and as the journey is down river, he will pro bably arrive there some time in November
There are 30 ponies (17 griffins) entered for the automin-races which, take place on 13th 14th and 13th inst, and training is in full swing. The course is in very good condition and if only the god with the watering pot will hold his hand we ought to have a fine time. To the disgust of most local sports a well known Shanghai rider is coming up for the rates to ride for a Russian stable, thus making doubtful events a certainty, as even the best local riders can, have no show against hins, though they
"may have the better mounts.
The
Perhaps better counsels may prevail in future, Hankow land question" is still the subject of friendly discussion between the res: pecifve governments, and there are no further developments.
YOUNOW.
As the result of a recent exploration some re liable particulars have been placed at my disposal as to to the newly opened port of Yochow in the Tung-ting lake. The city of Yechow is shunted on a bluff, about six miles from the entrance to the Tung-ting lake, but its position was found to bo unsuitable for an open port where scarce»,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1899.
CHINA FOR THE JAPANESE.
MARQUIS ITO'S STRONG SPEECH FOR JAPANESE TRADE PREDOMINANCE THERE.
KOBE, November rith, Marquis Ito delivered an important and suggestive speech at the meeting of the Shokoai, an association of the principal business men of Tokio, on Wednesday at the Imperial Hotel there. Prof. Foxwell having spoken Marquis Ito followed, prolonged cheers mark. ing his rise. The veteran statesmen (says the Japan Times) modestly denied himself the right of haranguing his hearers, who were, he said, all men of practical knowledge and wide however, to speak on the vital position wiserience, on purely business topics. He which trade and industry, occupied in the economy of a nation and then to extend his remarks to the question of the revision of the law of representation. Agriculture, said the Marquis in effect, was a force, and an important factor in the economy of a nation, but it was out of the question in the present circum stances to depend upon it alone for the growth and
greatness
of the They had outlived the days of isolated existence and in order to hold their
up
Field Artillery: Ammunition Column. Engine- | same direction, Battle-ships fitted with twin-
ers: 17th Field Company Royal Engineers, Supply Column: No. 10 Company Army Service Corps. Field Hospital: No. 19 Company Royal Army Medical Corps.
screws, and with a speed of 18 knots, required 17,750 i.h.p., and only 14,350 for the same speed when they were fitted with triple-screws. This shows an advantage of 3,500 i.h.p. in favour of triple screws at a speed of 18 knots. If Commander--Major-General (local Lieution, and if it be taken that each i.h.p. requires the advantage be measured in coal consump General) Sir C.F. Clary.
2ND INFANTRY DIVISION.
1.5 bs per hour, the triple-screws would show an advantage of 24 tons of cool over the twin- screws per hour.
Auch valuable information has been obtained
3rd brigade (Major General A. G. Wauchope), 3rd Royal Highlanders, 1st Highland Light Infantry, and Seaforth Highlanders. Supply Column: No. 14 Company Army Service Corps, by the exhaustive trials made with the fin Bearer Company: No. 1 Company Royal Armycopolis. Not only were trials made with the Medical Corps. Field Hospital No. 8 Com main engines, but also with the auxiliary ma pany Royal Army Medical Corps.
chinery. An important paper was read before the Institution of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New York, on the trials with the pumps and the quantity But Commodore Melville now gives its the
4th Brigade (Major-Genemt the Hon. N.
teton) and Scottish Rifles, 3rd King's Royal Rifles, 1st Durham Ligh Infantry, ist Ride Brigade Supply Column: No. 16 Com- pany Army Service Corps, Bearer Company No. 14 Company Royal Army Medical Corps. Field Hospital: No. 14 Company Royal Army Medical Corps.
3RD INFANTRY DIVISION.
of steam required
them. This paper was of great jimportance.
results of the trials of the main engines. these trials with the 17inneapolis a fixed enal consumption was settled. In one chặc two Divisional Troops.-Cavalry":"B" Squadron 14th Hussars. Artillery: 63rd, 64th, and 73rdines were used, in the other only one Batteries Royal Field Artillery,munition cogine. When are engine was used the other was allowed to stand, and the screw Coluun. Engineers: 11th Field Company which was driven by it allowed to rum as it liked in the water. The same auxiliary Company Army Service Corps. Field Hospi
When machinery was used in both cases, two engines were in operation it required Corps,
938 h.p. to give al speed of 9.53 knots. When one engine was used 1,736 .hp.
