Lt. Col. Ryan R.A.M.C.-There is no doubt nt all that the Board requires increased powers for dealing with insalary property.
Dr. Lowson: The "thukering "at Public Health Legislation has led to clamsy and cum hersome procedure and the ler public talk about this the better. One thing would do good far more than most people would in Agine at first sight-the amendinent of S. 19 and G of 15/74 to the effect that on second con- viction the magistrate should demolish the house from top to bottom-that would bring people to their senses.
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Dr. Barligan ag ee with the previous minutes, but it seems absurd to me to give the Hoard powers sanctioned by the Jaw Officers of the Crown, which when the Banal tries to give them effect (vide closing of premises unfit for habitation) are declared by those same officers to be illegal.
Mr. McKie-1 agree with Lt. Col. Ryan,
RAM.C.
PLAGUE IN AMOY.
The following letter luas been received from 11.B.M. Consulate at Amay by the Colonial Seer tary
Sir,-On the 5th instant I had the honour to send you the following telegria de
Plague exists Amoy and vicinity not yet epidemic please notify Commodore ↑
While I thought it my duty to advise you as above, i am glad to be able to report that, as faras we can at present judge, the plague in this district as far less prevalent and of a milder type than last year at a corresponding date.
H.RAL. Consulate.
have the honour to be, Sik,
Your most obtient humble servant,
(Sd) 1. W. MANSFIELIN
The Hon. Colonial Secretary, Hongkong.
THE TROUBLE IN. THE NORTH.
The
THE BOXERS IN. SHANGHAL
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1900,
George J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admirali | ty, said: Her Majesty's Government proposed to make Weiliuiwei, on the north coast of Shantung, a second naval base," painting out that it would be a most advisable advantago; and of the greatest importance in any opera tions in Chine e waters, and sikding that it was proposed to expend £1,300,000 on Weihaiwei during the year and Z1,500,000 next year. Con tinuing, Mr. Goschen informed the House that
personnel of the navy for the coming year would be increased by 4,250, making a total of 110,040. The two amounts of expenditure pro posed would aggregate $14,000,000 gold. The above report of the House of Commons pro- ceedings is taken from the cable news to America of the 9th of March.
What estimate, if any, was finally passed by the House I am not aware. The above is at this moment drawn attention to in order to show the estimate placed upon the harbour by the British Governnient, and the untruthfulness of any contrary report. Beyond this I know nothing excepting that, while at Vehniwe, I took an interest in the matter and saw some heavy dredging going on in the harbour and earthworks on the land. I was also informed that a number of roads which were pointed out had lätely Liçen built within the old walled town, and Ì ¦ heard that a contract had been lẹt for more work.
I may add further that Capt. Perks, of the 5.s. Lienshing, an excedingly well informed man, and also an officer of one of the foreign warsbijs, now near Tientsin, informed me that this barbour is more commodious and bet er than l'ent Arther, now owned and occupied by the Russians.
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From all I know and have heard on the subject, I believe that the above estimate of the harbour is true; and further, that there is no place under Dritish rule where an army of 50,000 soldiers and sailors 'could be kept more Safely and economically lian at Weihaiwei. And I may add that, in view of the position of Australasia and India, and considering the growing trade of China, it is high time the opinions and recommendations of Lord SUANGHAI, E.Jth June. Charles Beresford were followed. He says: che de Chine says:-We learn from," consider it an immense adquisition an absolutely trustworthy person, that there are
to our naval strength in the China seas, as, with Boxers in the Chinese City, and that they meet
but a comparatively small expense, it could be cach day to go through their exercises. We
made a most efficient and powerful naval base have no wish to frighten our nationals, but, in The island could be fortified as small expense, view of the position of our concession, we
and it would be unnecessary to fortify any point think it desirable to publish this information, on the mainland, except perhaps one position which, we repeat, we have every reason to
which cunanands the western entrance. The believe well founded.
okl emplacements on the island and at the position referred to are in good order. All that is wanted is that the güns be placed in position. At this moment there is no place in Chinese waters where battleships can anchor, so close to the shore. It is an easy place for shipping to make, and, with some dredging and wharfing, might become by far the finest and safest ha bour in the north of China.
I may add to the above that the British have a sphere of influence all round the harbour, and that Lord Charles Beresford declares that he gives the above opinion as a naval officer,
BOXERS IN CHEFOO.
