th, and had he been disagreeably disposed, neither the Choral Society nor the St. Andrew's Ball committee could have deprived him of his legal right. The blame, therefore, up to this point rests entirely on the Secretary of the City Hill, whose blundering has caused the whole of the trouble that has taken place.
desire to do everything possible to oblige and Mr. Willard, as a last resource, and with a
assist the St. Andrew's Ball committee, offered to give up all his rights on Thursday night for a sum of $150--the actual expenses of bis Com pany, the members of which are, of course, paid a weeld's salary for three performances, This offer was rejected; but had it been accepted Mr. Willard would still have been the loser of a considerable sum, and although we are of opinion that under all circumstances be would have acted wisely had he magnanimously
are bound to state that, as a business man, his given up the Theatre as an act of courtesy, we action was fully justified and was far from being ungenerous. The Committee of the St. Andrew's Ball now understand how the trouble has arisen, and they entirely exonerate Mr. Willard from blame. We frankly and openly do the same. Had the Committee asked Mr. Willard directly to give most willingly have done so, and he is extremely up the Theatre on Thursday night he would sorry that such an unfortunate misunderstand ing should have arisen through the bungling of the person who acted as intermediary. Mr. Willard admits the numerous and heavy obliga- tions he is under to the Hongkong public, and regrets that in regard to such a universal celebration as the anniversary of Scotland's patron saint he should have been so grossly rendered would gladly have been forthcoming misrepresented. Any assistance he could have and bla Company are only performing "Rud- digore" this evening because no other alterna tive was left them, Mr. Dennys attempted coercion, while the Secretary of the St
Andrew's Society assured Mr. Willard that all arrangements were most satisfactory, and it is out of these discordant elements that the difficulty has arisen. It is only fair to point out that Mr. Willard hai at various times rendered good service to the community he was the originator of the very successful fete in the Public Gardens for the benefit of the Alice Memorial Hospital, and on more than one both to the A.D.C. and the Choral Society. And remembering everything we think it would be very hard fuck indeed that he should be made
pany), that the feering, and applauding is done given by the Musical Comedy and Opera Com
by ends, not in red coats but in black; who armed with a dollar opera glass, unmercifully quiz and pass rude remarks upon the ladles and wishes he had the order to pitch them out for their dresses; whilst Tommy Atkins sits and their rudeness. In conclusion allow me to thank you for kindly adding your foot-note to his letter, is either a cad himself or a perverter of the truth, which proves that this self-constitute champion
Yours respectfully,
PARA LOVER OF TRUTH. Hongkong, 29th November, 1888. kun
RUSSIA AND COREA.
Allowing a great deal for the ample resources political and other events of the day which and for the limpid fountains of information on London newspapers, and above all the Timer readily command, we are still inclined to the Russian protectorate over Corex which was belief that the starting news referring to the cabled by Reuter the other day, had its origin in the reports published by the Far East news papers. It will be remembered that the Fapan
upon by the two powers; that it was incontinently Herald published in October last an abstract of a treaty which was alleged to have been agreed reproduced by the Shanghai Courier and republished by ourselves in our issue of the 22nd October. The following were the main clauses of this agreement, which our Japan contemporary asserted it had received from Seoul, and that it meant a Russian encroach
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immortality, must be a Being supremely. Intelli. man towards righteousness, goodness, and gent, righteous, benevolent and eternal.” But they deny that character of personality in the Creator which is paramount to verbal communi the whole revelation from the Godhead consists cativeness with man. They argue thattheonly and in the instilling into us of our inborn tendencies. towards truth, order, goodness, righteousness definite revelation has ever been made by God and immortality; and that no positive verbal.or
to man. As we are entirely in the darkas to the especial nature of the Deity, and can only reason from analogy, and no analogy can be con- sistently established between the finite and the Infinite, and even if it were established we should not, as in asserted by the advocates of revelation, trust implicitly to our powers of reasoning when the object of our investigation (mascends nature, it must follow that we cannot take that for imagination can establish as a possibility granted as a fact, which neither reason nor
The ndvocates of revealed religion understand the force of this argument in its full extent, and as proof of its possibility and of the personality they either resort to the alleged Revelation itself of the Godhead and fall into what is termed the "vicious circle, or bring forth such outside arguments, and facts as would lead one to infer
them to be inconsistent when the fundamental the probability of their thesis. We have already alluded to some of these arguments, and found
