No. 7232-SEPTEMBER 25, 1880]
Ma T. Groy, Acting Chief Inspector of Po- lico, hos, we learn, been appointed; Chief Clerk at the Magistracy,
The Shanghai Courier of the 20th instant contains a lotter from a correspondent in which attention is draws to a disgraceful
Tar Patent Office authorities at Washing- ton have reinstated Professor Gray's applio- ation to have the intention of the telephone registered in his name. If the Professor should establish the priority of his discovery, it would vitiato Bell's patent.
and
THE
vise and control the Mangal Princos in the companions are as strange to him to day na the Manchu rulers of this Empire to auper. look through the windows of his eyes. His North of Chinn, requesting that should they were when they met for the first time. They are numbors, powers he knows where The momssial represented that the Rassisms, and beyond that all relations are had taken possession of the Lana's country
CHINA MAIL.
That Fragrant Waters cannot murmur 1st, 2nd and 3rd places reapustively; in the This was seconded by Mr Cox, and the
at any lack of capacity or of muck, inodes. second heats these positions were taken by motion was carried.
MoCarthy, Ball, and Holswell. The final... Hon. Mr McEwen propesed, and hon.
and Gibb were almost in line when Hauschild be re-elected auditors. thy they had got
linke
Thia was carried unanimously. the length of the hath on the way home. If anything McCarthy The Chairman intimated det this was all seemed to have the advantage, but about the business and that the lividend warranta
wonki bo ininod on Monday. 30 yards from the goal, Cooper made a splendid band ever hand spurt and canso in about half a longth ahead of McCarthy,
ty shown by Mr JJ; Erancis.to, perform heat was a very closao. Giopor, McCar Mr Bassoon coconlod, that Mosers' Cox and } bɔ immediately. forwarded to the Thug to make hao of them in his Parliamentary
the role of his own trumpet-blower... That the Queen's Counsel thinks that there is but one man here peculiarly suited for the Council, and that his name is John Joseph Francis,
SHORT RACE, (length), open to War ront and Non-Commissioned Officers puly, Only Lares embered for this rags, which 1st prize, 34; 2nd, $2. was easily won by L-Corpl. Biddol, L.- Corp. Browin being second Time 1,254.
Charrison 1st prize, $1; 2nd, $2.
SWIMMING ITARE, (1 lengths), upon to the
A BERLIN telegram of Ang. 13 enys the Chinese Ambassador to England and Russia, Liu, bas optinued his journey to St. state of affairs which exista în a Eurap; Petersburg. A correspondent in the That it is not neual to turn a nemí-private Gibb being third.. Time 1.20. caitors boardinghouse called the American Bussing capital says that the studied attoir- Home, kopt by a coloured man named Lions shown to the Marquesa Teang on the Holmes. In the letter it is stated that 30 ocasion of his visit to Germany have Beamon are crowded into a zasm 18 fret aroused anspicians in political circles there. In the growth of an attachment such as by 12 feet, while sheep, hogs and chickensis promised between Germany and China are quartered at the back of the house, there is seen s freak danger to Russia,
those who r regard a German-Russion war a As a consequence of this: overcrowding andinavitable have already pictured Russia as the insanitary surroundings, it is stated mymaced with west and east. This
feeling of hipprehension has found okr
in the oxpression in that choler had beokuu nit among the of
of which is anly too glad of boarders. The letter also states that one
which can be made to man has died, one was just dying, whilo six justify its unrossing attacks on Germany.
The Panglarist
Had we organ observes:-
math of
press, & DEC
any new
not into an electioneering address, and thon to publish it. That My dear Sassoon must havo falt hiinself bargured at being the recipient of the whole range of views of his very,
·trúly Juo. J. Francia." That no one ever questioned the ability and fighting power of Mr Francis, but that his popularity cannot be other than con- trasted by that of Mr C. P. Chater, tha
other candidate for the Council.
