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We are informed by the Agent of the Messageries Maritimes Co. that the Company's steamer Oxwr, with the next French mail, left Saigon
at 8 s.m. to-day, for this port.
A Law has been approved in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha which rathorises the fining of the father of a tad below the age of eighteen, or a girl less than fifteen years old, who goes to a ball, the sum of 140 marks. 139 1
MR. SAMURL GROUNDWATER, for many yeary chief engineer of the Hongkong, Canton and resigned his supaintment and joins the enter prising Shanghat firm of Fareham & Co.
The Prodigal - Can you tell me how to be come a good poet ?"
THE Diariesistes that the aniling vessel Ursula, hound feira Palawan for Manila, on the 15th December, was overtaken by hervy weather and driven on a reef. The captaio, a military firer, in priest, a planter, and three natives get into a
boat and have not been heard of since. Twelve others escaped in another host and have just been landed in Manila he the Snanish consting steamship Romulus, which picked them up at
502.
OUR London contemporary Fairplay anys that
Mr. T. Le Roberts, who has been nursing Sit Macao Steamboat Cal's steamer Honom, hne Than."" Sutherland’i constituency for shont, a couple of years, has definitely intimated bis ass, retirement from the field, evidentle thinking discretion to be the better viert of valóny, The name of Dr. Cameron, M P.. who is prezident of the Greeneck. Libers! Asinciation, and whoss hea heen mentioned as the coming man to first | next in Glasgow is thought to be rather, shaky,
thing for you to do is to die. All the good ones The Editor:-"Oh, yes! The very first
are dead."
ANOTHER Very serious, infringement of treaty
fit,
Sir: Theman--but, 'the · Portor 19 thrught to be. too wary a bird to do anything of the sort,
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heration of what I have stated, and be, tento
men of the fure, let me remind you of that old Scriptural saying that fools and children pleal do you require ? always tell the truth! What more convincing
ACEPTAIN lawyer, like several lawyers we are acquainted with, has a tanpa that frequently travels faster than his brain when he makeza. reach, in a recent case in which he was definding a man charpnel with theft he haught brenght down the Court, Jury, and spectators by saving excited'y-"Gentlemen of the Jury, A REPRESENTATIVE of the firm of Scott & Co complained in SUN aber-dinner "prech jat
trou have heard me demon-trife the inter inno- Greenrek, a few weeks ago, that legal sailing-rence of my client. You have site her the ship owners never gave först firmy a chance of testimony of the planner's own "hwy 'in como
reting for their work, which was nearly all executed in the upper reaches of the tirer. A NEW YORK publisher has offret Patt! £5.000 for the meu cript of her book about people she has met, and not to be cutdone an enterprising clel has offered the diva the same amooot for a book on those penale whom she hes of met. It is ez ected that the latter British sailors who arrived here in the bark Rate P. Troop, Capt. Banka, abnot a fortnight will be the Isiger volume.
age, hat they seem to prefer shere life and are now OBSERVATION step-laiders are the latest la-picking oakum and swinging shot to their hearts rovation In the Belgian field artillery: They are content in accordance with the rarest of Mr. intended to enable the commar der of a concealed Hastings, the Marine Magistrate, who rebuked battery to better direct the fire of the gunners. them for deresting their ship and sculling about Every ladder is abrut seven and a half feet west-end pubs without permission from the ablef high, of fron, and weighs about sixty-five officer of their ship, who, according to John and pounds. All ammunition-wagons will carry the
If the members of the Hongkong Cham- ber of Commerce are proud of this latest advantages to Chinsie junks-owners, have flutter for notoriety on the part of their lost the entire tea-carrying trade between enterprising Chairman, we regret our Canton and Hongkong, and have been Inability to support their views. If the very heavily handicapped in the ordinary Chamber had a good case from the first, -traffic. We think it probable, had weit has been sadly mutilated by the fantastic owned the foreign steamers boycotted" literary gyrations of the very greatly by the elastic stretching of a doubtful over-rated "boss" of the Taikoo hong, clause in one of the old treatles, that Mr. Macros has, especially amongst neither Mr. MACKINTOSH nor his colleagues those who batten on his sunny smiles and rights by the Zikin wharities is reporter from would have lifted a little finger in the make money out of his gracious patronage, Canton. We understand that the comprader of Interests of Justice; but then, the China a reputation for being a man of exceptional * British firm on Shameen has been arrested Mezar, Heuermann, Herbst & Co. Navigation Co., with the Chairman of ability; he may be so, but whether here seizure of cotton yarn made by the
