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plague la concerted, but it would be some advantage to allay apprehension. In another column it will be seen that the material com posing thirthants in Tank Fane is adver

CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY tired for sale on Friday est. At the present

FOR

CHINA, JAPAN, STRAFTS, ko to..

FOR..

1.896,

With which is incorporated THE CHINA DIRECTORY.

This is the

THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL ISSUE. and will be found, as usual, to show an advance ep proceding years both in fulness and accuracy of information.

The DIRECTORY covers the whole of the ports and cition of the Far East, from Penang Vladivostook, in which Europeans reside.

time, when a few sporadic cases of plague. are occurring and the colony has been declared infected, the sale of this material night create an unfavourable impression God cause needless alarm, and as the pecuniary side of the question is now really not worth consideration it might be advia able to cancel the suction.

The question of directors fees is at present exciting some interest in the colony. When the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank twelve months ago increased the amount payable to the gentlenen constituting the Beard uota A.S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED word of dissent was uttered at the meeting at

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

THR HONGKONG DAILY PHISH MONDAY, MARCH 2ND, 1890,

Revised angulations regarding the Relillos medical scholarsting are published in Saturday's Gazelle.

The appointment of Mr. J. W. N. Kyshe to be Registrar of the Supreme Court is netified.

in Enterday's Gazette

The D. DR. staster Aglais, from Hamburg, lett Singepere on Friday, and may he expected here on or about the 6th March

A List of masters, mates, and engineers who Aave passed theis Baminations before the Board of Extininers during 1885 is published in the dazetle

It is notified in the Gazette that Mr. F. J. Badeley has been appointed Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary and Acting Clerk of Connells.

The O&0. steamer Belgie, with mails, &c. which left bonee 2nd February for San Fran- oise, vis Amoy, Nagasaki, Kobe, Inland Bee, and Yokahaus, arrived at her destination on the 27th February.

Her Majesty's approval of the Ordinance t which the decision was arrived at, but somether wond the Folies-Force Cousalidation outery was raised afterwards, and the same Ordinance and the Ordinance to further amend thing har ocurred in connection with the the Cattle Disses, laughter houser, and Mar increase in the fees of the director of the kets Ordinance is notified in Saturday's Castio.

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We understand that, in order to give effort WINES AND SPIRITS.cided upon the other day. It would be to the wishes expressed in a recens despatch from Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State fortho more satisfactory if the dissentients would colonies, H.E, the Governor has appointed the tond the meetings at which such questions following gentleman as the British Trade Com are raised, arguo out the point, and endeavour mitton-Hen. J.H. Stowart Lockhart (Chair to give effect to their views, instead of seitman), Hon. W. C. H. Hastings, K.N., Messis

N. J. Ede and Chantrey Inchbali, ing anonymachis letters to the press afterwards. It would also be more satisfactory, when an increase of fees is in contemplation, if due and formal notice were given of the resolution, intended to be proposed, so that shareholders wight have an opportunity of considering the matter beforehand. Such matters ought not to be carried by a surprise yotoquestion, and, if the truth were known, it is probably more the manner in which the increase is given than the actual inoroase itself that excites

ALL fuse are solooted by our London House, bought direct at first hand, imported in wood and bottles by ourselves, thus saving all intermediate profits, and enabling us to supply the best growths at MODERATE PRICES..

PRICE LISTS, with Full Details, to be

had on Application.

PORT after removal should be rested a month before use. When required for drinking at once it should be ordered to be

The steamer, Orena which arrived yesterday. from Mojk, rence that on the 39th February

"OCOURT TUTE I COME

Continued.].

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THE HORROES OF CHINESE EMI GRATION IN NATIVE CRAFT. dee

of rigidity, produsel, by the wand orgabentity ↑ "The two flæst were exsented on the day et ranged by the Impact of external forces during the proclamation, the 11th of February, at the evolution but there is here in reality, nothings Big Bell; they were not killed by the noob. ako relued fhree Chinees fahormen froin

To call attention to our physical proficiency stationer: though the movement be slow and The third one, the real rocal of the whole lot jank which was in a 'ginking condition, Ono

and to the glorious achievements due to our fuoperceptible, the ensiaty is being carried of ther was rescued by the Japanese soldipes and is now, man belonging to the junk was drowned,

