COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR.
The Bowen stormed round from Aberdeen this motaing, "having been docked there, and when entering the harbour and nearly abreast of the Patent Slip, collided with the steamer Solway. The latter vessel was bound for Singapore and was leaving the port on her voyage there whou the collision occurred. The Bowen reversed her engines before the two vessels touched, and had, it is stated, actually gathered sternway, so that the collision was not of the violent nature it might have been, Nevertheless, the Bowen had her foro-yard brought down by the run and a plate bulged in, but fortua. ately the plate is above the deck; her starboard anchor stock and accommo- dation ladder were also carried away. The Solway shortly after put about and anchored near Green Island, but has since sailed, and the damage she re- coived is not known.
H.M.S. "CLEOPATRA.”
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 1881,
THE LOVER OF LOUISE
A rumour is at pressut flying through the city, to the effect that Canon Duck- worth has, within the last few days landed in Sydney. So far as wo pre concorned, we give no credo co to it, although a country contemporary is positive as to the advent of Prince Leopold's late tutor amongst us. If this be really the case, there will be some fattoring of little hearts at Darling Points, and many will be the white fingors at Ashfuld basy upon smoking caps and Berlin-wool slippers. In ap- porrance, Canon Duckworth is a re- markable man. His face is singular handsome, his figure tall and athletic, and his voico peculiarly clear and melo. dious. Ho conoho. Priuge Leopold ap to the age of 16, whon that studious young gentleman was, to the astonish- ment of the uninitiated, sal lonly trans-. ferred to the ten lar mercios of Mr. Sabl, a distinguished Goripan scholar and linguist. In his life in the Palace, in consequenoo of the great affection existing botwoon the young Princo and his sistor, the. Princess Loniso, Mr. Duckworth was much thrown in
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY, Ono P.M..
„Stock Exohnago business is still at a stand- still. So far as we learn, not a single trans- fer has been affected for the past two daya. There has been an inquiry for a small lot of Banks this morning at 118; but up to the timo of our going to press tho domind hal not been met. China Fires are rather firmer than has boon the c339 lately, buyers now offering 20) por share without meeting with with buyers; but no actual business has been any response. done. All other shares remain unshanged.
Docks also remain firm at 33
SHARES.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpo
ration-112 por cont. premium. Union Insurance Society of Canton—$1,625 China Traders' Insurance Company-$1,575
par share.
per share. North-Ching Insurance Company-Ils. 1,125
per share.
augtszo Insurance Association-Tls. 850
por share. Chineso Insurance Company-292) por
sharo, sellers.
Man On Insurance Company, Limited—$25.
per share promium. On Tai Insuranca Company, Limited-Tls..
150 por share. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company--$912
por share.
China Tire Insurance Company-$200 por
share, Buyers.
33 por cont. premium, Buyers. Hongkong, Canton, and Muɔio Steamboat
Company-891 per share promium. Chinn Coast Steam Navigation Company-
Tls. 182 per share. " Hongkong Gas Company-$35 per share. Hongkong Hotel Company-$100 per share.
Sellers.
China Sugar Refining Company, Tiimited-
$160 por share, Sellers. China Sugar Refining Company (Debentures)
-3 per cent, premium.
J
Hongkong Ice Company-$127) por share.
Sales. Hongkong and China Bakery Company,
Limitod-S50 per share. Chinese Imperial Government Loan of 1878
-1 per cont.. premium, ex interest. Chinese Imperial Government Loan of 1881
2 per cent. promium, Buyers.
EXCHANGE
On LONDON-Bank Bills, T.T..
7
3/8
3/81
3/08
·3/08.
Bank Bills, at 30 days' sight Back Bills, at months' sight Craits, at 4 months' sight Documentary Bills, 4 months' sight. 3/93 On PARIS-Bank Bills, ou demand...... 4.69
Credits, at 4 months' sight Ou BOMBAY-Bank, T.T. On CALCUTTA-Bank, T.T. O SHANGHAI Bank, T.T..