The In Pa received from Peking yesterday forenoon a telegram stating that there are bout goo Boxers infesting the Foreign Settlement at Chefin. The Japanese Minister at Peking has asked his Government by telegraph to in mediately send a gunboat there,
FATIV KUMOURS.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN IN CHINA.
The Chung Ngai Val Fuo says that General Tung Fahrg has been received in audience by the Empresa awager three times since. the 27th ull, when he was verbally instructed it is, therefor, professional and in that way is how-to-face the "Foreign troops," "General" "of “more than usual value! Tung promised obey orders,
to
There were rumours recently current in Tien- tsin that the Boxers intend to cut off the inhabitants queues and draw a red circle at the door of their dwelling houses during night, therefore the Christians living in the Lan-I Chwang (villages in Tientsily have all fed with their families. „Eight ruffians, who cut down the telegraphs and destroyed the railway were arrested and sent to the Peking Governor for punishnjente. There were up to yesterday thinly three warships of ratious nationalities at anchor at the Taku Bar The 3000 Russian troops have arrived in Teking -Mercury,
MR. DAVID GLASS ON THE SITUATION.
Mr. David Class. Q.C., a member of the Canadian Bar, is at present visiting the Par East. He was kind enough to receive a repres sentative of the North-China Doily News at the Shanghai Club, where he is staying for a few days, and gave him the following interest ing sketch, from materials gathered during his
visit-
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The Sin Wan Pao prints a telegram dated Tientin rith one stating that the Japanese Minister has informed the Tsungli-yamen that if Russia brings any large military force to Peking Japan will bring double the number, which has caused the delay of the 4,000 Rus- sians at Ching Wan-tai--The Japanese battle- ship Suma is bastening from Formosa to Tongku where she ought to arrive shonly. Another Japanese t. b. destroyer has also sent to Tangku.
CONCERNING DRAGON BOATS,
The Canton Correspondent of the Chine
Gazette writes:-
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war
THE TRAINING OF WAE PIGEONS.
A LOFT, AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE
THE CHICAGO MAN AND THE INFANTA EULALIA:
Some time ago a Chicago man decided to The training of pigeons (hönsers) for service name his infant daughter Eulalia, in honour of in time of war is sure to receive increased at-the Spanish Infanta. And having done so he tention after the conclusion of the Transvaal thought it would be the proper thing to inform The usefulness of these winged messen the Princess of the honour he had paid to her. gers has been proved by two messages that He therefore wrote to her on sheet of his they carried from Ladysmith and one important office paper, and addressed it," Infanta Eulalia, message recently from Mafeking, The Crysant Spain, Europe." In course of time he received Palace. Company have recognized the comreply from the Infanta, in which she graciously thanked him for the honour that he had done her, manding interest of the subject, and have re- solved to establish a pigeon loft at the Palace wished her little namesake all happiness, and leis hoped that it may become a national Inst the same time desired that her assurance of stitution, encouraged by the War Office and distinguised and profound consideration might the Admiralty. The Palace offers an ex-be conveyed to the people of Chicago. The cellent site for a loft, a wonderful "marketer was beautifully written on superfine for birds from all parts of the .country, paper, with the Royal Arms of Spain blazoned They could hardly lose their way home. thereon in colours. It was the direction of the A committee of advice has been formed, envelope, however, that most excited the which will have the assistance of Mr. E. Shrub admiration of all who beheld it. The address shall, the curator, to consider the best means ran of carrying out the enterprise. The idea is that birds should be trained to fly across the North Sea and the Channel, or from vessels in the North Sea and the Channel; from all the ports, arsenals, naval stations, and training-ships in the British Isles, Lerwick being the most northerly; and that ad interchange of these birds should be made with other birds that
have been trained to fly from the Palace to the ports, arsenals, and naval stations, presumably by the naval and War Office authorities. In that way a trustworthy pigeon,post"would be established.
El Senor Doo William Bilkipuan, Metal Lath and Fireproofing, (Estimate furisSed.)
Single and Double Expansion Bolts, Tel. Canal 9,710. Foctory Blas Island Avenue. Ofice-Halstead Street, Calcago
Xuth America, United States.
The secretario had evidently been instructed to leave our none of Don Bilkinson's titles of honour. We wonder whether it dawned on the Chicago man why.
A SPECTACLE OF HORROR.