unsurpassid intellectual setivity during the onwards in erolution or backwards to dissolution, as they say together with all the other persons The latest added to the Indo-China Storm history of our society and especially during the If we are to learn a lesson from Greece and who are wantąd, staying in the Japanese Navigation Cola fleet the Nin Sang, arrived latter half of the present, century would be Rome we shall see that failure to make our moral Legation. A Fosterday. She ta commanded by Captain Gale superflorus. We annot open our eyes without civilisation sure means the weakening and final One Japanese who struck a Korean-in: worthy, whe was in command of the Row Shing evidence of it being thrust upon us everywhern overdrew of our physical and intellectual civi- crowd standing near the execution ground was when she was frod at and mark by the Japanese But, turn them which way we will, the socialo, lization. We emot. Imagine a liceutions or killed by the Koreans; otherwise everything is oraiser Nation whilst carryild Chisom troops giat's diagrams bring out into promtience are disolate nailon keeping its place at the perfectly quiet in Seoul Japanese women and to Korse. The Sis Brag is a stal spar deoksigetficant foot. They show us, not that the head of the world for any length of the obldren walking about unmolested in the steamer, and was launched on 16th November ayage has outstripped as in any one of the three Considering how lavalted sociologial pheno stroote The troops who were sent to defeat st Middlesborough by: Bir Reylton Dixon & Co. operiments which make up complete sivilish men nearly always are, it nok little the people who did not want to get their hair Her principal dimensions ars-Longth, 9251 tou; they show us indeed, great advance on remarkable that an instance should exist in out have been raulled. This stupid hair out- feet; heam, extrema, 41 feet depth, moulded, our part during the course of the national life which the relation between danse and conting has cost the Japanese their Influence; how 27 feet 6 in, with a dead weight carrying in physical, intellectual, and rieral olvilization; sequence is plainly visible Over the militancy the people despised the new law is bees shown sapacity of about 4500 tons en 22' fost. The but they indicate also very alessly that, whilst in and axarionis, selfishness of imperial Rome by the thet that slot of Korests have besu vessel has been built on the deep frame rystom early stages, amongst savages of the present day there aross, at the beginning of our era, a small seen with their mangun (hair nat) and their tep Funder Lloyd's special survey for their highest or amongst primitivemen, their prototypes, phy, aloed, no bigger that a man's hand, from which knot (real or false) on and dressed in the old almas Triple expansion engines, with cylinders, Bical, intellectual, and moral civilization and there ahons forth bad they but read it aright, style. N. C. Dusty News. 28.20 and 59 inches by 42-inch roke, were nearly on an equal footing a footing, at least, the secret of maticaal salvation, of which many supplied by the North Eastern Marine Engi which would give reason for believing that, if wore then in ardent search. One of the cla nearing Co, Limited, of Sunderland. The hull properly cared for, no one of the three would entaristics of progress, expressed in the law of a machinery were built under the supervision befar behind either of the other throughout the rhythm, is the inability of individuals and of Mr. Buchanan and Mir: Incar LACO at the prosent time, amongst ourselves, aggregates of individuals to keep a middle

physical and intellectual milition, and course. Who is there who has not his periode The energetic offcials who want to regulate The marriage tank oe on the th January, especially the latter have advinced out of all of jor and grief, of health and disease? So, in British shipping out of the emigration trade at Christ Church, Down Street, Ficcadilly, of proportion to our moral civilization, which the same way, nations, in minking for the goal might with advantage parure the following Tiszt-Colonel S. Frond Walker, C.M.Gdging from the great distance it has lagged of all life, now progress and now retrogress, translation from the Deli Courant, which a cor- At the end of January and beginning of (late 29th Regiment), Commandant Perak Sikhs, balund chows signs of giving up the race swaying sometimes to one side and sometimes ryspondont souds to the Singapore Free Prese**** and Beatrice, widow of Colonel Bolton, formerly sltogether. We have has to lock around 18 to the other. Yet when habitated to the ons of the Royal Haras Guards, and daughter of to see on all sides proofs of our glaring do extreme the other may appear too absurd February there arrived at Belawan, Heli, from the lato Mr. T. J. Ireland, MP. of Onsden coy in this most important of all the even to be rationally considered. Thus, China direct, three tongkangs with cargoes of Hall, Suffolk. The service was performed by elements of progress. Now and again we are stooped in a life of egeist and goblen Roma about 240 opolies orch, soraigned to three Dell the Rev. Herbert Rowell, assisted by the Rev. almost forced to calute that the signs of roosired with a foaling of distrust and rwulsion coolie brokers, who prestated the coolies from D. Whincup. The bride was givm away by moral degeneration we had taken for mere the now teatrine of altruism brought to her by landing until they had diereed of them in her brother-in-law, Lieut Colonel Kay late tamporary relapses are part and parcel of the followers of Jesus Christ. Not recognising mall lots to different estate. In the mean- 68th Regiment), and Captain Reid, 4th Sikhs, retrogression Compare the intellonal in him tha physician who brought with him time the poor fellows were left without further attendance of relatives and friends at the the degree of morality manifested day by day her Christy as many in their vigumien ned right to burning san and droaching sini, oficiated as boot . There was a large triumphs of the present and recent, ages with the true antidote to her sickness, chos ernofled food and water and expert from morning till church; amongst whom were Mr. R. Gin the reports of murders, adulteries, frand, blindness have done before and after her. At packed like horrlugs in a keg; but to land them and hundreds of other sayapo traits which is the present day we behave to recicly the would mean giving them an opportunity to Hoiton (Bests Gusa) Mre. Dudley Loftis,

same way be that more rational doctrine of * run wway before they were sold, and being Mrs. Cocil Jackson, Mr and Mrs. A. Bradshaw, Stace cur modern life and show what little Miss Bolton, Sir A. an: Lady Ramanay, Colonel way we love ne got encoded in getting from dely balanced egoism and affraist which must under advance (1) they wore valuable mer- and Mrs. Kay, Mr.. Ky, Colonel A. E.