h
THE CHINESE CUSTOMS POSTAL SERVICE
Sou
and that on his demanding it back the broken off. Bis consciour unconscious Tartar had replied that his (the Tama's) secrecy has became his second nature, and suzerain lord and master the Emperor of his aversion to all social intercourse is car
the men of his party Chius had asded the country, through the ried so far that eve late Teo Ohung Tang to the Russian Czar. are often ignorant of his privat
privato residanco, The memorial asked if the Russian's Asgar- They are numbers, nnd numbers he intends tions were true, aud demanded that if
if it them to reusin, in order that the machine The F.-U. . Newa pulists the follow- were indead as the Russian said, that work of head ailence he goes his way, his system may not be interrupted. hould either ing letter which it received from a mor- H.I.M. the Emperor should give him in oliart of standing at oficutports back his own or another country equal to creating around him a desert at the edge of
which his followers are patiently The first paragraph will in way is the one which had been wrosted from him, hi ha heim. It to quit thing in his I don't wish any letter appearing from this Loo Pan, being much enraged at the Re- lonesome hours he occupies himself willa pork on the subject of Pust Office or indeed slans, had already prepared and armed mecha
mechanics, which occupation would be unpunjeet connecting itself with themselves to ropel the foreign usurper, and suitable to his apparent want of soul- Customs working. The employds of it camere further resolved that if no arrange- life. Tho atrange problem admite of make their power felt in small ports, and, ment irers made for them to recover their many interpretations, but there is not one There were six sturtel in this rec-
consequently can give one geost annoyance own, they wonkl use their own indepent-
altogether satisfactory. There is all thon of the R. A. Gunner Worsley took and trouble. As the hare afecady to ont means to drive out their northern fuu. no doubt that only a man who land put on a the lead when the first langt had been much anthrity and espionage over us, I The Li Feng-guon did not have the courage three-fold armor caald fight the battle of covered and maintained this position till foar that if the Peat Oideo comce regularly to present su out spoken sentiments to Parliamentary obstraction to the ond-a within half a longth of the goal, when into their hands, we shall have to submit the Dragon
happen now no one can who could with equal coolness defend him. Worsley, who and swum steadily although
that at prosent wo are free from. I tell but ives na some idea of the symself from the attacks of importanate friends not very gracefully, kept in line with Long thought then I would give you my own pathies of people and of Russian politive and saga enemies, who, in stort, despised til host the end, when his rival by a idens and experianes, so that you might and wonts away off in that north- despite It is said that the Jowa cracified opinion at least frora one untreater and to us almost unknown ragion Christ because he was Jow perhaps in stont two feet ahead of him. Gun-
now been working for some years to mud mighty Empires of the Dragon and the on the altar of changeable Irish pa le favor ner Naylor, who was third was a good way behind. Time, 3m. Saue,"
from this port, and the method they have | Bear.
if he had been a hot blooded Catholie Colt: dopted in working takes the Institution
of buruins, devoted vivacity,
which
other mon were in boapital 'awailing the had among our diplomatists in St.lut many J. P.'n regret the absence from Master Gunnor Long mide up on him to many vexatious rules and eggalations, stops. Whut, and here the story man who was indifferent to praise or blanie.
results of the same malady contracted in the same domicile." The Courier, in an atticle on the same subject, says the core respondent has by no means ovoratated the case, and adds that it is informed that within .! three days twelve men from the same loss had been admitted into the hospital. The Courier phonrally makes this a text for paas ing a number of strictures on the sanitary authorities. It is to be hoped there are no such man-traps in Hongkong.
Petersburg mon who knew the strength Hussin and wore sincerely attached to the throne, the Chinese Ambassador would have understood that Russia is mere power. ful than Germany, that her future will bo greater then Germany's, and that, therefore, it would be better to make frionds with Rusia than with Germany. diplomatists are mostly men who do not know Russia, wid to me the forgetfulness of the Marquess Taong is not at all incom prehensible.
But our
The German commerical world, as ropro Bented by soms of its organs, entertains vary sanguine anticipation regarding the benefits it will dorive from the establish-
and
to
the Colony of Mr C. D. Boltonley, as wall as the willingness of Mr W H.
Darby to allow himself to be nominated, few rapid alrokes abot in front and came formation Post Office has of on the boundary between the two Famall would long ago have been aacrificed
That the list of Justices of the Foste, which is very incomplete, abould be corrected up to date by the Government, so as to include the names of several leading mon | who have returned to the Colony.
That, as the no-dollar cry of the Acting Governor cannot be accepted by business men, something must be done to meet Sir Robert Hart's very reasonable propo. sala to light the Gap Ruck.
RUNNING BRADER OFF SPRING BOARD 1st prize, $4; 2nd, 32.
nidor.
The-
THE FLOODS IN NORTH CHINA,
appear ridiculous to bath foreigners and The damage done by the recent hears Chineso. Ask a Chiman to use it for his rain storms in the North is incalculablo: A large number entered for this compe- own purposta and he will laugh at you, and wach misery and suffering has in conse. A gund many of the competitors the reasons are not hard to vaderstand.quence fallon especially among the poorer tition. were rather indiferent divers but two or Firstly, you are made to pay a high postage classes. The mid-built huts and patched three made some graceful plunges. The first for the privilege of handing your letter to up homes of the penury stricken hire many and second prizes were awarded to Private the Customs which the sterner companies of them fallen down, and in several cases will carry for nothing. Then the Customs the unfortunate inhabitants have been bad- Everett and Private Cooper respectively.
