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Intimations. GINGER ALE.

JE have always "made good GINGER WE ALE, and we are now making the best. At various exhibitions and compellitons in London and elsewhere, GINGER ALE made by the formula wo now więshan won ga Prise MEDALS and CERTIFICATES of MERIT.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1892.

Shanghal

THE PARIS IRISH FUND.

THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s Royal mal December 10th. steamer Empress of China, Capt. R. Archibald, The agreement arrived at by the Irish party from Vancouver, arrived at Nagasaki at 7 am to distribute the trial and lodged to Parts is to today, and left again at 2 p.m. far this part, vid hind fourteen thousand pounds to Messrs. Dillon, Darkit, and Harrington, for the payment of prior claims; and Messra Dilion and Davitt are appointed to distribute the remainder of the fund among the evicted temanis,

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN LONDON,

December 18th.

the launch Wifs; which was off Tai Long Wan, in Big Wave. Bay. He failed to reach the shore, and when about ten yards from the thore be sank. You were on the launch some forty yards distant, and jumped into the water, swam to the place where the man appeased to THE Chloeso emberlement fraud and conspiracy have sunk, dived, brought him to the surface, cake was "called on at the Magistracy to-day and conveyed him to the shore. Ho Kin and the prisoners. Liu Ming Tro and Llu Kong, | seems to have been under the water at least two Nor Cabana, romanded by Mr. Hastings unliminates, and it took six minutes to restore him Thursday morning next, the counsel for the ta life. A few more seconds' immersion, and he defence having withdrawn his objection to a would have lost his fe. Whether he is a week's delay in the proceedings.

grateful man or not does not matter much; you will have the great intisfaction, the lasting satis faction, of knowing that you have saved

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Astronamer Royal of England, hy verifying the eclipse ricorded in' Cæsar's conimentarini, · It' will be remembered by students of astronomy that Dr. Hailey was the first man who predicted

the return of a comet.

Sir Isaac Newton, having worked out and published a method by which the climents of a const's orbit can be determined from the obser- vulons, Halley immediately afterwards calcu tated the orbit of the one which bears his name, and predicted its return in 1759, which actually occurred. Its next appearance will be in 1910.

It is also interesing to know that, when Alexander took Babylon, bis preceptor, falla thenes, found that the most anci at observations

Chaldeans 1 03 years before that perlot, which carries us back to the time of the confus on of tangoes,

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Hongkong with the subsidiary coinage, which shows a large profit on its farè value.

There is much that can be said for and agafast such a scheme, as the arave, and what might suit one caluny might not all the other; but it is time both forked the difficulty in the lace, and made up their ma di what course they. intend to follow shouls Indise ber mints. NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.

The Pacific Mail Co.'s steamship China, Capt. W. B. Seabury, which left San Francisco with the American mails of Dec. 6 h, strived

telegrams we are indebted to our San Francisca exchanges

PARIS, November agth, The Panama scandal bremen daily more grave. A commiss os of fequi y was organiz-d to-day and began is work, Deputy de Laheye was examined and declared that sixy-five deputies were compromised by his charges. He gave to the committee directions where proof could be found. The commission drcded to mak for

Owing to the recent dynamite outrago in Insti-Thero is rank rebellion in the Kanagawa | fellow-cranture's life, I think we all envy you existing on record In that city were made by the in harbour this morning. Forbe subjoined

In rego competed and won against FOUR of Dublin, the police force on duty at public buildings in London has been greatly augmented.

the most famed Bollast makers.

The Analyst's raport ? — "It is of unexceptionally good quality."

"Particularly pleasant to the taste."

"Decidedly tonic and sustaining.”

In every respect most satisfactory,"

ARTHUR HILL HASSAL, M.D.

The ideal temperance beverage.

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THE PANAMA CANAL SCANDAL Au attempt will be made to involve M. Carnot In the Isthmus of Panama Canal scandal,

OBITUARY.