LikiMT runners. the Chamber at the helm, and the has ever shown it in this colony is Steamboat Company with the immaculate open to argument. The alleged superiority BELILIOS somewhere astern, are powers of men like this diminutive fire-brand in the land, and hence all this bobbery.. is merely local; because, his rivals or Let us be just and fair. It has, associates are to feeble. And it should passini, been our misfortune to find justice not be forgotten that Mr. EDWIN and strict impartiality in this colony MACKINTOSH, who now so strenuously reciprocated by cowardly and vindictive objects to a Chinese boycott," scarcely persecution-but we are thoroughly used comes into the fray with clean hands. to that sort ofthing now. However, if British Who attempted a few years ago to subjects are entitled to the most favored "boycott" the Canton shippers, and nation advantages in the Tientsin Treaty compel them to ship their cargo from and Cheloo Convention, there would the City of Rams only by the steamers of "THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH ORICE, appear to be no doubt whatever that the the associated companies--the China action of the Haekwan Tactal of Canton, Navigation and the Hongkong, Canton in giving preferential trading advantages and Macao Steamboat Companies? Who to Chinese subjects, is clearly gross tried to ostracise the old-established honorable firm of GIDE, infringement of International rights. We and most Hongkong Chamber of Commerce that do not agree with the legal adviser of the Article XIV of the French treaty of 1858 is in any way conclusive of the Chamber's contention, but Article III of the United States treaty of 1880 is plain and to the point. American citizens have certainly a right to all the privileges enjoyed by Chinese traders, and if British subjects can claim a similar right, the legal part of the question at issue admits of no further argument.
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MARRIAGE.
On the 8th Instant, at St. John's Cathedral, the Rev. D. Hamilton, Acting Colonial Chaplain, by the Right Rev. Bishop Burdon, assisted by ALBERT ROSSI ASHTON, ef Tarrington, Agra Painas, Ceylon, to L. Bu, Esq., of Honggong, of the late Lafayette
The Honghong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, FIBRUARY 8, 1892.
"TOSH" OF TAIKOO,
Is this colony of Hongkong there is a second- 1.25 class and almost moribund Institution known as the Hongkong General Chamber 1.50 of Commerce. It is a hybrid sort of a show, and the scope of its legitimate
It will be seen from the foregoing remarks that we fully sympathise with the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce in the attempt to put a stop to these incessant, sidewind Mandaria attacks on foreign trade;
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ladders.
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Who THE appointment of Mr. F. A. Cooper to be Surveyor General of this colony has been
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JOHN BRITVN and Mretavish "Macfarlane are
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Mac, fairly drove them to desert by his harsh manner, the free use of bli brawny arms and the 'rattle of his torgue. The magistrate could not believe that the officers of the ship were 'ar ruile to them ; hence the sentence of fourteen
days hard labour.
YOUTHFUL HUMORIST-I have a number of litterwitticisms which I would like to subrat
Editor Weekly Funk (suspiciously )—Any mother-in-law jokes?
"No, indeed" "Stove pipe jokes?? "Not nne."
instigated the infamous Parig Inquiry?fficially razetted, Consequent on the amalgama- LIVINGSTON & Co. at Foochow ?
Who was the great and enthusiastic tin of the offices of Surveyor General and Reident Engineer of the Water and Drainage racing man who headed a petition to department, hir, Corper has nige heraar painted injure In his capacity as a sportsman the Way Authority under Ordinance 10 of 1860, one follower of the sport of kings', who, A me e popular appointment than Mr. Cooper's at untold trouble and cost, had made has never been made in this colony. racing universally popular in Hongkong? A FIRST class programme has been prepared fr this evening's entertainment at Woodyear's Was it not Mr. EDWIN MACKINTOSH, and doubtless the "Wild West Show the immaculate reformer who now. so wht be the attraction of the evening. Quite a strongly objects to the policy he time has been spent in its preparation and, na doubt, owing to the novelty of the business, all Inaugurated and vainly attempted to make Herskorg will be on the tiptoe of expectation successful being adopted by the Chinese to see the performance. This afternoon the whole troupe paraded the city, with band Customs authorities of Canton? Mr. playing and colours flying, and they made quite don't wart any amateur stuff here."-Pack. MACKINTOSH ought to know that the theory an effective demonstration. of two wrongs making a right is utterly In the course of a recent interview with the delusive, and he will probably accept our editor of the Lubeck Efarban Zeliung Prince
** Plumber' jokes?", "No, sir,"
"Boarding-heure jɔkes?" "No, sir."
#Church.f-stival ayster jokes?".
"No, sir."