Loka Rave, (round buny and back), 1st will not decor the others en ommercially injured and even killed by the tumbling goncice, they are only delivered to Customs down of the worn-out roofs. On the rivors That no doubt Mr MoEwen, the hon. mem-prize, $3; 2nd, 4; 4th, 82.
employés. Just mingino a Chinaman or too, the tracking paths of the river-men This was a race from thus side of the bda foreigner living to send a coute after the have been inundatud, and the firead bastan ber for the Chamber of Comineree, will a buy attached to the how of the arrival of every steamer to see if he has ploda his weary way in alush move his constituents to see that this Espoir about 250 yards distant. Fifteen any correspondence. If too early or too water sometimes up to his waist, while zow a drowned man cons thing is done.
entered. The tide rua very strongly take the matter may lay over, and lotters and then the body of a wards the West and the campot tors had to have boon knowra to lay over several days, floating hideously down, unheaded by mast Peking make a pretty long circuit before they letters of importance during holiday intor and avoided by all. The roads to reached the buoy, covering in all very little eals and at other times, and not evou deli- from this place, never good at any time, aro vered if the house should be next door to still not in a condition for cart travelling, short of helf mile. One or two dropped
the office. All Chinese and many of the and the Custonss mail carrier, wlise punc ooper forsiguere in consequence Private
rako out of the race, but the most of the fifteen the
ย stuck out to the lust.
of some taality he hitherto done him muah credit, came in first, being about 30 yards in front of the uasive post offices which deliver had souble in making his usaal time.
The of Private Ingam.
Some- Бирват. third was Private letters at your house of
Alrendy subscriptions are being raised Seamark, who was about 20 yards behind the times an hour or more el before you among the natives to assist the suforuts second. Cooper swam very well. He can get delivery after sending your own from these floods," and many have come. battied bravely against the tide and kept cooles for them. I suppose it is not the forward liberally with their contributions. the straightest enurse. The time to the fault of the Tidewaiters who do this duty, boy was 4m. 38cc. and the time for the they having others to perform and the whole journoy 9m. 10ser,
routine of despatching the correspondence
That although we may yet have typhicon warnings from Manila, yet the gaining strength of the North-East monsoon ronders us daily fees liable to any great
Ir is scarcely a credit to the Colony that one of its principal thoroughfared, whore ment of the Russian Asiatica i perhaps the most basiness is deaw, should through Siberia and Central Asis. It is
stated last
that for some years pant Germany, be littored over with huckatera salle and under discouraging conditions, Ins enjoyed gambling tables, so that it is absolutely im- two thirds of the import trade to the
owing possible to pass along the pavement, and Caucasus, and that at present,
the increased reputation of her manufac que mutat go out into the broiling sun intares for cheapness and genuineness, it is the streat if one wishes to make progress no loncor necessary to snuggle them into along the road. Yot such ia the condition the country under the disguise of French brande, na wes at first tho care, of the Praya Central, from Messrs Jurdine, and that they are now sold in the open It is Matheson & Co.'s oflices to the offices of market for what they really are.
doubt that the represented as beyond Time after time.
Chat Bank shares have again taken a mers the P. & D. Company.
Transcaspian Railway will tend to spread a knowledge
or less considerable run down. of the superiority of German a goods Dror all who have hitherto languished
sover all others among the peoples of That rumors of lusses (in Manila, it may be) baving slightly exceeded the pro- iu ignorance thereof, and that the industry
vision mado, or of critical times and auf skill of the Fatherland will be able to front this point of view, it is only natural drive all competitors out of field. Regarded general dulness of trade, may account
for the slight docline. that the extension of Russian railways in the East should receive a cardial greeting it Germany.
the attention of the authorities has been
callud to the matter; but with the excape
COMB-
tion of a fitful show of exertion and paltry fine now and again, the police seen to be inclined to wink at the obstruction and lot passers by Sight their way as best they can through hordes of gambling coulies squatted on the pavement. One of those fitful spurts was made by the pulise to-day LIBCTENANT-COLONEL Hope in a letter to and thres Chinmen wore fined $1.50 and the Times explains how it comes about that our heavy guns are rottn. Being built one 82 for obstructing the Praya. But
thick unila of wrought in, which up of doubtless to-morrow the place will be as has a low limit of elasticity and a high limit bad as before, and the coclies and hacheters of elongation, wrapped round
paratively thin central tube of hard stool, will remain unmolested for a month or two witch has a very high limit of alasticity limit of elongation, the necessary until a fresh cutery against the nuisance and a low
result is that from
the moment
first
A shot made. Suck paltry fines and such per is fired from one of these amazingly. functory interference by the police will unecientific combinations, they bgin to
like an
an ill-assorted couple, hostile Steady eye-ovclope, never past down the evil. tezistic interference is the only seans of and refractory action. When the gun is dilated by Centarily dila fired the steel is
permanently and clearing the obstructionists away and it in the the
the pressure,
by svollen duty of the polite authorities to see that the heat. All goes well for that boul the constables energetically carry out such provided the gun has been fairly well indde. when firing causes the gun rapidly -But
cocls, and then the opposite qualites of the two materials, the plastic and the elastic, begin to operate. The steel tube returns original dimensiors; the wrought
measures.
