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community would heartily join in supporting such a mentorial and that they would contribute whatever they could towards perpetuating the memory of a sovereign whom all acknowledged was worthy of the most reverence, admira- tion, and respect, fle did not think that any one class would be more ready to show their appreciation of the late Queen Victoria than her loyal Chinese subjects in longkong, which would doubtless be proved when the subscription lists came out by the amount of their subscriptions,
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His Excellency the Governor then put the resolution to the meeting, and it was carried unanimously..
His Excellency then said that he hoped that the Committee appointed would do their ut mest to expedite their labours in order that those responsible for the monument at home should know the anrousit of money at their disposal. He dwelt upon the fact that the different Colonies contributing were to be separately represented. He had no doubt but that the monument would be worthy of its object and he hoped that the artists responsible for its design would be equal to the occasion, for he had not the least doubt but that the people would supply all the funds necessary. His Excellency having thanked those, present for their attendance, the meetingjbroke up.
WATER POLO.
R. W. F. will play K. A. 38th Co., S. 1), in the second round of the ongkong Warer Polo Shield Competition to-day at the V. R. G., Kowloon, at 5.43.p.m. sharp.
DISSENSION IN THE N. Y. K.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1901.
by chicerin British Generals and hissing the names of some of those opposed in the war. At two o'clock the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Parlamentary members of the City and headed by the bearer of a Union Jack, stepped on to the platformi amid vociferous cheers. His lordship, who presided, said the meeting; which was neither a party nor a "political gathering, was called in order that they might be able to give voice to their patríntic feelings A resolution was submitted expressing the niceting's complete confidence in the South African policy of the Government, and protes ting against the unpatriotic attacks of their op. ponents, which could only encourage the Boers to continue a hopeless resistance.
The speeches of Mr. Gibbs, M.P., and Sir Joseph Dimsdale, M.P, in proposing and seconding it were warmily cheered.-Päll Mall Gazette,
PRO-BOER MEETINGS
ABANDONED.
PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATIONS INSTEAD. སམཡ .Between one and two thousand people as- sembled yesterday morning on Parliament Hill, says the Pall Mall Gazette of 8th ulto, but at the last moment the pro-Boer meeting was abandoned, none of its promoters putting in an appearance. They had previously ap plied for police protection, and a large force of constables were in attendance. A patriotic demonstration was hastily arranged, and after several speeches a vote of confidence in the South African policy of the Government, and in Lord Milner, was proposed, and 'carried without a single dissentient voice.
brown
her challenge shield, and gold medal. Miss Chaplin, too, who is a daughter of Mr. Henry Chaplin and a cousin of Lady Constance, carried off a minor prize.
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Now French Submarine.. Another addition to France's submarines was made on the 12th us, when the Triton was launched at Cherbourg/ *-
MONDAY, 19th, Noon-Half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., at the office of the Company. S. N. Co.'s steamer Miripement leaves
for Singapore, Colombo, etc.
TUESDAY, Zoth.
Extraordinary General Meeting of Preference Shareholders in the Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold. Mining Co, at 14, Des Voeux Road, 12.15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, arst,
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FRIDAY, 23rd. p.m.—Public Auction of Leasehold property situated at Shaukiwan, by Mr. G. Lammert at his offices, Duddell Street,
The new boat, built at a cost of 617,000fr., A. The Naval Programme. is an improved form of the Narval-that is, a Somewhat late in the Session the naval pro-submersible vessel with steam engines fed with gramme for the year was announced in both liquid fuel for her propulsion on the surface of Houses of Parliament. Both Lord Selborne the water.. The Triton measures 11oft 6in, in and his immediate predecessor at the Admiralty length, by 12ft in diameter at her greatest accept the view that our Navy must always be girth, and has a displacement of rostous. The equal to meeting, with a fair margin for safety, steam engines are of 217 hp, and will give a any probable combination off two hostile speed of 12 knots. Her armament consists of Powers. The new programme comprises, four torpedo tubes, and she carries a crew of o. S. K. Co.'s steamer Afaidauru Maru leaves Mr. Amold Foster, said, three new battle- nine men and two officers. The Northern