"I thought not. Your mitter wen" do. Wa
THE model of the new steimer building at Glag-
| pogelble transit of the Atlantic scrap stiainable
gow will, it is claimed, invare, the quickest.
wine, Green Capsule...... 61, 0.60 operations has never yet, at least so far but we cannot honestly commend the kindly hint that there are still lots of Bismarck accuard the Government ofhurrying the hy stem craft. With a length of 630 feet and ·
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CLARETS.
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as we can ascertain, been plainly defined or 0.75 very generally understood, Doubtless this self-appointed guardian of publle Intereats has done a certain amount of good during its somewhat checquered existence, although It is our misfortune never to have been able to trace to its source
1.10
11.10
Per
a single benefit of Importance for which the traders and commercial community
of Hongkong are indebted to the Chamber
people in Hongkong who are superficially esteemed simply because they are not known.
TELEGRAMS.
Chairman's methods, his language, nor his plan of campaign. There is very little fault to be found, outside the half offensive, semi-dictatorial style, with Mr. MACKINTOSH's letter to Sir JOHN WALSHAN, dated the 23rd September, 1891; the case is fairly enough if somewhat clumsily come to the stated; but when we despatch to the Marquis of SALIBURY, order to avoid wrecking ber husband's career. dated 1st December last, from the Chairman
of Commerce. The Chamber holds of the Chamber of Commerce, we Case periodical meetings at which a good deal are bound to take strong exception adox of stale eloquence is usually aired; but to statements that are
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THE PEARL ROBBERY CASE.
LONDON, February 5th. Mrs. Osborne has surrendered at Dover, in
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
*reaties.. The Prince would not take part in the
debates because the members of the Reichstag 70 feet beam, very fine lines are obtained, says had not been given suficient time to study the the Maritime register, and the win screws are proposals. Referring to the Iescription, Suprems of some 13 feet diameter, well supported. There lex repis voluntad, plaget in the Golden Benkare 4 fannels, and about 200 feet of the length of of Munich by Emperor William, and to other The engines, trinle compound, with four cylinders the ship is devoted to the boilers and hankers. recent autocratic utterances of his majesty, Bls. marck said he never had been a supporter of ab working four cranks, are figured at 33,209 horse
power." Accommodation is provided fè same: solutism, and regretted that the Emperor had used nach expresslone.
200 flat and 300 second-chan pass-ngers' and : *hout 400 Immigrants, and all the arrangements worked out in the plans for carrying cut this important feature are far ahead, it is claimed, of anything, yet produced in nautlex construction. The plating of the ship' fa carried up to the promenade derk, which runs from and to end, and about twenty feet on each side is left for
walking.. not warranted
GIRLS are bot weak creatures, but the most ethereal of them can threw a man over with the greatest of ease.
LATY ROBINSON will be at home' to receive visiters on every alternate Wednesday, com mencing from the 17th Inst. H.M.S. Palles was at Foochow when the Haitan, Captain H. Bathurst, left that port bound for Hongkong on the 3rd instant,
Ir is notified in the Government Gansils that Mr. R. F. Drary has been transferred to the permanent staff in the Surveyor-General's
department.
Wr are informed by the agents of the Austrian Lloyd's S. N. Co. that the Company's steamer port at noon to-day. Ektra, from Trieste, left Singapore for this M. R. C. DIXON has been provisionally appointed Government Marine Surveyor, of Mr. George Peebles, who has found a more lucrative billet in Shanghai.