0.30 knots was made with the single screw. Then here was 5th Brigade (Major-General A. Fitzroy Hart) another curious result. When the Minneapolis 1st Roval Enniskillen Fusiliers, 2nd Royaltan at 9.73 knots, she required 1,873.6 p. Irish Rifles, 1st Connaught Rangers, and 151 with one engine and ore screw propeller to to Royal Dub Fusikers. Supply Column: it, while with two engines and two screw pito- 30 Company Army Service Corps. Bearer pelters she required 1.940 ihup to make a pany: No. 16 Company Royal Army speed of 271 Kints. On the other hand the Medical Corps. Field Hospital No, to Kaiserin Augusta muude a speed of o funts with two engines, and required 932 ih.p. to do Company Royal Army Medical Corps.
it, and when working with one engine and ant screw she made a speed of 9.07 knots, and required th develop, toto i.h.p. to do it.
NOTANDA:
CALENDAR.
NOVEMBER,
Meteorological means bared on fifteen years
observations to 1898.
Barometer Thermometer Humidity. Rainfall
.30.103 .60 2 .69
1.302
TO-DAY. Saturday, 18ci November, 1899. Chinese---10th of 10th moon of 25th year of
Awangsst. Sun-Rites
Sets
High water-Morning
Afternoon Low water--Morning
War. 15min. sår. Lömin. jahr, 18ming
Shr. 46min. 3hr. 27min. Afteruóm ...... 2hr. 17min.
ANNIVERSARIES.
1851 Death of the King of Hanover, 1867-Great Fire in Hongkong. 1869-Suez Canal opened,
1870-Ch'ung How arrived in Hongkong' ez route for France, as special Ambas sador to explain the Tientsin Mas-
sacre,
Conumander-Major-General (Incal Lieut. and with this only a speed was developed, 1877-Kars taken by the Russians
General) Sir W. F. Gaincre.
ly any but transit trade is carried on. The pornd try their fortune in the arena of the work Royal. Engineers. Supply Column': No. 24 competition, it was of paramount importance tal: No. 3 Company Royal Army Medical that they should devote their best energy to the building and expanding of their trade and Industry. He entirely agreed with Prof. Fox- to which well in looking to China as the goal the business enterprise of the Japanese people should aspire. Geography had willed that Japan should be a commercial nation. Only a strip of sea and they trod the vast empire of China with its boundless territory, with its hidden treasures practically intact, and with its millions upon millions of swarming intrabitants ready to swallow up the whole world's supply of commodities and to yet want more. Sa wonder the nations of the world were each vying with the other in establishing and ex tending markets for their wares, in that great country. Japan was by force of circumstances bound to rebuild her national foundations on the basis of trade and industry; while it would be in China dat the merchants and manufacturers of the nations of the world would fight their battle for commercial suprendry, Simuld Japanese business men fail to establish their foothold in Chim before the field was surped by their foreign competitors, the result would not only he a dear blow to the trade and commerce of this country but might beenne even a menace
lins therefore been opened at Changhin, situak- ed about one mile from the Yangtze at the mouth of a creek which gives a dapble frontage to the past and affords a secure anchorage in rough weather. The same tactics have been Adopted by the Chinese authorities at this part as were proposed at the opening of Woesuny. They propose to administer the settlement themselves, roads, lighting, sanitation, police, &c. being under their supervision, and no voice seems to have been mised yet'in opposition 10 that proposal. How fotigners will fare in n settlement under Chinese administration may casily he imagined The Tungting lake is really only a fale in summer when the river is at the food. In winter it is a vast plain of very fertile fluvial deposit, intersected by innumer able creeks where the waters of the Siang and Yuen rivers join on their way to the Yangtse. At low water there is only from 3 to 4 feet of water in the mouth of these rivers, though the creeks are deeper, but quite sufficient for the native sailing craft and small steam-launches. Of the latter, quite a number are running between Yochow and the great cities of Hunan, Changsha (the capital), and Siang-tan on the Siang aiver, and Chingtien on the Yuen river, but at present they carry passengers unly. No doubt in course of time the opposition of the local boatmen could be overcome and the faunches could be employed to tow cargo boats, or themselves carry suitable cargo, as the greater expedition of this mode of conveyance both going and coming would soon commend itself to the native merchants. Even an approx imate estimate of the population of these cities, cannot he obtained, but they extend some five or six miles along the banks of the rivers where they are situated, and it follows that there must be great possibilities. for foreign imports,, provided native customs and prejudices' re carefully consulted. The exports of the province of Human ure chiefly rice, tea and timber, and cotton is also produced, in considerable quantity. Rice to the amount of about one million piculs is exported, chiefly to Hupeb, and over a hall million half chests of tea are sent to the Hankow tea market. The timber exported approaches ten million taels in value, and it follows that the transit dues which have been collected at Yochow hitherto must linve been considerable, Both anthracite and bituminous coal is found in the mountainous districts of Hunan, and ironan! other metals are present in large quantities, and are even now profitably worked with the crudest Appliances. These facts show the immense fields. for foreign enterprise which will surely before long be opened up in Hunan, and the great future importance of the port of Yachow (Changlin), as a port of transhipment. Shanghai Chamber of Commerce should bestir itself and take note.-China Gazette Cor.
