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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1892.

The Honghong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1593.

TELEGRAMS.

PARLIAMENT...

LONDON, October agth," The meeting of Parliament li fixed for the middle of January,

CHOLERA

Cholera has appeared st.Calais.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co's steamer Canton left Singapore for this port at 4 p.m., yesterday, "DOKS your new dress fit you well, Clara ?" "Oh, splendidly! I can hardly move or besathe

In IL"

THE Manila Comercio says it is in contemplation to levy a new poll-tax on Chinere entering the Philippines at $50 per head.

THE O. & O. Co.'s stemmer Oceanic, with malla, &, left San Francisco for this port, via Hono. Juin and Yokohama, on the 25th last.

Mr. JAMES BROWN-FOTTER and Kyrie Bellew were announced to open in a new version of

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Our Macão correspondent's letter is unavoidably | THR steamship Avochis, Captela T. Rowin, held over, as is the thrilling and sensational | arrived here this morning from Hongay with a amirative of "the Maiden Trip of the Sudden | full cargo of the Charbonnage Co.'s coal, Jerk; or how Mr. Ede lost the Bellyjoss Old Soak (sadly)—I've given up whisky and Medal

As aceldent to a working train is reported to have taken place on the Rawang ina recently It appears that the engine and and trucks went off the line and were capalxed, resulting in the lons of two lives and some fire wounded. Tax Douglas Co's steamer Hallan left for Swatowthis afternoon carrying as chief officer Mr. A. E. Hodgins (ata scting commander of the Thales) pice Mr. J. Douglas, who has been appointed to the post of senior officer in tha Ikiler vesel,

soda.

Friend (sympathetic)-What do you drink now 2

Old Soak (proudly)—Gla: 1

LADY CLANCARTY is "getting on socially," wa read in home papers. Already a number of society people accept her, so far as dining with her or bowing in the park gees. The Earl is devoted to her, her twin boys consider her 'a model mother, and altogether matters are very suspicious. Considering that the twins are only a few months old, their opiniona,mua! doubt the correctness of their alleged thoughts. be taken with some reserve, though we do not

THE Madura Union Club in Madras lately sued number of its members for arrears of subscriptions and the value of refreshments supplied. The district judge, in dismissing the plaintiff's case, sald: The Club being an lasitution of boner, the inte is to appeal to the members' sentimens of honour. The posting. of a man's name as a delaulter and his eventos expulsion from the Club are the highest punish Sirments of the social code, and to bring a man up before a civil. tribunal in addition to the social dligrace is a most refined form of torture, which Is quite alien to the spirit and constitution of a

Ar Selangor a few months ago, ayadicate with s capital of $500 (25 shares of $20 each) started a vegetable garden under the, superintendence of a European gardener, with the result that the residents there now regularly obtain tomatoes, radishes and other nico vegetables" WE read that Sir Edwin Arnold" is going to have his new play, “ Adjuma, or the Japanese Wife," produced in America shortly by Henry Irving, onder the management of Major Pond. Has the British Licenser of Plays rejected Edwin's chaste idyl of Japanese life?

MAILS DOO :-

Canadian (Victoria) tomorrow. German (Sachten) to-morrow, Indian (A. Aptar) z1st instant. American (Brigfs) rát proximo, French (Natal) and Australian (Guthrie) zid #

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Club."

THE two biggest political humbuge of this generation, with the possible exception of Diarsell, were Napoleon III and Blamarck.

in Napoleon's first interview with the German

follows:

THE "BOKHARĂ". DISASTER.

MEETING OF THE HONGKONG COMMITTER.

The Relief Committee appointed by the Governor for the relief of Bokkara Bufferers connected with Hongkong met thle afternoon, H.E. Sir W. Roblasan presided. and there were alap present H.E. Major-General G. Digby Barker, (vice-Chalemán, Col. Malloy, R.E., Liest Col Ravenbill. S.I.I., Licut-Col Barrow, H.KR., Major Selfe, R.A, the Hon.