qur primitive state of barbarism, and it will superseds both extreta if we would advanse shandisar M Walby (Sco Greys), Miss E. Welby, Mr. be ebrions that it needs bat to give these hered the condition which the stons who On Wednesday, February 5th about a lan- Loftus, Colonel Masorgb, Lady William foots the briefost consideration to find share enthusiastically adopted either the one er dret of them had again heery disposed of by the Lannox, Sir Hugh and Lady Bow, Dowager dant proof of the proposition that however the other have attained. The importance of brokers and were taken ashors, but as passes Lady at eroon, Lady Broke Milleton, high stage we may have reached intal the isso, this becomes obvious. It is not could not be got ready for them that day, they Sir Duncan Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Conway lectually, our morality has relatively made more difference of epizion, but a matter of fe were pat up, 10% of them, in a mall Chinese Belfield, Mrs. Lern, Campbell, Mrs. Gerald scarcely any advance at all Devating rearly and death. The greatest question, we ou ás kedet, where there was room only for about 40. Maude, Mrs, and Miss Caberd Boteler, fr all our energies to the building up of our ourselves is Its we or are we not becom. Hero cholera broke out amongst them and the Arthur Hutton, Mr. Swattenham, Mr. Caul braing we have used up a large portion of tira ing more merel? All that is sacred to a night that presented itself to the medical ofver floid Pratt, Mrs. Anke Simmons, Major and materials which property belonged to the son man his life, his werk his love his next morning, healthy Individuale, sick, dying, Bo dar as with an insufföreble stench bagider, is dilonté Mrs. Maurice Cameron Mrs, and Miss Parry.straction of our hearts,with the result that religion must be affected by the answer and corpos packed together in that regall space,

wo can see the facts say No. liss Cecil Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Waits, Miss Aliko, in püblio and in private life the same Maxwell, and many others. Later in the after truth is forest upon our attention, Actions and stress of undeca competition are gearing disinfected, the dsed mated, the girl takes to none Colonel and bits. Frond Walker left for classed as international, though by fence of our sympathies and hardening our bearts, the cholera hospital. The coolie brokers were Reightou.

ciroamistances not so itsmaral as is usually amp Brows of heats, are not to be seen rumonget arrested, food, drinking water, and ataps for posed, are nevertheless in many cases an inemoral- savage, but we see them around us everywhere awnings were sent off in the tangkanga by the a the direndstances admit, and oftmi degenerato now. Contemplating the notions and motives Dutch authorities. Of the nodes landed an from legitimate diplomey into a competition of daily life, individual and social, wo cannot February 5th and proooding days, 143 bad died in trickery which in inleidral life would be deny that our moral civilization has not made before the 5th inst and 58 were still under classed as angentlemanly, if not oriminal Tot the advance which was to be expected from the treatacent in individual life we may disserna like hypo- normums progress made in other flirections. crisy. How many of our friends can we really. We have done the ons, but we should not have trast ? Who is there who has not to mot left the other untione

(To be continued.) every day a man ora woman who heknows world; if he or she had not to give an equivalent (an immoral sentituent, stab him in the back on the arat opportunity? He who commits criminal acte arsimit the man he calls his friend must be classed with the Kirghis chief who, whilst lavishing gifta on his guest organises an expedi- tion to rob him, bafors he reaches the next en campment. How many amongst car friends can we Deme 20 370 precisely what they pretent to be With what a feeling of healthy pride do we think of the one man we can trust im plicitly showing both that we have an ideal in morality and how few of those with whom we have to do have athaired to it. Is this the degree of morality we should expect Becom everything but in ranaing as to stay our profer pay the magniloent intellost which suceeds in gress in other directions and give heed to the

The profit and loss unet shows a credit belance to understand that another trial to enter would one thing needful? When we remember that of $3,176.38 (after wing of $488,58 for: had debts mean trouble. W MIT wo have invented the phonograph, or that we cockracked prior to 1895, nad paying $4,65,60 for eku transmit four messages in pairs in opposite improvements to building and addition to furnire, Lord Danraven has been expelled from, the directions along the same wire at the same time, &c.) as compare with 8376.32 at credit of the

that someone has written the Principles of count on the 1st December, 1891, and against New York Yacht Club.

Psychology and the Ethics, whilst man disserer debit balance of $10, 1917 on the 31st Damber, planets which they cannot seo and analyse the 1893. NO

Your directors propose to deal with the balaxes vapours of chemical changes in Sirius,

society which as follows:

To write $5,000 of furniture, and to carry the might seriously expect that displays so high an intellectual state would

Yetim of $3,175.38 to next accum display an equally high moral state, what do we And for newspapers gloating This course bus bom decided upon in view of the on the details of murders and massacres, our in furatum, appointments, and which

absolute necessity arising for considerable rensenis legislators by imprudent measured sacrificing be nisde Auring the present your a human lives for vates at the art election, pengg five million followers of Limber com Mota 2. Guti Zafi rotir by of manded them to turn the cheek to the smiter rotation, but being eligible offer themselves for re armed to the tooth with the express par-elution. pose of exterizinating their fellow Christians, milicne annually spent by Christians in devIS-

doranted at the Dispensary before teing hostility. Directore are a Recessity, ther"Shipbuilding in the Far East On inquiryCroûte; r. Darham, Mrs. Aitken, Mis. and these are goal and weak and beat very feebly, he gives to this one questo he strain to inngine. The place was at once elcnrod and

sent put.

