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Intimations.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA,

LIMITED,`

DISPENSING CHEMISTS, &C.

"HEMISTS AND AERATED WATER

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MANUFACTURERS.

DAKIN'S

BELTZER WATER, CONTAINS THE TRUE SELTZER SALTS.

Makes a more palatable drink with spirits.

than Soda Water,

NO LOWERing tendenCY.

IN LARGEST SIZE ROTTLES, CENTS 50 PER DOZEN.

(Telephone No. 60}

Nos. 12 & 24, QUEEN'S. ROAD CENTRAL

Hongkong, 13th April, 1891.

-DY APPOINTMENT,

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WINES AND SPIRITS. A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841. MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED WATERS.

Our New Factory has been recently rented with automatic Steam Machinery of the,

latest and most approved bind, and we are will able to compete in quality with the best English Makers.

The purest ingredients only are used, and the utmost care and cleanliness are exercitid In the manufacture throughout: LARGE BOMBAY

"SODAS":

We continue to supply large bottles a heretofore, fra of Extra Charge, to those of our Customers who prefer to have them to the – ordinary-size.-

COAST PORT ORDERS, whenever practicable, are despatched by fist steamer leaving after receipt of order,

FOR COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties when received in good order.

Counterfoll Order Books supplied on applica-

tion.

Our Registered Telegraphic Address is, "DISPENSARY, HONGKONG," And all signed messages addressed thus (will receive prompt attention.

The following is a List of Waters always-

kept ready in Stock :-

PURE AERATED WATERS

SODA WATER

LEMONADE

POTASH WATER

SELTZER WATER

SARSAPARILLA WATER ·

LITHIA WATER

TONIC WATER

GINGER ALE

GINGERADE.

No Credit given for bottles that look dirty, or greasy, or that appear to have been used for any other purpose than that of Containing Aerated Water, as such bottles are never used again by us."

A. S, WATSON & Co., LIMITED, Hongkong, China, and Manila,

The Honghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1891.

TELEGRAMS.

MORE PORTUGUESE AGGRESSION. BRITAIN DEMANDS EXPLANATION,

LONDON, April 23rd. The Marquis of Sallsbury has, demanded an

explanation from Portugal regarding the seizure of the steamer Agnes. He awalls a reply

• before deciding on what action will be taken. '

The political position of Portugal is considered

to be critical,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"THE CONTRABANDISTAS will make their last appearance at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, this

evening.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1891.

ST. PETER'S SKAMEN'S CHURCH-The Mission steam-launch Day Spring will call alongside vessels hoisting code pennant C between 9 and 10.30 am. on Sunday to convey men ashore to the 11 o'clock service, returning about 12.30. 21

DOLLARS and Sense—Mamma—Marrý bits, my dear; be is worth a million dolism. Daughter

But, mamma,

he hasn't got any sense. Mamma That's mil right, dear. You take cCATE of the sense and the dollars will take care of you. THE Spring Meeting of the Shanghai Race Clab will commence on Monday next. For some extraordinary reason, which we are quite usable to understand, no liat of entries bas yet reached

us. The Clerk of the Course bar a deal to Answer for.

Our Singapore contemporary the Siralli Times THUS a Chinese conteraporary:There seems says it is now hard to get good men as directors to be some trouble at the Tong Shan mines. of public companies in the Straits, as they are

Some days ago one of the foreign overseers had always retiring by reason of going home and occasion to punish some of his servants, when the like." It is likewise bard to get suitable

he was assaulted by a hundred or more of the directors in Hongkong, and the men they do

Cantonese. He was badly injured, but mannged select are not always good, but rather err on these get on board a trata, and in company with a other alde. This is a subject we intend to foreign doctor betook himself to Tientsin.. thoroughly thresh out in the very near future. The rest of the foreigners employed at the mines are also burrying away as fast as they can. It A Naro when, giving evidence in a Georgia

remains to be seen how this matter will be court was reminded by the Judge that be was to

settled." tell the whole truth. Well, yer see, boss," sald the dusky witness, I'ae skeered to tell de whole JoHN," said a wife who was supposed to be on truf for fear I might tell a lie.* Judge witness)-Do you know the mature of an oath her death-bed," in case of my death I think Witness-Sah? Judge-Do you understand man of your temperament and domestic nature, swear to? Witness-Yes, ah; marry again. Do you think so, my dear " aside from the good of the children, ought to I'm to swear to tell de truf. Judge-And what I certainly do, after a reasonable length of time." will happen if you do not tell it? Wilacss-Well, now, do you know, my dear, that relieves

