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FOOCHOW NOTES,
THE INVESTIGATION AT KUCHEYO.
THE ATTACK ON A MISSION CHAPEL.
HOW THE "HITCH" OCCURRED.
FOOCHOW, August 24th. The Poochow Echo of the 24th contains the following “Inspired " explanation of the bitch la "the official i vestigation of the recent massacre at Kucheng, as also some particulars of the attack on an American Mission chapel close to the city of Fanchow and other mlazellaneous
forgotten "tlich" par Foochow contemporary
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1895.
'dismissed. This shows pretty clearly that the coolla had sufficient “ saves "to know that he could not prove his case and in fact had no case against the military. This is only one ease out of many that might be referred to. But malgré tout, let us leave the disagreeable and pass on to the excellent afternoon's spart at Bay
View.
The Rifles mrnthly regattas, which are encouraged la'a pralicwor by manner by the officers of the Brigade, are becoming very popular, as was evidenced by the large number of spectators at yesterday's carnival. The com mittee responsible for yesterday's arrangements wis composed of Majur the Hon. E. Noel, and W. G. Bentinck, the starters; and Captain W. V. Eccles and Lieut. L. Hoey, who acted an judges.
The first event was the
That dog was the enemy of all dog-blad, far and near a veritable dog Ishmadi. Little did I dream when I took him. over that I should have to bear the animosity of the whole canine race for miles around. I was sitacked, I wan
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
NEW TYPI-ŠETTING MACHINE,
found further buyers at $85, and close steady at that rate.
SHIPPING Hongkong, Canton and Macaon during the early part of the week rated steady at $318 to $33, but towards the end an enquiry sent $338. Market closes steady at latter rate. the rate up to $34, with sales at that, $33k and
REFINERIES.—China - Sagars have found further buyers at $ro3 and 102d, and more shares are obtainable at the former rate.
Items given below, Respecting the never-to-be- President and Referee ; "Capteins, A. D. Stewart" morning to find the carcase of a dead wonki in position 'In an hour, bealdes affordlar ; not new, has been greatly improved of fate and for Jaly may be found in the Daily Prats of the
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prise, Battalion Shield and $21.
BATTALION SHIELD RACE; distance a mlle ;
Seven Companies competed, and A Company, to the Bitoynorcot, won by a length, "D" second; Ca bad third; the rest nawbere,
Pannister, White, Godwin, Brown, Hays and The winning crew was as follows :--Pliberm,
Sergt. Tyre.
The next item on the programme was SECOND CREWSs ; distance x mila ; pilzen, $15, $10, $5.
Siz bosti rowed, and the following were the by Plex. Hotchking, Emery, Hixon, Hatchwell, winners:(1) The Forty Thieves, E. Co., manned Bell, Corporal Mashall and Pie, Stone (1) Hello, Corporals, Ryden, Couch, Wells, Mc- Rerory, Woolridge, Sands and Brown ng; (3) Spadear. D Co Piek Williams, Boon, Adams, Simpson, Holo, Sawyer, Mitchell.
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A type-setting machine which, if it realizes bitten, I had the legs of a dozen pole of pants it, is destined to revolutionize the art of print
the hopes which scientific men have formed of ruined by animals whose existence I had elthering, bar, says the Ave Maria, just been nover dreamed of or had been an good terms with before I owned Spec. I became nervous, Dominican. An expert compositor can "set Invented by Father Calendoll, a Scillan timild, watchful and wary, and whilst before my chief Interest had been in fields and flowers, it
up about three thousand letters an hour; the was now fixed upon alleyways, stones, sticks figurd up to 14 theband; but the device, a very wifiest machine thus far employed brings the and revolvers, and my nights faldly spent in
simple one, invented by Father Calendo, revelling over imaginary dog encounters.
enables the operator to place a thousand letters Often would I awaken on a hot summer's
reeking under my bedroom window, haylag beant
numerous other advantages which will be thrown ther: by some Irate Celestial who was
bigbly useful to publishers. There is a cestalo grins irony in the circumstance that the press, nat to be appeared by any small consideration, Kij
which has always had a weakness for sneering As far pigs, chickens, and such "small fry' the destruction of these' were mere child's play to
at religious orders, should find its greatest modern benefactor lo humble Dominican him; and indulged la to relleva the monotony, of monthly on three pigs and a dozen or so of more serious work. I reckoned a dead less frax,-The Tablet.
chickens and ducks-for all of which 1 had to
upon the happy expedient of handing them over pay through the nose—until I fortunately kit
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THE WHITE RHINOCEROS.
