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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
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several of the fleet in port and will have Prince Havay and his Princess with us. We are glad to sea such a promising put look for the gay season and certainly trust that our hopes will not be vain.
REUTER'S MESSAGES,
THE DREYFUS CASE.
LONDON, November 20th, The revolt of the preliminary enquiry into Colonel Picquar's alleged forgery at the Full 52am ls that he be"court marfalled,
FRANCE IN INDO-CHINA. The French Government bare adopted a scheme which grants state guaranteed losn of Two hundred million Francs for the construc tion of a Raliway system in Indo-China.
THE ARMY AND MILITIA.
A Royal warajh-has been issued which inc- tions the formation o" a special service section of the Milla for service abroad with the regular' army subject to certala conditions.
THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S TOUR. The Emperor Willam and the Empress on tbelt return journey met at Messina, Princess Henry of Prasala who is proceeding to jola ber
husband in Chin.
OBITUARY,
The Earl of Latkom.
WEATHER REPORT.
The Observatory repert says :-On the 22nd at 11:40 am, : The baromter has risen rapidly la 5. Chinx where pressure li now · normal Pressure is high over the Interlor of China, and gradients are steep with monsoon gates along the cat sed in the N. part. of the Chion Sea. FORYCAST:-Strong to fresh N. winds, squally :
fine.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Twcoalles to-day got seven days' hard for the tbelt of an opfam pipe v-Jue sixty cents.
Fek anlawfully exposing the results of the Wal Sing tollery a Chlasman was to-day fined Bro or one manib
For unlewful porciston of twenty, cattles of sardal wood a coille was to-day fined $10, in | default one month,
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TEODORE MEDINGER, chief engineer, steamship Tatoo, was to-day fined $100 in default three months' Jall for being illegally in passession of a revolver and the rounds of ammunition.
IN Ceylon, considerable progress is reported of lato, In plembaga mining and protecting Several successful attempts to find the minera) | have been made, some la galte new locales.
Tuner - Frenchmen, supposed to be ridsped convicts from New Caledonia, have been arrested In Singapore. Owing to their description not tallving in all respects they will be sent in Saigon for identification.
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It is stated that the Chiarte officist represents- Jung Tei London hiva reċilved aeremp'ory and explicit instractions to ruipend at duen the 'nego- Marlene in ecars the services of Englishmen in the work of organising the Chinese Army and Navy,
CAPITALISTS all get restone, the Parak Floruer tells us, for fighting shỳ of Federated Malay States enterp-he-vl the want of pro- vision for specific reltet in case of coldent and the non-admission of anpals to the Septemn
Court of the Straits Seillements,
ACCORDING to native "advices from Peking Chen Tlen-long Chinese doctor is attending the Emperor and the medicines he orders have to he examined and then roproved by the Minister | of the Six Boards and Directors of Nine Courts, The Emprese Dowager pays the desier 5 Tis. | for each vidt, ·
THE Band of the K.O. Regiment will play the following programme at the Officers Mess, Murray Binacks, to-morrow, commencing at 8 p.m. an
Overters....."Las Dragons De'Vilties Selectie... "Scotch Medley ".. Intermezzo. Mari
JA. "Chengh and Crow ", Geet "Red Cerss Knight" Selection Reminiscences of England Vale.. .......Ftaile Paire"...
"Grid Save The Queen"
Maillart Cavalloi Williams
Calcott Ard, P. Godfrey Waldteufel
The bright and larid light noticable over Stone catter's last Tuesday night, was caused by the 38th Ca. R.A. who had just successful completed their big-gun practice. . A prize is offered and great žudis is obtained by the Company making the highest palats. In this practice and as the 38th Co. R.A bare managed to beat the others
having a high old time round a bon fire,
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THE LEGISLATIVE, COUNCIL.