for Anping, via Swatow and Amoy." ships of 16,500 tons displacement, zolt. longer French fleet how possesses six of these mis than the Formidable class, with an indi-chievous creations, the Triton, according to cated horse-power of 18,000, and 183 knots her builders, being far the most powerful and speed. It was proposed to add to the four deadly boat of the kind yet built. Izin. guns which now for the normal armament-of all the first-class battleships of the world, four 9.2 guns. The three new battle- ships are to be named The King Estuard, The Commonwealth, and The Dominion. Six armoured cruisers are to be laid down, of 9,800 | tons, 22,000-b.p., and twenty-three knots speed, and ten destroyers. Every effort was being made to wipe off shipbuilding arrears, and so rapid was the progress that the Admiralty would soon be able to add twenty first-class armoured cruisers to our effective fleet. By the end of the present year there are to be ready" for sea three battleships of the Cressy class, four of the Formidable, and tea of the Cane's class. By June 30, 1952, there will be ready two Crestys, two Formidables, one Mignmouth, and one Drake,
The Homeward Mails,
A dense crowd was present at Regent's Park
All receiving Far Eastern correspondence, in the alterean, and by its size somewhat. It appears, says the Japan Daily Herald, incommoded various temperance and ather says home paper, have felt some incoe- that a section of the shareholders of the Nip-meetings in the vicinity, but good-humour and hanteerd mails seem to be received at present. venience at the erratic manner in which the pon Yusen Kaisha are setting a movement on
politeness were shown on all sides. The meet- foot to introduce an amendment into the Coming was almost entirely cabral, Just as Ruie, is never a very fall mail-delivered on 1st inst., With the exception of a German mail-which pany's regulations. It is said that their object Britannia!" had been rendered for the fifth time,
some two days late according to schedule time, is to increase the authority of small, share the pro-Boers arrived, a rifle late. A gentleman holders as against large shareholders by named Mr. Parsons was announced as the first French mail due in London on 3rd inst. was we had no mail for a fortnight. The homeward weakening the induence of such shareholders speaker, and promptly mounted a as Baron Iwasaki, the Mitsui, and the Imperial Windsor chair. He said "Oh and at this only received on 9th inst., or 24 hours after the Household, and also to increase the Company's pain: the nicating closed. The gentleman English mail, which: carried virtually a week's dividends to 25 per cent. They intend to call descended somewhat hurriedly, partly owing accident-the nature of which we have not later advices. She had evidently had some an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in
to the chair having been drawn away from
learnt as she has been steadily losing time September this year and a draft of the pro- under him. The next moment things seemed posed reforms is now being prepared. The to resolve themselves into a kind of glorified nearly all the way home. Added to this she amount of the Company's capital is Y22,000,000, football scrimmage, with park-keepers and pra-landed a stoker at Port Said, said to be the number of shares being 410,000, and it is Boers eddying in a human whirlpool. Wild suffering from plague, and went to the Quaran
tine Station at Frioul instead of straight to necessary according to the Company's regul- and high above the uproar could still be heard ations to obtain the support of shareholders the strains of Rule, Britannia!" The speaker, reaching thus may readily be seen.
The inconvenience of advices Marseilles.
Nor is representing 38,000 shares, in order to call an hawever, managed to detach himself, and this the end. The German mail, due to-day, extraordinary meeting. The reform agitators departed without undue ostentation. The other may reach to-morrow, but more probably on ate endeavouring to obtain the support of other five pro-Boers in Regent's Park were escorted shareholders.
to the gates under the protection of a bevy of Monday, 15:h inst. Then the succeeding French keepers. A pleasing little incidert of the affair mail, due on 17th inst., is coming on by the Natal, as the Armand Behit, from Australia, was the whole hearted way in which one of the which should have taken the mails from her at party, an anamic-looking youth in pince-nez and a red tie, clung with both armis round the Colombo, has had some accident in Australian neck of a stalwart keeper, refusing to quit his Nail is consequently bringing on the mails embrace till deposited in front of a policeman herself vid Bombay, and cannot be here before 19th or zoth inst. And close on that mail we shall probably have the English mail, with the succeeding week's advices, on 22nd inst.
GREAT- MEETING AT THE GUILDHALL.
A COUNTERBLAST TO PRO-BOER DEMONSTRATIONS.
SCENES OUTSIDE. -
outside.
BY THE MAIL.
(From Home Papers.)
The "Albion.”
