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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE Afication of mariners is directed to a Customs not ficatlois published in our advertis- Ing columns.
The Peace Society held its annual Tur buying rate for sovereigns is $1029 per meeting recently at Newcastle-on-Tyne and we are told that at both the morning Tax French gunboat Comece left the harbour at Session and the afternoon conference the 4.45 this afternoon, apparently bound south. attendance was small. Possibly the fight- ing spirit was abroad in Newcastle and folks did not feel peacefully inclined. We have studied the report of the proceedings of the Society as set forth in the Timer and have come to the conclusion that the sooner the name of the organization is changed to Broken Piece Society the better, for the members all appear to be more or less cracked, and there does not seem to be a whole intellect among them. The object of the society is, as its name implies, to make pleces of all and everything, including the British nation and empire, by allowing all
to take whatever they please for fear they
Messes. David Sass00%, Sons & Co. have been appointed agents of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society. Vide ady't.
THE Nothern Pacific steamer Olympla, Capt. T. H. Dobson, which arrived from Tacoma to day reporte:-Westerly gulen leaving port and mountainous ses accompanied by fierce ball and snowstorma,
license. When P.C. Pyse boarded the best the defendant jumped overboard and swam right
Fox stealing wandry miticles valued at $50 from | SAMUEL E. Moggt, Ex-U.S. Comal at Parls, Mrs. Henderson at Blas Buildings, a cook, who says: "The present system, or lack of system, was in her employ and disappeared in July last, | of selec⋅ing cansadat officers should be changed. Selections should be made with a view to the was lo-day rent "aloft” for six months
character and qualifications of the appeintes HLM.S. Daphna, Fique, Pigmy and Undaunted | rather than on political grounds.. There shoold pro at Shanghai; the Esë io stationed silchang; be a greater permanence of Leonte, and a system of promotion and preferiment should be adopted, the Redpols is at Yokohama: the Rainbow and Immortalli ara at Nagasaki; the Phoxfe is at which would operate as a constant incenitve to. Foochow; the Grafton at Singapore and the subordinate consular officers to render the best Narcissulin in route from Nagasakita Hong-service of which they are capable. I would not kang.
go so far as to advocate a life tenure of any pas! in the service, because I am not sure it woul conduce to the public interesis. I belleve it would be a wise policy for the United States to acqules salable and permanent quarters for our embassies and legallons in all the Important captis Every great power except the United States was its embassy bulidings in Paris and in other leading capitals. The existing scale of diplomaile salaries is alggadis palty. It compels the appointment of wealthy men as ambassadors end ministers, or places our diplo. matic representatives at a hopeless diraivantage as compared with thele colleagues of other nations,"
IT is rumoured that H.M.S. Centurion is under anders to "tand by" and be ready to go north within as hours, and that she has been takin in stores as fast as possible. This does not necessadly mean anything more than that the political look is somewhat unsettled and
alertness is desirable just now.
We would remind our renders that the Bizar organised by the French Sisters in aid of the Poor Chinese Orphes of the Astle de la Sainte Enfarce opens at the City Hall at 1 pm on Tuesday; the 14th last. There will be a one display of needlework, fancy goods, &c., made by the orphans and the Bazaar promies to be a very interesting affait apart from its commend. able object.
ACTING Inspector D. Hall raided a gambling
A CORRISPONDENT scads to the Kobe Chronicle
and everyone-British alone excluded- I A CARGO boatman hadio part with five Mexicans "Jalot" in Shaukiwin on the night of the oth chances of befog shuflið off this mortal coil en to-day for having carled passengers without ant, and succeeded in making four captures One of the prisoners was caught in a previous ald in October last. This morning Mr. Wada. house fined the caipilte $150, 375, 850 and 10 respectively. The boase, the officer explained, was supposed to be unsccupied and the only farefiore it contained wis the gambling para- pherr all.
Into the arms of a detective ashore.
should be offended and commence what they of the fragmentary intellects de- signate "cruel and unnecessary wars, attended with Injustice to the proprietors of the soil, a source of suspicion and dis- SEVERAL Calaere were fined soms vanglag from $ro to $3 at the Magistracy to day for trust on the part of other Powers, and a hindrance to endeavours to interpose an obstructing the foot paths. Oce defendast behalf of suffering and oppressed national-whore furatture was out in the street said fi bad Ities."
been put there while his house was belag cleaned.