'spects our side'il win da case, sab.

my mind of a great burden. The little widow

what you are

already crapping up, and we doubt if It is to the GooDold Straits Times/ OurSingapore colleague fever since you were taken ill. She is not the

THE suggested amalgamation of the Insurance Companies in Singapore will scarcely be effected without considerable trouble. Difficulties are public interest that this alterapt at a monopoly should succeed. THE "Riallo has been quite deserted this afternoon, the ancient and honorable fraternity

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having flocked en masss over to Kowloon city on the off chance of seeing a wretched woman deliberately aliced to places and half-a-dozen men butchered in cold blood.

house were sent to gaol this morning, by Mr. THE master and two foils of a Chinese boarding Wisc, at the Police Court, for revaniting a man whom they wished to ship off to Borneo, Mr. Caldwell appeared for the prosecutor, who bore evident marks. This is "free labour" all the world over.

apologises for the delay in holding the ordinary general meeting of the "Jellybag" Company, and says in extenuation "It has been found that the date prescribed for the meetings undaly hunies the making-up of the books and the sale of the half-year's ore and tin, yet weither is it desirable to declare a dividend until the tin and or are turned into cash,"

The italics are ours, and we commend them to the serious consideration of directorates of ipcai limited lablity companies.

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SHARE business to-day has been entirely confined to the monthly settlements... On dif that there has been great trouble in seranging matters, the "bulls" in Banks having been very badly left, and quite a number of accounts are ald to fill remain unsatiled. We shall be able to speak more definitely on this matter in our

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The Germans are probably the most numerous of the foreign races in New York. In 1880 the Irish were ahead; there were 198,595 of them; while there were 161,483 Germani. Since then the German Immigration has increased very greatly, and has stendily gained on the Irish. A COAL coolie was charged at the Magistracy | next issue, this morning with stenling some lend piping from the steamer Zambesi yesterday afternoon. The Straits Times of the 18th inst, reports:- The third officer of the steamer said the absence Something approaching a serious slot eccurred in of the piping made a hole in the alde of the Sirangoon yesterday between two Chinese Søht, vessel, which might have turned out serious hail the Seh Lim and Seh Cản,' somewhere about it not been discovered. The defendant fifty Chinese participating. The disturbanco arrested with the stolen property and Mr. Wise occurred shortly after I p.m. and the police were sent him to gaol for three weeks. No forging, successful in arresting eleven of the participants, It would appear from the Reuter's telegram loling and unlawful assembly.

who will be charged to-day on two counts--- The weapons published in this issue that "fale Lusitania" has used were of the class much used by the entirely lost whatever political sense and for Chinese in such cases; more productiva of sores sight she has possessed during the past decade, and plentiful bruises than fatal injuries, and it The fact that French financiers have lent the was only found necessary to send three men to little bankrupt kingdom a few million francs does Hospital, with broken heads. On enquiry it has not mean that France is pledged to support been ascertained that a woman of easy virtue was Portugal in her ridiculous vagaries In Africa, the cause of the trouble; she had been kept by a Unless Portugal 'takes it all back and member of one. Stå and had been decoyed or, makes ample reputation for repeated insulis at any rate, taked Away by a member of the to the British flag and for farcibly seizing rival one. Hence the trouble, which, as noted, unarmed British steamers on the most frivolous | sent the amative. Chinese and their numerous pretences, the Union Jack will be waving over connections on the war-path, the towers of Lisbon within a fortnight-and the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. Our Macao will be occupied by a few companies of ancient allies mustn't presume too much on the stolld good nature of the British lion; they have gone too far this time and will have to frankly make amends for their blander or face the Inevitable.