P. Chater, the Hon, Dr. Ho Kal, the Han J. H. Stewart-Lockhart, Mr. Justles Clarke, Mr. D. Gillies, Mr. H. H., Joseph, Mr. Wal Yak, and the Hon. A. J. Lesch, hon, secretary,"

The Chairman, after reading letters of apology from several absent merübers, said he thought it was undoubted that same fond should be raised, and the question seemed to divide itself into three heades first, what absolutely must be done, namely the reengation of the services of those who esisted the survivor-the

plain of the Tanker, the Douglas Steam ship Company, the priest and villagers, of Pelko, and the mandarin of. Makung, who behaved most hospitably towards them. He belleved the Cricket Club ́had already held à. meeting and de-led that some sort of tablet should be put up in the Cricket Pavillon; wblic the larger question of a memorial in the Happy

(present) meeting should take place. That was, Then, the second of the three head" jõst men- tloned ; the third was a purely privata mafter..... the question of assistance to sufferers. The Committee might first consider, and if approved, confirms what had already been done, Fits Excellency had written several lettera 'one to Messrs. Douglas Laursík & Co., as follows :—

Pelbs Island to those memore of this com munity in the steamship Bokknża who weris wrecked on Sand Teland on the roth October has been reported to mes

On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen I beg to thank these good people for the willleg and andy aid which theyiff rded to the cofferers.

The Community of Honghong is desirous of marking Its sense of the humanity thus shown by the priest and realdents of Pelho Island. I have accordingly to request you to report to me what in your opinion would be the most suitable way of recognising their services,

(Signed)

The Vice-Chairman proposed that the steps taken by His Excellency the Governor be con- firmed by the Committee, and the further pro-

ale dopted,

The Chairman announced that he had ostl mated the cost of his proposals for the recogni tion of the services mentioned would be about $800.

The motion was carried without futher dis cussion.

The Commities direarsed to private the question of relief la sufferers connected with the Colony,

the Committee considered the general questlod of ra sing funds.

On the conclusion of the private discussion,

In the course of convention the opinion was expressed that there shoull be one common fund for all objects, that an estimate of the total amount required be published. and that Shang hat and Hongkong "subscritera be allowed to do ns each thought best that the dis post of the amount raised would be better it to the Hongking Commiter alone, Individual

possible.

[30 Camille" at the Globe Theatre, Boat, on the isreported that the idea ofthe Canadian Pacific Chancellor he complimented him on his French Valley was allowed to stand over unitl the subscribers' with: belog carried out as far as

12th ultimo,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD, FOR-attempting to steal-70-lbs of scrapetron from Kowloon Dock a heathen Chinee was sent into retirement for a month at the Magistracy this morning.

SEEDS.

UR SECOND and LAST SHIPMENT for this Season of VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS having arrived we strongly advice customers in order to prevent dissppolat.

Railroad Company in-deciding to establish- fast line of Atlantic steamships running to Men- tres, is to get the Bridal government to grant a subsidy and to carry traffic for China and Japan right through by the Canadian Pacific road instead of sending it a New York, ni at pre-

It is estimated, according to an American consent. temporary, that the McKinley law has put $600,000 per year into the packets of the New York working men.

A REGULAR meeting of the Eothen Mark Lodge, No. 264. will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock

GOODNESS, "grácious i What this disease that is coming upon us Actually another large, pea-green Chinese torpedo-boat came dashing this forenoots into the waters of this important out-post of a mighty empire upon which the sun, the moon and the stars never gerously sear the bath-house. A regular Chinese (uvasion !________.

"M. de Bismarck, 1. have never heard a German speak French as you do."

"Will you allow me to return the compliment, are?"

"Certainly," "I have never heard Frenchman speak French you do."

It is notorious that Napoleon's French was something execrable. AMOST sensational balloon ascent and parachute drop by night 1 shortly electrify sightseers in Hongkong, Sfor Leo Hernandez better known Mexican Bill, proposen at an early date, on Mexics Ginny by the familiar sobriquet of

in a specialty cars'racted balloon brilliantly Hluminated by five hundred Chinese and Japanese lanters, and from an altitude of six thousand feet make a drop in his famous parachute. S for Hernandez is the first and only Aeronaut who practises, this wanderful exhibition of human nerve and daring, and from reports in Australian and American papers we gather that his extra- the trapeze whilst in erdiary performances

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Hongkong, and October, 1892. Mesus. Douglas Laprak & Co.

