uselessness of a force without the formas, could be multiplied ad libitum.
Let any man of intelligence tak as a problem the effect of a fog" coming on when the heights were manned and expecting a front attack; remembering that the the desiderats for any defence are, in order of importance-field of fire, cover, obstacles to enemy, communications for defenders.
A small number of drills, principally on rough ground, would be sufficient to render a man of intelligence effective as a private, bul officers and sergeants would require a tolerably complete knowledge of minor tactics and some exercise in handling men; this they could acquire if they were attached to regulars for 2 few days in the year, and took the troubie to attend a field day now and then and read up Bound text-books.
A local paper recently put forward the state- ment that another battalion and another battery were needed for the proper defence of the station, and few will doubt that they would be desirable additions; but did the writer and his readers ever consider the state of our most important fortified harbours at home;' how miserably provided they are, how liable to sudden attack, and how very important to the Empire ?
About four years ago all the Artillery force of a large home station, defending one of the most important dockyards, was needed to man one of the sen forts, making no allowance for casual ties Besides this fort there were two other large sea-forts nearly as big, several small ones, and a chain of forts on the land side extending twelve or fifteen miles, three of them large works requir. ing considerable garrisons. Moreover, all the forts were of old "design and by no means so modern as the works here; there was not a single modern breech-loading gun mounted there in the spring of 1887, and very possibly there is not now the Antillery force from the list appears to be of the same strength as it was four years ago.
All the principal home fortresses are manned by skeletons and rely to a very large extent on Volunteers, so it seems hardly reasonable to expect the Empire to provide a full garrison here at present; where, too, conditions seem so favor. able to Volunteering; indeed, but for the necessity of comparatively secure strategical pivots for the navy, it is probable that the old country would not have done so much as she has done until she had put her home defences
In order.
One would think that, in a small white popula. tion in contact with inferior, races, superfluous energy would naturally find a vent in learning to fight as it appears to at Shanghai. Surely il would do no great harm to the able-bodied Hongkongite if on the few drill evenings in the year fatigue compelled him to bed and forbade his wooing fortune at the harmless and custom- ary poker. Be that as it may, it has been sought to shew that to ensure a proper defence of Hong- kong against a very possible attack there would be an opportunity for shall we say every able. bodied Englishman in the place-either in the batteries amid the blinding glare and appalling crash of the bursts of heavy abell, the vicioas whirr of the hail of machine-gun bullets and the hurtling rush of the shrapnel volleys in the guard-boats on dark nights with all beacons removed, observing at a respectful distance the motions of the iron leviathans but prepared for desperate hand-to-hand fight at any moment with their boats, guarding his comrades from surprise at the price of risk and privation to himself
ar, marching and counter-marching the hills, firing and being fired at, keeping his heart up and his sights carefully adjusted-to assert his claim to manhood and patriotism.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
PARIS, July 25th. General Boulanger stands for upwards of one hundred cantons at to-morrow's elections for the
Councils-General.
Le The editor of a Doulangist paper, Concorde, has been arrested, and the offices of the paper searched.
CAIRO, July 26th. The chief Maku-cl-Mir, with his reinforce- ments, has effected a junction with the forces under Wad-el-Njumi.
LONDON, July 26th.
In the House of Commons' this evening, Mr. Raikes, Postmaster-General, in reply to question said that France and Italy had con. sented to a further reduction from 1st January in the rates charged for the transit of the Eastern mails across those countries, and that the trains between Modena and Brindisi would be accelerated., Government, he said, bad under consideration the question as to whether the day of departure of the Australian mails from Adelaide should be altered to Wednesday, a change which would involve the departure of the mails from Bombay being altered to Sunday instead of as at present. Government were, however, consulting the India Office and the principal merchants connected
with Eastern trade, with a view to obtaining an expression of opinion on the subject,
Sir John Goral, replying to a question, sald that no progress had been made to connection with the proposed new Government dock a Bombay for ships of Her Majesty's Navy beyond the selection of a site. Lord Cross, he said, had offered to contribute a moiety of the cost, but the Admitally had not yet accepted the offer In the meantime the Bombay Port Trust bad offered to construct a dock which the India Government consider would be sufficient for all Indian needs.
July 27th.