GENERAL BLACK'S FAREWELL ADDRESS AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL.
source of the mala:ls wh'ch bài so long mirred the health of Aberdeen and the neighbourbond of Maguine Gap. I hare nothing but the good of the community at heart, and I emphatically state that if you belleve medical testimony, it is your daty to decres that this section be the dist taken in hand, Health and pinigore and the wheels A meeting of the Legislative Council was
of progress and I may add of hleveles more on hell this afternoon. His Excellency the roads, and in my beltel a great strengthening of Officer AdministeƐng the Government, Major- | the désente el ihls Island will take place when General Wilson Birck, C. R., prasided, and the the tracing across the pithlese harter of Mone! were also present-Hon T. S. Smith (Acting Co- Cameron and Mount Nicholson is broadened lonial Secretary), Hon, R. D. Ormaby (Director of ints Rd. Sharity after arituleg in this Public Works), Hon, F. H. May, C.M.G. (Captain | Colony 1 urged the Government to take this Superintendent ofPolice), Han. W, M. Thomits | in hand on
public grounda. (Acting Colonial Trossarer), Ho.R. M. Rumsey with great pleasure that "by an agreement (Hathour Master), the Hon. C. P. Chater effected en my representation this hat the C.HG., Hon. Dr. Ho Kal. Hoa. Wel A Yok, and Hon. J. I. Bell-Irving, unofficial members.
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pleasure of the Colony and to its delence may be expected shortly to heglo. I can hardly teach you much abegi firarer, the invanna la The minutes of the last meeting were read Increasing, the financial pestiion is sound, and and.confirmed.
aration flight; but enitly worker Un whead. New Law Couïts, New Genèral Post Of", 1/ new Gororament Residence at the .Peak, and ether public work for which money
His Excellency Major-General Black weld~ All business firms whether large or small take stock once a year,'audi call a momentary halt tu nes how they stand belɔre girding up ihale lalas for the work of the coming yes. Governments which are but large bualness firms working fac the public weil, la the same way review arch your their position, and not only put forward their balance sheet. but Indieste with modest
vatisfaction schemes which have run smosibir
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have Lo be provided, in fel the cry is ever Onward and I have no doubt that under the able Director the pabilc works of the fatore will be at magnifielent zad useful as those 'andedsken in the past. I' is beyond my provirce to do more than xilale to the great draman that have been and are being ensered around us. We live in « bielory-making epech and cheners att nor in progress which will powerfully offset the fatore desilofex of the fire great nations of the world Little Hong- kong is not far removed from the centre of action and its ralers may have a word to, say to the shiping of events. Sir Henry Blake will shortly intro to assume the relgai of gorIIN- ment and I congratulate the Colony on bewing secured a Chiet so whle and so expulenced and have no doubt that the Colony will advance under his wiss rate. I cannot retire from the Presidency of this Council without thanking the Honorable Members for the zeal and attention which they have brought to bear on all mailen sabmlted to them and for the kladly spirit which has animated all their dealings with me. I have much pleasura | In acknowledging, the loyal and willing cooper. ation with which the Colonl. Secretty and the other effical members have wo ked with me in our jilet task al canying out the admihis'ta- tion of the Colony. "(Applause.)
The Han, C. P. Cher wild that on behalf of his colleagues, the unofficial members of the Couneli, he thanked His Excellency for what ha hač said about them. Doring the ten months In which His Excellency filled the chale of Pre- sident of the Council he had always showed the atmost courtesy and consideration for i s'mem- hers, and he had shown ucusual tsa la deallog with the business. During his tenure of office His Excellency had been called upon a good deal with reference to the work to be done and he never falled and spared no itme nor trouble with the firs of the Colony. (Applause).
be lateresting to remember, as being the year to which the boundaries of the Co lony had been extented. Za taking leave of His Excelleccy as President of this Council he trusted that he would have an equal opponally for the exercise of his energles Lo some other pit cl the vast empire and be trasted that his abllides would be appreciated as in this colony (Applause).
