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INTIMATIONS

WINES AND SPIRITS.

bot the prior of

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BY APPOINTMENT.

A. 5. WATSON & Co., LIMITED (haziblissed. A.D. 1841.) HONGKONG.

We invite attention to the following old landed Brands, all of which are excellent uality and gand value for the money.

D Yory Fine Old Vintager

xtra superior, Violet Capano (Old Bollied) 1

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SHERRIES.

A Delicate Pale Dry, dinver wine, Green Capazle

B Superior Pale Dry, dinner

Wine, Green Soal Capate

C. Manzanilla, Palo Natural

CC Superior Old Dry Pala Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capoulo

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DNBIDET JANUARY &ru. 180

Free From naru the following are the mean of my lannot being that by some mil mare damage Kisu serstoblog her paint Tielded the attack by a tank fro, this defont of it, iniply or unfairly; sver the nommonė Šer- de members of the Bigitte Battlemanta, struggles who, mistaking sin for » Revenue whole of the work was on the surfove, the might have been turned into a victory

| gontzia zannaged to squeems something ont of tlus team, to 1967 Blagspors for Hongkong best roddenly opened are upon us. The poor anke lusteed of being filled with stone were On the Woat Eire which was navigable for pay of the uppering the pay of my

mail stoomer on the 14th inak, — fellow died in half an hone

Alled with mud, sad, consequently, in a few small rivor gunboala and the possession of which imen was a thing I would not allow from any A. J. Ross, E. O Ponding the arrival of my stores I planned months broke up and drifted away, leaving ould have enabled the French to attack anton body, and led to endlos trouble. Where nbotham Corporal Spinks on andballt very completa megesines hidden a few solitary piles sticking up her and thare, Jo the rest, and by the numerous arteks looding they realy, squeezed in the number of me Sky Dr. For (Perak), and from the fire of any hostile fest among the which could sually have boon drawn, or sit of by to the Canton River Allowed putting out down the pay sheet that is to say, hills on Dane's Island The foundation of these charge of gun-cotton. On the 6th September, expedition to embarrass and saney the Chinas putting down Kity men to draw pay when magasiner was cut out of the sold rock by soms 1884, I ched the gap in the barrier in the positions at Bhali and Wampos, I placed only forty were working, ao individual man four hundred soldier lent me frem alghhous resin heanch of the Canton Elvar at Whampoa stone burriam defended by small mechanical would anfor, and even if I detestad – this. BEUTELS TELEGRAMS, – log damp li que day I mile the few store having delayed doing so for some time at the mines and covered by the Bre of such old guns the official concerned would lie with aust-non- which El mod placed in pustion at Ehe request of the British Consol, thus leaving opon of 'itive manufacture as I would spare from the summate pailtaves in inventing exposéen for the LUFFICED TO THE DAILY FREOB."{ sleven 500 lbs, ground wines, loaded wi powder, the front such, only available for rentole mai delence. These mechanical mines wore! obrantees, that the only thing to do was to gria

CAR TO LONDON, Beil January, ably less than the figure stamped upon

These mines, the feet to bo rabmerged, were drawing net mors than 8 fext to Cantos This odhaidieal copper des having a perenssion sad bear it. I have repeatedly felt convinci THE PORTUGUESE CLAIMS ON THE pleked as one your andsight months after, and front reach page was left open during the plunger at tim sper of the coacid, and Guted on that after tallying on the number of men at klak peaking Count to be in perfectly good sondi. whole of the war, and the river steamere allowed the end of atout upar. The lower and of the Whampoa one day. I have counted some of them Che same being specially lasted by our 10 Buh poo fully poogpised this for ZAMBESL tion, although some of them were ouvered with to proved to Canton and vice versa during the spar was fastened by a chain to a heavy sinker. over again at the Bogus on the following morn- Loudon Hamm, war bought direct from the moet | says - One of the mljant argumenti 10 —— The Klag of Portugal, in his speech at the a deposit of hard wann six feet in thicknow. I day, but at night compallet to mushor below the About half-way along the apar a light steel wire big; but as one, hineas cookie is so much like osed Chippers, are imported in wood and bridled favour of soos system of coinage is ikhe fact opening of the Chambers, stated that Portugal alsstiliand any he in getting guns into Bogue of abren Whampas, and when passing rope was made fast to another sister and the other, having all olsan shaved facos, sbeltis gether, she etabling as to supply the best that already through the maritime provinces was odsavouring to oonrises. Great Britain position to command the Torped, fald Kropp. Shrough by daylight had te tako nadre fargede beleszbmerged in sach a praitioair front of the slentification is simply imposible to a formiguer

& moderate Brices, In ordering it is only neotssary to slate the foreign silver dollar and other coins of that the bad right on the Zambou, that alie Woolwich, and Favour runs of 10, sud 18 pilets on board. The phage of these steamets barrier that the mines, same foar ne ve fest Ecan witsa I have had all the mon soDentrated. tous weight were hauled and dragged up the was a most serious inconvenience, and although under water, always fised the direction from in one point for the purpose of checking them the name and quantity of Wine or Spirit wanted, aller value, are in extensirs que, and they persists in this attitudo, and hopes to speedily face of aliffs by sheer stingth and simplility, I represented to His Excelition the Viceroy which an attack must come. The charge of these over 1 hare fngud that a large proportion of and initial letter for quality desired...........

in simations where we in England would have, that all steamers abould be compelled to stop and mines consisted of some 30 ne 40 lbs of dynamite shoes men have been picked up from the neigh.. Ordets through Local Post or by Telegram prore a source of the greatest convenience, restore accord.

thought it would have been impossible to downlord ego into lighters, below our most and after being down some six or eight months bouring Lostman and shermen on that mor receive prompt attortion.

in trade. Why should not our Coverament FORTS. (For Innalile and general and

FROM SINGAPORE: FATERET:

sual work without the aid of engineering ap advanced torpedo position at Ban-pau-chow, he wore picked up or fired, by sweeping, without ing, slipped into a enldier's cost, placed-in the Por do colo our dollars instead of sllowing an ez.

