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Intimations.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 21,

Intimations. Our lowest priced Whisky is of excellent CRUICKSHANK & CO., LD. quality and of greater age than most brands in the market. We recommend our customers not to be deterred by the Inwness of prica frans trying them all. For a soda-whisky, Thome's Blend and Watson's Glenorchy are equal to any, Abelcur-Glenlivet is a very old Pea: Whlaky, (Smoky) that could not be replaced in stock at the price. D and E are too well known to need

WARM CLOTHES.

HESE will all be spoilt before next cold

TH

weather unless properly taken care of.

NAPHTHALINE

is the best thing to keep away Moths, &c,

prevent clothes smelling fusty,

FIFTY CENIS PER TIN.

comment. IRISH-

A John Jameson's Old, Green'

Capsule

Per dozen Case,

$12.00

B John Jameson's Fine Old,

Green Capsule

and

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED,

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 6th April, 1894.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

WINES AND SPIRITS

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On and after the 1st April, 1894, the Prices of our WINES and SPIRITS will be as follow

PORT

Per dozen Cass.

(For Invalids and general Use.)

B. Vintage, inperior quality, Red

Capsule

C Fine d Vintage, superior quality, Black Seal Capsule

$14.40

16.20

D Very Fine Old Vintage, extra superior, Vinlet Capsule (Old Bottled)

20.40

Port after removal should be rested for a month before use. Wine required för drinking at once should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispen- sary belare being sent out, These wines are ico well known to need commert

11,00

18.00

C John Jameson's Very Fine Old, Green Capsule......... All these are very fine and old. C has been steeked to Hongkong in word for 20 years, there being little sale for Irish Whisky in the Colony.

AMERICAN-

Genuine Bourbon Whisk

Fine Old, Red Capsule, with our Nime and Trade ..Mark

"

Fedosen Cas

$15.00

Simple bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportionate wholesale rates.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to bs genuine whes bought direct from us to the Colony, or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.

GIN

Per dozen Cas.

A Fine Old Tem, White Capsule $7.10

Fine Unsweetened, White

Capsule

RUM. Finest Old Jamaica, Violet

Capsule ........

7.20

$15.00 6.00

Good Leeward Island ........................ Good Leeward Island...$2.50 per Gallon. Sample bottles and smaller quantiules will be supplied at proportionate wholejale rates,

We only guarantee our Wines and Splits to be genulae when bought direct from us in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at the Coast Ports.

LIQUEURS. Benedictine, Maraschino, Curaça,

Hering's Cherry Cordial, Chartreuse, Dr. Siegeit Angostura

Bitters, &c. PRICES ON APPLICATION.

(a specious but not convincing excuse) he was originally foisted on the colony as the fifth, and altogether unnecessary, wheel of a coach into the Harbour Department of Hongkong.

THE in da sisels man wants his business puffed; the woman her shoulders. THE ik steamship Empress of Japan. was delivered in New York on the 2016 lust. HARMSTON's circus was showing in Colombo the other day and is shortly expected in Singa- pere. The troupe Is spoken of as being unusually clever,

Capt. Superintendent May is, of course, In honour and duty bound to protect the servants of the Government who have been disgraced and degraded through faithfully obeying his own special instructions, and on Monday an application at his Instance THE dude who has no clock in his bed-room and always locks up his "Waterbury" in his for the re-hearing of this scandalous busi-ten-hat box so as to drceive thieves, says he ness will probably be made through the 'ways knows when to rise by the crowing in a proper channel. Meanwhile, we feel more neighbouring back-yard; he calls that rooster a than justified, and especially in view of crow-nometer! recent most important proceedings in the criminal courts of the colony-of which more anon-in specially directing the attention of Hon. Mr. O'Bxas, the Officer Administering the Government, to what we are bound to consider an outrage on public justice.

TELEGRAMS.

THE INSURRECTION IN BRAZIL.

LA RIBEL IRONCLAD SUNK.

