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A. S. WATSON & Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS,

GENERAL CHEMISTS,

AND

Manufacturers of the following AERATED WATERS, viz: SODA, TONIC, SARSAPARILLA, AND POTASH, LEMONADE, GINGERADE, RASPBERRYADE, AND PHOSPHORIC CHAMPAGNE.

Deliveries in Town and Harbour from

7 AM to 7 P.M.

SHIPS' MEDICIENE CHESTS REFITTED, PASSENGER SHIPS SUPPLIED.

Prompt Attention given to Coast Orders.

HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

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HONGKONG. SHANGHAI PHARMACY,

SHANGHAI

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Foocnow.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 1881.

The delivery of the English mail was commenced ten minutes past five yes. torday afternoon.

Telegrams for Bangkok can go for ward by mail closing at Singapore at 11 a m. to-morrow, the 14th instant.

We note amongst the passengers by the P. & O. S. N. Co's steamer Kash- gar the name of His Excellancy Tantai Mah Kie Tcheong, en route from Bom bay to Shanghi,

THE LATE PRESIDENT GARFIELD,

The following correspondence has been handed to us for publication:

October 10th, 1881.

To Colonel J. S. Mosby J. S. Consul, Hongkong.

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THE TRAMWAYS BILL., Council, appointed to take evidenco on the The Select Committee of the Legislative above subject reassembled at Wie Council

Chambor, Government Office, yesterday morning. There were present:-Mr.

Francis Snowden, Acting Chief Justice

At a Conservativo banquot hold a couple of days ago the Marquis of Sa- lisbury, recognised leader of the Tory party, stated that ho had every confi- dence that Her Majesty's Government would again eat dirt over the Trans- vaal dispute. His lordship, after his own recent humiliating personal experion-

(President); and Messrs. W. M. Doane, A. ces with the Irish Land Bill, should

My dear Sir, I have been request-Lister, P. Ryrie, F. Balkoley Johnson, have been the last to sucer at the Go. ed to forward to you the accompanying and E. E. Befilios. vernment for their self-denying policy expression of sympathy and kindly feel-

Mr. E. Bowdler, Acting Surveyor Ge- at the Cape, ospecially as it was inau.ing, on the part of the British and neral, was the only witness examined, and gurated to redeem Conservativo blau- other residents of Hongkong, towards

his ovidence was to the following effect. dors.

the people of America in their present of rails as proposed. There was a pro- He entirely disapproved of a double line sorrow and affliction,

vision that there should be a double line Vice-Admiral Willes showed, in times members of the Legislative Council, the line and the curb, which considering The Army and Navy Gazetle says :- The lotter has been signed by the of rails with a space of nine feet between gone by, under the Childers administra- and by every merchant, banker, pro-the width of the side channels was too tion, that he had a cloar eye for econo fessional map, and trador to whom it small. At home a passage was always ap-wy, and he has just been able to prac-has been subinitted, and may therefore left between the two separate sets of rails, tise a useful saving, without hurting be taken as the language of the whole but here it was proposed to have the rails anyone's feelings or reducing the effi Colony.

so close together that nothing could pass ciency of the ships undor his command.

between them, In reply to a remark of Mr. Bulkeley Johnson's to the effect that The cruising squadron, onder Captain

as the rails would be open excepting when East, had arranged for coaling off

two cars were passing, Mr. Bowdler pointed Cheloo, and the coal was there for them,

unt that opposite the Eastern Guard House the width of the road. measured 28 feet, which would only leave eight feet on either

We note from the Jornal dus Colonias that the well known Italian explorer, Dr. Pellegrino Matteucci, recently died in London from a violent attack of

fever.

Scotch residents are reminded that the meeting to consider the most propriate mode of celebrating St And- row's Day, will be held in the City Hall at six o'clock this evening.

May I veuture to express the fervent By a telegram received here this

hope that out of this common sentiment morning, dated the 12th instant, we

which we share at this time with the learn that the French troops have

world at large, there many arise an in- evacuated Hammamet, and occupier at something liko £4 a ton. Mean.crease of mutual esteem, an abundant

This would indicate that while, the Admiral had heard of coal | intercliange of good offices, and a close side, including the channels, even suppos-

Tunis.

affairs in the north of Africa aro at last approaching a crisis.