In our mat Saturday's issue wa, recorded the sate arrival, on the previous evening, of the. Commission of Investigation; that was, on Friday the 16th Inst. The party housed them selves according to arrangements made, fo the American Methodista Mission houses, occupying the sleeping apartments of the two, but taking
The great white rhinoceros, which. a year or their meals together is the larger one. The following brief sketch of what took
two back was looked upon as practically extinct, place after that Friday night's rent. Oo
has again turned up. Mr. Cecil Rhofer, not Saturday
morning the cards
long since, commissioned Mr. Arthur Eyro to of the Chinese officials were sent in, and a meeting
But at last thlogs came to a climax. I had try and shoot a specimen for the purpose of been dining out with some chums and returned presentation to the Cape Museum. Mr. Eyre took place subsequently to decide as to the mode of procedure In conducing the enquiry. The
home about midnight. Things wore a rosy hoe, hat happily been successful in his quest, and Chinese proposed that they should at once
as I had won at poker. With a happy heart-I hai shot a magnificent ́rAduocarőt símar near commence to examine the arrested in the yame,
gripped. That dog had me without a sound. I resofe corner of Mashonaland. Next to the entered my dwelling. Suddenly I felt my leg Mount Dorabo, on the Raconti River, tot and that they would report to the Consuls their
yelled. I called him by name. He wouldn't elephant, the fast vanishing white rhinoceros is progress and the resobi from me to time. The
know me, but hung on 1 We strugglad-I fell the biggest land mammal in the world. The quration was then asked, whether the Consule were to infee from this hat it was really intended
the servants rushed la. They took me for a specimen shot by Mr. Eyrs measured 6ft, gin, at that they should not be present at the examina.
robber at first and jumped on use. I was saved, the shoulder, and 13ft. Bin, in length, while the tions? The indignation of the Conials may
but lo a sorry plight; my only suit of dress fore-fret went rain. by rin. The hero, which BATTALION HANDICAP FOR FIRST CREWS; clalhes rained-a suppurating wound in my leg was not of remarkable length for these animals, be more easily imagined this told when the distance 1 mile : prizes 820, $10, and $5. were informed that it was so intended, that it
and nerves badly shakes for weeks! I was measured half an fach under af. This was would be against Chinese custom.
The winnow in this race were 2 (1) Water-carfined in bed for two weeks. At the end of probably one of the very last white rhinos laft Two to three hours were passed fa discussing the ques and,
spaniel G. Co., Pies. Wilson, James, Sandi that time I got up, I called Boy in Mashonaland.---- Asian, tion.
Stedworth, Kennedy, and Johnson | a pen and ink-herr, quick you rascal, and then. The High official appointed by the Co. Fitz Gorabam, Chain, wrote: Viceroy was asked whether he was cognisant Donovan, Glay, Waszer, Sponder, and Seret Dear Dkk-Herewith a dog. A faithful with the terms of the Treaty. He replied that Markham; Forty Thirves, E. Co.; Pros, creature-remarkably 1 First-rate watchdog, no he had cert.inly read the Treaty but could not recollect the part of it bearing on this particular Corporal Marshall, and Fle. Stone.
Hotchkiss, Emery, Hix, Hatchwell, Ball, noise, but grabs by the leg without a sound. A point. This fagenious High Official, proving him-
splendid fellow when you know him; get so end self Immovable, the Consuls gave him fear
of fan out of him; or he out of you-as all the hours wherein to decide whether they were to be present at the examinations or not; and at the end of the four hours be condescended to any that he would telegraph to the Viceroy Incensed, the Consula replied that they had finishes parl-ying, and that they would telegraph to Peking. The next morning, Sunday, the 18th, this High Official, Chu Thang Ping, sent. in word that he had heard from the Viceroy and it was permitted that they might be present at the examinations of the prisoners. "Too
late" was the reply of the Consuls "we have telegraphed to Peklog and we must awilt our Instructions." To say that Cha was concerned, would be a mild interpretation of what was noticeable; he was crestfallen, and expostulated that he could not understand the telegraphing to Peking about question that might so cally. have been settled between themselves. This brings us to the crisis of Sunday morning. Since thee matters have been ata dendiock and they will remain so until the return of the Rev. Star,
It may bere baremasked that it is more than probable Chu spent the best part of Tuesday, the 13th, with the Viceroy, and, knowing what we do now, it is-not-unreasonable to suppose that this attempt to outwit the Consala wa then planned. But Mr. Consul Mansfield is nots man to be humbugged, neither in Mr. Consul Hixson.