MADRID, 22nd December. General Prendergast in dead, - --Lient. Gen.-L.-Prendergast and Gordon, Mar- quls of Victoria zad Tunas, was born and Dec., 1834, and retired in 1877.]

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

JONES (after a delightful walts)—And now Miss Brown, let us go and seek same refreshment for man and beast.

THE departure of the steamship City of Piking for San Francisco via Yokobama la postponed il Sunday January taf, at daylight. HARMSTON'S Circas, at West Point, at 9 p.m. New artists arrived by French mail. Mr. Harmston's benefit. Farewell performance. Boxing Tournament.

IT was reported when the last mill left home that the P. & O. Company had placed an order with Caird & Co. of Greenock for, two new vessels similar to the Auriralia.

MESSRS, Douglas, Lapzaik & Co, have forwarded a fine large banging calendar for 1893, with notes of memorable days, issued by the Phonix Fire Insurance Office (established 1782).

Tax following appointments for the Chias station have been made at the Admiralty -Chap. Rev. O. R. T. Hughes, to the Mercury to date Now 21st. Surg. A. S. Nance, to the Alacrity to date Nov. 23.

THE troopablp Tamar was under orders to leave Sheerness for Hongkong on November 30th with relief crews for the Caroline, Pigmy Mercury, Redpole and Plover, all of which vassels are to be recommissioned for another term of service on the China station.

MAILS Doe-

Ms. Walter Besant lately resigned the Chair. manship of the Society of Authors, we read in a home papes, in order to put an end to current assumptions that "he bussed the lot, He remains on the Executive Committee, and Sir F. Pollock has been unanimously elected to the chairmanship. If we are not mistaken some-

thing like this happened the other day with Cholly Jolyboy, Esquire, and a popular local

Institution.

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THUS the Japan Daily Advertiser of the aand Kencho, It is reported that upon Governor Utsumi recently instructing Mr. K. Sato, Chit of the Yokohama City office, to alter the hours of attendance in the, office in accordance with the order litely issued by the Cabinel, thất official distinctly refused to obey the instructions stating that his department fa a self-governed city office and is not obliged to change official hours at the order of the Governor, and that if It was found aressenty to make any changes the chief of the office would do it when be saw This is decentralization with a yengeance.

“AN OPEN LETTER.

To Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.G., F.R G.S., Governos, Vice-Admiral, and Commander In-Chief of Hongkong,

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(Continued from yuterday). SIR, When your Excellency, sumed the governorship last year the colony was in a state of general depression unparalleled in its history The causes which fell to this state of affairs are too well known to require repetition bere, but you were personally responsible for neither the causes nor their effects. It did not take you long to master the situation, and almost Immediately after assuming chargé of the reins of Government you in terms more or less precise announced the line of poller you in- tended to follow. Broadly speaking your plat- form was Retrenchment combined with Belency whilst carefully conserving and fostering public Interests, and on a goodly, number of occisións since you first addressed the Legislative Council you have most plainly enunciated your firm adherence to that platform. But has your Excellency exried out these emphaileally ex- pressed pledges With all due respect, Sir, I beg leave to duubt it.

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The Chinese, who it is genersily ngre d parsem the oldest authentic observath as on record, have recorded in their annals a con- Junction of five planets at the same time, which happened 3468 years B, C. or 100 years before

the fod,

the chance I am sure I dag it is one which should like very much, but such a chance has never presented lief to me, although I am pupil of Beckwith, the champion swimmer. I am sony that the Royal Humane Society did not give you a medal-ihe bric medals I recommended you for it, but suppose the fact is that there was no large clement of danger in what you did. I was