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LONDON, 19th April, 1894. The ironclad Aquidaban, with the remnants of the Emzilla Insurgents on beard, was sok by a torpedo, after a fierce engagement with the Government fleet,

A ROYAL SHOW. The marriage of the Grand Duke of Hesse with the Princess Victori Melita of Edinburgh was a most bellilant spectacle. The Queen of England occupied the most prominent position, She wore her diamond crown.

What possible interest Reuter thinks stuff of this sort can have for anybody in the Far East Is not easily fathomed; besides, Victoris, by the grace of god and the will of the people, is not Queen of England-she is Queen of Great Britain, etc.-Ed. Hongkong Telegraph]

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SALISBURY ON THE HOUSE OF LORDS. At a mecilag of the Primrose Leaguo the Marquis of Sallsbury expressed his approval of Increasing the number of life peers, but stated that the House of Lords must preserve its

to claim representative powers.

Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.present organization, otherwise it will be entitled

supplied at proportionate wholesale rater.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spielts to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, ar from our authorised Agents at the Coast Parts.

SHERRY.

Per daren Cam.

B Supeiler Pale Dry, dinner

whie, Green Seal Capsule. $ro.ßo

C Manzanilla, Pale Natural

Sherry, While Capsule)

CC Superior Old Dry, Pale

Natural Sherry, Red Seal Capsule.........

D Very Superior Old Pale Dry, cholce Old Wine. White Seal Capsule............

-E Extra Superior Old Pale Dry,

very finest ouality, Black

12.00

12.00

14,40

Seal Capsule (Old Bottled) 20.40

B, C, and C Care excellent dinner wines er for invalida and delica'e stomachs. D and E are after dinner wines of a very superior vintage. All are true Xeres wines.

Sample bottles and smaller quantitles will be sup: lied at proportionate wholesale rates,

We only guarante our Wists and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from us in the Colony, or from our authorland Agents at the

Coast Poris.

CLARE T.

Chateau d'Anglade Chenu Haut Brion Larrivet Chi eau Mouton d'Armail-

hacq'......

21.00 33.20 Our Clarels, including the lowest priced, are guaranteed to be the genul e product of the juice of the grape, and are not artificially made from rising and currants, as is generally the Sample bottles and smaller quantities will be supplied at proportions:e wholesale rates, pi

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine ben beoght direct from us in the Colony, or frota our authorised Agents at the

Case with cheap wines.

Coast Porta.

HOCK.

Yar Par Case Case dos., dos. Quarte, Pints,

12.00 ---

Niesteln E DEGE FOR FOR LOSYEN Rudesheimer........... 11.00 - Hockheimer.................................2400

BURGUNDY.

HONGKONG 1 ISPENSARY, Hongkong, 30th March, 1894,

The Honghong Celegraph

HONGKONG, Saturday, April 21, 1894-

ANOTHER MAGISTERIAL

OUTRAGE.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Berlin Blet-Vot's up? Old Senk-Your credit!

TRN P. & O; S. N. Co.'s steamer Malacca left Bombay for this port on the 19th Inst

THE British cruiser Mercury was expected at Woosung on the 16th and the Careline on the 17th fasi.

THE O. & O. Company's steamer Godlie wan undocked to-day, her general overhaul having bien completed.

THx yield of gold from Queensland during 1893 was 616, 940 oun ea, an increase of 1,382 021. over the previous year.

THE Ruslan culser Rynda was to have left Singapore for W, divostock, calling in at Heng. kong, on the 19'h Instit

CECIL Rhodes' father is said to have kept a small Jeweller's shop in Grahamstown litle one. As, Rhedes' most noticeable feature is that, borse South African town of 6:00 Inhabitants.

from his feet to his faults, there is nothing small about the min.

IT is announced that a grand naval review of the Pelying feet and picked squadron of the Nanyang fleet, before Viceroy Li Hung- chang and Ming An, Imperial Commissioner of Defence for the Manchurian provinces, will take place in the Gulf of Pecàlil on the 7th of May next,

LOCAL holders of stocks of Japanese coal are jubilant just now owing to the demsed for these black diamonds being brisk at $660 to $6.70-the highest since November last, when Japanese coal was disposed of bere in considerable quantities at $7.35 to $7.50 per ton, but that was owing to an unprecedented dearth of steam tonnage, which is not very likely to recur for a long time to come.