The Rev. J. Star left Kucheng atam, on Monday the 19th and arrived bere at noon on Tacaday. He had an escort of five native soldiers accompanied him on his arrival to the British Consulate. After delivering his' despatches the proceeded down the river to the US. Cruiser Detroit, there to deliver despatches to the Commander. He returned to Foochow on Wednesday and left again for Kacbeng yeater - day. Captain Newell of the Detrfaf was to have gone with him, but the notice of Mr. Star's departure was too short, and he will follow in s day or two.
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THE ATTACK ON A CHAPEL. Undue importance has been attached to an attack on an American Board Mission Chapel Dear North-west gate of the city on Sunday inst, The attack was not on the Chapel or directed against missionaries or foreigners-It was against the teacher of the mission school who had become mixed up in a village quarrel. Besides the teacher, ble brother sad his mother took refuge in the Chups, when they were attacked by four of the opposing faction and being there the alters thought they could bring most trouble on the head of the teacher by smashing some of the furniture. While it lasted the féxcas must have been pretty hot as four were wounded, Occurring at any other time nothing would beon. thought of it,
MISCELLANEOUS.
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owned by non-commissioned officers and men HANDICAF RACK; distance à maille, for boats of the Battalion; prises $15, Sto, and $3
great deal of amusement. The winners were. **** This race was well contented and created a Pte. Bannister of H, Co, first, Fte. Priddle of D. Co, second, and Pte. Dawson of H. Co, third,
$10, 35, and $5.
THE TUB RACE; distance 200 yards; prizes
Pie. Marshall was quite at bome in his tub and Corporal McRorory third. and came in a good first, Pie. Dawson second,
prizes, $15, $10, and $5.
THE TUG-07-WAR; teams often per Company;
and E. and D. Cos. third,
The winners were C. Co. first, A. Co, second
moon's outing.
This event concluded a very pleasant after-
A BAD SPEC.
(Specially wiltten for The Hongkong Telegraph.)
"Well Good-bye old man, take care of your. self. I leave you old Spe. He's a good old dog, worth bis weight in gold; splendid watch- may, just what you want is China. Mikes no noise-but grabs by the leg without a sound. Such a faithful old creatum, you'll get no end of fee out of him. I'm going North, and then overland through Siberis to Europe or would not part with hien for any sum, Take care of him for my saka.”. Sa opaka may,ald Island Illch Beatley, who was leaving for another port. I looked at the dog--the day looked at me. There was villainy furicing in that look of his, but-
"Well,” said I, “I don't much like the looks of that deg, but mostre, old chapple, for your unka I'll risk (L.”
Thanks old fellow, he's not much of a dog to look at I admii; but take my word for it, be's a brick when you know him."
"Ta ta, old man! Good bye, old Spee! Let's know how be gets on 1"
"I say I look out i hold on to him or he'll be overboard like a shot, after me. There he goes! I told you so i" Age 1 and there, too, over went the sampan in the struggle, and myself late the 'water," I swam ashore more dead than alive. river, and that was the last i saw of him that day. Spec followed the steamer half way down the
The next morning early I heard a loud knock- 6g at my door and a voles shoutingTM" I say, hard you taken over that vila car of "Dick Bentley's? Because, if so, and you've any respect for the animal, you'd better hurry up and look after him. He has been hawling like a send all night long outside Dicks door. Fre had co sleep, and there are ball-a-dozen other fellows who have sworn lo take the wretched creature's e. So you had better look alive if you want to save him,"
I confessed to myself that I had at much love for the brute, bat, nevertheless, for Dick's sake I thought I'd better go.
"L. M. C." contributes this to the Esko :-).
THE CONSPIRATORS. Firat Christian Defamer: Mo thinks that letter of mine will do for him, eh? But, he Jabers; be
stab in my Express."
·Second Christian Defamer Brother Jonathan, thou art a ̈vallane man, More than a fortoight have I taken to make up my mind to, thrust at bim-for it has not been close to me that had he turned back and arrived alive'that matters would be any forwarder. Bat your noble and generous-besited countrymen have convinced me that he is a villain of the deepest die, and I too have now listed an Express which I flatter myself will be bis coup de grace,
First Christian Defamer: "I'll give you ...me wold, I'll never believe in the power of the pen again if between us wo bave'nt damned his GAYCOT,"
gave him and to me a second chance and I | of a Jackal, and with nervous horror listened to!
THE RIFLE BRIGADE REGATTA.