THI illegal possession of a quantity oi oll to.de by polot, they honoured the occasion by naturally a convenient spot where belliger. His Excellency's term of administering would
resulted in a coolle heing fined $* otherwise he goes to fall for twenty days.
Six hundred and foxty-revén deaths were regle- tered at Singapore daifeng last month: The ratio per thousand wes 33 65
of Kin
the
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Arra a tlal`ol British sesmen on the express boste between Brindle! and Part Site, the P. & O. Company has replaced them with Lazcars, The illegal possession of a quality of clothing | lay bas displeased the Admiralty, who to-day cost & coolle ore month's imprisonment bave falled to find in the ressons given a festi. in the event of his not being able to pay a firefication for enormous increase. The A NUMBER OF Japanese sailors, five in all, took
as follows:-Feeding ten handred bids at each parsession of a house in Gage Street, broke so
of the home ports above named, L150; tialaing a dressing case and were ́lo-day math fined $515; want officer's travelling and subsistenco expenter, £45; repair and maintenance of Iafts, or 3 moalbs' gaol.
allowance, 8: total, Ɛing. At present an annual oulley of £ro Is'enough for the birds at both Malta and Gibraltar.
To all appearances the late war scATT is dyingplan for any troubled times that may eventually arise but for the pre- sent everything appears to be peaceful and quiet and the departure of the Barfleur for Nagasaki to-day points to the tension 1377 in the north being over for the time | levled, la Pahang, on the following arifcles:
being. The naval programme for this Horse, hides, bones, tallow, mother-o2-pearl winter we understand is for Admiral FITZ-bells, dried oysters, and sea alors. UIBALD to be with the northern squadron DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & and Admiral Sarsova, with the Centurion,
Jatiwarions.
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to be here during the cold season, so the departure of the Barfleur is quite in the natural order of events and we may shortly expect to see the Commander-in-Chief in the Colony: Had there been any prospect of a disturbance arlsing we do not think that the present move would have been made, so we may congratulate ourselves on the prospect of quiet times for the next month or so, unless of course something crops up to upset the political equilibrium.
A TIN per cent, export duty on the v∙lue to now
Two oplam offenders were to-day brought be fare Commor. Hastings at the Magistracy to- day, one was fined $50 to default three months and another was fined $5 or 14 days.
Ware requested to state for the information of guests invited to the Powerful's entertala mint to-night that boats wit leave Murray Fler and the Dockyard at 8 pm. sbarp, as it is
desirable that all seats should be taken before 8.30 pm when the cortaln river,
MR. RALPH DISRAELY died, on 18th alto. in his goth year, at the residence of his son-in-law,
Mr. Calverly, Online-ball, Leeds. Mr. Diruall, who was the maly brother of the late Lord Besconsfield, and the father of Mr. Coningsby Disraelf, M. P., recelved in 1841 the appol twent
held until be wis appointed, in 1875, depaty. clerk of the Parliaments. From this office he relbed in 1890, baving completed half a century of public service.
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{' GREAT JEWELLERY, ROBBERY.