II. E. Küng, the now Taotal of Shanghai,
to its a
took over the coals of his office on Saturday to coils remain distended, and cease to
stocia here.
That the apathy of the biggest operators may have more to do with it than any- thing clao.
continues
to
in
That although Russin
make political circles uncomfortable Europe, little more is heard of D.L. gane for this port, and aothing has been done about the so-called Western Breakwater.
Tant every day makes the necessity appear more evident than over, for laying a direct
cable without further delay. Tuat talk about Federation and the Empire being inspired with ano spirit, is useless unless backed up by suitable action, That the reinforcements for Vladivostock-
have a very gravo, significance. That Saghallen, with its coal,und ta report. ed petroleum wells, will be worth looking after in the event of war.
EXAMINATIONS AT PERING. Many athletes have arrivod,10 Paking tu
didates from the
Quotations
HONGKONG, September 25. OPIUM-New Patza, cash,................. 625,22)
Old
`cash Now Benares, ab. 510, Old
"
+
"
لو
cash.....
Now Malwa, coal, Allowance, Thels
64 Old Malws, cash. 540/650 Allowance, Thels. 64/50 Faraian, Ully, cah... 400/440 Allowance, Tauis... 10/24 Perniau, Papor tied... 400/600 Allowance, Tarla...... 16/40
Exchange.
HONGKONG, September 25.
On London-
Bauk, Wire,
Credits,
On domaud,
30 days' sight,.........
4 months sight,
Documentary,
On Paris
On demand,...
months' sight,
Credits, 4 months' eight,
On New York
to poople concerned with the Customs first.ndergo their oxaminations for the third The British and other Consulates usual-degree, but in gymnastic exercises, the can- deliver the mail to all, and therefore we
provinces of Kuang tung have no trouble on this, side and it would and Chilli, are considered most skilled.
The examinations commence in the begin-On Bombay- be a pily to dietarb existing arrangements.ning of the ninth moon.
MEMBERS' RADE, (4 lengths handicap), open to Members of the Victoria Recreaty tion Club only. One prize.
This was a bandicap raco. Six entered Mesars Sanders and J. Cook hand 10 se conds. H. F. Hayllar and F.
F. Lammert, 30 seconds, J. Lammert 20 seconds, and ( Chimble scratch. This was very interesting starts were long and a brave struggle was made by them in the rear to race. The make their way to the front. Hayllar was not. long in overtaking the first two and managed to keep the lead
lead to the end coming in about 10 yards in front of F. Lammert, who was secund. George Grimble was ton heavily handicapped, and although he inade up considerably be malo a narrow escape of
The time ronde being next to the last. fayllar was 2,491, from his own start and of course 2,094 from the first start,
Llouts. Bramble and Little made a good
It has boori, mitar for wonder how a Castorns Post Office can expect to succvod
THE USE OF OIL ON THE SEA. against the nativo. Had they imitated
The practice of using oil we arrays of these, or given as some idea of how they would try their prentice hande in bettering subduing the viclence of heavy seas is ex- them it would have been more assuring, tending. This practice should be mucourag- We know now what to expect, and therefore ed. The instances are now sufficiently. trust the Sir Robert Hart system of gather.numerous to warrant the assertion that no ing more power over foreigners in China shipmaster has done his duty who does not will not prevail
use oil to prevent combors front striking his vessel At times the oil rasy fail to be
F.I think the Customs Couriers to
On demand,... Credite, 60 days' sight, Wire, On debrană,
On Calcutta
9/2
4.02
411
Wire, ... On demand,
426
225 226
On demand....
On Shanghai--
30 days' sight,
Gold Leaf, 100 fine... Sovereignt,
Temperature
$32.65 80 16
of value. The chances, however, are ad (Taken at Messrs Falconer de Co's Premiret, most all in it in its favor. It is unaccesary
raco for the Brst position, the ferater com- † from all criminal aonaibility: Courier of on the evening of
the 8th instant. All the local officials went the Eccessary support to the coutral That the Canton corrospordont of them in treat, covering the distance in 86 20.
to the yamon to congratulate hin,
L'Echo de Shanghai, of the 19th instant, anys that Mr Yuen, the Chinese Resident
give
tube; so much so that Colonel Hope aflirms that the coils begin sliding about backwards and forwards when the temper Lature is suddenly raised by firing.'
in Qorea, has been recalled, ne we axpected This actually took place in the bombard- would be the result of Me Denny's visit to most at (Mr
Tientsin. The same paper gives Mr Wang suy of Alone will not permit na to
Tao, a member of the Haniin, as bis suc- cessor.-NC.D. NEOR
were no
storms in these seza
tag
Proust 3 & strong
Queen's Road. J
Do,
9 A.But 1 P.M... P.M..
·30.000 20,960
THERMOMETER-9 AM76
Do.