SHERRY-Excellent inner and After

Dinner Wines of vary superior Vintage

All are true Kerey Wines,

the

On Saturday Mr. T. Bercombe Smith hold the enquiry respecting the death of ceolis who was found strangled to death on tho bill side on the Wanchai Road. Dr. Marones who hold a post-mortem examination of the body, stated that deceased suight have committed sninide. The verdict was that decessed had died from asphyxin caused by strangulation:

Wo have received an inquiry from one of the outports with reference to a second paper which Mr. Jack, according to report, was be read al the Engineers, and Shipbuilders' Institats on we find that no such perier has been read or have duties to perform, they incur legal re-offered for reading. We cannot therefore meet sponsibilities, and it is only reasonable that the wishes of our correspondent as to publishing they should be fairly rerunnerated. Each

paper case should be judged on its own merits. The dollar is now worth only half of what it used to be in sterling, and where the business of a Company has largely increased and the profits can afford it it seems not un- reasonable that the direct should be willing to take something in the way of Grobange compensation, like Government officials, though the increase may not be

Croakere who predict that plague will again In the case of bo epidemic amongst us this year will be in called by that name. Consulting Committes the circumstances tartet to know that the discare, which are rather, different from those of orised to a slight extant at Canton a few weeks Board of ago has new entirely disappeared from that Companies managed by a WHISKY-All our Whisky is of excellent Directors. The fauctions

ofty, so far as can bo ascertained. Possibly of A Conthero may be occasional cases, but if so they are quality and of greater, age than most salting Committee

or less not sufficiently numerous to appreciably in

dress the ordinary mortality, and there is no WHSEY marked "B" naiversaly

paric or approbansion amongst the faulio en popular, and is pronounced by the best

the subject. In the villages surrounding Can- local connoisseurs to ba saperior to say

ton sporadio onces continue to poor, hat not in sny great number. other brand in the Hongkong market.

CLARET Our Clarets, including the lowest prised, are guaranteed to be the genuine produit of the juice of the grape and are not artificially made from raisins and currents, as is generally the case with Cheap Wines.

BRANDY—All bar Brandy is guaranteed to be purs Cagnas, the difference in price being merely a question of age and vintago.

brands in the market. The Score

We only guarantee our Wins and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at

the Coast Porta.

A. S.. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 9th January, 1896,

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Corrorpondents must forward theirnama andaddres with commentatins adressed to the Editor, not

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No anonymously by signed communication that have. already appeared in other papers will be inserted.

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BIRTH...N At Capanimoon Customs Station, on the 22th Fabry, the wife of CP. C. LWEORG, fa daughter

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 2nd, 1896. Ernon dies hard. The Chine Mail of Saturday evening once more refore to the ́efbrts made to save the Taipingshoo, area from destruction and says that the gain

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are more

The 18 edition of that useful publication The North China Desk Hong List has just reade its appearance and well supports its deservedly high reputation. Hong Lists for angebow and Soochow havs bean introduced. although as got there are no hongs there, the foreign residents consisting solely of mission. arice. The miscellaneous information included in the book lng been brought up to date and is conveniently arranged in concisa form.

Ir. A. R. Colgabonn thinks well of the new Anglo-Pronak agreement about Sian. Writ ing in the Saturday Borias he points ont that' from access to the markets of Contral Sism and Southern China is now permanently secured for English traders. As for Mongain," that Mekong, unhealthy and intrinsically valueless, territory, lying isolated on the east of the was not only la bat a graso embarrass ment" The settlement soms to Mr. Colquhou "A happy compromise in which England gains considerable spiount of substances, while France gotsa orresponding quantity of shadow."

nominal and the legal responsibility resta upon the General Managers Members of Consulting Committees cannot, therefore, expect to be treated on quite the same footing 28 directors. For our own part, however, we would be glad to see the principle of payment by results introduced into public companies all round. Lei the fixed fees be low, just sufficient to give some tangible remuneration for the time and trouble expended, and a percentage of the profits be given when the dividend exceeds a certain When shareholders have to go without dividends or with only very small once it is natural that they should look

It is rumoured at Canion, that the presence. with

fendly. eye on the of the British guest Archer and German figures in the accounts representing gaabost Itis at that port is in connection with the cost of management, but when a Com-the prospective opening of the West River. Another report is that the dreber is kept there pany is paying dividends at the rate of precautionary measure in case of any twenty-four per cent. it seems a little un gracious to carp at the more liberal re muneration of directors. It is not merely

but their business skill and judgmacut. - the directors time that has to be paid for,

amount.

The delivery of tho French mail was begun at 3.45 pm. on Saturday.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

SUPPLIED TO THE DAILY PRESS.

LONDON, 27th February, PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. Corzon, in reply to a question in the House of Comics, sal that no Forsign Government had mada sey: mcent proposals involving an early vacation of Egypt hy

Great Britain,

THE ANGLOFRENCH SIAMESE TREATY, The French Chambor has spproved of the polior of the Government in re the Sintese agreement.

GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

Mr. Goschen, speaking at Lewes, said that Great Britain's rolations with Germany were

now excellent,

LONDON, 28th February. LORD DUNHAVEN AND THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB.

RUSSIA IN KOREA.

Mr. Curzon, in eply to a question, said that ocupation of Seoul by Enssin or of any other place in Kores had not taken place and was not

Frehended,

THE NEW MINISTER FOR PEKING. Str Clanda Minerload he sailed for China.