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WE'note from our Singapore exchanges that the regarding the working or details of the special, said he arrested a woman who had pawned | Kipling, and does it in bitter-sweet fashion—rather Lassumption, that long sentences invariably prova

third ordinary general meeting of the Jelebu Mining and Trading Company will be held at the Exchange Rooms, Singapore, at noon on the 30th instant. An extraordinary meeting will afterwards be held in order to sanction certain proposed alterations in the Company's rules.

THE credito musical critic of the Daily Press. in doing" the concert given at the City Hall on Thursday night, remarks that "the impres- sion created by Mr. Grace's singing is far more striking than what might be made in the case of a singer whose vocal powers were of superior degree, but whose declamation and enunciation were inferior." Now, what does all that mean? THE following are the returns of population for the Straits Settlements, as ascertained by the .census taken on the night of Sunday, April 5th 1--- +8x6 1866 18: SIMER DOE

97,13 1390 84, Penang Fro

vince Weitsley*,000 172,000 131,954-190,597 618,gall Miliccad

77.556

03.570 90,030

Toul (eqß,qum ayt,oma 197,921 ankade 341,066

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MR. E. W. MAITLAND, Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial Hospital, begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the hospital:-

G. C. Anderson, Esq......

Messrs. Scheele & Co.

A. G. Gordon, Esq.....

S. D. Setna, Esq.

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THE "Ida Poli Rose" Operatic Concert Com pany opened at Singapore on the 17th inst, in Times says that "for high-class, vocal talent Donizetti's "Don Pasquale." The Straits the Ida Poll Rosa Co. will rank amongst the

best artists that bare ever visited Singapore, That is a very good introduction should these wandering minstrels' make up their minds to visit Hongkong.

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Jenkins haz acte? rather demurely towards me

the woman that you are, of course, a strong- minded, intelligent woman of character, but she is plump and pretty, and I am sure she would make me a very desirahie wife. The next day Mrs. John was able to sit up, the following day. she went downstairs, and on the third day" she was planning a new dress.

wanted" by the police, was charged before ZEPERINO PEREIRA, the Portuguese who was Mr. Wise at the Police Court this morning with “WHAT is the deepest depth of ignorance?" stealing a silver watch and chain, the property was the question put by a well-known local of a Japanese, on Thursday night. The com- pbliosopher to three cronies at the bar of the plainaat said he hung his cost up whilst having Hongkong Hotel yesterday. It is the crassa game of billiards on the night of the day in Ignorance displayed by a Hongkong Government question, and on going for his coat he found the official when he is asked for any information watch and chain missing. Detective Hadden

the watch and chain, and she gave information department which he is supposed to direct," was the prompt reply of an ubiquitous newspaper

which led to the defendant's arrest. The man who was in the crowd, and It was defendant said he did not steal the articles; he unanimously agreed that a correct, solution had was willing to compensate the complainant, been arrived at,

He admitted doing six months for larceny, and three weeks' imprisonment for disorderly conduct last year. Mr. Wise said he thought the defen- dent a "bad hat "—and prescribed six months' hard labour. They've got him on the list. COUNT Tolstoi has just favored the world through the medium of an English magazine, with some exceedingly extravagant and foolish remarks on the subject of Wine Drinking and Tobacco Smoking." With characteriwić cyni- cism, says a writer in the Lady's Pictorial, he maintains that the only reason people hate for drinking wine or smoking tobacco is that these Indulgences enable them to "drown the voice of | conscience"; and to the cigarette in particular he attributes a marvelous power of lulling to rest all one's innate ideas of right and wrong. "Do you wish to do something which you know you ought not to do ? Smoke a cigarette ! " exclaims the cheerful Count, whose as appear to be about as pleasant and ex- attraction that they are the most exaggerated non- bilarating as his novels, with the additional

sense. When Count Toistol sets before us his morbid studies of raving pessimism and bomi- cidal-mania, we feel disgusted, but recognize the power of the writer; but when he talks of the worm of conscience smothered in the fumes of tobacco," we simply laugh.