Private, 30 days' sight
4.81 223
.......... 223
733 74
Her Majesty's ship Cleopatra which young Princess's society, and it is Hongkonnad Whampoa Dosk Company- arrived hers yesterday, and has up to broadly statod she become violently the present time formed one of the onamoured of him. Under these cir. Flying Squadron, is a screw 1b-gun cumstances it was quite natural that corvette, and is constructed of stool and the young clergyman should lose his iron, and planked outside. She is 2,380) head—and lose it, he dil with the tons, and her indicated horse-power is utmost completeness. Bofore long it 2,610. She was commissioned at De- came to the ears of Her Majesty, that vonport on August 24th, 1880, and her in their rides in Win Isor Park, the list of officers is na appended:-Captain, Princess and her lady-in-waiting, Mdlle. Francis Darrant; lieutenants, Alvin Vande Woyer, used to tumble across C. Corry, Frederick G. Stopford, Ed- Prince Leopold and his tutor. Then Ward P. Powell, Hugh P. Williams; they would tall the servants to wait gunnery lieutenant, Lewis, D. Samp at Horno's Oak and pair off for a aon; navigating-lieutonant, Frank A. quiet spoon. This embryo-Chastelar. Halloran; stuff-surgeon, Win. H. Stow. business so alarmed the Quego, that art, M.B.; paymastor, William E. P. she sent post haste for the Duke of Ar- Saer; chief engineer, John Dunlop; gyle, and told him to ready up young sub-lieutenants, William G. Stewart, Archy, got him a now snuff.shop rig, and Godfrey, H. B. Mundy; surgeon Jeph-hurry on the nuptials. Duckworth was son J. Connell; assistant paymastor, given the rich living of St. Mark's, in Ralph B. Marwood; engineors, Chas. Hamilton Terrace, worth
nearly J. Cock, John R. D. Johnson; gunner £3,000 a year, and told to pack his Wm. Culliford; boatswain, Gregory shoe-trunk with all possible expedition. Poland; carpenter, Benjamin Stone. With a an hourt he sot to work, bo- man; midshipmon, Thomas S. Guppy, ing assisted to stamp the lid down by Christopher G. F. M. Cradock, Ed- John Brown, who had been hanging mund . P. Cooper, "Alastair E. G. about for the old shosa and paper-collar Moir, Honry Thompson, Frederick K. boxes which are bis lawful porquisités. C. Gibbons; naval cadet, Ernest F: Do Before departing, he looked out of the Chair: assistant engineer, Edwin K. window, and saw her on the lawn Odam; assistant olerk, Paulin C. Cook, sadly playing double-ball with the
Princess Beatrice, who, availing her self of her sister's pro-occupation, was taking two turns to Louise's one, and ringing the bell with her mallet iustend of her ball. She looked up-their eyes met-and then ho tore frantically down to the four-wheeler which was awaiting him, and was jogged away from his heart's dearest aspirations. Well, the marringe took place, with the results we all know. Outwardly, they are man and wifo-nt one home, they are stran gers! Some years after the mar- ringe, Duckworth, now a Canon, was once more invited to the Castle, and, meeting his love, again slipped in. Three days afterwards he was appoint- of chaplain'to Prince of Wales on his Indian tour. . Since this we have lost sight of the young parson. However, that is a small matter. We are quite willing, should the young Canon be here, to extend the band of friendship to him. So, let him give us a call, and we will see if we cannot look him up a few back numbers, and give him an ordor or two for the waxworks.-Bulletin.
NINGPO.
"Seo here, waiter," said Cauliflower, pushing away his egg-cup with dis gust, "I don't want to count chickens before they are hatched."
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
MacEWEN FRICKEL & Co. 'GENERAL. STOREKKEPERS, &o, AVE FOR SALE.
Dec. 1, CLEOPATRA, British corvette, Cap- HAY
tain F. Durrant, Woosung 26th No- vember.
