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tations.

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & COMPANY, LIMITED. VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

COLDS IN THE HEAD, &c.

BURROUGHS, WELL.Comx & Co.'s PINOL EUCALYPTIA "INHALERS.

ONE of the best remedies extant for Nasal

Catarrh and all disorders of the Nugal

Passages and Nasopharyngeal membranes.

Pilce

..$1.35.

EUCALYPTUS OIL.

A STANDARD REMEDY FOR COLDS, Sprinkled on the handkerchief and over the breast of the night clothing it gives almost fastani relief.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1895.

THE STRAITS MILITA Y EXTORTION. Slr C. Clemente Smith, writhg to the Times. warmly protest against letter by Mr. Rath- bone, which declared that the protected Malay States ought to directly share in the Straka Mary Conti ballon.

(Special to Shanghai Mercury.) TWO JAPANE E TOPPEDO BOATS SUNK, AND AN IRONCLAD DISABLED.

„CHE, February 111.

Two Japanez torpedo-boats have been sunk by the Chinese and an Ironclad has been disabled. The ford ters at Wel-bal-wel are unburt. Everything seems qu'et just now.

THE CHINESE ENVOYS IN JAPAN, YOKOLLAMA, February 1st, A telegram from Hiroshima, of today's date, states that the Chinese Envoys were received there this forencon at the Offices of the Prefec: ture by Count Ito. Viscount Moto, Chief Secretory of the Cabinet, and Foreign Office officials, in order to examine their credential, Of the Envoys sulte only two Chinese Connelllors and two Interpreters were. rdmitted. Japanese Government have appointed Count Ito and Viscount Musa as representatives on their witle.

THE WAR IN MANCHURIA.

The

TOKIO, 1st February.

In an official telegram, dated 1st January General Nogi reports that the Chinese forces, in the vicinity of Yingkow, excred 20 000. Tipanese scouts report that the Chinese have occupied Lanya bias, and that the hostlie forces, westward of that place, are gradually advancing towards {27 the south.

Boller.....$1.00 and 50 Cents.

DARIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.. Lp., DARIN.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY. Honyban, t'h January, 1895.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

METABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WINES AND SPIRITS.

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Bina event Kelerted by our London

Pune, Mewah direct at first band, 1min W1 ad Hottled by ourselves,

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by the het prowths et inodérate

repairers.

THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamship Rehilla, with the next English mail, left Singapore for this port at 8 a.m. today, as expected here on or about Monday, the 11th last,

share, paid in 18948 60,000.00 Dedact Clolme under 1893

Deduct return premis, &c.,

10 Icies pald In 1894... 27,109.44

some old workings were accidently tapped. The W.ROBINSON & Co. plano bulldors, tuners and Deduct dividend of $3'pr andden intosh of water surprised two hundre men who were below, at the time. The full extent of thedisaster bak not yet been ascertained, bat It is feared that at least twenty have been drowned.

Mejor resmann has started for the Cameroons.

Obituary-General A ibony Tho nh!!!.

January 15th. It's announced that Tord Brassey has been the Earl of Hepatoon.. appointed Governor of Victoria In succession to

New plano repairing machinery, received by W. Robinson & Co,

THE third performance of the pantomime Rabinson Crusoe will be given at the Theatre General G. Dighy Barker, C.B.

&c. paid in 1894 5,062,30 01.261.74 Balance of Profi'....$125.213 75

63020 to shareholders a final dividend of It is proposed to apportion this sum as follows: Pare, making $6 for the year; $17,025 A bens to contributors of premis; oud the Account 1894-

conres woul To Kores han

Clappayer!!

St Francis Fleming has been transferred / Royal tromfohe under the pairoange of Major balance, $27.308 75, to the credit of Working | Ance -ne had effect & som of fivsí million yea

from

Sierra Leone to the Governorship of the Leeward Islands.

