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carriage in a hired gharry. We cannot, conceive why Jennings should have taken DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, | part in this mild pageant, in fact, it looks
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and as a specimen of that astute, if usually Incomprehensible, diplomacy for which British Colonial viceroys are so famous. After a very short stay with Governor Suite, less than a quarter of an hour, the hope of Russia returned direct to the pler, with the secret police officer in the hack carriage still in close attendance, and at once went on board the Pamiat Asova. Probably disgusted with the fawning sycophancy of the focal representatives of "the rulers of the waves," he left for Batavia next morning, having, through the Russian consul, declined to receive any ceremonial visits from the Foreign consuls or from anybody else.
Vino Generosa-a' generous
round wine, gran seal........$ 6.00 Vino Depasto a medium dry
wine with delicate flavour," 'red 1888.
....$10.00 $1,00
Amontillado a high class
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....$14.00
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
MR. MILNE Dramatic Company, sow performing on or about the 21st Inst In Singapore, will probably open in Hongkong
NAVIGATORS who have been all over the giche say that the China Sea and the Bay of Fundy are the two roughest seas in the world.
A REGULAR meeting of St. John Lodge, No. 613, S.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for go'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. We learn that Mr. C. J. Olilent has been appointed to the command of Messrs. Apcar's Hongkong-Calcutta liner Japan, vice Capt. T. S. Gardner who died recently in Calcutta.
AN emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge, 'No. 525, E.C., will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, on Tuesday, the 17th instant, af 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.
HOLDERS of "Charbonnago" shares in this colony will be glad to hear that the coal-fields of Tonkin are turning out so well that it in thought that M. Ferry may be restored to popular favor upon that lasue alone."
Hongkong, wo are afraid, will be grievously disappointed. The rank and gentility and fashion and shoddy, and the Five hundred children under ten years of age other swells of more or less high degree were taken into custody last year in London as who had made up their minds to hob-nob who are fooling about in China kindly note that drunk and incapable. Will the missionaries with a real Russian Heir-Apparent there is a wide field for their energies in not to mention such minor notabilities as "darkest London"? Prince Grozor of Greece and Prince BARIOTINSKY-and to give their tasty Court sults, Windsor uniforms, and Marlborough House toggery a public airing, are already at fover-heat with indignation at being Per case of 24 plats............$13.09 chief clubs in London, &c...$12.00
done out of the opportunity of again gaily
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We are sole Agents in China for the Sale of strutting In borrowed plumes. They can't understand why this distinguished Russian traveller should decline to be teadied to Nos az & 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL and to make a waxwork exhibition of
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White Czar were the amiable “Dook,” of CONNAUGHT Prince "Collars-and-Cuffs," the late lamented King KALAKAWA, or us deceased majesty of the Sedangs.
The Czarewitch is travelling for his own special purposes and on his own business; his high rank necessitates that a certain amount of formality and official ceremonial must attend him wherever he goes; but he is not wooing publicity as advance agent, for a circus, and he has very plainly and emphatically expressed the desire to be saved from public receptions that have become a bore and from flunkeyism that is always objectionable, and it is therefore to be hoped for the honour and credit of this colony that Governor pas Vaux, who is not built on the lines of the
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A SINGAPORE paper says that the flag of Vice- Admiral Nazimoff has been hauled down from the Admiral Nakkimef and he has gone on board the Pamirat drova; and the flag of Rear- Admiral Besargin is now flying on board the Vladimir Monomach.
THE Portuguese have recently established colonies in Connecticus and Massachusetts. What's the matter with Macao-and Timor? There is plenty of room for the enterprising famous flag of Portugal and Algīves.
fuguese colanist under the axis of the pace
THE man, Wong Kai, who was caught smuggling 30 taels of opium ashore from a Macao steamer and who stated to the maglstrate that he was asked to cany it ashore for the compradore of the Haungskan, re-appeated. Justice this morning. No further evidence. war beard, but the case was remanded for a week, the defendant being allowed out on bail in one surety of $150.
the Hall of
Tuxx appear to have the same childish scare of rabies in dogs in the Straits Settlements that har madethe Australian Colonies the ridicate ofthe world for years past. The magistrate of Matang, Perak, has lately ordered the confinement of all dogs in the district for a period of three months, and any person refusing to hand over his bow months' imprisonment. In other districts 'all wow is threatened with a fine of $100 or six
dogs are ordered to be summarily destroyed. What next?