The monthly regatta of the sst Battalion Rife Brigade was held at Bay View yesterday after. Boon The weather was all that could be desired, and there was a large number of spectators both on abore and afloat in launches and boats,
Before criticising the regaits a few words respecting the conduct of the Rifles may not be altogether out of plaer, for in some quarters there seems to exist a strong feeling of antipathy, the outcome, so doubt, of the article which was pablished recently by the Straits Times against the Regiment now stationed at Singapore. It is admitted that there are a few black sheep" fa every flock, but taken all round the conduct of the men of the Rifle Brigade bar, we think, been satisfactory, especially of late, and we are merely giving Caesar his duo when wa record our opinion. When one goes into the maiter fally it is seen, in most cases, that the
Coolies against ought by rikisha
Saints in Heaveni Demons In Haden! How that; dog could Bowll I've heard the roaring of z Hon, and the screaming the bricklog of a locomotive and the wild un. earthly yelling of a apren. But they wer¢ 19, Sylvian vespers compared to that dog's howling, which was a concentrated combination of them all and his look of unattenble woo as ho guzed beavenward, as the invoking the gods to witness his grief, would have moved a heart of stone,
It took me fast two whole wanks to wheedle that dog around to my house. He broke thres stout ropes, smashed op two dog kennels, und altacked all the servants in the konss.
The cook brought an action for damages the #boy" malted me la doctor's fees and á month's hospital expense and the coolls 4:manded a pension for ille, and brought along his whole family to live upon me, for the remainder of theli days,
1 had fast taken a new keuse. There was a big black dog belonging to the premises, and which had been
aver frem tenant to tenant, He lay blinking in the tum, reflecting upon the vanity of all things and speculating upon the character of his new master when Spec arrived. This was a change which he had
quite left out of his calculations,
The black dog waxed with, and terrible was his age. A terrilla combat ensued, in which all the dogs in the neighbourhood Joloed. I again saved Spec frora an ignomialees and at imminent risk of a bite and consequent hydrophobia. The big black dog took minga zest door and nursed his grievance till the end of his days. It perchance he met Spec and I together he would utter deep and prolonged growls and show his teeth, but at the same time would wag bis tale, as tho' to say, "It's all right, you know, old man, between you and me; it's only that villain Spec that I'm down on,”
But Spec was not the sort of dog to be put out by tifles, oh dear no; a dog of quite another damp was Spec, and sought diversion to drown care, taking a delight in all things dogly.
Atklosard practically groundless. The centies very often demand Tammy exkoshitant fares and are grossly offensive when he refuses to be aqueased, and the His first exploit brought him home on three consequence is that the Britisher loses his temper Tegs, bleeding, and covend with wounds, I and knocks sometimes hurtingas im- bought a book on Degs And Their Treat- portunate rickky with the result that the latter ment which cost $10, and then invested is a Appeals to the police for protection and a "case" medicine chest, which com another $80. But is at once on the beards. A few days ago three thai was a mere fien 'blin. Oh what that dog men from the Royal Artillery and one from the cost me ene way and andher, I reckon was Rife Brigade were summoned by a rikisha saficiant to have purchased a kieganuity. And soulle and when the case came on for headlog | thep, top, in think of all the mental, moral, and few coolle win from eff and the charge was ['pagtieni Padfering i modernent les lipers maker
same j
Here, boy take that on board S.S. Pay $100 to the skipper for his passage and be you chain him up to a strong ring-bolt. The boy smole bland smile and took the daw and, thank heaven, that's the last I saw of my bad Spec.
ET APRES ?
THE WORLD (log.):
STAD forth, ye statesmen so discredited, Paucis responsum redditeul keras viddidit. We rather wish to ask of some of you What in the fature's to become of you ? ROSEBERY (log):
Conceive me, if you CAD, An out-of-a-job young man ; A telegraph-tip-sending, One-bore-wire-snip-sending,
C'nect-morning-gallops young, man 1 HARCOURT (log.):
Conceive me, if you can,
A placeless Plantagenet man ;
A lowering-hulklly, Glowering-sulkily, Achilles-in-tent old man 1
J. MORLEY (log.):
Conceive me, if you can,
A kicked-from hosťamla man I A thoroughly-Rousseau-lob, Robinson-Cruzoo-ish, Drop-out-of-politics man 1. AIQUITH (fog):
Conceive me, if you can,
A no-work-to-do young man i
An un-Home-officious, Vainly-ambitious, Try-to-snask-back young man I RIPON (ing.):
Conceive me, if you eat,
A no-longer-dangerous man i
A make-up-to-Nauroj}, England-disparage-y, Indian-Congress man LEELYEK (lóg.):
Conceive me, if you can,
A can't-serve-the-State old man;
A hopeless nonettity, Dreary-Identity, Same-as-before old man ! CAMPBELL-B. (fog.):
Conceive me, li you can,
A lost-all-my-chances man ;
A might-have-been-Speaker»lsh, Couldn't-be-mecker-lsh,
A Just-grin-and-bear-it maan ! TWEEDMOUTH (log.):
Conceive me, if you can,
A great-unemployed young man ;
Once Radical-whip-giving, Home-Raler-tip-giving.