THE Bad of the West Yorks Regiment will play the following programme at the Officers' Bless
On Sunday evening :-
Overture............. Der Fachu......ber Nocturno No. 3 (Op imag Cantique de Niel.
Chopin
co...Adım Selecio La Pecheurs de Perles...... ......Blai God are the Queen,
An old Chiness boatman was Saed $5 at the Magistricy forĮme bring his bost wilhlu 300 feet- of the French cralier Descartis. Inspector Kemp ld that thi Naval apthorities Ead complained of ibis habit and boats had to hire written permission before mooring Inside the man-of-war anchorage.
Wars the Dock Coli lug Fame was returning from the Regatta last evening she was run fala by a Chinese launch when coming alongside Pedder's Wharf. The Impact was somewhat severe and the launch had her stem consider- ably damaged. The only injury the Fama 15-
The society also would prefer to see all Trafalgar Day Celebrations done away with as "there was no conceivable advan- & tage to the memory of NILSON in cele- brating this day, and there was every con- celvable insult to the feeling of a suscept!- ble and friendly nation." Poor peaceful party! Why not forbid celebrations of all sorts for it seldom happens but that the joy of the one is gall and wormwood to the other. Why celebrate any anni- versary? How dreadful of those rude Americans to have a Fourth of July, and those horrid French the Fourteenth Can these deluded individuals actually be so blind to human nature as not to know that man must fight and quarrel? Did they themselves never even fight at school? We do not want war ourselves and have no sympathy whatever with those who would appeal to arms over every insigni- ficant dispute, but we plainly and distinctly see that were such a policy as that of the Peace Society carried out the disruption of the British Empire would be inevitable,tained was the loss of a little paint." for the disarming would be only on THK floor in the back of a 3-storey dwelling have one side. The Dean of Durham even No. 44 Queen's Road, collapsed at 4 p.m. yestery went so far as to suggest the reduction of The upper floor are completely destroyed our armaginata 'European compact contents of the place. None of the occapants against Great Britain was [1506 pessibilities of the future." Has the Dean were injured. The lower floor was occupied as * ever thought of the result to himself in the gun shop and the upper ones as dwellings. The event of war were we to fose control of place is now in a dangerous condition. the ocean highways? Even a Dean must Nore by the Post Office-We have not taken have bread, but well fed people can seldom be made to realize the inconven- over the business of Messrs. Harling Buschmean & Mendel, nor has that firm yet swallowed up fence of having the supply cut off. More-
one Power would the Hongkong Teligraph. To deliver alters more than promptly abolish the English Church in
to them of this office is roundabout, though foto.
perhaps safer than the Post Office' coolles were left to do their work without out ever-willling aid. We shall put lo a claim to the Government 1900, for wear and tour of car chit-poolies' shoes. to samme, when they sometimes don't wear shoes, the colony will save money, as we wili make so extra charge for bare feet.
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We hear on very good authority that one of the warship's bouts falshed in the silling race yesterday, after all. The sturdy tar in charge held on bis course with characteristic reakcity and all alone in the pale moonlight his little ship crossed the line last night jäst 16 minutes after 8 bellr (8'o'clock) had been stuck. This Is something like a sporting spit and we hope Jack did not have to "all in" on the quarter deck t-dry for overstaying blu leave.
