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A PHANTOM ÄNARCHIST IN

HONGKONG.

~There is a great scare in Manila about the United Stater From the Cuban difficulty and the Matns disaster comes the question whether the Spaniards caused the explosion or whether the Cubans did it to cadanger the Spaniards' cause. There is a very bliter tone la the press towards each side, and the various newspapers are extremely antagonistic towards each other. News has come to hand of Manila being fortified agalast possible attack; the placing of heavy guns along the harbour is going on and suppiles of bonvy ordnance and gun fittings are to be seen going through the streets. Toess preparations are very ominoal and we await farther develop"

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1838.

VICTORIA ENGLİSH SCHOOLS:.

AN INTERESTING PRIZE DAY,"

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men's career, and result in the pension for which he has worked hard and steadily for nineteen years being reduced by eight ponce a day during the remstader of bin life,

SOME NAVAL GRIEVANCES. Lant Charles Beresford, in a recentxporch, in which he dwelt na s nomber of palais which commissioned officers avert affect them disad-

These are only compartively few of the Causes of diacontent among the chief palty offi. vantageously, stated that no one to the navy had cers, petty officers, and man of the lower deck, any grievances; bebis does not mean that it is true there are so signs of open revolt, sailors bars ceased to grumble, sometimes with though there has been a great Increase of good cause. The Queen's Regulations discourani iling or stempling to strike off bein

In 1895 no less than seventy-nine men being age and practically forbid an officer or man

fried for this offence-a sure sign of discontent. taking effective action to remedy any cause of But because Hale is heard of the discontent complatat, and the result is that the general on the tower deck of the navy, it is a mistake public are at the present moment unaware of the

to suppose that the men are satisfied with their lat. Regulations may life complalat as they discontent that exists among all grades and rat-

have stifled. it for many years but the Irsue of Ings on the lower deck of the navy. Statements | strongly though calmly worded appeals, pub- have been prepared by the chief petty, officers cly circulated, is a trustworthy sien that the and seamen, in which they set forth their eam disaffection well deservin sttention before it be

comes more serious. As the condition of the plaints, sud have been to warded to members of working classes has been so greatly improved, Parliament and others, in the bapa that come It seems only just that the bluejacket should be setlon may be taken during the coming Session permitted to shain in this upward movement la

the matter of food, If not in pension.... of Parliament.

In the course of a thoughtful introductory ad. dress at Mason College, Birmingham, the other day, Sir James Crichton-Browne, the eminent brain specialist, spoke as follows

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CHURCH SERVICES.

rat and, us Professor Seth, the present highly | 1895-The British East Africa. Co, surrendered gifted incumbant of the Chair of Logic and Mo-

its charter to the Governmesi, tiphysics in the University of Edinburgh, 1897-Khorat Raliway opened by the King of 'points out, has in a consplevoue instance, in Eli

Slam. Tess of the D'Urberviliss, "sou ghimot only toex. tenuate vice, but to transmute li fato virtue by quaiing for Ita feral sanction and example, Tess, fallen from her innocence, is andere In the woods, a prey to self-reproach," terrified likout reasea "by "a cloud of moral bobzab- Lins" "Walking among the sleeping birds to the hedge" writes bir. Hardy, "watching the skipping rabbits on a moonlit warren, of lacked upon herself as a figure of guilt Intruding standing under a pheasant-fader hough, she

Into the haunts of lanecence. Rat all the whic she was making a distinction where there was no difference; feeling herself in antagonism, the was quite in accord. She had been made to break an accepted social law, bat no law known to the environment In, which she faneled hernel!

such an anomaly." Now the purpest of the plainly is that the social or moral law is a mers convention, and that the free code of conduct is to be found in the woods and felda—a code in which, as I need scarcely indicate, the depths of laiqulty may be legitimised. A convention,

framed us. It has been out of the tscit or verbal agresme is of assemblages of human beings, but it is the convention that holds society therefore it is lamentable to find it seriously togelber and prevents universal anarchy, and impugned even by men of science. M. Lelour.