Gentlemen,--On behalf of the community st large I have to convey to you an expression of my sincere thanks for the generous assistance unfortunate ship Bokhara

The following letter was read

Shanghal, and October, sēja, Your Excellency, I had the honour yesterday to send you the following telegram -

"Large meeting yesterday of Bridish and other. residents passed resolutions expresstop sincera sympathy with sufferers by loss of Bokhara and appolating representative Commitice pre-. pared to raise fonds to all viste pecuniary dis tress caused by the disaster."

I have now the honour on behalf of the Com mitee appointed at themeeting to ask Your Excellency to be good enough to put me in com munication with the person who is superintend being raised in Hangkorg in order that my Committee may as far as possible co-operate

men) to book their aiders at once for all Seed Precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. | set-and anchored near Murray Wharf, dan Saturday week possible, to make a night ascent which you offarded to the survivors of the ing the relief fund' which is, I. understand,

required for late sowing.

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Patient-Second mate of the sailing ship Annie Lauris, just fa from Hongkong) THE Bangkok Timas leirás from a private letter from America that Col. Boyd reached als Missouri house on the 17th August. He la ina critical state, his lower extremliler being much swollen. He can see no friends, and has little hape of recovery.

QUR contemporary the Sydney Bullitis says that the Chinese still plentifully ancak into Australia. Their aide-entrance is now Tasmania, which province has only a Chinese pall-tax, but no limiting provision that restricts the number of Chinese passengers to a proportion per tonnage.

R. KIPLING finds that "the Canadian bar no especial love for England," and that the mother country has wonderful gift for allenating the

affections of her own household by neglect. What else will this pretenticas and greatly overrated fin de riscia, literary humbug and out, we wonder 1 ACCORDING to the Japanese commissioners who were lately in Sydney, the Japanese Govern ment is prepared to supply almost any number of bighly skilled #griculturists to any suitable country that will guarantee kind and proper treatment at a rate of from one shilling to two shillings per day.

Az Albany, Western Australia, two families the female beads of which are respectively a 'mother, and her married daughter, live under one roof. Each of these matrons gave birth to a boy on the same day and almost, at the same hour. The infants were placed in one cradle, and became irretrievably mixed, so that one mother doesn't know whether she is nursing her son or her grandson, and the other isn't sure whether | she is holding her son or her brother.

MR. SHIELS, Premier of Victoria, has practically declared that his Government objects to any modification of the law of newspaper libel in that colony, "I understand you want the English provisions," said Shiels to the journa llats deputation the other week. It was admitted that local ambition had soured in the direction mentioned. Then Shiels coldly lasinuated that A..S. WATSON & CO., LD. Victorian character required more protection from public comment than was demanded by the law of "the dear, old mother country," and the deputation crawled away on all-fours

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WRITING in the New Review Mr. Kels Hurdie,

M.P., an honest man of exceptional_energy and ability, says: Were every political reforms which the brain of the most rabid reformer ever conceived transformed into law, the position of the worker would remain exacly what it was before if bix economic surroundingsaremained on. changed. One man one vote does not had work for the unemployed; payment of members does not lessen the hours of the slave of the tramway footboard working 14 hours a day, nor increase the wages of the sempstress making shirts in her garret at 61d, a dozen, or of the poor widow who makes match boxes: (supplylog her own paste) for aid, a gross,"

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gone wrong.

JAMES THOMSON, 36, whom a Police Court Billet our described as an engineer, was introduced to the Inspector on duty at the Central Police Station last night and charged by a constable with an offence against public decency. He was quickly bailed out in the sum of 5 by a "pal," this morning the Mexicans were promptly bot failleg to turn up at the magisterial ads annexed for the benefit of Mitchell-Jones and

class.

I most thoroughly appreciate the value of the services which your Firm rendered in this great disaster, by diverting the steamship Thales from her usual course, and by conveying those who were saved from the wreck, from Pelko Island to Talwanloa.