By mathematical calculation, it is ascertained looking up the recirds a few days ago and.I find that Captain Mathew Webb-only got a silver that this conjunction took place at that time. medat f jumping from the Cunard steamer The first observation of a solar eclipse of Russia, in 1873 In Mid Atlantic, remaining which the world has any knowledge was made 37 minutes in the w ter at the risk of his life. So I by the Chinese, 1:28 years B.C. suppose the Society con i Jered that what you Ancient dates can be verified soother way, did scarcely merited the medal. But I am sure viz., Pliny says that Thales, the Miletin highly this certificate of the Royal Humane the Pleiades to be as days after the autumnal that, as a modest young man, you will appreciate | astronomer, determined the cosmical setting of

Society, which is a testimonial from an institution.} equinox. more than a hundred years old,

This would make a difference between the setting at that time and the present of 25 days, and as a day answers to 59 min. 8 sec. 33 of theThe World this morning shows iniciat how ecliptic, these days will make 34 deg. 30 min. I the Americas Contracting and Dredging Com This divided by the annual precession (50 sec. pany, in which James J. Phelan and Henry B.. 13), will give 2,471 years since the time of Slaven of San Francisco were the chief movers, Tbales. Thus does astronomy become the cleared $10,000 0:0 on its contract with Do parent of Chronology.

Lesseps in the construction ofthe Panama canal. They were paid $10,000 con for their work and with the aid of improved machinery converted half that amount into pri fi'.

In thanking His Excellency, Mr. Dowling, said :-I feel very highly honoured to be made, the recipient of this much-coveted testimonial, and I trust that when another opportunity occurs I shall have equal success. I thank you for your kind remarks,

Fuk Tsim, Cheung Yat, and Chau Lau Lol were then addressed by the Governor (Mr. Dyer Ball interpreting) as follows:-

It is not very of en that Chinese are prominent in matters of this sort, as I believe that, owing to some superstition, they are careless of humin fe. Therefore, in the light of Western civili- shrion, we think it a very great thing to see men to your position of life, and believing in your superstitions, risking your Own Tires in attempting to Save those of others. appears that Cheung Yat, chi fafficer or one of the officers on board the launch Morning Star, has on two occasions assisted in saving life On the 26th March, at midnight, two sallors, one of whom belonged to H.M.S. Leander, who In the year 189, although the polio of the probably had been refreshing themselves community was simply heart-breaking owing to too much at Kowloon, fell overboard into losses in trading ventures, shera speculations, the water. Somebody trew them life-buoy, the withdrawal of large sums of money from the which were followed by Cheung Yat and Fuk colony, a general depreciation of property of Tsim, who Jumped in a the harbour and brought almost every description, a ruinously low be men on board, On the 30th June, again, exchange etc the revesue of the Government Cheung Yat was about 5 pm on board the remained unimpaired; in fact it far exceeded Morning Star, and as it was approaching that of any previous year. But note of Jardine's buoy, a sampan was upset the and Chi warning had already been sounded, considerable Lau Lol jumped into the water and saved shrinkage in the near future had been firesten the three or four occupants of the sampan. and a policy of rigld. economy was deemed a Now, all these statements have been cono- sacred duty" the representatives of the public borated by passengers on board the Morning purse in the Council. In fit of maudia Star, and by the palice, no-that-there-fs ganerosity, at a time when_the_inflated bubble--no-doubt about the accuracy of them. or meretricious prosperity had turned the wise I hope you will recallect, men, that actions and on pretences that were ridiculous and state the Queen herself and by the Royal Humane men of the East into crack-brained dreamen of this sort are not only recognised by Society, of which she is the patron, tut also by the Governor of the Colony. The Royal Humane Society has awarded certificates to you also. Though of course there is no money value attached to them, they have greater worth than any amount money to you, because they will be passports for you to any part of the Britta Empire. Wherever the British Empire extends-and you know, the sun, they say, never set upon it these will be poils for you, and certificates that you are brave and honest Chinamen, and entled to the respect al the inhabitants wherever you may be. I have great pleasure in g wing you these certificater and I hope you will tell all your friends In the harbour that brave actions of this sort will never fail to be recoginsed.

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The three Chiness then received the Society's ruficates, which they acknowledged by saluting.

