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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1897,

TELEGRAMS.

(Special to Hongkong Telegraph.) PLAGUE AT SWATOW.

Swɩrow, April zand. The plague is bad within a radius of thirty of this port.

Reporting fully by post.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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ON the 6th lustunt the House of Lords passed the Millary Works and Military Land Bl.

THE Batavia correspandent of the Singapore | Ar about 5 p.m. yesterday the dead body of Free Prass wiltex ¡—A few weeks ago twa Supper C. Owens, R.E, was found fonilag in the waler star HacGregor Barracks, The unfor tonate man was last seen on Saturday night when he left the Bartacks and laformed a com rade that he was going to the Seilders' Home to have a read. Deceased, who was about 30 years of age, was a native of Slough, la Backing. hemshire, and arrived" bero a year ago in the s'aimer Teucar. He was not of intemperate habits, but for some time past he has been in bad health and had grown very depressed and low-aphited. An inquest was dispensed with

H.M.S. Daphne silved here from Mazila this Englishmen, Messrs. E. Seabright and Carew obtained permission to travel through Javs. On afternoon.

the journey through the Prenager Mr. Edgar (Egbert 2) Seabright took suddenly ill and died at Socksboomie. The body will be embalmed and taken to England. Sir Egbert Sebright (roth Barenei recently paised through Singapore, and it is bellaved that he is the gentleman who Is reparted to Hava died. Majer Edgar Sebright, | An uncle of the above, ls In Australia, acting AD.C. to the Earl of Hopetoun, Goverack of

THE Indo-China-steamer Sufsong with Tedian

and Streite malls is due to-morrow afternoon from Slogspère.

SIR JOHN WILLOUGHBY, who was imprisoned in connection with the jameson rald, was releused on the 4th-instant,

RASPBERRYADE, &C. THE CRISIS AT SHANGHAI. The number of brewers licensed was 8.718.

DAKIN, CRUTCKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS are made under the constant supervision of a duly qualified English Chemist and will bear compa. xlson with the best English Manufactures.

Special terms to HOTELS, CLUBS, MESİXS and other Large Consumers.

POPULAR SPEECHES APPLAUDED

TO THE ECHO.

THE TAX TO BE RAISED AT ALL HAZARDS. The Ratepayers' Meeting yesterday was

Victoria.

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THE latest edition of " Bardeti's 'Official Intelli-

and décensed was buried with military honour this afternoon.

A RETURN of brewers! licences shows that dar-gence" shows that place the Queen "ascended | A LONDON weekly makes the following remarki ing 185 the license duty pild was £13,054, the throng the National Debt has been reduced on the reception that would probably be accord- That fact tr, ed io "Oom Paul" did he visit England. "It and the heer duty churg was £11,001,694. by more than £100,000,000,

Is funny to remember that old Kruger was, not Indeed, a grand memorial of the longest British relos, especially when it is remembered that all very long ago, pressed almost ebirqulously to other European States have enormously increas. honour England with a personal visit. Thera TRE deaths 310 announced, undar date 3rd, 418, and 6th April respectively, of General Sie Wiled their Indebtedness, Buishould it not remlad was, indeed, some talk of providing a man-of- war for the illustrians Dopper's conveyance to Ham Templer Hughes, late Benga! Staff Corps; Johannes Brahms, the comper; and of General

our shores. What a fine reception he would get II - he came over now! Something of the same Sir George Malesim.

sort, I fancy, as was accorded to Marshal Hay- in hand, they hunted him along Bankside until be found refuge in a dust-bla beblad a gilmy Hittle public-house. A driving of that sort would do Com Paula world of good.",

as of something even more important than ear | fianucial supremacy? When we grumble at the present weight of taxation, we should remember that fo years ago the National Debt per head, and yet there was little cavilling at the squeese,

Any complaints should be addressed to the very largely attended. Sir Nicolas Hanner IN case before the Magistraer en Tøerday last, i pressedsmuch more heavily on the population, Das by Barclay and Perkin's draymen. Whip

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Messrs. R. M. Campbell, C. W. Holliday, C. J. Dudgeon, the Reverend J. R. Hykes and Mr. W. D. Little supported the resolution calling on the Council, to explain. Their speeches were received with tremendous applause and loud cheers. Messrs. Morrison and Brand defended the Council. Their amendment was lost,

A resolution proposed by Mr. R. M. Campbell glving authority to raise the tax on wheelbarrows on the 1st July was carried.