complaint which we can fully endorse in Hongkong:-"Though it has been declared that 'no man is Indispensable to his fellows,' I see no reason why I should be subjected to the that account, Last night whet morging from my wee castle I heard a sweet little tlakle lake, but as it was very dark and many Jupe nese houres have a similar musical stringement I did not resilie whence the sound proceeded, Suddenly thire facmed upon my #gliatad vision what appeared a moving Eiffel, and for awhilelt seemed a case of a big man, a Hiile mak, a & fundial I have the bicycle, and greatest respect for the wheel and its votaries, but as bat cheap fluminant the moon is not always available I would mildly suggest that k would conduce to the safely of all aliks if a light were canled. In this cate there was none,—not even a paper lantern-and skey are very cheap* Should this meet the eye of the wheeler la ques on I am anxious to inform him of my appre clation of the promptitude with which ba Jamped off his machine (and jumped on again), We beg to acknowledge receipt of an admirable but I had no time to take bis zumbir. Any portrait of His Excellency St: W. Robinson, way, he is bigger than me, and I am a firm be- G.C.M.G., 11 A supplement to the Camp lever in the aphorism that 'discretion is the Gaselle. "The Goveinar is dressed in his best better part of valosr.' But he shouldn't ride clothes, and the pose of his glaves is as strikingwlihout a light-really. The result might be as the fit of his gold-bra'ded cost. The photo-different next ilme." graph is labelled "Honorary Colonel, Hong- kang Volanteer Cops, but it is not in that cha-THE New York Times has the following =rcastic paragraph " Is la really too bad ibat racter that the camera has caught him. Perhaps the Beston courts should have taken a handla the Camp Genette will present its readers with #photograph of the Hon, Colonel's uniform when he gas it. This is gand trough to the meantime; His excellency is a handsome man
and takes" well, and from the ariel: point
the task, sirendy occupying many and vigorous minds, of exciting the rage of Europe against the Unlied Stater. Was it not enough that ear
Secretary of State signs leliers to English
"
officials, that our bimetallic Commissioners CASO of view it is an excellently finished picture.
termors of apprehension in Threadneedle Street, THE long-talked-of contest between the zavel that our newspapers adveilike themarivés in the City Hall on Monday next, the 13th and that our naval and Customs officers Imaandy') Muathanth and Kmakan la to nemam » [[ at the expousé, of Spanish Captains General,
Instant. Both of them have been in trainir g for create a constant succession of pleasant some time and they should therefore be in gond impressions in Modeld ? Wis it necessary form when they meet in the arens. As will be | for the Boston Jadge to decide that an Itılan seen by the adverilarment in this issue calling | nobleman, the Marquis Carcıní, cannot collect attention to the spar for the heavyweight cham- the dowry that was promised is the price of blu plonsbly; there are to be otherbou's on Monday hand in mariage to an American ħeless ? and if any of them come up to the jetent Dacey. This dechlon, we fear, will be the last straw of Pearios fight there will be plenty of excitement. the adage, and break the back of European for. It is to be hoped, theref re, that the nudlence will bearance with ur. Much was forgiven and more refrain hom giving went to their feelings and be was ignored, because hitherto the heiresstrada guided in their demonstrations, if any, by those has been conducted on business principles, and who are close to the slog-alde and are can. the promised thousands er millions, a.the requently in a good position to like stock of case might be, were banded over as# 2001 SU what is going on in the ring.
the wedding bells had ceased to vibrate, but if American mothert-fn-law are to follow thin Massachusetis precedent, and catch titles with. out losing even their bait, then the end is probably near. We do not know the detalls of the Carcani caso, but the Maigals says $19,000 was promised to him, and we are disposed to believe him. Elie why would be bave' mariled where be did? Does Boston even pretend to believe that an Italian Marqa's marries, as a pollician would ɛty, for his health ?⠀ The inp...” position is absurd,"
A SRAMAN named Donald McKain of the steamer Chunshan was charged at the Magistracy this morning with stealing a gold watch and chalo, valued at $150, from Robert Davies, second officer of the steamer mithe 8th ins Defective Scott gave evidence that a report of the loss was. made of the gth at 11 a.m. and at noon witness
arrested the defendant, with the missing articles lo his possession, at the Western Hotel. Witoes stated that the Chunskan bad left post and would be back lo's month's time. Samuel McHale, an unemployed look at present stay. ing in the Sailors' Home said that the defendant met him at gp.m, on the 8th. - Defendant sald he had no money and asked whiness to go with him to sell a sold watch and chain that he bad. They entered a Chocse shop at Praya West but the shopkeeper shook his head and then witness separated from him. The cave was rended for a week
OUR coa emporny the Japan Mail is beginning to find out that the administration of justice in
Japan is not quite'so satisfactorily discharged as it might be, folis issue of Friday last it has under the above caption a paragraph which reads as follows: The thiel who stole a large
sum of money from the house of Dr. Ed. Divers some time ago, has been tried and sentenced to les months' impeliorment and six months' police surveillance. The punishment seems la analmost ludicrously loadequate. The maD WAS A