AB UT forty years ago as the white-haired parent of melodrama usually commences his awful revelations-a Nepaulese ambassador arrived at Southampton with presents, valued at a quarter of a million sterling, for Victoria Regina. Lord Jebn Russell gave Instructions that the black gentleman's personal effects and' those of his suite were to be passed at the Customs free of duty, but subsequently counter- manded the first order, and said that only the "royal presents" were to pass without inspection. Thereupon the ambassador gave Old England the alternative of foregoing duty on the whole.bag back to Nepaul by the ship that brought them. of tricks, or of seeing presents' and all taken
Then the Queen went into bysteries and Prince Albert shrieked "Mela Gott!" and the black something, to bring the presents along on any. gentleman received Royal Leiters Patent, or terms he darned well liked. This incident is not recorded in any modern history.
THE Caundian Pacific Company's chartered steamer Abyssinia, Capt. Williamson, will go into Dock for a general overhaul in the course of a day or two, prior to her return home at the expiration of her chaster. The Captain, Mr. Spooner, chief officer, the chief engineer and a few deck "hands are the only people on board at present, and she will ship a new crew, priot to sailing for Liverpool at the end of this month The same Company's chartered steamer Parthia WE would remind our readers of Madainéis, we hear, going to be bought by the charterers Patey's concert, which as announced in another owing to her suitability for the Vancouver run, column, is to take place at the City Hall to-night. while the old Cunarder Batavia will soon. That the concert will be a high class one goes follow the Abyssinia on the homeward route. without saying, and as most of the seats are Another of the C. P. chartered boats, the already booked, those desirous of attending Mongkut, which has been running between should lose no time le securing tickets........ Vancouver and Portland, Oregen, during the past China. She will probably, it is said, resume summer and autumn is now on her way back to duty in the service of her owners, the Scottish Oriental Company, on the Hongkong Bangkok route.
THE decision amived at by Mr. Wise at the Magistracy this morning, when eighteen mendi- cants-some of whom were blind-were brought before him charged with begging in the public streets, does that gentleman infinite credit. He discharged the whole batch, and ordered that each of them should receive ten cents from the poor-box.
SYLVESTER COLTAR, the sailor who was charged with having stabbed a fellow "shellback" on the 7th Int., did not put in an appearance when called for at the Central this morning. Upon inquiring it was found that both he and the complainant had rejoined their ship, the Altair, which had already sailed. Mr. Wise, of course, ordered Sylvester's bail of $15 to be estreated.
A DAME of foot-bail under Association rules has been arranged for to-morrow afternoon at Happy Valley between teams representing the Club and the Kowloon detachment of the A. and S. Highlandern. Play, is to com- mence at 4.30 p.m. sharp, and the following will represent the Club. M. Dow, centre forward E. O. Lewis and AN Other, left wing: Major Barker and Lieut. Loring, right ball-backs; A. Sharp and W. H. Wallace, full. wing; H. C. Marshall, F. Maitland and Slade, backs;
W. V. Anderson, goal.
THERE was only a moderate audience at the City Hall last night to witness the final per- formance of Professor Jensen of "Cabalistic Wonders" renown, and as the show in really a good one, the Professor may well com- plain of the want of patronage extended to him by Honkongltes. He intends, however, to add several attractions to his already varied programme, and is confident that upon his return here he will be able to provide an entertainment has will suit the public toate to a T.Quite right Professor, and if your promised "Palace of Wonders" will only contain a dancing girl or two, success will be assured before you even pitch your tent.]
THR Stratis Times of the 4th inst. has the following rs Raubs-"A call of two-pence per share, payable on the 21st of the present month, is made to-day by the Directors of the Raub advice of Mr. Hume Black, cabled to Brisbane, Australian Syndicate. The call is made on the and the money (say 5.500) is intended solely for the purchase of new machinery. We under output of gold is likely now to be in excess of the working expenses, and that in anticipation of that he call in smaller than might be the case mine will probably contribute to the cost of the otherwise, it being assumed that the output of the machinery needed.”
stand that Mr. Hume Black belleves that the
T is stated that the colony of Victoria is the largest ten consumer in the world per head, with Tilby N.S. Wales, Queensland, and South Australia following, with glb, Bib, and zib; next comes the Cape of Good Hope, with gib which is about the average in China liself, where, they put away about 2,000 million pounds annually, the whole world's consumption being 2,500 million pounds. England consumer about alb, per head, and the United States a good deal less, Russia coming rext to. China and the Cape, SOME men are actors born, and others are only masqueraders, and to these coming under the later category we must add the name of Chap Chol, who was detected whilst trying to assume the role of an Excise efficer, in Jerveis, 'Street, last night. He succeeded in wheedling a box, and bullion to the amount of thirty cents from a loon whom he fancied won not so sharp ay him. self, but his fancy was at fault for once, and Chan gated by Mr. Wise this morning had the good was promptly laid by the heels, and when Interro-
sense to plead guilty nud was acut intoʻretirement. for the term of three months.