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The resolutions carried enthusiastically at the meeting amounted to a vote want of confidence in the Council and the members of the Council have therefore resigned.

REUTER'S MESSAGES.

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

FRANCE PROTESTS.

LONDON, April sath. France, protests against the actions of Greece

and Turkey.

when a mallor was charged with assaulting the mate of a vessel the ship's name was erroneously given in these columns as Charon Waliana' instead of Kambira

OWING to Swainw and Formosan parts being declared Infected the Thaler snilved this morn. og from Formoss with the "yellow jack" Arlog. She proceeded to the Quarantine Station and after being granted pratique proceeded to the Douglas Cole buoy to discharge cargo,

IT was understolo London sporting circles when the mail left the Thames on the 19th'alto. that. Watts had promised to ride the Prince of Waley's Persimmon in the Arent Car, and that by rangement he is to steer Velasques in the Two Thousand, the Derby, and the Leger.

PACF. Bridge has written a cantata to the words

of Mr. Redyard Kipilng's "the Flag of England. The work, as its name implier is in honour of the Diamond Jubilee. It will be produced at one of of the Royal Choral Society's concerts, with Mdge. Albani ng soloist, the rest of the music heling choral.

Taxthres Portuguese youths were again brong ht up, on remand, at the Magistracy, to-day charged with stealing clothing from a house in St. Francis Street. The eldest (who tray years of age) war sentenced to six weeks' hard labour and the other two, who are both 15 years of age, were sent to the Reformatory for a yes 3.

inland area towards the E. coast of China,

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Ay extraordinary story reaches us from Kow- loon regarding a shipment of dried salt sh stared in a godown there. It is reported that the Faw Hongkongites take any interest in fishing, fish came up from Bomeo in the steamer Dauca.although capital sport in to be hid in the vicinity the barbour. An hour or two spent with a ilna liss a few days ago, and the odour it threw off of the various groups of socks resitered about was 100n noticed to be stronger and even more

at the Channel Rocks generally results in quite unpleasant than that generally attaching to this toothsome commodity. The smell at last became respectable haul belog made. Rock-cod appear 10 bad that the bags were overhauled and one that to be the commonest ab, but others of divers sorts are to be taken. Small fish, prawny, or was solter and smelt worse than the others WAS opened. Inside it, under the fish, was found the shell-fish make the heat balt and any ordinary sex line will be found sultable. When Eshing, body of a young Chinese boy in a very advanced stage of decomposition. How the body got into the bag will probably never be found out, as the fish is generally gathered in and begged at the various fishing stations along the coast.

however, it is as well to be accompanied by a

Chinaman who acquatated with the-local-fish, as some of the captores are apt to ten the tables on the angler on being landed. Ona small fish in particular is a most unpleasant customer to deal with, being armed with a THE Reclamation in the vicinity of what remains poisonous spine at the head end of the dorsal of old Pedder's Wharf, ibis morning presented, with which it inflicts a most painful wound quite an animated scene. A number of Chinese when incautiously handled. youngsters were disporting themselves in the shallow water inside the wall like so many young alters, walle their more staid and. sober IT is claimed for the Socotra, the latest addition · eldera bathed in the deeper water outside, We of the cargo-boa! type to the Penlosalar and are always pleased to see the Celestial wash Oriental fleet, now in port, that she is the first himself, but might we suggest that a bland smulle twin screw steamer that has holsted the P. and and a neatly braided guess can hardly be con- O Bag. She Is of 6,0cc tons, of the type which sidered as a modest ce appropriate bathing cos. many of the principal lines have built reccatly, tume! Perchance the demonstration was intended carrying large cargoes at an economical speed. to show bow necessary Chinese bath-house has | She was built by Mess s. Palmer, of Jarrow, and become. Why there is no publie baib-house is of the latlowing dimensions: Lengib, 450 ft.; for Chinese, hundreds of whom would gladly pay beam, 5all, and moulded depth, 331ft. She is of the three deck type, and was bullt under a'small fee for the use of it, we don't know ;

special survey to class too Ar at Lloyd's, ta neither does the Sentary. Board presumably, ·

comply with Admiralty requirements in the event of her services being required me a traza- port. All recent appliances for the rapid works tog of cargo are supplied, and abs, is also fitted with electric light. Water ballast is carried in a cellular double boitom fore and all. She bas two sets of triple expansion engines, and on her trial irip muzeed of 133 knote was attained.