"It was absolutely untrue to say that trade followed the flag," said the president of the society, and he poured forth torrents of figures In support of his statement. It is easy to quole figures. but figures are easily függled, and when the speaker stated that our military expenditure had increased twenty-five per A CRICKET match bisween the H, X, C, C, and cent during the last quarter of a century the Navy will be played to-morrow commenting and our Imports and exports had only in- at 11 am. By kind permission of Admiral Sis Creased some 15 per cent. during the Alexander Baller, K.C.B., Cap. Lagia and same period he quite forgot to mention officers, the band of H.M.S. Centurion will play during the afterne. The following willsepterent Britain, and comparing it with the military the Chibi-G. D. Campbell, H.K.R., H. 5. expenditure, not only of the mother Hoberley, H.K.R., F. Maitland, P. A. Cox, Rey, country, but of the whole British Empire,
It is such wrong-headed fanatics as
G. R. Vallings, A. S. Anton, Capt. Dynos, those of the Peace Society who damage AP.D, A. G. Ward, R. F. Lammert Capt. the prestige of a country. Let us sit in Langhorne, R.A., and T. Sercombe-Smith. The peace and you take what you like," is not Club eleven are requested to make a special
proper sentiment for
great effort to be punctual clvilizing power. Peace can only be
Cassell's Family Magazine for November is maintained by preparedness for war, and this every sensible and thinking even better than usual, and we must recommend man will admit. If the Peace Society it to our readers as one of the very best sixpenny. wish to propagate their principles, by all means let them practice what they preach. number le to begin a new volume, and a further Let them remove all locks and bolts from enhancement of its many attractions is promised, their doors and windows, and have bills in the way of pictures, short and long stories, FRANK LINCOLN was in excellent forms last night posted stating that they have no intention and interesting articles, Max Pemberton it to
at the City Hall, and did fail Jortice to himrell | burglar, It fitrus that he lived in Dr. Divan of defending their property. If this were supply a series of tiles, walle Bret Haste, Barry and bleaudience. The performance was hugely house's cork, but it is also true that to effect made a condition of membership, where Pain, Jerome, Burglo, and other wifters in the would the Peace Society be at the end of front rank of popularly are among the contri- enjoyed from start to finish, laughter alternating the thef, he had to enter one of the rooms, in a week, we wonder? In the Bankruptcy, Court, if not in a deeper hole. The Navy butors. Orders should be sent at once. We with applause and frequently overlapping. We the second story by the all of a ladder and by are unable to decide whether he is bout a forcing window. Possibly the good character German Socialist, a mélevolent mosquito, a be had torno during a service of eight years, League ought not to have much trouble in ve' also to acknowledge receipt of Cassell's
Work and Quiver, which are much my wavel.
whole Italiau opera, saqueaky wheelbarrow, or and the fact that after balug arrested, he ulil- disposing of such an opponent. H.M.S. Cmfurion is an infinitely greater power for you the Volianter Concert to-morrow night, Franch force, he fairestasie in all, Whos mately contested his crime, may have suggested some mitigation of the normal penalty, Bat peace than all the Societies in the world. an excellent programme has been arranged; be touches the plane it is just enough to suggest whatever allowance be made on such
cores, "The pen is mightler than the sword" and as it is not to be held in the opsit this that he could be in the first sank of planfets if hem we And the sentence flagrantly out and the tongue is stronger than the 12-inch- BRANDY.-All our Brandy is guaranteed to gun-sometimes; but not all the time, the weather is simply to lovely for words.o-red lo give up the funny bostoestand is a of proportion to the gravity of the offence, In be pure Cognac, the difference in price and what we need is some permanent basis is a pity to clash with Frank Lincola's popular singer he is undoubtedly gifted in a high degree. Commenting on the lucident we have rot the being merely a question of age and violage. of security. In the abstract, It is good that entertainment, but the Volunteer concert ban He is sway to Canton to-day, and will give his slightest idea of suggesting that the Judge took any account of the nationality of the person WHISKY-All our Waliky of excellent England has a Peace Society, as a standing Already been put of and put off many times to farewell performance in Hongkong on Saturday, robbed. That would, Indeed, be an extravagant quality and of greater age than most brand. demonstration of the peaceful sentiments avoid clashing with one thing after another, and when it is to be koped he will again have a good bypothesis. Ve merely expess cur seinnish. in the muket. The SCOTCH WHISKY which animate a portion of the people, at last it has become Impossible to further defer audience, for their own saken as well as big. Itment at such a method of administering is a thing not to be missed, for few men in the criminal justice. As gential rule foreigners marked "Z" is universally popolar, and land which are in fact endorsed by the, as Professor Merck has to go away before
beat tolking of what takes place whole nation-in the abstract, be it noted. long. Professor Merck is a musician of high world can domo much single-handed to amore Japanese Cours of law, and when a fare cite ipronounced by the best local connoisseurs But only to show what we would like to standing, now on tour round the world. His an audiendo and stake up torpid fiverr. The thrusts itself upon public attention, not because to be superior to say other band in these, not what we consider possible at pre-father is Director of the Brussels Conservatoira, King of Sism said, almost pathetically, "I never of any anomaly in the procedure, but simply Hongkong market.