THE OVIDE MUSIN CONCERT,

On Saturday evening Ovids Musin, the vin. riotous outbreak arising from the clearing out. linist, assisted by Madame Mixin, soprano, and of the canal suparating Shamsen from the city. Mr. E. Scharf, planist, gave his first concert Consule zotitol the native anthorities that the

s already reported, the English and French as the Theatre Royal M. Husin stands unto the lowest uniotions in toleration in our

boate cecupying the canal must be cleared away and the canal dug out and cleaned. It is said the officials expressed some apprehension of a riot it the boats were disturbed, and hence the pre sence of the dreckey. ·

doanhtedly in the fit mak of his profession and his playing on Saturday night, with the wonderful and indescribable effects he produces, was a zorolatien to many of the present. He has been described se bolonging to the orxa mental exhool, and ornamental, he can be in

pisces that lend themedves to that form of treatment, but he struck us as being even stronger in pangos of grains fooling and

The three tongkangs, with the remainder of their pitiful gargoes, sneaked out of Belawan harbour befery sonrise on the 10th inst., pro bably with a flow of honouring the Malay Peninsula with a visit. They may try to land -- “the oblias at some of the smaller ports on our.

wo of the THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., is reason to spot that wholers had

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broken out on board the tongkangs before the The following is the report of the directors hundred odd men were landed on the 5th inst to be presented at the ordinary meeting of for real surpses were seen floating down the Another tongkang, No. 4, called at Asoban shareholders to be held at the Company's hotel river before that date. at nood on Friday next and landed there three mob, but was forbidden. The directors haré now, in accordance with enction to go to Belawan; bot on the 13th insta tong. 33 of the articles of ociation to sobunit to the kang, teaming with Chinese, tried to enter the shareholders their part and statement of areounts port of Balawan. Whother this was No. 4 fur the six months ended als December, 1885.kut called at Asahan, or No 6 which was still The profit on wurging scopant amounted for the expected from Chine, was not ascertained. the meresponding period of 1885, being an inses Again by a Government launch and given months to $24,253,66, as compared with 37,714,00 However, the vessel was at once towed ent to

crease of $18,54550,

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DIRECTORS

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Bazáren Brez, Aler DeuszTER, 1998;

AS KENT £28

Hete property MAR Marina lot No: 5; and remaining

portion of marine ht No. 5. 412,523.04 Reaising portion of marine

| 408,167.26: lot No. 7, bumisitantes Praya reclamation, m par la

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The correspondent adds-The misery thes coolles must is exposed to on the. long an in a primitive Chinese sailing veksel from China to Doli, from insufficient food and water, want of shelter, sleeping space, of, must be similar to the horrors of an African stare dhow.

THE FRENCH MAIL.

The MM. steamer Salaria, with the French The following telegramos sro from the Times mail of the 31st January, arrived on Saturday,

Ceylon

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH,

London, 11th February. Parliament was opened to-day by Royal

The Queen's Speech's as reső Commission.

by the Lord Chancellor, was as follows:1 continue to receive assurances of friendly sont- ments from Foreign Powers. The principal object of the Anglo-French frosty in Bian is to make mora secure the establishment of the intereadenes of the kingdom of Siam. I have sosented with the Emperor of Bossin a line agreed upon by the Commissioners for delimitating the frontier of India and Afghan- istan from the Russian dominions. The Govern- ment of the United States has expressed a`wish to co-operate in terminsting the differences be tween Great Britain and Yönezuela, and I have 363, 273-17 expressed sympathy with the desire to come to

an equitable arrangement, and I trast that fur ther negotiations will lead to a satisfactory set.. tlement ThaFaltan has sanotioned the priac- pal reforms in Armonizarged by Great Britain, Franco, and Russia. I deeply regret the fanst. ical outbreak of Beution of the Turkish 85,328.97 15317.87 Population, resulting in series of maÉSOUD

2500.40ausing the deepest indignation in frost Bri- 151.75 tain, Her Majesty then alludes to the armed noprsion into the Iranarial from the territory.

The accounts have le sudited by Mens W.H. ing more efficient means of blowing Christinus Polte and W. I Grækell, who are commended into eternity, the selling by tens of thousands for re-election,

R CHATTERTON Wincox, Chairman, in a few days of sensational novels whiet sypoal

Hongkong, 27th February, 1885, drawing rooms of a thinly veilod type of on- son more meet for the pilluderings of the common lodging house, a growing disregard of truth and plain desling in private and business life-in short, a, alata of moral uncivilisation which, since it cannot be said to be character istio of enrage life, we have no alternative but to place somewhere below myagery. We must ce le cul cursivos civilized as long as we allow these relics of ultra-savagery to survive in our midst. furrder and the phonegraph belong righty to two different stages of the world's shows that there stages, co-ist, and, as one cannot be described se indicative of savagery, so neither can the other be said to be a sign of with the intellectual triumph, and we are, in sc. Tratan Baunch, civilization: the immoral trait survives along ; To zlack of wits and provisions even far, uncivilized. It has bem said in another To ach couinction: Not reverenco, not admiration, soarealy even raspaot, is causad by the sight of

putn

To furture zoebusik

A private meeting of the shareholders of the The silk es Empress of Ching, arrived at Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co., Limited, was held on Saturday, at which the recom New York on the Bed February,

awadation of the tonal Managers (Mebar The Austrian Idoyd's steamer Marin Teresa Showan and Co.) to raise the capital of the sentiment. The goal of music breathes throng history, and their co-existence in diety Busi

Company to $250,000 by adding 880,000 taken from the profit and loss account and 820,000 from the reserve fund was approved Share. hollers will zoooive now scrip in tav proportion

Teft Kobe via Moji for this port on the 29th nit. The steamer Carmarthenshire lett Singapore on the 29th tit. Kod is due here on the 6th

inst

The manting of the Legislative Council which was to lay been bald to-morrow has been post poned until to-morrow week

The steamer Glenakich, from Autwerp, Lon-

don, and Straits, loft Singapore for this port on the affarion of the 2 ult.