AT 6 this ercolog a squall struck the colony and half an hour later there was every sppear. TRULY the gissa globetrotter has a curious ance of bad weather to the northward and east-ides of the fitness of things. This morning wa ward. The Observatory repast to-day states: observed one, with bis camera planted well in The low pressure area is now lying in the E. the middle of Pedder Street, photograpblog Mrs. part of Japan, where it is blowing hard, and an and Master G. to a chair, to the unbounded of high pressure le advancing delight of a crowd of coolies who mighilly enjoyed the show. The gentleman la question appeared quite heedless of the fact that he was laterzopling the traffic, or that the Chinese were passing remarks about the idiocy of the foreign devil But masks, old China bands can afford lo grin and Mr. and Mrs. Globetrotter will doubtless have some alarming tals to pitch regarding the photograph when they exhibit for 181.9s for fralt supplied. On presenting it to an admiring circle of fileads on their return to the compradore at the Grill Room he was to their suburban villa at Peckham after braving | gives a cheque for $10 by the compradoro. Ba the dangers of far-away Hongkong and the told the accountant of his shop that he had nasty, horribly odoriferous, well-nigh pestiferous, collected a cheque for gƐn la payment of a bill

Ar the Magistracy this afternoon J. Crockett, O.S., Da remand, was charged with having sulted J. Corbett, chief officer of the ship Kambira. Mr. Lesker proxecated and a good desi of evidence was taken on both sides. Mr. Wodehouse said that the defendant was at fault The Duke of Sparts and Prince Nicholas bave and acted wrongly and, he sentenced him to six

weeks' imprisonment.

OFF TO THE WAR.

proceeded to the front.

THE ADVANCE ON JANINA.

A Greek force la Eplan is advancing Janioz,

GREAT VICTORY OVER THE TURKS.

THE Echo de París declares that all the diff-quita too ettably utah Far East. calles encountered by the French in China, and especially in Slam, must be attributed to British Intrigues. The writer of the article says the

IN the training for the Varsity boat race the

LUM CHIN SAU, a partner in the Wong Hing Loong halt shop, was charged at the Magistracy this morning with emberling $80 from the shop. It appears that on the 19th instant the defends a bill on Thomas's Grill. Room ant made ent

and that he was going at noon the next day to cash It. Not appearing the next day the accountant went in search of him and found him ith a bag at the Steamboat Co's, Wharf. De

A desperate bäitle has been fought at the Slamere question must be brought before the Oxford eight teled Ayling's patent parforated sitt, | fendant said that he had paid his private kliko

across the frontier with heavy lows.

A RUSSIAN MOVE.

It is understood that Servia, Bulgaria and Montenegro at the request of Russia have pro- mixed not to interfere in the struggle,

(From L'Avenir du Tonkin.) WHITHER BOUND ?

PARIS, April 14th. Four een British ironclada (7 transports. The word-used to the Haves mensage is cufrosis) passed through the Suer Canal dusing March.

This unusual movement is attributed to tha ate of affairs in the Trantvin).-

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THE desire for a knowledge of the English lan gurga is extending rapidly (writes the Tientsin Correspondent of the North-China Daily News), and a large number of young men and lads are improving such opportunities as offer for making a beginning; and there are many who are ready to make an opportually by offering their ser- vices for a consideration. So, all over the city, little groups are trying to salve the fatricacles of the English language under teachern of whose incompetence they, of course, know nothing.

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but whether they were used in the rice we are

with the money and that he would try and get The Water used is proved by repeated | Revent Pass, resulting in the retreat ofika Tarks | Chamber, which would then have to affirm by a

unable to say. The inventor (Ayling) claime significant vote the resolution of France to break for them several advantages over the ordinary it and take it to the shop at 5 pm. He put up the resistance apposed to her in blade, the chief amongst them being that a $75 at the lime, but said he was unable to bor. much narrower blade can boared with row any money so then the senior partner gave the counter-sunk holes with greater effect him into custody. In consideration of his having claims given to the accountant and handed over Ha Use. THE House of Commons knows, it is clear, how to appreciate those who add to its reputation as that to the lengthy oar als new blade is lighter, 350 after ble arrest, Mr. Wodehouse sent kies to

■ legiziative axembly. No sooner was it and the water is held in the blade fastend of a prison for six weeks only, proposed to place a bust of the Late Lord Rasat present being forced over it; and he thinks