Now just an or'nery mau l HERSCHELL (log.):
Conceive me, if you can, An out-in-the-cold old man z
A dall-controversially, Ex-Farrer-Harschell-y, Sacked-from-the-wool old man | Fowlan (ing.).
Conceive me, if you can, A back-to-my-business man ¡
To walls an' conveyancing, No more to play and sing Warongs of far Hindustan | TREVEZYAM (Jog.):
Conceive me, if you can, A left-in-the-lurch old man j A wobbling-unsteadily, Turn-my-coat-readily
What's the next-game old man ! KIMBERLEY (Jg.) 1
Cancalve me, if you ten,
An out-of-place Mazlouette-man 1
A dota-on-Armanlanar as-much-ap-on-Fenians,
A just-pull-the-string old mán ! BRYCE (187.)!
Conceive me, if you can, A back-to-my-library man ; An ex-professorial, Ex-dictatorial, Ex-all-sorts-of-things old man ! ACLAND (Jag.):
Conceive me, if you can,
A re-dou-the-cloth young man i
A hang-Sociology, Date-on-Doxology, Work-in-the-parish young man!
A. MORLEY (log.):
Conceive me, If you can, A drop-from-the-Cabinet manj
A slide-andering, wondering- what-thundering-blundering. Stack-me-up-there young man i SPENCER (log):
Conceive me, if you can, A wobble-la-vain old man j
Á once curat-and-villäed, Naat-Home-Rule-Bill-ided,
How a cut-done old man )
barht, 'T, 7; 10 SX WWW.
PURIFICATION OF EXWAGE,
A German chemist, named Oppermann, is reported to have invented a new system of potiffing sewEES Relying on the generally acknowledged fact that the mixture of caustic lime and magnesla obtained by caldining dolomite or magnesian limestone, has the pro- perty of abambing a lorge quantity of exons, ha mises with the sewage a certain proportion of calcined dolomite, saturated with ezone, and A precipitate is thrown down, which is collected then adds a small quantity of perchloride of iron, and saved; and the water flows off clear and pare, except that it has caurtle lime diavolved in It. This time is, however, gradually precipitated, In the form of carbonate, by the action of the atmosphere, or it may be more rapidly separated by blowing In eerbonic acid gas; and, it is asserted, the water is then quite pare. We understand that the cost of the process is very smail, it belog estimated that 75 cents day would cover the expanse of patifying the sewage from a town of 6,000 inhabitants—Invention,"
THE "CRACK" `INDIAN CRICKETER. Kumar Ranjitulnjhi is now second only to Grace in the English batting averages. The week the mail left be weighed in with another wonderfal performance, scorlog 110 and 72 for Sussex agalost Middlesex. "Wanderer" of the Sportsman says: "Ranfftein}bl-at any rate an fác xe good wickets are concerned-seams to have established an undoubted right to be _regarded_as_one_of_the_foremost batsmen of the. day. Here la bis record for Sussex this (1995)
SEASON:
. M. C. C. and Ground...77 not out o
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v. Lancashire
V. Choucestershire.....
v. Somerset...................
v. Middlesex
v. Oxford Univeralty....
v. Kent
v. Yorkshire
v. Hempshire...
v. Middlesex....
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137 not out.
72
Total for 22 Innlags (twice not out), 1,332
Average, 666"
Engineering Record, a pressure, of 1,000 volts alternating Current under water for the distance of 6 1/2 miles. The generating station is located about 2,000 feet back from the beach. Tha | current for lighting the buoys is canted to conductor laid la a creosoted subway 4 lect the submarine cable through a lead covered underground. The electric plant is in duplicata. The corrent is generated at too volts and is rai ed by a stop-up transformer. All the high tension lines are either underground or in cables at the bottom of the sea,
TESTS OF THE MAXIM GUN, The light weight, rapid fire Maxim gun, though In Its present form was given a comprehensive series of tests at Sandy Hook on June Bib. The gun weighs, packed in its case together with all its extra parts and mechanism, only 45 pounds, and is easily carried on a soldier's back. When fare is stands upon a tripod. The cartridge contains 28 grains of smokeless powder and a hall of 0.300 calibre, and a rate of from 600 to effective range. A range of only 500 yards was 700 shots a miente is claimed at 3,200 yards selected for the test. The gun was taken from man's heck, assembled and fired in 58 seconds About goo shots a minute were fired and no attempt was made to greatly exceed this rate. in the breakdown test an essential part of the mechanism, supposed to have been broken by s
minute and 12 2/5 seconds.