The revised treaty between Dommark sad Japan has been ratified by the King of Dan. mark and the ratifications will shortly be

to the colony which would have nccrued hnd exchanged "the condemned district, been properly 'and

We know all about it now. The sporalie

his whole performance and true genius makes iteell folt in every note. The audianco was entirely carried away by his playing and the of two new shares for three old ones, and at high expectations raised by the laudatary of the balance of $18,000 remaining in hand upticus of the musician which lind appeared dividend of teh per cent, or $5 per shure, is to

As par last repártugie 384,790.47-

64028.17

Los written off any revocnien:led ·

ia last report

share, as per last report: 311,474.18

Les shares sold

t

paration.

To acogingin receivable, .

4455.00

be paid. The romaneration of the General in reference to his performances elsewhers Managers was increased, but proposal to raise were fully realised M. Musli opened the the fees of the Consulting Committes did not programme with F. Rei's suite in d. minor. Christians" and we may here and that unithorn fire hauran 1896.

a hundred million. Pagans masquerading - as Te Henninna attacking to 1856... meet, with this support of the wooting.

each of the four numbere being loudly arare these feelings caused by tin sight of 36 Hongkong and Shanghal lenking Cornhibit and warned iterabjoots against participating plauded, and at the end ho had to return to hundred million savages i marquerading as Musers. Gaule, Price &Co, wine and spirit how his sekacwledgments. The Souvenir of civilized men. It would surely be worth one merchants, who open a branch in Hongkong to-day, have sent us a copy of their price list, Haydn " (Leard)No. 4en the programme while te patze and listen to the still small volos strong whirlwind of our mad intellectual together with sample bettles of their special met with an anthusiastic enours, to which he only new and then ardible in the guest and liqueur whisky and Sandy Grant whisky. The replied with a charming serenade by Pierne onrush. Ora of the most alarming discoveries By anal former is mild and mallow and the Sandy Grant In the second part of the programme M. the staccus of the present day can make is that in possessed of a full peaty favour. They are wohl mstared in berry casks and at $10 and sin gare a double number (a) "Trizs Song

"promptly dealt with at the time, but for the cares of plague that have occurred mngt be got they are, we learn, very popular in the North, Mirko, a ocposition of his own, and being Plans for the reconstrastien of: apciety which. By dry cralitern macam 20,495.51 - majority of the inhabitants of the Transvaal,”

Pront and Joes not

8,7 sharos at $50 osch (fally paid-up) the weakness of our moral nature is scarcely By mortgage to Hengkeng Land Investment 811 per dozen cospuutively give srollent value; from Meistersinga" (Wagner Wilhelm) even recognised. Read the utopias and elaborated geney Co., Limited "frantic efforts of the Property Cabal, no down to the Tokfulam reservoir The N. being used in nearly all the clubs and hotelu, again enthusiastically noored he gave the physical and intellectual parts of our delica

ars published periodically, and you find the doubt can now be raised." The sentencesas Dadly News says so.

The firms are also agents for the celebrated finale of his second coprite. We canration are the prominent topic whit the mistaken in fact as it is faulty in con-

"Hirane," an alkaline water, almost tasteless,

Pariz, And Loss Avatar PON THE SIX MONTEN This afternoon on the Happy Valley the which mixes admirably with wires, apivite, etc. pretend to give any technical criticisin of morál is either left out of account altogether or passed over in a few pages. Our newspapers

De Mar Exc1895 struction. In the first place there was Hongkong Football Club wil holde Rugby The price list of the firm is a very fall one and the maestro's playing: it was simply agaland garings are full of papers and articles no "Property Cabal" in the case at practice game. All members are invited to consumers will find their requirements well fiveut, alike in its tours de force and in the shout the resmess of our strong nary, hat To Chord rent

gentle whisperings of the sweet harmonica. all, and in the second place, there is no attend. Kick-off at 4.45 p.m.

I'wo mors concerts are to be given, one this weak solves. Horo and there only is a writer to to released on

scorealy & line we see on the waskness of our To hot and suiters Fes Teason to suppose that had the district been

The returns of the Portuguese population of evening and another on Wednesday, sad no one burnt there would have been one case of given by a number of the Shameen residents us Hongkong collected by the Consul General, is who appreciates music in its highest form should be found wholifts up & dissentient des by the to repaired renwald

roadside as the pagesut of intellect passes by. Is interpet potest earne plague the less in the colvay. So far as farewell to four ladies who are leaving for compaction with the census of Portagnes pats the opportunity of attending and who begs for a little did to the cause of Tylerk corporises

harus by the next French mail. The attendance subjects in the Far East now being taken by

Madame Musin ponosen woll trained and property owners were concerned, their of the officera from the English and German the Macao Government, show, we learn from Herible sopirano vnica. of extraordinary range, morality from those who threw up their caps in Le fonituro avosunt faalle bgnient, forfeite

personal and pecuniary interests lay in the

At Canton on Friday evening a dance was

total destruction of all the houses. To those of the occasion.