"SHE S osps to Cerquer" was announced as the farewell performance of the Potter-Bellew Company at Slagipore on Monday evening last, Several local amateurs, willtary men in the main, muslated.

The exact date of the Com-

pany's opening appearance in Hongkong is not stated; the advance agent, Mr. T. V. Twincing, arrived by the English mall to-day and is making Arrangements as usual..

We understand that the burning question in the Victoria Recreation Club is to be settled at the annual general meeting on the rath proximo. when the fate of that Institution will be decided by a trial of strength between the exclusive” section and the advocates of a pepolaroller in regard to admission of new members. Feeling seems to run pretty bigb, and mostly in one direction that of maintaining the utility of the Club as a public body.

ACCORDINO to an Indian telegram, widespread romours ate 171in carent in Barms of the coming of the Melngana Prince from the Further East, and the Bartans are inclined to believa them. April rath is named us the day on which he is to appear, but nothing is said as to the place where he will rale bis standard. How ever, the Singapore Fra Prazzis of the oplulan that the Government has sources of information at is command which should show if the Prince has actually left French territory beyond the Mekong-He probably has more sense,

| A SERU US fire, says the N. C. Daily News of the 16th inst., broke out yesterday morning at 43% in a Chinese oplum shop in the Wahu Road, near Smith's Market, and involved thirteen houses before it was mastered. It originated in No. 2, Wuhu Road, where » fire had been left burring all night in the cook house. The loss, which is partly covered by insurance, is very siderable. Yesterday evening the ruins were still amouldering, and the owners of one of the

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shops were waliing for the opportualty to search for a box which they asserted had contained

TH US cruiseen Minocacy and Petrah, the||$6,0:0, farmer flying the g of Admiral Skarrelt, arrived at Shanghai oo the 14th inst

THI Canadian Pacific Rallway Co. royal mall Vancouver on Friday afternoon, steamer Empress of China laft Yokohama

MAS, KIXLEY, the once celebrated and still well- remembe ed actress, is fond of telling a good story, and for her latest abe el-ims absolute foriginality. One of her tradesmen, it appears, bas jast received an addition to his offspring.. His son, a small boy, was taken to see the new anival, whom he eyed very critically. Why, be's got no bair. Falber," was his Gral remark, The fact was admitted. And he's got to teeth, father," was the next comment. The circum- Lazz advices from Rangoon are to the effectxace could ant be denied. "I tell you what, father," was the final obvervation, "you've been that the local rice market is very depressed had he's an old "anl" stocks belag unusually beavy end prices on the decline,

Kitts-The eritle of the Johor Jawbox calls me the greatest actor of the ago.

Jinx-What price the Fawbar Enery?

The Billah gen) ost Archer leit Singapore for Hongkong vid Labuan and Maclls, on the 13th inst. She is expected to arrive here about ibe 28th Inst.

THE Russian transport Moskwo, with emigrants -presumably voluntary and otherwise war expected in Singapore on Wednes ay last,

ls from Odessa en route to Wladivostock.

THUS the Slam Observer of the rath -In response to our application for details & Patriew as follows:-Mr. Babel was journeying in a correspondent briefly telegraphed as yesterday bullock-cart, accompanied by his servant, when

the latter agreed with the owner of the cart to murder the unfortunateman. They then attacked him with swords, and afterwards burnt his body. Shehe Governor of the district sent men to anest the murderers, but only the owner of the cart was apprekended. He is now going to be tried, Pere Schmidt, we may 1dd, has been authorised by Mr. Wiede to prosecute, as required by Siamese law,

THE paving of Praya Central, Praya West, and the upper part of Graham Street is ins condition

traffic, having been paved with flag-stones mony which reflects the greatest discredit upon the Public Works Department. The upper portion