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The great meeting in the Guildhall for the confounding of our foes and for the emphasiz ing of the national spirit had a very sensible effect on the appearance of the City on the roth.ult. The enthusiasm really found its head when a procession, 300 strong, af stockbrokers marched from their City haunts to the meeting,
The Albion, battleship, Captain W. W. bearing flags and exhibiting an appearance Hewett, has arrived at Sheerness, and was to sufficiently warlike and impressive to quell the be officially inspected on 10th ulto, and sail for hearts of the stoutest pro-Boer. But, as far as Hongkong. She will be Sir. J. Bruce's flag- one could judge, the pro-Boer did not exist at ship. At her commissioned trial the engines all; if he did, he preserved an unusual degree of worked well, but in
two other self-effacement, and his voice was not heard in respects the trial was not so satisfactory as could be desired, and it is expected the land. The procession, which formed the nucleus of the meeting and the core of the to be repeated on her passage to Plymouth. in all cuspects she is fitted with the latest active demonstration, marched in as early as quarter before one o'clock. From that time on insprovements in gunnery and machinery, ward to two o'clock people flowed steadily into and her internal fittings are of the most In addition to the usual the meeting, and the junior and nou-influential improved type. persons--the police exercised a nice discretion economisers she is fitted with special evapora -gathered in a dense mass in the Guildhall tors for using up exhaust steam. The heat forecourt. That, however, is not to say that obtained from these is utilised to work the many persons who were neither junior norauxiliary machinery, whereby the consumption uninfluential were not in this outside crowd of coal is materially decreased and the effici- She is also for whom, presently, there was to be some ency of the boilers increased. special oratory-probably out of consideration supplied with Marconi's wireless telegraphy for the weather, which certainly suggested an apparatus. Altogether, the Albion has left Chatham a credit to the Dockyard and the outside demonstration rather than one within walls.
nation,
-QUIEȚ AND ORDERLY PROCEEDINGS,
Pattison's Whisky. Incidentally, the meeting served to show that there is some going away from City trai- The trial is proceeding, of the brothers tions in the matter of head-dress. Of course Robert and Walter Paitison, managing dir- the silk bat was there, but his sovereignty isectors of Pattisons (Limited). Mr. Robertson no longer undisputed, and he reigns side by Durham, chartered accountant, said the amount of indation by fictitious entries in the books side with the more comfortable Pañama.
was £12,000 in two years and eight months. He gave evidence as to the trice selling of whisky with fictitious entries, bringing up the inflation of profits by these means to 22,000 lle also spoke to the appropriation to pri- soners' own purposes of 40,000 obtained from the Clydesdale Bank for Pattisons (Limited), and as to the over-valuation of whisky stock by £27,000 for the year to March, 1898. James Greig, chartered accountant, whose firm grant- ed the certificate of profits, said the balance. sheet prepared from the books showed average profits of £22,000 for the six years prior to December, 1805, and £31,000 for the two years. and eight months before that date. The price paid by the company for the business was 2,400,000, the goodwill, being valued `at.
The meeting in its external aspect was us unlike the Queen's Hall gathering as could well be imagined. There were no scrimmages or free fights without the doors, men passed in as freely and as easily as if they were going to church. The police were there in sufficient force, a string of them beneath the shadow of St. Lawrence, and more held in reserve in the City Summons Court and doubtless ather places, ready for any emergency, but their duties in the main were confined to giving courteous direction to such as needed it. In this connection it was curious to note the fre- quency of application for aclmittance which. unless packed up by a special ticket for the gallery was invariably denied. Sometimes they pleaded very hard Said one, "I have come all the way from South Africa and was present | £193,000. at Colenso; don't you think it's bard' I cannot go in? Where is Sir John Robinson? Cin- not I see Sir John?" Another lady was very anxious to go in. "What's it all about?" she asked confidentially of the suave inspector Disappointed of the meeting she contemplated a raid on the picture gallery, and was reduced to despair when she was told that that was closed to her, too-for the moment, at any rate. Aprapor of this and other conversations even more queer, one of the best-known police officials in the City remarked, “Yon knów, lunatics are coming to our station at the rate of two'a day.”
Whilst these scenes were occupying the stage, without the roar of cheering and the stirring, strains of the band playing "Tomuny Atkins" and other patriolic and national airs floated out upon the 'bor July air, and the Guildhall pigeons were rudely awakened from their afternoon nap on the ledges of the building.
Precitely at two o'clock, when the inside. meeting began, speakers appeared at an im provised table covered with red baize, and fitted up in the doorway of the wing that bouses the lgan exhibition of pictures. Here Mr. Pierce Morrison, a City deputy, introduced Mr. Hen derson, the Mayor of Kimberley, and he and other gentlemen harangued the crowd on the issues of the war and on the topic of settle ment, in which it behoves every Englishman to be really interested. And outside the ring of his hearers an old man was selling Union Jacks, ready to be waved when the proper moment came.