JAPANESE OFFICERS FOR THE TRANSVAAL.
to the stability of her national existence. If Japan was to hold her own, and she must do so, in China, then Japanese business men must at once awake to their grave responsibilities, The Marquis next referred to that oft repeated boast, begotten of dattery, that Japan, like England, was suunded by water and had a great cominent as her close neighbour ; but the latter poserved one quaiter of the total land aven of the world and hes capital invested. abroad, sthem all told, might be estimated a £500,000 Again, king the foreign trade of Chinn, England accounted for aver seventy per cent. of her total imports, while sixty per cent of those imports caine on board British vessels. But how did England fare in the products of her own soil Why her food supply was coming practically all from abroad. England to-day possessed a navy which gave her the supremacy of the suns. She possessed resources almost sufficient to control the trarie and commerce of the whole world. Where did all the greatness come from? Not from agriculture but from her trade and industry: then Japan wished to rise in the Far Fast at least, to the position that England occupies m the world it would be self evident that the Japanese should so in their policy in their diplomacy, every thing else, that whatever they did should tend to foster and enlarge the sphere and Thesperity of their trade and industry, It was with
this object in vita, continued the speaker, that the bill for the amendment of the bow of election and representation was introduced in the late session of the Diet.-Herald.
Captain Hiraoka, who has been ordered by the General Army Staff Department to proceed to South Africa to witness the war operations there, left, by the Vokokanta-maru, from Yako. hama on the 8th inst. He will be attached, it is stated, to the Boer army. Colonel jichi, de military attaché in the Japanese Legation in London, bas also been ordered to South Africa, and will accompany the British forces. A wire has been received announcing Colonel Ijichi's departure for the scene of operations.-Kobe Chronicle.
SUDDEN DEAD OF A FOREIGNER
AT YOKOHAMA.
Mr. T. T. Thomson, Third Officer of the N.Y.K. steamer Sanuki-Marn, says the Japan Gaselle was found dead inhibin on the morn ing of the 7th inst. about half-past six o'clock. The deceased had retired about seven o'clock on the previous evening apparently in good health, and nothing unusual was noticed, but when a Chinese boy entered bis cabin in the he found him dend. The matter was morning reported to the Water Police, and Chief In- spector Yuasa, accompanied by Dr. Makino, went on board the ship and made an inspection of the body, but there were no marks of foul- play. Later the body was examined by Dr. Wheeler, and the cause of death was pro- nounced to be heart failure.
The remains were interred in the Yokohama Cemetery, the ceremony being performed by the gentleman in temporary charge of the Seamen's Mission in the absence of Mr. Austin. The funeral was attended not only by the deceased's shipmates, but by many officers in the employment of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha who are now on the reserve, to whoni the decensed was well known.
RUMOURED MUTINY ON THE "FRAM."
The Birmingham Post of October 6th prints a rumour to the effect that something like a mutiny has occurred on the Frank, among the members of the Arctic, Expedition under Sverdrup. The naval lieutenant is charge of the ship, it is reported, refused to submit to Disorder prevailed on Sverdrup's authority, board, and it was expected that the men would desert at the first opportunity,
This news has created a salization among explorers and geographers, many of whom regard it as unwise to combine the naval and civil element in these expeditions,
ALLEGED INCENDIARISM AT YOKOHAMA.
education and
pro-
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4th Brigade (Major General G. Barton)-2nd Royd Fusiliers, and Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2 Royal Irish Fusi- ders Supply Cołuno **** No 36 antpauy Army Service Corps. Bearer Company: No. 17 Company Royal Army Medical Corps. Fick! Hospital No. 11 Company Royal Amry Medical Corps.
Divisional Troups.--"C" Squadron 14th Hussars, Artillery 74th, 77th, and 79th Batteries Royal Field Antillery. Ammunition Colunin Engineers: 42th Field Company Royal Engineers. Supply Column: No. 33 Company Army Service Corps. Field Hospital: No. 7'Company Royal Army Medical Corps..