It is well known that the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York take much interest in There is a spectacle now ou view in the homing pigeons, and since the international Native City of Shanghai, says the S. D. Press honours that their Royal Highnesses won last of rath instant, which it would has difficult to year a great impetus has been given to pigeon match in awful horror. It is the execution of racing. It is satisfactory to learn that the
a man-Chang Chang-wo, the Pootung bandit- Palace authorities have been met in a vst chief captured by the Municipal Police some cordial manner by the leading Columbarian weeks ago, and handed over to the City authori societies, pigeon-breeders, fanciers, and enthu ties to be dealt with. The execution began at siasts. A Uroadstairs resident has promised to daylight yesterday, and will last perhaps a give 100 birds as a nucleus of the Patace lait. week, perhaps longer, according to the strength These birds are highly trained, having down and vitality of the hapless wretch who is the across the Nenb Sea and from places all alung victim. He is being starved to death. The the southem and eastern coasts. Mr. McGregor, last food he ate or will ever eat, was given to of Bournemouth, who posseses a very fine strain him on Tuesday about midnight, and soine of trained birds, is affording greatassistance and hours afterward he was placed in a tall, wooden the trainer of the Prince of Wales has penaised rage, the top of which consists of a cangue. In to further the matter in any way he can. About this contrivance the miserable man will stand thirty years ago the first stimulus was given to fill del releases him, his head, protruding the training of homing pigeons by the fight through the hole in the top, which is just wides of a large number of birds from the Palace, enough to fit the neck. No more food or drink under the direction of Mr. Tegetmeir; and there will ever pass his lips in this life, not so much is in existence at the present time a pigeon as a draught of water, but he will stand unpiti- post established between Auckland, in Newed and unaided by the altitude, in his con- Zealand, and a rocky island about sixty-five stantly increasing agony, until the soul takeaits fight. All day yesterday he was exposed to The public gaze just inside the North Gate of the City. To-day he will be showa at one of the other gates, to-morrow at another, and so on until the round of the seven portals which pierce the City walls is made, after which if life still remains in the tortured body, he will be allowed to remain at the last gate until he
mites distant
·NEW FRENCH POSTAGE-STAMP,
A new stamp is being prepared to comme- morate the Paris Exhibition. On the opening day this stamp for ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty five, and thirty centimes will be on sale all over
the Republic. The near staing wil sole, un Republic a stated figure hulding a tablet, which is written, “Droits de Phomme." Gy a cartouche, wreathed with laurels, will be in scribed the value of the stamp, and the legend République Française" will be read under neath.
THE DANGERS OF LABEL LICKING.
and a
NOTANDA
CALENDAR.
JUNE.
Meteorological means,based on fifteen years). observations to 1898, Barometer ui Thermometer Humidity Rainfall
TO-DAY.
WEATHER REPORT.
39.764
80.7
.....33.0
10-496
Oo daten On dats at
10am.
4 P.DR.
29 83
29.78
48
Barometer...... Temperature..................... 82 Humidity Rainfall
TO-DAY.
Thursday, 21st June, 1900.
Chinese-25th of sih moon of zỗih year of
Kwang.sü,
Sun-Rises
shr. 18min,
Selse
GAR, 45min.
High water-Morning ....
-Afternoons
-3år. Samin.
4hr. min.
10hr. Smin.
Low water-Morning.
Afternoon går, somin, ANNIVERSARIES.
1860-lelazzo captured by Garibaldi. 1870-Massacre at Tientsin. 1895-Opening of the Elbe and Baltic Canal, 1898-Anglo-Italian syndicaue obtain the can-
cession of mining and necessary rail- ways in three northern prefectures of Honan. Disaster at the launch of H.M.S. Albion at Blackwall, 37 perións, 1899-Fire at 205 Queen's Road Central $3,000
killed.
damaged.
TO MORROW
Friday, 22nd June, 1900.
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Homeward th June-dfaluca, Bil June Preisen, ath juste. 19th June- Konigsberg. 19th June-Oceanien, Sanuki Maru, Altinous.
Arrivals at Home--13th June-Prins Heinrich, Sibiria," Tanda Maru: Machaon, 10th June-Laaslakken, María Valtric, Pathan,
Shipping.
Arrivals..
DECINA, derman steamer, 794, C. Christiansen, 20th June-Newchwang 13th June, Beans, ---Chinese,
HAILAN, French steamer, 377, Merles, 20th June,-Pakhoi and Hoihow. 19th June," General.-A. R. Marly..