London, 28th December.

pliaboos. I may here state that in liftiegs unable to agree to this it would have any accident. Of course there was nothing now rear reak and passed off as members of the Tư:-" heavy weights there is no man to cumpare with involved a very heavy loss in the Customs revenge about this style of mechanical mine as it was pede Corps, receiving a Law centa for their day's A Alto Daur, good quality,

Cass Zor Bataneo corrency to circulate in por mides P FIGHTING IN EIO DE JANEIRO,

↑ the ordinary Chinese ocolie.. I do not mean in at Canton, and, owing to the ambiguous state of used during the American civil war, but for work, Green Capanie

$10 $100

For want of a proper currency a large pro, ~There" bare boss sati-revolutioiary cinta at dividually but collectivaly.” I lave soạn n gang | affaird--nar nevar. · having been formally subsidiary defence I found it must convenient, In spite of all thown dinguslifications the mon B. Vintage superior quality.

partion of the smaller operations of trade Rio de Janeiro From the 18th to the 20th of men go to a G-len gun, adjust their carrying declared between China and France-might being easily ando by antice workman and sapa- when called upon to work did work, and I Da Red Capsule

12110in Chion are conducted by barier, and instant, there was serious street fighting, which poles, and simply talks away with it, of course hare involved ifte Excellener in some inter bla et impid abnormion with very little danger.sider that the Chines poldier properly drilled. ▸ Fine Old Vintage, up-

«pium, on accourt, of its portability, in oxu quelled on the latter date by troops

paid by a tremendous sprear. By this ustionat diloul ties with the Hongkong antho In deep water or a strong tide-way its us would properly armed, and above rit properly officered time the educationet part of the Torpedo De rities. In thu ́onter deforce at the. Bogns have been imprantissbla. orior quality, Black Soal

would make the inest Bghting material in the Capsule

partment was fairly started and consisted of 24 twenty-eight of my contact minsa were struck. On the main defence at the Hogne forts drifts Froid. On a bowl or two gf rios, à ̈ifttle cabbag's ensively employed in the inferior in this THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC,

Theepidemicianpollag Christmastide thingh Nal-halo-hsley (in de stalents) corresponding and crushed in by these stenmurs, and at the fatorpedos and fire rifts were hold in readiness soup and a taste of mit dab, be can live and way, and is often carried by travellers to at the Continent, Tas hospitate in Paris and to car cadets. 30 Wession (outsila studner defours at Whampoa eight were similarly against the sypenesses of the French feet. The thries. He is active, hardy and ending, and 150defmy their expanses on the rrad, The Vienna are oremmed, in Brussels the garrisons were. This last class mensisted of the men worry and anxiety to me, as sithenat we knew type previously described, and it was intended to will follow wherever bis ofhers on fund him ental or cohesion, and 50 Shui-Yangs or damaged. Of course this was grost svares of drifting torpedoos were of the electro-mechanical collectively, has absolately to fear of death. He want of a currency is mek to soms extent, by decimated. Deaths are becoming numerous who had to do the goal work of lowering sad from the falilag of the shutter in the abatier Lave launched then in pairs lashed to a frame and accept his fate whatever may befall him with the issue of notes by the cash shops, but The Car and the King of Portugal bare caught nowing the mines in quation, and was shisky apparatus which particular mine had been struck, work of light tamboes, released with a full ebb the calmness of a stoio On the other hand ha these are attended with a great deal of fraud the contagion between reoruited from sailors and fiskarmen. Every and consequently could roplan, it immediately tide, in the hope that they might eated in the mast be inpght discipline and learn to keep his and consequens loss. If a reliable and sui ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL. man had to be a thorough rond swimniar and by a sound mine, always supposing that the plug mooring chain of any of the enemy'a ships tongus still. At present when an order is given table silver currency were established the The Portuguese reply to Ford Salisbury's diver. Most of them braid remain under water connecting the firing battery was not in position, when they got balow the Engas, I had not it is loudly criticised by each individual man at a moderate depth without any appliances, save there could be no danger of the mina erploding much faith ta these frifing tospodins and never who has some anggestion of his own to`offer." Bberry, White Cépmale 10100 fontry would gladly accept it, sed enormous note is said to have bess favourably received at hase which Nature bestowed upon them, for 21 (all the wines sobшerged in these pages. Ebing had a spportunity of proving their clancy Rapidity of moromunt is consequently inkali kala, "În zonolysina, L'osu only express my opinion wiagtes, winle the best of them on the occasion purely electrical), still the responsability of sa "The tre rafts were old Janks loaded with light quantities would be quickly absorbed. Tha

of s Barlow before His Excolleroy the Viceroy, trasting the safety of a friendly steamier to men tiraber có se to render them: ansinkable, and that any sastera nation should think twice beform proft on the subsidiary cóimge would be

remained under water in four fathoms one se who had only a few months, segusiatanes with wil packed with barodne ott. A lofty supartley, with light heart, enter inte a war with FIRE LAST NIGHT.

cond short of four minutes.

* their work welgehad very heavily on my mind. structure was built on them thoroughly, soaked China. Tologiapbs were flest built in China for great and would form a steady source of re-

In Mar 1884 my stores began to arrive from In the Fu-man Pass, where it was imposible in inflammable material with the view of this military purposes; railways will follow for the venge to the Imperial Goverment. To make Akont a quarter past ten last night fire broke | England, the first consignment being two to gabmerge mines owing to the great depth of falling on the desk of any ship which the junk more rapid renestration of traps at a Firen a proft on the coinage of dollars, however, out in the top four of No. 33 Gil Street Tlestrin Bearoh Lights with dyname, engines, water-being over twenty fathoms and the might faul. At an inspection by His Eroelpolat, and I venture to predict that in the near ar evgh to carry on the misting without a narrow street ranging between Quan's Road and boilers, complete. Each set of apparatus strong tide running through this narrow passtency, the Viceroy, I towed one of these fooks futare, when, through the influence of such for 125 Joss, it would probably be found necessary Central and the Praga The Brigade, ander sisted of engine sud boiler, dynato, profso age (at the flaint of the ebb coming near to five infu mid-channel below the Bogue, fred it and seding statesman as La Hung ebang and the Mar tar, double endnot or call and lamp with the knots), steel Tire hawners were paid out along sent it drift. It certainly made an imposing quis fang, China has been swept of har t-paid to plano some restriction on the cironation Saperistendent Wodehouse and Assist. Su necessary switches, koye, and testing instrumente. the bottom of the river, made fast to the Chala how and delighted the Chiness Immensely and rapazonas horde of enderling afleists, she of the Moticas, for in the discussions to perintendent Haripool, was ou the spot The engine was of fourteen horse power to run Rocks, and attached to powerful steam winches Whether it would have affected its prepose or will become one of the most potent powers in

