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the losses they sustained during the riots, by | A REGULAR meeting of the Victoria Preceptory will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, granting them immenso tracts of land.
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MONSIEUR RIBOT ON THE PRANCO- RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
In a great speech made in the town of Bx."BUX. Charice," said she to the handsome | young volunteer, “what would you really do if sume by M. Ribot, the French Minister of there, was a sudden cry To arms, to arms 20 Foreign Affairs affirmed pointedly that there "Well," said Charles, “it would depend. If the existed an understanding with Russla, but with cry Issued from your lips, I think I should come." resolve that France would only geft thereby OWING to the scarcity of men available for for the purpose of preserving peace,
service on board H.M.S. Victor Emanuel, the complement of men required for the Erk cannot be made up until the arrival of the Liander from the North. The last named vessel is expected here on Saturday, when both ships will be
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October 5th.
The reported prosation of the Duke of Connaught to be Commander-in-Chief in India has been contradicted.
despatched North with all possible despatch. Ir the people of the East, says the Denver Republican, are so anxious to remove the barriers upon Chinese immigration, they ought to advocate
prohibit their settlement in any part of the United States west of, say, the south meridian. Possibly the California and Colorado people would consent to this. Then the East would soon get enough of the Chinese. It would clamor for a restriction
Chicago Poet-Here is a poem on "My Darling's
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Ino long Poet-So are her feet!
In Gymple, a mining town in Queensland, the people are plain, honest folk, and object to their women appearing in #evening-dress," The other night one solitary lady ventured to enter a publle hall with half her vertebras exposed to
the wintry blast, when a strange man loudly offered her his coat, remarking laconically "You must be cold,"
SouTBODY has sent us a letter in a language which we imagine must either be Volapük, or one of the Slav-tongues, of Southern Europe.
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"WHAT are the natural products of South Dakota? !! asked Colonel Ingersoll, on his way, West to Montana inst month, when he met Senator Pettigrow of the lafant State. Pettigrew's reply came' tersely: “ Divorces, grats widows and prohibition,
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A POLICE Magistrate at Melbourne once had before him an alleged quack doctor, charged with illegally practising without a permit, and fined alm 100. The guack instantly fangs from nate on the table, and another £5, remarking that the latter was for the "poor-box, Hir Worship got indignant, and thendered out,
"No, your worship, I may feel it, but I can't court "No," meekly responded the quack afford to express it.
ALL the roads leading to the War Department *. *WE regret to have to disappoint our readers buildings were closed this morning and a-sentry "Do you mean to express contempt for the WYEN married.women of easy (or uneasy) virtua
be not publishing an editorial is this issue: but the whole of our limited staff have for most part of the day, been 'cribbed, cabined and confined! In the Sacreme Court, as witnesses in a case, the merits of which could bave been adjusted in about a quarter of an hour, The coal-bil of the F. & O, Company exceeds £600,000 per annum.
population of that, State as 57,462, of whom The Ixtest census returns of Pahang give the 50,517 are Malays,
An advanced Girton giri, according to one of of children was only fit for the cow order of the magazines, lately said that "the production
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THE Superintendent of the P. & 0..5, N. Co. informs us that the steamship Ravenna, with the next English mail, left. Singapore for this
ort at 4.30 p.m. yesterday.
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Six Alfred Stephen, late Chief Justice, and now
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perambulation of the War Department bound aries. This antiquated nonsense will be continued to-morrow. It is more than high time that all these old fashioned, generally absolete, and variably ridiculous customs were wiped out.
·But we suppose we shall have to `" wipe out " the lawyers, first as they are the real barriers to the Introduction of common-sense into lega! proceedings.
stationed at each, on account of the annual
wine until he drinks it in France. Wilhelm KAISER WILHELM says be will drink no more may intend a lot, but his threat may not mean much, after all. Napoleon III: drank German may yet dilak French wine as an erile enjoying wine in Germany as a prisoner. Wilhelm the horpitality and protection of the Republic. During the German occupation of Champagne after the war a French peasant sowing seeds a field was jeèred at by a half-tipsy German who said: "You sow; but the crop will be ours."That may be so," said the Frenchman, "I am planting bcmp."