PRIVATE G. WALLACE, of the A. and S. High- landers, committed suicide this morning in a sergeant's bunk at Victoria Barracks, by shooting hiraself in the mouth with a Martini-Henri rifle. The deceased had been subject to fits for some considerable time, and about a year ago fell from a verandah during one of the fits. He was a single man, and about 14 years of age and had been in the Regiment about six years. His funeral took place this afternoon with military Bionors, and a magisterial inquiry into the cir. cumstances will take place at the Police Court on Tuesday afternoon.

THE fourteenth ordinary general meeting of the North China Insurance Co., Limited, was held In Shanghai on April 20th. There was a large attendance of shareholders, and Mr. E. H. Lavers presided. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. E. H. Bell, the Report and Accouts as presented, were unanimously passed; and on the proposition of Mr. A. Anderson, seconded by Mr. Möller, Messrs, F. H, Bell, D. Brand, J. F. Seaman, H. R. Heart, E. H. Lavers, W. D. Little, and A. G. Wood were elected directors for the ensuing year. Messrs. Augustus White and A. Burman were appointed zuditors,

Sour month since our evening contemporary, in the course of one of those editorial emanations which so delight the one reader,' committed the Lascars," The Sydney Bullets cheerfully itself to the assertion" that the Australians hate responds as follows:"No, we don't. We love them at a distance. As interiopers amongst local white labour, we don't want them at all It is no question of love or hate, but merely one of protecting the right of our whites to live up to a free man's standard. The Lascar is fiae fellow Tax Heungshan left here at o'clock this after-in his native lair. As an alleged navigator, he's noon for St. John's Island, vía Macao, with a a slummocker, a fraud, a coward, and a willing cargo of pilgrims anxious to pay the customary sacrifice to the boss sweaters. As a landaman Annual reverence to the manes of the late immigrant, he is an eyesore and a human lamented St. Francis Xavier. If there should cockroach." And now "Brownie," what is your happen to be a bit of a sen on between Macas opinion? and Sanchoan, as is must probable, the pilgrims will have lively time of it, as the Haungthan Is a 'dalay in a sen-way,

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We don't pretend to answer legal questions in this journal, but can nevertheless inform "Inquirer" that, as we interpret the law on the subject, a man is not liable to prosecution in England for marrying his deceased wife's sister. The penalty is simply deprivation of legal rights. But for the opposition of the mad-headed Bench of Bishops, this ridiculous and utterly meaningless law would have been amended years ago, HONGKONG is not the oply place in the world where severe sentences are the order of the day. At Portsmouth a few weeks ago the Recorder sent a woman who stole a blanket, the property of her mother-in-law (and pawned it to get food), gaol for five years; and another woman, og years of age, to seven years' penal servitude for stealing a second-hand shirt valued at 11. 6d,

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This latter sentence must be a best on record.

"I MADE a speech in my youth in the Mohawk Valley," said Chauncey M. Depew in the couras of a recent address, when I was frisky with aurora borealis and rainbows. I was depleting the possibility of the ideal republie under the principles of the party which I loved, and when concluded, an old campaigner, an old-timer, an old spoilaman' stepped up in me and laid *Chauncey, that speech had more frill than shirt.

AT the Harbour Master's Office this morning before Comid. Haslings, R., Acting Mariae Magistrate, Edward Williams, wlackman of the British steamer Gwalior, was charged with disabeying lawful orders on board the steamer yesterday. Capt. J. F. Jephson said the defen- dant signed articles in Bombay about three weeks ago and yesterday he refused duty, with ing to be paid off. The defendant said he had got leave to go ashore last Sunday and did not return till Wednesday. The master had logged him for his absence and he understood he was to be paid off on Thursday, in consequence of which he refused to do any more work Worship sentenced him to seven days' imprison ment and ordered his discharge from the ship. ONE of the latest'applications of electricity to dentistry has been exhibited in England in the shape of an apparatus destined to effect a revolution in certain kinds of work, called the dental vibrator. By means of this most simple it is said that the extraction of testh is

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OSCAR WILDE has been criticising. Rudyard

'more bitter than sweet: "With Mr. Kipling one feels as if one. were seated under palm tree reading life by supesh flashes of vulgarity. The bright colours of the briars dazzle one's eyes. The jaded common-place Anglo-Indians are in exquisite Incongruity with their surroundings. The mere lack of style in the story-teller gives an old journalistic realism to what he tell us From the point of view of literature Mr Kipling is a man of talent who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporte who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it. Dickens knew its clothes, Mr. Kinling knows its essenge. He is our best authority on the second rate. He terrifier us by his truth, and makes his sordid subject-matter marvelous hy the brilliancy of its setting." There certainly is not much of the westbete about Kipling, either in art or person. It would be amusing if Oscar's attack were to provoke reprisala. Rudyard might have something more cutting to say about thellcism than the apostle of sweetness has about what he considers literary vulgarity.