As a rule one school pilze day is very much like another and the case-bardened newspaper man as a role is just as fond of them as he is of Diocesan Synod meeilags or Presbytery con- venticles. There are exceptions, however, and one of these was the gathering at the City Hall yesterday in connecitan with the Victoris English Schools. The hall was crammed with papis' parents and friends and presented a very bilght and pretty aspect. Oathratige were mar- shalled something like go of the għi scholars. juniors in front and older girls behind. aswal gala, attire ensiked the array of youth ard beauty, and the prally frocks and sashes lent additional charms to still prettier faces. When We were never superstitious, even if we were Sir John Canisation, who prealded, entered chary about walking under ladders or golog to ses on a Friday, but we have a growing con- wasting the bright coloured robes of his degree, viction that there's a phantom kicking round the young ladies sprang to "tenshun" ja

The appeal from the chief petty officers-lhe shix happy lale. Early this month we received a way that the gallant C. J's cores might highest rank on the lower deck-has been issued A MEDICAL VIEW OF MORALITY. no doubt, the moral law may be said to be In letter, signed with a good alá. Spanish name,

take pattern by. The peplis on the stage through their society, and is a comparailvely to the effect that a Communtila Anarquiao could be interviewed by ss at a certain address epened proceedings with a pleasing and maple explanation of a single point that certain. ly seems to call for the favourable consideration topalde and that if we chose we could learn "iltunelul song called "Holiday Daet," and the

of the Adfelty. Every well-behaved boy on the About the Revolution to the Philipplacs" from | weil tralued and sweet young volcen were heard naval training-ships may aspire to become la a one who had taken pait fa_ft. Now wở hayO to excellant advantage. Miss Yvanovich played few years a palty officer, and thence Hlaing step regard for our staff and don't want them

the accompaniment and all through did first by step from petty oflicer of the second class "Aasrgalsed" or run in by the polfer so we went

to an officer of the first class, and even to the slow and awaited events. It may here be said class work. Mrs. Braidwood acted as conduc bigbest grade of chief petty officer, Promsilos that a long acquaintance with many men's mana- tor and she had her charges faultlessly drilled, to this chief rating of the lower deck, entails a scilpt has made us keen on bed copy_but_there the "marked" passages belog vory well rendered. expenditure on the part of the men of about 10 was one word in the letter that purz'ed even

After the applause bad sabaided Misses each for new uniforms (towards which the Admir Spanlab scholars. It might have been "London"

alty contributes 5), and it carries with it an or it might have been "Sweden," and it was Tregillus and Shas took their places at the increase of pay ranging from threepence to to palsh. You have escaped the perils of the followed by allusions to Paris and Chicago. A piano and played a duet "Silvery Waves" with fivepence a day, but the person remains station embryo, of gestation, and pastarition: you fortnight faler, came another letter from our considerable aristic skill and execation, whils ary, for when a chief peity officer retires he is have fought your way through the legions of Spanlih correspondent, familiarly signed to his their time was admirable. Misses Seth, da Is reduced for the purposes of pension calcei-pathogenic bacteria that lie in wait for infancy #front" Dame only, desiring that a representa- tive ofour "distinguished and illustrious "jearnal Concha, Yvanovich, Rodger, Lewis and Josepbations to the ratlog of first class petty officer and childhood; you have survived the break.

although his responsibilities during the last few would call at the address before named and contributed a prolly duct "We sie wandering | years of his service bave been greatly increased, there Interview a party with an utterly unde- o'er the Mondialns," and they too displayed || All that is asked is that men of this class may cipherable same. Paris, Chicago and the An-bigh class vocal training and had a welkenined receive an additional pension at the rate of one archistle community aguio fizuzed in the letter and it went on to say that someone WIE

and liberal meed of pralta, Misses E. Lewis hallpenny a day for each year's service in the yearning greatly to give us important data and A. de la Concha followed with a vivacious highest rank on the lower deck. The number of men who would be affected by this improved about the Phlipplae trouble. There was some pianoforte duct, and then a squad of glile nang rate of pension is so small that the expense en- thing like persistency in this, and although

all the old-fightoned morsery rhymes with ap-tailed would not be great. the scribe said he knew no English, and only a Hittle Portaguero, cur timid reponer was asked proptato geståres, and this fairly captivated the to see the person and "try blms with French, sudience judging by the applause sccorded the Sald reporter set out and rsuched the address elever little ladies. The item was the last, given in the letter, only to find after a stiff climb