Two chair-coolies in the employ of Mr. F. H. MAY, Captain Superintendent of Police, were convicted at the Polic Court yesterday by Mr. HASTINGS, the presiding magistrate, on charges of having, on Thursday. last, obstructed public thoroughfare (Queen's Road Central, near the Supreme Court), used obscene language when asked to move on by a constable, and for refusing to move on, their excuse being that they had been ordered to stay where they were by their master who was in his official Per Per Смс Ода

capacity present at the murder trial then dos, dez, Quarts Plats proceeding in the Court. The thick-headed 1 St. Estephe, Red Capsule......$ 6.96 7.56 constable, who will probably get the C St. Jullen, Red Capsule 9.00 9.60 sack,' if he hasn't got it already, was deaf DL Rose, Red Capsule....... 1396.13.93 to the voice of commonsense and reason,

Sainte Foy...

720 7.9 took the men into custody, and made a Cussac

9.60 10.44 13.20 14.40 fresh consignmest-of, local criminals by 18.60 1g.zo locking them up. But if a mud-headed police constable exhibits such a deplorable lack of common-sense and ordinary discretion, what is to be said of a Police Magistrate," a summary judge with absolute power in petty cases, who deliberately goes one better? Mr. HASTINGS actually sentenced these men, who were, as a matter of fact, officers in the service of the Hongkong Government-Capt.-Superin- tendent May has his chair-coolles supplied by the tax-payers of Hongkong-to a fine of $6 each for obeying the commands of the Capt.-Supt. of Police, and to seven days Imprisonment with hard labour, A REGULAR meeting of Victoria Lodge, Ma without the option of a fine, for refusing to | 1026, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland obey the idioule and unlawful insolence of Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 'clock precisely. a policeman who has evidently mistaken Visiting brethren are cordially invited. his vocation. Mr. HASTINGS, acting police

THE popularity of D'Arc's Marioneties in magistrate, has never, so far as we are ab ut the Hongkong Ordinances or about The company were to leave Shanghal for Yoke aware, pretended to know a great deal Shanghai was 10 great that the daily perform Encs had to be extended up to Thursday last. British law, and if he had, it would have hama today. been a shallow pretence which the Hong. hong Telegraph would have fully exposed In one act in its succeeding issue; as it la, he has shown himself to be just as qualified for the important position he so unfortunately fills at the present time- unfortunately so far as the interests of This is how a Ceylon paper frames a serial British jurisprudence and common Justice para. The Bishop, who is marrying Miss are concerned-as the energetic bobby Kynsey at Kandy to-day, is expected here to TEE Singapore Free Pretz, referring to the who insisted on manufacturing a case,

morrow to marry Miss Elliott." No subsequent recent indisposition of Mr. E. Robinson (which, even against his deservedly popular mention is made of either the Blobop's repent by the way, was "German" measles, not the common or garden breed) hopes that he will be "boss," the Chief of the Police. Any do or arrest, baby lawyer in the colony-and the COUNCIL Meeting at Glen Inner, New South sufficiently recovered by the close of this month Cognac, 1862 Vintage..... 48.00 All our Brandy is guaranteed to be pure majority of the legal profession In Hong-Wales-Alderman A Well, Mr. Mayor, I've to take his usual place in the Hongkong team in fxed for Tuesday next (24th April). Our con the rifle match against Shangbal and Singapore, Cognac, the difference in price belog merely a kong, that is so far as court practice is question of age and vintage,

concerned, who are not complete novices Simple bottles and smaller quantities will be are damphools-could have told bis

temporary then goes on to perpetrate this thing :-A lonny legal gentlerain who was in supplied at proportionate wholesale rales, Washup that he was exceeding his

this office a few minutes ago pointed out that We only guarnatee our Wines and Splits to powers in sentencing these men to the vile

THE French croiser Bayard, Rear-Admiral the difference between a legal epidemic of be genuine when bought dissect from us in the indignity of 'hard labour' for an offence Colony, or from our authorised Agents at theft was not an offence in this instance, in

Dupa ga ip for the time being, was expected cases and a championship game of billiards is that whereas the latter is generally "spot-barred" Coast Ports.

to arrive in singapore on the 14th or 15 st the former is distinctly a case of "bar-spotted." spite of the Magistrate's narrow-minded and aa her way to Sileon. She is a vessel of 6,600 The sun is very strong about Singapore. WHISK Y. SCOTCH--

short-sighted dictum-which is specially | tons gross register, carries 24 guns and a crow For dosen Case, protected by section 13 of Ordinance 14 of of 24 officers and soo men all told.