Me, W. E. Maxwel, the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements, has been appointed Governor of the British Gold Coast Colony,

ROME, Ja Gary seth. Despstakes received here state that Maj Bazatlere surprised len then and Abyssinians made the command of Mangaarix át Costit After a severe fight Mangascia served with a heavy loss, while that on the Tralian side war

light.

THE ACCIDENT TO THE

" VICTORIA."

We are courteously informed by Mestis. notwell, Caill!! & Co., agents of the Northern to the accident to the Company's steamer Pacific Steamship Company, that in respect to Victoris at Malt on the 18th ulimo, the Arrived safely at Kobe on tho 3ist; xiao that a the damage proves on thorough examination by the local Surveyors to be leur than

མ་ ! first feared, the permanent repairs, will be

We are informed by the Agents (Messrs. Gibb. Livingston & Co.) that the F. & A. S. S. Co.'s steamer Cafferthus, from Austrails, left Port Darwin yesterday, for this part,

Japan Mall tates that the foreign emplates of A SHANGHAI telegram of the 25th ultimo in tha the Chinese Government have stimated to the Tantri of Shanghai their intendan of resigning their positions li Adil Ting's punished. The message adds that Germah merchants of that port, Messrs. Mand! & Co., and Messrs. Carl-witz & who have been furnishing

Land ammunition army

to the Chinese in North Chine, stopped supplies a few days ago. THUS the Kohe Chronicle:-'s an ill wind that blows robade any gond," said the Chafe- in that she-Trectors were enabled to declare a man of Langfeld & Co. Limited, when ananune- dividend of 25 per cent, a result of the bring ing of war whips hin these present Eastern rubles. Bot a Kobe oxen-killing company (Japanese) has rane one 1helter, At a meeting

A despatch from Haechleg states that thefe #finat at Kobe so as to permilt of the fcted of the shareholders called the other day, a

Are no Chine on the Newchwang road.

Another despatch from Fenghwarg reports everything qulet there,

"

BOMBARDMENT OF WELHALWEL DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT.

TOKIO, February 1st,

A legram, dated from Tallenwan at lostat. from the Third Army, states that on the goth Janusy, the second division captured the erine ce of Sunglindhan and Mununeked there. 0 tht they he asputing another tinence south-west from P-ir Ivan, and thr Tap navy simultaneously bambarded the Palchlysao fort. The stath division

of

nine in

l'ing thence about the 20th instant, possibly therefore, he carried on to its destination by the sooner. The

The cargo shipped at Hongkong will, Victoria herrelf. The latest telegrama de not say whether it will be necessary to discharge any of the cargo in order to complete the repsies.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

BROADWOOD PIANOS at W. Robinson & Co.

German croiser Irane arrived here from Singapore this morning.

THE Canadian Pacific Rallway Co.'s steamship Empress of Japan left Vancouver for this por yesterday afternoon,

COLLARD & COLLARD PIANOS at W. Robinson

het in Mount Ku, had comatelel cap & Co.

PRICE LISTS. WITH FELL DETAILS, TO BE HAD sign-lied that they held

PORT

the termedive confits. nd enabling advance at 2 click in the macroine. Be the the meaning they had taken possession of most of the Chinese Ilnes

and, advancing the Podeljaran fortu. By

By 12.30 o'clock the

possession of the

the eastern hance to the hither. The Checks fret were were de Lin-kung-tan Talad and were conjointly with the Wargtze farts, fitting up the Japanese ships and treene, The Tap nese squadron WIL blocking both entrances in the harbour and fighting was still going on. At 4.30 p.m. the *cond division had

occupied the inspotast polat of Wenhuar,

PICATION.

Alle remed should be rested a When required for de hip al oceà should he ordered to be dered at the Dispensary before being:

SHELBY: -Fxelent dinner and after dinner "Wines, of very superior vintage. All are

the Nors Wome

our Charts, including the lowest and sl, mie cuaranteed to be the genuine product of the jules of the grape and are not

artile lly sade from raisins and currents, as feuerally the case with Cheap Winer.