In the House of Lords last night, Lord North brook, in moving for the production of the correspondence that had taken place relative to English import duties on silver plate of Indian manufacture, dwelt on the evils attending the duty in question. Lord Cross said that he fully agreed with Lord Northbrook that he duty was in every way hurtful, and said that he would leave Mr. Goschen no peace until he had repealed, it and modified the laws relative to compulsory hall-marking and to facilitate the import into England of Indian silver plate.
CAIRO, July 17th. The Borderers have been ordered up to Astouan.
LONDON, July 28th.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
The result of voting, in 1.700 cantons has ye to b: received. /
Wholesale searches ar bring made for copies of the Boulangist organ Le Concorde.
Large crowds are parading the streets to-night and considerable excitement prevails.
July 29th, Morning. According to the latest information Boalange has alond for about 400 cantons in the elections for Council-General held yesterday. The returns to hand show that the Generi has been elected in to cantons and defeated in 47: returns of 1,000 cantons are still te he cceived.
A raid has been made by the police on Paris newspapers for having pobled secret evidence in the Boulanger cas, which was stolen from the Government printers.
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to such a dried up specimen of humanity as hei husband. Inythë më inwhile her elderly spouse, with trembling knees, tried to mount the ladder. swearing that he would die with her. The noise aroused the neighbours one of whom, mate courageous than the rest,got near the bridle, and grabbing her, "descended wi his crazy burden. The 'ware Pad says that when their reporter called at Ne's house he saw the poor bride stil! hound with ropes and singing to herself some thing that sounded like airge,
PING-AN
A small cloud is anw gathering on the poli tical horizon, which may well give reason, for anxiety, as the atmosphere is overcharged with all the elements requisite for a dangerous stormi. On the Western side of Korea there is a extremely populous and fertile agricultura country, the market town for which is Ping-an
·A ind carrying a small big of valuables, while Ping-in is accessible for about nine months of on his way from a bant la his home in Canton the year, and, like Tientsin, is situated on the was met by a clever rascal, who hegan joking banks of a river. more navigable, however, than with him and making himself excedingly funny the Peiho, and some 40 miles or so from the to the bystanders. During the comedy, the sea. About Ping-an our information is of a jester made a snatch as the bag and decamped, vague character, so we can only generalise The boy shouted out" thief" but those near by, Suffice it to say that leguminous crops of good considering the matter to be a joke, laughed all quality are produced, and the peas and beans the more. By this time the sharper had already are said to be superior to those exported from made himself scarce. The bag contained $35 coNewchwang, at least, the japanese producers dollars, besides some jewelry.
A Tientsin correspondent of the Wai Sun says that the yalume of water, in the Peiho is becoming smaller ami smaller each year, so that steamers find it often dangerous to come up to their old berths alongside the bund of the foreign concession. Unless dredgers are used to clear the river from the vast accumulations of silt, it will be an impossibility for steamers to come up to Tientsin, which will compel them to unload at Taku. This will cause very heavy additional expenses to shippers in the shape of curriage from Taku in Tientsin Railways alone can solve the difficulty, and the authorities seem blind to the need of both railways and, the dredger.
A Tientsin correspondent of the Atyaug-pan tells a curious story of the exodus of nearly three hundred weasels from one godown to another. He says there was a large crowd looking on al the same time, and they saw old wensels leading the young, and the strong supporting the weak, Many conjectures were made as to omens, whether happy or otherwise, and the new land. lord of the novel tenants, being alarmed. consulted a fortune telle, who gave his opinion that the move prognosticated ceneral conflagra lion of the neighbourhand the prediction, however, has not proved correct, and now the
fortune-teller is “wanted" The landlord wants
his money back.
According to a memorial of the Governor of Kwang si, the portion where the province touches on the Miao-tsz (aborigines) borders appear to be very unhealthy, the principal illness that "flesh is heir to there being a swelling of the throat and glands. No less than seven sub-prefects died in harness during a space of three years, and all of the same disease. Candidates for the vacant yamen of that sub-prefecture have there fore been exceedingly scarce lately, and the memorialist prays that the Throne may take measures to force the expectant officials appointed to the post to go, without listening to any excuses of delicate health, etc., that may be formulated for the occasion.