MICHAEL JERSEN, German steamer, 710, }, Jessen, 20th June,-Haiphong 16th June, and Hoihow 19th, Rice and General- Jebsen & Co.
KWONGSANG, British steamet, 825, W. S. Stalker, 2 st June, Canton zoth June, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co. KWEIYANG, British steamer, 1,086, A. (V. Onterbridge. 31st June-Canton 19th June, GeneralButterfield & Swire. NINGIO, British steamer; 1,340, Phillips, zist
June, Cinton 24th June, General- Butterfield & Swire.
KWANGSE, British steamer, 1,340, Harris, 21st June, Tientsin 15th June, Ground-nuts: -Butterfield & Swire.
CLYDE, British steamer, 2, 198, E Street, 21st June, Shanghai 19th June Mails and General P. & O. S. N, Co.
Clearances at the Harbour Ofee.. Ningpo, British str., for Shanghai.
Germain, German str, for Saigon. Pak Kon British str., for Canton. Satkong, British str., for Samsui,
Seong Leong, British str., for Amoy. "Esmeralda, British str., for Amoy. Bentontond, British str., for Nagasaki. Samshui, British steam-launch, for suchow.
Chinese--26th of 5th "noon of 26th year of Kwangsé, British str., for Canton.
Kwang-st,
Sun-Rises
Sets
High water-Morning
Afternoon Low water-Morning
shr. 18min.
bhr. 45min.
4hr. 45min. shr. 39min.. ..hr, 47min Afternoon...zokr. 39min.
́ANNIVERSARIES.
1840-Canton blockaded by the British. 1855-Serious damage caused by excessive
rains in Hongkong. 1893-Loss of H.M.S, Victoria with 351 lives. 1897-Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of
H. M. Queen Victoria. 1898-American flag hoisted on the Island of
Guan American troops land at Aguadores under fire from Spanish flect.
1899-Armed attack on Custom station and French Consulate at Mengizey Yuuan,
AGENDAR
preot, on a pile of bricks, which will gradually be knocked away, brick by brick, until at last the miserable creature will be barely able to reach the floor of the cage with the tips of his. toes. It is a pity the Native authorities did not deem it expedient to cut off the man's head at once. The course they have adopted, although Cargo ex Trieste subject to rent. in strict accord with Chinese procedure in such matters, might almost be construed into an outrage upon the sensibilites of the foreigners living within a couple of hundred yards of the terrible business.
WHEN KINGS SPEAK,
MESSAGES THAt have startLED. THE WORLD.
11 is scarely an exaggeration to say, that the Kaiser's recent message to a London paper startled the entire civilised world. Kings so seldom speak, at least
any purpose, that when they do the nations stand still to listen.
There was the Gzar's peace protocal, for instance; at which, however, the chancelleries laughed in their sleeves while according it la public a lukewarm support.
TO-DAY.
Noon-N. Y. K. steamer Hiroshima Maru TOMORROW,
leaves for Bombay via Singapore and Colombo,
4 p.m.-C. N. Co.'s steanser Kariyang' leaves"
for Cebu and Iloilo.
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SATURDAY, 23rd.
Noon-P. & O. steamer Clyde leaves for
London etc.
p.m.-E. & A. S. Co.'s steamer Australian
leaves for Australia. Cargo ex America Afaru subject to rent.
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MONDAY, 25th. am-Mecting of the Executive Council in the Council Chamber at Government Offices.
(Nos 30%, and 303) at the Offices of the P. W. D. 4 pm.-C. N. Co.'s steamet Kaifong leaves for
Manila.
·
Heparintres.
June 21, Wittenberg, Ger. str., for Yokohama. June 21, Siam, Danish str., for Shanghai. June 21, Wakasu Mary, Jap. str., for Kobe. June 21, Asama, British str., for Java. Jane 21 Esmeralda, British str., for Manila. June 21, Ningpo, British str., lor Shanghai, June 21, uongong, British str., for Shanghai. June 21, Seong Leong, British str., for Rangoon, June 21, Rosario, H.A.S, aloop, for the North. Juocīzi, Hiroshima Aaru, Japanese str., for
Singapore,
12.
Passengers-Arrived.
Per Kängse, fran, Tiep'sin-1 Chinese. Per Michael Jebsent, from Haiphong, &c. 18 Chinese.