BRANDYA u Frandy fi guaranteed to be pure Coorie, the difference in price blog early a question of age and vintage. WIPKTAIL eur Whisky s of excellent quits an of greater sge than most brands In the meet. The Scotch Whisky marked "Es infversally popular and is pro- noticed by the best local connoleurs to be mpralog to any other brand in the Hongkong Market.

ALL LAND FORTS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE.

TOKIO, February 2nd. A telegram from Tallenwan, dated yesterday faster that Marshal Oyama's report corfum the news previously telegraphed. All the land forts al Wel-ħal-wei have been caped, and the Chinese have retreated bayond Flinch. The Chinese nien-et-war were, later were inquiring into the losses sustained however, et! fbg upon the Japanese. The

hy beth des and were examining the prisoners and the spills of war,

-LATE TELEGRAMS.

LONDON, January 11th. Obituary. Slr Edround Drummond, alio Generais GF.S. Call, C.B., and Sir John, S. Hawkins. K.C.M G.

PARIS, January 17th.

A debate took place to the Chamber of Dettles East night, arising from a motion of the Seriali 1 Party demanding the release of Deputy M. Richard who is imprisoned for an article Inaulting M Casimir Perter, as President of the Reublic. The Government declined to enter-

The proposal and declared the rezolution a Cabinet question, upon which the motion was defyred by a majority of eighty-one.

Leutenant Gordon, the Politeal Officer who -urcended Captain Younghusband, is believed to be at Chitral with balf bis escort, vir, so men of the 4th Sikhs; the other 50 are at Mastsy, miles away. Nothing appears to be

Bunic Got ku

We only quarantne par Wines and Spirits to be penuine when bought direct from us in the wn as to the cause of the younger brother's Colony or from our authorised Agents at the recent proceeding.

The Secretary of State has saccloned the Cart Ports.

LATEST news from the North is to the effect thei the Chinese fleet reccessfully "tood off" the Jpg at Wel-hai-wel.

We are informed by the Agents of the Austrian Lloyd's S. N. Co. that the Company's steamer Vindobona left Singapore yesterday for this port New Comic Song and Dance Albums st W. Robinson & Co

THE Russian tronclad Pamiat Asova end due here from Singapore, en route to Cheleo, the torpedo-boste Haydamaž and Vordnick me

fa a day or two,

FULL stock of Banjos, mandolines, cultats, accordiony, strings and fittings of all kinds at W. Robleton & Co.

HUANG KUNG-TU, recently Consul General ar Singapore, has rrrived at Nanking, where he is now assisting Viceroy Chang Chi-long in the management of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. D'ARC's Marionettes are all doing good bulness at the "Bijou," the performance commencing at 8 30 every evening and drawing large numbers of the better class of Chinese residents.

CAPTAIN James Bruce, R.N., who was in Singa- pre a few years ago in command of H.M.S. Orion, has been chosen by the Admiralty to succeed Captain Lake as Sentor Naval Officer In-Charge at Gibraltar.

MR SANGSTER, whose resignation of the post of Organtet of St. John's Cathedral has closed considerable regres, will give another of bis pleasant organ recitals in the Cathedral on Thursday, the 14th (ustant.

ONLY" little literary gem from the Straits Times-Very great regret will be felt at the death of Lord Randolph Churchill in his forty sixth year. With a better constitution, he might yet have become a great man,

dividend the rate of 40 per cent, par *onum was declared on the last half-year's transactions.

AT Singapore on the 24th ultimo the members of the Straits Engineers Anclation met in their Rooms at the Marine Club for the purpose of presenting Mr. Wm. Gatcher, the President, with a handsome gold witch and chain in recagattion of his Indelstigable services during the past six

yers. Mr. Smith

the presentation in eulogistic terms, the recipient

mada acknowledging the compliment in an appropriate and lengthy addre, inch he cared the members that they could always rely on his heat services.