WITH reference to an article on the recent cattle A Thorie's Blend, White Cap.

1845. Mr. HASTINGS, on discovering that

epidemie appearing In yesterday's Telegraph, aule.....

$10.80 he had once again made a mess of it, tried

Mr. A Rumjaha wiles to assure us that the cows belonging to the East Folat Dairy and Farming to keep things going by annulling the hard

Company, of which he is manager, have been labour part of his original sentence, so that the hapless coolies are merely lodgers

absolutely free from disease, nii baving been inoculated before being brought into the Colony. In Victoria Gaol at the expense of the The average American citizen doa?" think he He also confirm our statement relative to the colony. But this feeble subterfuge is not in a severin till he glis & Government job. transfer to the mainland of the cows belonging to good enough; if Mr. HASTIKOS is The Goddess uv Liberty don't ride is a Chinese dairies, but adds that the milk from these animals is being brought over and regularly Incompetent to properly fulfil the most kerridge, responsible. duiles which have been

The more you pay for votes the likeller they sold in Hongkong. Should this be so, li behoves hongsholders to carefully faquire into the source entrusted to what is practically a single are to be silpty. handed autocracy, he must without further curta

Legilatlu' has got to be indured fer li can't | of their supplies. The responsible authorities should also take nata. We have done so, and ado be relegated back to the duties of

Party wimmla in politicks is skverser than | shall not hesitate to give full publicly to the Assistant Harbour Magistrate, for which, benu teeth-Detrett Fra Pran.

result of our enquiries,

Chatils, white wine...................................... 13.00 Meursault, superior white wine 18.00 Volasy, very superior red wine 11.co 11.20

MADEIRA AND CHAMPAGNE, Full particulars of the various Brands on application.

BRANDY.

A Hennessy's Old Pale, Red

Caprute.....

B Superior Very Old Cognac,

Red Capsule

C Very Old Elqueur Cognac..

D Hennessy's Firest Very Old

L'queur Cognac, 1871 V.n. tae, Red Capsule

E Flacs Very Old Liqueur

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B Watson's Glenorchy Mellow Blend, Blue Capsule with

· Name and Trade Mark ...

C Watson' Abelour-Glenlivet,

Fer dozen Caso.

$14.40

16.20 30.40

36.00

10.80

Red Capsule with Name and Trade Mark

12.00

Watson's HKD Blend of the Finest Bootch Mah Whip- kies, Vislet Ca sulč...............

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1440

E Walton's Very Old Liqueur

Scotch Whisky, Gold Cap. But..........584041424584b48

15.00

Das Crawford's inest Very

Old Scotch Whisky...

14.49

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THE Mission steam-launch Day Spring call alongside vessels hoisting code pendant between 9 and 10.30 am, on Sunday, 10 convey mon ashore to the 11 o'clock service, returning about 12:30 pm.

no objection to buying a chandeller, som aidermen seem to have set their hearts upon it, but what I want to know is, who's going to play it when we get it?"

JEDOR WAXEM'S PROVERES, Good statesmen don't die yung, Men rocked the cradle av our liberties, its own suisin'.

The Amurikin esgei is ashamed av some uv

of Graham Street," where there is considerable

years ago in the most approved Chinesestyle, łas been going from bad to worse for months past. and is now a source of danger to pedestrians, owing to the stones having worn down, and become so slippery as to render walking the reverse of pleasant. Scarcely a day passes without some unfortunate coming a cropper in that thoroughfare, resubing in a me cases in rather serious injuries.

1894.