sent. It is a standing protest against the and he himself has attained a considerable laughed so much in all my lie as at Lincoln'e because a foreigner is concezed, they are nat urally disposed to conclude that it is a typical armaments of the nations; but we must reputation. Bandmaster Bentley also will not entertainment ; and we can qulis belleve the Care, Are crimer, then, punished with this not put our protest Into practice by dis be long in the Colony, and we pred not say poor mach-married potentate. Its impossible angular leolency is Japan? We do not blak We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to arming while surrounded by dangers, how lis appearance to-morrow will be appre- to criticise what Frank does, for it is ladescriba to. Our own impression is that the opposite is No Fire Insurance will be effected by me la be genuine when bought decet from us in the Pally now that the militarism of clated. There will also be accovsity to the ble in cold print. It bas to be stan and heurd. Europe la Just giving signs of greater
the troth. It le plain, at all events, thai a grosi miny Japaners would be willing to pot fo an All damaged Packages must be felt in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the activity than ever. We have shown our shape of a bassoon solo by Bandiman Bowshire We can say "be imitaler all soils of sounds Imptissement of ten moniks at Taskoda Godowns and milficate of the damage Court Potts.
good faith by avoiding war (except with from the Centurion, which will be well worth better than anybody we ever heard," and we can jima lo consideration of a sum of six hundred abtained from the Godown Company within ten
uncivilised tribes) for over forty years, hearing. Our ingenious compositor yesterday say "he rattles off stories, songs, mimicries, and yan, which was the amount of the ready money
stolen in this fogiane', days after the Vessel's arrival here, siler which
Undoubtedly the and Britain is the only Fower that has put it in print as a "barrow solo," and the musical whimsicallites with hardly a moment m Claims will be reengelied
punishment cannot be called deterrent, and done so. We have at umea paid dearly joka was so good that it was a pity to correct it, of breathing-time for himself or his laughing since to deles, got to chastise, is the main object for our peacefulness; but the Peace for a Chinese whitibarow upeseed is very | andlion,"Rbut that does not convey the idea bait of criminsi enaciments, the judge seems to us to (6 | Societý aska sltogether too much, | muljal—to a Chillman,
as well as to go and see him, ♫
(hare committed u merična error**
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consigneos'rlak and expense.
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Agents, Hongkong, 10th December, 1897.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
HE P. &0 S. N. Co's Steamship
*PESHAWUR,"
I
FROM BOMBAY AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in tha Hooghong
and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns, at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtulsed as soon as the Good" are landed.
• Goods not cleared by the 16th fealant at 4
2.1. will be subject to rent
́any case whatever.
· H. A. RITCHIE,
Suparintendent, Hongkong, toth December, 1897,
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true Xores Wines.
coas it should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispensary before being sent out. SHERRY-Excellent Dinner and After Dianer Wines of very superior Vintages All are CLARET-Our Clarais, including the lowest priced, as guaranteed to be the genuise product of the Juice of the grape and are not artificially made from raialus and currants, as is generally the case with Cheap
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Wines.
A. S, WATSON & CO., LD,
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, Uth December, 1597.