FOOR ald Wong A Hol hasgone aloft for six weeks hard and he didn't the nothing selp me, but only invited a few friends and acquaint ences to a quiet little social gathering at No. 3 Gage Street-P.S.--Fantan. The beastly police spoiled the entertainment, froze on to $70 of bard-earned money, and when Wong was haled before the "beak this morning, that dignitary in awful tones decreed a fine of $15, or six weeks. As above stated, Mr. Wong A Hol will be "at home" at Victoria Gaol until about the 18th of next month. No visitors allowed.
LORD Chief Justice Coleridge was travelling on circuit in the south-eastern counties of England recently, and speaking from his experience, he sald: Any one who sits in my vosition most know that if you could make England sober you might indeed, in another sense, make her free, because you might-not literally, of course--but you might, speaking broadly, shut up three fourths of her jails. Of course there are cases, there are classes of cases, with which drink has *But speaking generally, nothing to do. ** almost all the crimes of violence, and many of the crimes Ints, which dishonesty eaters are begun, or are completed in the public house. MADAME Bernhardt, the ever-youthful, anys the secret of it all is an "eau sedative" with which she is bathed when very tired. After being penged with the liquid, she is dried with a fine soft towel, and so much refreshed does she feel.
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to have been entraged by the man Minhlunett, of the Hongkong Public Works Department. Dur contemporary will be glad to learn, as will many others of our friends in the Far East, that present indications are that. Li Afat will be an important witness on our behalf in an important- trial that will shortly create a sensation In this colony A WRITER In the North America Review - suggests the formation of a Lawyers' Guild for the defence of the defenceless in police-counts.
uncommon to hear a prisoner defended by Joln such a gulid is generally an idiot. It is not assigned counsel exclaim to the latter in a loud whisper: "But for you I'd have got off # It all reminds us of the French story. Judge: What have, you to say why sentence &c. Prisoner I can only plead the youth of my counsel,
te-ame racket, they almost invariably come to start on the sly grog-shop and unlicensed whats-
grief in. Hongkang.⠀ And charming Chow Yes. SAYS the W. C. Dally News A private proved no exception to the rale... Her habitat letter from Chinking confirms the story that the was at No. gig Queen's Road Wes', and army brought up by Mr. Mason in the Chiysen aspector John Lee-In the days when the were ordered by the Chinese General E-Tung. Colony was in a state of utter darkness pro ling: "All of this, the writer saya, was pro
fessionally known as "Jimmy the Bonegrinder * bably known to the Viceroy and other officials, proved the vindicator of law and the Registrar General's special ordinances. That Draconian nothing about it" If it was really done to smiled sweetly on the fair defendant months but, of course, the Taotal and others now know dispenser of justice, Mr. Alfred Garcigne Wise, and was got up to fool the Ministers at Peking i
tool the Ministers at Peking," we wonder that in dulcet accents murmured $52—ortwo months. it was not done a little less clumsily, Chow has gone into retirement for the period A MONTANA 'kicker,' but quite sulted to the THE Siralís Times of September 29th says:- Hongkong of today:--We recognize bat one. A petition has been going the rounds and has God and are no man's man, and will not bo's been largely signed on behalf of Captain Colonna lackey for no political cross-road charlatan or of the steamer Namchow, who is suffering tin-horo statesman in Montana, as we are not rigorous imprisonment for falsifying his log If there are any heavy-weight or padding-headed Imprisonment for a European is to be deprecated tulit on a strucking or brass-collar hypothesis book. It is felt by those signing, that rigorous political scrubs in this State, who think they can except in cases of grave criminal offences. "The lotlaidate or bulldoze us by scurrilous remarks really serious offence was the breach of quaran or base fabrications, they are bold, brilliant, tine rule, which only met with a fine, and it is blooming, meteoric and picturesque las in thought the smaller offence might have been met in the same way, or by simple imprisonment, every mark of the road.