LONDON will be beautiful indeed if the scheme should ever become an accomplished fact. He detailed by Mr. Shaw-Lefevre in the Speaker

wishes to have broad boulevards opening from central situations to all sides of London, in order that access may be simple and casy the great commons and heaths, of which no less than sixty lie at no greater distance than twelve miles from Charing Cross. In addition to this, Mr. Lefevre would have two wide THE need of a more or less elastic horse-shoe than zones of boulevards encircling London-en that now in use has led to many trials and ex iden which was evidently suggested by the periments, which, not resulting in anything satis line of road which includes Oxford and old mut of byegone days. A new horse-shoe has Road; and Marylebone Road on the other. Down factory, have kept the farriers art in the same Cambridge Terrace on one alde of the Edgeware been made in Germany, and it is constructed of the whole course of these there are small front parchment paper, or a paper prepared by a gardens or "private roads," neither of which are trable to dampness, or moisture. Thin layers gardens are useless from a floral point of view, saturation of oil, turpentine, &c., and impene of the smallest use to the householder. The of such paper are glued together until the and chiefly serve as a rendezvous for the home desired thickness necessary for the horse-less cats of the vicinity. Mr. Lefevre's scheme shoe is attained by an agglutinant, which would convert both private roads and gardens te is indifferent to the action of moisture, and public use, adding them to the width of the road. which, will not get brittle when dry. The way and taming them by this means into wide leaves of such prepared paper can first be cut to and handsome boulevards with seats placed and the desired form, and holes for nailing on the trees planted on either side. A detailed scheme shoes be stamped through, and the leaves glued is shortly to be laid before the London Copoly has to undergo a very strong pressure, perhaps together, one on top of another. Then the shoe Council. by a hydraulic press, is dried, and lastly rasped and planed. The fastening of these shoes can be done by nailing through the holes or by glueing with bitumen. The fact of its getting rough makes the paper horseshoe a great advan

age in preventing slipping on smooth and slippery places.

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WILLIAM KING, chief officer, of the British steamer Ghaset, was charged at the Harbour- master's Office, this morning before Camd Hastings, R.N. Acting Marlue Magistrate, with assaulting Frank Full, A. B of the same ship, on Thursday last. Mr. Caldwell appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Holmes for the defence. The complainant said that about six o'clock on when he felt some one setke hlas from behind Thursday night he was walking on deck.

and dash him on the deck, causing him to

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nearly occurred in connection with the smuggling A REPETITION of the Fushiti Maru hecatomb of the nine Japanese girls on the Zambesi, as reported in a previous issue. Capt. Parsons become insensible. When he came to he describes the condition of the poor creatures, inquired how he came by his injuries, and upon when discovered in the fore-peak, as most learning that the chief officer had assaulted him pitiable. They and the two panderers who had he took out a summons. He admitted being the Inveigled them aboard were huddled on anchor-worse for liquor at the time. E. Pincher, lamp- chains, in a place too small to hold a couple of trimmer, gave corroborative evidence. people with any comfort, for four days literally defendant said the complainant had been using weather had been met with, and the place fight, and called the third engineer, who corro- lying on the top of each other, and if bad abusive language to him and challenged him to battened down, they would most certainly have borated his statement. His Worship considered ninegirls and two men were brought before Mr been suffocated. At the Palles Court to-day the the charged proved and imposed a fine of $20 Wise on the formal charge of being stowaways,

or six weeks' hard labour. At the close, of the The case was adjourned yesterday in order that charged Frank Full with disobeying his orders rase Captain Scotland. of the same steamer, the Japanese Consal might be communicated