36 2/3 seconds. The barrel was changed in shot, was taken out and replaced by a new one
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GOLD.
Twenty-four carat gold is all gold; za carat old has 23 parts of gold, I of silver and I of copper ; 18 carat gold has 18 parts of pure gald and 3 parte each of silver and copper, in lis com porttion; 12 carat gold is half gold, the remainder being made up of 3 1/4 parts of silver and 8 1/2 parts copper.--Seleniļķe American.
TANGIER.
BY JOHN HENRY METCALFE.
There is an old proverb incalcating the wisdom of keeping things seconfugly worthless since they are certain, sooner or later, to turn useful for s-me purpose or other. The senseless abandon- ment of Tangier to the Moors after we had held possession of the port and fortress for more than twenty years, and spent vast sums of money on the construction of a mele for improving the barbour, is an apt instration of the folly of throwing away a good thing because of its belag, for the moment, of small are.
Tangler now would be invaluable to us for reasons obvious to all thinking persons who ree the Importance of our retalaing the sovereignty of the sea. Very many persons do not know, perhaps do not remember, that Tangier was part of the dowry of Kathedae of Braganza, Infanta of Portugal, daughter of John IV. King of Portugal, on her marriage with Klog Charles II, In 1662. She brought also, in addition to a large sum of money, the leland of Bombay, in the East Indies; a possession of less value at the time to England then wat Tangier, but which, fortunately for our role in India, was not, with it, seastlessly abandoned. By losing Tangler
gained one.; we lost an empire as by keeping Bombay we
In the well-known Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1659-1669. Tangler is often named. As Surveyor-General of the Victualling Department of the Admiralty, and Clerk of the Treasurer to the Commisstoners of the affairs of Tangler, Pepys was well informed on all matters relating to Tangler. He had an extensive knowledge of naval affairs, and no abler man ever filled similar posts in England, as the Acts and Reglatera of the Admiralty remain to prove. On September 30th and October 26th, 1661, he made the Iollowing entries la his Diary:
"So end this month; myself and family is good condition of health, but my head fall of my Lord's and my own and the office business; forces to Tangier, and the feet of my Lord of where we are now very busy about sending Sandwich, who fi now at Lisbone to bring over the Queen"
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MINING --All Mialog stock has ruled dull and. I have but little baslaess to report. Pujo baya changed hands after a period of inacitvity for at the rate. Ths Mining Manager's report ́at $4, and prefs. at $1.30; the latter are enquireni
15th fast. Balmorals, with the disappolatlag crushing referred to in my last, havo slumped to $4, closing work. Charbonnages have changed and in small lots at $110, but more shares and Jelabus have ruled neglected. wanted at that rats are not forthcoming. Rauba
DOCKS WHARVES AND GODOWNS--Hangkong and Whampoa Docks have ruled very strong, with sales at 106 and 107 to 168 per cent, prens and after sales at tog and toy per cent, pren., rose at which rate shares are in demand, Sales bare been effected at ITI per cent, prem, för Oct, adi more shares are wanted at the rate. Hongkong sales at that and at $418, closing steady at and Kowloon Wharfs have improved to $45 whithi former rate. Wanchal Godowns remain ma changed.
LANDS, MOTELS AND BUILDINGE.-Hongkong Lands continue in favour and the`rate has risen. to $61), aher sales at 86r. $51), $62, $62) and #5, market closing at $629. Nothing else in report under this heading.
MISCELLANEOUL --Green, changed hands at ŝiną. Watsons at $rož, sad Islands bave Fenwicks are wanted at $19 Electrica conilove stendy with axles at $54, and Ices are in demaNE at $55.