That, it will be policed, is the marine feeling. We
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On the evening of the 28th Sept., a meeting captains and officers of the Mercantile Marine was held in Singapore for the purpose of con- sidering a proposal for the formation of "The Masters' and Mates' Association of the Simalts Settlements." This proposal was adopted by large meeting, and Capt. Wilson was elected hon. secretary. It was decided to ask Capt. Darke to accept the Presidentship, and the meeting was adjourned to allow time for drawing up rules, etc., etc.
PREVAILING railway gauges-England,. ft. Rin.; Ireland, gft. ging N.S.W., 4ft. to Queensland, 3ft. Gin.; Victoria, 5ft 3in. South Australia, gft, zin, and aft. Gini; Central Europe, 4ft. 8fin.; Russle, çity Norway, 4ft. Ɛlin, and 3ft. 6in.; Spain and, Portugal, ft. Bin.; India, stt. 6in. Tapas, 3ft. Sia. Egypt, 4. tin Canada, 5ft. 6in., 4ft 8in., 1ft. Sin.; Mexico, 4ft. 81, 3ft. United States, 4ft. 81. 4ft, gin, Git, sit, 3. Chill, 5ft 6io. 4ft 8in. 4ft. al., ft. sin, aft Gla. Brunel's broad gauge, finally Gin.; Brazil, çit. zin. 5ft, din. New Zealand, ft, abandoned the other day on the English Grest Western, was 7ft.
specified.
merely chronicle le The Hongkong Telegraph
goes one better. Captain Colonna's offence was no doubt a serious one, but we consider the punishment awarded unnecessarily nevers, and by no means called for..
MR. WONG SZ, a stonecutter by profession, was an arrant idiot when he commenced to intro- duce his own Ideas of equlty and his Chinese notions of right and wrong, as a set-off to the requirements of English, or rather Hongkong. law. Wong was owed ono doliar by a brother artificer in granite at least be claimed that smount owing to a relative of the other man having worn one of his jackets, and as the other man refused to recognise any liability, Wong "went for the other man with a lethal waspon that is adluarly used by Chinese chefs for chopping vegetables, Inflicting rather severa injuries on his head and arm. At the Police court this morning; Mr. A. G. Wise in stately majesty no defence to atone for the artificers thirteen at; atonement two months, bard labour. days In Hospital; ples of self-defence smiled
LATE TELEGRAMS.
J. F. DALRYMPLE, the crack Sydney amateur, covered a mile from scratch the other day 4 min. a5 secs.the Australian amateur record Dalrymple can do his ballmilainelde a minotes, and as he is only a youngster he is likely enough to make considerable Improvement. THE "ladies," who so pathetically, In the evening papers in large cities, ask for the lean of a few pounds from "gentlemen," are keen students of buman nature. They are all "young person;" young widow;" "young respectable lady," Youth on the prowl and pleasure at the helm! The steamship Riversdals, which struck on the
contract in America, England, Germany, opened in London PARts, September 18th, "Mongol" rock on the mornloz of the 15th of cups of alcohol. Put all into a quart bottle and Italy, Australia and Japan not less than 125 At the second production of “Lohengrin ? 'at"
September, and was brought in and beached at Wanchal, will leave the dock and take up her usual run to Nagasaki to-morrow. The steamer has had twelve plates renewed in her bottom, and has undergone other necessary repairs. The Band of the A. & 3. Highlanders will play the following programme, at the Officers' Mess to-morrow, commencing at 8 p.m.-
March......
„.” Bilvae Trumpets ".. Viviani. Yale........* Grna si Hanover A Wantia. The Blenda "
Saliven, Corses Bola... Hachettenaema: Conzane, Selection... Remoes of the Galety" „Kappey.