Do.
Do..
Do.
Do
Do
1. 4 F...
(Wet Bulb) 9 A.Sia
Do. 1 ..
Dü. 4 P.M. Maximum
Do. Minimum over night 78
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER
ATP.M, TO-DAY. Barometer Temperature Humidity
20.80
79.
00
Direction of Wind RSB Force.
Weather
Hongkong Observatory, Sept. 2, 1886.
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
Paking have en interfered with on more than one occasion and this by local officials I speak only from memory, but fancy you to point to the many cases in which BAROMETER will I find non aquiry that this is right." it . been ured with the greatest suc
It is to
Do. be presumed that the most of the coas Among the many lately we need defects complained of by the merchants only use that in the case of the stearaship OFFICERS, RACE, (2 lengths). Che price would be roudied under any thoroughly Werra in order to convince thess doubting There entered for thin ace Lieute.organised syston, but there would always Thomases who are still incredulous as to Bramble, Little, fetcalf, Parkin, Drew, remain, as we pointed out some days ago, the great value claimed for oil as a preven
Captain Trant, of the Luard, Lloyd, Peal, Grajau, Vickers, the possibility of the maile being tampered tivo of casualties.
with, and the officials charged with the per- British steamer Fenetian, which recently Peddler, Louther.
formance of the postal werk would be free picked up at ecs and towed into Boston the disabled German steamer Werra, says that . On this subject,
W.N.W. gala
and hoary ben Lieut. Metcalfe was third and the the 2 tb instant sayy conds.
In view of the misunderstanding that N.-C. LA. News is surely a bit of a joker.uthure woro more or less in the rear-
Werra,
endangering the tow lines upparently exists in the exumanity of the the santly breaking over tas how of HUNDLE RACE, (olithes and boots to bo Postal achame put forward by Chian, it is and threatening the loss of the tow. That the slinks on Praya East are worse!
Desirable that prior to the meeting to be Captain Trant caused an oil bag to be than ever, and that the Dredger does not worn). 1st prize, $4; 2nd, 92; 3rd, 81. scom to dredge.
The last race ovoked perhaps more intorhald to-morrow, accurate information should hung from och side of the Peaction and be given of the outline of the new scheme, towed some distance asters, with the instant The competitors had to swan with their clothes and beats on and We have taken the trouble to asterinin result of smoothing the sea about the dis had to get over four poles placed acress the certain facts in connection with the project abled shig. The Captain and officers of bath. About fourteen or fiftere extored, that our readers may be in a better pasi- the Werre gathered on the forseastle and some of wham gave up before the closetion to comprehend the question on which tried to make out what the Feuction was Private Dodd won sasily in 2m. Cise, the they will be asked to express are opinion doing to accomplish anch gratifying results. wo have unde WG ATD The next morning signals were exchanged d to the cription, and that we would be glad to her.
Commerce ia mistakon in suppesing, as its after the oil bags were hung out the Pembel drop of see the boata promised to Hongkong...
The last event of all was the walking letter of the Sat August implies, that the made much butter weather, not along a greased pole at the end of which firat step would be merely the extension of water broke on beard, and the ship was in additional evidence of the wonder- was a basket containing pig. Much fou the present. Custos Postal Service to all all respecte more comfortable. This is was got out of the vain attempts to reach the China ports, and the discontinuance.
simply
the turbulence and up the China Sea in the typhoon the pad of were raude, one of the most sûë- the first step contemplated with the exten- of the heavy reas that
the pole. One two very near of the Local Post Office. On the contrary, ful slicacy of oil in red threaten a
A uften
Manila..... 20.61 approaches any Chinaman put in an appearance in that That residents would be glad to see the
cessful being wails by Private abbot. The sion, is to replace the Foreign Post Offices vessel's safety. It is but a few years ago quarter, these miners will in all likelihood
Acting Colonial Secretary take a more That many residents are now asking How orize, however, was tually carried off by Pri. here and at the ports by a Chinese National that the praction of ao using oil was almost Haiphong.(29.7/
in entirely.
unknown. At the Buggestion
43w5w1 Hongkong 20.8 take the law into thoir own handa-Straits
vate Briacou, who reached the endoftaspole, Fost
pole, Post Ofice, and, as a commencement in
Jaanges of the Maritime Register several shipman Amuy...... 20.85 Times.
decided plave in the business of the That the European Water Polios deserve and although he slipped as he was grasping the direction, the British and Japance
experimented with oil with the most Foochow great credit for the persistont mauper in the box, 26 managed to stick Bruly to the governments have been asked to withdraw Effect Accounts of the experi: Shanghai.. 28.90 71. 04
their post offices in China, ani to come to gratifying
were widely published, inciting other Nagasaki.29.36 an arrangement with the Chinese Na- ments were tional Post office for the transmission of chipmasters to make trials with the rosult WI ostoer. 29.69 54 the China mails from and to existing termini that to-day the practice has become widely by their contract services with Europe and no resorted to generally on shipboard in Haiphong 29.86 84
known,
and, it may be said, will hereafter Manila.29.89 84 80 the United States, etc.