The kindness of Faptain Hodgins, and of his officers and crew, to Dr. Lowson, Mr. Markham, has been reported to me and I trust that it will be recognised in a manner which will not be unacceptable to those who, at great-ri-k-and- personal inconvenience, assisted in this Humano work.

I have, &c.,

REPLY.

An American citizen named William Guake figured in the Hall of Justice this morning and answered to the charge of being a vagrant, as alleged by a Sikh constable who took him in charge whilst padding the hoof in Lascar Row. Defendant proved to the satisfac tion of Mr. Wodehouse that he was earning $28 per mentam by teaching four-Portuguese clerksd-air bave never yet been equalled. Itland-the-others who were providentially saved shortband, so he was allowed to go on his way hoped that the reclamation in front of the Hong rejoicing. We know Gerke; he is a good man kong Hotell be secured for this novel

performance, full particolars of which, with some. details of the balloonist's past career in this line of business, we hope to publish as soon as arrangements have been finally completed. Mr. FRANK UPTON, well known in Japan. us managing owner of the "Upton" line of

Hongkong, 4th October, 1892... teamers to Portland, wrote recently frem Kate-

Sir-Wo beg to acknowledge Your Fxcel. drawal of the steamers. He said "I lency's communication of the 22nd lost. express- to a gentleman in Pertand regarding the with badly treated in this respect, for although I wsing, on behalf of the Community at large, thanks the other extravagantly paid officials of blindnancial difficulty, I had made arrangements for services rendered by the steamship Zales fer a regular service, and the third best, a very to the survivors of the recent tartible disaster to fine, fast vesel, was firm in hand, but the the steamship Bakkara. cancelled, ro, of course, the vessel was not Union Pacific wired me that the contract was needed. However, the same firm of shipowners Atchison and Topeka to San Diego, so all the are about to run a line in connection, with the Union Pacific wil have gained by their move is that the Southern Pacific-at whose instigation the contract was cancelled-will have a com petitor for the Mexican trade and the Pacific Mail for e'r Honolula business. Portland will Save lost her 4 ur trade as well as lumber, for to go to Tacoma. President Clark stated

OPERATIONS on the Korat Rallway are actively proceeding. No less than four steamers are on their way out with full cargots of railway material, and twenty-five ballast wagons were landed on the 13th inst. It is hoped that by the end of next month quite two miles of per manent way will be ready. M. Beihge, the Director-General of the Royal Railway Departs ment, was in London about the middle of last month, arranglog-about-the-Royal carriages. Two surveyors and two engineers are coming out from Europe to join the staff of the Depart

ment.

that my ships were no benefit to Portland, and In this be dsplayed either his Ignorance or mendacity, for the fact is each ship left about $3.000 for disbursements,"

will be duly passed on to Captain Hodgins and Your Excellency most appreciative remarks the Officers and Crew of the Thales, by whom are by cumselves. the same will be most highly esteemed, as they

We have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servants,

His

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DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.

with him,

Valuable time, would be saved if he would Inform me by telegraph of the names and circumstances of thes requiring relief, and give me some estimate of the sum required to be raised,

The Manager of the Great Northern Telegraph Company bere has kindly off red to forward telegrams on the subject bath ways gratis,

I have the honour to be, Your Excellency, ----

Your most obedient humble servant,

NICHOLAS J. HANNEN,

H. B. M. Conal General and Chairman of Committee.

To His Excellency · Sle William Robinson,

of K.C.M.G., Governor Hongkong, &c. &c, &c. Mr.Chater said that he had seen a telegram (later than the date of the Consul's. letter) sent to Mr. Judd from Shanghai stating that abscription lista had been already opened la

the feelings of Shanghat sympathisers must be that portalat, though Hongkong would be only too willing to raise all the mɛney required,

conildered.