CORPS FROOPS,
Cavalry--Hexulquinters: 14th Hussars and Fath Eussars,
Artillery.--"G" and "p" Batteries Royal Horse Artillery, 4th, 38th, and 78th Batteries Royal Horse Artillery, 37th, 61st, and 65th Bat- tries (Howitzer) Royal Field Artillery. Am munition Column
Engineers.--"A" Pontoon Troop Royal En. gineers, 1st Division Telegraph Royal Engi neers, 26th Field Company Royal Engineers, 1st Field Park Royal Engineers 1st and 2nd Balloon Section Royal Engineers, and 10th Railway Company Royal Engineers..
Infantry,ist Royal Scots.
Details Ammunition Park; Supply Co. Juan, No..21 Company Army Service Corps; Field Bakery, No. 40 Company Army Service Corps; Field Hospital, No. 5 Company Royal Army Medical Corps: Supply Park, Nos. 4, 29, and 4a Companies Army Service Corps.
LINES OF COMMUNICATION,
Balloon Field Factory.-Royal Engineers. Infantry. 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers and Somersetshire Light Infantry, 2nd Duke of and Northamptonshine Regiment, and Shrop Camwall's Light Infantry, 1st Welsh Regiment shire Light Lifantry, and 1st Gordoa. High
landers.
Army Service Corps. Nos, 1, 2, 3, and 4 Auxiliary Companies Army Service Corps.
The Rayal Army Medical Corps.-Nos. 1, 2. 3. and Stationary Hospitals, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and General Hospitals, Base Depots of Medical Stores (two); Advanced Depots of Medical Stores (Free); Nos. 1 and 2 Hospital Trains,
RUSSIA AND JAPAN IN KOREA.Nos. 1 and 2 Hospital Ships,
A JAPANESE DEMAND.
14 is reported that the Japanese Government has applied to the Korean Government for a lease of several places along the Korean coast to be used as fishing stations for Japanese. fishermen. It is believed that the application will be granted in view of a similar concession made to the Russian Government-Kobe Chronicle.
DISCOVERY OF OLD COINS AT OSAKA.
On the 4th inst a quantity of old gold and silver coins, valued at some Y3,000, were un- earthed on the premises of a bath-house at No. 74, Azuchinachi, San-chome, Osaka, while operations for filling up a drain were taking place. On the following day further discoveries of coin, valued at 12,000, were made at the It is supposed that further finds may be made, and the proprietor, who bought the premises a year or two ago, is making thorough search. Kohe Chronicle.
same spot.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD FORCE.
a
CONSTITUTION AND ALLOTMENT. The ital constitution of the South African Field Force, which has hitherio not been published will be as follows
CAVALRY DIVISION. Commander, Major-General J. D. 1. French (Local Lieut-General.)
1st Cavalry Brigade (Colonel J. M. Babing- ton, with local rank of Major-General) Cavalry: 6th Dragoon Guards, 10th Hussars, and rath Lancers, Artillery: R. Battery, Royal, Horse Artillery, and ainmunition Column. Engineers: Field Park. Four Companies Mounted Infantsy and two machine guns, Supply Column: No. 13 Company Army Service Corps. Bearer Company: No. 9. Company Royal Army Medical Corps. Field Hospital No. 9 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps,
and Cavalry Brigade olonel 3. P. Brabazon, with local rank of Major-General), ~Cavalry 1st Dragoons, 2nd Dragoons, and 6th Dragoons, Artillery: O Battery Royal Horse Artillery and Ammunition Column, Four companies Mount ed infantry and two machine guns, Supply Column: No. 25 Company Army Service Corps. Bearer Company: No. 13 Company Royal Army Medical Corps. Field Hospital No. 6 Com. pany Royal Army Medical Corps.
IST INFANTRY DIVISION. Commander-Lieutenant-General Lord Meth- uen. 1st Brigade (Major-General Sir H. E. Colville).- 3rd Grenadier Guards, 1st Coldstream Guards, 2nd Coldstream Guards, and tst Scots Guards. Supply Column: No. 19 Company Army Service At an early hour on the morning of the 7th Corps, Bearer Company: No. 13 Company says the Japan Advertiser, it was discovered Royal Army Medical Corps. Field Hospital'; that smoke was issuing froin the staircase and No. 18 Company Royal Army Medical Corps, first floor at the rear of the premises of the 3nd Brigade (Major-General H.J.T. Hild- Chartered Bank of India, Australland China-yard) and Royal West Surrey Regiment in Main Street, Yokohama. It was found that the fire had been started under the stairs load- ng to the ventual, true yard arrive tick of the compound, but being discovered in time was extinguished before any serious damage had been done, It is believed that it was a deliberate attempt to burn down the Bank promises
Regiment, 2nd East Surrey Regiment, Supply
litio: 16 Company Anny Service Corps Bearer Company: No. 2 Company Royal Army Medical Corps, Field Hospital: Depot Com panies Royal Army Medical Corps.
