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At Molita Cottage, Denny, Scotland. on the ith ultimo, the wife of Mr. James Kirk- wood, of the Imperial Chinese Navy, of a daughter.

THE

Songkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 15th October, 1881.

THERE would seem to be a good deal of mysterious gossip going the rounds of the colony with reference to the affairs of our local Government. The Daily Press in an awe-stricken style which is more than comical, informs its readers that "It is

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 1881.

buny, signalled for wator, and having takon it, sailed on her voyage.

The officers aud crow of the British bark Wellington, recently wrecked off the coast of Japan, arrived here this morning in the F. & O. steamer Sunda.

The Gleneagles, Captain Gasson, from Fonchow, just arrived, roports N. E. and fine weather; thence to part S.E. winds as far as the Lamocks Islands

The P. & O. stemor Sunda, Captain Brooks, which arrived here this morn ing, reports having, passed the Com-gales and dirty weather; lowost bar, pany's steamer Kashgar off Cape Breaker Point owing to dirty wonther. 29.90 N. Stopped three hours off

Aguilar steaming out. The Kashgar had taken shelter yesterday during the galo.

Mr. Marsh may again be sent to

The steamer Fokien, reported by the Hongkong, althougli, as matters at

Daily Press this morning as having present stand, his return is a very

put back, never left the harbour. She remote contingency. So far as any-and came over this morning to her took sheller yesterday the other side, body here knows to the contrary, the absent Surveyor-General will return to his duties in due course; but what the evening paper means when it says: "if report is anything near the truth, his advent will mean the inau guration of many much-needed and | much-neglected public works in the

hension, and can only be regarded Colony" is far beyond our compre-

as a direct and gratuitous insult to the hard working and universally respected officer at present acting as Surveyer General of this colony. If the return of the absent officials could by any possible means induce our contemporary to become rather more reliable in its assertions, and some- what less coarse and insulting in its unfounded reflections on officers of the Government who have no opportu nity of defending themselves against public insinuations of the character for which the China Mail has become so notorious, the community at large would have good grounds for self congratulation.

Mr. Sucnson, Superintendent of the Great Northern Telegraph Company writes as follows The Hongkong my cable failed suddenly yesterday forenoon during the heavy gale thou prevailing. The test gives the break close to Hongkong, and it is likely that the damage has been caused by a ship anchoring up and fouling the cable. Until repairs are completed telegrams will be forwarded by post to Amoy to be wired off from there to their destination.”

Wo road in a Scotch newspaper that at a recent meeting of the Board of New York Aldermen a resolution was offered to purchase eight gondolas for the lake in Central Park. A Celtic member, who had boon newly elected, wall adorned with Grecian accent: rose, and apologising, said, in language "Gintiemin, It's not meself that's saying much upon missures ginerally. But oim hero in the interest av re- trinchment and roforrnm, and of move an amindmint to the bill that insted av wastin' the money av the taxpayers in pur-chas-ing eight gondolas fur the park, we appropriated a sam sufficient female--and let natur take its coorse." to purchase two-one male and one

The British steamer Amoy, Captain Hermana, reports: Loft Canton 5.30 am. this morning with high Southerly winds and rain. All along down the river was covered with wreckage, and several junks wore ashore at Whampoa. blow in heavy squalls at 11 am, and At Canton the wind commenced to

strong galos from N.. continued, ultimately veering round to S. W. Met the Kiukiang at Tiger Island, bound up.

covered with wreckage. The whole The beach at Yow. mah-ti is literally strength of the gale, which is admitted to have been the strongest experien cod here for many years, was felt in that locality, and it is foared that in addition to the damage done to tho native craft, a groat many lives have been lost. The police under Ins- most efficient service in rescuing the pectors Cradock and Cameron rendered poople from the junks, cargo-boats. and sampans, which were driven ashore, and succeeded in saving about two hundred men, women, and children from watery graves.