The growing importance of the Imperial Maritime Customs may be judged from the following The Governor of Anhui, in his aputal report to the Throne, states that the total receipts of the Wuha Customs for the year' ending the sixth moon of this year was only a trifle over Tl. 139,000. The amount set down by Imperial Decree was in former years over Tls 347 000 per year, which amount shouldd be annually sent to Peking, so that there has been a deficit of Tia. zog ooo or thereabouts. The subject is treated in detail, and the Memorial ends by showing that "this was in no way due to the decrease of trade, but solely to the patronage traders give, to the river steamers, whereby dues are collected by the Foreign or Maritime Customs."
The members of the Life Saving Service on the Yang'ste" says the Wai-Sun Hangkow correspondent, "have been especially busy this season owing to the strong freshets on the river: No fewer than fifteen bodies have been picked up. in every stage of decomposition, or else in a state where the corpses are wanting sometimes a leg, sometimes an, arm, and in some cases with legs and arms missing. As for those saved, for the year ending the 6th moon, over two hundred persons of both sexes owe their lives to this benevolent and valuable institution." The Life saving and Life brat service of the Yangtze is an institution established nearly 150 years age, and has not been supported by Government but always though private subscriptions, given for the most part by wealthy junk owners.
The Hongkong Wai Sun of yesterday's date giver the story of an encounter between a couple of rats and a poisonous snake three feet long. A man living ontside the west gate of Canton heard some squealing in his front yard which he took at first to be the cries of a ghost, but which af.crwords turned out to have emanated from the throats of rats, and also a noise which ppeared similar to the hissing of a pot boiling. Being a firm believer in ghosts, he prudently stayed within, and thus lost sight of what would have been a most interesting sight. In the morning, however, an explanation of the queer noises of the preceding night was made manifest. | Two rats and a snake were found stone dead within three yards of his door. One rat, whose body was all swollen, had its teeth fixed in the side of the snake. The olber rat lay a foot away with its protruding torgue the color of ink. The anake had part of its tail bitten off, and its body displayed a great many wounds, caused by the rats' sharp teeth,,
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are of that opinion; and if an export market existed, large quantities of wheat. harley, and oil bearing seeds, such an rape. linseed, sesamum. etc., could be produced. It is also surroundeil by a country abounding with fiae pasture for cattle. There are also mines, said to be of large- extent, of really good bituminous coal; and within accessible distance there are mines of A considerable quantity iron, silver lead, etc. of gott dust also comes through the port even now, the locality of whose production is not, however well known as yet.
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Egypt is Khartoum, There can be no pirmu nest peace until, England Well R ruum. England might have done this over any over again. Mehemet Ali captured Khartoum with Egytian soldiers and the gytian army has time. and again marched from Sunkin to Berber in the face of the enemy. Hicks Pasha did this with Egyptians, and Stevenson and McPherson wanted to do so with British or Indian troops, but they were prevented from rescuing General Gordon by orders from home..
At 10:45 am, to-day an alarm of fire in the upper part of the Settlement was raised.. Arriving on the spot I found several small Chinese shops burning just opposite the Roman Catholic Church. A few moments later the fire-engine from the Police Station, with a large brigade of police under command of the omnipresent, energetic, and justly popular Major Watson, accompanied by Sergeant Willis, "arrived and tendered great assistance. This useful force was aided by a number of men from the Chinese men-of-war in part. By noon all danger was There is not to-day a Briti b commander, past,
Fourteen houses were destroyed, including whether it be the Tuke of Cambridge, Wolseley, one owned by a Japanese cake maker, Dantages Sir Archibald, Allison, Sir Evelyn Wugd, Sir áre estimated nişanoo. The fire originated in Gerard Grahaṁh, the Duke of Connaught, General a Chinese shop, where oil was being boiled. Stephenson, or any nther general officer able to is supposed the oil-pan boiled over, and thus draw a sabre, who would not turn scarlet with caused the fire, during the temporary absence shame to confess that these caftan dait Egyptians the workmen,
could go where Britons dare not tread.
This morning the steamer Klangtzen brought down despatches from Shanghai which have resulted in the immediate discharge of Hwa Shino Hoo, maanging agent of the China Merchants Company at this rort, and placing the office in charge of Sting Poo-jen, an uncle of the Taotai of Chefoo. Thus "Old Greasy," as he was appropriately nicknamed, has been superseded by "Methuselah !" so called from his advanced age. Mr. Sheng has been manager of telegraphs far the past three years. Shanghai Mercury.
HANGCHOW.