Doo. 2, CLEVELAND, British steamer, 769,
N. Harvey, Keelung 29th Nov., Couls. —Jardino, Matheson & Co. Doo. 2. VORWARRTS, German steamer, G11,
Evers, Hoihow 30th Nov., Genoral. Wiolor & Co.
Doo. 2, Axor, British steamer, 814, Her- maun, Canion 1st Deo., General.— Siemsson & Co.
Dec. 2, WYCLIFFE, British steamer, 602, Boswell, Canton 1st Dec., Goneral.- O, M. S. N. Co. Dec. 2, J. H. BOWERS, American bark, 781, Harkness, Chefoo 24th Nov., Beans and Poan-Chinese. Dec. 2, SoLWAY, British steamer, for Sin-
gaporo. Deo. 2, TANAIS, French steamer, '1,900,
Drujon, Yokohama 26th Nov., Mails and General.-Messagories Maritimes. Deo. 2, ESPANA, Spanish steamer, 595,
Jose de Havala Manila 29th Nov., General.-Remedios & Co.
DEPARTURES.
Dee. 1, ESMERALDA, British steamer, for
Manila.
Deo. 1, Brutus, Gorman steamer, for Ma-.
nila.
Dec. 1, Maoria, British gunboat, for Hoi-
how, &o.
Doo. 2, RAJANATTIANUHAR, British steamer,
for Bangkok,
Dec. 2, HELENA, Swedish, brig, for Baug
kok.
Dec. 2, PELHAM, British brig, for Naga-
saki.
Dec. 2, ERLKONIO, German bark, for Sin-
gapore.
PASSENGERS. ARRIVED.
Per Espana, steamer, from Manila, 1 Europonn.
Per Vorwaerts, steamer, from Hoihow, 20 Chinese.
Per J. H. Bowers, Amer, bark, from Chefoo, 1 Chinese.
Por Cleveland, steamer, from Keelung, 8 Chinese.
Por Tanais from Yokohama - For Hongkong Count de Seebach; for Singa- poro, Messrs. Martin Lister and Assaichi; for Marseilles, Messrs. Vigano, Imberti, Volini, Moretti, Cajima, Gorosa, Hioshi, Inselrini, Miller, and Gualini.
DEPARTED.
Per Rajanattianuhar, steamer, for Bang- kok, 1 European, and 65 Chinose.
Per Solway, steamer, for Singapore, 12 Chinese.
REPORTS.
The Spanish steamer Espana, from Ma- nila, reports fair weather throughout.
The British steamer Vorwaerts, from Haiphong and Hoihow, reports fresh N. E. monsoon throughout.
The American bark J. H. Bowers, from Chefoo, reports heavy N.W, gale. on the 6th ultimo, and strong N.E. winds and thick weather till the 1st inst.; thence light E. and N.E. winds toʻport.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE,
REGISTER, QUEEN'S-ROAD). Hongkong, 1st & 2nd December 1881. BAROMETER-I P.M.
Do.
4 P.M. THERMOMETER-1 P.M.
..80.010 .30.008
4 P.M.........
.74. ......74.
Do.
1 P.M. (Wot bulb)...71.
4 P.M. Do.
...71. Y ...80.090 ..72.
Do. The vessel still drifting, after
-
Do. BAROMETER. THERMOMETER
Do.
Do.
Do.
Aðla **.............***
AM..........*****
9 AM. (Wet Bulb)...71. Maximum...
...74. Minimum (overnight) 69.
MAILS.