THE Pallas came out of Aberdeen Dock this sitemoen sker having been overhauled prior to her cuparture for bome. THE O. & O., S. S. Co.'s steamer Balgic, with mails, &c, left San Francisco for this port, 14 Yokohama, on the 19th inst

B. A. WALLS, of the Singapore postal servic, warn the roth Inst. formally remanded upon charges of fargery, breach of trust and chefing. Wells, who is a Eurasian, was formerly head

postman.

THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal mail steamer Empress of India aived at Shanghal * 2 a.m. to-day, and will leave again at 11pm for this port, where she may be expected about 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

A BI-WEEKLY newspaper to be called The Perak Fienter is ab ut to be launched at Taiping, the province from which the paper take itu name. Its pilot claims to be filling long felt want" and will only charge one dollar per

mensem for his services.

THE first examination of the scholars of the New Ticatsia Medical School took place on the 9'h last. before a Board specially appointed by Viceroy Li Hung-chang and consisting of Shing Tmotat, Lul Total, of Cheloo, and Lo Tatal, the Naval Secretary of the Peiyang Squadron, The examination was a great success.

THE Singapore Frie Preis learns that the Director of the Bri ish North Boraco Company have decided to erectile of telegraph from Sandakan to the point where the cable touches the mainland, a distance of over 200 miles. A -road is also to be constructed and it is said the

work will be completed within a few months.

M. RENAUD, hydrographer in the French Navy, has drawn up a tovised scheme of works for the Improvement of Haiphong harbour and its *pproaches. The cost according to his plan would be nearly four million francs, and the time is estimated at 33 years if two dredgers are employed. In addition, at least 6fty per ceat, must be allowed for French optimism in auch calculations.

MISS MINNIE HAUK and her husband (his seems to be the 'universally recognised way of placing them) have been lerested with the oder of the Crown of Jabore. "Mr. Baker" himself officiated and the recipients are described as having been "tooched by his Highness' cordiality and condescension,

Bellyjous" now do something in the decotaling line when the gifted prima donna comes to Hongkong?

Cannot friend

| THE native gelatine-lantern makers in Shangha!. native city are stated to have received crders from the "committee for the Imperial birthday celebrations at Peking to make over 10,000 of the largest-size lanterns of this kind, beautifully decorated and entassalled, for the purpose of decorating the line of march of the Imperial triumphal progress. Other cities, such Soo- chow and Hangchow, have also received shallar orders, the total number required being about sixty thousand,

WITH reference to the suspension of Police Inspectors Howard and Bogden at Singapore, the Free Prats says the announcement made that bribery in the basis of the charge agalast them is possibly premature, and that the authorities, although decaldg it necessary to report the matter to the Governor, are not quite 10 confident, and are not at all clear wheber the regularities which recently formed the subject of a long and painful investigation are merely informalities or something of a more serious nature.

ACCORDING to a postscript memoria of Lia K'un-yi, Viceroy of the Llangklang provinces, published in the Peking Gazette of the 26th altimo, four torpedo destroyers bave been ordered to be bulle in Germany, cósting 1,135,800 marks. To prepare the crews for these four cases, the Torpedo School at Nanking will be enlarged by the addition of a number of officers and men to be called the Torpedo Hattalion, from which wil be selected the men to work the new vessels, which are expected to be ready, by next December,

The first important two-year old event of the Eagilih racing reason, the Brockleby Stakes of sco sovs., added to a sweepstakes of xo sovs, cach, § ft., distance five furlongs, was tun at Lincoln on March 28th and resulted as follows: Mr. R. Batteril's ch. 1, Ella Tweed, by

Salisbury-Galop andA. White I Mr. R. C. Vyner's ch. f. Fabia, by Crowberry,

-Fabiola... H. Black Mr. W. R. Lebandy's b, f. La Turble, by

Kilwarlin-Antibes...R. W. Colling 3. (Winner trained by W. E. Elsey, Hameaule.)

There were seventeen runners, and Ella Tweed, who started at 10 to 1 against her, won | by a head,

performance of “The Ticket-of-Leave Man" by

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THX new flagship for the China Station, the first- class battleship Centurion, actived in harbour from Slagapore this afternoon. She looks as if she could knork the Monstars out in the first round, but the fast and powryful' has reserve force-to say naibing of Brislint Bedoes, Franch bragadoccio, Chinese jong-stan barbazlam, Sauer-krauf, sod terror the Yankee Monocady which, thấyNE relied on to keep this colony in salety tymi dny.