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This fact, reveith less, must go down in history. Diplomacy says if England wishes to remain in Egypt she must always be ready to talte a little war out of her waistcoat pocket
and show the world at large and France in particular that her presence in Egypt is necessary. to protect the European community there, and as a safeguard for humanity and civilization. Humanity and civilization are words that have been pretty well explained. If England has the courageof her opinions, then let her capture Khar toum and rule Egypt and North Africa as she does India, or else let her get out of it altogether. Let the Egyptians stew in their own juice, let France, Russia ne Italy have their little game in Egypt, but at least don't let England be the dog in the manger.
Co-uap's Advertisements.
(PROM A 'CORRESPONDENT.)
August 1st, 1889. The month of July just passed has been remarkable this year, in Hangchow, for furnishing us with the hottest and the coolest weather that has been known for many years. in, the same month. The hot weather culminated on the night of the roth, when many of the people sat up fanning all night. Then followed two weeks THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP of cool mainy weather, with heavy rain almost every day. The rice fields were generally flooded, and it was feared that the crap would be seriously injured. and the price of old tice advanced considerably But the opinion now is that the rice crop will be good, having suffered THE Company's Steamship... little injury from the excess of water. The cotton crop, however, was seriously damared.
:
COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, SINGAPORE AND
BANGKOK.
"CHOW FA,"
Captàín F. W. Phillips, will be despatched for the above Pons, on SUNDAY, the 18th August, åt DAYLIGHT.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
YUEN FAT HONG,
Agents.
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Hongkong, 14th August, 1889
STEAM TO STRAITS AND BOMBAY,
The Viccray Li has been urgently requested on various occasions by the Korean King to allow Ping-an to be opened as a foreign treaty port, and that a station of the Foreign Maritime Customs might he established there. To these demands, backed as they were by the Foreiga Customs, which is said to expect that Ping-an might become the best part of Korch for export and import trade, the Viceroy has invariably returned
The busiest place in the city, at present, is the Examination Hall, which is undergoing a peremptory and even angry refusal, giving, as he did on cách occalion, two reasons which are thorough repairs for the reception of the student? | absolutely untenable. His Excellency alleges of budding talent" who are trying to become that the trade of Newchwang would be damaged
"promoted men."
"The examination, an extra by the opening of Ping an. Now Ping-an by sea
one this year. by grace of the Emperor, takes must be over 100 miles distant from Newchwang, place on the eighth day of the eighth moon. and by road these is virtually no communication. Extensive repairs are also going on at the Ping-an would not draw one cash worth of ite yamên of the criminal judge. They are building on the inductive fields in its own neighbour-west, north and east sides of the premises. The -exports from Chinese territory, but would depend a high wall to enclose additional ground on the Calling at COLOMBO if sufficient inducement
uffers. wall is raised to a height of twenty-five feet, and hood. The trade, moreover, would be almost entirely Japanese. Japan has no trade with Newchwang, and but little with Chefoo, the other market for leguminous products, but în Korea Japanese tend to become the sole ex or ters of peas and beans, and they manage their trade very cleverly, by barter, with but very Hittle compétition. It is said, and we give the figures as we received them, without any opinion as to their accuracy, that Ping-an could in the first year of its opening export 150.000 tons of peas and beans alone, and in the following year 150,000 tons, all of which would find a ready market in Japan.
The second objection of His Excellency is that there are strategic grounds for this refusal to permit the opening: but an examination of the map, and an enquiry, as to the nature of the terrain, show that His Excellency is misinformed. On strategic grounds, as far as China is con- cerned, no reasonable impediment should be raised.)
The Japanese Government, urged by the enter prising Japanese traders, deeming them to be wronged by the unreasonable position of China, have sent a commission to Ping an to report upon the subject. So far it is surmised that the sole motive of the Viceroy's refusals is the preservation of a Chinese monopoly of the trade such as it is, under its starved conditions, and for this purpose he seems willing to inflict wanton injury upon the miserable finances of the struggling Corean state,
From Japanese reports, probably the best we can get at the present, the opening of Ping-an will probably increase the yearly Customs revenue by $150.000 to $100,000 at least. There is no doubt the Japanese desires are founded on, Justice, and that the Korean King's application should not have been rejected. Also that the Chinese veto cannot be justified. The next move will no doubt be a formal application on behalf of Japan for the opening, an application which the foreign Treaty Powers can hardly fail have genuine interest in the opening of a new to support, as the maritime nations especially market that will absorb imports and give employ ment to much shipping.