THE TRADE OF SAIGON,
In their Circular dated Salgon 24th August Messrs. Was, G. Hale & Co. repart as follows
RICK: Alter having remained unreasonably bigh for a long wälls, our market shows, at last, signs of weakness, and hope, In a few days, to be able to quota more workable &gures than have been possible for some time past z-but. thai......... future is very uncertain; the weather is and lami been very capricious for one thing, and the inch of steady rains will be felt; further, natives bare made much money and can hold back supplies, at any rate, for a while; only some 5/7,000 plcala paddy come to market daily at present. Demand is almost all from Chius, the Straits and Philippiaca, and no business has been transacted with Europe. Japan seems inclined to admit.foreign grain: three cargoes have beenA already settled for that direction and negocia- tions are still going on. We quote to-day:-No.
white milled $3.08 No. white milled $2.53: to per cent, cargo white milled $2.43; 30 der cent. cargo white milled $1.09. TONNAGE: Freights remain very doll lodeed and are as follow :-Io cents Singapore; 20 cents for Philippines; 18 cents for Hongkong; 5 cents for for Japan.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DOR! American (City of Paking} to-morrOW, American (China) 3rd prox. French (Melbourne) 3rd prox. Tacoma (Evandale) 3rd prox
·Indian (Lightning) 5th prox. Tacoma (Victoria) 14th prox. Canadian (Empress of Fuhan) róth prox. American (Belgie) 20th prox.
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THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Bombay latt Singapore for this port at 1 pm, to-day, and in c expected to arrive about Friday next,
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From 5 pm. yesterday to 8 pɔm, to-day.
ARRIVALS.
Amoy, etc.
Ka'cbinotra
This morning Sir W. Peu and I should have gone out of town with my Lady Batten, to have met Actto................................steamer from Holbow. Sir William coming back from Portsmouth, at Kwongmea Kingston, but could not, by reason that my Lord Strathfillan............ of Peterborough (who is logo Governor of Tangler) Formosa comes this morning, with Sir G. Carteret, tó | Helens Rickmers... advise with us about completing of the affairs Sungkiang and prepirations for that place."
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The following note by Lord Braybrooke, the Matterkors....... ship editor of Pepys Dlary, telling fan faw words the Tamar................troopikip story of Tangler, may be of interest to many;
Aggregating 14.368 tons régistër.
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Singapore, Felling. Torpado catcher, Germania.......... "
Wladivostock,
Chaloo. Aggregating 7,117 tons registor...~-
Another sporting wriler "Vanderdecken" remarks "if W. G. Grace, sen, had not put in :ct a wonderful balting record this year, it is probable that every one would be talking about K, S. Ranjitalofht I doubt if anything more taking than the batting of this Indian player hay ever been seen. Commencing for Sussex (ler which county he qualified by realdency in East bourne) very nervously he has quite gained confidence, and for a series of innings each seemed to be an improvement upon that preced- Ing it. It was not so much the number of runs he made as the
them. way he made Such a wonderful combination of wrist and eye every batsman must envy, and added to this is much originality of siroko. Continually in The course of an Innings the ball is played off the body to leg, or squire leg, in a way that but occasionally attempted by other batsman, sad as modern. bowling is not often provided with fieldsmen on the leg side the play is profit able. It is a trest to see Rasjitsiniai play each ball with absolute confidence. With him there is no hall-hearted middle course and as just now he
baiting
with perfect unison of hand and ye the rernit in very satisfactory to every one but the bowlers Spectators at Lord's war moved to frequent delighted applause on Monday Just, when Ranjitsjajal hit about the Middlesex bowling to the tune of 110; and acricketer, con tains a large proportion of boundary hits."" RELATIVE STREWOTE. OF LETAL AND TIMBER. Doctor Robert H. Thurston, in a recent
And so through the weakness of King Charles article, discusses various materials in respect of in yielding to a mean-spirited, narrowed-minded which interesting comparisons have been mader outery of Wilg disloyalty and Puritan inteÏERATOR At the outset he given the following generally lost Tapples, peiss which the descendants | accepted
of the addle-pates who raised the silly clamour d'Aguest Cast Iron "weighs 144 pounds to the cable foot and a r'inch square bar will may now too late, have come to raise and who sustain *-weight
raight of
Certainly have cause to share, with, all 16,500 pounds bronse, fas pounds, tenacity 36,0001 wrought venalħla Englishmen, regret for its loss when we from, waight 4to, senacity 50,000 ; hard "struckenprat have to try conclusions with those who and moderating. A 1 y plast erunt steel weight 400 benacity: 78,000; aleminum, diapate our claim to naval supremacy.—244 lalat, ao cades, sarth and long. HỐI dagen weight 164, tenacity 16,cad. We are accustomed Tablet
This place (Tangler) so often mentioned by Mr. Pepis was first given up to the English Flest under Lord Sandwich by the Portuguese, January 30th, 1662 ; and Lord Paterborough left- Governos, with a garrison. The greatest pains and a fine Mole was constructed, at a vast were afterwards taken to preserve the fortress, expense, to improve the harbans, At length, after Immense sums of money had been wasted there, the House of Commons expressed a dislike to the management of the garrison (which chaw on the 27th Instant, and Amoy on the 20th, The British steamship Rwang-mo left Foo they suspected to be a nursery for a Popish and had north-east winds and thick wentang army), and seemed disinclined to maintain it any with heavy rain, longer. The King consequently, in 1683, sent Lord Dartmouth to bring home the troops, and
the bat of our
'to think of metals being stronger than waed, and so they are generally spanking, if only pieces of the anime fias be tested. But let equal weights of the two materials be compared, *and it then be found that severn, varieties of wood will prore stouter than ordinary steel. A bar
di pins just as heavy as a bar of steal an inch
effectually and-Tangier fell into the hands of the Moor, is importance having ceased with the demolition of the Mola.