The proceedings then termla^tid,

FATALITIES IN THE HARBOUR.

TWO MEN DROWNED AND ONE MAN INSTANTANEOUSLY KILLED,

CALLARD AND BOWSER'S

THE Slogapore Free Press of December path pablishes the thrilling Intelligence that the chess BUTTER SCOTCH, ALMOND ROCK and match between Singapore and Hengkong is pro gressing but slowly to consequence of the bess EVERTON TOFFEE."

of the Hongkong representative; and that Sinents that were untius, a very large tecrease of ulary, aggregating a substantial sum, in papere is a pawn ahead at present without Government officials, many of whom were being in any worso position.

already overpaid, was recɔmmended by the Legislative Council and e nditionally and temporarily approved of by the Secretary Australian (Menmuir) goth inat."-

of State. And then Sir, came the demand British (Mirsapere) ·

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for a doubled Military Contribution, and that Bombay (Thibe

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this colony receiving the promised equivalent Indian (Lightning)

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an Indian regiment that was deccted cerity „Bombay-(Bormila) ——————5|h......

to asfeguard Imperial, not local, Interests. That IN Singapore barbour on the 20th Inst. Mr. A. wasthe last straw, and it led apie the unfortunate differences which have since been so notorious in Macfarlane, second engineer of the steamably the administration of the colony's affairs. No Ranes, was drowned through the capsizing of thing is more certain than that Lord Knutsford a boat, whilst proceeding to the steamer from would have disallowed payment of the increased Tanjong Pagar, where they had been to obtain official salaries on the representations of the stores The second mate was picked up by Unofficial Members had Governor der Vask Malay boat, and four Lascars forming the crew not telegraphed to his lordship making the pay saved themselves by swimming asboro, Mrment fat that year a matter specially personal Maciariano was a native of Renfrewshire, and to himself. But promises were made both bý only 24 years of age,

Sir William des Vœux and His locum tenent, Mr. Francis Fleming, when seing ** Adminis trator, that the question would be duly considered the following year, and the salaries reduced to their original amounts in the event of just cause- being shown to this step And Sir, in view of this distract understanding, I cannot but think, and There have been no less than three fatalities my opinion on the master is strongly poppsited in the harbour during the current week. A by the community, that your refusal to grant in altor employed on board-the-steamer Phra May, 1881, the Commission of Enquiry asked for ang fell overboard, and struck his head by the Hon T. H. Whliebead was a most deplor ainst the pulch of a large cargo-boat then able artar of judgment. And your allowing on bagside. The man seems to have been the 10th of November last the Official Members nard, for be sank immediately, the body be increased salaries against the decision of the ardly had the news of the recovery of the body to force through the Council a vote for their own recovered by the Water Police twadays ago. Finance Committee was quite locxplicable af er bis dece sed seamen reached the police, your declaration for the proposed endowment ea the report of a fatality on board the Indo, of the College of Mediclae that you had never ina C's steamer E-rang, then discharging the official majority nor spent any sum of moneygaged in some work aloft, missing his when dealing with finances taken advantage of al in Wanchal Bay, was received. A Ballor which had not been voted by the malityfoting and coming down en deck head. of the unofficial members. Your explanationcmeet, broke bis neck, and instantly that in other colonies the officials epired. The third sudden death was that of

to amenable WCID

Tam ICHBOR - WAS

Chinaman employed in painting the hospital lines were laid out in every direction) and k like a stone. His body wat recovered last night and taken to the Mertuary.

it is not probable that the Coroner will hold inquiry into the circumstances connected was the demise of these three un'ortunita, Admifci, for abundant evidence has already been the Laliter down not in any way hold hlesssif Jesponsible for decided to take proceedings against the pilot in Committee?