THUS & Chefon carrer det ander date 30

limo:-There are now on shore here, 20 German, 10 French 20 Russian blue- jackets' beslden 15 th and 15 American marines. Last but not least is our Volunteer selence Corps numbreing about so men. There is, however, little chance fr our volunteers to show their bravery, far as

far as far as

Chinese are well aware of we can see the"

readiness. thousands of soldiers have left Wel-bai-rel Several already and about a thousand of there run away braves from Yungching were on the raid between Wei-hat-wel and here last Friday, but they all turn off to the west when nearing Chelon. Our

next

chure of snxiety are the Japanese. It is true that Count Oyama bas arnt a letter to the Corular body at this port Informing them of his intentions to visit Chefoo, hot at the same time he promises every con- in case of the Tanarese army finding it necessary sideration to the property and persons of neutrals In come here; and did he not keep his promise, the Commanders of the ferrien men-of-war in port would pretty enen make him.

"TAIKOO" IN THE POLICE COURT.

"TOSHI" CHARGED.

on

Hastings, Mr. F. Merkirtosh, local

At the Palice Court to-day, before Mr. 've of the firm of Butterfield and Swire. represents- མ་ charged at the stance of Mr. P. Tooker, Executive En ineer. P. W. D.. 31st January, at Quarry Bay, did anlawfully four charges, as follow:-(1) that on the construct and continue to construct an property of the Iron pler projected over the foreshore, the without the previous aciton

and authority of the Governor of 1989; (2) that on the 31st January, at required by section 68 of Ordin-ner Quiny Bay, did unlawfully construct a place of secure stoware, a bilek tunnel, raised one chimney and construct a brick-shed upon Marire Lot No. without submitting plans (3) that on divers days of the latter part of 1891. giving notice to the Director of Public Works;

places of secure stowage en Marine Lot No. 1 Quarry Bay, dila unlawfully construct

two without submitting alins of the same

or giving noties to the P.W.D.; (4) that on divers days of November And December, 1894:

esilmate of 53 crores for the East Coast Railway. † CAPT. Hansen, of the steamér Arraioen Aptar, at OURITY BR, did unlawfully construct an iron

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.stration of the Wazarlabad Lyallpur Railway,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Her long, 9th January, 1805.

LONDON, January 12th, The Times publishes telegram from Rame restating that the undisguised efforts of the French to instigate the Emperor of Abyssinia against be Italians is causing Irritation at Rome, and obliging the silnas to despatch reinforcements to Masgowah,

TO SUBSCRIBERS.

SUBSCRIBERS то "THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH ARK MOST RESPECTFULLY REMINDED THAT ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS .MOAT RE PAID IN ADVANCE,

BIRTH.

On the 20th January, at 55, Victoria Street, Singapore, Mr. B'LL, the wife of Captain Bell, of the steamer Hecuba, of a daughter,

DEATH,

Sr George Walte has now made all his selec tors for staff appointments in the new Benga! and Pur Jab armies, and these as well as the bill stations chosen for beadg arters will be made krown very shortly.

arrival on

that on the 26th inst,, a lastar samed Dobirse fell from aloft whilst working on the main mist, and died from his Infaries without recovering consciousness, and was buried at sos. The members of the Singapore Marine Clab gave a very successful "bop" at the Town Hall on the asth ultima. Dapcing was kept up with Restartmass in volley the reunion & hoge neceis and a great credit to their nautical bef

that on the

the

vigour sal 3 o'clock in the morning, and the i terrector of Public Works, as required by

The trial of Kalax-Singh, the murderer of Ax early issue of the Hongkong Taligraph Colonel Money, has been concluded at Lahore. contain a mass of Interesting Information about

shown good increas, but unfortunately the 1894. The premium income for this year losses have been steater than in any similar period of the Company's history. The bulk of these occurred in Mantle, where two fire, on omney in several distinct losses, amounting 31st September and 9: December, involved the

exchange. in $151,023, inctive of $2,347 lost in Writ deploring these occurrences Your Dir clare, After Ebre consideration, recommend the payment of the same interim dividend as before, viz $1 per share,

With regard to properties upon which the Company has granted long upon marigag, the Board it of op ion that they afford ample security for the advances made.