THE WEATHER.

height when we went to press yes- The galo which was raging at its terday, may be safely regarded as the most violent blow we have had in Hougkong since the never-to-bo-for- the storm of yesterday, as the sudden gotten typhoon of 1874. Fortunately, falling of the barometer indicated would comparatively short period, causing a be the caso, lasted at its height for a relatively small amount of advantage. Although it will take a fow days to obtain the fullest particulars as to the actual losses sustained by the Chinese shipping community-many casualties and some loss of life will never bo doubt, judging from the amount of publicly recorded-there can bo no

wreckage washed ashore along the whole length of the Praya, and floating about in all parts of the harbour, and from the numbers of people rescued by the members of the Humane Society Chinese craft, and numerous lives have and other persons, that hundreds of been lost. The gale was not altogether unexpected by the weather-wise, and the threatening appearance on Thurs day night coupled with the telegraphic news announcing that a typhoon was raging off Luzon, induced the captains of the European vessels in the harbour to place themselves in readiness to face an emergency. Not so with the Chi- fired about eight o'clock yesterday nese, and until the warning gun was morning, they appear to have taken no precautionary measures worthy of the name. After that hour no opportunity was afforded them of seeking shelter in the many well protected havens in the vicinity, as the storm came down upon them almost immediately after the gun was fired, and the result has has been disastrous to Chenese craft.

A RECENT home paper contains the following account of a duel which lately took place in Prussia:"A fatal duel has taken place in the district of Potsdam, and has been attended with such a lamentable re- sult that is to be hoped this barba- rous and antiquated mode of settling a quarrel will be put down by the force of an outraged public opinion. The story is soon told. A number of officers were engaged at practice in the regimental gymnasium. One of them, a Lieutenant Van Geyso, was attacked with a sudden fit of nervousness, and hesitated to take a leap which several of his comrades had previously accomplished with success. They rallied him on his from the South-East. At 6.30 the S.. which continued a long intervals of a few of the mats blown away, total.

The Diamante, which left here on

Thursday at 2p.in, afterwards anchor el in Deep Bay in consequence of a Papidly filling barometer, where she remained all night. Yesterday morning

it commenced to blow, and there was a hard gale from 11 am to 2 pm. Diamante's people saved eight lives from a wrecked junk which was bottom up; landed the people on the Kowloon shore. At the height of the gate the wind blew the water mast-high. There was a lull for some time, but at 7.30

it again blew strong from the South- ward, lasting till nearly suidnight,

abated. when it again lulled and ultimately The Diamante put back, and bas since sailed.

The steamer Ichang left Hongkong on Thursday at 9 a.m. and arrived at

want of courage, but as he was a man of proven gallantry, he treated their remarks as mere good-humoured bauter. But he shortly perceived that they were in earnest, and as they persisted in nickuaming him poltroon, he decided to call them to satisfactory to learn that the ques- he sent messages to three of the account for the insult. Accordingly tion of the administration, or mal-officers who were most prominent in administration, of the Government their mockery, asking them to with- of this Colony by Sir John Pope draw their words or give him satis- Hennessy will shortly be brought be faction by arms. They preferred the Cauton at 3 32; left Canton next morn- fore Parliament." The other oracle latter alternative, and the three duels ing at8 30 and ran down to Whampoa at the bottom of Wyndham-street,

were arranged. The two first came

in an hour, and took on board 55 pas. not yet ashamed of the numerous unfounded assertions published a

off without grave consequences. The songers. With a rising wind and fall- short time back about Sir John Pope third, with a Herr Von Wochen,ing barometer and other indications of was with pistols. Two shots were Hennessy's immediate recall, and

-exchanged without result. One other kindred subjects-which had

two fathoms of water off Chnenpee never any foundation excepting in satisfied the exigencies, and that a shelter, and got up anchor and proceed- would think that this would have Fort gale increasing sought better the vivid imaginations of one or two tardy admission would be made on disappointed place hunters, and bit the ground that the man who had

ded to Junk Creek, where two anchors ter and unscrupulous opponents of faced two adversaries, and had twice 65 fathoms of chain out; bar. 29.48, wore lot go in 2 fathoms, with the Governor-comes out in far stood the fire of a third without galo increasing. During the storm, humbler guise than used to be the flinching, was no poltroon. That which was at times violent, blinding "It is asserted," says the would have been the generous and rain and vivid lightning were experi. China Mail, apparently with good reason, that the Hon. W. H. Marsh soldierly course. But the duellists

case.