Per Clyde, from Shangbai for Penang-Mrs. and (2) Misses Getley, jatant and ayah For
Landon-Messrs. G. C. Haworth, A. McAlister, fisses Patterson, Morlen, Messr, W. Fergus son, J: S. Erskine a d G. W. Duncan.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
Argyllobe
From
·Due
Singapore ....To-morrow
Moji.. Japan
Nuutes.
Valetta,
To-morrow
Glenogle City of Peking
June 23rd
June 25th
Futami Maru......Nagasaki
June,20 h..
Stuttgart Oldenburg
Singapore
June 27th
lapan
June 27th
Inaba Maru...
Japan
June 27th
Armenia
Moyunc
Gadlie Bisagne
Veroni...
Vladivostock... June 27th Liverpool
....... July 2nd
San Francisco.. July 4th
Bombay, ... Tuly 5th Suez.
July 7th Empress of Japan. Vancouver......July 10th Hongkong Maru... San Francisco... July 12th Teenkai
*............................. Liverpool ......July 12th We would direct the attention of shipping firms to the now published in these columns, and in so doing respect. fully urge the managers of shipping it to give orders to affert gratis with the Futur unitate formatinus very day. their clerks to furnish this office, n the fanns already up-
PROJECTED SAILINGS;
One of the most chopus subjects investigated by the Departmental Cominitiee appointed to inquire into certain dangerous trades was label licking, which is, practised largely in thread mills and aerated water factories. Dr. Oliver, of Newcastle, furnishes a minute, from the medical point of view, in which he says that since the work is usually done by young per soas and children at an age when growth is active and the system requires all its digestive secretions, the daily loss of saliva to the system cannot but be prejudicial to health. Analyses There are two kinds of Dragon Hunts. That of the labels show that they sometimes contain with a figurencad of a dragon at the bow is copper and icad, the presence of which con called a mate dragon, and that with a moonstitutes a danger. A kindred practice, that of riding on male dragon, and female jous on carred at its how is a female dragon male joss licking postage stamps, has given rise to what is known as the "stamp-licker's tongue," and female dragon. The boat is built of hard wood, the application of stamp paper to an open costing from three to four hundred dollars each. wound has been credited with causing
Then, again, there was that bolt out of the 1.3 pinPublic Auction Sale of Crown Landyle In which Steamers Latarted" and "Projecte! Sailings" It came from Vancouver in the 3.5. press In every village there is a dragon boat society blood-poisoning. The report of the Conblue, President Cleveland's message anent the of Japan to Yokohama, and from Yokohama to belonging to a particular foss house. Immittee says that at one of the large Venezuelan dispute. When John Bull took Shanghai by the Empress of China. During mediately after the festival the dragon boat is
thread mills in Lancashire the tickets for the up his paper dhe moming and read, therein April and May I went over Japan- fairly well interred in the mud, and is termed the sleeping bobbins were, at the first visit of the Committee, that the head of an alien, though presumably when my good opinion of that country was fully dragon till next year, when it will be dug up almost entirely moistened by application to the friendly. State had dared to order this country confirmed. They are a united people and have a high destiny. The Chinese, on the contrary, gain for the races; it is then called a swim mouth. There were employed at that time to go to arbitration with a petty Central Ameri- ing dragon. Besides these there are many some twelve full-timers, who each licked fromcan Republic, and had threatened that, in the are not united and, from what I can gather, different names for dragons, such as gold drag forty to fifty gross of labels per day, and thirty- Febent of a refusal, the United States Govern- are wholly wanting in patriotism. The form
on, silver dragon, yellow dragon, green dragon, five half-timers, who accomplished from twenty fient would take it upon itself to adjudicate ation of their governing power forces govern. black dragon, flying dragon, water dragon, to twenty-five gross per day. To give an inpon the point at issue, he could scarcely be ment by sections, while the language differs and sugrt-tailed dragon, & The Emperor dication of the amount of licking possible to be beve his eyes. But there it was in black and largely in different sections, whereby the homo-
of China is denominated dragan, his face done, one woman informed the Committee that white, and it took several days to make John geneous character of the people is greatly weak. ened, reducing their harmony, happiness, a dragon-head, his robe the dragon-robe, and of bobbins a day, or, allowing a ticket for each
is the dragon-countenance, his head, the when busy she could complete forty-five gross understand that it was only strength. When fiest I came to Shanghai the his throne the dragon-seat. On the 3rd or end of the tubbin, ninety gross of labels a day. bright, beautiful surroundings greatly enhanced day of the feast most of the dragon boats This firm have now entirely abandoned licking, my good opinion of China. Soon after. Ì embarked on the s... Liensking for Tientsin, repaired to Wong Chuk-kee, their rendezvous and the whole of the work is done more ex