taken for granted. A very common argument tenet of the personality of the Godhead is not taken from the characteristic qualities of the human mind is advanced in favor of Revelation in the following form-We are conscious of the possession of ideas and thoughts for the mise is made that a belt of land extending over lative subjects without the least association Are Breed origin of which we cannot account. A thought 1.-By Article 1 of the Treaty of 1886 a pro- will sometimes strike, is on practical or specu a hundred Korean miles (about 35 English miles) with our previous reasonings or logical connection on both sides of the lake starting from Zumanko with any antecedent principle or fact. These lake will be given, where Rusalang and Koreans Intuitions of truth are thepirations. The may trade freely. The officers who shall human intellect is like an eollan harp exposed respective Governments. Its musical sounds are like so many vibrations superintend the trade are to be appointed by the to the soft breath of supernatural inspiration. place called Funci, situated at a distance of 200 purely human productions Are we possess The Korean Government shall open a of revented truth, while its discordant notes are Korean miles (about 75 English miles) from ideas of which we are not the direct causCE OF the purpose of trade and residence for Russians that some supernatural power breathes into our Zumanko, besides the present treaty ports, for originators, it is quite possible, may probable, It shall be opened for Russians alone, under the minds and inspires us. Whence did man deriva same conditions as are existent in other treaty bis primitive idea of a Deity, of sacrificial worship at Funel, the trading post, and until the arrival to lead primitive man to Infer the existence of a ports
of atonement of belief in immortality, of moral III-A Russian Consulate shall be established law and duty Nothing in nature would appear of a properly constituted Consul at that place, the creative power Human reason in it un- Governor of Vladivostock, or another Russian developed stage is satisfied with immediate provincial officer shall set as Consul causes, it never reeks for transcendant finalities. postal service by horses. The horses for the peoples of endless theories about divinity, and IV. The Korean Government shall start a Yet we read in the records of the most ancient Russian postal service and athers shall run a equally endless formulanes of worship. The most distance of 100 miles within the treaty limits. other Korean treaty ports shall be exempted Jews; Medes, Persians, Greeks and Romans were
VArticles which have once paid duly at
ancient history is pre-eminently theological; Egyptian * Assyrians, Chinese, Babylonians, from taxation at Fanet, kannat
all gired to theological reveries for a period of ever. 13 months at Fuaci may be vision heavenwards? And then as to death, the VI-Russian goods which have been stored them Divinity Who directed their intellectual taught
transferred to other Korean treaty ports free of universal destroyer of the species, who taught the duty, a
tertiary of quaternary man to regard death as vious to 1886, the year in which the treaty rites embodying such a belief? From the most VII.-Koreans who emigrated to Siberia pre symbol of a life to come, and to perform funeral.
sub-The du was contracted, shall be recognised as Russian barbaric to the most civilised nation the belief
a belief
immortality is prevalent in all ages; and under Pall circumstances. Who engrafted in man such
which are transferred 100 miles outside of the VIII-The duty to be imposed on articles trade limits shall be governed by the ordinary, rate of taxation.
facts brought forward by the advocales, of Theism fally recognises, and admits these The London Times published the report of this alleged agreement precisely at a date when Revelation Theism Itself is based on such either the Japanese or the Shanghal papers facts But it does not require much dis containing it would have reached the metropolis: crimination to see that the godlike, tendencies Reuter's telegram was dated London the 19th whicharo Jaherent in human nature con inst, or about six weeks since the Yokohama stitute what is termed the natural religion, possible that our own reproduction of the news, ou only natural religion; its ground-work in the reported additional draft to the treaty. It is even revealed or a positive religion. Theism is the sand ult, had reached the metropolis by the apperior tendencies of the 12th or 18th inst. and had either given rise to
battlements the Times' report or tended to confirm its morality.
minds
season, sound principle and tevelation of the muan,mind, a concreti
salute, if the bat is on) will desired to sit down, verse with you and keep you company during or the officer has passed. When coming over difference that was reported to have arisen occasion he has made important concessions Paper and the Shanghai Courier published the and that they cannot be adduced as proofs of a
the gangway, or on the quarter-deck, the hat is to be touched. The starboard side in harbour and the weather side at sea is the officers' side
except when ordered otherwise. Officers passing ship in a boat are to be saluted by man on board; if in sight of the boat, according to their rank. All officers, both naval and military, in uniform, and those in plain clothes who areknown
Creator o has been said to be a faulty process of recctios reasonings but it is undoubtable that in tracing. Tighted the succession of events, this process bus be this process us to be to some extent relled on.tradicted at St
JINKS-That girl is certainly a desperate flirt, and I wouldn't trust her; but if you are se dread. The ship's company are to use the opposite side, | Ball, with reference to the former claiming a victim of the incomprehensible and inexcusable earlier information. Post hoc,ergo ex hop fully in love why don't you take chances and marry her? Dilaks-Wouldn't do, old fellow; the risk is too great; she'll break the heart of any pman she marries. “Are you going to give her up" "No; but I'll wait until she marries some one else, and then I'll elope with her.”.