feahcoming to show that their deaths were purely | a few days and detaloed klos for that purpose, There are many other matter of local deldental, no one being in any way to blame for

toportance on which I could address other sudden removal for Time into Eternity. A RECENT U of the Paking Gostite intiinates | Excellency, but they must be set addo that the Empezar has hoard of the death of more favorable opportunity. The Omeli Plen Pao-t, who only a few months ago retired Salaries dispute if the question of the hogt, asst from his post of Viceroy at Foochow The involves principles which should not be at deceased statesman commenced his oncial aside and rights that cannot be ignored Noby career in one of the Cavernment Boards at opghit - know, better than you, üle, that nothing Peking. He was promoted to be Governor of can be politically right which is morally wring, the metropolis, after which he held saveral and it is greatly to be regretted that a provincial governorships, showing himself to be this particular instance such a homely truien

■ most capable and efficient officer. The has been departed from, Emperor deeply laments his death, desires that all perialties to which he may be liable should "bo remitted, “and grants to him the marks of compassion usually accorded to a deceased Governor-General.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, ESTABLISHED A.D, 1841. Hongkong. 30th December, 1892.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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number which is really a very fine specimen of THE Box of Curios has issued a Christmas artistic publisher's work. The front page contains pretty coloured lithograph of Yokohama as it appeared in 1855--a typical bit of Japanese coast scenery. The number alsa 14 contuloss very fair picture of the usual allegori: cal Christains type, well drawn 'and admirably executed. Altogether, the Boa Christmas num ber is a highly creditable produ'tios.. WITH reference to the detention of Kitano

tele requartad has all communicationstalasing to Subscriptlaan,

Thales, therefore lived about 500 years B. C. which agrees with history.

Vide pago 285 of writer's Manual of Navigation, or page 56 the "New Navigation Simplified," by same author, In further proof of Holy Writ it may be stated that Herado us, the an called Father of History, a pagan writer, proves the truth of the order given by King Artaxerxes to his Cup Beater, Nehemith, to go and rebulld the walls of Jerusalem, for it so happens that that ancient historian was ambassador from the ty of Halicarnassus, in Asia Minor, to the Court of Shushan, at the time, and they travelled together as far as Jerusalem, and then parted company. The testimony of Perodatus, estab- tshes of course the accuracy of the Scriptural

Versiou.

It may now be taken as granted that, he exact date of Herod's death being fixed, no doobri cin exist about the nativity of Christ.

I have read that the study of histery rescues us from that oblivion to which we would other

the release of M. Dumont in order that he cin testify freely. They also demand that an autopay be performed on the body of the late Baron' de Reinach, and that ther be given access. to the papers and documents befare the courts to other lawsults.

This encroachment on parliamentary power and judiciary power is causing une usiness to Many, recalling, as it does, the actions of the committee of public - in 1793

NEW YORK, November 5th.

LONDON, November 26th. The new German emigration hill, as described by the Berlin correspondent of the Daily News, contains many stringent regulations the purpose of which is to render emigration d fficult,

A large block.of-warehouses-in-Old-Gravel Lane was burned last night. The loss ami to $250,000.

Rev. Maree, the celebrated Haplist temper- ance reformer, is dead.

The Army and Navy Gazette to-da cantalas a leiter from a correspondient warning the Admiraly not to aropt the Harvey proce■ for armor plate until they have themselves mada experiments with his kind of hardened amor, The writer suggests that the Harvey plate process is in its essential features, a CASC- hardening one,

He says: "You hive the armer plate heated out of contact with the air, its face covered with a

wife best, however, be conceded, that some carbonaceousmster al, in order to steelify it, and s individuals imbibe as much information in five gradual sinking of the carbon into the meist minutes, and retain it, as many others will in giving a regulis gradation from hard to mild five days; and the latter class, have, as a rule steel. It seems to me that before a call is made the vanity to think that they monopolise-the-on-the-public-funds-for the porch : of the subject in question.

•Harvey process few armor plates a wrought Trusting that the above answer will be suffi-iron or mid steel should be sent to Sheffield to clently explicit,

be well case-bardened in the ordinny way I subscribe myroll

and Lilo ant presume too much in saying that it would afterward be a puzz'e to distinguish them J. A. CLARKE,

from Harveyized plates,"

· Hongkong, 30th December, 1893.