somewhere at the southern side of Canton, peditiously and better by artificial methods. about seven hundred miles to the North. It is where there is a joss house, to worship the than. by means of the mouth. Several other estimated that Tientsin has a population of mother-dragon; while contesting in their races firms corroborated this evidence. about 700,000 inhabitants. While there, the for prizes or for fans they quarrelted and fought "Boxer" rising took place; the tumult and ex-
a pitched battle with stones, mud, and revolvers, citement was quite bewildering. The streets
many of the dragon-bontinen returning with were jammed with Chinese soldiers and the
broken heads and wounded limbs. On the 30th blue-jackets of other nations, the latter endeav
ult, the dragon-boat of the Pankow village came ouring to reach Teking, to which place they into cullision with that of the Lip Tak village, had been ordered to protect their respective which brought on a fight amongst the men fegations. I was anxious to get forward to Peking to see the capital, the old wall and Every year the Authorities have issued notifi two being drowned and several wounded other places.
this is merely a dead letter to which no niten cations prohibiting the dragon boat races, but tion is paid.
Mr. Drew of Tientsin, to whom I had letters, was very kind in showing me about the native city but he advised me that it would be next. to impossible to reach Peking, as the railway line had been torn up and some bridges burn- ed. I was informed that the Japanese were the first soldiers to enter Peking; next came the Americans and Italians. The Germans did not enter till the day following. The E- press Dowager resisted the passage of foreign soldiery into her capital, but this was of no avail. A nation, unable to keep its treaty obli gations by the preservation of the lives and property, not only of its own people, but of all within the realni, must stand aside and allow these rights to be protected by others. That was the pivotal point on which the fate of China turned. The gates of Peking were entered by the representatives of the Great Powers. The few who entered these gates represented a larger population than that of China. But, more than that, they represented the power, progress, and the honne ethics of the world.
The railway station and ground at Tientsin were crowded by Chinese infantry and cavalry, in all about 3,000, in the railway cars and out of them, going, as they said, to put down the Boxer Rebellion; but a more lawless undis ciplined lot could not be found. Tliair conduc to Europeans, women and men, was simply disgusting.
JAPAN AND THE CHINA CRISIS.
MEETING OF THE CABINET,
Koar, June's 3th. A meeting of the Cabinet was held yesterday,
·THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE IN DANISH WEST INDIES.
says the project of selling the Danish "The Copenhagen correspondent of the Tiggs West Indies to the United States has now been opposition to the idea, and the King also is given up. In leading circles there is strong
intend to combine for the purpose of starting against it. I learn that the Copenhagen banks
a new bank in the island of St. Thomas, and will very probably support the projected regular line of steamers between Copenhagen, St. Thomas, and the Gulf of Mexico. The inha bitants of the island, who all speak English, used the King's birthday, April 8th, as an op- portunity for making a great-protest against the proposed sale, and sen congratulatory dele. all the Ministe sand Major-General Fukushima grams to the King, all ending with these words: with several Miliary Staff Officers being pre-Danish flag for ever over us The King sent. The Tremier was received in audience was highly gratified with these greetings." by His Majesty prior to the time appointed for the meeting, and presented the resolution agreed upon at the secret meeting of the Cabinet on the. 17th inst, regarding the China question. The management of one of the largest places He was again received in audience by the Em of entertainment in London made a handsome peror at 11 o'clock when be was accompanied offer the other day in the hope of scoring over by Viscount Aoki, Foreign Minister. The their rivals. They intimated through what they Cabinet met again in the afternoon. It is re-regarded as the proper channels that if the ported that the Military General Staff Depart Admiralty would permit a dozen men of the ment has issued-au important note to a certain Naval Brigade to appear on their stage five Division in consequence of the secret meeting minutes every night for a week, with one of the on the 11th inst, and the Cabinet meeting of yes. runs employed in the defence of Ladysmith, terday. The naval Staff Department issued they would not only pay each of the gallant similar order, for a certain squadron. The sailors 20, but would give the whole proceeds nature of these orders is kept secret, but the of one of the performances to the War Fund. vernaculat paper from which the item is taken But the Lords of the Admiralty would not have predicts the facts will be made public in a fep. It.~Advocate of India. day!