his right to give a performance in the blunders of the Secretary of the City Hall, Theatre, this evening. Needless to say that our scathing animadversions were entirely based on information officially supplied, and we may also remark that we are perfectly certain that.
to be officers, are to be saluted on shore according our informant-a leading member of the St.
to their rank. If a petty officer or man is standing | Andrew Ball committee was thoroughly con
CONGRATULATE MT, old man! I have written about and an officer be at a distance he is never rinsed of the entire accuracy of his statements a book and it's going to be a big success"thelest to be saluted ; and ji must be remem- | Further inquisies, however, have clearly shown “H'm! you seem remarkably sanguine; how do bered that there is no xcuse for not seeing an that, although we did succeed in puiting the you know it is going to be a success?" "Because I've got it all settled. I have strangements with several leading papers to denounce my work as rubbish, and with several others to accuse me of plagiarism; I expect that the first edition will be exhausted in a month."
KING Mɑranga, who rules over the black king, dom of Uganda, is not a pleasant man for next-door neighbor. He rules over 10,000,000 subjects, and is 20 ferocious as he is powerful He has 1,500 wives, and kills five of them every day for his amusement. He is the largest slave trader in Central Africa, supplying the Mobam medan dealers annually with about one hundred and fifty thousand sleves."--
saddle on the right horse, our remarks did serious injustice to Mr. Willard, and placed that enterprising servant of the public in a false position before his present constituents the Hongkong community,
A pap
CORRESPONDENCE
¿We de not necessarily estaran 15e ophalonia expressed by Correspondents in this bulama.)
"TOMMY ATKINS AT THE THEATRE
The news has now been Petersburg, but the general opinion is that the contradiction is not slocere, and out mumlegi contemporary goes so far as to bring forward the recent movements, of the Russian, feet, Pacific
Ards at clear proofs of Russia (determined
intention to carry out the secret treatysto amort its protectorate, over Coren, and to defy a opposition. ” If this be the rest interpretation" the event, we are undoubtedly on the varge being either the witnesses of or the participators in a serious collision between Russi no distant date. It is impossit China to be indifferent to the Bu
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HOROKONG TELA officer, or recognizing one in plain clothes who,
have, cre thit, written to you on this subject,
SIR-Though I daresay many
sy many “British Soldiers either from his position or as belonging to the
perhaps you may find space for these few lines same ship as the man, ought to be known,
....I think your correspondent of yesterday is When marching, or in any military formation,
very thin-skinned, as I am sure Tommy the salates are given.by word of command, and
can discriminate between those of the fairer sex who “take applause and Jeers as a no movement is to be made until this is given. We stated that Mr. Willard claimed his right compliment and respectable ladies. I am sure These salutes are laid down in the gunnery to use the Theatre on Thursday night, and that one of the farther class must have been instructions for the feet. Full instructions are declined to waive that right unless the St. golog to her seat at the same time as a respect. also given for salates when falling in for inspecs Andrew Ball commifice paid an indemnity of able lady, for the later would have never been tion and for salutes in boats, and it is | 8250.
improperly treated by any soldier. One who le, in fact, an exact statement of sticks up for the Ladies" must be very eager to ordered that the above are to be strictly the case, but it is nevertheless grossly misleadrush into print and Insult British Soldiers carried out without exeption by all petty | ing so far as the Director of the Musical Comedy by saying they behaved like a pack of cads officer (including fastruciors), ship's company, and Opers Company is concerned," Mr. Willard on Tuesday fast, as the harmless fun- is external affair. and boys on board the training ships exactly as has called on us and produced documents and in a seagoing ship. According to Article 83, another amended, the paval salute is made by touc
the hat or cap, or taking it off, looking the offi HG THE troopship Himalaya, embarked at Ports saluted in the face, Admirals, captains,
sith "an: "Novem
Battalion of the same relative rank, and the oficer,
and manding the saluter's ship, of whatever rani
Is the
orate over the Hermit Kingdo lately been asserting her sighine Corea in a very energetic and e It has interferedith, dist Corea's rights ofer diplomatic represen political resident with Instructions
rather as a bold advertisement than anything shows gns offatill taken, by the people it meant for most emphatic mann cles and neither on Tuesday night, por on its
which wary plainly prove that if sympathy knocking about, he at any other time has any-z ectable lady foreign power justly entitled to it. Our object, been made the subject of applause and jeers Assuming theref
at the truth, and Not having one, I cannot enclose my card, the only
by any member of the pit, &
out its plan
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