IN THE GUILDHALL
Mr. Chamberlain.
waters and did not arrive at Colombo. The
Conservancy of the Hwang-Poo. The Cologne Gazette deprecates a proposal put forward in 1899 by the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce according to which a permanent local board should be established for the super- vision of the Hwang-poo waterway. The board, as suggested by the chamber of commerce, would, as regards its composition, be mainly English, and to this the Rhenish organ objects and gives the preference to what it alleges is the proposal of the Ministers in Peking, according to which the Powers interested in the Shanghai shipping trade would each obtain an equal. share of in- fluence on the board. The Rhenish organ also thinks that the board should consist of expert engineers instead of mere honorary members, and that the cost of the operations should, as proposed by the North-German Lloyd, be defrayed by the Maritime Customs Office out of the proceeds of certain new tonnage dues, and not, as recommended by the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce; by a tax on all the settlements adjacent to the Hwang-poo and by an extra transit duty on all goods passing. through Shanghai. The value of the preliminary. exertions" of the chamber of commerce in this matter is acknowledged, but it is pointed out that for 25 years no practical steps have been taken, and that it would be eminently desimble 10 endeavour to carry out without delay the German plan, which is said to be supported by the Peninsular and Oriental Company and by the Messageries Maritimes, as well as by the North-German Lloyd,
Loot! Loot Loot!!! Some interesting facts as to the current prices. of curios from China may may he gleaned from the catalogue of the Woodbury Gallery, 87, able loot articles from Peking is on view. One New Bond-street; where a collection of remark
valuable lot of eight pieces of pure jade taken of Peking is priced at £45, while a bronze in- from the Emperor's desk in the Forbidden City
cense burner inlaid with silver and gold, used by the Emperor of China for devotional purposes, is considered a bargain for £50. For another remarkable bronze vase, 900 years old, inlaid' with silver and gold, and used with its fellow
as flower stands on either side of the Em- peror's Throne, the sum of £37 10s. is wanted, and for an imperial robe and collar, formerly the propony of the Emperor, 25 is asked. A book from the Imperial Library: "subject, An Essay from the Emperor's pen
"SHIPPING GAZETTE.
A curious 'accident is reported from Toulon. Two of the torpedoes which are laid at the bottom of the harbour exploded with frightful violence. As a severe storm was raging at the time, it is thought that the electricity in the atmosphere in some way affected the wires which connect the torpedoes with the fleet. In future the Telegraph shipping form sup Fortunately no vessel was near the spot or a plied to Captains of vessels will contain a terrible catastrophe must have occurred.
heading for notices of officers and engineers transferred or on leave, etc. Friends will much oblige by giving this information:-
Belgian Fro-Boerism.
The Eclair of Tuesday publishes the text of a violent proclamation, which has just been published in Belgium, calling in vchement language up the gallant, Belgians to step in and stop the war against the oppressed Boers,
quotes, in the midst of much impassioned declamation, three remarkable letters which its authors profess to have read recently from three British soldiers, who are still actually serving at the front. Here are the documents in question :--
FIRST LETTER.
When we arrived at the spot where the enemy had passed the night we discovered some wounded Boers. We carried them into the mill and displayed no pity to them. All' were shot. Five Boers, who had not laid down their arms, were taken prisoners, was placed in charge of them and heard them praying, for they knew they would have to die the next day. At daybreak they were made to dig their own graves, and at nine o'clock tivo sections of my company came to shoot them. -
SECOND LETTER.
Since we have been with our new general we have been very busy with farm-burning, the destruction of crops, and driving away of cattle. After Sunday six of us went with an Imperial habitants five minutes to get away with their officer to a very pretty farm and gave, the in
property. There was an old grandmother, three married women, and a lot of children al weeping and begging us to have mercy. We refused, and the five minutes having clapsed, we burned the farm to the ground.
THIRD LETTER.
August 6th.
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Mr. E. E. Smallwood, Thini Officer of the steamer Thales, has been promoted to Second Officer of the steamer Hailong,
August 7th.
Mr. A. F. Dobelle, chief officer s.s. Guthrie, is transferred to the steamer Eastern, vice W: Caine Glynne, deceased.
August Loth
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Mr. Skillen, late and officer ss. Perla, is pro- moted chief officer Esmeralda,
Mr. J. H. McBain, late 3rd engineer s... Auping, has been promoted and engineer Fushun
Mr. W. H. Corsane is appointed 3rd engineer 5.5. Auping,
Mr. S. J. Payne, late chief officer Charsang, has been promoted captain of the chili.
Mr. A. A. Chammers from the Filsang, has joind the Chorrang as chief officer.
Mr. J. Rae, 3rd officer Chopsang, has been promoted and officer of the Katwo,
August zih. Mr. H. Schröder has
the s.s. Lyemoon has joined as 2nd officer."