DECLINED WITH THANKS.
J.
The gunboats Chimben, Chinchu and Chin. Heathen logic--" As I understand it you pro- hoku will be despatched to Taku, and it is repose to civilise me" "Exactly so." "To get parted that they have already received orders me out of the babit of idleness and teach me to sad.
to work **That's the idea." And lead me to simplify my methods and invent things to make my work lighter." "Yes," "And than I'll become ambitious to get rich, so I won't have. to work at all." "Naturally.” Well's what's the use of taking such a round about way of getting where I started from?. I don't need to work now so I reckon I'd just better stay whers
The Chiyoda Kan leit Miyadsu for Nano, Noto province, this af ernoon. A Sasobo despatch of yesterday's date states that the Toyohashi was to proceed to Taku last night,
Apropos of the Boxer rising, several lave said to me that the British had not acted with sufficient vigour in China, and that it was very doubtful as to their intention of retaining Wei Bai-wei harbour. Iam quite sure the latter state- ment is wholly and absolutely without found ation. On the contrary, on the 9th of June, 1899, when Mr. Walton M., raised the question in the House of Commons, Mr. Brodrick, on behalf. A Yokosuka telegram of yesterday's date.re of the Government, gave it a positive denial and ports that the Standing Squadron composed of stated that the arggestion was quite untrue," the Taktwa, Takalago and Akitsushima left Again, or she can of Muroly, the Right Hon for the south youtbaley mömi
AN ELECTIONEERING DODGE. to catch the Irish and German vote.
"It is well for kings to be careful, for often the most direful happenings follow hard upon ample, William 1. in 1870, when informing the a lightly-spoken word of theirs. If, for ex French Ambassador at Germany could not accede to Napoleon's further demands regard ing the candidature of Prince Leopold of Hohenzolern-Sigmaringen for the vacant Spanish throne, had refrained from adding further to communicate in the matter," there and tell the Emperor that I have nothing would have been no Franco-Prussian war, no furest provinces, Sedan, afd no slicing away of two of France's
TUESDAY, 26th.' 95. Co.'s steamier Antenor leaves for London
via Suez Canal. Noon-T. K. Co's sicamer America Maru leares for San Francisco via Honolulu, Cargo ex Bentemand subject to rent. Cargo ex ¡'ukasa Maru subject to rent.
WEDNESDAY, 27th. CFP. R. steamer Empress of India leaves for
Victoria B.C. etc.
THURSDAY, 28th. Noon-N. L. steamer Oldenburg leaves for
Europe.
O. 5. Co.'s steamer Ulysser leaves for Liver
pool (direct);
to King Charles X of France, praying, for In 1827 the Dey of Algiers sent a letter
payment of a debt of 100,000 alleged to be due by the French Government · lo two of his subjecta. Charles sent a dis courteous reply through the French Consul, the gist of which aras that it was beneath the dignity of a King of France to hold correspondence with the Dey of Algiers. Twenty years of war followed, ending even- of tually, in the annexation of Algiers by France. Every schoolboy, again, has heard of the gibe utiered by another King of France at the ex- pense of William the Conqueror., William's refort took the form of laying waste rundreds of square miles of the utterer's territory,
Not all royal speeches, however, make for war. On the contrary! In February (574, when a
GENERAL EUROPEAN WAR
was regarded as practically inevitable, the Czar, in proposing the Emperor of Austria's health at St. Petersburg, used the following remark- able works: "In the friendship which binds us, and also the Emperor William and Queen Vic toria, 1 see a most-sire guarantee of peace." That short, grave, pregnant, pronouncement sent the Funds bounding up in every bourse in Emope,
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUK,
English (Valziła) to-morrow. American (City of Peking) a5th inst. German (Stuttgart) 27th inst. German (Oldenburg) 27th inst. American (Gaelic) 4th pros Canadian (Empress of Japan) 10th prox. American (Hongkong Maru) tath,prax.
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+
The C. F. B. Co.'s R.M.S. steamet Emprese Japan, left Vancouver on Tuesday a.m., the 19th: inst., for Hongkong via usual ports of call.