I a letter to an American friend French
that she can fall asleep at once, even after the most exacting of performances. Here is the wonderful "cau sedative:" Two ounces of spirits of ammonia, two ounces of spirits of camphor, one and a half cups of sea salt, two fill with boiling water. It must be shaken when used. It leaves the skin smooth and soft, and renders the flesh firm. It is also a defence
Thanks! Sara. against wrinkles.
In 1885 there were 3 electric railways in operation with 13 carmy in 1886, 30 cars ↑. In 1887, 7 with 80 cars; in 1888, 31 with 165 cars ; in 1889,- 104 with 955 cars; in 1890, 126 with ever 3,000 cars, and there are now in operation and under
roads, requlting over 4,000 cars and 7,000 motors, with 2,000 miles of track, making a daily mileage of not less than 400,000 miles, and carrying 750,000,000 passengers. One-fourth of the street railways in the United States is being operated wholly, or in part by electricity, two- thirds by borses, a sixteenth by dummy engines, and a twentieth by cable.
LONDON, September 18th, The foods in Southern Spain hava destroyed the raisin, rice, grain, and orange crops A subscription in ald of the sufferers has been
the Opera House some slight booting was fedaiged in by a portion of the audience. Nolay crowds assembled outside the house, and about 100 arrests were made before the mob dispersed. Nothing of a serious nature occurred,
MY LONDON, September 19th. The Committee of the Oriental Congress bara. made the following awards 1-Honour medals.to
TWENTY-FIVE dollars more to the depleted Hongkong Treasury as a fine, and all the rest that was collared by Inspector Kemp labelled as official plunder. Mitchell-Innes smile on bearing of the good news made that distingufihed officer's mouth strongly resemble a horse-collar. Ho Kal Leung, of No. 5 Gage Street, was the victim, and the offence was for keeping a common, gaming house. He doesn't belong to the Hongkong Club, and he has been "boycotted at the "Germania"; hence, his latest trouble of larceny. Li Ah Lau deserved all he got bet keerbe management of the Imperial Instituta
gentleman of some literary note in his own country, says that he is learning English by the When will the Inspectors of Police make a raid sid of a small text-book and a dictionary without on the notorious European gaming houses of any other instructor, and he adds: in small the colony? It is about time the monotony of time I can learn so many English as I think I | this 'dally Chloese business was varied some- will come at the America and to go on the what.
fold lecture."
An inquest was held before the Corner (Mr. A. G. Wise) and a jury? this afternoon, Is into the circumstances attending the deaths of two Chinese workmen, who were suffocated by the fumes of charcoal at the premises of theHong korg Dispensary on the acth ult. Verdict-case of death was poisoning by carbonic acid, and || every precaution was taken to prevent the
unfortunate occurrence,
It is requested that all communications relating to Bubscriptions, Adyenacrests, de, be kadayeed to the “Meangir, Hongkong Telegraph” and eat to the Maltor.
Leiters on Editorial sazsters to be sent to “The Edisor" and set to individual members of the stit
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alios i bet na seldence of good bilik,
Whilst the columns of the Honging Zilurush will always be opan for the this discusion by operepondents of ni gantian afbedag public lataracts, it meaned the Cdsong udendur be the King Com not by any may bold himmat napocha ne splafons taas sorpresed,
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TO ADVERTISKES, Advertisers are, requested to forward a notions intended for Isaurcion in that day * karon not inh thần Thron & Chic not to retard the siły publication of the paper,
Actants and Babecriptions which are at did for The Honghone- Tolgrass has the largest rodada of any Baglah mengapa pulled in the Faye and is Be bari medium for Advertlanes Terms as belante
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Can any one tell me the reason why
An advertisement always catches your eya ? The reason is not far to seek, I think. Advertisers are artists in printer's tak And whenever they re anything special to say. They print it in some most unusual way, Perhaps the best way to get noticed in town," Is as print mod advertisement du side *urmop SEVERAL complimentary letters have reached us to-day with reference to our article on The Nailonal Bank of China, published in last sights issue. Correspondents will doubtless understand out reasons for not publishing any anonymous letters on the subject at present; we are striving hard to get at the truth of the opposition to the National Bank, and shall not fall to deal with the matter exhaustively at the proper time.