The following mails will close :--
The Countess of Bective lias, acci- dentally, boen driving able editors and superior printing men almost mad. It has chanced that during her recent visit to Bradford, she bought many dresses of Bradford materials, and descriptions of these costumes are now taking a trip through the newspapers. With the name of every village in the globo, the politics of every club, the number of buttons on (TAKEN AT MASSES. FALCONEE AND CO.,'s the tunics of every foreign army, the precise size of the foot of every woman, in creation, and the dates of all events. from yesterday tea-time back to the Flood, a newspaper man is, of course, profectly wall acquainted. As a rule, however, he knows rather less of cos. tames than he does of the way the seasons are sub-edited. The result of the countess's tour, therefore, has been distracting. To read that her ladyship's skirt was made "entrain of magnificent white cat velvet, deeply trimed round the bottom," gave glimmering of com. mon sense, but when it comes to a fur-TO-DAY, 2nd December,-- ther ornament of "plisses of white satin, and innumerable rows of white point d'Alencon lade," the male un
was the account of the "long tunic derstanding gives way. Worse still
which completely covered the back of | the skirt, as did also the tablier in front, so that only at the sides could the riob material of the skirt be seen, both tablier and tunic being made of fine cream-coloured mohair, trimmed with the same point d'Alencon laco running on to a tight-fiting body of the mohair, out low at the back, and V shaps in This comes from Honolulu :-"It was front, finished with the same lace a hot, douced hot, laat Monday.. So wide waist-belt and sash of white satin thought a Newfoundland dog. He there. ribbon tied at one side, completing the fore adjourned to the drinking fountain costume." When the newspapor in- at the corner of Bethel-stroot, and tellect got to where the "mohair weat clambering up quietly curled himself running on to the tight-fitting body," into the basin and allowed the stream to which was also of mohair, and finally trickle gently over his back. A newly got mixed up with "the V shape in converted temperance man who hap fourth, human nature gave way. If the pened to come along, wanted a drink, countess is going to carry on her bone- and stopped up to the fountain. He volont scheme of popularising Bradford sprang book suddenly, exclaiming, "By staffs, she ought in mercy to supply a Jove, oven-water won't do it for gottollinery and mudina editor to at least "om again ("".
cach of the London dailies. Sportsman,
The Shanghai Courier correspondent at Ningpo, writing on the 23rd alt, says that the Danish schooner Nudeshda, Captain Brodersen, for Chefoo, arrived hero yesterday, at 5 p.m., with loss of four anchors and chains, foremast and mizzen-topmast, but otherwise unin- jured. She reports having encountered a brisk gale from N.W. On Saturday afternoon after passing Volcano lig thick foggy weather rendering nav gation very dangerous was encountered, and she dropped anchor, but finding that one was not sufficient a second was let
go. an interval bearing on the rocks puder hor loe, a third, and then a fourth an- chor was got out without, however, succeeding in stopping her way. Being now close on top of the rocks at the North end of Kintang Island; the fore- mast was cut away and preparations made for leaving the vessel to her fato, However, in a few minutes more the an. chors took the ground and the vessel ceased to drift. The Taotai responded 'promptly to the Consul's request that a gunboat might be sent to her assistance, and yesterday she was towed up the river by the Ohow On. An attempt was made to recover the anchors, but it was afterwards decided to slip the chains, consequently on her arrival here the A woman applied to a Magistrate schooner had to make fast to another for a summons against a neighbour. vessel; until some now ground tackle can "She called me a thief, your Worship. be procured. Vessels now at Ningpo Can't I make her prove it?" "No -Danish schooner Nadeshda; Gorman doubt you could," said the Magistrate, brig Elsie; American barque Pearl." but I think you had better not." I have also to record the departure of two old resident missionarios, Mr. and Mrs. Goddard, who have been here now for over 15 years without going home. The scone on the jetty was really touching. A large number of Chinese, men, women, and children, assembled -to bid adiou to thoir friends and bene factors, many of them boing moved to tears at the thought of how much they were losing in parting from these old friends, who had been the means of dis- porsing their haathon darkness with the light of Christianity.
After the officials of a Kansas town had vainly endeavoured to disperse à mob a minister mounted a box and made the simple announcement A collection will now be taken up The result can be easily guessed.
On
Groceries,
Crosse & Blackwell's, Celebrated House- hold Stores.
John Moir & Sons, Celebrated House- bold Storos.
American Stores of all descriptions. Huntley & Palmer's BISCUITS & CAKES, BUTTER, Danish & French, Philippe
& Canaud's PATES &..
CHUTNIES & CURRY POWDER, TEYSSONEAU'S . FRUITS in juigo,
For Japan, San Francisco, the United States, Canada, Honolulu, Peru, &c., per City of Tokio, at 2.30 p.m. For Shanghai, por, Glenfallooh, at 2.30
p.m.
COFFEE, SUGAR, &c., &c.
Wines, Spirits, &or CUTLER PALMER & Co.'s "CARTE BLANCHE." HEIDSIC & Co.'s MO- NOPOLE, pts. and qts. ADOLPHE COLLIN'S BOUZY JABINET.
MUMM'S (JULES) CHAMPAGNE
pts. and qts.
NEYEN'S (BODEN) BOUZY,
pts, and qts,
EXTRA SEC, quarts. Charles Heidaiooks's WHITE" SEAL, pts. and qts. VEUVE (LIQUOT PON, SARDIN, pts. and qts. Thoophile Rob. derer & Co.'s VERZENAY MOUSSEUX, pts. and qts.
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pints and quarts.
CHATEAU LAFITE, pints and quarts, IRES GRAVES, pints and quarts." BREAKFAST CLARET, pints & quarts. OLD INVALID ULARET.
St. JULIEN, &c., &c. Breakfast Claret.
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TO-MORROW, 3rd December,-
For Port Darwin, Thursday Island. Cooktown, Townsville, Keppel Bay, Sydney, Melbourne, &o., per Bowen, at 5 p.m. For Swatow, Amoy and Foochow, per Namba, at 5 p.m. For Hoihow, Pakhot and Haiphong, per Ping-on, at 5 p.m. For Shanghai, per Amoy, at 3.30 p.m. MONDAY, 5th December For the United Kingdom and Europe, via Naplos; to Saigon, Straits Settle- monts, Batavia, Burmah, Ceylon, the Australasinn Colonies, Pondicherry Madras, Caloutta, Adon, Egypt, Malta and Gibraltar, por Saghalian for printed matter at 10 am and lettera at 11 a.m. For Straits Settle- ments, per Nelson, at 3.30
p.m
For Saigon, per Penedo, at 7.30 a.m. For. Bangkok, por Prins Heinrich, at 3.30
p.m
On WEDNESDAY, 7th December.
Tor Kobe and Yokohama, por Niigata
Maru, at 6 p.m.
Polo Dry White Soul Shorry, Yellow Seal Amontilado Sherry, Cutler Palmer. and Co.'s Sherry, Invalid Port (1848), Hunt's Port.
Brandy, Whisky, Liqueurs, &c. 1, 2 and 3-star Hennessy's Brandy, La Grande Marque Brandy,.
Cutler Palmer & Co.'s Brandy, Rouyer Guillet & Co.'s Brandy 1 to 4 stars; Finest Old Bourbon Whisky, highly recommended, Kinahan's LL Irish Whisky, Jamieson's Irish Whisky, Royal Glondeo Whisky AVH Gin, Swaine Boord & Co.'s Old Tom
and
Gin; La Grando Chartreuse, .Green
Yellow, Maraschino de Zara, Curagon,
pints and quarts; Angostura, Boker's and Orange Bitters, &o.,
&0.
&C..
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BASS'S ALE, bottled by Cameron and 'Saunders, piuts and quarts. GUINNESS'S STOUT, bottled by F& J. Burke, pinte and quarts. PILSENER BEER, in quarts. DRAUGHT ALE and PORTER, by
tho.Gallon.
Find ALE, bottled by MacEwen, Frickel & Co. ALE and PORTER, in hosgheads
Erated Waters.
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LEMONADE,
TONIC WATER,
SARSAPARILLA,
&c.,, &o,, &e.
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French Novely.
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Works of reference &o. Stationery for Ladies and Office use. Direct from the manufacturers the bes.
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Dies engraved to order. Office requisites
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of every description.
Milner's Fire Proof Safos, Cash and Dead-
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