immediately and before the last sound of the at 110, revolutions. The dynamo mechines are in the valley at the back of Anang-hoy. These not remains unken. the coinage of British trade dollar it:wak larm bell bad died away watse was being When running at 470 revolutions it gave an when it was desired to close the Pass, but ther cal land mines for the defence of entrenched of the improved gramms form, D. Q pattern, winches, would have hauled the hawsers tant In the autumn of 1886 aumber of mechani Blob pretty well established that it would be impoared on the dames and within ten minutes the electromalies force of 60 to 62 volts and a were dever culled inte requisition. The Want damps and the faces of fortified positions wore 4.60 3.00 37.50 possible to issue a coin which could com- fire was practically evz. The top floor of No. current of 30 to 95 amperes. The "Mongia" River and all the creeks leading from the West. brought out from Germany by a L'hinage offleer 21 12.00 pele with the Mexicau in point ofcost. The 8 burnt out, the lower door bug damaged projectors were fited with coplanetic mirrors River to the Chukiang or Canton River were who had been drilled in the Prussian army. Fer doz

Cans Per Hot..

cost of snotage is from 13 to 2 per cent, by water as is the top floor of the adjoining centimetres diameter. The ampo ware Bitlod either blocked by stone barriers or defended by These mines contained a 10lbs, charge of dy

with band adjastiments and em;ried carboni of all Chiness-made mechanial mina,” and namite and were fired by a trigger arrangement hut the fiscal arrangements of Mexico ara hone

20 m/m hamster giving a light of 36,000 Mr. Betis then proceeds explain. the difattached to a wire very similac in setion and ap. The appended telegrams are taken from one- such that dollars from that country are

candles. Ons light was stationed at Whampoa forent classes of torpedoes used, and the position pearszos to the pigeon-traps in use at shooting

of the mines. on a hill about 100 feet thigh, so as

matches, but; as thair ranga was so artremely THE PRINCE OF WALES AKU TUS LIPER FOND. issued at only per crút, above their in-

sweep bōlh-ohancels of the river at the point My reason for placing these mines io sech an limited, I was requested by the Chinese authori

LONDON, 10th December trinsic value. A proposal to demonetize the

where it dividos and forms the two passages to erratio position was that for some months pra ties to furnish them with electrical land mines The Prince of Wales will provide us a vul, Mexican dollar in China would clash with

Canton. The light could be thrown on the vionaly I had down a large number of faim of more extended range. A large number were seription diaper to be given at the Hotel. some foreign interests, and under ibe existing

glacis of the three ferts at this spot, on the marking banys in this neighbourhood with bosta constructed and used both on the Canton River Metropole on the 13th of Jannars, for the torpedo Helds, barriers, and military bridge. hauging about apparently hard at work when- and on the Tonquin frontier, and at the latter purpose of appealing to pabilo sympolby io-aid tariff rules buld not be done, but if China

Another lamp was placed at Sha-Kow in the fever, a steamer was passing. Not only here but pisse, during same serere fighting tear. Kao of the promotion of a National Lopeney Feed. Wan Kwan, rickshs coolie, was charged with entry of the Bogus defence where it covered at other places I was compelled to resort to the bang, did some good service. They were ex the interest of which is to be devoted to the were desirous of establishing a coloage of foriously driving his vehicle and damaging authe torpedo fields and the surrounding forts same method of deceiving a party of Japanese trouely simple, boing only wavy onst iron cases, indigest lepers of the Empire. her own ander suitable gustantees for its other 'rickeha, the property of Dr. Lloyd, R. N- &t the inttes stating it was placed on the top of officers who were continually passing from fitted with a wooden ping to allow for the pass reliability, foreign Governments would not

on the 6th instant.

nearly vertical cliff feat algh, and in both Hougkoos to Canton and race versa on board age of the wire and containing a charge of about The defendant. sihoitted the oharga. be likely to place any obstacles in her way.

as the engines of the dynsino were thoroughly the river steamers, taking antes of all that was 20 lbs, dynamite, buried some three or four feet The complainant said the damage done was protected from the fire of the enemy,

going on. Io aid in the deception I kept a beneath the surface. about $1

From this time forward stores began to come team lanDeb-simost constant y amplayed dying in rapidly, bat in the middle of May, all sarthe danger signal and stopping stessera of all In respect to accidents I was very fortunate plans were knocked on the head by news of a nationalities at unexpected places under the pre-dering the submersion and removal of the sub- definite treaty, baring bear occluded between testos of doing torpedo work. Indeed one launch marine mines. Not a single man was injured Li Huog dhang, on behalf of the Chinese and was permanently fitted with a drama of cable, beyond the usual scratches and contusions in Cap sin Fournier for the French Government. the end of tire cable throwe overboard, the launch ovitable ia carrying out any rough work, but in conquance of this news all actise work was slowed down, and the cable apparently paid out during the war my men anffered heavily from suspended, but stores were coming, in so rapid. whenever a steamer was approaching. Eren the dysentery and fever, dying at the rate of three THE DOREAN-CEZPWIND CASE.

that all my siteation had to be given to the torpedo pilots appointed by the Imperial Cus-unst four per day. Having so mecical comforts,

LONDON, 11th Disember. work of separating gura, torpedo gear, electric toms had no real knowledge of the forpedo I would do vort little to stop the progress of

Lord Durham, speaking at a dinner at the light gear, cables, rice, porrder, &c., fro a ne positions, but were imply ordered to take their disease after it boil onen seized hold of a mes. Gimcrack Job, said that he did not-regret his another, and seeing each stowed away in a fetamer dat sios spast certain places.