According to the Overland Mail, Messrs. John Elder & Co., shipbuilders on the Clyde, have received orders from the Admiralty to proceed at once with the construction of threb corvettes for

shipbuilding trade on the Clyde is at service in Her Majesty's navy. The the present time in a very healthy state, and large orders are daily coming

hand.

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THE

Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 13TH OCTOBER, 1881.

In corroboration of a paragrah we pablished recently from a home paper, we find the last number of the Ober- land Mail to hand contains the follow-

of good quality having been discovered noar Yokonams, so he ordered the ships to make their way to that place under as little steam as possible, and fill up their buukers with the new coal, at loss than £1 a ton. The saving in this one coaling transaction will provide the Admiral's pay and allowances for his whole term of command on the China Station, and he deserves every credit for this good stroke of business.

and lasting bond of union.I am,ing the cars touched each other in passing. Yours very truly, GRANVILLE SHARP,

The Address is as follows:-- To Colonel Mosby, United States

In answer to a query from Mr. Johnson whether it would not be possible at such points as that referred to, to cover up tho Con-side channels, or obtain a concession from

sul, &o., &c. Wo, the undersigned, residents of Hongkong, desire to convey to you, and through you to our American fel- low Colonists, and to the people of the United States, our sincere condolence have sustained

in the bereavement

you

REPORTED LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP by the lamentable aud violent death, the width of the road was only 27 feet 3

"QUINTA."

Rumours were afloat in the colony

in the prime of life, of your late Presi dent.

ing A Germau physician who has the whole of yesterday afternoon to the ity; and it is at such a time that op an end to the proposed Tramways. Mr.

returned from Panama, says that 250 persons are working on the canal, 200 of whom are uegross. Half of them are sick, haggard, and starving. The death-rate is alarining, and not more than 100 able-bodied men are at work at any time. They receive 17 dols, a month and the worst board imaginable. They are crowded into shanties and fod on the cheapest food. The work is advancing very slowly on the canal. There is nothing to show for the money expended, and it is generally believed, here that it will never be finished.

It may be taken for granted that the China Mait finds its way to the office of the London and China Express. That being so, it has taken the Home paper two years to condescend to notice the blatant Hongkong evening, print in regard to its constant assertion during that period that His Excellency the Governor of this Colony would leave before the expiration of the usual term of office. The Express contradicts the Mail in the following terms:-" With reference to the report which has been Currant in some quartors that I E. Sic Hongkong, would probably come home John Pope Hennessy, the Governor of before his time was up, and that to would be succeeded by someone else, we understand that there is no truth in the matter, and that II. E. will not re- turn until his time has expired.”

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effect that the steamship Quinta, Capt. Hans Thomson, which luft here for Saigon on the morning of the 2nd inst., with 120 Chinese passengers, and a general cargo, had been lost at sea with all hands. On investigating the mat. tor we find that, although well ground- od fears are entertained for the safety of the vessel, the above rumours are at present without any tangible founda. tiou. Yesterday, the 12th instant, Messrs. Schollhass and Co. received telogram from Saigon stating that the Quinta had not yet arrived at that port, which, considering that the steamer has been ten days on a voyage which should have been easily accomplished in half the time, is a sufficient reason to canso great uneasiness as to her fate. The Quinta is fitted with water ballast tanks, and being on this occasion flying light," one would feel inclined to believe that she would ride out the recent bad weather in safety, providing she kept off the rocks. Again, it is probable enough that hor machinery may have come to grief in some way or other, compelling the steamer to seek shelter in the numerous snug inlets be she might not be heard of for three or tween here and Cape St. James, where four weeks. Messrs. Schelllas & Co. on receipt of the telegram immediately communicated with His Excellency the Administrator, informing him of the circumstances of the caso, and 80-

Nations, like individuals, are called upon to pass through trial and perplex. portunity is afforded for the manifesta tion of that mutual interest and cordial sympathy which undoubtedly exist but do not find adequate expression in the ordinary intercourse of commercial and busines life.