Telegraph has established a right to be con-- combination of foreign powers. The tendong, aldered Hongkong's only safe defender. Hutroo!

In his last report from Raub Mr. Bibby writes: —"Thave to congratulate the shareholders on the successful result of our work in the Bokit Koman section of the concession. On the 24th

March, we cut through the lode in the west crosscut (at 140 fees), 53 feet in from the shaft. For several feet, we have been driving through On the above date the footwall of the lode was a mass of leaders, most of them carrying gold. met with, carrying about 3 feet of good are on the face of the lode; this, with the leaders previously gone through, making about 8 feet of payable crashing stuff. The lode formation is from ra to 14 feet wide. The footwall is clean, and well defined underlying east towards the shaft about 1 in 4, which it will intersect at north and south on the course of the lode, and between 300 to 400 feet. We are now driving

have oproed it up for about 20 feet which illi shows the same good prospects. I think there is little doubt we bave cut a permanent and well defined lode, and, situated as it is right in the centre of the concession and on the great auri ferous belts of lodes that traverse the whale length of it, I consider it the most valuable sod. Important discovery yet made at Raub. There is good deal of water making from it, but nothing more than the pump can keep out. The surface workings are showing better prospects, and are turning out the usual quantity of crush- ing stuff.".

ODE TO CAMPHOR.

(Dedicated to D. Moncrieff Wright, E17) ↑ "

Sweet spirit of the balmy trees

Of falt Fermosa and Japin, (Costing two cents across the seas,

Where tariffs are unknown to man~- Or built upon a free-trade plan) Thou fillest with perfume the breeze, Enabling me to wrie with case Suck line as these.

Thou art an angel, good and true!

Peneath thy sway

The peach and pear of emerald hue, The watermelon, fair to view, The lobster and his nightmare crow

No longer cause dismay,

Or doctor's visits, night and day t No matter if on sugar dropped, Or la sun cholera-mixture popped,

Thy magic power alway Is such, all fils are stopped. Concealed within the woollen rug

In bureau, trunk or case, Thou killast every noisome bug, Roach, becile, moth and fuseet thag.

Obooxlous to our race, Within the place!

And thus, through thee, I gladly wear again My last year's coat, my wife her old delaise, And all my childish brood Display sartorial palch tiude. (This final line is more than good 1) But when, O camphor I thou'rt compressed,

And wrapped lo er clent llaen rag Or chamols big,

And hung upon my loved one's breast,

To keep out bacill and germs And other scientific terms, Thou renderest me so sick

That, with such phrasea I can find To case the mind,

I growl and kick.

W. E. S. F.

PASSENGERS BOOKED FOR

THE FAR EAST..

Per P. & O. steamer Paletia, from London, March agth.-To Yokohama: Mr. Geo, Braith Walle. To Nagasaki: Rev. and Mrs. A. Adamson and two children. To Shanghai : Mrs. McEwen, lour children, governers, and mald, Mrs. and Miss Muffat, Mr. R. C. Cook, Mr. J. Dyer Ball, Mr. Galpin, two Misse Galpin, Mr. and Mrs R. Allen, To Hongkong i Lieut. R. W Dalgety, R.N. From Brindlal--- Quastermaster and Hon. Lieut. R. Adima, Sab.

To Shanghai: Mis. Ross, three children and meid.