After some farther conversation,-

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The Chairman said ho gathered that the con- clusions arrived at by the Committee were to the following effect :-(1) that there be one general fond to provide for all ofjects, for the recegal-- General Managers. ... tion, of the services of persons mentioned, for- The Douglas Steamship Co., Ld--the suff rers, and for the permanent memo

rial |()) that the amount to be raised fr. Honge Excellency Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.Gong be $5 000; (3) if the communly of Shang- &c., &c. &c.

hst wished to add its cont:lbulons to that, the His Excellency bad also written thanking Cart colony of Hongkong would gratefully accept UNDIR the heading "A Suggestion," Mr. Geo,

McLeod for the services rendered by H.MS. them towards the general fund (4) that Porpoise, and he also proposed, if the Committee the entire amount by administered by Butler writes to the N. C. Daily News under

concurred, to write to Her Majesty's Minister a! | a sub-committee ・ of this committee in date the 21st October:-"The time is fast a THR Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the Shrop Pekin, as he had done to the Secretary of much manner as hereafter decided by them i proaching when British residents will again beshire Light Infantry, with a number of friends, State fer Foreign Affairs, with view to the (5) that if any subscriber expressed a with that called upon to pay for their privileges. That the registration fea has always been unpopuler met last night atthe N. C. O. Mesi, Murtry proper recognition of the conduct of the Man-his or her subscription be devoted to any partl no one will dispute. That the government de Barracks, in orderto present Mr. Goodbody, late darin at Makung, asking that the Teangelicalar branch, such wish should be respected as not lay much stress upon it is abundantly proved drammar of the regiment, with a very band.

Yaren take some notice of ft. He sis proposed far- as psesible f--(5)-that- the question of s by the fact that for several years it was allowed some diamond sing. Serg-Maj Liddle, in to write to Consul Warren (Fal-wan-for) asking | memorial in the Happy Valley or in the Cather te lapse until it was unnecessarily and arbitarily making the presentation, raid that it was indeed in what form the community of Hongkong dra) be left to the Committee, revived by Mr. Alabaster. I would suggest that great pleasure to him to hand to a faithful old could best convey is thanks to the priest The Hon. J. H. Stewart-Lockart and the the authorities should be asked to apply the messmate a slight token of what they thought of and peeple Pelho, and what would Hon. A. J. Leach expressed thels willingness to rext collection to the fend about to be raised for him, and he hoped he would live to wear it be the most suitable way of recognia- give their services for the work of secretary and the help of those suffering through the loss of for many years He then proposed the health ing their kindness—whether. In money or la treasurer combined. the Bakkara. It would for once be cheerfully thanking the Sergt-Majar and his mess.

Mr. Goodbody, wauresponded in a few words, some other way. At the same time he wrote to paid. With regard to the meeting held at the mates, and assured them that be should always Consulate, It would have been more to the point, look back with pride on the bonor they bad if instead of enlogising the P. & 0. Company, a searching er quiry bad been demanded as to the done him that evening Mr. Gondbody folded cases which led to this shocking catastrophe. the regiment at Aldersbet in 1871, and for it That a mall-beat should succumb where other car was drum-major be served through the less powerful steamers escaped certainly calls Egyptian campaign from 1882 until 885, far for explanation."

WHITELAW, RKID'S “TOWE." Whitelaw Red, the Republican candidate for the Vice-Presidency of the United States, is something of a poet, says the Dearer San The following, entitled "When the Ship Comes In" was given to the present wiiter several days ago!— “Summer and winter are one to me,

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Sails a treasure vessel, and all is mine.....¦ I see the ripples that fall away....

As she clearen'the azore waves before ; - And nearer, nearer, day by day,

Draws the happy hour when she comes

shorò.

"But what if she never comer,' you say,

*If you never the honor, the treasure gain 75" It has made me happier day by day, Qu

It has onsed fall many en schiog pain ::. It has kept the spirit from envy free,

Has dulled the ear to the world's rude dlu..

Oh 1 best of blessings it's been is me.

which" he wants" the medal and the Khedive's Stari and he also has the Long Service and Good Conduct medal. On retiring from active service position he holds now. During the evening the he was appointed canteen manager, which guests were attended to by Quartermaster-Sergt. Shepherd, Col, Sergt. Mauders, and other members of the Mess, who were unceasing in their endeavours to make things pleasant.