Anus Ordnance Corps.---Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5 Companies Anny Ordnance forps.
Details Army Corps Pay Office; Staff of Infantry Depot at Base, Staff of General Depot at Base, and "A" and "B" Remcunt Com- piles Aratý Service Corps.-S. F. Press,
TRIPLE-SCREW PROPELLERS.
The screw propeller question is always with the shipbuilder and shipowner. We began to think that we had come to some final con-
lusions after the classical investigations of Mr. Froude, but at the spring meeting of the Institute of Naval Architects Commodore Melville apered the whole question up again, and taught us that no final results had yet been allied. The fact is we no sooner imagine that a settlement on any question has been come to than we find that later experiments and trials unsettle many of our conclusions. This is exactly the position of affairs on the screw propeller question, in consequence of the reply which Commodore Melville has just sent over from the Naval Bureau of the United States in answer to the discussion on his paper "Triple-screw. Propellers," Sir Wm. White had beet making experiments with models and thought that he had come to conclusions opposite to those set forth in the paper by Commodore Melville. He asked for the results of the trials on which the Commodore based his conclusions, and these results have been very fully given, and certainly point to advan
ges in favour of inple-screw propellers over twin and single screws under certain conditions of working.
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Commodore Melville comes to the conclu sion that at high speeds triple-screws are intare economical of horse power than twin-screws and the results of the published trials, and the curves made from them, bear him oute Exchange.
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION
IN JUROPE.
The London financial correspondent of the New York Pines enblis na Oetober 9th-One must go back to 1873 to find an advance in the Bank of England rate twied in one week, and in 1866, when the rate rase hom 6 to to per cent. in less than a fennight, to discover dir cumstances equally disquieting to those now coming the surface. Altogether apart from the Boer war, which is now certain, dal from the first has been contenpleed_by_the_British Government, ominous weaknesses have been revealing themselves in our credit market for some be back.
Our great safeguard against a credit blizzard has been new supplies of gold from the Transvaal. For three, months at the shortest, and probably for six, the supply will be stopped, and at the same time demands upon us for the metal will be increasingly acute.
Leaving the United States out of considera tion, all Europe wants gold because all Europe has overstrained its credit. The bank rates on the Continent show how the struggle is becom- ing increasingly wolfish. Both the Austro- Hungarian and the German State Banks raised their discount rates to 6 per cent. last week, and the Bank of the Netherlands moved up to up also, although it works its note issue with per cent. The Bank of France must soon go great skill and protects its stock of goid by putting a premium on it by paying out worn A paint will soon be enips and in other ways, reached where these tactics must be abandqued for fear the French people should take fright about the convertibility of the notes.
The wonder to me is that they have not done so al ready. The note circulation of the Bank of France this week is £133,400,000, about £9,000,000 more than a year ago: Its stock of gold is only about £2,000,000. greater, and a mere £76,000,000 all told, or ten shillings in the pound. In addition the bank holds 47,000,000 of nominal silver, which could not be said at any price. Its position, therefore, is delicate in the extreme and a fierce struggle to retain its gold is inevitable.
At present the Bank of England is still the strongest of all European Banks in many respects, because London is a creditor of both Russian and Dutch bills of exchange not less France and Germany, In German, French, than £25,000,000 of our banking resources is currency invested. Hence continental rates of exchange have all moved sharply in our favour week, and still we do not receive gold as fast as it goes away, principally to South Africa
1893- Dr. 11. Dudier, German Consul at
Canton, shot himself. 1897--13nthrak of cattle disease in Hongkong. 1898 -18.M.S. Formidable handbed, at "Paris
mouth.
TOMORROW
PROGRESS, German steatter, 687, P. Brandt, 18th. Nev.,-Newchwangazh Nov, Beans. -Siemssen & Co...
Clearances at the fat bour Office, Alongkut, British str, for Bangkok. We Ping Chinese steami-launch, for Wuchow. Triumph, Genuan str., for Hollow, Progress, German str., for Canton. Tetartes, German str., for Saigon, Stevia, German str., for Singapore. Kwa Lax, British steam-launch, for Macao. Pak Kong, British str, for Canton, Saibong, British str, for Samsui.. Taifu, German str., for Canton. Sibiria, German str., for Singapore. flue, French str., for Haiphong. Kang Bang, British str. for Haiphong. Catherine Apear, British str., for Singapore. Tamsui Muru, Japanese str., for Swatow. Frente, Norwegian str., for Saigon. Nanchang, British sir, for Canton.