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and the Hon. J. M. Price will return

next."

were inexorable. A third shot was to their duties here in February Lieutenant Von Geyso fell mortally discharged, and the unfortunate Our contemporary might wounded. Everybody admits now, have favoured the public with the when it is too late, that he was a "good reason

" which exists for the brave officer and an estimable gen- above assertion, that is if there is

tleman. If all who participated in anything of the kind in existence, this unhappy business are cast into As the leave of absence granted to prison for a few years as common ac- Messrs. Marsh and Price expires about cessories to manslaughter no sensible next February, in the ordinary rou-

man will be shocked, and if the pain- tine, they will, as a matter of course, fül emotion it has created lead to a be expected to resume their respective revision of German military etiquette, appointments at that time. The the premature death of this poor sneer which the Mail indulges in regarding the remarks of HE. the young fellow will not have been alto- Governor anent Mr. Marsh's pension, gether barren of good fruit. is beneath contempt, and will hardly

gull a single believer in our contem- We are glad to learn that the Dock porary's infallibility. The Governor's Company's establishments have sustain. statement referring to Mr. Marsh's ed no material damage through yes- Cyprus appointment and the questerday's storm. tion of his pension, was made on the authority of the Earl of Kim berley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and as it was mentioned in a despatch it may be safely relied on. On such an authority how could His Exellency's remarks be as the China Mail assorts "premature "I

Both Kowloon and Aberdoon had some, tiles blown from the roofs of their various workshops, and at the Cosmopolitan Dook a por- tion of the sea wall was damaged by the heavy son. The Sands' Slip pro- perty suffered inost, being more exposed than the other establishments, but for- tunately nothing very serious will require to bo remedied,

The steamer Pow, left the Com- pany's wharf yesterday morning at 9 back of Stono cutters Island, and an. a-to, bar. 29.6, and proceeded to the

chored in fathoms, bar. 29.53. The and N., going sometimes to the East- wind constantly shilfred between N.B.

the barometer was at 4 pm when it ward of North. The lowest reading of registerei 20.00. At 6.30 the wind was light from 8., bar. rising but at 3.30 heavy squalls came out from the

certain nearly the whole of the losses All the European vessels in the har- have been sustained by the Chinese. bour would appear to have escaped with only minor casualties. The Bath House has suffered but slightly, the loss

So far as we have been able to as-

till early midnight when the windling the amount of damage. A ship's moderated. Weighed anchor at 6 boat painted white, a man-of-war's boat sustained no damage but a beat gig ashore at the Bath House during the' an and went alongside whart, having apparently by its build, was washed davit.

afternoon, but whether it capsized with

boatmen.

Some anxiety has been felt, since the crew on board, or was merely wash- lato galo, regarding the safety of the ed away from some vessel we have steanor Esmeralda, that vessel having not yet heard. The trees on the Praya left Manila last Tuesday, but we are

behind the Cricket Ground suffered a glad to notice her arrival in port just good deal as usual, and one of the large as we go to press. The Esmeralda re-painted windows in the City Hall was ports-At 5.05 p.m. on the 11th inst, blown in. We alluded yesterday to left Manila for Hongkong, in fresh the Hongkong Dispensary launch which bar. 29.95, which lasted till midnight. As she lies in shallow water there will northerly wind and fine clear weather, went down close to Peddar's Wharf,

At d ́a.. on the 12th bar. 29.20, at 8 be no difficulty in getting her up. The am 29.85, and at noon 29.84. By wreckage lies thick along the whole bad weather approaching determined to this time there was a strong N.W. length of the Praya, and at the P. & 0. anchor. This was done at 11.55 in. wind and a rising sea, and at 8 pm. a. N. Co.'s wharf, the scene this morn. high soa, strong N.N.W. wind, and ing indicates the rain of many Chinese heavy rain, barometer 29.80. This weather continued till miduight, when bar. was 29.71. Thursday com-

speed; at 4 a.m. bar. 29.60, wind N, W., menced with hard gales from N.W., and at 12.40 reduced engines to half blowing a severe gate and incessant rain coming down in torrents; ship labouring heavily and taking a lot of water. At 8.30 a.. hove to with a sea aucbor and 60 fathoms chain. Wiad now hauled to W.S.W. and increased in violence; at 10 a.m. the barometer commenced to rise slowly, but the hard weather lasted tell 4 p.m. when it moderated slightly. At 4.45 proceeded to get up anchor, and at 5 p.m. went fall speed ahead. At 7.30 blowing a hard gale again frota S.W. and had to reduce speed of engines, till 4 a.m., when again went ahead full speed. From then till arrival in Hongkong strong southerly winds and high sea.