*The Duklos_Lullaby," The girls werd That a "To Let" board was flying at the fore paraded at the back of the stage and in front ttack. The scribe felt. disgruntled but recon-

were arrayed ten small bayı got up noliered the front of the plice, "There were no bilads in the windows, and the only thing eman niggar babies, with burnt-corked inces and logide one of the rooms was a cane chair. This long white night gowns. The youngsters looked as if some sne might possibly be to the routed fear of luaghfer and one Httle placa so the reporter tirked the bell pall. After

chap with glowḥng subarn brit was inexorer. waiting some time an "eld Chinese womYLA 12

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who looked as if bound for market, came out, sibly drod in appearance, the colours contrasting and as she was closing the dong our man rang again. Then peered out two faces from behind partition . iba presage. They were undoub. tedly Spanish or Manila factures and the would bo interviewer entered and spoke. The men were awfully shy and to make matters worse knew nothing of the perron moght. They gavS one the idea of two fellows who did not wish to be seen and nothing was galzed from them save A sort of indication that next door might sult the case. There was nothing loris bot to my neat door." This was done and little Chinese domes the answered the ring. On enquiring If S¢¤»== was in, the girl grinned and invited the new man foto a very comfortably and elegantly furnished drawing room. The cand of English voices from an alleing room made our men think be had get home" after all; and he bad, but not in the way be thought, Sting waling with aster book and penell ready for Mr. Anarchist be was surpplied to bear a lady's voice at the door ssy "Oh, good morning, Mr. Telegraph; whreve would have thought of seeing you? : How! Mrs. T. ?" The lady proved to be an ald friend, who with her family bed lately moved to the neighbourhood and the meeting was quite an unexpected pleasure. The scriba told his story of his search and his boses were buoyed by hearing that at the house higher up a lot of Spalarda or Manila folk were living, One door bieber op was accos/inylvarled and u courtly old lady who could speak "No Inglesan responded. Her prally daughter came to her aid and between them they managed to let the

scribe know that the house "To Let" was the place he wanted. This was becoming tedious hat there was nothing else for i, bat to go hack to the first calling placo. Another applicatio! to the bell pull brought out the two original warthy genilemer, and after a little more perafstency they escarted the reporter apitales into a room where the furallure was of decidedly makeshift character, consisting of bedsteads and boxes. There was quite a colony ol swart-visaged gentlemen up hete, nasrly sil clad in flanels, wearing their wälits outside They received our representative mest comite. onely and pressed on him the inevitable cigarillos bat all the information they could give was that Sellar-cams there, occasionally,. Thoroughly fociing that "muffink" was the use of any think the hapless pencil-pasbar left the scene. There was no hope of finding the Amarquiate and he reached beadquarters dog tired. A day or two after thle adventure a gentleman who spoke only Spanish called at the office regarding the man of dynamite and borabs, but all wecould learn from him was that Sebor was a fiend of hir. Our visitor described himself as a newspaper man and we tried the extensive polyglot talent of the office on bim and could only find out that ho wasio a dence of a lank lest we should publish his name. We have not done so, so far, but at least one of our staff wishes that this anarchistic phantasmagorio would come down to bed rock Toos. Will-e-the-Wisp, Igais. Vatdar, Jack-o Lanters, and others of that ilk are not is it with our shadowy anarchist, and if there are many like him taking hand in the reballion game we do not wonder at Jack Spinlard having sech bad time to rtylag to match them. Of course the gentleman may be the opposite to Canning's hulle gelader and have a good story to tell but we must go back to Mri, Glass and first catch the hire, before we can serve up the tale he wlubes 10 unfold.

After all this "play pldgla" business began, Mr. Braidwood reading his report which we published yesterday. The head master has nothing of the austere Docsicle about bim, but he has a cheer'al and taking personality and the effect of the same lá renn fn the excellent fueling that exie's between mester and scholars and also in the good work done in the rches! Te fy not the scholestie martinet, after all, who hext teaches the young lies to shoot. In Mrs. Braidwood the girls have a mistresi who mar well be proud of the result of her labours and she is to be congratulated theleon.