An Australian paper relates that at a Victorian bush tea-meeting at which Bishop and Mrs. Moorhouse were present, the small building was crammed to the doors and the low platform or which the speaker sat was also invaded. A young fellow, attired in striped shirt and moleskins, but adorned with a flaming red #comforter," the ends of which bocah, te waliband of his bon vedotowed
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to a form on which plainly dressed, comfortable-looking woman eat, and giving her nudge with his elbow, said, “Would you mind shoving op a bit, missus?' “No, no, cried the local clergymani "you must not sit there that is the bishop's lady Nonsensel" said Bishop Moorhouse, who sat next his wife, squeeze up a bit, Mary,"
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Two months' hard labour for being in unlawful possession of two tons of coal which he could not satisfactorily account for, was Mr. Wises verdict at the Magistracy this morning against Li Ab Laz, who had previously been convicted
M. Fawcett and Dr. Bellew; honour certi
cater to Pandits Nyaratna, Guruprasad and Dr. Opport; mezit certificates to Pundits Dhrava and Dwivedi and to civilians Johnston and Staith approval certificates to Charlu Beswan and Fashuddin Hamidulls.
announces that the daughter of the late Colonel Coseley of the Bengal Army has founded thres school of modern oriental studies to encourage students in acquiring a knowledge of Oriental language. PARIS, September 19th.
how does this sentence compare with the six months, varied by two terms of solitary confine meat, passed the other day on Her Josef Vos Ulrich, a German nobleman who was convicted of stealing a belt valued at seventy-five cents Are you listening, Mt. W. M. Goodman, Attorney-General and Acting Colonial Secretary And what does Major-General Barker think of The Sultan has conferred the grand cordon of the inequalities of públic justice in Hongkong the Osmanid on M. Ribot, Minister for Foreign brate, Affairs and has sino presented the order THE Bangkok Times of September 16th Bas the of Chefket to Madame Carnot. These distine. following regarding the suicide of Mr. W. A Hons are regarded as a sign of the Francophile Pritchard, second officer of the Scottish Oriental tendencies of the Porte, ANAON Co's steamer in ROME, Cals sie aber Kong Bang, reported out The Pope, in receiving optember 19th through shipping circles early on Thursday mous pilgrimages of French workmen, spoke when it became known that suidde had at considerable length and with great eloquence occurred on board the British steamer Kong Beng on the labour question, which, beg the second officer having shot himself at about would be insoluble without the avai 7.30 am. The deceased, Mr. W. A. Pritchard, the Church, Hip"Folioms enjoined on his who was only no years of age, joined the hearers the necessity of practising, diligence, Keng Bing recently lo Hongkong, having docility and thrift, and for attending to the served previously in the well-known Douglas | religious education of their children, and for the Line, and was known as a steady and efficient avoidance of all forms of socialism. He also officer. On Wednesday Pritchard, "who it may urged the formation of labour unions, under the be added was a native of North Walem went direction of the bishops, which should comprise ashore and returned to the ship perfectly, sober. superannuation funds, diploms No one observed anything peculiar in his manner new VINNA, September 19th, that evening. At about a quarter past seven next The Austrian and Hungarian ministers ar storing he stepped into the chief officer a cabin confering on the question of Increasing the War remarked that some of the Jokes therein af at Badget by two million pounds.