Mr. Attwood joins the Haitan at Amoy, temporarily, as gid officer..
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAIL'S DUE
English (Parramatta) 16th instant, Indian / Catherine Apćar) 19th instant. German (Princ Heinrich) 20th instant. German (König Albert) 20th instant. Cariadian (Empress of India), 20th instant. American (Peru) zand instant.
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N. P. S. Co.'s steamer. Olympia arrived at
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Aug. 14. Yuensang, British str., for Manila Aug, 14, City of Calentia, Briz. atr, for Amoy, Aug. 14 Canning, Brit, transport, for Rangoon, Aug. 14, Kwanglee, British str., for Canton. Aug. 14; Weerung, British str., for Canton,
Passengers-Arrived,
Per Kushing, from Cebu-to Chinese. Per Woosung, from Shanghai for Canton- Mr. R. C, Friesb.
Fer Famaguchi Afari, from Yokohama— ́Mr. L. F. A, Butterworth, and 7 Chinese."
Per Kwanr Lee, from Shanghai-Messrs. A nese. Hartley, Guggity, Mattos, Rozaris, and 78 Chi..
Per Thales, from Coast Ports-Mr. P. M. Sangar, Master W. Blake, Mr. Nakagawa, and 154 Chinese.
Per Nnen Tung, froin Sydney-Messrs. Knoth, Windhorst, Schuly, Schenkewitz, Wen- zel, and 4 Chinese.
Per Mattra, from Calculta→→1 Sergeant(R.E.) and 5 Men (Postal Dept.)
Departed.
Per Tartar, for Shanghai-Miss Ida Buchan, For Kobe-Mr. Allan Gameron, and Lieut. W. Jolly. For Yokobama-Messrs. J. W. S. MacLeod and H. B. Damell. For San Fran cisco-Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Lincoln, Lieut. F. E. Buchan, Messrs. A. B. Bowers, D. J. O’Cón- nell and J. Emery. For London-Messrs. J. P. Rac, E. T. Bailey, and Major Wilson.
SHIPPING REPONTS.
Capt. J. Dowson, of the steamship Woosung, | from Shanghai, reparts -Moderate S. wind and fine to Breaker Point, thence to port fresh S..wind and squally slo
Capt. C. Schonberg, of the steamship Nuen Tung, from Sydney, reports-Fine weather all the way, in the China Sea S, winds with heavy showers of rain.
Capt. F.J. Fox, of the steamship Pekin, from Bombay and Singapore, reports Fine squally weather throughout from Singapore, with con siderable rain S. of Hongkong,
Captain R. Sanderson, of the steamship Kashing from Cebu, reprits-Fresh to strong S., and S. winds, heavy squalls, moderate sea, with thick rainy weather throughout.
Captain R. Lincoln, of the steamship Awang Lee, from Shanghai, reports :-Light to made.. rate variable winds to Chapel Island, thence to port moderate S. to S.5.W. winds, squally weather with raia front Breaker Point.
Capt. A. Robson, of the steamship Thales,from Swatow, Anioy and Foochow, reports:-Left, Foochow at 2.30p.m. on the roth inst., arrived Amoy at noon on the 11th, light S.W. and W. breezes, with moderate S. swell throughout, Left Amoy at 5 p.m. an' the 'rath, arrived Swatow at 3.30 min. on the 13th, light S.W, and W. breezes, overcast and threatening weather, with light S.W. swell. Left Swatow at 6 p.m. on the 13th, arrived Hongkong at 1.30 p.m. on the 14th, strong S.E to S. breezes, heavy. squalls and rain, high S, sea with swell. Vessel in Foochow Crown of Aragon. In Amoy:-
Tacoma from Japan and Hongkong on the HM.S. Eclipse, ss. Daphne, Pechili, Hong 12th inst.
When the Boers perceived that they could not escape, they hoisted the white fag. But the troops had received orders to pay ho atten tion to it, and to give no quarter. The Boers threw down their rifles and come towards our. camp. We killed them. It was sheer butchery, The letters speak for themselves, and have no doubt been copied from some sufficiently ancient and garbled pro-Boer source. The action proposed by the framers of the pro- clamation, in order to bring a nation of shop. keepers to its knees, to boycott all British goods. "Do not buy any merchandise coming from England. Refuse English goods in the interest of civilization. War to the enemies of
Vivent les Boers." Thus ends this | Dide peace. remarkable production, which is issued in the Solent
of the Vlaamschia Kerels" of Brussels..ictoria
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
AUGUST. Meteorological means based on fifteen years'
observations to 1898.