Tuo loss of such an administrator as James Abram Garfield proved himself perhaps can only be correctly estimated to be is indeed to be deplored, and by those who, with yourself, had the honour and privilege of his friendship. We trust, howover, that your great nation will be strengthened not only to boar the calamity with calm diguity and resignation, but will continue to be animated with the spirit of self-reliant men, and of which the career of the energy so characteristic of your country- late President was so eminent au example.

U.S. Consulate, Hongkong,

Oct. 12, 1881. Granville Sharp, Esq.

the Government to onerouch a little on the footpaths, the Acting Surveyor-General said that the ground at the Guard House belonged to the Military Government. According to his reading of the Ordinance the whole power in the matter had been taken out of the hands of his department, and handed over to the proposed Tram- ways Company. At tho Cricket Ground inches, which would leave two fest less space than the Ordinance required. Mr. Johnson observed that the witness would seo by Section 8 that the disapproval of Bowdler was of opinion that it would bo the Surveyor General would virtually put better to come to an understanding at once than to have disputes afterwards. He had no desire to throw difficulties in the way of the Company, but simply wished to save the unnecessary oxpense which would be incurred in taking up the double line, after it had provod a failure, to permit

prove a complete failure. The cars pro- he laying dowa of a single line. As a commercial venture the Tramways would posed were totally unfit for Hongkong, They might do for London, but it was useless transplanting a tree from England expecting

to grow in Hongkong, Tho cars were too wide and too heavy. There into a single one at the narrow points was no objection to the two lines running

line, although not for a single one. The referred to, but as a matter of facts the whole street was too narrow for a double streets hore are full of foot passengers, which of course is not the case at home, and this is a difficulty. Taking the length from the Eastern markot to where Hollywood- road joins Queen's-road, they might have sidings at No. 4 Police Station, also opposite the City Hall, and at Ice House My dear Sir, I have received your Lano, but at no other place unless by letter of the 10th instant, with which setting back the verandahs of houses, for you forward, ou behalf of the citizens which the owners of the properties would of Hongkong, an Address expressing have to be compensated. He could not their sympathy with the people of the

endorse Mr. Leigh's opinion that a double line would offer a great deal more room to United States in the loss they have sident, and their admiration for his the public would know where to look for just sustained by the death of the Pro single line, provided with passing places, the public than a single one. With a

public charcter. I recognize among such crossings; whereas with a double the signatures the names of men of line, when the cara are going along faster various religions and nationalities; I than the other traffic there would prac- am gratified to see this, for it is fit and tically be no escape from serious dangers. There was no room for a man even to becoming that one who dedicated his pass between the two lines. He had not should receive the universal homage heen able to follow closely the details of life to the cause of hunan liberty been at home for twenty years, and had not of the human race. This spontaneous tramway working. His opinions were not offering has revealed that "oue touch founded on actual experience, although he of nature" that makes the whole had of course travelled on tramways. The world kin." But while the people rest of Mr. Bowdler's evidence had refer- of my country mourn the death of once to the maintenance of the roads, &c., the Chief Magistrate, they find con-

and being of a purely technical cha-. solation in the fact that their Go for the public at the present stage of the raster, can have no general interost vernment is not shaken from the proceedings. Several other minor matters etorial foundations on which it rests, were afterwards discussed by the Com- and the promise in which we all confide, mittee, one recommendation that the

WE agree generally with the views enunciated in a recent article in the London and China Express on the subject of the "Deported Malay Chiefs." While our conclusions in reference to the same are in unison with our contemporary, namely, as to the impossibility of restoring the country and people to Malay rule, after having experienced the benefit of British Administration, under the so-called residential system inaugu- rated for the better Government of the native states of the Malay Pen- insula by the Earl Carnarvon, we arrive at this same result by a wholly different reason. Perak is the largest and most important of the protected states on the western side of the peninsula, occupying 100 miles of the coast line immediately South of the British Settlement of Province Wellesley. The country is an El Dorado of mineral wealth, which is being rapidly developed by the agency of Chinese, who comprise the entire mining, and two-thirds of the general population. The duty levied