The NO. Daily News says Upon the

ostered for

nammended in Just report)

By balate frem 3060 Fan,

Byle of old furniture By profs on Hofel, waking doount

mosthe ending Sist December, 1805; By mants of shops and sfiess juni

dividends on stistes).

of the Chartered Company, resulting in a do- 2,017-18 plomble collision with the Boers, which the

-480.00 9,100.09 British Government promptly intervened to pro 21,626.8p|_*The origin of the proceeding will be the 12,577.18 subject of Eushing enquiry. President Kwa-

ger, noting with moderation and wisdom, has ́: $81, 627-70 placed his prisonera in the hands of Sir Her

cules Robinson, and I undertake to bring to trial. thair loaders. President Krager's coudnet and 443,010.10 his voluntary assurances lead me to belleva that he recognise the importance of redressing the 500,075.00 legitimate grierances complained of by the 1788 Her Majesty then aliades to the necessity for Paid Fortunate result of, tha Ashanteo Expodi- 1,427.79 on Her Majesty and her daughter are greatly

tonched and comforted at the widespread sym pathy at home and abroad regarding the death of Prins Henry of Esttenberg. Har 385.30 Majesty hopes that an eillolent British control

·1050.00 over Kumassi will tend to develop the country, 2,584.20 benefit the people and promote peseS SIÈ 760.08 commerce. Alive in then made to the suLCONES 1,50860 of the Chitral engagement with the border 17,307.72

220.64 tribes to maintain and protect the road from Peshawar, which will be legally observed, Hor Majesty than say that the extension nud 1,490.00 improvement of the naval defences of the sountry is the most important subject to which the 423-58 afforts of Parliament can be directed.› Mes -9176-38

sizros will be presented during the session to $41,851.01 mitigate agricultural distress, and further asistanos will be given to voluntary schools, 3. An Irish and Act and the following Bills no 5,068.38 anonnoed Compensation for Injuries to 3. Workmas Regulations for Publis Comes and for Checking the Importation of Doctitate

16;3£Y.3%

THE ADDRESS IN REPLY. 242.50

London, 11th February. $1,031.01

The Lords voted the Address in reply to the Speech from the Thrane.e

In the debate which took place. Lord Rose bery, oriticized, the various points of tho sposób,” And notably thy Slám tresty, mid our insotion regards Armands His Lordship approved the policy of the Government in the TrenDYZA)," but he ridiculed the proposal to great Home Lord Babahary defended the Siam treaty which, he said, removed the possible danger of Bule to the Rand, had nev

as re with the general census of the colony in 1890 especially being anely recated in the first the words of Awiel, the thinker ha statis recept dabis per la 1895) who urned property in the are the resump."

According to the latter the mutabor of Torturat sho mang Froch Air sal variations and a tician will register a growing progress and the The Lordan and Chine Exprese of the 21st Res residents in Hongkong was four reply to a very warm encore gave a French moralist a gradual decline on the one Find a To tion by the Crown gave them a return for January Bags We learn that the first order and old, while now, in an increase chanson. In the second part ehe hid two songs progress of things; on the other decline of souls The whale becomes less bar. "The Vow." by Meyer-Helasand, and Tosti's their holdings that they could not have for rails for the line in Beruse has already been ought to have been shown, the returns the Ohe Mams," and being ignin neured sang bars and at the remote couton o

gired. This in for a Inglà of about eight short of that number by no less that night obtained in the apan market, and pmpery milos. The line is intended to tap the back hundred Two explanations of this suggest in charming style Within a mile of And again" Moral love placed the centre of owners outside the area benefited by the deand for house accommodation on way he the Penota Gorge, is not yet decided many person who was net Portugieser Fre nux oleres, for suprate with violin kasst Iost salvation in principle, the germ Mr. Wet, who laid the Labuan railway, leaves turned themselves smol, or on the prosent, obligato (Herold), was a very ine performance of sternal life to foow is not virta-

the redemption wronglt by: the port of those who had been turned London by, mixk mail to survey the best route tormonths bernien, their nationality, the voice, the vintin, and the pinne sorony to out of Taipings. The ngitation for the and lay the line, which we trust trill not he logs the latter being an explanation which the paniraont harmonising with most beautiful sale or by intellectual love is then inferior to the redemption wrought by wil or by moral partial improvement of the condemned area than thetre gange. There seems to be a bright Oriente would regrel on grounds of patriotis effect

Mr. Boharf is evilently an ablo plagist, but he lore Science, howevon spiritual anth enbstantial it may be in itself, is still förmal instead of its total demolition and recons future before the west coast. V An append is made to those who has not yet as labouring undseu digadvantage on Ester-

sant in returns to da se struction rested therefore on an entirely

day night, as something was wrong with the latively to love, Moral farve is then the instrument at the ones bensing one-petal point Othor writers, an philosophers

THE LATEST COUP D'ETAT IN uneslfish ground, namely, the saving tha receipt of the news at the Shanghai Pace Club On Saturday Captain Jackson, of the steam are of the notes to dar very unplusantly expecally, might be quoted in similar strain, wenld thereby have resulted to the public of Standard's victory in the Champions at shin Prizin, was summoned, for attempting to ad consequently to play with a restraint but sum them all up and what a feeble shout i

Hongkong there wés so unusually exhilarating leave the harbour with an excem of passengers. purse, a matter which affects the general soent-on Saturday evening, and it raserideal On the 99th Det er deres per that robbed his performance of the olentest of after all compared with the roar of the Euge population much more than the landlords, that the Shanghai pony's mocass was a very with eight Europa and twelve Chiness spontaneity and ethnala. As it was, how-intelial greakers which food our social life The following very interesting, extract from

What doce it matter? some will my II se bon kindly given us for publication, for it is on the teruts that the burden of popular one. A representative of the owners passengers, but as it was afterwards discovered ever, he made an excellent impromion on the But will come the rejoinder, why at a private letter dated Seoul, the lash Instant

boing prosent the occasion we muitably that he had no passenger cerfiesta a alerk at audience and was vary warmly applauded both physical and Intelectual welfare being or come accuray I insiropoachable