Tho only serious socident which occurred was for spook which bad baudot the turf by. place. By the and of Jin, when things thre

st Chriat me in, 1885 ftir peace und baun ploting dangerous ring. His Logitaip. getting into somewhat better order, our hopes

crueldad. At u review before His Excellency urged thi Jockey Club to increase itd numbers. the Viceroy, and some other high officials, the

THE GAS STRIEL.

LONDON, 12th December. fy wheel of the air pump on one of the torpedo

1) Very Superior Old Falo Day, choice old Wine White Seal Capele 12 1.10

E Extra Superfor Old Fale Dry, vory finest quality. Black Seal Capsulo (Old Battled

CLARETS:

..... 14 For Case: Per Care..

1 don.

Carts

A Superior Brankfeet Claro,

Fed Capsule

B St. Estophe, Red Capsule

St. Julien ..

D Lo Roet

BRANDY

A Bonney's Old Pala, Red

cok

Experle...

$12 $1.10

B Superior Very Old Cogne,

Red Capsule

Fory Old Liqueur Cegna

Red Capsule

14 1.25

18 150

D Hannesy's Finest Yory Old Liquer Cognac, 3872 Vintage, Bed Capsule 24 200 SCOTCH WHISKY.

A Thorne's Blond, White Cap-

B. Watson's Glencrely Mcl

80.75

low Blend, Bluespils, with Name and Trade Mark 8 8.75

C Watson's, Abelour-Glenlivet,

D

Had Capsala, with Name

and Trade Mark.....

Watson's H K D Blead of

E Watson's Very Old Liqu

Scotch Whisky, Gold Ca

enle

IRISH WHISKY.

A John Jameson's Old, Groen

Capele

B John Jameson's Fiau Old,

Green Capsule

The Band and Pipers of the A. & 3. Hick- landers will play at the Ladies' Recreation Club

8 0.75 this afternoon.

12 110

075

the Finest Boots, falt

The Agente Messra Adamson, Bell & Coy Whiskies, Violet Causal 10 100 Jaform on that the Shire Line steamer Brecon shire, from London, left Singapore for Hong, kong yesterday morning.

Considerable confidenes is expressed by some of the Russian newspapers in the prospects of tom-planting on the Canoasns. The Nasonis states that the plantations on the Black Ras const between Batonin and Sukhum Krich are sasuming the appearanos of regular tes gardens The Indo Chias, steamer Wingsang which arrived yesterday morning reports very heavy weather in the Chine Bas. Ber voyage from Singapore occupied nine days, the usual time being alittla, ovor siz Probably the delay in the arrivalof the English mail is owing to the

C John Jameson's Very Fin

Old, Green Capsule......... GENUINE BOURBON WHISKY, fine old, Ro Capsule, with Name

GIN,

A Fina Old Tom, White Cap

sule

B Fine weɛtouud, Whits

Consulenteng demon

G Fine A, V H. Geziari.

RUM.

10 1.00

12 1.10.

10. 100

4.50 1.10

450 040 5.25 50

Finest Old Jamaalen, Violet

Capsule... 13 100 Good Loward Island $1.50 per Guilon, LIQUEURS.

same one.

*

POLICE COURT.:

7th January...

Barour Ma. E. ROBINSON.

MITYBUS DRIVING

Defendant was ordered to pay 31 compensa tion, in default four days' imprisonment, and was [fioed 50 cents or two days' imprisonment.

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the Far East.

THE IND AN MAIL,”

~~The Tolo-Chins steamer Wingrang, with maile

from Celentia; arrived heen geolurday morning.

Indian Ales:-

ANOTHER DIVORCE CARE. Lord Torpichon institutes à unit for divorce against his wife, on account of adultery with

■ Lieutenant in the York and Lancaster Re- giment. Lady Forpichen brings a countersuit- for hearing the Edinburgh in January.

AREST OF AN ENGLISHMAN TH BUSHIA.

The Novoe Fremgn reports: the arrest-of an Englishman at Odeses, who was sketching the fortification. Bis luggage contained compER- mising documents.

DEMANDING NOSET WITH MENACES. Fear men were charged with demanding noney with menaces from Chan Kit, mud the third prisoner was farther charged with breach of his tigzel-of-leave by sasoiating with thieves From the orideas it appeared that the four men went to the complainant. A sub-contractor and demanded $5. The complainant had 18 cently had some trouble with his workmen and the dofondents represented them dva a dalo

The whole of the mines hitherto described iron and said that if the monor was paid them for peace were all upset by a telegram. I re have been purely electrical, as indeed it is oh they could settle matters. The third risoner ved from His Excellency the Viceroy, stal-vious that, while trafle was allowed on the river, we took out his ticket-of-lears and said it was ing that the French sed Chinese troops wore ap- it would have been impossible to put down me boats dew into pieces and injured be native The gas-stokere of the South. Thames Com- warrant for the arrest of the complainant. The preaching each other on the Tonquin frontier, skanical mines. From their very astars, the engineer in a shocking manner. No foreigners pay lave strick. The emplovera of coal per- complainant asked the mea to go away and re that renowed fighting might take place any day, work of submerging mechanical seines is a work were on board the boat hut, as I was in atten- terah agreed to their demands, except one turn in two days. After the mon had left he and that I was one more to get my tarpoles of extrama danger even with skilled workmen, dance on His Excellency the Viceroy at the Gas Capsny, where the men are on strike. reported the matter to the Folies. On the 27th to readiness. Shortly after we roosived news of and with the reagh labour that I had to employ time I was want fur and found the max in The strifars there are mancing. Desember the men farned, and being refund the re-capture of Imurgaon by the Chinese troops, it is pretty certain that with my own life or the dying state. His skull was fimotured, his jaw

LONDON, With December The Gas-workers on strike Dave issued a mani- woy drow outrevolversand words and threatens and from this time forward our terpodo work lives of some of my men would have boon start broken, and the whole of his side torn out.” I od to kill the complainantucices he complied with commenco in right down geed earnest. At Hard le sotmerging or in the still were dangerous made some attempt to dress his weands and sent feste, protesting against the rumoured in entien their dogmad, ⠀ In the meantime one of the com- this time I was in Bangknug proeiving en woric of litting the mines; but it is totally cut him of a steamy nich to the fondiga de sut to play soldiers in the gamerke.. Flix, idey Station. He rotamed with some poline can things I took delivery ontside Hongkong baring a friendly flag was allowed, and of course once. The engine room was badly damaged and workers, and public excitement is increasing. phaivaut's fokis had gone down to the Police sigmeats of winnitivas of war. Among other of the question so long as the page of ships by autou, but the man died before his arrival there, say, would lead to a social revelation.