on Thursday. The charge being proved Frank with. The Consul had replied that it was out got a "fall" seven days. He had evidently of his power to roove in the matter and that he thought his name called for some corresponding: could give no suggestion as to their disposal or characteristic. landing of them, bir. Wire said he could not do anything with them. They admitted the charge, A. H. CHADBOURNE contributes to the New MR. ALEXANDER YOUNG, for the past but were willing to pay all demands. The | York Electrical Review some interesting

carpenter twenty years__foreinan

in the captain said he would accept the payment of views on the question of the faturs of electrse

apparatus

rendered actually as well as nominally painlcas The principle of the operation is that a rapidly interrupted current is allowed to pass through the body of the patient, who grasp handle in each hand, while a third connection le made to the forceps so that a shunt of the current passes through the teeth. There is little doubt that this method of extraction will supersede extrac. ten under the anesthetics hitherto used.

electric street-car line in Americs that his been equipped and operated commercially, his

THE third of the series of concerts in aid of tău | employ of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock) passage money on the assurance that he should traction. While referring to the fact that every widow and family of the late Bombardier Company, principally at Kowloon Docks be held free from blame by the Japanese author Ashdown, R. A., was successfully gives at the left here on Thursday is the steamship tier, and the case was dismissed. It was the best Garrison Theatre fast evening to a crowded Zafe to assume charge of the Manila Patent thing for the girls-but are the procureurs to go house The performers werd entirely volunteers from both Services, and their efforts Slip. Mr. Young has, during his long term of unwhipped of Justice 7

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Bulletin, on a subject dealt with to our editorial THE (ollowing remarks from the Sydney columns yesterday, are very much to the point and are worthy of the careful thought of our Incal dispensers of justice: The voice of Mr. Justice Williams has again been mised in protest against the mistaken leniency of his fellow effects of mistaken mercy. Starting on the punishment-awarders and the demoralising

the most effective repressive agencies against: repeated criminality na well as the most powerful deterrents against incipient rascaldem, ha forthwith whelmed a couple of prisoneER awalting the termination of his judicial philosophies with an avalanche of penal servi inde and solitary confinements. The popularity of this very superficial reasoning cannot be denied, but when Justlee Williams want, on to remark that "he trusted that his observations would be taken notice of by all the magistrateż of the colony and by Parliament," he erroneously assumed his flabby utterances to be possessed of a certain vaine, whereas in point of fact they are

drawnany profitable conclusions from his lengthy most fairly represented by the figure o. Had he survey of Victorian crime it would not he neces sary todeplore his blundering in advocating excep tional severity as the sole minimising expedient, but beyond the bald statement that there is a lot of crime about, and that this crime, when found out, must be heavily punished, nothing remains deriv able therefrom suggesting any means for reducing the criminal tendencies themselves. The first adjuvant towards the subjection ei offences against others is to be found in establishing the to find work for all rather than encourage is principle that: it should be the care of the State weaker members to be driven from hunger to steal orb. The second is the perfection of the social police department to a point which will render the certainty of detection universal and evil-doing correspondingly unprofitable. The third is the education which the Stain should impart to its practices must ultimately end in rain, and adolescent members, to the effect that anti-social

that the game is not worth the candle. Lastly,

entirely deficient, such should be treated as as many persons are horn with physical con stitutions wherein the industrial impulse is victims of disease, and be temporarily segregated for medical treatment, inasmuch as punishment

acts rather as an aggravation. To empty the is powerless to effect a care, and, if anything, river is futile to commence by bating out its waters at the sen outlet with a pannikin, but the fest le casily surmountable when Initiated at a is the one apparently favoured by Mr. Justion few feet from its source. The former procedure

Williams and such bogus philosophers.

THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND

THE GOVERNOR.