For the Nocturn (Chopin) and Forpetaura the rates fills. The agitation failed, how celebrated, and after three chers had toen. the Harbour Master'a quice was sent to siter the mobile Weber-Hrabros), which formed his comfort, why not be happy while the sun shinen P O Monday, the 10th February, the Burian the French ascupation of Slam, Ha beliarod ever, total demolition boing decided upon, given a congratulatory telegraar was drawroup port clearance to twelve passengere. The Crimson for the test part of the prognome, Life is short anough anyhow. If ont bed is guani come up to Booml, 100 men with was that a coropromise would be found to remove

and doopatebod to the owners. Several other captain niso reported a crew of forty-four. but the Government, sacing no advantage ko

raessages of a like natars were saxt of to the Police Constable buyers afterwards boarded the and Llert's Hungarian Rhapsody in the comfortable, why not make the old of it? gau immediately after their arrival the Eing the chanows of a confict between Great Britain be gained by burning, elected to sell the owners and jockey by hiends, ship and found on board thirty at Chinese oond part, though the defect of the If we have a good gas, what decal matter whom and Crown Priti be made hair escape from the and Venoznild Relative to Armenia, his lord- passengers, twelve Malaye, and a crew of forty instrument and its effect on the player were slay P. Nature in rad in tooth and dam Palace. They left is women's chairs (thoss ship wid, it was nagleza to throaten werlike At & meeting of the Singapore Municipal four. The stentant explained that at Kobe ospecially noticable in the last namod Wand we will take our example from hor. Let the ant are closed all around and here sort of measures which i was inapoeable to enforce What amount is expected to be realised by Commission held on 19th February, the Pre he obtained authority to take twenty-eight look forward with plasius to Haring Mistler marrire. If by caring for the bedy, and teel, made of silk mostly, hanging in front), London, 19th February the sale we do not know, but it cannot be dont called attention to the increase in the Chinese and telre inlays, who belonged to Scharf to better advantage this evening, when letting the soul look after Laol we can attain with a woman walking on caly side of the chat In the debate in the Common on the Ad very considerable. The saving of the whole mortality of Singapore, as set forth in the the Gasm, which had been sold, to Singapore, the little worident to the mono, an Instrument comfort and happines, well As long as otherwise they wean without may escort, just dress, Sir W. Hardcart entegised the notion of Medical Cuffer's report. Since the 8th of and it was quite as oversight that he had not of beautiful tene splied by Mers W. Robin can do so without present injury, let us hate like cosimon applesren's wives; o Rastian Mr. Chamberlais in the Transvaal, and the King escaped by hili swa tree will." Soon after that a searching enquiry to do regarding the aron would have been a matter of seven or eight February, the death rate mid gone up, and, for declared therr in the fork claire Head Co. will have Leon repaired, or and fight and kilo

aldiart or sellers went to the Palis. The attitude Freziimit Kroger, and demanded wild cup that shall our souls eclipse. his arrival at the Bras Legation, the Kingstion of Dr Jamison and the Chartered, lakhs of dollars; the sale of the material the week ending 15th February, had risen to gained nothing whatever from hom. When anther instrument bellafed fearlee sin and laughing set, our

To this the Tánky in one of a few thousands only, and it is open 61.76 Fever the principal he left England his passenger certificate was Amongst the nomence on Saturday night To the sweet

Mr Balloar stiain true happiness, and, second, that so long ware stack all over the alty ordering Lins ind to question whether it might not be advisablase, but the carbon was whether it really valid and he understood it held good up to the was His Excellency The Goyers

was fører. Fifty-one dostlas were attributed to time he was in Hongkong The Magistrate,

as we are still cho third sarego we have no nghi madinto arrest of the whole Cabinet, every pany's armed force would be transferred to to yield to ignorant prejudice so far in to fover, and thirty-three to beri-beri, The quee Mr. Sercorabo Smith, thought the defendant

to conekler opreelver completely afvikud. But member of which was to be engeated immerlately. Limperial officer, and s fall enquiry old be refrain from the sale of the portion still retion what could they do to assist the led sated bone fida chiroughest and that he dia

the most important reveladeria, that being out and all heels, tan in number, to be went to the opsed as to the position of the Chartered Com Medical Ofoer to cope with It. He thought it not infant to dyads the port mogulstiņas, Hir

two-thirds pivikasi fallare to attain the remain asian Iregazion to the King The Pollos pay after pho trial of Dr. Jameson, putem, al maining and dispose of it otherwise, burning would be well to all together the Health Com statement in the port clearause, however, was

Ing third ingilis four of the other parts already banght three Ministers, Kum Hon-chip, late fuots were revealed at the trial. AS the woodwork and dumping the briokemities and bare a conference with the doctor not galte correct, and a fine of $5 would there on the subit. Dr. Middleton was called in fore being ved It was 2100mary" to, Insist

kleined and relapse into primeval barbarian, Prinse Minister, Chong Pyong da, Iste Atmis Loudon, 14th Februry. There is no standing still in the batary of someter of Commerce and Agricultare, and Ya Kil. The debate in the Comment on the sadyas somewhere under water. It would not and conantial, and it was declted that the Coupon the peas regions bring exsofly carried

The Home Bule sadniment ties. Tiestate which comes nearest to It is a state fchun, lato Minister of the Home Office: make ana new difference.so far as the 2 mitjoni ilasvald in that afternoon, s

materal of which the housen were composed,

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