A picket is to intercept the non-unionist Latables and the defendants were arrested. hour of 25 tons of gun-cotton, 30 tons dynamite, mechanical mines were placed down the river: poared as if a shell had exploded inside. A large

The ouse was remanded fill the 9th instant. -

3,000 Maurer rides, unt a million and a half or would have been plceed alike to the passage of họlə' was broken through the skin of the boat

LATER. tridges, under the eyes of the French fleet thare anr own garboats and other vessels. But in the and she was only prevented from sinking by THE TORPEDO, DEFENCE OF CAN.emble. These stores were transferred to rent of the French Best appearing of the beaching beg on the bank of the river fafter

TON DURING THE FRANCO-

two junts and taken in tow by a Chinees wan- Bogue, and establishing a blockade, I had 350 wards examined the pieces of the fly-wheel and CHINESE WAR IN 1884-85.

of war. I moored information that the Frachelectro-mobenical and niechanical mines ready found the oasting to be of the earnest grain and insanded to CRÍ

i off as soon as we were beyond to dispate the farther passage of the Franch apparently the commonest desviption of iron the protection of British waters, and I saw, as fast vor the streton of water from the Bogno This boat whine of the two torpedo basta We have received a copy of a paper com presume for this purpose, the French man-of-forts to Whampoa; yone thirty miles in length. manufactured by the Vulcan Shipbuilding The Straits Tunes of the 27th it mys: maxiosted to the Jastitution of Electrical Enver Hanbin lying at anchor with steam up some of these minas 390 were, electro-mechanical and Co. of Stattin and sent out to Chise poration Company, with a capital of-three mil-

just along with hutch plantare, from. Water Deras and rasgineers by Mr. J. A. Betta Bai Chuan-Cling, Soy 4 spilus vatsidy Ilse burbour limits: hat as I were constructed to contains a charge of 60 lbs. after the conclusion of ponce ou baard one of the lions, will shortly be organized. This promoters aldread Tus Editor," and Hooge on business. The brangat arpooluer of tobscor grown in sumbas, A6900 Mem. Inst. C. E. Mem. Inst. E. P. had my orders to orders to prossed to Canten, gan-cotton or 50 lbs, drastsite. They were Chinageironclads manufactured by the same dra. include asveral prominent legal man.

A fire took place at Shang-Wantong in the Correspondenta are requested to forward their sons to the plantation owned by a Hingapors | Mandarin of lhe Brd xak by Imperial Rescript Has Ting Ching with the two jamks in tow, I kind as those, rod during the Turko-Bussian immediate divinity of my observing station al

loft in the evening on board H. I.C.M. gunboat | manufactured in China, and wors of the same syndicate, and amanged by Mr. Raider. The estate is small, and belongs to the Sultan, but is After his introdussery paragraph Mr. Betts steaming through the Car-Snison pass within war with some success on the Dannbe. It was list Fork, which although it caused no damage in charge of Mr. Rahdor Yesterday afternoon

.:: about a mile of the Franolmen. Why they did buoyant mine if a conical shape, its apper aur to the observing station, did cause a consider several planters and others interested in tobacco When I first entered the Chinese service in patattook us I nu thoroughly at a loss to under face aited with five projections enclosed in a able amount of alarm, and aopositated the ro- planting examined the apesimene submitted, and 1874 in anticipation of war between China and stand. We ecold have made bat a very poor watertight covering of this abost lead. Insido moval of soma two or three tons of gun-notten compared it with British North Borneo and Japan over the Formoes difficulty. I found that, defence, as my gunboat was simply armed with these projections was a glass tube filled with a and other stores in the station before the fire Langkat tobacco when it was pronounced superior beyond some trivial and unsuccessful experimente a 19-ton muzzle leader which could only resolution of bi-chromate of potash. On either could be extinguished. to either. It is of a light colour, and has a soft at Taku, the Chinese had never seen or heard right ahead, and two 12-pounder brosch-leading one of these laeden caps being orashed in by a Unfortunately one of the torpedo boatsarrived silken leaf with very fine vens. Beveral new of submarine mines or taken them into con Armstrong guna autorn. Our capture or desblow from a passing vessel the glass tube walk in Canton until after the conclu ion of the war. tates are opening up, and a splendid fxtura sideration as a calable accessory in any scheme traction would asse bean easy, and, as this cargo be broken and the bi-chromete fluid allowed to The first two to arrive were those built by the of gun-cotton formed the very lts of my Torpedo il into a small battery call containing sino and Valcan Co. of Stettin, and were supposed to About nine months ago it was a question China, with en estunded

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full honse again assembled to witness the repeti. At the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening tion of the Fantomime of Ali Baba" by the AD.C. The appearance of Ally Mas Sloper in a kilt called forth, shouts of merriment, and (it was some time before ba ovulð obtain a hear Benedictine Maraschino

Ing. A new song sad o trash bits and basi. Caracos

Heering's Chorry Cordialess took remarkably well, and elicited much Chartreuse Br. Slegant Angoters applause, the performanos, as a thuis, being one

Bitter, of the best yet presented.

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TULEBONE No, 12.

FIRTHS.

At the Blau Bungalow, on the 1st January, 1656,

Hongkong, the wife of t. Ei Noms, of a daughter.