The Postal Commissionor's letter of the cases of dangerous seas. It is to be reinem Hongkong 29.97 80 16th August to the Council, simply inquires bered, bowever, that wour shipmasters are Amby 99.99 76-64 NE whether they will withdraw the Local Post yet unconvinced. It necessary, there Fouchow.. Office and entrust the postal work to the fare, to keep this matter persistently before Shanghai 29.96 67 74 7 Customs Postal Department, gay in 1887 or the maritime public until every vessel will Nagasaki.. 29.01 later; and the faut, as stated in the Postal carry oil to be used in breaking down heavy Wl'ostock, 59.69, 52 88 NNE 20 Commissioner's letter, that China bas alsoas and thus prevent that pounding from
The effect of this ac-That the Govermont Astronomer his still than any, tirn was to shear the vents,
which
much to learn regarding the laws of longer continuous What are we to think of the solentilic capacity of the gentlenent who have the ordering and the making of That the German torpedo-boat has proved CHISAMEN have already found their way to our gaus, when it is left to a critic whom the Kimberley district, where their immt they have tried to treat with contempt to geation is looked upon with apprehension.peiul out such a glaring disregard of the or 200 Chinese recently on their way to Hong: dinary conditious of expansion and con kong by steamer, were anxious to land traction in the metals with which they con-That it was a piece of gallantry worth not thore, but as soon as an inkling of their instruct their weapons 1-Overland Mail,
ing to bring such a craft out from Europe tention got abroad, the white mitters went
on board and told the Captain plainly that they would not have them landed. Should
Ma..
THE West has been boasting for soms time about its big five-nasted Lake schooŠKĄ, but it will soon be able to boast no longer Tho Morse firm of shipbuilders, of Bath, is now getting material together for the first five-toasted schooner for use on salt water. She will be the largest Travel with a fore and aft rig ever constructed, baving a carrying capacity quite equal to that of modern square-rigged ships, os over 2,000 tons. Not satisfied with this, it is said there is now the possibility of building
FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR
Council.
That he was properly the mouth-place of the Government regarding the Squatters and Interpretation.
That the case against the Government we the Interpretation in the Police Court is as good as made out, and that i. is per fectly plain to all who will see that tho interpreters have already been left too
much to tako care of themselves,
a six-masted schooner, with a carrying caThat something should be done to improve
pacity of 100,000 cases of oil-New York Maritime Register.
ACCORDING to the Politics of Viermo, an Egyptian officer coming from Kausala describes the condition of the insurgents!
matters at once, and that competent men
will be forthcoming if Government will only pay for their services,
what can be done with craft of this dus second being Pt. Griffin wd the third Pt. From on that the Chamber of of the subject, the Ware reporting that j
BOBSON.
are Punjoms I'
which they are endeavouring to stamp out the sapan nisance, and it is to be hop- ad success will finally crown their efforts. That Mr Mitchell-Imes has done well to increase the fus imposed at the Pulico Court to $5).
FIG AND DOLL
lux and rogained his position on the pole. The pig was liberated from its box and war lauded safely un teria firma.
THE DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO.,
LIMITED.
The annual general aceting of the share- holders of the Douglas Steamship Co. was held this forenoon in the company's oftica,
be
Statio
REGISTER. SEPTEMBER 24.— 4 P.N.
Candy Fat.
Temperature.
SEPTEMBER 25,
-блустар
31ལ་
Fores
Weather.
saw or 0.26
d
That even the Boatmen's Guild will get tired of forking out fifty Mexicans for That the Chief Justiça knew very well whai Those present were;--Mr T. E. Davies only entered into negotiations with the waves which is now so frequent a courco of airostook, Gradients are moderate for N.E.:
each offence,
(Chairman), Hon. F. D. Sassoon, Hon.
he was doing when he passed suitense F. Medwen, and bir W. II, F. Darby,
on Da Cruz, and had excellent reasons
That in this instance cheese-paring cannot
for giving the sovers but richly deserved
Director; Han. J. Boll-Irving. Mesers
prova to be true economy.
sentence of ten years.