enced. Ship rode out gale without sustaining damage, and the anchor was

Point; spoke her, asking if she in- weighed for Flongkong at 5 a in, this morning. Met the Kiukiang off Pillar tended to return to Hongkong to- night; could not hear her reply. The following readings of the instruments were registered on board:-

HOTH.

DAR. AKEROID. THER, WIND. 8.30 am.... 29.87... 29.85... 84...N. 10.00 a.m.... 29.78... 29.72... 83...N. 12.00 am.... 29.67... 29.64... 81...N. 1.00 p.m.... 29.63... 29.54... 80...N. 2.00 p.m.... 29.00... 29.48... 80...N.' 3.00 p.m.... 29.56... 29.42... 80...N. 4:00 p.m.... 29.48... 29.30... 79...N. 5.00 p.m.... 29.62... 29.27... 79...N. 6.00 p.m... 29.30... 29.34... 80...N. 7.00 p.m.... 29.41... 29.27... 80...N.N.E. 8.00 p.m.... 29.836... 29.20... 80...N.E. 9.00 pm.... 29.39... 29.24... 80...E. 10.00 pan.... 29.60... 29.25... 80...E. 11.00 pm.... 29.60 29.25... 80.SE, by S. 11.30p.m.... 29.43... 29.33... 78.... Midnight.... 29.48... 29,87... 78...9. - 12.30 am... 20.37 29.51. 80...SW. by a

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MACAO.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] MACAO, Oct. 15th, The blow we had from 10 a.m. to p.in, yesterday may be called a mild typhoon. Tho wind blew from the N.N.W. and W. and ended in S. W. Lowest reading of barometer 29.26 at 5 o'clock p.m.

Very little damage dono ou shore. Aflout about 10 janks came to grief in the inner harbour. The Spark and the White Cloud did not start on their usual trips. The

1.00 a.m.... 29.63... 29.55... 80...S.S.W. 2.00 a.m.... 29.71... 29.63... 80...S.W. 2.30 a.m.... 29.75... 29.68... 80...S.W. 4.30 a.m.... 29.82... 29.75... 80...S.W. 5.30 am..., 29.90... 29.86... 76...S.W. 6.30 am.... 29.06..., 29.88... 76...S.W. 7.30 am.... 29.07... 29.90..., 76...SW. 6.30 am.... 30.04... 29.95... 76...S.W.

Tho readings of the Mercural Baro-Kiang-ping from Canton came in at meter are one-tenth of an inch higher six this morning. The Ping-on came

in, also at the same time.

than Messrs. Falconer's.

Some hundreds of Chinese, men, women, and children, are busy salving what remains of their junks and cargo- boats. The landing piers have escaped trifling damage, but the house on the on this occasion with comparatively Steamboat Company's wharf has been completely smashed. The roof of the

hospital ship Meeanee was shattered to a considerable extent; and the Spanish stearner Jolcano bad her wheel-house blown away when the gale was at its hardest. The Kiuliang which left for Canton at the usual hour 8 a.m. had to turn back, and sought shelter behind Stonecutter's Island, where she safely rode out the storin and left this morn- ing at 6a.m. for her destination. The White Cloud from Macao did not put in an appearance, preferring to remain snugly in the funer harbour of the Holy City. The Tchang from Canton was compelled to anchor in one of the many creeks on the river, and reports that the place was covered with wreck.

age.

During the afternoon the gale mo- derated, and the sea gradually went down, the barometer rising from 29.050 at a quarter-past three to 29.110 at five o'clock, after which it went up very rapidly. However, the wind again rose in the evening, and about eight o'clock was blowing a regular hurricans. At 8.30 one terrifio gust swept throughout the colony, shaking houses to thoir vory foundations, and causing great alarm. After this it gradually subsided, and although the weather is still rainy and disagreeable, the sea is quite calm, tho wind had