April 13th-To Yokohama: Mrs. Harrison, Per P. and O. steam'r Rome, from London,

Mr. Lipseg Smith, To Shanghai: Mr. and Mrs. Danovan, Mr. B. McOwan, Mr. Fabridge. Hannah, To Manila: Mr. P. R. Gully. To Hongkong! Mr. A. P. Welman, Mr. John

T N. C. Daily News dramatic critic the London Lyile Company at the Shaoghal Per Messageries Maritimes steamer Mak Lyceum :-"The masculinity of Misa Maria | Bourne, from Harrellies, April 1st-To Yoko Brian's assumption of the character of Sam hama : Mr. and Mrs. Klobukowski, Mr. Willoughby was something of a apprise to many, Kawamura, Mr. Pollack. To Shanghai: Lady and there was not a suspicion of that vulgarity | Sick, Mr. Che, Dr. Chan, Mr. Schlog. To which so often imperile the performances of Hongkong: Mr. Ogdenkyk. To Batavia: Minu

Kitis masquerading Maiter Most, the actresses in the outward garb of the other sex. Vander Schuyh, Mr. Echaurin, Mr. H. van It was, too, a decided novelty to see Mr. Henry Hacften. Hebraic gentleman who dispores of Bank uptes at rates ridiculously below their face value. But he filed the part will. Mr. J. H. Nunn was particularly good u Hawkshaw, the detective; he played a character' which in real Hie is as extinct as the dode in the most realistic manner, and earned the heartiest applause," Comment on this farrago oflaconsistent nonsense would be superfluens ; but we can readily fancy Possy Kitts in such a congenial rôle as "Mossy

Per Messagerles Maritimes stenger Organton, from Marvellles, April 15th-To-Hlogo: Mr. Thomas, Mr. Sugihara. To Shanghai: Mr. Walsham. To Hongkong: Mr. A. Pelne.

Per Canadian Pacific steamer Emprats of Japan, from Vancouver, April 3rd-To Shang- hal: Mr. and Mrs. A. Hosis and child, Mr, H. J. J. Chambers. To Foschow: Mz. W. Graham.

LATE TELEGRAMS. · PROFESSOR. Uffelmann, the Chicago Hwali

WASHINGTON, Aprli grd, says, has made a thorough laventigiton of the Senator Allen, of Nebrnaka, has introduced a digestibility and assimiletion of cow's milk, in Free Silver Bill as an amendment to the Tari decase both of adults and infants, and It appears Bill. that the latter posacas sa absorptive power

LONDON, April 4th. somewhat greater than that of the grown man. The conclusion of the Austro-Russian com. The Infant absorbs less albumen and fatty mercial treaty in due to the personal intervention materials than the man, but on the other of the Czar, and is regarded as an Insportant hand makes it up in solid substances, and | indication of the progress of an-Austro-Russian the sugar is completely absorbed. As to the rapprochement. It is stated that the commer

cial agreement between the three Empires, salts, while the infant assimilates 25 to 78 per cent of those contained in the milk of its (Rasala, Germany and Austria) will probably ba mother, it absorbs only 25 to 30 per cent of those followed by a pacific understanding permitting contained in cow's milke, because in the first place the suspension of military preparations, Austria the latter holds a much Isiger amount; and, in and Germany are seeking to encourage a better the second place, the e'o's formed in the infant's feeling between France and Italy stomach are so much denser by this milk that It is understood that the majority of the Oplom they interfere with absorption, Some authors Commission concern in Lord Brassey's views in malatsin that bolled milk, and especially milk favor of oplum, and that Mr. Wilson will cooked under pressure, is digested more easily formulate a separate report on behalf of the anti- than raw milk, but P Hensor Uffelmann's experi-oplum minority, Sir J. Pesse supporting it, ments contradict this entirely, Again, all badles excepting as regards opium ea lag. Lord Brassey added to the milk which diminish the consistency anives in London at the end of the week, when of the clots increase its digestibility. The the Commission will reassemble. addition of water-one part milk to three of A remarkable crisis has taken place in New water-increases by almost s per cant the pro- foundland, where seventeen members of the portion of peptones contained in the digisted Government party have been petitioned against morsels. Dilaling with mucilaginous preparalons owing to bribery and corruption, and two anists this result more thin water / the tus of have been unseated, A depulation, headed by gum arabic is helpful, but, is the acid of the gam❘ the Premier, waited on the Governor and begged burtful, it is necessary to såd a small-quandty him to dissolve Parliament the latter has of bicarbonate of soda,

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