News of the death at Calcutta'of Captain T. S. Gardner, of Messrs Apear's well-known Indo- China liner Fatas, on the rrih ultimo was, we regret to learn, brought here by the Arratcon Apear yesterday evening. Captain Gardner, who had been upwards of 34 years in the Calcutta-China trade, had hosts of friends both In India and throughout the Far East who will deeply regret to hear of his death at the compars had made many a crack sun in the Company' tively early age of 58. The popular skipper, who smart little brigs in the early days of the opium trade, had been ailing for some time, and was obliged to relinquish the.command of his steamer about three or four months ago. Asthma was the original source of trouble, which was followed by heart and kidney complications and finally an attack of paeumonia, the latter oltimately gaining complete mastery over the powerful frame and strong mind of the patient. He
was attended by Drs. Joubert and Cromble, aud during the fret week of February was removed from his Calentin residence to the European General Hospital, where he gradually sank and died on the afternoon of the 11th ultimo, His funeral, which took place on
the afternoon of the 12th utt, at the Circular. road Cemetery, was very largely attended by Captain Gardner Europeans and nativer. leaves a widow, who left Calcutta for England some little time prior to his death-step taken upon the advice of her friends, who BAW that she was rapidly breaking down under the stain, of anxiety which her husband's condition bad caused her for some time p st.
SUPREME COURT,
IN BANKRUPTCY.
March-iath.
‘A ra SU CHI
The bankrupt appeared to pass his fian! oxamination.
|| Me' Hastings (e! Mestra., Wotton and Deacon's) appeared for the bankrupt and Mr. Wilkinson (of Messrs. Caldwell and Wilkinson's) appeared on behalf of several creditors.
Mr. Hastings said be had only seen the two affidavits this morning, but he did not think there. was anything la them.
Mr. Wilkinson said, as be informed his lordship on Monday last, the debtor was said to have
THE community of Hongkong would seem to be (Before Sir James Russell, Chief Justice.) in high favor with the gods at present, if we may count the coming of the many theatrical companies now threatening us with invasion, as blessings and no doubt they are, for to face the weary monotony of a Hongkong summer without the prospect of any amusement whatever, would be enough to drive a mule to drink Mila and his Shakespearean combination will be along in a weeks' time, and as they are reported to have unlimited talent and a lengthy repertoire, no doubt they will be warmly wef. comed here, but what will make the soul of local lordly masherdom thrill and the women turn to a light pea-green color, is to learn that the lovely Brown-Potter is, coming to Hongkong and will. bring all her charms and attractions and property. He bad two affidavits to put in, one "French made dresses" along with her. Ia.. at which was to the effect that the bankrupt bad cidentally it may be mentioned that Mr. Kyrle property le Hongkong, and the other that he had Bellew is her "leading man" and that they have property in China. a very decent support behind them. Their repertoire is varied, and contains La Torca, affidavits after all. It was one person telling Comilis, Frou Frou, David Garrick, Romse some are else, and so forth. There was nothing The show is being pilated by Mr. G. Crofton, made enquiries; who was 13 and then the and Yuliet, and many other high class dramas. reliable in such statements. I have recently
read, lead one to suppose that to see Mr. B.-Pin the Wing Wo Hing shop, and that was a and will no doubt meet with a full measure of affidavit continued 'and they inform me who success. Some of the critiquer that we have were they? (and you see a lot of her too) is alone worth a
Mr. Wilkinson said the bankrupt bað a share
valuable asset. trip to the moon.
His lordship asked what there was in the
people?,
His lordship Where are the Wing Wo Hing
been trading in Hongkong five years in the Wing Hing Loong. There were several persons at the commencement; but there were only eight persons when the business closed. He had no hare in any other business. He had never become acquainted with the masters of the Wing Wo Hing,
His lordship. There is a shopin Queen's Road
In that shop? No.
named Wing Wo Hing. Have you any share
in the Wing Wo Hing?-No.