The subjoined correspondence speaks for itself

Hongkong, April 14th, 189r. His Excellency the Governor,

SIR-With reference to the debate in the

instant on the motion by the Honorable. T. H. Legislative Council of Hongkong on the roth Whitehead that" In consequence of the enhanced Imperial Government, this Colony is not in a Military Contribution still, demanded by the position to pay the Increased salaries recently recommended by the Unofficial Members, and that the Secretary of State be requested by tele gram to withhold his sanction." We, the under- signed unofficial members, beg to inform your Excellency that they propose to memorialize the Secretary of State on the subject, to urge the proposed increase of seinries, and that the withholding of his larriship's sanction to the

memorial is in course of preparation,

We have now, therefore, to request your this our intention, and to ask his fortship by Excellency to notify the Secretary of State of

receipt of our memorial telegraph to withhold his sauction peading

We have the honor to be, Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient, humble

SOITANIE.

(Signed) P. RYRIE.

J. J. KENWICK, HO KAI

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T. H. WHITEHEAD.

Hongkong, 20th April, 1891. ·

been a successful and a profitable investment. His Excellency the Governor, he dwells on the comparatively limited develop- ment of the mechanical as compared with the

DEAR SIR-Referring to the debatein Council

with Chinese passengers for Singapore and the enthusiasm. To-night-another concert.is #billed" be is a thorough master of his business there Siberia with horror as a terrible and desolate points to the bight Acctric motor, in which to your Excellency on 14th idem intimating that STEAMERS are leaving Amoy almost daily laden | to amuse were crowned with constant waves of service with our local Dock Company, provta THOSE who have been accustomed to regard electrical details of the electric street car, and on the roth instant on the motion of the Honorable

Straits Settlements.

MR. J. J. M. FLEURY takes charge of the Natberland Consulate General at the Singapore instead of Mr. G. Lavino, absent on leave. THE Clarewitch, on boxid the Vladivostock and. accompanied by an escort of two Russian war vesela, panied Chinklang on the right of the ̧17th Inst, en route to Hankow.

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of his numerous friends in this colony, and their name is legion, A man who has hosts of friends and as enemies is a rarity indeed in this age of wholesale back-biting. Alec Young occupies that enviable position.

of economy that

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to learn that the Rev. L. C. Biggs has returned / Wallace will play for the blus fibbon on apprentice. The train at wees everything i forests are the largest in the world, and fis mineral | und warm room and the motor man will have 'n

For the sake of the souls of the pore "heathes, which have lately gone sadly astray, we rejoice

from leave of absence, and has resumed duty as Colonial Chaplain at Penang. We are informed by the agent of the Compañia Maritims Asiática that the steamship Inge pandent with her 680 emigrants arrived at Salina Cruz on the sand of April, all well, manking the passage in 46 days.

SOME very interesting correspondence between the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Consell and Governor des Voeux on the, sexed question of the increase in official salaries, will be found in another part of this issue.

Ar the Police Court recently. Interpreter(to Portuguese witness in an insult case) — Are you Christianora Roman Catholic? Withers What?" Interpreter-Take the Bock, plesso.” And a smills wont round the Court,

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T. H. Whitehead, the unofficial members winte they proposed to memorialize the Secretary of State on the subject of the increase of officid salaries recently recommended by them, and asked your Excellency to telegraph to the Secretary of State requesting his lordship to withhold his sanction pending receipt of their memorial.

The unofficial members would be glad to know if your Excellency has so telegraphed, because, if not, they propose doing so themselves,

*--Ħam, Dear Big?

Your Excellency's most obedient humble'

servant,

(Signe)) P. RYrit.

In the first round of the Lawn Tennis Championship, E. G. Young easily beat Stewart by three sets to one, C. Flatt vanquished H, S. Brown by winning three sets off the reel, and G. B. Coxon had the lack to draw a bya, In the second ties Coxon proved far too good for Young, winning by three to one, and after a very THE best part of life, according to a writer the plucky fight on the part of the loser, who was Hospital, is in front of the man of forty, il he be out played at first, the crack, W. H. Wallace, anything of a man. The work he will do will be vanquished Platt by three to two, Coxon and done with the hand of a master, and not of a raw intellect does not see Monday at 430 pm, weather permitting. It men as trees walking, " ought to be a very light AL