Consul, Waren at Makung that the people of Honghong were desirous of acknowledging in some tangible way the services of the Malang mandarlo, and asking his opinion. Hi Excellency believed that the mandarin's great desire was to possess a Winchester repeating side.

His Excellency read the following lettera 5→→→ (DRAFT LUTIER.)

To H, B♪ M. Minister at Peking.

(Signed)

**)(DRAFT LETTER.)

To this the Committee #greed.

to carry out the of cis named:-H. E the The followingwere appointed a Sub-Committee Vice-Chairman, the Joint Hon. Sereiaries and Transurers, Mr. D. Gillies, Mr. T. E. Davies.

The proceedini's then terminated.

THE CHINA MERCHANTS MONO- POLY IN THE NORTH

CHINESE DISREGARD (V TREATY RIGHTS.

Sir, I have to transmit to your Excellereya: copy of a letter which I have addressed to Consul Warren in reference to the kindness and hospitality shown by the Mandata of Makong The disablilty imposed in defiance of treaty Formos, to the survivors of the shipwrecked steamship Bethara on the 14th and 5th rights upon foralga steamers listing to Tientsia October?

Binnen de ADN his not been removed;"When we.” wrote about I should be obliged if your Excellency would it a little while since it was not being severely bring this matter to the notice of the Tsung-ll fit by the two comparts which compere with Yamen, and would state that the humanity the ChinaMerchants the Chin Navigation Co. shown by the Mandarin in question is most of which Messrs. Butterfield and Swire are tha highly appreciated in Hongkong, and that it managers, and the Indo-China Steam Navigation will be reported to Her Majesty,

Cay of which Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. diare, the managers. But, not only are, these lines deprived of any share of the freight to be earned on the large quantity of grain that has still, to go up to the north ; „ikey, ara alpa. Indirectly, ir Jared, by this, deprivation. The practical monopoly given by Sheng Tactal to the China Merchants' Co. has not yet bean extended to any other dear plan of cargo, but as the China Merchants! stearorga can always get grala to carry, they are always going ships and shippers of other cargo know this, and are therefore apt is prefer them to the steamers of the other lines which, as they can

day not now get any grafo, may have to be a longer in port to fill up than their sirsing We cannot tell whether Shông foresaw this when be made the new regulation that grain 'could only be shipped duty-fire by the China Merchants" steamers, but he is quite satele enough to have done so, and be is no doubt cangratulating himself now on the success of his device. T

And the day is bright, bo it storm or skinr," "" "Brogans, zzys a writer in Harper's Weekly, For far away, o'er the sunny so1,

are the curse, and the most crying and shameful evil of Peking Numbering some eighty thon- sand, they form a kind of caste, 'a fraternity, with their own traditions and privileges, such as those of the mendicants of the Middle Ages in to Western Europe, and like them having their *Emperor of Gaillee, Duke of Egypt, or King of Thudca," that is to say, an elected chief to whom | they all, yield obedience. The most curious feature of the whela instituțion is that the eblef, whose head quarters are on the Bridge of To HB. H. Consal Warren, the Gate of Heaven, is recognized by the St-It has been reported to me, that the -police-of-Peking, who deal-directed with--mandarin at Makong treated the sorrors from bim in matters relating to the corporation the wreck of the seamship Bokhara with the To look for the hour when my ship comes in," of the town. As for the misery of these beggar greatest kinduess and heapfialty on the 14th

no description could give any idea of it. But and 35ik October, LAST night as the three children of a Mr. Herton,

for a rag about their folos they are stark naked. have to request you to convey to that from Hallow, were walking up Queen's Road Even in the severest winter, when the bitter officiiitan Papression of my sincere thanks on and had strolled a file. beyond the Victoria wind sweeps across the Mongolian steppes and behalf of Her Majesty the Queen for the charity Hotel, one of them, a boy about 9 years of age, the thermometer is far below zero, the pace and humanly be displayed. His sellon is very, had the misfortune to fall, beadlong into a deep wetiches, have, most of them, not a shred of mucia sppreciated by the Community of Hong An inventor has devised a method of copperingsbyss which some P. W. D contractor had clothing to wrap about their shoulders and they kong, and they are desirous of acknowledging ships bottoms by electro-plating. The vessel is carefully dug in the road and, in order succumb to the cold every night by hundreds it in a tangible waycanrock beperk