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THE MEN OF THE LOWER DICK

and men of the fleet

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You are bere, gentlemen, la an aufmal world and as cibical iociety; you are wariations (each of your a variation), the outcome either of ancestral conditions or of an inherest vital in paise; and you have been selected, you have

not been found unfit for survival and condemned

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neau, for instance, Secretary to the Anthropo- logical Society of Paris, contemplates with com- placency the slow disintegration of the marriage ile, as evidenced by the gradually increasing amber of divorces and legitimate births in all civilised countries, and predicts that while monogamic marriage may continue 10 subsist, because the balance of the sexes makes it almosì legat restraints and become a free salon, freely a necessity, it will be largely conocipated from

contracted, and, if need be, as feely dis:lred. As a corollary of this freedom In marriage, M. Letourneau teils us the family tie must also dialatografo This final collectiva uni of society the family-must be broken up, and a larger collective anti-iba state, the district, or the commuce must ausumo the rôle of guardian

and educator of children.

I do not introduce to you such mischievous -nonsense for the purpose of relating it-that seems.superfluous-bai la Illustrate the fuerit- able and pernicious, consequences of including man in the strictly natural order of things und groring his moral obligations, and to enforce my thesis that medical men are now more than

ever in need of sound and definite ethical standards.

St. John's Cathedral:-Communion, 7. am,

Matias, tr, Evensong, 3:45 pm. Roman Catholla Cathedral-Háas at 6 Bl

7am., 8 aim, and 9.30 mm. Benediction, 5 p.m. Union Church ---Services, 11 kms, and 6 p、m,

German Bethesda Chapal, West Point -

Morning Service, 11 am. St. Francis' Church, Wancha! ;--Mum (Chin), 6.m., (Port.) 7.30 .m., Benediction, 5 pm, St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road :—Morning

"Service (Engab), 9 a.m.

Sitz

St. Anthony's Chapel, West Point >--Mam, !

Wesleyan Methodist Church :-Services, raga

1.9, and 5.45 1.0. St. Peter's Seamen's Church:-11 R. and

6.30 P.BL

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MEMORANDA.

TODAY, -16 March. p.m-Performance of "The Passport" by the

Brough Company.

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,{

MAILA DUE:

American (Gaelė) to-morrow. French (Salazie) to-morrow,

Australian (Yamashiro Maru) to-morrow, American (City of Prking) goth fast. Australian (Changsha) vd prox. German (Prinu Hatarich) piħ prox. American (Doric) 9'h prox, Tacoma (Tacoma) 11th prox.

THE Canadian Pacifc Rallway Coʻ's steamer Empress of Japan, lalt Yokohams for Van- couver yesterday afternoon, the agih insl

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THE steamer Queen Olga from New York, lett. Singapore for this port this morning, the 26th, and is expected in arrive here on or about

day, the xat prox,

WE are Informed by theagents (Mesurs. Jardingy Matheson & Co.) that the steimar Glinturri from London and Siraka, loft Singapore for this

port this morolog, the 26th Inst.

Tax Imperial German fail ilner Bayern, left Shanghal for this port at a p.m. to-day, the Tacadar, the 29th fast, at daylight. 26th, and may be expected here on or about

THE China Navigation Co.'s steamer Changzhe from Australian ports, left Port Darwin for the port yesterday, the agih, and may be expected here on or about Sunday, the 3rd proz.-

THE Ocean Steamship Coin' steamer Andenay from Liverpool, left Slogapore for this port- yes- terday afternoon, the 25th, and is expected te arrive here on or about Thursday, the gust inst.

THE Imperial German Mall Uner Prins Hals- rich, carrying the German malle with dates from Berlin of the 7th inst, left Colombo for this port yesterday afternoon, the 25th, and may be expected here on or about Thunday, the 7th prox.

neck hazards of boyhood, and even football has not put an end to you; you have not as yet been devoured by the examination beast of prey; you have proved yourselves adapted to ibe climalle conditions in which you find your- selves, and have been able to provide yourselves with ample nourishment. You have struggled up into existence so far, and have shown that with individual traits in every case you aro mere or less adapted to your environment, Far more serious are the complaints which And now selected, vaccinated, educaled, you are bave been set forth by the other petty officers about to enter on an entirely new environment During the past ten or a students of medicino, an environment which twenty years the wages of the working classes will again select and scit you, and, perhaps, in bave steadily locressed, Bat while the navy ■ few instances—I trust a very few-reject you has been vastly strengthened, the pay ofthe men sliogether, and which will at the same time