clear and injust measure. Trafund temper does resources are immense. Walle the Russians are not rush at work like a blind bull at a haystack, striving by every means in their power la SOMTHOW or other, cables Gordon Bennett from but advances with the cafe and ordered "pace exclude the Chinese, who, much to their dismay, London to the New York Herald, the Britisbers of conscious power and deliberate determination, are swarming along the auriferous banks of the manage to drag the name of the Prince of Wales To no man is the world to new and the upper Yenisei river, they are disposed to foster into every social sensation, He is mentioned faire so fresh as to him who has spent the and 201st British enterprise in Siberis. The now as the originator of the boom to restorp Sir early years of his manhood in suiving to under- animosity between the Muscovites and the Charles Dilke to his former position in society | stard the deeper problems of science and life, English, which is so marked in the European and politics. The story goes that Dilke while and who has made some headway towards under- portion of the Caur's mighty empire, seems to riding in Hyde Park was overlaken by the standing them. To him the commonest things be replaced by feelings of warm friendship east Prince, who greeted kim la bis pagal friendly are rare and wonderful, both in themselves and of the Ural range, English engineers have been manner and accompanied him in his ride. Bixas pages of a beautiful and intelligent whole selected to devise the system of irrigation which years ago Sir Charles was a constant visites such a thing as staleness le life and its duties he to to transform Southern Siberis Into the greatest Marlborough House, the Prince taking much cannot understand, Knowledge always opening cotton-yielding country in the worldy after the scandal. After this episode in the Park commanding beights. The pleasure of growing Sir Charles and Lady Dilke called and wrote knowledge and increasing power maken every their names again in the Prince's visitors' book | year of his liis happier and more hopeful thas at Marlborough House,

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to take place at the Garrison Theatre fa aid of can be very little doubt that he will have a the widow of the late Musketry Instructor Ryan, successful career in his new sphere of action, population of Russia will be surprised, says the respect it is destined to be superior to all other

waste colonized exclusively by the criminal | will be attained by the

He certainly carries with him the good wishes | New York Tribuns, to learn that there are two systems, when its construction is carried oót enterprising nations, namely, the English and more in accordance with the best mechanical the Chinese, who consider it sufficiantly attractive knowledge of the present day. The special to be worthy of invasion. The conquest apor directions in which the future progress of alectric which they are bent is of an economic rather traction will assert itself, Mr. Chadbourne thinks, than of a political nature, and their object is to will be, first, the use of a longer car, with secure poniession, not of the rulership, but of one and devoted to the motor. The asts the trade and commerce of Siberia, the value may have at least six wheels and will ride of which, according to Baron Nordenskjold, the easily and smoothly and round any curve highest authority on the subject, is stupendous, with ease, as the weight will be fairly Siberia, be declares, surpasses the North Ameri distributed on the rails, and the forward truck can continent Ta area of cultivable soil. Its will be movable. The motor will be in a dry

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, close, direct, unhampered supervision of bis machine at all times. The ustural result of this

Hongkong, 21st April, 18qx. would be a material reduction is depreciation, as SIR-The Goremer has received your latter well as a reducilon to a mipimum of the cost of of yesterday in which you enquire on behalf of operation. Signs are already at hand, that the unofficial members of Council whether his motors of slow speed, will be used, and that Excellency has telegraphed, to the Secretary of noiseless gears will replace the clattering and State with reference to the recent increase of cumbersome gears of today. Improved | official salaries in accordance with the request devices will allow the armature to fun-free contained in their letter of the 14th instant, and when the car is at rest, gearing will be disponted, you at the same time Inform bis Excellency that with and the armature will be placed directly, if he has not telegraphed the unofficial members..... about the car axle. When this is done, and Me (pronosa doing so themselves. Chadbourne in of opinion that it will be copt a reply biam directs than that his plished before another decade, the steals lécb-Excellency not so telegraphed, does not we shail run through ear streets and over the His Excellency country at Any desired speed without smoke, stated the teams for his course in Caract, but cinders or fire, and travel will then indeed be in as owing to various causes there may yet be a ↓ delay of secse days, he deems it well to pay for

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pleasure in his company, but he dropped him out before him in wider expanses and more | capital has been baspaken for the construction motive must givo Way, to advanced, Ideas,;'and:] propose to do so had hoped before now to have

of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and exceptional facilities, including remission on all import duties, have been granted to the British plonsors:

· of trade upon the Siberian sivers,

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