Mr. Bradlaugh, M.P. for North-liciting assistance. A reply was re- upon tin, and those raised on the

ampton has issued an address on the ceived this morning to the effect that requirements of the Chinese gene-subject of his recent forcible expulsion Commodore Cuming having received rally, chiefly contribute to the reve from the House of Commons headed information last evening that the Ger- nue of the country. The total popu-Right against Brute Force" in which man steamer Quinta is missing, and lation of the state may be estimated he appeals to the people to support him. having under his consideration the ad. at 30,000 souls, of whom 20,000 He says he is encouraged to do so be- visability of despatching one of Her fairly represent the number of Chi-cause of the favourable reception he has Majesty's ships in search of her, the nese. This nationality also absorb met with at the numerous meetings he Secretary was desired to request that the other industries, viz., timber fell- has addressed, and because of the peti- Messrs. Schelthass & Co., will be good ing-for building and fuel-fishing,tions presented to Parliament in his fa- enough to cause some person to attend on board the Victor Emanuel after 11 gardening, and the labour required your. Mr. Bradlaugh points out that ne for the plantations. The supposed Lawson when objecting to Mr. Collins, affording the Commodore such informa

tho Speaker interrupted Sir Wilfrid a.m. this day, who may be capable of permanency of the present adminis-

he ought not to have permitted Sir tion as he may desire respecting the tration having induced European Stafford Northcote to interfere when ho Quinta. The Agents of the stoner at planters from Ceylon and elsewhere was about to take the orth. Mr. Brad- Saigon have been instructed by wire to to take up land and expend capital laugh, in referring to his expulsion telegraph the arrival of the Quinta in its development for coffee, sugar, from the precincts of the House of immediately she reaches port, suppos- and other tropical products, for Commons, says it was cowardly in the ing she is fortunate enough to get raising which the country is parti-oxtreme, sud utterly unworthy of the thore safely. cularly well adapted. This, alone, world. "Whenthe next session opens" would be a cogent reason against he says, "I must go to the House restoration; but, taking the wishes again. I ask the English people, Will of the more industrious and intelli- your see me again turned out by brute gent majority of the population into force ? I appeal to you for protection it advisable in the present threatening yours; for of him it may truthfully be undertaking the routere has not the ro-

consideration, who are all Chinese, strongly in favour of British protec- tion and administration, there can be no divergence of opinion that equity and policy are undeniably in favour of the retention of the present condition of things, too palpable to be controverted.

As we are going to press, we are informed that Commodore Cuming, having only the Kestrel available for the service required, does not consider

forcé I cannot, and will not, submit. out in search of the missing steamer.. agomst unlawful violence. To illegal state of the weather to sand this vessel At present the Government in my onse Under any circumstances the Kestrel does nothing, and I turn to the people. would not be able to tow a vessel of I cannot say how the struggle will end. the size of the Quinta, her engine-power One man against a powerful and un-being very small. However, should scrupulous majority of the House are the weather take a favourable turn, the no slight odds. I can only ask justice Comodore will probably send the gun, from the people."

boat out,

that the good which men do shall live after thom. It will afford ne great pleasure to forward the address to the family of the deceased, and as the re presentative of the people of the Uni- ted States, I thank you for the sen. timents it contaius. I am sure, that nmong the tributos which every clime will pay to the memory of the lamen- ted dead, there will not be one more

acceptable.or more appropriate than

said-

Such graves as his are pilgrim shrines, To no code or orced confined; The Delphian vales-the Palestinos, The Mogend of tho mind..

I am, Sir, very truly yours,

JNO. S. MOSBY, United States Consul.

proposed fares be increased from 20 cents and 10 cents as originally proposed, to 30, 20, and 10, having a good deal of signific-

aneo after all the statistical nonsenso which has already been published. Tho meeting then adjourned until this morn- ing, when proceedings will be conducted in privato If-the-Committee could only see their way to quash the whole business, they would save themselves a deal of fatare trouble, and the residents of Hong-. kong a large amount of money and endless

worry and annoyance. As a commercial

motost prospects of paying its way, To our commercial community, this self- evident fact must be generally apparent, and should long ere now have been fairly. recognised by the promoters of a hopeless enterprise.

Why is a bred horse like an old man Because it is man agad.