DIRECTORS

The Board deeply regrets the loss of the late Mr. H. Hoppfus, who, during at years, zealously forwarded the Company's Interests

Mears. S. C. Michaelsen and N. A. Slebs tave been invited to fill vacancies on the Board, of shareholders. and these appointments require the confirmation

Mesura Kramer and Dalrymple retire by rolation and offer themselves for re-election.

AUDITORS.

Doring Mr. R. Lyal's absence from the has audited the annexed accounts in carjunction Colony owing to ill-health Mr. W. Halton Pott with Mr. J. H. Cox. Mests Cox and Lyal retire, and are eligible for re-election.

A. G. WOOD,

Chairman.

BALANCE SHEET, 31ST DECEMBR, 1894. Capital account..............

Liabilities.

Reserve fund

Accounts payahle

Final dividend for 1893 $60,0.00 Bongs for 1897 and

seadrics.......

60,535 23 Working account 1894 —

Balance at credit 108,771.47 Transferred from 1893 37.308.75

Assets,

Cash at Bankers........ Fixed deposits at Banks

H'kong and Shanghai

Basking Corporation $340,000.00 Chartered Bank of 1.

A. & C.................. 95,000.00 Mercantile Bank of

Tadla, Iimited......... 25,000.00

Investments:-

Chinese Imp. Gart, E.

bonds ...................................$109 699.25 Hk. & Kloon Wh. & Gedu. Co., Ld. deben.

49,877.40

tures ang S'hai Land Investmt.

Co., Ld. debentures.. 5bal and H'kew Wharf

Co., debentures...... 41,617.07 S'hal Waterworks Co.,

L.d., debentures... 8.471.23 Love on mortgage — Or properties to Hongkong......... Inland int No.685- Assigned by mortgage.......... Hangkang Fire Ins. Co. Ld.

Four shares,.

Farulture account:→→ Office furniture, &c. Accounts, receivable :—2— Premia dre from agencies, interest due so deposits and investments, &C...

Government does not fallow the pollas adopted by Japan when phrend in a similar difficulty na the outset of the Reformation. Pha laitet Sparted 1-convertible notes and in at wy medag exfrencies of the time. nerhaps, be more favor

moles in this country was to Jaen, for while the lisad of

regled xorcie, na kuch thing was their face value Korea iar county tell she hex only copper s her population in over ten milera and the lague of ten million foconertible voter would pht pro-

napht therefore to be raised without difficulty. Inn Gint: tog noter, Fer that carpose The Kelani's second pestion I to empower t he Bank should est fish branch office in Seoul tho

where, on the security of the fareten han's of the Korean Gentement, walk should he trans rates and thus accommodate the ferred to the Bank, the latter should issue Goverment. This second

method should

only be however, made an

effit b font that the credit of the Korran Goverment is too w justify its notes independently. The third and last pian and grennd are found infeasible. It is to found in to be had recree to case both the

first

and Japanese, and to invest it with nale katirg a bank in Seoul by joint efforts of the Koreans TAWET These notes would be for the use of the Korean Government

ent which in exchange give

bond. This shold, however, only be done if the founding of a bank entirely by strangers la abjected 10. Ma

Japanese are desirous of 10. Many Investing their money securely in Korea and in the enemy's territory occupied by Japan. The cooperation of Koreans in such a matter would be attended with great benefit to ten as they would then be initiated in Important banking business,

THE WAR IN THE NORTH.

for the following Interesting particulars of the We are indebted to the Shanghal Mercury' lege of Wei-balwel, the state of affairs at Chefoo and the desertion of a number of German officers employed in the Chinese army and navy-

Foremost amongst the Japanese marn-of-war

4000.00 by Admiral Itn.' Then there were the Yoshino that took part in the bombardment of Wei-bal-wel was the Matsushima, commanded presumably 875.000,00 and

and so, each flying pennants of Rear Admirals. The remal-ing wa-ven-le being the Nantua, Akiushtona Haskidste. Iwaki, Takachiho. Kaimon, Maya, Akagi Yamato, Katsuraki, Tsukushi, 7 años, Musashi, 120,631.23 Chiyoda, Atago, Itsukushima and Kongo. There were also nineteen transports and about twenty torpedo-harts.