I shall not be wrong lo saying that, as the re- of the lower deck has remained practically remodel those of you whom it selects, and pre-salt of the wide dissemination of teachings and | stationary. An arrivary serman's pay is 1z. 3ď a pare you for still another and more trying ́en-

oplalons such as I have quoted, the medical y, sober receiver To F, and the pip-of-leanment which you will enter when you go mad is now frequently-confronted by singularly other ratings is approximately amall. A large forth from this college as practitioners of medi- confused and distorted moral views, the conser num'er of sailors are married men, for to-day cloe. And in that environment by which you are

quence of a kind of ethical astigmatism that le¦ THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Tiar the fleet is manned to a great ex'ent by sober, now encompassed, and still more in that larger abroad. He is ! vlied to give a proteselona! | from Lordon, left Singapore for thli port this 2-d-working. hemeloring men, who, as they environment that irams before you, you will, 1 prescription for incontinence or infidelity, or a morning, the 36th, and is expected to arrive bers so curiously. The girls sarg a pretty have wives and fimlites living on shore, pay the predict, discover that harmony with your sur-- selentific indulgence in bow down in the temple on or about Filday, the fat prox. plantsilon lolishy to the "coon" and they same preportan of hour, rent, rates, and taxes,roundings and blessedness for yourselves are of the great goddess La ricity. He is even and bave almost the same expenses for food and prented by keeping constantly in view the complacently approached in the hope of followed with "Ten la Nigger. At anch hay sang of the fate of one little pigger he fell clothing, civilians. Jick cannot see why his ethical nature, man,'on which I have this even-securing his resistance in a breach of the wife and family should not be able to live in the ing insisted. For you the era of the "ape and criminal law It is mat for bits to be extreme fut on his back. Some of those falls were

ger," of tooth and claw, is past and good. The to mark what is done amies, for he comprehends *Яme comfort as those of other wasklar men who have berefited by the betterment of the lostlects and promptings that were uppermost better than albern the infirmities of the flash, "nough to make an Icving envious and one boy

cond lane of ring ashore. He does not ask In that epoch, Its selfishness, oruelty, ferocity and hla pity shelters what his Jadgment con. Eɛve a beau/ifu?"danble knock" as he went down

demna. It is not for him to scrople to adapt that sparks well for the toughners of his caput, for equally, bat urger that the present rite of and destructiveness are still to be seen at work pay should be sufficiently augmented to aaable to be human struggle for existence on Overy

measures in prevent the spread of discano, This fiem had to be repeated and the applause aim to make besser provisten for those depend. hand, and still assert themselves with greater er way most enthuslavic.

because, perchance, these measures might con- ent on lin. Besides his beme resposibiltier, less vehemence from time to time in every human

ler impuilty on vice. It is not for him to a blurjeret bar to pay for certain part of his breast; but fa civilised being they are dominated

censure or reproach those who reck bin kid, fond, and the supplementary sations ringe from sad held in check aawe have seen by s'naw pris-

however obviously their maladies may haré threepence in veace of sevenprace a day. Sciple that has letraded into human felha arisen out of their own transgressions that they which is considerable mums to came out of a ethical principle creating a sense of duty and en-

are suffering is a unfilzfent passpart to bit skūli. joying goodness and virtue. And this ethical Bat it is for him when occasion arises to ophold inder wige

the moral law, which is a balwark of health an Very closely elled to this question of pay is principle, or categorical Imperative of duty as

well as the chief corner-stone of felicity, sud the enbject of the mess ng of ibe tower deck and Kant cailed it, or conscience once awakened in the meal hours. The mea! hours of the navy, can never alamber #geln, but it neglected neither by connivance nor aflence to counter- or violated becomes'i'self. the source of pangs nce any infefagement of purity of life. It is far ste an burdity, The Admiralty only recog

worse than those which are attendant on the kims to loculcale, when the season serves, the nize and provide for three meslinebreakfast M

natural order of things. For your own advance function that closes the pathetic epitaph wift any time between five and seven u,m, dinner at

ment and bapplaces to life you cannot too scon

ten by, a wayward son of geolus for himself: Aron, and poer at four D.m., so that

cease to make an Idol of the natural man, for between the last mest of one day and the first on

Koow, prudent cautious self-control the profession you have chosen is the outcome here should be a fan of froni the succeding d-

Is wisdom's root. eleven to Ffteen hing, according to the exact

of quite another colt. Ir is the bigbest expresion of the humanising process, as opposed to the breakfast hour, which is a movable meal. Dar- ing a partion of this time of efficiel fasting there cosmic process, and its great aim is to assunge the sufferings and heal the wounds of those who fr considerable work to be done ; so thai a man's

have been worsted and trodden down in the appetite, to which the sen air always gives keen edge, becomes unusually active. These are struggle for existence, and to mitigate the asper- lty of that struggle. In the comic process pure merely the official meal hours of the men.