Dopartures.
Nov. 18, Sydney, French str., for Europe... Nov. 18, Heihẩu. Preach 80, for Hoilow, Nov. 18, Pirutente, Italian cruiser. for S'pore. Nov, 18, Nankin, British ste, for Shanghai, Now, 18, Githeriar pear, British stenmar, for
Calcutta.
Basammpenserived.
Per alariga, from Hah-hong-43 Chinese, Per • #diric, from, Kuba--Air, W. Herring, Per Bench 6, from Bangkok, &c.—; Chi-
4.
Vers Manchong, wm Newchwang, &c.—6 * him.
Per Phrakom Klan, from Bangkok, &c.----
Chine
Sunday, 19th November, 1899) Chinese - 17th of 19th men of 25th year aj | pen 75 ↑ linere and i Japuese.
Pes Tamsul Mare, from Swaow-r-Emo
Kwanjan
Sun Rifer
ا گردشی
Går. 17min. shi 10mins.
the Grain. går ignin. ph gmin 2hr, dómin,
Moon Max. Dec. N. 1147, 236, High water durning
Alternsin Low water--Morning-
Afternoon
ANNIVERSARIES.
1861- M. de Lesseps born. 1880--Collision on the Yangtsze between the steamets Kungao uind Zänyang, both veascls lost. 1884-Steamer 7. C. Hook foundered with all hands whilst on a voyage from Saigon to Hongkong. 1887--Terrific gunpowder explosion at Amoy ; upwards of Soo hutses destroyed, and several landred lives lost. 1897---Immense fite in London, 1998--Lord Charles Beresford advocates the
"open door" policy at Shanghai.
A-GENDA.
TO-MORROW,
„CHURCH SERVICES.
St. John's Cathedral:-Communion, 7 am, Matins, 11 a.m., Evensung, 5.45 p.m. Roman Catholic Cathedral:-Mass at 6 am.. ? m, 8, and 9.30 a.m. Benediction, Union Church-Services, 11 am. and 6 p.m. German Bethesda Chapel, West Point
Morning Service, 11 am.
*5 p.m.
St. Francis' Church, Wanchai-Mass (Chin.), a.m., (Perl.), 7.30 am. Benediction, 5 p.m.
St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road :—Merning
.Service (English); 9 aan.
St. Anthony's Chapel, West Point :--Mass,
B'a.m.
Wesleyan Methodist Church-Services, 10.30
am, and 5.45 1.
St.
Peter's Sanmen's Church:-11 aan, and
6.30 p.n.
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE. Australian (Chingtuj ta-morrow. French (Ordinien) 21st inst. American (Garlic) zzud inst.
Indian (Chelydra) 24th inst.
German (Prins Heinrich) 28th inst. American (Hongkong tålaru) 29th inst. Canadian (Empress of Japan) and prox. American (China) 7th prox.
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The steamer Chelydra from Calcutta and Straits left Singapore for this port on Friday 17th inst, at 5 p.m.
The T. K. K. steamer Nippon Mark with mails &c. which left hence Oct. 19th for San Francisco vs Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Inland Sea, Yokohamn and Honolulu, arrived at her destination on the 16th inst.
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Depart.l. Per Sydner, for Saigon--Messrs. Lie Thi On. TAbbi Holzin, Ng Kin Phy and boy, 89 Chi- Buse and India. For Singapore--Messrs. P. Nalin. Magdom Isniail, Mrs. F. Zanulohe,, Mrs. Richter, Ceneral fonte Revention, Baron Korfi, Dr. Piluegle, Messrs, Hanbilober, Beck- mann, Mye s, Gerlich, Hon. J. S. Fassett and family, Mr. and Miss Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Primley and chill, Miss L. Steiner, Mix and Mrs. T. A. Shaw, Mes rs. C. Hupp, Heng Hee Choo, 5 Chinese 6 Japanes Wemen and India For Colombo--12 Chinese. For Suez -Messrs, W. B. Jones, Kingmann, and Mrs.
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H. Croxson. For Marseilles-Messrs. Reichardt, Rasder, Schwenger, F. C. Bargone, F. de Lachaux Daignan, E. L. Darré, M, A. Lorin, E. P. Rion, Able P. Guiliano, and Miss J. A. Percima Torres,
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
Names.
Changte Catania Sacoun...