$46,031.12

$1,541.716.45

THE CHINESE FLEXT.

It may be noted that in front of Wel-hai-wel is a huge rack forming a small island, thos giving Wel-kai-wel two entrances, and as there are smaller rocks in each of these the entrances are admirably defended by nature against an 31.891 99 Invading fleet. Around Wei-bal-wrl are what

Appear to be unsurmountable" Behind the natural barriers at the entrances to precipitous bills. Wel-bai-wel mentioned real be distinguished quite plainly in the evening

evening light the ships of the

Southern

much abuted Chinese squadron. I counted tea ships altogether, five guarding the

northern entrance. and live

the 460,000.00 appeared to be quite prepared, and reveral were They all steaming slowly about. The Wel-hat-wel was still Chinese possession. This seemed to show that either the Japanese fleet had reviously been indulging in their old tactics and blazing. sway harmlessly at the Chinese forts or bad attempted to lake the place by sea and had been repulsed,

259.66594

HOW CHEFOO IS GUARDED. Altogether there are this morning (20th) no less than alateen mea-of-war la the harbour, ostensibly to watch over the lives and intereste of a score or so of inhabitants of the small settle- ment, The majority of ships were

courro British, the remainder of the squadron were French, German, American, and one Russlan zopo ship. The British, French (one), and American

were

undoubtedly the largest and most formid- able vessels. $23.00

500.00

716,125.00

49,011-42 $1,541,716.45

WORKING ACCOUNT, 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST DECEMBER, 18′′4,

To Charges account

Dr.

Rent, salaries, legal and surveyore'face, taxes, stamps, stationary, &c.

Directors' & fees

Commission account :—

7,400.00

gaf99.83

937.95

of the Crown, without the previous sanction and section 68 of Ordinance 15 of 1889. anthority of the Governor,

required by Further, unlawfully neglect to cub

e-day and at the place aforesaid did

Bubmit of

plans the id per and give notice on the prescribed form to

Agents' commissions................ 15,920.34 160 and 70 of

of Ordinance

Fire Brigades account: 15 of 1889 Thomson, of

Contributions at agencies, &c...... Mesers. Butterfield & SM RR.

appeared on behgif

K. MIC. of Mr. kintosh, and admitted the

Claims accruing to this year paid.. 178,154-34 ted the offences charged.

Amount written off- Mr. E. M. Hazeland, Assistant Engineer of the Pertson, Overseer of Pobllo, Works Department, and Mr.

and Mr. Frederick

Farniture account ..................esstimated

Balance......a

VEGEUNATTAASPRAVNO zard, 24th, зать and constructing two plers, brick tunnel, raised onk chimney, and constricted a brickshed, and

The sentence, however, awalls the confirmation | meeting, Several of the "crarkı" were ext·nded 31: ultimo, Menre, Butterfield & Swire were the "mokes" in trafpfag for the forthcoming to the effect that on Buildings, gava evidence

of

Str George Wille. Instant per P. and O. Ganget.

Led Sandburit leaves for Bombay on the 24th

January 13th

this morning with astonishing results, which will be folly dealt with by " An Old Sportsmen

in due course.

two places of secure stowage without submitting plans and obtaining the sanction of the Govern

At the Beach Hotel, Cheloo, on the 24th of the King of Ashsott has declined to entered THzfollowing warships wereat "beloo on tka 28ko witnesset, namely, Messrs. Blake and

January, 1895. MARIA CARCILIA CALENDRA. ated. I yer 1 month, the dearly beloved das hter at Peter and Christine Calender.

onahono

Mall advices received from Acra state that

the suggestion made by the Gorer or of the Gold Coast Colony for the appointment of a British Resident at Coomassie and has assumed such a defiant a titude that the necessity for another expedition is considered pobable.