THE SILVER QUESTION,

WHAT SHOULD THE STRAITS AND

· HONGKONG DO† Under the above heading the subjoined letter dated November aand, and signed "W. G. Gallard" appears in the London and China Espress:-

If India closes her mints what will the Straits and Hongkong do? It is time this by no means en y que tion was discussed, so that, if the necessity arise, no time need be lost should it be considered desirable to take action.

Cheap money may be a blessing in many ways, but it is pas le to have too much of a good thing, and, with trading ermmanitis such a these two colonies are composed of, fixity of value is perhaps of equil, if not more,Impestre, Should be decided that it is not advisable to follow silver to a all lower level, w at steps can be taken to avoid so doing where the car rency is Mexican dollars, over the production of which these two settlements have no control

The simplest plan would seem to be to decry Mexican and all other_silver dollars, and to substitute a dollar of the value of twe rupees. or 3 4 nominal, instead of the present nominal 4. 64. dollars then rupees would circulate in the Straits and Hongkong as half-dollar pleces, and the means taken by India to protect the Hong Kong against sudden. fluctuations in value of the tubes would protect the Straits and exchange,

When the Indian Government has closed it.

PARIS, November goth, ¡General Seltelll, who, as a novelist, wioła under the nom de plume of Paul Delucci, dead.

ROME, November afb. Signor Sanbon, the Italian Minister of Marine died to-day. BERLIN, November 26 h.

The interview wit Bismarck published by Le Journal of Paris relative to barceller von Caprivile exploitation of the famous Ema diss patch contained a passage in which the ex- Chamellor said it was necessary to force King Willam to decision, for he loved his prerogas tives. He kept his eyes shut, and it bec me necessary to open them by force. Then he took A resolution of despair, as an a decid-d man ways dors. When once put on the right track, however, he could be left to himself.

The whole interview cars d great indignation, but particular anger is felt a Bsmarck's attempt to place Kg William, in discredit for the events that led to the unification of Germany.

Emperor William has warmly en ratulated. Count von Caprivi upon the success of his speech, in the Reichstag,

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BIRMINGHAM (Conn), November 26 b. Peter Jackson, the pugilist, whil: at a boʻri in this cuy-to-day in company with a number of Sporting ren, was approached by a New Haven man named Iunnel. The latter told Jackroa that he had some doubts about his being anxious to meet Sullivan, and wound up by saying t "Why, there are plenty of niggers in Webster street that can whip you.”

With that Jekson struck the fellow on the jw and knocked him dat mints and fixed the value of the rupee, then the

SVAKIM, Morember 26th. Straits and Hang-ong Governments: would near Tokazas very determined. A body of An attack.made by Dev abes on Fort Tamin, prohibit the further importation of dollars of any cavalry cut the read leading to the fort in order Fort, but curto take all dollars sent in before a to prevent rescala cements from reaching the .. certain date, and give rupees in exchange at an Egyptian gavilion. The Dervishes then equivalent in value according to standard, Bercely attacked the fort. The Egyptian irres weight for weight, less cost of converting thegolare opened a brisk fire and the Dervishes. dol'are into rupees.

re literally mowed down. One hundred were

CALCUTTA, November 26th, and his younger brother bave be a mordered by Afzal Il Mulk, reigning sovereign, of Chitral, Sher Aftal Kahn, brother of the sovereign. He gathered a small following, and after the modera feed the throne. It is reported that the Amster Afghanistan is supporting the vaurper.

EL PARIS, November 27th. !: The mother-in

mother superior of the Convent of the Assumpton refuses to take back Gladys, the

·daughter - of Mr. and Mr. Edwaro Parker Descan, as ordered by, the court. Mrs. Deco now offers to give up Gladys to Deacon and nea oppose his suit for a divorce, provided he will give her their child Editb, now las America, Deacon Infxibly relates the proposition.