You never told Yip Wang that you had a share
Had you any interest in that shop before filing your petition in bankruptcy?--No.
said the bankrupt had told him he had property witness failed to substantiate. in China, but this with other assertions the
past his last examination, and that he be granted Mr. Hastings submitted that his client should his discharge. The last witness contradicted hip- self several times and the adidavits were only statements of hearsay.
MANY of our readers will learn with interest of the novel experiment which was tried with
Mr. Wilklason said they would have to be marked success in floating the stranded Japanese subpoenaed and it was impossible for him to do mall steamer Tokio Maru, and of which, the
that. Kobe Herald gives the following particulars Wi kinson, in reply to whom he said he had Sui Chi' was called and examined by Mr. Laterally, the ship lay, after stranding, at an common or garden order of the Colonial
angle with the shore of about 40 or so degrees, her forward part being fast on sand and rock official, will peremptorily insist on the
and her stern in comparatively deep water. It visitor's wishes being rigidly respected, and
was felt that it was necessary to sweep her head that when he lands here the gorgeous scene
round so as to bring her whole length parrellel with the shore. To do this an enormous force from the usual Hongkong pantomime will
or tension bras required. To obtain this tension steel hawsers were requisitioned from the ships form no part of the programme. Let the
of the Fleet, and after being made fast to large Imperial visitor be received with the dignity
anchors which were sunk some distance out and respect we owe to the future ruler of
of purchase tackles with the huge bits or in the sex-bed, they were connected by means a vast and powerful but distinctly hostile
bollards that had been let down through the empire, that happens unfortunately to
decks of the vessel. Then as the ship rose and be the inevitable antagonist of our own
fell with the even motion of the waves around the
A man says here that you, have property in groter part of her length, these steel hawserLub Vip Wang, a dealer in copper and iron,
the Country ?—I have not, F country in the great political questions
tightmed, dragging her bow, with every repeti now darkening the horizon, and which
tion of the operation at each successiva tide, sooner or later must be finally adjusted
At first the strain was so great that the anchors slowly but surely to the vessel's native element, [5 by the arbitrament of ironclads on the
would not hold but ballast in largo quantities sea and armies on the field of battle; A GENERAL meeting of shareholders in the workers saw that success was to be the reward being dumped down upon them, soon the anxious if hearty English courtesy can make the Chinese Insurance Company, Limited, in of their patient and skillful efforts: The extent Czarswitch's passing visit to this far liquidation, was held at the Head Office of the of the damage sustained by the vessel is not yet
Mr. Wilkinson asked that the matter might Company (Messrs. Melchers & Co.'s) at 4 known, but from the fact that the angles and HONGKONG distant out-post of British interests in any orlock this afternoon, when the liquidators laid plates of the water-ballast tanks are injured, it stand over. for a short time, in order that he TELEGRAPH" ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY chivalrously offered in no stinted measure; which the winding up had hitherto been
way agreeable, it should be freely and before the shareholders the account showing may be inferred that several frames, and much might get the Wing We Hing people to attend.
their acts and dealings, and the manner in of the bottom plating will need renewal,
'His lordship said he could not believe the last witness, and did not see the necessity of further REMINDED THAT ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS but let him be spared the Irritating conducted. Mr. F. Dodwell presided, and there SAYS the Sydney Bulletin with reference to the adjournment. The bankrupt was therefore wuST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.
guying of ridiculously dressed-up were also present:---Mesars. T. 1. Rose, W. troubles on board H.M.S. Penguin in New 'allowed, to-pass-his-last-examination, automatons, the inane chatter of a painfully. H. Harms. After a brief speech the since :-The story of the warship Panguin, now FIRE ON BOARD THE “ARRATOON
Legge, H. Jorey, several Chinese shareholders Zealand, mentioned in our columns a short time. mediocre officialdom, the general burlesque Chairman moved the adoption of the report lylog at Hobart, seems to be the old story of the business of a country fair, and above all, and accounts, as presented. Mr. Jorey seconded Egeria over again, with sundry variations
and the motion was carried unanimously. the WOTSC keep the secret police severely outside the That concluded the business of the general nethar hell of the naval service, while the As Messrs. Apcar's Calcutta liner Arratoon
the Pinguis being apparently the show, We have no dynamite fiends in meeting, which was followed by a private con- Egeria was an upper region of the same deep pear, Captain Spence, was approaching the Hongkong, and the Czarswitch only wants holders as to the most expeditious manner of the same as has already been told so often in noon the alarm of fire was raised, and it was sultation between the liquidators and share en Gehenna. Tas tale, as told by the crew, is Kowloon wharf at half-past four yesterday after. to be treated like an ordinary visitor.