A Parts telegeam states that M. Guichard, Pres'dext

of the Suez Canal Company, bas sailed Captain 11. W. Davies has started on bis tour In Yurnen, leaving Sadon on 4th January with to Memten by way of Sarsi. A report has been received at Srdon that Captain D vies has left Saust for Mamein with a friendly Chinese excart,

BERLIN, JADHRIy rgth. The Reichstag bas referred the anti-Revolo tlonay Bills to Commitee of the Hou

alt.-H.M.S. Undaunted, Eotus, Gibralior, Severn, and Daphne : German Arcona, Alexan. drine and Marie, French Fly-Beautemps Bear and Lion U.S.5. Baltimore, York- town and Charlestown, and the Russian craiser Krinar

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Waddell, were sabressed to appear, but did not pat in an appearaber

Mr. Themic submitted that as the charges were admitted it was mon carorry to produce the witnesses.

SHORTLY prior to the arrival of the Russian were subpceused to appear and they should His Worship remarked that the witnesses altro, one of her Petty Officers succumbed to the case for an hour. Ironclad Pamiat Azova at Gingapore on the 16th † have been in Court, and be therefore adjourned malarial fever, which was no prevalent on board

On the Court Singapore General Hospital a few days ago. The deceased was buried, with foll Al bepours, at Singapore,.

HONGKONG. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, IBot, the intention of preceeding in the first stance that of of her seamen more removed to the Blaka and. Waddell at 12.40 p.m. Messrs.

TELEGRAMS.

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH,

LONDON, February 6th. The Queen's Speech states that Great Brain's rel tons, with foreign Powers are friendly; the war in the East is regretted; s cordial enterte with the other Powers interested In these regions. Las bren mulataloed, and no favourable opportunity will be lost for promoting peae; the Armestan atrocities, the agreement with France and the Sierra Leone boundary are relersed to, and mestuses annourced for the coming Session of Parliament. The Lords have voted the Address. "

OSEBERY WAVERING.

Lol Rosebery has declined to introduce s resolution at the present time dealing with the House of Lords on the grounds that a dissolution most immediately follow,

It is reported that runt Herbert Bismarck in to be appotated German Ambassador at Washington.

SIR Augustus Hattis as the London correspondent of the Asian, surpassed himself and ceppir prieplanly Chinese wedding In this year's Drury Lane Pantomime, the dresses fenitil, being too torgeous for words. There was a great sensation in the fashionable yet achieved. Sir Augustus should come to PRIS, 14th Jangry. fancy ha bas scored the biggest sucenas ka his quarter of the Rue Monceau by the barsting of Hongkong for a few sealal blots as to how jo

bomb at midnight yesterday. The concierge put an RESEA outrage bad selected to wreck, saw the bomb on A Her important ligm of news for which we ate

of the house, which the perpetrator of the

In the neighbourhood. Nobody was fojured, all the Taizemok Euro)

Thomson addressed the Court, and submitted that the offence was merely a technical one and the result An oversight.

were not present. Mr.

penalty, and a dae of $50 on each charge was Mr. Tooker thereup n pressed for a substantia! imposed--or $200 in all.

of the law to, we believe, $100 on each charge.

The extreme penalty for such Aagrant breacher

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LIMITED.

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Lasses account 1894 →→

By

Premium Account

Cr.

Net amount of premla

collected ............$232.530.61 6,780.32

Lees re-lauraANGES......

The various ships have landed detachments of sailers or marines to protect the Settlement, Down one street paces & kmart British maring in his grey coat with rifle and fixed bayonet, Patrailing the same dista ce with him is a burly Russian tailor, likewish armed, with his ban- daller across bis shoulder and marching up

no and down in his black leggings that reach 10 bis thigh.

ng another Comer one finds two more bereditary enemies under arms for * united

united porpse French sailor, lo bis white leggings and

gay blue

CRP with red teasel, with a German marine, in marching abreasts cap, short jacket and high leggings; mearer the ribe, in fist Chinese quarter, one drops across an

an American marine

at different while

parts of the Settle from around this corner and around that ment, procceds a patrol of armed saflors or mari

or marines. As a rule these i dividual sentries form

form subjects for such wonderment on the part of the natives, and your vivacious Frenchman and phlgmatla German stalks his way through groups of dirty, Inclinės arrayed in unde cribable apparel.