STRIPLIKO, the able and dolph Churchill in the precints of the House that in such a trying course as the Champion- Ma. A. B. than warm support was afforded irrespective of ship, between Patney and Mortlake, a crew indefatigable adviser to the Chief of Police party ties. All delighted to do bonour to the rowing with the perforators would score conilder in Secul, to whom is doubtless doo the memory of the daring young statesman ably. The blade, we read, has fourteen holes credit for the improvement in the polic whose meteoric career came to an end all too bared to catch the water, and, being countersunking of the ill-geverned capital of the Hermit It actually compresses in through the bales, Kingdom, recently had an inkpot thrown at him which are about the size of an ordinary pencil by a high and mighty official, but the "big one" Mesurs, Wills and Pitman took a upin in the was removed from office and now the new Chie gig the other day on the Thames and used the of Police, is found to be amenable to reason, new bladas, with the result that Pliman ordered The consequence is that all Instruments of his own sculls to be converted under Ayling torture have been removed from the pollos direction.

stations in Seoul, the gaols are kept clean, the prisoners treated lika kuman beings, and tha THE following clipping from a home paper will incarceration of well-to-do merchants and shop- doubtless surprise our readers:-A correspondent keepers for purposes of bisckmail is now almost at Nice writes to a London Jouzuai stating, that impossible. If there were a few more Striplings an accident, which might have been allen "ed | in other départments of the Government there with the most terrible consequences to Her might be some ground for hope that Keres, Majesty, occurred as the royal carriages drove after all, is not quits beyond redemption. But long the Boulevard Dubeuchaga on the way to ❘ is it not rather too late in the day to attempt to SELDOM (says the Slogapno Pris Preti) has a Cimies. A private of Chasseurs was riding save the Koreans from themssives? Korea is public personage bad a larger or more representa- quila close to the royal carriage when his horse 100 weak to stand alone and having found that tive gathering of the community to see him "off skied, threw fis rider, and fell. The animal in leaning on China she was lusting_to a vaY from the Colony en reilement than had the regained its feet and immediately reared up rotten reed it is to be aanmed that sho, bis Hon. T. Shelford, C.M.G., who left this mom- on Its hind legs. For a brief space the sought another "big brother" (act very isa SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD'S TOUR. | leg (14th April) for Europe in the P. & O, mall-threatening fore-hools of the horse were raised away) and that the word of the friendly neigh steamer Rossita. As early as seven o'clock in the air above Her Majesty's bend, and but for bour will probably become the law of the land number of the leading Chinese were down at the the promptitude of the driver of the carriage, before the world is very much older. All talk whart, and before the vessel left there was quite who immediately pulled to the side, an accident of Korean independence is mere waste of words, crowd of them down to any good-bye to the might have happened. The Qusen reemed The most the King can reasonably hope for is Waters, as much Bottles are never used again going alongside Har Majesty's store-ship man whom they recognise as one who never for much unnerved by the occurrence, and grow that whatever portion of his dominions are left Humber, to transfer her (distinguished passenger got them and their interests. Naturally, too, these deadly pale. Strangely enough another horse to him after Russia has secured an ice-free port to that vessel, returned to her boy. The Humber | was a lazgo gathering of Johore Malay Chicis became restiva a few minutes later, and for a will be converted, by consent of the Great A. 8. WATSON & CO., LD, got under way shilly before noon and steamed and Dates (including Dato Mentri and Date batet space delayed the Queen's progress, it is Powers, into a neutral zone and thus become la out of the harbour_bound for Shanghal, which,|| Hola) who came to see the last of him whom strange that almost all the English papers re the Far East what Switzerland has been Joe: we understand, ie 'Sir Claude's sex port of their Sultan honoured fast week with the highest caived by the last wall fare silent on this | so long, and with so much beneft to herooli uud:

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Monglong, 15th April, 1807, *-

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

Pants, April 15th, Mr. Carson has declared that England will act lo complete accord with the Fowers and that abe has done her almost to prevent war, and will co-operate in the blockade of Crete.

Christians are attacking Mussulmes at Berace, near Montenegro.

PARIS, April 14th. M. Delyannis was loudly applauded when ka affirmed publicly that it was Turkey which had obliged Greece to form an army that would soon be ready to do its duly,

The torpedo-bost destroyer Handy, with Sir Claude MacDonald on board, returned frous Macao at about 10.30 this morning and alter

pikers, in the Great Wors,