Barometer......... .Thermometer
Humidity....... Rainfall
· TO-DAY. WEATHER REPORT,"
Barometer.... Temperature Humidity Rainfall
-29.755 .81.0 .83.
13:482
On date at Co Cate a
to a.m.
4 21.06
29.75
39.71
73
77
93
.92
0.54
TO-DAY.
Wednesday, 14th August, 1901. Chinese-it of 7th mean of 27th year of
Kwang-su. Sun--Rises.....
-Setsin.
shr, admin,
6hr, 43min. Moan-New Moon.......ghr, qmın, am. High water-Morning. Shr. 39min. Afternoon. Johr. Sutin. thr, 49min.
Low water-Morning
a zhr, cómin.
Afternoon, ANNIVERSARIES. 1870-Seige of Metz commenced, 1887-Steamer Madras lost off Taichow Island. 1898-Edict abolishing spears and bows and arrows in the Chinese Army, 1899-Collision between the Scindia and Re-
solute in the Hoogli
TO-MORROW.
Thursday, 15th August, 1901. Chinese-2 of 7th seven of 27th year of
Kwang-si Sun-Rises
-Seis
shr. 20min, bie. 4amin går. agnia.. Afternoon akr 36min Low water-Morning........ zahr, zzmin. Afternoon. 3hr, 48min. 'ANNIVERSARIES."
High water-torning
Mr. Chamberlain, who attained sixty-five this week, says a mail paper, is amongst the youngest men in the House of Commons, He could very well pass for ten years younger; in on one of the Provinces," is valued only at broad daylight and at times he looks positively 7.10s.. The loot," it seems, was acquired youthful. The last two or three years have by a newspaper correspondent from Russian touched his locks with grey, but his figure is as soldiers," and its authenticity is guaranteed-}}} is a striking proof of the truth that every man shin and alert as ever. The Colonial Secretary The Russian soldiers-lhe useful scapegoat in this disgraceful episode did their work ap- He boasts of never|parently very completely, is a law unto himself
Mr. Stevens has sold by auction the follow- having taken any physical exercise, and walks only when it is impossible to ride. Yet being items from Peking A long sable cloak,1771-Sir Walter Scott born. always appears to be in perfect" training." lined with blue, 30 guineas; a rich scarlet silk The neighbourhood, of the house in Camber coat, embroidered with flowers and birds, lined well-grave, where he was born, has undergone with yellow fox, 40 guineas; a ece of silk many changes in the intervening years. The tapestry, about toft. by gft, worked with 105 house numbered 188, which was occupied for figures of Buddha, go guincas, Many other Secretary, remains exactly as it appeared when some years by the father of the Colonial rich garments were sold for lesser prices. A green jade sceptre; carved, about 17 in. long, Mr. Chamberlain knew it as a boy and attend fetched 14 guineas. A piece of jade carving,. ed the school, a few doors distant, in which with writing by the Emperor Kuenlung on the Aliss Pace-uow a venerable lady, and still a back, done when he conquered Kashgaria,
19 109, resident in the Grove-was a preceptress.
Lady Swimmers.
Dreyfus Case Illustrated.
i
1864-Defeat of the Confederates, in Mobile
Bay, by Admiral Farraguti 871-Victoria Club established in Hongkong. 1887-Tytant tunnel pierced... 1895-Loss of s.s. Calterthun near Sydney. 1898-Spanish Governor-General arrived in
Hongkong from Manila.
AGENDA.
TO-DAY.
Cargo ex Melpomene subject to rent
TO-MORROW.
E. & A. Co.'s steamer Guthrie leaves for
Sydacy and Melbourne. Noon-The steamer Bormida will be despatch- ed for Bombay via Singapore and Penang. am.-C. & M. Co.'s steamer Diamante leaves.