MELBOURNE, September, 19th. amuse him, and then returned to his own cabin General Booth, head of the Salvation Army, near by. About 10 minutes later Mr. Settle, (he chief officer, heard a report of firearms close he has arrived here, and met with a splendid his room, and riking out into the passage tran
MADRID September 19th. appalled to see his salproate lying dead ins cabin, shot through, the temple Life appeared is estimated that the loss caused by the Bonds In Southern Spain will amount, to a extinct, and a revolver close by explained the million stellar cause. The chief officer promptly; réposted
September sot, the shocking occurrence to these
Up to the present no less that 780 bodies of who informed the Agents (Merari. "Wind
victims of the foods, have been buried in the At Fakhol, on the 30th September, the wife of third-class honours, having distingushed himself EASTERN mautical men, says a San Francisco & Co) Dr. Wills, and EX/T
in Divinity and obtained ninth place out of contemporary, are now considering the plans of Consul, all of whom were shortly on board the
September 20th. ? 1284 candidates who passed in this subject a steamer which is designer thinks can make Keng Bong. The doctor having protiounced life A lennel constructed under the Saint Cials Mr. H. C. Bateman also infished the Examiners the trans-Atlantic voyage in four days. The extinct, Mr. E. EL. French Instituted inquiries fais river, in extent 6,000 feet long by 20 in diameter, In Latin, Greek, English History and Geography, vessel is to be furnished with six propellers so the matter, took charge of the deceased's papers connection the railways of Ontario and Michigan, together. She will be independent of steam The funeral took place at the Protestant Cemetery Lage of the burning of a steamer at Hankow last steering gear and can be handled even after losing at 4 p.m. and was attended by number of the pening ceremony all the speakers dwelt on the Friday. The vessel's name was the Tek-kring her rudder. Everything offering realstance deceased's shipmates, the captain, and lamelat closer inke between the two countries, un (not 2 sal-sing as stated), and her former name to the air will be elimmsted as likely to retard and friends, No and seems to have the piretegels zip) Lowbox, September 218), / was, the Pao-ching The riots in which the spood consequently cabins, deck-houses, and alightest idea respecting the cause of the awful di kha lastated, at Calro that the French and Tek-ring and Captain Cain born a prominent such impediments will have no place in her con. deer and as far as we can gather at present and Russian agents Intend, urging, the Khedira te and praiseworthy part were at Warth, not at atruction The hull is in possess twice she of the dead man's friends are in a position to demand the immediate withdrawal of British. Wand And Bually the steamer was either strength of ordinary ocean steamships and the throw the slightest light upon the distressing troops from Egypt, oward or managed by Messrs. Melchers & Coy shaft can never be sprung out of line. Such a event. The deceased, who was a member of the T. PRIESBURG, September 21, and not Buchheister & Co. Qor report of the | vessel, would be. în great favour with, the| Belilah Mércantile Marine Offpers' Association The Novosti,publishes, an ariscia which says - nočident, kowever, will be found substantially | semeamish, for it is cialmed that it would neither of Hongkong, leaves a nemises of falutiyak and that Banda (ARE: 100% ástensive, an: Empire les ment have already compensated the Jesults for:† correct,
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THE community will regret to learn that the health of Mr. Zeplin, conductor to Willard's Opera Company, continues so unsatisfactory that It has been found importble to give another. performance sail Saturday next. It is, however, intended to produce Erminio on Saturday, when we are sure there will be a packed body Mr. Willard's artistes, of course including the management, are deserving of the sympathy of the Hongkong public, the regrettable liness of the conductor having kept them in enforced and expensive idleness, and for once-the first time on record, we believe no Hongkong amateur We are very glad to note that Mr. Harry C. has been available, capable of adequately deal. Bateman, a pupil of St. Oswald's, Ellesmere, and ing with the scores of the comic operas in the second son of Mr. C. J. Bateman, head-manel' company's repertoire. Prices-two dollars and of the Hongkong High School, passed ́the | one dollar as usual Oxford Local Examinations in Jime last with
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A FEW GITOTS crept into our report in yesterday,anged that they can be used in pairs or all and effects, and gävä permission for the fours as been opened for traffic. At the formal