and simple the medical man is a troublesome meddler, promoting the survival of the unfittest Long ago they took the matter fato their and protracting the miseries of the condemned.. own, bends and added two other meals. At a recent meeting of the Medico-Legal Seclety for which, bowever, they themselves. pay of New York it was gravely argued that suicide is During the morning, ally about ains under certain circumstances, to be professionally o'clock, they have a "stand easy" for ten recommended, and that in cases of incurable, minutes or an for a second breakfast, and at

fatal, and agonising disease, the physician should be empowered to terminate life by what le about 7.30 in the evening, alter hammocks sie piped down, the men eat a second supper, for

designated "homicidal enthanusia." I you which also they themselves, pay unless they would justify your professional existence to your. have saved some food from their former meals. selves, you must put aside such, extravagances Bat however small a man's capacity may be, and and most early attune your ears to those ethical however well he may arrange bla bill of fare harmonies which mingle with the fierce discords within the official Ilmilts, there are small matters of the strife, and which happily grow more and such as baltor, cheese, milk and fruit lar pudd-more audible as time rails on. ings, and soet, and until a month or two ago

I admit that it is not always easy to pay due sait, which he has to pay for out of his pay and wifagiance to sthics. It takes some courage in It can be readily imagined that there are many

Iboio who have contracted the material tenets occasions, especially in hot climates, when even

and tendencies which elementary studies in me bluejacket longs for some slight luxusles dicias are apt to engender, to admit, even in the beyond the very plain fare provided by the

broken down, and that we must go back to ante- authorities, Jack's bill of fare in karbour company of Huxley, that the cosmic process has consists of 1 lb. of fresh meat (including bone), 1 lb, of bread, a 62 af sugar, 1 sz, of chocolate evolutionary principles. It requires ethical for making cocca, tox, of lea, and one-eighth of strongik to be ethical. Revolt kus niways had charm for the young, Agnosticism has almost .. pint of rom-that is, a decoction consisting of

virility, reverence so weakness of the knees. one-part of sum to three of water. The rib, of come to be regarded as a sign of Intellectual meat is seldom claimed, and the money allowed But ethical facts, which even agnosticism cannot for the residue-known as "savings"--helps to relegate to the category of superstitions, stare us buy such a necessity as vegetables, which, it in the face, and as carly recognition of their will be seen, are not provided. This ration is significance will help us to accommodate our capable of great improvement and welcome elves to on situation, Renunciation, self-dis variation at little or no expense, but it is lazur-cipline, respect for the rights of others and of the community, not only save us from blank despair Instead of fresh meat men are supplied with salt but ensure the easiest adjustment to the existing pork, and as no bread in baked on board ship state of things. if 16. of biscuit is served out. One of the meet curious anomalies in connection with the rations of the men of the lower deck is that the actual weight of solid food supeiled at sea in less than when in harbour, whereas it should be, of course, more at sea, when the appetite is keep.

The prizes, ennsisting of,band oma volumes and useful iftile articles of Jewellery, were dis- played on a table in front of the stage and the Rev. G. W. Williams called upon his Lerds ip toward them to the winners. Mr. Braidwood read the list and as each of the lucky ones came up Mr. Livingstone, an muristant master, handed the prises to Sir John, Mr. L sorted out his lots

basinets at one time. Miss Metts, the little dur deftly as if he had been in the auctioneer's (no pus, please) of the school, took ber diploms filing her to write A Aaler her name amid singing spalanie, and the other winners bed hearty greetings from hair comrades. The boys behaved very well, even the white shirted ebon-hued urchins, one of whem Sir John pat ted on the bead with his prize. One small chap and stage-fright and ko just seized bis volume lo two bands and rushed eff like a blue streak, forgetting the courtly ittle bow he had bean redesraing,