Advertisements, &c, be addressed to the **Manage, Hongkoná | Ýrshibel, the pilot of the Ravenna, at Nagasaki | and impotent.. Instead of commifling's grasp Means. He fell over the side (although In exchange for the dollars the Government "killed, and a large number were wounded.

Tilagrašk" und sot in the Editor.

Letters on Editorial matter to be sent tử 17h Rdor" and not to individual members of the staff, te

Communications Intended for publication stust be accompanied by the name and adds of the writers, not movemarly for

publication: best as evidenom af good falt

Whilst the nolumns of the Houghing Telegrajk wil sing! be open for the fair discussion by compondents of all questions affecting public intarasta, kā panis ha digilazły understood thas

oplatous than expriend.

The Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1892,

TELEGRAMS,

HOME RULE,

LONDON, December-1gik.-- The Cabinet is engaged discussing the draft Rome Rule Bill,

THE MONETARY CONFERENCE, The International Monetary Conferenca has adjourned, and, subject to the approval of the vadinas Governments, will reassemble in May next. Mesin. Rothschild, Currie, Fremantle, and Wilson doubted whether there would be any advantage in reassembling, nuless the United States submited a scheme that would not be la violation of the principles of the monetary system

by the Japanese authorities after an application blunder and an illegal act for I may inform ard beca made by the British Conant for his your Excellency that votes in the Houseal Com attendance at the enquiry held at H.B.M, Commons given by members pecuniarily interested late, Yokohama, the Choya Shimbun states in the question at issue have been cirillowed that the Chief Pablle Procurator of the Nagasaki why was not the Secretary of Stale communicated Lecal Court, having read a repest of the enquisy with before the decision wan arived at to side held in Tokyo on the 7th and cih instant, had roughshod over the merity of the Finance

I am, Sir,

Your's faithfully,

R. F.S. Hoogkong, 30th December, 1992,

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY : PRESENTATION,

CORRESPONDENCE.

[He do not necessarily eddorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents la chis column.]

CHRISTMAS DAY.

1 To Tiến. Engram or the “Homozoni Triesządu? -

A correspodent of your valuable and much admired paper, styling blaself A Student of Hatory" ask for information respecting the ivity of Christ, and requests to share, his doubts cleared on the subject.

His horizon being a very bagy one indeed requires the sun to shine upon and thereby render it clear.

ACCORDING to ■ Reuter's telegram from Madrid, shopkeeper had resolved on a really berocic act, published in the London papers, the Lisbon

Mathematical science has a most wonderful way of proving or disproving statements in On a report becoming current a few weeks ago to the Legislative CounciChamber this remidy the writer will endeavour to clear up the your gone by and by means of that potent that the British fleet might be expected in the Tagus, the Associations of Lisbon Shopkeepers morting H. E. the Governor, fa the name of the myspy which shrous disisat events. ships came to the capital all the shops should by that body to Mr J. F. Dowling (el Mess somthing of callpser, and the prediction of the ATIC "Student of History "has probably scad held a meeting, at which it was decided If the Royal Bumane Soclety, presented coțificates of: closed for twenty-four hours, as a protest on Didwell, Carill & Co.) and to, three Chinese, for same and that matronomers can calculato

.. the part of the commerce of Lisbon against the gallantry in saving life. As up general loritated wardiequally as well as forwards. the disputs between the two counties in respect attendance of the pabile, many friends, and the Christian era is determined by lunar British oldmatum of Jan. 11, 1890, regarding had been issued, there was ... a very small Jus so! Well, it so happens that the date of to South-east Africa. The first, as we all know, acquaintances who had wished to be present eclipsi which happened upon the night that THE NEW ORIENTAL BANK.