From:~~ Due
Port Darwin ...To-morrow Singapore
.... Singapore
Hiroshima Maru... Singapore Oceanien
Saigon. ......Nagasaki
To-morrow
Nov. 20th
Nov. 20th
Nov. 21st
Nov. 21st
Kasuga Maru Gaelic
Shanghai Nov. 22nd Bisagno
............ Singapore... Nov. 23rd Kanakum Maru... Singapore. Nov. 23rd Chelydra... Singapore Nov. 24th Prinz Heinrich... Celomba......... Nov. 28th Lady Joicey.........[apan .......... Nov. 28th Hongkong Mare... San Francisco.. Nov. 29th Empress of Japan. Vancouver...... Dec. 2nd China
San Francisco... Dec. 7th
We would direct the atimtion of shipping firms to the style in which Steamers Expected" and Projected Sailings are now published in the columns, and in so doing raspecs. fully urge the managers of shipping fines to give ceders to their clerks to furnish, this office, on the forms already sugg plied gratia with ties latest available information every day.
PROJECTED SAILINGS,
Slap.
Abergeldic Adolph Obrig Algoa
Ambria.......
Destination.
Portland, &c.
Date.
...... Jan. 27th
New York...... Qk. dcap. San Francisco, &c. Nov. 23td ...Haric, &c. ......... Dec. 24th
America Maru...San Francisco, &c. Jan. 27th
Blavera
Bamberg
Bellerophon Bengal
Changsha
Carlisle City... China
Chingu
Havre, &c.
Straits, &c.
Nov. 28th
Mar. 7th
..JAmoy
Nov. 20th
Europe, &c.
Nov. 25th
Sydney, &c....
Nov. 25th
San Diego, &c.
Dec. 31st
San Francisco, &c. Dec. 16th Kobe
Nov. 23rd
Nov. 22nd
Dec. 20th
Nov. 25th
Japan.......
San Francisco, &c. Nov. 30th London....... Nov. 23rd
City of Dublin... Victoria, B.C... Dec. 30th City of London... Victoria, B.C....... Nov. 11st
San Francisco, &c. Jani, zoth Coptic -Coromandel Shanghai ... Nov, 25th The steamer Kumakura Maru (Europe Diamante.... Manila
Nov. 21st Line) left Singapore for this port today and is Doric
San. Francisco, &c. Dec. 23rd Expected to arrive here on the 23rd inst, am,
Vancouver, &c......fun. 17th Emp. China Emp. India Emp. Japan.... Futami Maru Gaelic... Glenshiel...... Haimun..........Swatow, &c... Nov. 20th Hiroshima Maru. Kobe & Yokohama Nov. 24th Hongkong MaruSan Francisco, &c Dec. 9th Idomeneus... London..... Dec. fath Victoria, B.C........ Nov. 20th Idzumi Maru Japan.......
London.
Dec, 12th Kamakura Maru. Kobe & Yokohama Nov. 23rd Karlsruhe.......... Straits, &c. ........lan. 24th Kasuga MaruThursday 1s, &c... Nov. 24th Dec. 13th König Albert Straits, &c.
Havre, &c. ......... Dec. 10th. Vladivostock, &c... Nov. agrd,
The truth is that no market can spare gold either to 1:5
or to the United States. To protect themselves, therefore, foreign bank rates must go further up and the Bank of England is bound to follow. In the tusste for gold we should hold our own this winter but for the African war drain. That, added to other demands, and all capped by the stoppage of supplies, causes the prospect to be gloomy indeed. We most likely shall have a 6 per cent bank rate upon us and that is sure to prove the key to open the Pandora's box. Ainong minor symptoms note the steady decline in the prices of our first-class stocks, railway, municipal and others, Consols and other Government securities already have fallen enough to reduce the book surplus of our post. office savings bank by about £7,000,000. This decline strains ban
Isla de Cuba.... banking credit, everywhere and will tell by degrees,
Trouble is likely to arise among the Scotch banks over whisky. They have locked up many millions in it and cannot escape without disastrous liquidation.
SHIPPING REPORTS. ·
Captain Finlayson, of the steamship Nan chang, from Newchwang, reports Fresh N. gale, high sea and fine generally.