defeated the boys

Then came the C. J's, speech. It was a little long but it was interesting. Pls Lordship can say the right thing at the right time and In the right place as well as most men, and the compliment he aid to the school was well received. It was an futzresing occasion, he said and the visitors saw the evidence of carefal len ching and the very pleasing appearance of the pupils, especially the gris (pplause). It was is first contact with there schools and he hoped it would not be his last. The report was a most satisfactory ene and his Lordship commented on the figure statements, and made special referezce to Miss S. Mehta's distinction. As a clissa soldier Sir John expresard his pleasure at the teaching of drill in the boy's school and put in a word for the local Volunteer corps and its use in kespleg up the military training when school is a thing of the past. He was a little touched at the way the girls had in boncurs, and although he thought it a very blessed thing that female educational eliitles wars so much better than in the past he thought the boys should not allow themselves to be so defeated. The boys, he said, must not let the giris take from them the intellectual supremacy they had enjoyed to the pan. (Wblie this was going on the girls smiled proodly and the boys blushed like peonies). His then gave a "good deal of well- ented and kindly advice to the scholars and gave a word of hope to the slow and dull The Acting Secretary of Saulary Board writew | scholar whom he had seen defeat the "clever" Informlög us that at the confidential mesting of boy by weady pledding. The influence of the Board which was held after the Ordinary school habits in later life passed zoder review meeting on Thursday last Health Dlatricia 2,415 schools aight, ever flourish and make good and he expressed the sincera with that the and Gof the City of Victoria wero declared lußcted men and women and citizens of whom the with Babonte Plague under, the provistous of colony would be proud (Applause), of Byclaw as ma founder section 13 of Ordinance The Hon. ER Bellios in a few graceful 15 of 1894 The Eastera, Boundary of No. words, proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair-,

Health District is Wantual Market, the Western and it was carried by "lood acclaim,"

Mr. Braidwood-called for three cheers from Boundary, in Garden Road and the Southem. Boundary Is Bowes Road. The Eastern the boys for the Chatman and the youngsters opened their lungs to good purpose. This closed Boundarlen, of the 4th 5th and 6th Health the proceedings, o meno d Dlukt are Fedder and Wyndham Streets and Glenoaly Faib, the Westers Boundary is Tank Linn and Cleverly Streef and the Southern Boundary is Crina Road

THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG:

Tas Telegraph in again the caly newspaper lu ike colony ust in the infoused dre

A lot of pencil drawings, and all and water colour studies done by the pupils were exhibited la the lobby and they were for the most part highly creditable fadend. - The girls' work with the needle Way'niso sauwo : in dalaty, pieces of ingerig walab wa kamd very favoninkly Grid uland by people who should kodu,

SELİ-PROVIDED Mɣals.

fous compared with the official fars when at SƐR.

HOLIDAYS AND PENSIONS.

To the medical man in actual practice a per- peinal remembrance of man's ethical mature, of that in him which transcends the animal and makes far righteousness, of the union in him of Fripris divine with la déle Aumale is of para. mount importance. He has to mialiter to more or less ethical beings, who will not be content to be There is another complaint in connection treated as bits of mechanism, and the highest with the question of massing. When soldiers diagnostic skill and then paulic precision will go on leave they receive an allowance la lieu of not save bles from fallure if he lacks sympathy provisions. This privilege has never been con- with human suffering and frailty, and is unabla ceded by the Admiralty, and bluejackets are to understand the emotional

well

An the appealing for a reconsideration of this question, mascalar heart. In his professional work, too, makes a prest ent of their holidays. It is ang-ples in himself, and an ethical outlook to guide since if they do not eat the food the taxpayer he hourly requires the support of ethical princi gested that the whole question of the victualling him among the subile moral problems that are of the navy should be referred to a strong com submitted in him, and to support him in his mlites of experts with a view to the efficial resistence to the appeals of the natural unao, who dietary and the official meal hours being review | is mil the slave of his animal instincts and der ed and amended.

tlinte of spiritual Ideals,

Attention is also called to another grievance— this time one of the old familiar pension grie Vauces. Under the Queen's Regulations, should pasty officer oɔtain a "very good" character each year for the first nieteen years of his service, 'and then, through some trivial offence or calster tone to his last year, obtain only a good he for- felis the gratully for good sorri'w to which he would otherwise be entailed, and is deprived of one half of his peasian as petty offices lo fant; anu slip in his swanlleth yssa anay kula w

Unhapply the loose talk of the period and the iterature of the day too often pander to the natural man, and extol the wisdom of fillowing maiores It is fashionable not to be stralinced, and great wifiers have not hesitated to tell us that it in the libertine who has grasped the trus meanings of life, and that it is foolish to plagge ourselves with remores fpe acta' dictated by desires at natural origin. Ons of our most power fui noraiiats, Mr. Hardy, has frequently shown w sendeney to assimilate the moist to the "beta"

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NOTANDA.