THE RETIRING GERMANE, Yesterday there arrived at Ch-footen German Instructors from Wel-hal-wel. These gentlemen and quitted Wei-hat-wel, it is weld, at the request of their Consul, who reminded them that they 67 40

were engaged as Instracion to the Chinese 108,773.47

troops and not to superintend actus!

fighting Needless to say this has greatly disheartened $130,64233 the i

¡Chinese at Cheloo. The Chinese have a ramour that one of the instructors quarrelled with General Tat, in command at Wel-hal-wel, cor cerring the position of some of the gun, but that is, as it appears on the face of Ir, merely a rumour,

rizer. -$245,448-39

Interest Account -- Amount at credit, including interest. due on deposits and investments, Transfer For Account:- Amount at credit

E.&O.E.

RUROPEANS AT WEI-HAI-WE),

Al Wei-bal-wel there are now sald to be eight Europears in the Chinese service, the most prominent of whom is Vice-Admiral McClure, Those bave been engaged, it is said, to fight 99.90243 required, and they therefore remain. Doubtless

McClure's presence in the Chicene 198.51

Navy scerunts for the state of preparedness of the Chinese fleet.

$316,942.33

Jas. B. COUNTRIE

Secretary, We have examload the above statement with the books and securities at the Head Offies, and have found the same to be correct,

JAMES H. COR,Auditore. W. H. POTTS, ́} Hongkong, and February, 1893.

KOREA'S FOREIGN LOAN, ***

COUNT OYAMA AND THE FOREIGN CONSULS, The following letter has been received by the Conan's stationed at Cheloo and is la”, the

port :- possession of the British representative at that

(Copy) "Commander-in-rbizf.

January 24th, 1895, China,

TO THE FOREIGN CONSULS AT CHENO!

"In case our army should find it necessary to occopy Chefoo, it is our intention to give as much protection to the neutral inbabitants an the military necessities will allow. As soon as the place

In in the our possession and before The Ksivat writes as follows on the above will send a force of gendarmes to the concession any Japanels troops enter the concession, wa le: According to sumour, the Korean and establish order. I piso declare hereby that million yes in Japan, and the Nippon Ginko I will do my best to avoid as much as possit le Government bas decided to float a loss of five apart from any question of interontional Éghts, has decided to extend its help, the which will bear interest of feps to so per cent requisitions, etc.) on the neutral fah-bitants and engurleg the successful rafelag of the loket loposing our belligerent rights (quazierling The Kelenf proceeds to suggest how the Korset their propnity. Government might procure at home the sum

(5 "LE COMTE OYAMA, necessary for the prosecution of lip rearme. It

"Commander-in-Chief of the Second Army, un($318,495-49 | wonders, in the dest· plass, why the Keen

#Øksniung Polut,”

An English biscult box filed with bulleik was alles à contemptible coward

LONDON, November 14th,

The following is the report for presentation the windowsill, and immediately threw it to the deeply indebted to and Assad Rald, Editorias to the shareholders at the twenty-sixth ordinary middle of the street, when a tremendous explo Chfif of the Straff The Sultan of meeting of the shove Company to be held on sion followed, doing much damage to the hopes Johore may go to Cash this spring. For the 19th fustant, at noon t

Mackward, report and statement of accounts made up to the The Directors beg to submit thels souusi

A dreadful calamity has accurred at Diglake Huiskusu in Jonning und was inely to he

we aficha a' he is danced | 18914«The balance at credit of

Wasking Accou ̧ty Coillery lu. Staffordsklim. It is supposed that | pach account angy vein Madras)

* per last

used as the bomb.

great man in a vert

Timbuctoo on PAR YANAL "PONISTÉ?, can go to 3101 December last, ̈

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