Captain Sobajima, of the steamship_Tamsui Maru, from Swatow,reports:-Strong Northerly breeze and rough sea, half fine and cloudy
weather,
Cominodore Melville conducted trials with two classes of ships, cruisers and battle-ships: These were not always of the same size, but the results were reduced to a common standard in each case by rules which were laid down by Mr. Froude for this purpose, and which are now universally adopted. The speed results of the trials of the cruisers he reduced to a standard displacement of 11,000 tons, and of the battle-ships to 12,500 tons displacement. The total number of trials made, on which he based his conclusions, was about two hundred. He plotted the results of speeds, and horse- power on squared paper, and drew a curve through the paints showing the results for the triple-screws in cruisers and another through the points showing the results of the twin screws. He did the same for the two sets for the battle-ships: The curves for the triple screws were above the curves forthe twin-screws in both cases, showing that the speed attained by triple-screws for the same horse-power deve toped by the engines was higher than that at iained by the ships with twin-screws. For ex- ample, we note from the curves which Com- modore Melville supplies that when the speed of the cruisers was 22 knols per hour, twins Captain McArthur, of the steamship Guthrie, screws required 12,500 i.h.p., while triple-screws from Kobe, reports: Left Kobe on the morn only required 19,500l.h.p., to propel the vessels Ing of Nov. 12th, arriving at Moji early next This shows a difference (3,000 i.b,p., and us a moming. The voyage was resumed the same consumption of about 1.5 lbs. of coal are reafternoon; frosh to strong N.W. winds and per ih.p, this would entail an extra squally weather were experienced until clear of
of
Captain Fowler, of the steamship P. C. Kao from Bangkok, reports Fine weather to 14 N, thence to port strong N. to N.N.E. wind and high head seas.
Captain Pigot, of the steamship Wongkel, from Bangkok, reports-Smooth sea, fine and very clear as far as Cape Varcila, thence strong N.E, winds and fine.
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2nd Devonshire Regiment, and West Yorkshire qty of 4,300 lbs. of coal for twin-screws the Goto Islands, after which the wind changed pessura produse de pe an, squalls blew at intervals and a tremendous sea screws, Roughly, at a speed of notes 10 NNE, and blew a fresh gale. Terific ran. This weather continued until the morning of 1,000 tons displacement require two tens of coal more per hour when fitted with twin of the 17th when the Lamock was passed. After screws than when fitted with triple-screws. The this the wind and coa moderated and fine battle-phips' trials showed results in exactly the weather prevailed to Hongkong.
Divisional Troops.--Cavalry: "A" Squadron 14th Hussars, 71b, 14th, 6th Batteries Royal
The Imperial German mail steamer Pring Heinrich carrying the German mails with dates from Berlin of the 30th Oct. left Colomba on the 17th inst. (Friday) am, and may be expect ed here on or about Tuesday the 28th inst
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS.
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Isla de Luzon Simla...... HIG.M.S. Deutschland,,
Pronto Adolph Obrig D. Juan Austria Mongkut
Dock.
Königsberg
Kasai Maru
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Lady Jnicey ......San Diego, &c. ...Nov. 30th'
Machaon London...
Malacca
.......London.
Mike Maru...... Bombay, &c....
Nov. 28th
Nov. 3oth
Nov. 28th
Monmouthshire..)Portland, &c. ...... Dec. 23rd
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Moyunc ......... New York
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Shanghai
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Nippon Maru
Shipping.
Nov. 20th
Nov. 20th San Francisco, &c.jan, zid, Oldenburg ....Straits, &c. ... Feb. 21st Preussen Straits, &c. Jan. 10th
Dec. 27th Prinz Heinrich... Straits, &c. ......... Queen Adelaide.. Victoria, B.C......
Nov. asth Reuce .........New York, &c...Qka dasp.. Sachsen
&c. Straits,
Feb. 7th Victoria, B.C. Dec oth Marseilles, &c...... Dec. ist New York
Arrivals. Wongkor, British steamer, 1,115, B. B. Brooke Saint Trene
Pigot, 17th Nov Bangkok 9th Nov., and Sanuki Maru Hoihow 16th, Rice-Yuen Fai Hong, St. Jerome,... PHRA CHOM KAO, British steamer, 5,911, J. St. Mark
Fowler, 17th Nov., Bangkok 7th Nov., Strathgyle. and Koh-i-chang 9th, Rice and General. Stuttgait
Yuen
Fat Hong.
Suevia.
DAPHNE, German steamer, 1,292, Th. Nissen, Tamsui Maru 17th Nov.-Kutchinotza 12th Nov., Coa), Yuensang -Siemssen & Co.
GUTHRIE
British steamer, 1,495, W. G. Mc- Arthur, 18th Nov.-Kobe 12th Nov., General-Gibb, Livingston, & Cu. SAINT JEROME, British steamer, 1,848, PT. Reid, 18th Nov.,-Shanghai 19th Nov., Dodwell & Co. TAMSUI MARU, Japanese steamer, 1p3, K. Sobajima, 18th Now, Swatow 17th Nov., General Mitsui Bussan Kaisha.
Nov.
20th
New York, &c......(Qk. dorp,
San Diego, &c. Straits, &c.
Dec. 15th
Mar, zist
Havre, &c.
Nov. 19th
|Suntow; &c...
Manila
Nov, 20th
Nov. 25th
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