Yuan, the Chinese Resident, has also opposed the opening, but his motives are believed to be Purely malicious. It is most unfortucate that China retains this hated official al Seoul, He fact that China will find to be full of far-reaching has effectually estranged Corea from China, a evil consequences to the Empire; and the pre sent suspicious feeling of Japan towards China, which has supplanted the warm amity that existed two years ago, though partly the result of Japanese contempt for the invertebrate Yamén of Peking, and some doubts of the good faith of the Viceroy, doubis probably groundless, but the natural result of His Excellency's incomprehensible opportunism with regard to Corea, will soon become manifest.
We hope the Chinese will, when the demand for opening Ping-an is next made, consider the prudence of a policy of faimers in this matter, not only to Corea, but also to the foreign powers interested. Ifthe Yamen should remain recusant the situation may become dangerous, as the Japanese Government will be justified in using some measure of insistance.-Chinese Times.
NINGPO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT)
Ningpe, 7th August, 1889. How true is the saying "It never rains but it pours!" Just imagine, no less than three remarkable events happening in this port within the space of twenty-four hours. But so it is, as I shall now proceed to relate.
proposed to build houses on the land now
"THIBET"
will require the outlay of a large sum of mancy.THE P. & O.-S. N. Co.'s Steamship enclosed, for sent. The reason siven for building will leave for the above places, na MONDAY,
the 19th August, at Noon.
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent. Hongkong, 14th August, 1889.
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the wall and the houses is that the fengsh of the place is had. Three judges have died and one has been degraded while filling the post on these premises, and the natural conclusions is is that there is no luck about the place. The present incumbent would not occupy the house. STEAM TO YOKOHAMA, VIA NAGASAKI but took up quarters in another part of the city. It is hoped that the high wall will keep off the bad luck, and the presence of families in the quarters, which are situated in a desolate part of the city, will tend to make the place habitable for criminal judges.-N. C. Daily News,
TIENTSIN.
August 3rd, 1889. Mr. Rockhill, who started for Thibet last winter has been heard of from Chungking ia Szechuan,
on his way back
AND KOBE.
(Passing through the INLAND SEA) *HE P. & O. 5, N. Co.'s Steamship
" NIZAM " will leave for the above pinces, on 'TUESDAY, the 20th August, at DAYLIGHT.
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent.
Hongkong, 14th August, 1889.
STEAM TO SHANGHAI, "HE P. & 0, 5. N. Co.'s Steamship
THE
"SHANGHAI
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To-day's Advertisements.
DOUGLAS STEAM-SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY & TAIWANFOO,
THE Company's Steamship THE
"THALES,"
Captain Hunter, will be despatched for the above Ports, on FRIDAY, the rớth instant, at 10 A.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 14th August, 1889.
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FÓR NINGPO AND SHANGHAI.
THE Steamship
"AMOY,"
Captain R. Köhler, will be despatched for the above Ports, on SATURDAY, the 17th instant,
At 4 P.M.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 14th August, 1889.
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Masonic
ZETLAND
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A Lopes, will be held in FREEMASONS HALL, Zetland Street, on THURSDAY NEXT, the 15th August, at 5 for 5.30 PM. precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited.
Hongkong, 13th August, 1889.
PERSEVERANCE
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LODGE OF
HONGKONG, No. 1165.
A REGULAR MEETING of the above HALL, Zetland Street, on FRIDAY, the 16th inst., at 8.30 for a P.M. precisely.
frora Hongkong. Toth August, 1889.
LODGE will be held in FREEMASONS?
Insurances.
THE
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A SCOTTISH LIFE OFFICE OF 63 YEARS STANDING, AND ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST OF THE PROVIDENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
WHEN
THEN it is remembered that a Life Assurance Contract may not fall to be fulfilled for a quarter or even half a century after being entered into, it will be readily understood how important it is to the Policy- holder that the past record as well as the present management of the Office should be of the highest possible character. The Standard has a long record of past good services to refer to its Funds, annually increasing, amount to £6,00,000; and all modern features consistent with safety have been adopted.