for Manila-
Perhaps the coolest sight in London at noon- The retired soldier, who is an illustrated edi- tide on joth alto, was the swimming-bath attion of the Dreyfus case, has been offered an the Bath Club, when the fourth annual com engagement by the ubiquitous American show petition for the Ladies' Challenge Shield was man. If he will only lay bare his tattoos to an held. But the audience was restricted. Even admiring public, there is a handsome living bag the male band which last year played discreetly open to him. Possibly, however, the cute behind a screen was disestablished, and the American will insist on the illustrations being crowing over. Lady Constance Mackenzie's brought up to date by a reference to the Drey- third victory was done, as Mr. Gilbert would fus book, for instance. Anyway, it is a better - More than an hour before The time fixed for say, by accomplished hens. Of gentlemen,only offer than the one that preceded it—an offere
the commencement of proceedings four of the husbands, fathers, or guardians of competi- for his skin. The unfortunate part is, he would five thousand persons had assembled in the tors, together with impersonal officials, were have to die before he could take advantage of great hall. The platform was decorated with admitted: and the eleven competitors appeared that While all thip competition is raging over Union Jacks and, Royal Standards, and to have bagged but one white-haired parent or his corpus, the poor, old fellow is detained at the assembly," including members of the guardian: But the swimming-bath was cram the Paris Metropolitan court, which cannot Stack Exchange and Bank of England, themed with ladies, who envied the copiness of quite determine whether ha is in his rightmind Baltic, and Lloyd's Shipping and Corn Excompetitors, though blocks of ice and a central or not So it is conceivable that he will not charges, beguiled the period of waiting by sing-spray of water, combated the zoonday guliri. | be able to take advantage of either offer. ling patriotic songs to the music of a hand and: ness. - Lady Constance Mackenzie "deserves |· L'Affaire will have another victim, da
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AGYAR SATURDAY, 17th." Noon-Half-yearly meeting of shareholders of Hongkong & Shanghai Bank at the City Hall,GRAN Noon-P. &, O. Co's steamer Coromandel
leaves for Bombay and London, Noon-Public Auction by Messrs. Hugbes and *!?! Hough, at the Douglas Steamship Co's Wharf, of the Steam Leunch. Tung
The D. S. S. & Co.'s steamer Catherine
Appur from Calcutta left Singapore for this port yesterday afternoon.
- HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS,
at. Kowloon Doc
Canton River
D. J. de Austria ....... ... Cosmopolitan
Bee, and Sabine Rickmers. In Swatow French gunboat Vipere, s.s. Benclatha, Chi Yuen, Wuhu, and Dogmar,
STEAMERS EXPECTED,
Names.
Orestes..
14
Andalusia.
Singapore Singapore
To-morrow To-morrow
11
Parramatta
Singapore
Aug. 16th -
Glenfarg
Singapore
Aug. 16th
Avg. Toth
Maru,
PASSED THE CANAL. Ontward-and August-Hakata Indus, Trieste, Achillës, Kitai, Tydeus. 6th August-Benmohr, Strassburg, Freiburg," 9th AugustPyrrhus, Langbank, Innerdale, 13th August-Canton, Konigsberg, Moyune Preus-
sen.
Homeward-6th August--Nurnberg, Rad- -porshire, 9th August—Glengarry, 13th August
-Prometheus, Salazie, Wakasa Māru.
Arrivals at Homo-13th August—Achilles, Benvoirlich, Palatia, Wittenberg, Kiautschen.
Shipping.
Arrivals,
KWANG LEE, British steamer, 1,467, R. Lincoln, 13th Aug.-Shanghai 10th Aug., General.-C. M. S. N. Co. WOOSUNG, British steamer, 1,109, J. Dowson. 13th Aug-Shanghai roth Aug, General,
Butterfield & Swire, GLAVERING, British transport, 2,155, John
Barker, 13th Aug.,-Calcutta 31st July.. KASHING, British steamer, 1,136, R. Sanderson,
14th Aug,-Cebu gih Aug., General Butterfield & Swire. CHOYSANG, British dtr., 1,194, G. H. Bowker,
14th Aug,Canton 13th Aug., General Jardine, Matheson & Co. ANPING, British steamer, 1,159, H. Barlow, 14th Aug., Canton 13th Aug., General.--- C. M. 5. N. Co. ITRIA, British transport, 5,252, C.. Hugill, R.N.R., 14th Aug.,-Calcutta 1st August. Ballast.-Government.. YAMAGUCHI MARU, Japanese steamer, 2,058, S. Yoshizawa, 14th Aug,-Yokohama zní Aug., General-Nippon Yusen Kaisha. PEKIN, British steamer, 3,957, F. J. Fox, 14th Aug-Bombay and Singapore 8th Aug. Twist, Cotton and Various.-P. & O. S. N. Co.
DECIMA, German steamer, 794, Schlaikier,
14th Aug,-Saigon 10th Aug., Rice. Nam Wo..
2
Catherine Apcar...Singapore Nankin....... Singapore
Aug, 19th Prinz Heinrich ...Singapore Aug. 20th Konig Albert.......Japan..........Aug. 20th Empress of India... Vancouver ......jAuk, zoth
·Péru ....................................... San Francisco...Aug, aand
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Ship
Ajax
PROJECTED SAILINGS.
Destination. Batr.