and well, and gloss over those which however well fald though they may have been have gone gice. 1 take then eo unusual course in asking you to laten while I briefly touch upon some of the events which bave made the ro months I hirs bid the honour to hold the reli, more eventful han many like perlade of your past history. Although less-severe than in 1894, the Pisgot hir this year clximed 1163 vleilms out of 1310 sticken.--Wisely abandoning the tos stringent application of Western method the Gavronment elected suitable hetplial bulidings at Kennedy Town, placed them in charge of the Tongwa | Hospital and loduced the Chinese to carry their sick to that benevolent institution. While deeply deploring the loss by this dread wisitation, I am Rishon glad to congratulate the Medical profession, and the other Government officials whose duty connected them with the suppression of the Pagac, for the strenuous and unselfish effek with which they carried our their humane dules. Three of the sisters cangke the infection at the post of duly, of whom z dird, glring up their fires as nobly as men who die on the field amid the din and excliament of battle. The outbreak of war between Spain and America, two countles in tilendly relations with England threw on this Government the onerous task of malataining the laws of atmirality, A litle Island stored with good coxl, and all the munitions of war in great shund- ance lying off a coast Indented with barbours,
ents might replenish their stores of coal and food, and it is a vanrce of satisfaction to this THE use of pigeons as naval messengers is a | Government that thanks to the energy and lact with which the officials carried out their datler, somewhat costly, albelt necessary, denarture, It seems that by way of commencement £350rd yet the end of the wit found as a friend. the laws of sentrality' wers strictly enforced, went for lofts at Portsmouth. £180 Devonports teams with either belligerent as at the be and £545 at Sheerneu—a total of £1,176. | glaning 'The chances are that that war may The cist of the Shremment left was originally deeply affect its colony Lut they still lie la the
A social The Hon. Ho Kil mild that a senior re estimated at Lay, and the fact that this 5gure fature and are not yet within our ken.
incident fict without Its” brailogs on a great pa« presentative of the Chinese he ought to adia has been more than doubled in the actual out.
donal movement was the anival In Hongkong few remarks to thote of the star unofficial of a German Prince charged for the first me
On behalf of the Chinese, he ac- membes with high command in Eastern waters, The knowledged to His Excellency that they ap- Prince of Prussia would have found a welcome preciated his wise and benevolent goverment. for bts n
kind, and ampskle, When His Excellency vacated the chair of FRI SVCIY Inch & Pilace, he was welcomed by this Connell and left the administration be whole community of Hongkong, and the of the Gorerament, the Chica would | English Inhabitants did not rget In thair feel that
lest they bad
he ruler welcome that he and his wife are grandehildren and a good filend. He thanked His Excellency of their beloved Queen, Horgkong balong for the kind zeta be bad shown towirds himself felt the anomaly of its position, with the northern (Hon. Ho Kel) and his collergue, the Hon. Wel ide of its mapeificent barbour actually belong-Yuk, thus rendering, what would otherwise have ing to another power, Its forts at the eastern been a difficult task to represent the Chlaɛss entrance commanded at short difs range by | adequately in this Council an easy matter. He the Devils Peak, and the end of Its mine asuied His Excellency that even long afterwards felds almost touching the Cblacke soll, the bis kludness to the Chinese and the assistance Bay of Kowloon within the precincts of its be had given to them, would be remembered, karbour bat outside Its falidiction. In June Hoa T. Sercombe-Smith said t'it the scal Upon the arrival of the Catals-Paris mallast a convention was slened by which our members of the Cornell were very much |trală al Calils on 17th ulto, the particulars of a boundary line ir pathed sove 13 miles to the indebted to His Excellency for the very kled very dating robbery of jewellery belonging to north, the sweeping away these anemiller term in which he had spoken of the klad co Mary Duchess of Sutherland, to the estimated || giving Hongkong room to expand, and more operation and zeal they had shows, value of rome 15,000, were reported. It appears than all preventing the passing into other handa that the Dschoss, with Sir Albert Roll and of the roads of Lantau, and the spielowi bar- soma friends, left Palo by the ruto train for bours of Mirt Bay. Much folerest is naturally felt in Hongkong as to the positions of the Calais, en route to London. Her Grace placed
stations of the Maritime Customs. Itscoma la be her despatch.bex, cantall be jewellery, in a coupé compartment in the Nord Station and only just and necessary that these should gat
the platform again Yor recede with the new boundary, for it would A Bil entitled "An Ordinance to aniline/ze * few moments. When the hid re-entered ba sa abdication of sovereignty ti a foreign the Imposition of fees for the issue by the the carriage the walu started almost immediate- power were allowed to Exercita contrat within Government of Hongkong -cl_gefilficates y. The box was not mlized till some time British waters, at the ame time I reto ceriain classes of Chloe who are herwardi At Amiens her Grace and Six coguise that it is right that we should old the desirous of going to the port of Maalis Albert left the train and returned to Paris in fendly Government of Cales is her ink of to the Philippine Itands went through all its belleves that the Dowager Dachen had been quest of the missing property, Sir Albert Rollit protecting her revente made so difficult by the | readings and was pisscă Into law.