did not go to Lisbon this yess, and the shops | bellering that the function was to be private - Herod died. -- keepers carried on business, as usual.. And in Addressing Mr. Dowling, His Excellency sald; } Agab, andiber event mentioned in Scrip The Court of Queen's Bench has dismissed the the face of tale sort of thing, which has by no.-M. Dowling, I am very glad indeed that it has take fas been verified by means of petition for the compulsory winding up of the means been uncommon in Portugal for some fallan to my lot to have recommended you to the solar clips, vis, the battle between the New Orląsžai Bank Corporation. The presiding years past, the Governos of Hongkong proposes Royal Humane Society for recognition of the very Kings of Media and Lydia, BC 610, to employ Portuguess subjects in the Gayern- poutageous act which you performed..some › September 30 h..:Sce" Phil Tank.CL. 320 judge remarked that a more effective investment offices although there are thousands of months ago, On looking at the official paper by the tarned Mr. Bailey, astronomer. Agile Hon into the conduct of the Bank Directors and British subjects starving at home whe world i ded that on the jgh july last n, maha med the land of Jullie Cassar In Great Britain others concerned was necessary.

gfdly jump at such sppola monte.

Hi Ho Kan andgavoured to swim to the shoes, from 1:B,C, sg,'angues aótby was verified by Dr, Hailey,

of any country. ̈ ̄

might wise super notes which could be used as Currency while the dollars were being coined into rupees (or two-rapee pieces) and these notes could be cailed in at the new coins came to hand. This operation completed, dollar sight, gain be imported, like any other metal, but they would not be a legal tender within the two colonics.

2 he present subsidiary coinage would remain main as at present, future lacues, if thought meccssary, being reduced slightly la valas."}

As soon as the Indin mints are closed there will probably be a large profit in the colpage of rupees, to which the Governments of the Stralis and ongkong might think themselves entitled on the silver taken by them but the difficulty fe that they could not guarantee some proportion of that silver not returning to India to the natural course of business perhaps some arrangement might be came to by which India would allow them a certain sum, but if not the colopies would. being wgrip off then at present,

The colonies could colon doller of their own, but it would be of advantage in many ways for India and these colonies to have the same calange, to say nothing of avoiding the risk there would be of a small dollar coinage beleg mani pulated for exchange pupo es,

of

Mr. Denoon says she will go to Amerler, Acnator Leon Eyosad has lately beep paying considerable attention to Mrs/Deacon. The interest he is taking in ner is causing gouilp in Pails.

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Vi setter (LONDON, November 17th.

Trafalga Bousse to-day was the scene of another animated gathering of socialists, annick- Iste And otherwise metly crowds which required palico supervision. When revolutionsty talk was indulged in the pol ce dispersed the meeting.

trade with will probably semeinen nallver bastas Lloyds Commercial S c.cy, which owes the The Vienna correspondent of the Natur reporte Of course the live market these colonies the death of Herr Wathmann, president of the but that really would not affect the question, newspaper Petter Lloyd delays fortheir Europan goods than they would, they will not have to pay more. În Mexican

PARIS, November 17th. It is reported here on semingly good authority have to do under the present syarem, while with that Baron Hirsch blew off bis right hand, produce crown out of the galantes, the result through the barsting of the breech of a gun wi'b' by the gold Talus in Europe, and the amount bile be was shocting with a party of friends on would be the same, as the price is row settled which he was shooting. The accident occurred they would regelys in Mexican Collars would vary his reserves at Alber

with the price of silveruna, te kom, na Santa said lo diplomatic circles that United? - Iaside the colonies the rupce currency would States Minister Coolidge bas opened nego'lations. glio fixty of valge, walle dealing with outside for commercial convention and extraditions markets the Mexican dollar would be available treaty with Francesco

de as at present,

The scap-Jalous proceedings at the rooms of,

over its market value would lend to spu fout cranioga band of fast. youths mun fister women

It may be sild the silver colu circulating at the Salvation Army in this.city continuo, Last. rupees belox put on the market but this is not invaded the platform and began a santan, 1 found to be the case to Jays, or the Busita and", "polipe de bes inserarte.