THE BORNEO COMPANY, LD,, Exo--s]
Agents, Hongkong,
LUBECK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
will leave for the above pince about 24 hours THE Undersigned having been appointed
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Letters received this week from Corea by the Owari Mart repeat that the Treasuries of the King and Government are utterly empty and likely to remain so, as the country has become after her arrival. insolvent; the Customs revenues have been stolen or muddled away by the thievish native officials, and of credit there is none. The foreign employés, afloat and ashore, are in bad case, ns they cannot get any pay, and to some of them long arrears are owing. The King, the Govern ment, and the officials constitute a scandalous THE P. & O, S, N. Co.'s Steamship nuisance, and the sooner all are swept away the
better.
Hongkong, 13th August, 1889
STEAM TO SHANGHAI,
"ROHILLA"
· Hongkong, 13th August, 1889.
·STEAM FOR
The process of silting up still continues in the will leave for the above place about 24 hours Tientsin River, and is apparently going on farther after her arrival with the outward English Mail. down towards the Upper Nine Forts Reach, where the steamers now. discharge their cargo.
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent.
show that between the new College and the Soundings taken at low tide during the past week Tientsin Bend there are sit. 6in. of water Bend to Doable Bend, 6ft; through Arsenal through the East Reach, 6ft.; from Everlasting Reach, 6ft. fin. On Thursday a 12ft. tide at the Bar caused a 14in. rise at the Bund, so that the depth of water in the Tientsin Reach at high tide was 6ft. Bin, and from that point to the Arsenal Reach could not have been over 8ft.
Steamers are compelled to lie in the Upper reaches in the river, just above the village of Nine Forts Reach, which is one of the best Pal-tang-kao, situated about twelve miles from Tientsin. The Customs authorities have put down ten mooring posts, and have connected the village with Tientsin by telephone. The Customs cruiser, the Foam, is stationed there, with three officers on board. Since the 14th ult. twenty. three steamers have been cleared, and everything i being done to accelerate their discharge and despatch-Chinese Times.
ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
in its issue of July tath, says:
The Paris edlion of the New York Herald,
SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO, ADEN, PORT SAID, MALTA, GIBRAL. TAR, MARSEILLES, BRINDISI, TRIESTE, VENICE, PLYMOUTH, AND LONDON; ALSO, BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIA,
N.B.-CARGO CAN BE TAKEN ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF FORTS, MARSEILLES, TRIESTE, HAM- BURO, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. SPECIE ONLY LANDED AT PLYMOUTH. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL ship GANGES," Captain S. J. Alderton, with Her Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for LONDON, VIA BOMBAY and SUEZ CANAL, o¤ SATURDAY, the 24th August, at NOON.
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Steamship
Agents for, the above Company are pre- pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at CURRENT RATES.
EDUARD SCHELLHASS & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 6th August, 1889.
THE
NOTICE.
1992
THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED. CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED.......
$1,000,000,
The above Company is prepared to accept. MARINE RISKS at CURRENT RATES on GOODS, payable at any of its Agencies. &c. Policies granted to all Parts of the world
WOO LIN YUEN
Secretary.
HEAD OFFICE, NO. 2, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST, Hongkong, 1st February, 1882..
GENERAL NOTICE,
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THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)
CAPITAL TAELS 600,000, $833,333-33
EQUAL TO RESERVE FUND
$318,000,00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LEE SING, Esq.
LO YEUX MOON, Esq, Lou TSO SHUN, E1q.
MANAGER.-HOʻAMEL,
Parcel be received on board until 4 P.MARINE RISKS on GOODS, &c, taken
Cargo
and Specie (Gold) at the Office until 4 P.M., on the day before sailing.
Silk and Valuables for Europe will be transhipped at Colombo; Tea and General Cargo for London will be conveyed via Bombay without transhipment, arriving one week later than by the ordinary direct route via Colombo.
For further particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE apply to the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY's Office, Hong: kong."-
The Contents and Value of Packages are re- quired to be declared prior to shipment.
Shippers are particularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company's Black Bilia of Lading.