Indented nature of the coastline, andio this end- A Bill enillad "An-Ordinance for the Natur- bilowed by the thief or or thieves from London I have suggested that oplum should be stored la sizion of one Up Chung Wa allas Ua to Pads, and that it wre not till her party re-ch. Government Gedowns, and only trued on Go. OI U alias Un Hallas Un Krck Bi" wa
vernment permit. In legislation much meful read a second time. Bristol, that a favourable opportunity for the bat unobtrusive work has been done, I may abstracilon of her jewellery box was afforded, Instance: The Trade Marks Ordinance. The when it is suposed that aman, who Liquor Licences Ordinance, The Bank Note LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. pórefbly was aided by confederaters sale Ordinance. The increased true of Bank totes qetely along the PAIIIgE, whipped the bas from causes well known to you all, bendi despatch-box off the carbioned seit, and Ins-long demanded and the enlarged circulation is tantly diappeared with his booty, The value proving a great boon. The Queen's Recreation Ground Ordinance.—In the list I have taken a of the contents of the swellery man was from £20.0
great interest, and I have ame right to look: 20.000 to C25 aco, ibe arifeles belog chiefly scarls and dismandy, Fortunately, the more
open it as a bantling of my own. The score zaluable pearls were being worn by the Duchess, rence of the pligne, hun forced on every think ind consequently remain in her possession, Ing men the need of letting light and is into A Reuter's integram from Parts stalts that no the blocks of Chloese, hours, which fall of stccess bas yet attended the efits of the
haman belaga in many cani literally sand Special Commissioner of the Gare du Nord back in bick in the City of Victoria containing ti obtale some clue to the author of the rob. rooms into which the sus never enters, and bry L. & C. Expres.
where the feild air has no motion. Doctors and | physic gand ibaugh' they ba ara by themstivas
powerleis to core while can and mir are g¦ surd prevenire, kad great as the task may be of (1) Forging cartilo telegram on told Ocio- bringing these natural agents into this recking ber, follows: Springford Clayton, Riojun In the trial of Dr. Walimarsh, list month, masi of humanity their admission must be Maru, Kobe We cables coming. Retara. Mr. Jariice Darling made a big deviation from secured by law. A bill in now before you which || Apply passage Yaren. Maiters ausged. Emr«. pecedent in his dialogue with the sua dissen. I adult doesn't go far enough but it will al|| Infi that juryman. The foreman announced that last be the biglalag af a grasi reform.. Many (a) Wilially and without dan suthority, utter- there were eleven to one, but there was no complaints have been made as to the shortcom- Ing the above-mentioned telegram, well knowing chance of that one giving in. The judge. then | [vgs of the Post Office ; a great deal al the con. the same to be forged. "aked the twelfth jaiyman whether theo was any fa:ion comes from retrenchment hastog been pdot on which he desired bla direction ? Was carried too far, and from the business baring there any point in the evidence which he desir outgrown the building. I have submitted re- ed him to bilog to his notice ?" Is your commendations to the Secretary of State which dificulty on the evidence or something else ? will I trust produce great improvement in this Ya have made an your mind not to agree? depsstment, ie whose well-being every individual Now the erience of our Jary system is that the is concerned. Nearly allied to the Qaren's vedict is the deliverance of the whole body Recreation Ground is the reservation of the and not an cnumerailos of Individual opinions. rocky blaff on which stande the boulders Fe the Judge, there is either a verdict or there
catled Wang Toi of the Watch Towaru.