I hope shortly to be is a position to forward to put in dock and her skin cleaned with the help to convert it into a veritable man-trap, bad Gaunt and wan, covered with vermin and sores, of a dilute scld, which is applied by means of studiously avoided fencing is round or having they wander about the town, harrowing the feel you for presentation to the mandarin a souvenir water-tight canvas and wire bag of large dimen, any Ughts near the spot. After some difficulty ings of the passers with their piteous laments which will not only commemorate those good sions, enclosing the hall. After the surface of the the boy was taken out of the hala and tions, and fighting with dogs for a share in the deeds, but will be appreciated by him and bis metal is cleaned the acid is withdrawn, and he carried home to the Windsor Hotel, when Dr. refuse of the streets; or for bours together they family on The Brilak Charge d'Agatris it: Poking, place is occupied by a solution of alphate of Cowie, who was premelly summoned, found creech outside a shop, driving purchasers away-It is my fatention to report the conduct of the copper, or bluestone. Electric corrents are then that several of the child's ribs weraitisctured, by their mere presence, the owner gets out mandarin to the Secretary of State for Foreign seat through the solution from a dynamo. The while his head and face were so severely of patience and Bing them few coins in self- Affairs, for communication to Her May the hull of the ship is the cathode or negative slee, cut as to render it necessary to sew up some of delence. When sight comes they seek shelter, Queen, and I have requested her Majesty, trade of the current, and the metal of the contain the wounds. The child's bid is not, in danger under a bridge beneath the gates of the town, or idolater at Peking to bring his name before the Ingbagthoanode. The sulphate ofcopper solution at present. • That this sort of thing should be of. in some tumble-down house, lying down hellars Toang-li Yamen, le thus decomposed, and a layer of pure copper such frequent occurrence in the Colony eflects skeller, men, women, young girls, and children, la deposited on the iron. The advantages of the greatest discredit upon the dwarssers of in a promiscuous heap Their physical misery in the plan are that no rivets or sheet copper are the P.W.D. and on the police,hr wie? ure | fuck that their moral dégradation is overlooked. *THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH OFFICE, required. The shell of copper can be of any paid to Jook after slip-shed contractors From their faces all traces of an inner his are

required thickness, and it can be renewed by i as well as other miscreants. There is every wiped out on the beasts, they can only To H.B.M. Comm. Warren. Podder's HILL.

similler process, The, process has been tried | Ukelihood of the lawye reaping a harvest over endure, and seem, to a certain extant, to have #Blu Th with success at New York, U

this business at an mrly date,

...Messro, F. Blackhead & Co.

Messrs. Heuermann, Herbst & Co. ...Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited.

„Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co. ...The Hongkong Trading Co. ...Man Ya Tong, Hollywood Road. MACAO.........Messrs. A. A. de Mello & Co. “AMoy"`and)

· Mesura, N. Moalls & Co., LA. FORMOSA...} Foochow ...Mr. H. W, Churchill.

"SHANGHAL Means, Kelly & Walsh, Limited,

Shanghal Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited.

& NORTH- REM. PORTS JAPAN

Yokohama. BANGKOK ...The "Bangkok Times Office. SINGAPORE...Mesara, Kelly & Walsh, Limited. PARIS and Mesra Amédée Prince & Co.

LONDON .......J

Hongkong, January, 2519; 1892

lost the au pasity Sou suffering,

MARE DRAFT-LETTER.

Mr. Benaclerk, bas, we know sent in a strong remonstrance to the Tsangli Yames against this gross infraction of treaty rights, and we believs what telegrama have gone home from this to the Foreign Office on the it'j'aig and that Lord Rosebery takes a wield interent in effilre la "Chion is shown by the fact, among others, that **_telegram was received here last Thursday morning from the Foreign Office asking for Si delaft of the last anvt-miselnasty? nu brual in

Fabkien, But the Teunghi Yime”, like Foreign. of the peli Offices in the West, is apt, when it can, to back