C. Cox, J. Googinatin and J. Grant.
Mr Grant acted as Secretary, and road
as wretched in the extreme. On the other That the weight of years and the effec's of That rumour has it that Sir George Bowers the notice convening the meeting.
hand, Shudhi Pasha, who is Egyptian frautier, has received
the
unrequited public services mass be telling upon the Senior Unofficial Member whon
information
that the Mahdi's successor has fallen in an engagement with the Emir of Darfur,
Three rivals for the Mahdi's poes at once
have for some time pest-been
ho lete an important matter like the Cargo-boat Grievance drop out of sight.
has once more changed his mind, and
olearly
Hongkong, Japanose and the other govern discator. New York Maritime Register. ments for the closing of their post offices indicates that the establishment of
nent of A GERMAN PORTRAIT OF PARNELL
From The Cologne Guzelte. The engine in the shape of a human be
the Chinese National Postal Service, to re-
ceive and despatch foreign mails, is intend-
ed to procede, or take place concurrently ing which fate has sent into the world to with the abterption of the coal at attempt the establishment of an Irish Par- Office.
The Council are not asked to Bur-
The barometer is rising except in Wla-
winds. The temperature and humidity ara moderate and the weather fine, except round the Sea of Japan.
W. DORENOK, Government Astronomer. Hongkong Observatory, September 25,
f.the Irish || heit, and to the level of the sea in inches, temthe
1. BanoXETER, reduced to 82 degrees Fahren
The Chairman said-Gentlemen, the Re- of his presence and the stream of his port and Accounts have now been in your work: As a matter of fact, the Ous. party in spy other way must be futile as and hundredths.
that he will not again shed the radiance
classical quotations upon us after all,
render the Local Foat co before the liament is Charles Stewart Parnoll. All Chincac service undertakes international attempts to describe the leador bauds for some few days, and have no doubt tous Tortel Service has no desire to take long as no new facts of his inner life are over the Local Post Ufica ur.til its inter disenvered by which the colorless abstract
šni
9. TREFERATURF, in the shade in degrees, Fahrenbeit.
8. Hexmiry, in persentage of satamiion, tha
sprang up, one of whom was Demang That the Lap-mp-wan Squatters' business That ramour also has it that Hongkong is received your attention, so, with your perunaticnal arrangements are nature of his being is brought closer to us, His Samidity of air saturated with moisture boing.
to be blessed with a much younger Go:sion, we will take the same as read. We voh as a department incapable of com person and his influence are among
The rebele
cut off from the sea-coat, the chief source
of their ammunition. England, and
has been fortunately arranged and settled with more discretion than at one time it was feared it would be.
Italy, it is said, are combining together to i blockade the strip of coast in question, end
convention is reported to have been That the equatters should not have been practically concluded between the three
allowed to gather as they did, or to be Governments on this subject,
placed where they were, or to remain so lung as they did.
STEAMERS with disabled machinery and under the very limited amount of canvas spread by most of them are often placed in very dangerous situations. Their great langth and small width take them clumsy At such times Yot apparently this risk would
be avoided. If twin s BCZOW propellers sting independently were adopted there be very little if noy cause for anxiety safety. If one crankshaft
for
WILS
the steamer's
s disabled the other coald keep on work. ing and good progress still be made on the Seldom, if ever, would £ happen hoth shafts would be damaged at the same time. This will no doubt yet become a feature of passenger steamers, and will ba urged by competitors as an almost in fallible
mesas of
safely to those yeasel. In the saving of time and the expense with to salvage services it would appear
regard
to justify the additional cost unfailed upon the steamer. It points way out of a dif ficulty in asses of disabled machinery at sea that steamship owners have not yet con sidered. New York Maritime Register.
That the longer they remained, even in
face of notices to quit which were never carried out, the greater their quasi-rights became.
1
vernor,
That there seems to be a probability that the existing service of Home telegrams will be continued,
BROWNIE.
THE 58TH'S ́SWIMMING RACES,
the most difficult problems of contemporary be considered him has been cast into the eyeholegi Sce,
After everything that is known history. about
100.
4.DIRMOTION OF Win, to two point
5. Foran or Wind, scarding to Beaufort
Nai malting put,
ne
have endeavoured to make the Report as biuing the despatch and delivery of inter full us possible, and therefore it will only national mails would hardly
the result consists he necessary for me now to trouble you as an improvement on existing facilities,, or
limitations and with very few ramarks. I may say that of henefs to the community. The Custome al mal the Company's fleet has been well maini Pust-Oos has for many years doue & in nothing but tained, and the steamers are all in good certain amount of coast and everland werk, gations. Imagination, unwilling to zaiss the order and condition; and it is not anticipat and stili takes delivery of the Local Post Outward attraction in the picture of a migh-
heavy expenditure will be Office mails at many porta
the ourrent year for the So for as the Chinese posts! negotiations would make him familiar and tangible to
necessary
ty man,
cocks in vain for traits, which
To lio
physically
тополета, от
ed that as to our present have extended, no proposal tas omanated 1s ici ho the gift of quick
of
The swimming races and aequatio sports | warking I can only say that earnings remain from China involving the possible discon-petite f
with
Irish wit, or
the contingency arise, it can only criginate from scientist!