Sarg faasis any inqulation Into individual views of the Sung' which un fer as I can gatbar fi tha areas a juror asks the judge for Els assistance only historical monument which linke modern | Is likely to be fatal fo the independence of a history with the old world time.—I make Ita disentient, who certainly will object to be reservation most certain, I applied to the sligled out by the judge, and -who li pot equal || Secretary of State for leave to bring In The witoras Kllent was, farther cross<<XLM= tourgalar with hi
■. bill. tơ thấy end and ble parmilssten Ju | Ined by Mr. Francis Apropos, a few years ago on circuít a Judge sum-now en the rea, I regret that I will You went to the defen Jant and goi $40 frem ma up "dead" for the palaḍlff, and plainly told not have the plansare, of giving assent to fi, | him as the Tuesdiy ?—Yes, thejary they could only find for him. They dis. A survey has been made of the Jubilee Rond It was on that day that you sent the lelogrami. *gred elevan to and. The jådge addicised that | round" the "Tiland, li has been traced with tray-You
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If then there is a prospect of war scares being shelved for the winter months Hong kong can look ferward to a pleasant sea- ASPBERRYADE, &c. son with plenty of amusements. Cur new Governor, Sir HENRY A. BLAKE, is due to arrive here on Friday next and we pre-of Registrar in the Court of Chancery, which heed the Gare du Nord, after leaving the Hotel sume that there will be some festivities at- tendant upon his arrival. MajorGeneral GASCOIGNE is to take over the command of the Garrison from Major-General BLACK and there should certainly be some function or other inaugurated to welcome. THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial him and also to bid farewell to General and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge BLACK who has been exceedingly popular with thanks the following donations to the during the perlod of his command and will funds of the Hospitals : | be parted with with regret by all sections of the community. Then we have the visit of Prince and Princess 'NET of Prussia to look forward to, which will certainly lead to an extensive round of amusements, for never before has Hongkong had Royalty really resident in the Colony, Unfortunately there does not at present appear to be any prospect of a theatrical company paying us a visit this season. D'ARC'S MARIONTTES are said to bo on their way here but have not been heard of lately and may not arrive for months to conte,
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JUDGE AND JURYMAŃ.
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The Captain Suprlatendent of Pellce proposed the first reading of a BI entled "An Ordinance to mika farther provision for the' sanitation of the Colony and to repeal certain enaciments of the closed houses and Insanlary, dwellings Ordinance, 1894,"
SUPREME COURT.
CRIMINAL SISSIONS,
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(Before Bit Lordiḥiß the Chief Justice Str 7. W. Carrington, Kt., Q.M.G.)
November. 22nd.
THE ALLEGED FORGERY OF A TELEGRAM ACCUSED ACQUITTED.
Walter George Vaughan Robinson was charged, with
(3) Volawfully transmitting by telegraph as a telegram a communication which he kaew to be not a felegram
' (4) Unlawfully uttering as a telegram, a comé municaton which tr koen to be not a telegram. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and the follow.. log special fary, wi empancelled:-C. Bear- maan, G. C. Anderson, H. L. Dalumple, N. A Siths, A. Denfine, T. Arnold, H. H. Klich,
The Actlog Allernay-General (Hon. H. E. Pollock) Instructed by iba Crown &affeltor (Mr. H. L. Deanys) prosecuted; Mr, J. I. Francis, Q.C, instructed by Mr. J. Hastings, appeared on behalf of the defence.
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on, coaxed him, and utted to feducasim to give gradients, and offers" in the secilan between. Did you see Mr. Robinson again before the in but he stood "ant, and they were discharged || Aberdeen and Deep Water Bay an important 27th when he went 10 your office 7-Yes, I saw
·wijout a verdict. ́ ́Ít then turned out that the Piandiary reform, for part of the scheme is to fill | him in the 24th, 201
oblinate one was the only one for the plaintiff | | up and turf over the fostering inlet to which thu - Did you see him halween the day you £oi tha. A foe story.---Home paper, -
leading medical men of the Colony polat si the | money and the 94th 1-5 don't thfull”I diá,