CALENDAR

MARCH.

Meteorological means based on ten years' "observations to 1895, Barometer...............................................30.059 Thermometer .............................52 0 Humidity

Rainfall...m ranmaston 4.03

TO-DAY.

WEATHER REFORT.

O date at On Case S

IDA.,

4.

SHIPPING RETURMS, From 8 pm, yesterday to & fim, to-day,

ALRIVALS.

Yayıyama Mars...teamer, from Moji Tal Le 1435 Bist....141435 Mongkut ...RALALARE

Chlyken m

11

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Saigon

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Bangkok

Salgon

17 Canton

Shanghai

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Aggregating, 5.455 tons register.

DEFARTIERKS.

Attrle......... ..............#termer, for Kobe

Tamarind ............isk163 # "Bangkok

Astral SATA

WongkolumSUTNEY

Girmanta A

Occanten

Wingsang

Π

"Palo Sembila

"Bangkok

"#

1

19

Saigon "Europe "Shangkal

Barometer. 30.02 Thermometer .................. Humidity....erannuat Rainfall

29.91

Renat Maru

"Kobe

21

74

Latona NUTSUYEN, 3/

H

Kobe

79

72

Frer RTAKERDUTEG

"Pakhol

11010

Loongmoon..

M

Shanghai

TO-DAY.

Saturday, 26th March, 1898. Chinose-8th of Brd moon of #jik year of

Jewish-8rd Niton, 5658, Mohammedan-Srd Dulkonda, 1016.

S-R......................... Shr. 27min. Silt Chr. Emin. High water-forming 2014. BOMIN.

Afternoon KONG. Low water-Morning Shr. ¿Emtu. Afternoona 844, 45mttt... ANNIVERSARIES.

1819-Dake of Cambridge hord, 1841-Mr. Field and two officers of H.M.S.

Blankolm aasassinated near Cantan.

1849-Dake of Savoy proclaimed King of Sar-

dinle,

+

Targ-chi. 1875-Death of the widow of the Emperor 1880-Death of the Hon. H. A. K. Whampoa,

C.M.G., at Singapore, 1896 The Matabele Revolt commenced. 1897-Amnesty granted to all Philippins robsis

·who surrendered,

TO-MORROW.

Aggregating 14,572 tons register.

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA Dock Returns Kowloon Dock

**

D'schland (H.LG.MLS.) Zakin.......

*

M

H

SERMEISOSYA

'K. A'gusta (H.I.G.MS) + ̧ Tordenskjold Fame (H.M.S.) unu Coptic

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Cosmopolitan

FASHED THE CAKAL, OUTWARD-4th February-Hounslow. I February-Allow, Latona, Yarrowdale, 15th 18th Feb.-Avsla; February-Ross Castle. 22nd February-St. Mary, 25th Feb-Queen Olga, Queen Margaret. 1st March-Aminer, Candia, St. Andrews. 4th Manch-Formosa,

March-Theħla. 15th March-Glenarinay, Macdug, Kintuck, Glenturrit, Rugby, Si Glingyle, Frias Hoturich, Sarpedon, Afrik Croydon, Bigst Tower, Ists, Wennlapton Hall.. 18th March-Bullmouth, Canton, Mertonată- stre, Adria, Indus, 3200 March 2 Bellona, Nedied Nyansa, St. Nistan, "Tivist- dale.

HOMEWARD-Bih February-Malaces, 1812 February-Benledi, Kriemhild, Dalia. Banday, 27th March, 1898,

Mirch Priam 8th March Yarra, Port Chinese-6th of Brd moon of sich year of Adstofde, with March-Rick, Sento. 138 Jewish- Nisam, 5068.

March-Darmstadi, azad March-Shanghati.

Mohammedan -4th Dulkaado, 1818.

Sen-Rizit, .................................... Bhr.57min. Sila masonianum Chr. Amin, High water-Morntag unamu Ohr. BƐmin. and 11kr. 15min. Low water-Morning

£ÃÕâmin... Afternion in Vår, 87min. ANNIVERZAMER,

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1803-Treaty of Amiens. 1839-10,189 chests of oplam burned at Canton

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