brlaglag the wlading up to a satisfactory conclu British history. The ship was bossed by a soon found that fire bad broken out in the sion. A full report of the proceedings will appear #rigid disciplinarian,” and life os board. tween decks all, where about 600 Chinese. In our issue to-morrow,
seems to have been one incessant round passengers taken on board at Calcutta, Penang of work and punlahsuent, with more work and and Singapore--were huddled together. Signali more punishment by way of variety. At ❘ of distrees were holsted at once, the ship was Fremantle the crew broke fato open mutiny, backed out of the wharf and anchored off Yau- and looted the stores, and for a little while it | ma-ti Point whither the Police Anating Gre-engine seems to have bean a tess-up whether they did and several boats and launches from the Leandır, leave a vacancy in the British navy. One salior render assistance. Meanwhile the steamer's hose not make a glorious bonfire of the veziel, and | Seviris and other men-of-war quicly repaired to deserted, and ultimately died of exposure and was brought to bear on the fire through holes cut starvation; a lieutenant who attempted to to the deck of the saloon, sad when the men-of- remonstrate is awaiting trial by cour-martial ; | war's men got to work a torrent of water was and the ship's company in general seems to bave proved down into the tween decks on top of the been divided into two sections-s small party Chizere passengers! baggage-where the fire which was dead, and a large one that wasted to originated and chests of opium" and bales of
The life of the alleged joyous the consists, Jute. The first difficulty encountered by the at the best, chiefly of small pay and hard officers of the ship was the removal of the biscuit; generally it is largely mixed-up with Chinese from thetween decks, where they execrations and chains and similar pleasant clung like grim death to portions of their facts; and when he strikes a worse patch than luggage. However, with the applicatios of usual hele practically in hell on a precarious litle :" muscular persuasion ? and, a broom- income... And if he muilnles and is hanged the handle for two, the crowd were got on chances are that he only loses the income the deck and driven with what they could savo location, we should imaging, remains about the on deck. After, this the jacks, and blues
had is dit skeic OWN-WAY. ANG. BODE SUGOLFŐNÉ
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Honghong Telegraph..
·HONGKONG THURSDAY,, March 17, 1891.
HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS the Czarowitch landed at Singapore, to return the official ||| call of Governor Sir Czeru Surra, on tha
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afternoon of the 3rd inst. Although the Russian Prince had specially requested
It has an extensive circulation in all Perts that there should be as fow people as between Singapore and Newchwang, in the Australasian Colonies, the United States, and possible at his reception on landing, the United Kingdom, and the scale of charges regular army of official bummers attended has been fixed at an exceptionally low rate in stage dresses of various descriptionis, Terus can be learned on application.
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LONDON, March 31d. The Timer, refering to the draft agreement between England and Portugal on the African difficulty, states that the Manica boundary settlement is premature.
Tux case against Captain Crosby, of the Ameri- can ship Imperial, was decided this morning. The Captain was charged "That he did, on the 17th day of February, on board the kong harbour, unlawfully allow James Smith American ship Imperial, then lying in Hong- to land in this colony, who being other than Chinese and at the time of his landing was obviously destitute of means of subsistence." Mr. A. Moir, superintendent of the Sailors Home, said the discharged sailor Smith had not applied to him for admission. Mr. Bowles, who St. George to that honorable badge worn
appeared for the Captain, submitted that be. the Ordiance did not apply to discharged by the modest teetotäler. On getting ashore the Czarewitch at once pro-
Ballors. Mr. Wise, however, ordered that the defendant was Ilable to the Government of this colony for all costs and charges incurred ceeded to Government House, the most
THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.. by the colony in consequence of Smith be conspicuousfigurain the officiel escort being
March rothcoming a vagrant. This, no doubt, is very consoling to Smith, who ́la at present in the | Jeminos,the Singapore secret police officer,. The City Council of Manchester has advanced House of Detention consequent upon conviction
who followed directly behind the Prince's 1.6%,500,000 starting to the Casal Company,
GERMAN BOUNCE. The North German Gasstie declares that all Germans from the Alps to the sex will unite in case of danger to the Empire.
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