DEATH.

The strike is going on poscutully. New hands have supplanted the stricors, and work in pra. coding satisfsetorily. The chief difficulty rew will probably be in connection with sealing.

A MONET CORPORATION.

LONDON, 14th December. The Tiries announces that, a Debenture Cor-

DOCK CONTENTIONS.

LONDON, 15th December. Renewed ticable is being experienced at the London Docks, ja aonsequence of the attempts of the labourers to unfuros Uniquiam on all. Serious extension of trouble is feared.

At Takvo, on the 8th December, 1999, H. A. its position as a quitable place for planting / must form & most essential part in any defends along the tow lines from the gumbist to the junk plng to some little distance from the mine and Affect in the bow of the boar, and armed with a fill a few days ago at Venise, died Inst night

Hows, of the Nippon Tusen Kaish

The Daily Press

HONGKONG, JANUARY 8TH, 1390,-

The offer of the Dean of Westminster to give

FUGILISM, YUNISELD

LONDON, 1611 December.

SHORT HOURŇ OF LABOUR,

MENTING OF TARLIAMENT The date for the assembling of Parliament is fixed for the 11th of Feburary.

UNIVERSITY MATCH AP FOO|RALL,

LONDON, 15th December. Oxford has beaten Cambridge in the football the wife of E. Jossa Ruonss, of a daughter. 1 Promises for this industry in Western Borneo, I of bonst defence, board and coastline Defence and was known má suak to overbody in carbon oloinen is sorewed into the case of the steam nineteen or twenty knots, but in China match.

O the lat January, 1800, at St. John's Place whether tobacco planting there, would prove & between two and three thousand miles in length, Hongkong, it is to me, inexplicaħle why the mine immediately beneath it. A fase was placed we could never get more than sixteen to seven-

GEITUALY.

LONDON, 13th December. on acons, but coastering that the land is taken und posesssing many large navigable rivers, French allowed us to pass I was so thoroughly aids the wine in citonit with sadh battery and teen koots from them. Each boat was provided

futhbert Bate is dead. FF, it is evident that it has now fally established is a contry in which submarino mining sourinced that the French intended to attempt the wires congesting the fuse were led outside with four Sohwartskopf torpedous fired by com-

Robert Browning, who was taken uddenly ile capture that I had paid out and made fast the mine through a water-tight India-rabber pressed air through port and starboard tubes enterprise.

tagainst an aggressive feat. His Brasilanny, Li

ugg ohang, Viceroy of Chill-li, and Secretary containing the gun-cotton a length of cable core only connected together when the mine Rotorkigravalying gun mounted on the forward ten o'clock. He passed away quietly without pain.

LONDON, 15th December. Tho Statorman says:-- There is likelihood of State for War, and now, undoubtedly, the atteobed to detonating fas, and-a-battery on safely placed in portion. The wires were then conning tower. Latex on minuscunt class torpedo

Cardinsi Gang?bawer, Archbishop of Visous, of the Sikkim Thibet question being finally diamoal prominentstatsmania Chizm, was the fretboard with which I intended to fre the ganjainted, weighted, and sont to the bottom boats were manufactured by Behioban of Elbing, posed of within the wort few weeks on the basis official to see the importance of oh defenes cotton when ita capture was inevitable. However, However much ly be exercised in putting and were fitted with one torpade tate to fire in land.

LONDON, 16th December. of an sgreement between England and China and, in 1875, ordered a to come to Tientsin to we arrived safely at our depot at Whampas with these mines down and in picking them up again, right ahead. These boats were put together at which we mentioned as likely to be adopted several carry out a series of experiments before him, cor cargo. At this the Viceray; Chaug Shu where they were crowded together in a narrow the Torpedo Department at Whampoa by native months age. The delay that has omurred in the As there experiments were very satisfactory, sheag, who was very pro-foreign. was for political place an accident would be pretty certain to oceny workman, and, ifbough of the second glass type a place in the Abbey for the remains of the late settlement of this much-vered question has, it is and na the Japaness trouble had been smoothed a superseded by His Excellency the The other 40 mines were manufactured by anand very much smaller than the testin boats, Mr. Robert Browning has been accepted." Tas announcement from the North that He said, been caused by the long ceremonious corres-over, Ha Excellency directed me to form a sheol Viceroy, Chang Chiletang, who is intensely ingenious Chiuose mechanic prior to my arrival beat the latter in point of spoed. In all eleven- Excellency II HUNG-ORANG, the Viceroy pondence that has had to pass between the at- of sub-marina mining and carry out a ocess of suti-foreign

in Cantou. They contained a charge of 80 Iba boats and seventy: Sohwartzkopf torpedves were Jaka Kilrain has been sentenced to two thorities at Poking and those who represented instruction to some twenty or thirty young No time was now lost in getting torpstoes, dysuits and were fed by the impact of a purchased for the use of the Department. Prior of Chibli, is exerting himself, in con- the Indian side of the dispute, It would we Chinese grablamos in that branch or gold placed in position: I continued the work proviene danger a fulmiasto maps. This plaager was to the arrival of the horie an de three mated months' imprisonment and a fee of two hundred

that the Chinese Government have decided warfaro. Twenty-four students were obtained, y bega Shale and at the ame time carried bald back by a strong spiral spring, kept in sehorner. the California, was purebesed in dollars for fighting Bullivan at New Orlean junction with the Seventh Prince, to pretiatly against the party in Thibot that chiefly from the official classes, who worked most on the work of submerging: mines at Yu-Chan position by a piece of lead wire which it was Hongkong, itted with engines and air putaps sent to the Turone the desirability and

Lord Baudolph-Churchill-ass decided-io-fa necessity of introducing a system of silver puto-The Indian Dusly News add inffima in the various bersebes of torpedo and creased the number of the Sorpedo Corps to passing ressol, allowing the, planger to fall training ship and depdf for the Torpedo Davour of an eight hours' movement Bill.