London... Oct. Ist Alexandria ... Havre, &c..........Aug. 27th. America Maru... San Francisco, &c. Sept. 17th Andalusia......... Havre, &c, Anping Maru Arabia Aragonia
Ataka Banca
Bayern...
Braemar Changsha China...... China....... City of Paking | Clavering
Coptic Coromandel
Foochow
Havre, &c,
New York
New York
Sept. 21st
Aug. 28th
Oct. 5th.
Ok, desp. ...:: Sept. su London Sept. 7th ..... Straits, &c. ... Nov. 27th Victoria, B.C.....Aug. 27th Shanghai ................................ Aug, 24th Yokohama & Kobe Aug. 18th San Francisco, &c. Oct. 19th San Francisco, &e Sept. 24th Victoria, B.C.......Aug. 19th San Francisco, Sept. 1oth Europe, & Aug. 17th Daigi Maru... Famsei...........Aug. 25th Danc
San Francisco, &c. Aug, 15th. Duke of Fife......Victoria, B.C...... Sept. 10th Emp China.......Vancouver, &c...... Oct. 23rd Emp, India
Aug. 28th. Emp. Japio Formosa
Sept. 25th Yokohama, &c......Aug. 26th | Gaelic
Szia Fizdigiscope jOct and Guthrie ..... Sydney, &c. ....................jAug. 15th Hakata Maru ...Kobe & Yokohama Aug. 30th Hamburg Simits, &c. ...... Oct. 16th Heathburn New York
Aug. 18th Hongkong Marian Francisco, &c Oct. 12th 1. F. Chapman... New YorkQk. desp... 'domeneus .....London........ Sept. 12th Kaga Mau ... Victoria, B.C........ Sept. 2nd
THALES, British steamer, 893. A. J. Robson, Kamakura Maru. Victoria, B.C... Aug. 19th 14th Aug-Foochow foth Aug., Amoy Kashing........... Japan ... Aug. 19th 12th, and Swatow 13th, General.Douglas, Kasuga Maru Sydney, &c. Aug. 23rd Laprik & Co,
Kawachi Maru,.Marseilles, &c. Aug, 23rd NESS, British steamer, 1963, W. Peart, 14th Kiautschau Straits, &c.
Aug-Kutchinotzu 9th August. Coal | König Albert ... Straits, &c., Mitsui Bussan Kaisha... NUEN TUNG, German steamer, 1.341, C. Schönberg, 14th Ang..-Sydney 16th July, General Melchers & Co. MUTTRA, British transport, 2,985, D. C. Macin
tyre, R.N.R, T4th AugCalcutta and Aug., Government Stores Government.
Olearances at the Harbour Offi Taifu, German str., för Shanghai. Chowtai, German str... for Swatow Kunisang, British sir, for Singapore, Waasung, British str. for Canton. Yuenzang, British str. for Manila. Kwangler, British str., for Canton. Tartar, British str., för, Amoy;; Hanoi, French str., for Hoihow. Kongnam, British sur for Canton. Shirler, British str., for. Moji, La Rhone, French str, for Canton.
Temrlaten..
Aug 14, Tartar (British str., for Vancouver, Aug, 14, Chowlar German att, for Swatow "Aug, 14, Aubing Warni Jap. for Swatom Aug 14, Ichang, British str., för Kober 2 Aur, 14, Kumsang. British str. for Calcutte
Nov. 13th Aug.ist
Aug, 17th
Aug. 21st
Oct. 25th
Aug, 21st
Kweiyang.Tientsin Maidzuru Maru...Swatow, &c. Manuel Linguno New York Nankin Shangbai Melpomene... Singapore, &c. Aug. 19th Nippon MaruSan Francisco, Yc. Aug. 24th
·Olympiaskus Victoria, B.C............ (Oct. 1st E Orestes
Liverpool. Sopt. 15th Parramatta. Changhai M Aug 16th Aug. 17th Aug. 20th San Francisco, & Aug. 31st Straits; &c!
Pekin
Kobe.....
Peleus.......London......
Peru
Preussen Prinz Heinrich
Prinzess Irene
Rosetta Maru
Straits, &c
Straits, &c
Oct, 2nd &
Sept 19th Sept.'sib
Japan. Aug, 23rd
Sachsen.......Straits, Oct. 30th Sanuki Maru
Sibiria. Stentor
Kobe & Yokohama Aug. 16th" Havre; &c.
Sept toth
Lond
(Sept. 3rd
San Diego, &c. Strai
Sungkiang
Aug zoth
Strathgylo.. Stuttgart
Thales Wobsung
Aug, 16th? ghayatang, roth Yamaguchi Mert Bombay, Aug. 10th