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IT has just been decided in England that no man is compelled to way in R. charch against his will, and that he must not be detained there by violence. A man went into a cathedral the other day in that blessed land of the free, and sat palfentir there till the sermon camo on Then the preacher gave out his text, and droned away till the soffrer could stand it no langer and started for the door. But he was arrested YAU-MATI and British Kowloon bli fair to a review of the records for the past by facts and to supposititious claims
on the way by the beadle or somebody, and in- become enlliled to rank as cities at no very twenty years fails to show one single that, on the face of them, are ridiculously
unless he will. The beadle was the birger man has grown conden ble and what with its large $4.50 substantial reform that has been achieved absurd. As Mr. MACKINTOSH signed both
formed the he couldn't quit the sacred edifice distant due. Daring the past year. Yau-maeli of the two, and the victim had to stayin the sacred besting papalition, hundreds of squatters, ship, through either its influence or prestige. Most the latter to Lord SALISBURY and that to
edifice. But when he got out he took action for building wards, market,, new gas-works, brand of the popular measures Independently the London Timer, we ste justified in
assault and battery, libel, Illegal detention in a new pler and large rows of three-storied houses brought forward, the Committee have crediting him with the authorship of these
cathedral, and demurrage, and the court decided along the main thoroughfire, is quite a present that it is the privilege of every free,bora English- Able town, It will soon he big enough opposed-such as the Sunday Lalor Bill, and hair-raising manifestoes, and after care
man to quit a exthedral when he wants to have a military contribution of its
Tha rickshas, too, are faily nara all other propositions and suggestions to fully welging them in the balance we
THE Manila (rado seems to he broming. Two rows and are unquestionably the best benefit the working classes on board ship, can only attribute them to that insolence Bot. And the reason for this is not far to seek; of ignorance for which that gentleman
steamers, the Yikrong and Wachang, entered the colony, which is waying a good deal. But here to-day with full cargoes from the capital of Helckena men should have fair play at the Philippines, some of which it, we understand. ] hands of tisë authori·les, who seem to think that the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce for so many years has made himself so are either ship-owners or ship-agents, and conspicuous. Does Mr. MACKINTOSH Imagine
for transhipment to the Ansiralian colonies. In he deep gutters and rats are no impediment 25 addition, to the regular Manila · ́Hiners, which the ubiquitous rickky and no annoyance to the $1.20
have so successfully pioneered and developed, passengers they drig along the otherwise well. any public reform that interferes with what thatho isadvancing his own or Hongkong's
the trade between the Philippines and Hong-kept roude. A few fl-gastones laid over the 1.40 they choose to consider their vested interests, cause by falsely under-rating the rank
'kong, the Japs have "chipped in " and now run putters would, in fact, he as mieful as they aya Is at once placed outside the pale. But and influence of his opponents! If so,
the Hoge Maru. Capt. 1. Tones regularly recessary, between Japan and Manila vid Shanghai andag te onde when something occurs that touches these the sooner he reforms, the better for the
Amoy, and in addition thereto the "Great UR dance contemnerity the Glossow Bailla worthy gentlemen in their tenderest part China Navigation Co. and its interests
Scavengers” ure, it appears, an the warpath. him the folloring:-The Sennish Churches Fave). with the C. N. Co.'s s'eamer Wuching. This heen forced to put an margo, upon their female -thair breeches' pockets-, the Chamber In Canton. The tapas of BUTTERFIELD
„Mr. Fiz—I say, old fellow, do you like the no less than five lines of steamers are now trade missionarice in regard to martiye.. No sooner. In Its wrath gets up on its hind-legs and and SwIRE's, who at even his own estimate
ing to Manila; the Spanish, Jardine's China do There sweet attmotive creatures reach their 0.75 puts on a mountain of side and writes is only a sort of superior shipping clerk, Scotch?
Mr. Mis-(Springing up), Thanks, dear boy, and Manila, Chins Navigation, and the Nippon barbaric destinations than the other kind ol
Yugen Kalsha,Z letters ungrammatical and badly worded has the unparalleled audacity to advise don't mind if I do. Bay, one and a uplit i
misifonaries wro and in them. rinense
The connected with the training of there Indies lad letters--to the British Minister at Peking, my Lord Marquia" of SaLissuer that the The Chief Land Surveyor and Chlet Office TOUCHING CORT, some interesting statistice, say very large, and formes serious lay on the to the Hongkong Archimedean levers, shipping trade of this colony has been and Assistant in the Public Works Department (Mr.writer in Fairplay, have reached me from churcher and it has been entered that no and even goes the length of creating as being most seriously interfered with C. C. Maisch), will in fatuze be known as the America. They show that the total coal area of marriages of female missionaries shall be all wed the United States covers about 192,000 square unill the said missionaries have spent at leash lukewarm sensation in the London Timu, owing to the action of a subordinate Superintendent of Crown Lands.
miles, but that only 129009 square, milta are three years in the work to which they have been The present Chairman of the Hongkong Officer of the Chinese Government at A TELEGRAM to the Diario de Mandla states really workable at present, This area compares sent Should they marry before this period has
that owing to a great, strike of workmen in with 11,900 square miles in Great Britain, and General Chamber of Commerce is Mr. | Canton called the Hoppo," The allegation Bilbao, that city has had to be declared in a state 18 oco square miles in Nova Scotia which red, they must repay the ex-onse of their teaching and travelling. A voyagisir recently EDWIN MACKINTOSH, senior resident partner that the Customs Tactal at Canton-there of siege and military law has been exforced,
makes us look small, as usual. In fact, the old us that as 'n farge steamer was approaching 1.10 of the notorious firm of BUTTERFIELD and is no such title as Hoppo-is a subordinate Ir appears that the custom of oxying" God bless coal thanallthe mines in Great Britain combined. lined with missionaries, who, opera glass in State of Vl gials along "claims to have more harbour in China, the quay was seen to be Swink, and he hasrecently distinguished (?) | official, is a direct perversion of the truth, you when a person anerses, dates from the time
It's a large order, and should not like to hand, busily engaged thems-lves in sporting ". himself by an attack on Sir JoHN WALSHAM, ❘ and of this Mr. Enw Micxinross should of jacob, who ordered that when a person rneezed
endorse it without more information. Anthracite their future wives. After this the poor some one should make a plous exclamation.