Mr. Gladstone has given an ocasivo expres. coinage for China is a must gratifying squ of the pooding negotiations with China rs telegraphio sienes, becains fairly efficient of some 600 men, taking on some more Shui-yange and fro the charge. Buime of these mines partment I haut been led to suppose and fond- the timer. 4 convenient surrency is among farding the Thibet frontier should be satis eers thas forming the nocious of the various and raking a body of 450 Laipings or torpedo have a rather curious Batery. In Augusty hoped it would come to pass that the two vien of opinion on the same subject. ITEL DUHLLA A PHI GI factorily cuncluded, it is stated the majority torpedo and telegraphic departments which soldiers. These inttar 450 men were renreited 1884, I was ordered to send some of these minsa frat bosis would arrive in Chains in the samLask

LONDON, 15th December the most pressing requirements of Chind, of the troops in Bikkim will probably be with have cinco sprung into oristsnes throughout the from jak mon sud riverside inbourers, and after to Follow. Forty were despatched on of 1884, and, in anticipation of their arrival.

A duel' is imminent batweon 31, Lagnerre, draws next month. The report of a Thibetan eighteen provinces. In 1879 these students built short interval of rough drill wäre placed in Chinese transport to that port. but before they had schemed out a plan of atlack on the f'r nch and to supply it would be an act of Torchment in the North-West appears to the first telegraph line opened by the Chinese 30 ten-asred outtere which I had built in Hong arrived the Chiness feet and boon destroyed mail The two boats were to lie hidden hebind/Boulangist deputy, and M. Dreyfus, in cor

takmanship. CRANG CHIN-TUNG appre

THE BULGARIAS LOÂN. ciated the necessity of the case and tred to party of the 3rd Gorkhas, bus explored the Ta-ku and I remember that the very fires a felis. These hosts wars 28 ft. 6508. long;? ft. transport, therefore, not wishing to rush into a Macao and Hongkong and interopting the

TAM LONDON, 13th December. Niti Pass no traces of the Thibo sago which over line was an order îns, bears and each contained fifteen men arm borset's part, went on to Amby, where she French amil on her passage from Baigon to meet it in the South by the establishment as having enterad British teritors. He is from Him Eroslaney, Lu Hang hage to the od with Winchester reposting carbines. The landed her stors. Five of these mines eventually Hongkong, attack her on sath quarter ind. A St. Petersburg offical journal denconqos of a Mint at Canton, which is described by now returning to Almora

sonasader at Te-kn to dress the forta and fire beat's crew was formed as follows-Das found their way to Tameri, in Farziosa, and under threat of sinking her, compel bar to alter the quotation of the Bulgarian loan on the Mr, JETMova, the U. 3. Canal at that

salate of twenty-one guns on the arzival of incomind, ton men at the cars, three were instrumental in the sigent defont inflisted her course and stam to the Bogte Fort by the Vienna Bourse as so undoubted infraction of port, as the largest in the world. So far only Courier The development of gold: miniss

Mr N Bartley writes in the Brisbane General Grant in the U. gunboat delustat men to work a brass Howitzer, Gatling, on the Frones Torses in an attempted asalt Grant West Channel, where she would have the Berlin Treaty,

In 1859 whan at home in England I received or Nordinfekt, with which the boat was at that place in October, 184, Four only of been brought to an anchor under fire of This scheme, like many

LONDON, 13th December." copper cnh have been struck at this matters proceeds space in the groot penjuanis a telegram from His Excellency Chang Shu furnished, and one old man. These outlers the mines were submerged inside the bar, and the Chinese guna

A paris noourred at the Park Theatre, John- establishment, the silvar ecinage

which lies between India and China, and this sheng, Viceroy of the Linng Kwang, to proceed te proved of very great worries throughout the although the French gunboat Fipere barred others, was but in the clouds, and, as the bosts parently not having received the Imperial like to Malayan insan Gampang of day un autolpat cu door and leg any old work that might be Nogaired of the view of siding the wain sttack by a fank teainly thing that it was quite feasible and would an adjoining building. The or shed and time it is not on the Singapore side of the coon. Canton, at once, to undertake the defenop of that whole of the Defence, during the day some do about during the angugemunt, evidently with did not arrive, it remained there; but I cerstown, Pamusylvania, in consequence of a fire in sanction. As the preponad dollar weighs Queensland je, but in the Kangdom of Slam Froups, I arrived in Canton, November 20th them, and at night the remainder keeping fire, the knowledge that there were some have been probably a succe

case in persons being killed

several grains more than the Mexican-or Rue to four millen by four milas, sad the gaologica? | tsin students, awaiting my arrival. After an / draught being able to pass over the minos in the bar and carrying out hoc plass. The fifth | picked up with the axonption of two ground] TET LONDON FEESS ON FÜRTUGUESE, LOTION

By the end of 1-85 the whole of my mines was eventy injured., "my- I be cocossion" in of large sise, equal in area of that year, where I found two of my old Tion took out on the Torpedo fields-from their light torpedoes placed down prevented her crossing Japanese yen, koma inconvenience wool, bave formation must be somewhat similar to that of interview with Ti Ezellangy the Viceroy. I afety In addition to these cutters I employ of these mines come to an setimely and. The mines at Wantong and four ground mines at been used by the concurrent circulation of Drend River in Victorias gold and tin se proceeded to form = Torpedo Department at four miller gunboats or rather large mines were being Atted up in temple: Shalu. These six ground mines could not be The two descriptions of coins. Mi, SuiNOUE and the gold is absolutely carab quality, first began by overhauling the few stores that boats, and the necessary, house boats for the merely a wisp of straw twisted in the month of having hear stoppered along the cable, and be act with' staraness towards the Portuguese for found together in the streams of the country, Wampos, some twelve miles from Canton. I steam-leunotes, some 8 or 10 janks ergo This one was left there overnight loaded, with movered in oposequanion of no tripping chains in his report says “there seems to be some About the year 1760, £1,000,000 worth of gold we bed, and found that for the defence of the men to sleep in.

the mine in place of the primer. It is preling covered some six feet doop in sand, whon doubl about the enterprise belog prosicuted was brought into the than sufital of Siam from Canton River, someninety miles in length, we had a m

sumed that a poor old women by some means en my men attempted to lift them by the chle, the