This Steamer takes Cargo and Passengers for Marseilles,
E. L. WOODIN, Superintendent.
P. & O. 5. N. Co.'s Office," Hongkong. 14th August 1990
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The recent action of France in refusing to assent to the conversion of Egypt's debts unless England would fix definited date for the with- drawal of British troops from the Khedive's dominions has received grim, conclusive, and highly diplomatic comment. The eccentric and frantic people sometimes called dervishes are up in arms and are advancing upon Assouan, Colonel Wodehouse, who commands the Egyptian forces at Wady Halfa, fortunately has command of the telegraph wires, which the The following pathetic' story is told by our
dervishes have not. The result is that the Duke Canton contemporary of the 12th instant-A
of Cambridge, Commander-in-chief of the British man named Ng, a petty trader of Hongkong, who
army, is in active communication with the Ad had attained the age of fifty, got engaged a few. At 9 o'clock last night the steamer Ningpomiralty, and the immediate transport of re- The appointment of the Earl of Fife to a
years ago to the daughter of a lone widow living from Hongkong, with lichees, etc., etc., dropped enforc menta is ordered, among other regiments Dukedom has been gazetted. He will henceforth
in Canton. In course of time the fanche a young anchor off the Customs bund. She was piloted the gallant Black Watch. The Forty-second in by Mr. Petersen. Her commander is the Royal Highlanders, are on the way from Malta take the tie of the Duke of Fife, The marriage lady of twenty, beard that her betrothed was of the Duke with Princess Louise of Wales was anything but youthful, and this so preyed upon genial and deservedly popular Captain Schuitze,
to Egypt, whose arrival is warmly welcomed on all aldes, There seems po doubt that the dervishes mean solemnized yesterday at Buckingham Palace her mind that the poor thing's head was Chapel. The ceremony passed off most brilliantly terrified her mother that she tried to get the mar
turned, and her strange freaks and antics so The Chinese say that Captain Schultze's visit business. These dark barbarians are hardy and Enormous crowds heartily cheered the couple ringe consummated before anything more serious mariner was entering the gaiden of a friend are sufferers from thirst. This makes them all to Ningpo has something in it, for just as that warlike. Telegrams from Egypt say that they as they drove down to the Duke's house at Richmond, where they spend, their honeymoon,happened. So as Ng was too poor to defray the
to pay a visit the almost stepped upon a five- the more bloodthirsty. All that Wodehouse with A SMALL GODOWN and OFFICE in No. Advicei fexpecting grain crops state that in necessary expenses for the wedding and the foot snake! Snake slaying not being exactly in his steamers and cavalry has yet been able to do Austria they are mostly a complete failure, and
bride's trousseau, his prospective mother-in-law the gallant Captain's line, he promptly gave the ls to prevent the dervishes from drinking his that in Roumania they are poor, whilst from greed to waive all claims if he would marry her alarm, when a rush was made for the hat-stand water. Wodehouse in doing this has already Canada reports are good,
daughter #on the spot. Accordingly Monday and pantry (for the purpose of finding weapons lost yo killed and wounded, including two of his PARIS, July 18th.
of last week, was the time appointed for the wherewith to enter upon an encounter with the | small staff of British officers, but this blow dealt uptials, and at that date the twain were made. dangerous reptile); while your correspondent at the lavaders is not enough either to quench bridal chamber, she made a pretence of being could see. This he seized and banged upon fighting. July and August are pretty hot months one. As soon, however, as the bride entered the made a dash for the biggest flower-pot be thirst or stop the advance. There will be severe very quiet, until every one had left excepting her the head of the serpent with all his might for white men to engage in battle with wiry; husband, when, suddenly starting up, she made Result-flower-pot, containing a line orchid, snake-like Soudanese. for a window near where a ladder happened to be smashed to atoms; the serpent ceased to Such is the military aspect of the case, but let lying, placed it against the wall of the house, and exist,. The boss looked daggers at me, but us for a moment consider its diplomatic phase. mounted rapidly to the roof, crying and sobbing, very mournfully towards bis busted orchid. You For seven years England has militarily occupied then laughing loudly, and calling out that now bet I upon. excused myself and "went.” Guess I Egypt. It is an axiom familiar to every, well- she was a fairy, and did noi dezire to be married - won't kill any more snakes wiiki fower«pots 1. Instructed officer in Europe that the key to
The High Court of Justice has proclaimed that unless Boulanger, Dillon and Rochefort appear before the authorities in Paris within ten days they will be declared rebels and their property will be confiscated,
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Up to the present the result of the elections for Councils General shows that Boulanger has been elected in's and defeated in 40 cantons,
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