coal seems practically confined to Pennsylvania, missionary" must find consolation elsewhere British Minister to the Court of Peking; not be ignorant. The so-called "Hoppo" 10.00 which has appeared in home newspapers is undoubtedly connected with the Imperial. The Lean er, which will be recommissioned, in though Virginia has a small gasatity of it, I than in the smiles of the new missionariesses.
States was 9,108,330 tant, in 1890 WAS FOR some time past it has been remarked that new crew are said to be on their way out from as well as throughout the Far East. We Palace at Peking, he is appointed from flying her paying off pendant at the main. The 1860 the production of anthracite coal in the do not blame the President of the Chamber there, and it may be his special function to England by the Vancouver, route--the new bigh 45,544,970tons. In 1860 the ratput of bituminous ships at sea are far le offen, damaged by coal was 5.775.070 tons, in 1800 It was 94-495,000 gaining now than was formerly the case when of Commerce for hitting out straight from collect revenue for Court purposes; but road to India.-
took. These be tremendous figures.
wooden ships were so much in vogue. This has the shoulder at Baronet WALHAM-the the fact nevertheless remains that, next to 'A REGULAR meeting of Perseverance Lodge,
Bern noticed even, under the tropics, where violent items are very frequent. According to mort conspicuous burlesque on a British the Viceroy himself, he is by far the most No. 116, EC, will be held in Freemasons
some returns made of the statistics that have -statesman that has ever neglected the powerful of the Mandarin faction in official Hall, Zetland Street, on Tuesday, the 16th inst
been accumulated since 1879 by the German authorities, this must be at ributed to the general 0.40 rights of his countrymen in Far Cathay, dealings with foreigners. And what, after at 8.30 for 2 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren Helion a steamer, from Swalow
are cordially invited
use which is now made of wire rope for rigging 5.35 0.59 but we certainly must take exception to all, have his Imperial Palace relationships,
purposes as well as the fact that the bulls are usually constructed doffronor. steel, now decorating the walls of the Supreme Court Vikrang
Thus the whole the very doubtful methods employed by his, special functions as an Indirect To whom it may concern, cle. The Jury List It Wachang 1.08 Mr.: MACKINTOs which are strangely representative of the Emperor of China In House. It will be taken down on the 15th Knjong
ship forms an excell-mat and continurus conduce No
for by means of which the electricly li led away suggestive of the midnight oil, and Jon the Southern capital, to do with the alleged instant, so hurry up and bave a look at it,
Into the ocean before it has time to do say serious damage. 3. Captain: Diokiap, who has JOSEPH FRANCIS, C. The actual point breach of treaty rights so theatrically charge will be made it is absolutely a free show.
bad, charge of the countsission appointed to in- At Issue is whether or not the Chiness | elaborated by the Chairman of the Hong- He was a country parson, and a good fellow at
vestigate_ikle quration, states that no case has authorities at Canton have the right to kong Chamber of Commerce! Is not Mr. heart, and did like to put it delicately 1256 so
up his sermon, And, in conclusion, Ningpo imum
been recorded here a abip algged with wire concede a lower tariff on certain customs MacKINTO Kaware that only the other day, my friends, we will now take up the collection, Stamm
nigelog has sustained any damage from light- ping, except in a few instances where continous duties to Chipesa junks than to foreign Cao Li, lateTM Hoppo" of Canton, was and trust I shall offred, none of the cheerful Halleons
givers who regularly contribute to, alas 1. I an
conregion has not been made with the bull. Batiwooden ships) rigged, with ordinary repo S. WATSON & CO., LD. owned steamers. The firm of which Mr. appointed Minister of the Teong-Yames, fraid, too frequent demands on their charity, Michael Jeb
Figging silil show the same percentage of casuals MACKDIOSK is the local head, represents one of the highest and most responsible I suggest that I now possess a most ample and Teherandi.
yles-an (formerly, when they are not properly the China Navigation Company in this poaldons in the Empire? And this is the varied collection of buttons, and what we chledy Kalleng
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Capsule
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Dr. Siegertin Angostura,
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