the works which he performed most
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HONGLONG SHARE MARKET.
Hongkong, Anguist grat. square will hold up 225,000 pounds, the best nah | issived at noon to-day states :---
Mr. Erich Georg in his Wuhly Share Liựt 175,000 and some hemlock no1,000 pounds,
The market has continged to rule vary fim, Wood is bulky. It occupies 10 or 12 times the and I have higher rates to report in most stocks, space of steel.
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ELECTRIC LIGHTED BUOYS IN NEW YORK DAY. Incandescent electric lumpă on "apar buoys have been experimentally used in New York Bay for several years, bat un installation bas now been completed which marks considerable advance in maritime, engineering and renders the entrance to New York Harbour possible for the largest vessels at any hour of the night. Gedney's Channel,
which Is the
A fair business has been put through in most of the loading stocks and the market closes decidedly frm4-
The British steamskip Sirathillan leit Kobe, and Katchinoted on the 36th ultime, sad kad throng northerly and north-east winds andi sigu sos" with evergast weather; and ·haxvg" run throughout.
The British steamship Jungkfang left Mzala on the 18th fastant, and had moderant to light variabin winds up to lat. 19 deg, north and langu so east, then fer herly winds with moderate ses, gradually string round to northe west and south-west, and then to the punche
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The British stezickly. Formora
on the rich, instant, and kad moderate and north-west (winda (sad Loveonet - wakker dricyling rain j arcived at Aming of the path, Ka left agila on same day, and kha bandaidah unt fresh north-east winds with ruin at times; mysly at Swatow on the gah, and left on “SEMA CAT and had fresh north-east winds and hosty son with relay wasther, clearing frams Copchi to port; arrived så Hongkong, this thorninga. În Amoy the steamships, Kongalf Ath, Chiang with shares offering for the settlements, the rate and Strasknevie. In Swalow the seamakse BANK SHARES-Hongkong and Shanghala, Hya Tang Normanila" "Slikan: Balloone continued weak during the early part of the week Canton, and Chinese terpado calcher Felling. under review, and shares changed hands at 176 and 177 per cent, prem. Later, however, alter most of the settlement parcels were sold or pro- Amur mana la Kowloon Dock: HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOER RETURNS. vided for, the rate gradually hardened, and with Tigris the transmitaniic steamers, is only 1000 feet wide, per cent, prem, at which rate a few shams Empress of Indianman #
buyers and no tallers at 177, soon rose to 179 Nagoya Maru nie by and, while busyed by day, became so imprae changed hands. At time of writing a few small Helena Rickmerki......... tkeable course at night. It is now lighted up by parcels have changed hands at 180, and shares Formals ........................... to incandescent gate of too candle power each, are still wanted at that rate. Other Bank stock Cantha........................ placed on the top of spar buoys on either side of has been neglected Cas-Unions have sgain the chendal, forming a lighted avenue for the
Theas nimicism shipplag. The
lampe are mounted on so foot changed hands at $180 and 180k, dosing steady. cedar buoys' which are shackled to 5,000 pound China Traders continued in good demand and
The steamlaunch Charles May is for sale, mushroom sachers. The cable is constructed further sales were affected at $74, and later Vids advertisement, of copper conductor, Inssisted with guita percha, then bedded with juts and sheathed Marinas 7 have nothing to report
at $75, market dosing at formas rase, In other with an arctour of hand-drawn depper wires. This
conrus teken
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The Helena Rishwiere,recently'ashorn in Japans FIRM THETRANOZE-Hongkonge haya qulad | arrivad here this morning te dock les antenaire sable darries toogessisliq, sonirding 10" "The ' quies at (23) with endi tình, Gülnar here ́reyske i,
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