The N. Y. K.'s steamer Inaba Maru, (Europe Ling) left Kobe via Moji for this port yesterday, the 20th inst., and is expected to arrive here on the 27th inst.
Ot
Dóck.
|~ HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK RETURNS:
U.S.S. Monterey ..... Kowloon U.S.S. Oregon... Sungklang H.M.S. Hart Changsha .......................... Freiburg.......
Chumsang ...
So, also, when, shortly afterwards, Bismarck America Mary had.made up his mind to crush France, it was ̈ Goodwin Queen Victoria's carest This must not be,"| Bitlos.. ultered tearfully yet firmly to the German Em- pemrat Osborne House, which prevented the consummation of what would have been little else than a gigantic and scandalous interna- tional crime. Advocate of India:
SHIPPING REPORTS.
Captain Harris, of the steamship Kwangre, from Tientsin, reports Modemte Easterly wind and flat tirY;
Cosmopolitan Aberdeen
PASSED THE CANAL.
Acura
Ship.
Destination.
Dole,
New York.........July 15th America Maru...San Francisco, &c.jjune 26th Anping Maru...Swatow, &c.......June 7th Antenor. .....London.............June 26th Argyll
Portland, &c. ......June. 3oth Armenia
New York
June 35th Australian
....Sydney, &c. Bayern Benalder
Braemar
traits, &c. London.....
June 23rd
July szih
July 5th
Portland, &e.....Aug. 25th Carlisle City......San Diego, &c. ...Aug. 20th Chinaan Francisco, &c. July 31st Manila, &c. July 14th
Chingt.
Coptic
Dümanie
City of Peking...an Francisco, &c. uly 5th City of Rio San Francisco, &c. Aug. 25th Clyde
Europe, &c... June 23rd San Francisco, &c. Sept. 1st. Manila....... June. 27th. Duric..............an Francisco, & Aug. 7th Duke of Fife......Victoria, B.C....... July 28th Emp. China..... Vancouver, &c......Aug. 8th Emp. India.. Emp. Japane Energia.... Eitrickdate
June 27th July 18th San Diego, &c. ...July 31st New York.....uly 6th Sydney, &c.une 29th San Francisco, &c.July 14th Victoria, BC. July 3rd ...........Swatow, &c...............June 24th.
Futami Maru, Gaelic Glenogle Haiching Hamburg... traits, &c. ...... Oct. 3rd Hiroshima Maru Bombay, &c....... June 22nd Hongkong Man fan Francisco, &c.{July 21st Inaba Maru....... Marseilles, &c......une 29th Kaifong.......... Manila
June 25th Kansu
banghai König Albert
.... June 23rd ...traits, &c. Aug. gin. Kweiyang ito, &c.une 22nd Maidzury Mary. walow, &c... jjune 24th Menelaus London
July rath Monmouthshire.i'ortland, &c. Aug 4th Nippon Maru San Francisco, &c. Aug. 16th- Ollenburg.traits, &c...uno 28th Preussen...raits, &c.Sept. 20:h Prinz Heinrich...raits, &c. Sept, 6th- Queen Adelaide. Victoria. B.C.....July 25th Sachsen
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Sambia
Savoia
Sikb
Silesia
Stentor
Strathgyle.
Stuttgart
Suisang. Szechuen Thy
Valetta
Victoria
Weimar...
Straits, &
Havie, &c
Oct. 17th uly, 2nd
Havre, &c
July 31st
New York
July 13th
Havre, &c.
Aug. Bth London. July 24th San Diego, &c. Sept. 15th- Straits, &c. July 26th Singapore, &c... June 25th Shanghai....... June 6th San Diego, &c. une joth Liverpool June 28th June 23rd
Shangha
-- Ontward-25th May--Chittagong, 19th May -Binge Maru, Valetta, Kintuch, Arana, Dresden - 5th June-Savoia, Holsatia, Tamba Ulysses Maru, Stuttgart, 8th June--Kanagawa Maru, Calchan, Braherzog, F. Ferdinand, 12th June Art, Clio, Marie Valerie, Courie, Tonkin, Malta, Eva, Egih Jene-Ormint, Shimans Wittenberg: ... Havre, &c. Maru, St.. Regulur. 19th Juno-daram,
Yawata Maru Glederbay Konig Albar), Tembak
Victoria, B.C Aug. 7th Straits,
Japan
Aug. 23rd
{fuly 17th
June 23rd.
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