soos
or i he a a prominent artist or Nothing of the kind. No draw-
ing room eolinte him among its-moti
woman bouts of his favor, no his is ever repeated. He
до
of
ig enly sloquent
to say; of Irina ethile!
in on fat that he says
itself by its own flow,
which intoxicates finally squandere
6, STATE OF Weather & blus aky, 8 de tabelavida, d-drizzling rain, tog, y glamy, E, lightning, covercast, i passing showars, squally, rain, sous, filipndur, viability
dow (wat),
7. Ram, Ilaches, tenths and hundredtke,
BUN AND TIDE TABLE FOR HONGKONG-
(From The Hongkong Almauuck.
SEPTEMBER-OCTones.
FIGH WATER.
Box.
Day of Mary, Aft. Kises. Sets. Month...
20
"purpose of
a moderate scale, and that we are still tinuance beyond Bongkong of the present of the 58th Regiment came off this after-scanewhat under the adv. influences European mail service. Should aucti noon. The weather was splendid and there referred to in the Report. Trevet at contingay ara
present
Benson is neually rather That the mode of evicliva, and the persons was a large tum out of spectators, both mili
the
and. we by no means year aumployed, were not the best that could tary and sivil. Some of the races were despair of sui improvement in the near
THE RUSSIANS IN MONGOLIA.. have been employed.
keenly contested and evoked not a little future, and we hope that about this time year we shall be able to meet you next
4October the Fourth, a Tientsin ecrres That the Surveyor General, in his efforts to excitrient in the on-lookers. The band of again with at any rates fairly satisfactory pondent of the Ad D. News, writing on its firs in a poetical racket, not a traca in
need *ty bear down all opposition, occasionally, the regiment played at intervals during statement. I don't think I forgets that there are other Departments the afternoon. Lieut. Col. Anderson and more, but before moving the adoption of the the 13th September, says The chief and found in him. By natura ho is fitted for by the Chinese the Soo-loo Fan, to whom his very appearance reminds one of the questions shareholders may desire to pat of Government in Hongkong besides his the office of the Regiment were pre- Resort, I shall be pleased to answer ane grand am of an aboriginal tribe, called anything rather than an Irish leader, and
sont and gave their bearty encouragement Na questions being asked, the Chairman lie Chingge Glaverament gave a large torri hated Anglo-Sazon oppressor.
said.
ha: to from 800 to 900 It square.
His iny exterior corresponda with his that the Rap and Accounts a proposed
and adjoining the province of Ili, arrived mental life, No mortal has yet been able That the Chinese, who were all squatters at to the efforts of the competitora,
presented bo sanpted and passed.
in Peking recently
He was only accom to any that he is Parnell's intimate friend, Me Darby seconded, and the motion was panied by four attendants and seemed to Gamhetta was the busom friend of his carried unanimously.
Hon. J. Bell-Irving then proposed that have made a heaty journey surous the coun: coupe.plons, they dimpd together in shirt- memorial to the Li Not so Parnell. He watches his mind sa IF very plsin-apiken teen privatau entered for it and it had to be the Hon P. Eyrie, Hon. F. D. Sassoon, try. On entering Peking be presented a sleeves and had no secrete from caeli other. compsied for in two basts. In the first heat, Hon. A. P. McEwen and Mr Darby be re- Feng Yuen, a department instituted by it was a fortress, and no one is allowed to, ternoon, Privates Cooper, Dodd and Gibb had the elected dirgstors
·OWD
one time, were encouraged to come here SHORT RACE, (2 lengths), open to private by the veramente and that, beesuse only. 1st prize, 84; nd, 82, 3rd, $1.
This was a very interesting Exco. Beren
there are black ahsap in every flock, it
does not follow that these people were all
thieves -
7.33
27
8.83 8.15 8.47 5.51 6.60:
H 8.13 3.51
RS
20
30
5.52 5.58 B.62 6.47 1 11:37 11.91 8.58 0.47
9.119,39 0.03 5:49 (182) 10,14% 10.49 10.62
mir High water at Whampoa: 2 hrs. 30
mins later than at Hongkong ; at the
- Barrier: 3 hrs. 15 mins. ; at the Salt Flata: 3 hra, 30 mins, ; at Bhauicon, 3 hrs 45 minangk Moon-Last Quarter, 21d. 1b. 32m, afe
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