The captain of steamer, which left Ric an vigorously, for two reasons, viz, the diffi- | Biom Company, Limited. In alluvial gald" in parate lengths, and acme ten or twelve obuelite of the bombardment of the amanal at Foschow in lighting the neuil, incense sticky with which mines in their old position, when they remain Noreiber 22nd, reports that night naval officere this same place, now owned by the Goldfields of only 4,000 yards of sub-marine cable in sixty so By the end of August we had received news tored the temple to carry out bor dprotione and cable drew through the month plece, and left the culty of obtaining the Imperial auction for the river bed there are 22,000,000 Worth of gold fround minis. For the next two or three and the destruction of the Chinese feet by the the Chinese worship is always accompared, to this day

de loyal to the Emperor were secretly seated. It the coinage of silver dollars and subadiary now in sight, and from the tolerated quarts months my datios wern Reclusively confined to Fraash, and that we might expect the latter any ignited the mios cansing the destruction In aprsking of the men employed on activo moured that soveral others inffered the coius, and the prospect of alpas in enning, bean derived, by denudatión, there are 10,000 and Inspeokng the various forts mad areaks with my outer line of defence of the Boggs: forts, be mines -were--asror picked up. Six months can but smord to them the greatest amount of bango aro said to be fetitions, banker, and lode, from which this is supposed to have murveying the Canton River, taking soundings, day in the Canton River. I now commenced of herself and the biking. Three of these work in the torpedo Carpe caring the war sie foto: The quotations of sconcities on ex. cash composed of 60 per cent, of copper and out, myll 40 per cent. of brass when the copper is worth river will be dredged somewhat after the fashion goory stores required for the defence of that marked on the Admiralty charts Chues Poo, was swept for their recovery, cinly one could be chosent, hindy na sailors of waterer natin-qismant, there so much conscaled discont more than the cash represents." Underthese the Clashe, neer Dunedin, in New Zealand, vor. This duty was meet arduous and as some thirty odd miles from Wharpen The found, the other thras having probably become slity they may be always are, and although and ominous gramblings are beards circamatauvia the doubt above exposed to lighten the set of dredging operations. The were me levies from inland provinces, who had face of a dir two or three hundred foot lightides the suplayment of these few mines at this tedge of torpedo work rapidly acquired some

LONDON, 12th Dambele.. only its course will be turned in addition, so s plesnut, as in many of the forfs the soldiers esbien at this station had to be carried up the water logged and covered up with and I con suratch oree posing not the slightest know. THE INFLUENCE OF TRAVEL

The Shah of Persia Las ordered. ■. Commis only drawback in the deadly nature of the climate probably never a foreigaar before, and. In addition to our torpedo defence we now placs affords one of the most striking examples sort of knowledge of making a joist and testing. seems to be well founded. Mr. SetHOD Chen cleared jungle country, which is fatal however friendly and gonil k zíìob of culentials sommenced placing barriers soross the river at of the deterrent effect produced by the know- oircuit. They worked from daylight to darsion to inquire into the English, Fraich, sad. tells us the reason the da bo in arena Garman is in order to mass of 1 withheld is doubtless for fear the A to na saut np three year ago, only seven returned realise that their clothing in inhabited by some the river-steamers about In Fost by ridth way. In this case the French wall shells dire of the dior ont etiam launches had not only to code suitable to the requirements of Joria.

·TRAEN` BUTWEEY STAKIN AND BERBEL.' tive bankoro, financiers, espítaliatt, and buai- | 1780 only forty survived. The water is no bid of these men were fan"men, dne stalwart although planned by myself had to be entrax-ed-rome tousteen or fifteen hundred men who, from station to statino, ar to Cuztou or Wham-//

aliva; and of 19,000 who west up after the year thing more than the ngitinata arer Most The position ad construction of these barriers frout face of the Chinese position end than tand-work by day but to carry me about at night

LONDON, 18th Decembr. The Bhaikh bare întimated their willag... new men may prefer to continue the gre of to I Mexiaan silver dollars. Whether this is The place is 160 alles from Eangkok the darted with the Canton me, and in many resor I hare with stone were sank in the bed of river, driven back by the Chinese woldiers with very bad to concence will died in the early part of heas to assist in opening trade between Buskin

of Siam, and not far strom The Ergünk pro- had to run in, and interpors with head and heavy piles, driven in round them and three heavy loss. In revembarking Bader, a 2011, the war frogs fever or dysentery, and the heat of and Berbery the 03ly reason or not, the enterprise jerme vince of Tonasterima s action on the quaEN AND 5. STANLEY, to have been entered upon somewhat cop £250,000 in El shares of which £150,000 bu

A LONIE, 19th December By the early part of next year, I had drawn and the interwoes Bled up with granite blocks beats were capslied, many med deerard, and Yunosa frontier in the early part of 1985 miderately. Whas 14 Wanted is Antaudard been fully paid hp The King of Sin bellever up my plan of de feuor, made out any specification Ts ought to have formed a solid barrier if car wo machine Fans captured and parried off of the officers. I canos, speak so Lavoniably. The Quest has wind to Linley: " antional, orinage.

in the undertalings for be and him felgada took for stores and sent the regain on ta katsed on according to allrections, but I found in triumphs by Helina It-the pre-bad-It-moms to tho that diesedly a phordinate hunghts hare boon offen with you and your Auitable prosincisi 247,000 worth of shares, and paid as Zoe theme land. Durior this carrying arpedition, the mat ellers in any modern war man wind beer and to find the bar and low-ng-hlatgan in placed is an celalal positing his brama fallawers and I songratulate you all, in- coinage would of course be a boon in itself into the Hongkong and Shangled Bank." Brat death occurred among my star, the cars have steamed through them with very little the position des galed to her, where she could have solo dodotion in Low, urush he can make out cluding the sarritersofthe band of brave Zan

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A POOLTA PAMIC,

IN AFRICA,

Lombox, 15th December.

The London Press urges the Government to

aggression on the Zambesi,

·AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL.