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Entimations.

DAKIN BROS, OF CHINA, LIMITED, DISPENSING CHEMISTS, &c.

PURE WINES.

WE beg to invite careful attention to the

following selection from our WINE LIST, for we have succeeded in combining purity and excellence of quality with moderate prices.

SHERRY. pur

casa. Bottle.

VINO GENEROSO—a generous

round wine, green seal $6.00 $0.60 VINO DE PASTO-medium dry wine with delicate favour,

$0.00 $1.00 red seal tourçəng AMONTILLADO- high class natural wine for connoisseurs of DELICIOSO the very Smest sherry procurable, 6 'youts in battle ****

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1890.

The Hongkong Celegraph.

Hongkong fashioni have moved with the

Celegraph. umes. The piratical captar of the daring items hundred dolara, dichten

HOWAKONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1800, THE Archimedean leverof the Chines Timer has fallen foul of this model colony, and

with courteous but forcible exactness directed attention to one or two of its most glaring shortcomings in a fashion strongly calculated to upset that offensive and loudly vaunted guid conceitoLoorsels, which has so frequently exposed the com- munity at large-lock stock, and barrel, as the saying is to the contemptuous ridicule of all Impartial reviewers. And

A CANADIAN paper in said to have purchased, after sharp competition," for the sum of life, written in prison. Collectors of out-of-the way literature will, perhaps, like to bind up the interesting, convict's Memoirs with Victor Hugo's "Dernier Jour d'an Condemna."

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We arerequested to state that the Post Office we closed on New Year's Day aller to a.m. The night-box will be open, but the Stamp and Money Order offices will be defirely closed.

THERE. will be a "pick-up" cricket match to-morrow, play to commence at Farm, sharp. Mehbi desizour of playing should be on the, ground punctually at that hour.

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HONGKONG'S JUNILER.

a lawless venture of the most daring character, was undoubtedly contrived

Tux Australian Insurance and Banking Record INFORMATION is to hand from Canada of the | estimates the losses of no less than sa insurance and brought, to a practical issue in

second season's work of the man-of-war which companies, including the Hongkong Fire and this colony, directly under the eyes of

was deputed to make a systematic exminationStraits compardes, at £525,350 by reason of the a the police, and, unlike the Winglok Gotrans will have quite a field day to-morrow of the bed of the Pacific Ocean with the object recent great fire at Sydney, N.S.W. The Record of discovering the best rute for a cable from sets down the Hongkong Co's long at £7,500 Canada to Australia. The deepest sounding and that of the Straits Co. at £9,000, The Street burglarious attempt, it proved when the MacEwen Challenge Cup will be ¿ considerable amount of played for in Happy Valley. Play will commence accessful,

at to o'clock, and by permission of the stewards obtained south of the equater was

baltam at this

to its debit, and the company which has come plunder being secured and several valuable of the Jockey Club, fanch will be werved in the Unfortunately, the nature of the bottom th me, beaviest leser is Lloyds (London) with £33,350 lives sacrificed by the pirates; but we Grand Stand Intending competitors will find great depth was lost-through-the-wire parting off best is the Dritish Australian which has to hear nothing of public indignation meet-scoring cards and rules of the Club, on the Three islands of the Phoenix.group were survey pay up 4000, only.

ground.

ed In sufficient detail to ascertain their suit. ability for the landing a telegraph cable. The Ings or appeals to the Secretary of State-

British dtg has been hoisted on all the islands not even a suggestion that anybody in

visited which are not under the protection of official circles has any thing to answer for.

other Powers. So we're getting larger still... Our "leading citizens" are too busy just at present in bolstering up the forthcoming

that our Tientsin colleague has ample devote either to the remedying of Govern Justification for his plthy remarks, whichment incapacity and neglect or the redress ars of expecial value and may possibly of serious public grievances, Færð, Sap, 1 PORT.

"Hongkong," says our critical friend Superior quality............$10,00 $1.00 have a salutary efféct"as a critical conclu- Invalid Port, gold seal ...............$12.00 $1.10 alon of the light in which the marvellously of the Chinese Timer, "is no doubt. a Old Tawny, soft and mature, black

seal.....................$14.00 $1.25 | unique citizens of Hongkong and their wonderful little colony, and it is never tired Specially selected old vintage...$20.00 $1.75 | Idiosyncracies appear to an intelligent and of boasting of its wealth, its enterprise, and

BURGUNDY.

unbiased outsider.

Its resources. But a little less tall talk and a BEAUNE- full-bodied Red

little more attention to good government Burgundy with strengthening properties...... CHABLIS mellow White Bur

would be a more wholesome note to strike at the approachingjubilation." Our respon- sible Government officials and public. spirited leading citizens alike, will show wisdom and discretion by carefully taking

Sherry, yellow seat $12.00 $1.10' we are strongly inclined to hold the opinion | Jubilee mummeries to have any time to Francisco to procure machinery for clearing the model of war-vessels. They are not the the proposals of the committee appointed in con-

CHAMPAGNE.

⚫ AVIZE- well matured, 'specially

$14.00 $1.25

$14.00 $1,25

is

selected dry wine $18.00 $1.75 LEMOINE-VIN-BR UT-

Ob, wad some power the giftle gie us To see oursel's as Ithers sen Uganda

A PROMINENT Civil engineer of Honolula, Mr. G. F, Allards, has been commissioned by the Goverment of the Sandwich Islands to carry out his plans for the removal of the bar at Honolulu harbour. He has gone to San passage thirty feet deep through the bar, enabling the deepest-draft vessels to enter. The work is expected to be completed by the end of June '91. Sox idea of the busted" condition of Hong kong on this, the eve of its juhllee, may be gathered from the fact that, great as were th number of commonses Issued by the Summary Court in 1889 in respect to difficulties arising out of unpaid p/notes, chits, 1.O.Us, hank- roptcies, bolts," etc., etc., the total aumber of that Court's billets dous distributed around the

fully 2001 colony in 1990 besta all precious records by

It is stated that a shipbuilding firra on the Clyde

£.

The following full report of yesterday's public 'meeting was "crowded eut" of last night's issue: THERE is something radically wrong yet with public meeting was held at the City Hall yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering wonderfully perfect machines that their de nection with the celebration of the Jubilee of the signers and destructors would have us believe. The leas of the British cruiser Serpent le raising : Sir James Russell, Chief Justice, pre-

sided. a heated controversy in England over the build

The Chairman said-Gentlemen, this meet. of the modern warship, as many claim that being is convened for the purpose of receiving the was everything that a cruiser ought not to be proposals of the committee in refounce to the The damage done to the Italian war fleet by a recent gale la also making the Italian govern celebration of the Jubilee of this Colony. You munt feel uneasy. The best vessels of the fleet will remember that when the first public behaved in an unexpected and uns swarthy meeting was called a large committee was •

given to manner and the Italians are disappointed. French nominated, which had powers critics say that the fault lies in the model of these it to add to its number and to draw up vessels. They are too low and overburdened by and submit proposals for a future meeting a to their heavy artillery: Criticam on French the manner in which the Jubilee was to be war-vessels will, no doubt, come out after the celebrated. That large committee nominated a number more and increased their volums very Srst ses accident to some of their formidable mach. The committee he's bad special meetings ironclads.

in reference to what they should recommend to you as a scheme fremmemorating the Jublies of this Colony. Several schemes have been

world would be a better place to live to heart and consistently acting upon the Clyde same months ago for Messrs. Bordes & Co., GOLD-BEATERS by hammering can reduce gold submited but no define plan has been settled

one of the happiest efforts of Rossi sandy, fiue Havour and bouquet $14.00 $1.35 Buxus keen insight into the weaknesses of erring humanity, as there 'cannot be the remotest doubt that if the poet's appeal could be generally realised, the in and the dwellers on this terrestrial globe a happier family than actually is the case. Hongkong is in itself admittedly a marvellous monument of British enterprise and prosperity, and

CUVEE ROYALE As Supplied regularly to the Prince of Wales, House of Commons, and the chief clubs in London, &$22.00 $1,00 Per 'case of 24 pints

..$13.00 $1.00 We are Sole Agents in China for the Sale of this splendid Wine.

excellent advice contained in the foregoing sentences during the proposed Jubileo celebrations, and particularly in keeping within reasonable limits that tendency to Munchausen-like claptrap regarding the

has contracted with a German firm to build the five-masted ship "France" launched on the five-masted sailing ship, to exceed in tonnage

France. The new vessel is to be fareished with auxillary power, to be used in calm weather. The lower part of the fifth mast will be used as smoke stack. The machinery will be on the vessel to carry a minimum of fuel. triple expansion principle, thus enabling the

mast be laid uron each other to produce the leaves to such minute thinness that 182,000 thickness of an inch. Yet erch leaf is so perfect and free from holes that one of them laid on any solid gold. They are so thin that if formed into a book 1,500 would only occupy the space of u surface, as in gliding, gives the appearance of

single leaf of book paper. A single lume of a As many pages as an entire library of 1,550 dilly" to be pablished in Yokohama or and pages are well printed, the matter in its 12 volumes averaged 400 pages each, while platinum and silver can each be drawn into wire many columns is well arranged and its "lender” on French trade with Japan is indicative of careful times smaller than a human hair. The former metal has been drawn into wire so fire that thought, sound education and undoubted ability, Wo.wish M. Latour, the editor, better success twenty seven of them twisted toget er could than attendend the efforts put forth by his | have been inserted into the bollow of a hair, predecessors who ran the now defunct L'Echo | that is, if a human being or a humán-made ma- du Japon, which merely echoed in Japan and chine could be found minute enough for such a then died away into the unknown"depths of delicate undertaking.

pan as to the permanent memorial, and what is nature is to be is postponed. for further consideration until the 3rd of next month. But it has become necessary to draw up some programme for the temprary rejoice Irge, and a sub-committee was delegated at the last meeting to draw up a scheme hard mitted to the committee. This sub-committee.. consisted of Mr. J. Keswick. M. GP. Ho Kai, Col Jerrard and Lirut. Anson, with the Chairman and hon. Secretary as ex-offiets members. This sub-committee added one or

holds no unimportant place as a factor in /purely imaginary extraordinary enterprise. A SPECIMEN number of La Japon, a French gold-leaf book one inch in thickness would have upon a plan that Mr. J. J. Keswick had sub- Far Eastern politics; but its true position wealth and resources of the colony, which Nos. 22 & 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL and importance, both commercially and in the past by begetting over-confidence after the 1st proximo, has reached us. Its four volumes of common books, even though the Chater. Mr. R. K. Leigh, Mr, A. W Dick, Dr.

(Telephone No. 6a)

Hongkong, 29th December, 1890:

and inciting reckless speculation, has been attended with such disastrous results to all classes of the community.

[1635 politically, have been greatly exaggerated and are but indifferently understood by the cutside world, mainly owing to the foolish and irresponsible cackling of a crowd of light-headed and self-seeking | LOCAL AND GENERAL. partisans of the Sir George Bowen pattern, A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. who have done everything in their power TO-MORROW, being a public holiday, there will to make the colony and its, or rather their, be no issue of the Hongheng Telegraph. We

Cordially wish our renders absurd pretensions the laughing-stock of 'A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS KIW YEAR. foreigners throughout the Far East.

BY APPOINTMENT.

(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.) HONGKONG,'

We invite attention to the follow old

landed Brands, all of which are of ex- cellent quality and good value for the money.

The same being specially selected by our London House, and bought direct from the most noted Shippers, are imported in wood and bottled

Our Tientsin contemporary in com-StoNoR and Signora Maferuil were amongst the

menting on the Namos tragedy, very passengers who f by the steamship Changsha

pertinently inquires what the Hongkong-

to-day.

Government was about to allow the colony It is said that the Russian Goverment bas in- to become in its Jubilee year the head-structed the Russing Miriser at Sat

to

Ges-

space.

of

$10,000 is the modest sum which E. R. Her riman la endeavouring to recover from Isaac Trumbo in the High Court at San Francisco, 'na damages for an alleged libel. The defendant in a certain account relating to the expenditure ant in the construction and conduct of the Bijou Theatre building, Inserted the words, "Pald to E. R. Merriman, blackmailing, coo. In an interview published in a morning paper Merriman is an enterprising man. He will hecome notorious if not wealthy in vindicating bis character in the courts of law.

money claimed to have been made by defend.

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two more, and they have drawn up certain schemes for three days' rejoicings, and I will. ask Mr. Wodehouse now la sabmit it to you and it is for you to approve it if ygư # 1}./ The scheme is to have thret, days', "holiday from 11.30 am. on the Thursday. Friday, and Saturday, and certain sports and other amuse- ments are suggested for these days. It is for you to say whether you approve of the plan which Mr. Wodehouse will now read to you."

The hon Secretary (Mr. H. E. Wodehouse) then tead the following proposed pregłamane :--

usher in the Jubilee, Subscription $5 each, axut :—9 30 a.m.-Meeting of the Exeqtive and Legislative Councils. for the purpose of despatching a telegram to Her Majesty the Queen and the Secretary of State,

FIGURES taken from the forthcoming report of the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington show that during the twenty years from 18 o to the pre sent time, the total amount of coln in circulation has been over $727,000,000, making an average the last ten years the average monthly increase Increase per capita of $499 in that ime. During noth January.-Public Ball as the City Hall to was $3966,992, and the increase per capile | 1889, to October, 1890, the aggregate Increase $2.59. For the nineteen months from March; of circulation among the people was $93,865,813, co-responding period, from March, 1985. to October, 1886, there was a decrease of $11,859,- 493, making a difference in favor of the last aineteen months of over $6,000,000 per month. The large increase since March, 1889, 1 mainly due to the present policy of keeping the surplus as low as possible by the purchase from 1885 to 1886 was due to an appposite policy. and redemption of bonds, while the decre

by ourselves, thus enabling us to supply the quarters for the pirates of Southern | ncgotiate with the Korean Government for the the defendant made use of similar language an increase per capita óf $1,50, while for the

continuatim of the submarine cable from The implied criticism is fair an to Vi divostock, via Keiko.

well founded. It cer-

best growths at moderate prices.

In ordering it is only necessary to state the name and quantity of Wine or Spirit Wanted, and initial letter for quality desired.

Orders through Local Post or by Telegram receive prompt attention. PORTS. (For Invalids and general use.).

But

For daman

A Alto Douro, good quality,

Green Capsule $10

B Vintage, Superior quality,

Red Capsule

C Fine Old Vintage, superior

D

Black Seal Capsule 14 Fine Old Vintage, extra- superior, Violet Capsule (Old Bottled)..........................................

SHERRIES.

A Delicate Pals Dry, diener

wine, Green Capsule...6 B Superior Pale Dry, dinner

wine, Groen Seal Capsule...7.50 C Manmallia Pale Natural

$1.00

1.25

1.50

0.60

0.75

1,00

Kivo Kalakaus, monarch of the Sandwich lands, wrived at San Francisco on the 2nd instant. He travelled from Honolulu on haird Rear-Admirel Brown's fagship Charleston. H.R.H. will visit Oregon, Washington and British Columbia prior to returning to his

domfaloms,

The Board appointed by the U.8. Treasury De- partment to consider recommendations relative to the establishment of a marlac bureau, having Jurisdiction of all matters pertaining to the mer- chant marine, will draw up a bill to be presented to Congress upon the first day of the coming

session,

THE San Francisco Bulletin says "Jack the Ripper has been operating in the vicinity of Elmshome, Frussia, No fewer than eight couples have heca waylaid in their wanderings In the suburbs of that town within the past year, and murdered. The bodies of the women. were Bendishly mutilated,

Tax German shipowners are, saya the New York Maritime Register, about to form a league after the kind of the British Shipowners' Federa- tion, in order to protect themselves against the are successful, shipowners of other countries assaults of seamens' and other unions. If these will fall in line alto, and an International Federation may be the ultimate outcome. And the end of the struggle will be that employer and employed will find that their interests are identical and that arbitration and mutual con- pessions will give better returns than strikes and lock-outs. But the fight must evidently came fist. A world-wide struggle between capital

and labour.

THE steamship Howard Castard which was launched at Baltimore last month represents an

attempt to revolutionize ocean travel. Her ix-

9.45 a.m.-Special Service in St. John's Cathedral, dignitaries and ministers of denomi nations other than the Church of England to be) invited to hold similar services in their respec tive places of worship,

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**; 13; noon.—Salate of goʻguns from the men. of war and the shore battery, the Volunteers to be also invited to salute. 22nd -11.30 mm.—Public Holiday commencer, 3 p.m.-Review of the Naval and land forces in Happy Valley, the Governor attending in

Bfate,

23rd-api-Athletic Sports on the Race-course under the immediate", superintenderco and organization of Mr. R. K. Leigh; the Sports Lo be held under the rules of the L. A. A: Cg thu prizes to be obtained by subscriptions from the community and to consi? of go'd,aliver, and bronze medals, struck for the occasion..

9p.m-Dress rehearsal of the " Gondollers" by members of the Amateur Dramatic Club, V tinless.previously held on the 22nd of January for soldiers, sailors and members of the Police- Force,

of the Jockey Club, and Polo matohes under 24th 1-2 p.m.-Pony Races under the auspices

the auspices of the Polo Club,

China, enough and tainly does seem very singular that with our boasted police organization maintained at an exorbitant expense to the rate-payers, not the slightest whisper of this contemplated piracy should have been heard until it became an accomplished LID fact in all its daring and harrowing 19

details. What all the celebrated inspectors and detectives, with their regiment of Informers and ex-gol ubiquitous celebrities, were occupying their valuable time in doing, during the hatching of this most complete instance of skilled Chinese. villainy has not yet come to light, unless we are to conclude from the daily proceedings at the Magistracy that it is considered in official quarters of more 1.00 Importance to crowd the prison, with wretched mendicants, unlicensed hawkers, ragged votaries of games of chance, oplum runners, and other petty offenders, than to detect gigantic and far-reaching 1.50 conspiracies and prevent wholesale Fur Co. Para attacks

on the lives and properties some scent of of the public. That the contemplated piratical raid on the $4.50 Names ought to have been discovered

5.00

by the police will hardly he contested, 7.50 100 but nevertheless not one, word has yet been raised either in the Legislative Council or even in the local press for that matter-suggesting that some weighty $1.10

explanation is due to the community 1.35 for what must either be taken as evidence of a very imperfect and unsatis- 1.30

factory police system or as an indication of importantduties neglected or mismanaged. Are we to Infer that it has not suited the returned from a debauch with bloed on their "Joe" has always been as a "stranger in the 15le as the ordinary legal adviser,^ And why now to carry out this scheme, and it is proposed..

Sherry, White Capsule...... to Superior Old Dry, Pale Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsule.............one 10 D Very Superior Old Pale Dry choice old wine, White Seal Capsulėnumer E Extra Superior Old Pale Dry, very finest quality Black Seal Capsula' (Olá Bottled)

CLARETS.

A Superior Breakfast Claret,

`· Red Capsule mann $4 B. St. Estepbe, Red Capsule ...** 4.50 C St. Jullenmek

D' La Rose

BRANDY.

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A Hennessey's Old Pals, Rod.

Capsule..........................$12

.B Superior Very Old Cognac,

Red Capsule

C Very Old Liqueur Corner,

Red Capsule - níompani

D Hennessey's Finest Very Old

Liqueur Cognac 1872 Vin- tage, Red Capenie .........

SCOTCH WHISKY.

A Thorne's Blend, White Cap-

B Watson's Glenorchy Mellow Blend, Blue Capeula with Name and Trade Mark......

C Watson's Abelour-Glenlivet, Rod Capsule, with Name and Trade Mark.....................

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D. Watson's HKD Blend of the Finest Scotch Malt Whlaides, Violet Capsule in E. Watson's Very Old Liqueur

Scotch Whisky, Gold Capsule`ra IRISH WHISKY;"

A John Jameson's Old, Green Capanic....... B: John Jameson's Fine Old,

Green Capraleista. 10 C John Jameson's, Very Fine

Old, Green Capsule.jaaparte. 15 GENUINE BOURBON WHISKY Encold, Red Capsule, with Name, to GIN.

A Fine Old Tom, White Capenie 4-50 B. Fine Unsweetened, White

CFias AV. H. Genera.........a5-25

RUM:

Finest Old Jamaica;|| Violet

Capente e

For at

5.00

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unofficial members of Council, to ask awkward questions or take any active steps to inconvenience our ornamental 075 Government at such an auspicious time as the near advent of our Jubilee rejoicings a75-remembering that those fearless repre- sentatives of orr valuable Interests might 100 have given mortal offence to their official cronies by wanting to know too much which would have been a catastrophe too terrible to contemplate.

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IN discussing the question of the extension of the Japanese Navy, in a long, article evidently inspired by high Naval authorities, the Mainichi Shimdun states that it is the intention of the Japanese Government to increase the Navy by some 45,000 tons, in other words, by adding about sy new vessels. This would give an effec tive feet of fifty worsels, irrespective of torpedo boats and additional const defences.

ventor, Mr. Freyer, believes she will make thiny five miles an hour. Fifty thousand dollars will be spent in this boat as an experiment of the inventor's plans. She was not built from a model, but from Mr. Freyer's mathematical calculations. She is 122 feet in length over all, In the Novomoskovsky district an investigation 206 feet between perpendiculars, 16 feet extreme is being made into a cruel mistake committed breadth, and 18,4 extreme depth amidships. She by the Governor-General of Warsaw-Gotico, draws 8 feet of water forward and 10 feet af. A sergeant was murdered, and young officer, Amidships she il formed by a semicircle with a named Perloff, was suspected, tried, and con- radius of 8 feet. The engine is directly on demned to death. His father, who is a Moscow the keel. The condenser is 6 feet wide, 30 millionaire, and a tea merchant, informed of feet long, and 15 inches high. Just over the the occurrence, telegraphed offering 200.000 condenser are the boilers, separated from every roubles ball if & respite were granted for ober part of the vessel. They have a heating 9p.m.-Performance of the "Gondollers."

is of the compound type, has cylinders, respect the carrying out of this programme, including the one week, but General Gourko ordered the im-surface of ros square feet. The aneine, which The Hon SecretaryIt is estimated that for mediate execution of the sentence, which was carried out. A Jewish woman came the next ively, 30 by 60 by 24 inches stroke, and a horse prizes for the Athletle Sports and the expenses day and accused her husband of the crime, kis power of about 1,600, which can be increased by in connection with the Ball, a portion of which means of forced draught, The shaft is ga feet will be covered by subscriptions paid for the Ball, motive being jealousy, as he rumpected the murdered man of criminal relations with her. long and 103 foches in diameter, with a propellersuim of $5,000 wil be required, and to raise The husband has, it appears, confessed. Just wheel, a four-bladed screw 9 feet 6 inches in this sum subscriptions will be invited from the fancy The Czar demands a detailed report. diameter, with 158 feet mean pitch, which can be community. His Excellency the Governor has increased or lessened. The pllat bouse is the expressed his concurrence in the programme, ---Rachange.

only structure above the deck, and all the and, has been pleased to say that he will be machinery, bollers, etc., are below the water happy to co operate in every way, in carrying it Our old friend the Rev. "Joe" Cook with whom line. The displacement at the load-water-line out. He has also expressed his intention of we have had many a jovial time, has recently is 380 tons. She has water-tight compartments giving a ball at Government House, the date of been going it strong in "Frisco on the beneficial The staterooms will be built after the railroad which he is not able to fix at present. With results of "secret prayer," "Joe" took his text, sleeping car styleon each side of an allyway ran regard to the public ball i was requested to from the sixth chapter of Matthew, which, teuing through the vessel and closed in by por ascertain if Mr. Stewart-Lockhart would unders remember rightly, runs something after thistleres. For those desiring more privacy, pretty take the chief management and organization of fashion-when thou hast entered, shot the screens, with doors attached, have been profit, and he has kindly consented to do so with closet door and in his opinion this mode has ded. The boat is built with Baltimore capital Avo essential qualities-adoration, confession, thanksgiving, petition, and total self-surrender to the will of the powers that be. The last two As regards the administration of Justice, Hong of these attributes, Mr. Cook thinks, are the kong is not much worse off than Russia after all, principal ones to be kept in view, but from what for wa read in late continental exchange that we have lately exerienced we don't think the three young soldiers' near Warsaw who had results pan out worth a cent. In our bosom clothes, and in explanation stated that it came land owing to our differences on this point from some one whom they had beaten, but did and on the trifling question of temperance as not know. At the sametima a Sergeant in their well. regiment was fund sidered, and the three soldiers were fried, conviced and shot within twenty-four hours. The neat day another soldier surendered as the murderer Į

EXPERIMENT with a pendulum to visibly demonstrate the motion of the earth, formerly made by Foucault under the cupola of the Panthers in Faris, are about to be reauwed on an even larger scale, The new gigantic pen- dalam has been just suspended from the centre of the secord platform of the Eiffel Tower. It consists of a brorse wire, 175 metres long, with steel globe weighing ninety kilogrammes at

the sad.

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the assistance of other gentleman who he hopes dog with be able to give him their help in the variona

daties connected with it.: (Applause.)Dange

The Chairman then called for the opinion of the meeting on the programme with the restit that it was dannimously approved of

The Chairman-It is for the sub-committen

to ask for subscriptions to defrag the expenses for it. That is all the business before you today! without your approval the committen had no power to do soything beyond making suggestions, and the meeting will now be adjourned sine diac

Or all the parasites who cling to, and gain s precarious existence by viise of the corruption which stiains to the administration of law in this the 13th century, none are so vile and contempt In these days of keen commercial competition one, and one branch only, of all trades should bo privileged to put its own exorbitant price on an article that it tender for sale, any more thao a butcher or a bзsker, fi a wrang that these latter A CASE of interest to sportsmen was decided respectable tradesmen should seek to have to

The following is a complete list of the General recently in the Queen's Bench Division, Andressed at phor, In all truth we have received under-beater employed by a shooting party, far better value for our money when as Irish Committee, including the additions made since was accidentally shot by the defendant, a noble washerwoman has returned us our linen shirt the last publié meeting sale plan MR

Sir James Rassell (Chairman), Mr. F. Flem The dangers attendant on a stroll through the lord, and lost the sight of one eye. A pheasant starched and it to wear, than we have streets of Hongkong are many and various having ilsen from a spinney the defendant shot received from our legal adviser "sava ing, C.M.G., Mr. S, Brown, Mr. W. M. Deane, Attempt to cross Queens Road- anywhere | at it; and some of his shots glanced from an the mark-who charges fee of $100 Mr. Ho Kal, Mr. JJ, Keswick, Mr M. G between the Club and the Hongkong Bank and oak tree and bit the plaintiff. The jury, in the for drawing out a document that was not only Mitchell-Jones, Mr. Ryrie, Mgr. H. if you are not run over by a broker who spread event of the plaintiff being entitled to recover,ungrammatical and worthless for the purpose for Whitehead, Mr. E. J. Ackroyd, "Mr. J. H. engl

fashion is chasing an imaginary client, assessed the damages at too but they held which it was originally drafted, but had sprually Stewart Lockhart, Dr. Ph. C. Ayres, Mears, you will certainly be impaled on the that the defendant had not been guilty of to be reconstructed. A conviction for highway A.K. Travers, C. Ford, A. G. Romano, F. A 0.75

Tempora Mutantur Less than a dozen hafs of an outside chair. We, in, common negligence. The Judge (save the mark) robbery carries with it certain heavy penalties Gomes AB. Johnson, R. K. Leigh. W. H, 1.00 years ago the raid of a few. Chinese with those who are Athirst and seek for decided that there was no claim unless and why, the thing, the legal highway-man, who Percival, B. Coughile, E L. Woodin, L.

SV.Dick, freebooters on a gold-beater's shop in knowledge, sometimes stroll into the Hong-negligence on the part of the defendant was is a thousand times more contemptible, should be Dalrymple, G. C. Cox,

kong Hotel for the purpose of annexing one proved, Consequently the plaintiff lost his case, allowed to sit in a dingy room and bave not only | S. Sharpe, A. Mccan S Murray -Baid, Ch Winglok Street led to what was called

W. Rutter, F Public Indignation Meeting on the religious Directorate allow to be deposited. in the defendant will folliw the judge's suggestion, rag called law and go free, is a mystery that com Dodwell Lentenent-Colonel Jerrard, Lient, Cricket Ground and an almost universal that popular resort, and have had to withstand and take the man's sad position into considers mon senseand logic soak in vain to solve. Every Anson, RN,, Mesir, E. R Belilior, G. de Chemzetor, H, Crawford T. E. Davies, Va the determined "rash of at least a score of tion, Beaters and pader-beaters lacur certain dog has his day " and we suppose those of the

P. Dhalla N chairs and the same number of nickshas... One | risks in ministering to the pleasures of others,, wig and gown will have their for little tinte Descon, Pestanico Bazanjee, of the latter, however, charred the wrong man and when any one of them la tojured while thas longer anyhow, Is Australls, which is par 11. hds, MD, Esekiel, W. H. Forbes, ja, bows of Captain, Ballour, R.M. and badly to compensate the poor fellow handsomely It, tradesmen of the law, solicitors and harristers

I, D. Humphroye, T. Jackson, 14 Shings Lo. damaged the same. The coola was up before would have been more creditable to the sporting to wit, have had to fallback on trades-unionism the attack, which, by the way, proved the "beak this morning andyan wisely fined snob in question if the law courts had here to defeat measure: takt: was on the point of Hock Ping, 2. Mackintoab, HAN, Mehta, B. C.

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to shekels of siya, in default of Chich he been consulted on the matter. It is also to his becoming law, and which would have undoubtedly Michaelsen, M. N. Mody, L. Poesnecker, Foon financially unsuccessful and chiefly resulted would here to spend len days in quiet retire advantage that we are not yet in possession of soseded the knell of their privilege of exorblight Pans H, Ray, Capt. Rumse DR. Sas1000 In one of the would-be plunderers being ment. The dog was paid, for the accused was the name of this miserly cad who hebayed in charging hat by collation with the law officers G. Shan YAV Vernon, G. Wieler, Wei Yok, shot dead by a policemas. Times have heard to whisper to lend that he was hourly sich in unnisely way towards a wounded of a translent firament, they defeated for Won Shing, Mr. H. Wodehour, CM.G. expecting an invitation to Join the Jubilee Com- hireling £1,000 and costs, Instead of a paltry time and for time only the ends of comIROD

Mission: kundred, would have bega a fair award; Indeed changed, and it would appear that i milune.

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LIQUEURS

Benedictine Curscoa Chartreuse

Herrin Cherry Candia1

for belog, as was glibly represented by Hongkong's leading citizens of that day,

a sort of accessory both before and after

Guller L Gidant C

yesterday, when he ran his birrow athwart the engaged it is the right thing for a man of means l'excellined, the land of freedom, the "common" TITAN FREEker fa Molliday;:H¬Hopplus,,

Hony Moray, Mr. C) Pe Chater, Horr