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PERFUMERY.

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be eradicated. The Edict was inund in 19:6, but so far as the ordinary observer is able to make out, the rumpas raised about office holders who indulged in oplum-smoking when the Edict was issued his practically died out, A. S. WATSON & CO., and the careful individual who is resolved to retain his office and at the same time enjoy his evening pipe bar innumerable methods at his band of outwitting' lbs. Government. Such an experienced "China band" as Mr. A. Gor ton Angier, has recorded in his latest work that: "Diligent students of Chinese mat ters have always found difficulty in arrivs ing at what was the real intention of the China Government and people in regard to opium.? And after referring to the fact that "edicts and fulminations against the drug in “the past have as" ieved singularly little," be ab. A Fine Selection of the CHOICE serves: "China is a nation prone to enunciat ing magnificent precepts that sadly fullaway in FRENCH PERFUMES in Elegant

practice. The Edicts show as the precepts Fancy Boxes, Caskets and Cut Glass truly coough though we have yet to seek action Bottles; also ELEGANT SOAPS, in colife acco dance, therewith. In some dis

tricis there is so doubt that the Edict is TOILET WATERS, HAIR

made to fur, but there is much doubt WASHES, from the following Cale haut many oft er tocaladies. Edicts grow more brated Houses-Atkinson, Piver,.nd more drastic and one of the most recent Roger and Gallet, Rigand, Houbi gunt, &c.

daiss that manufacturers of morphia or hypodermic appliances are, when detected, to be banished to a pestilential frontier of the Em

is

her in the matter; measure for measure, or a

ADIDAY DECEMBER 11

19.38.

A SOLDIER'S DEATH.

INQUIRY CONCLUDED.CO

servant to be influenced by the ranting plati- when it is mostly cousine, inhabited by DROPPED IVITH THE LOO2. tudes of the average individual who recognises aborigines? Every day tho Mauila papera give

WHAT HAPPENED TO A COOLIE AT WANCHAI. in the poppy an instrument of all the satanic accounts of the fighting that is still in full world. For example it is difficult to conceive swing throught ut the islands. No one pretends, It happened at Wanchal' in the early hours The Coroner's inquiry into the death of that either be or Sir Alexander Hosle could indeed, that the country is completely pacified, of this morning when than respectable citizens Lance Corporal T. E. Smith, belonging to 1 be conscientiously subscribe to the petition which far less under control. Massacres en murders were abed, dreaming, perbapa, of its waler Buffs, who committed suicide on the night of declares that the opium traffic (except as used and treacherous attacks on individuais as well supply. As the clocks were chiming three, n the 27th November, by cutting his throat with

coolie emerged from a side lane, walked, razor, was held' at the Magistracy, at we by physiciana) should be put under the same as army stragglers are as common to-day as quickly up Queen's Road East, and came to a

stated in par læst isane. Mr. J. H. Kemp pre- international ban as piracy and slavery as they were ten years ago; only the venue has balt outside hause No. 84. There was not a sided as Coronar. The jurore were :—Mesara. crime against civilisation." The farther clause been shified. In many parts of the islands, policeman in eight, and taking it for granted A. Sinclair, W. Hardwick and k. W. Long- "that no revenue interests of any backward the Insular Government is openly flouted and that the coast was clear, the coolie climbed up stein. nation should be allowed to check the progress ridiculed. Ye because a few red-hot firebrands the waterspout by means of which he succeeded recently made through anti-oplum legislation in have been foolishly give a modicum of getting to the first door verandah. From there he macœuvred himself into the front the United States, Great Britsts and China," power and the command of a certain room, thence to an adjoining cubicle, where a piece of pure impertinence, which bar, we amount of money, the Philippines must, he preceeded to fulfil his missisa. Ha should think, not the ghost of a chance of being forsooth, have a navy, as if they were fully prohad collected a quantity of clothing, which adoped. Ona American missionary, however,vided for in every other respect, We are as té carefully made into a bundle, and way his hopes of carrying a resolution to that effect,suming, of course, that this story of the four

About to leave the house when one of the but it only serves to show how far fanaticism million pesos which is to be devoted towards its was awakened by beating a noise, which was caused by the coolie kicking over will carry a crusader, and to explain why the establishment of a fewywater wagons is aut

a stool, which cauoned off a partition to the reforms are no often defeated by the very vebe. absolutely a gigantic piece of American bluff. Asoc. The excitement followed. Quietly mence of their promoters. It may be of interest. The veriest child in administrative, mailers creeping into the room the master, of the house to learn that the backward nations referred could point out directions to which four mit discovered the intruder is. the act of leaving the to are Portugal, Germany, Russia, Turkey and lions might very profitably be dincied, "It is

now "hot bed." He pursued him around the room for several minutes, and the coolie, Perai, at least that is the meaning we extract only an indication, however, of what would getting tired of the sport, ran to the window from a circular issued by one of the reverend happen were the Philippines to be handed and hurled the bundle below. He was making gentlemen who will represent the United over to the Filipinos. Cuba is lively enough us a States at the Conference. It is stated that it centre of brain storms, but the Philippines would wa

the become a second Hayli and we have no desire Conference to members representing the to bave another Heyli adjacent to Hongkong

intended at first to confioe

his way out, by the saing window.1o reach the waterspout, when he lost his footing and drop ped to the roadway, a drop of about twenty feet. When the occupier of the hopes reached the street the confie was lying in the gutter, breathing hard. A policeman was summoned and, the coolie was removed to hospital, suffer- Ifing, it is believed, from a dislocated ja and

broken wrist. The bundle of clothing was found in the middle of the road and detained by the police.

pire, a suggestion that recalls the boiling oilstven untions having permanent territorial pos. We have quite caough troubles of our own, treatment of a Gilbertian play." Mr. Angier's sessions in Eastern Asia 2/4, China, Japan, the and our time is fully occupied with keeping an

mclusion ir: II Chion by act and deed United States, Great Britain, Holland, France eye on Canton, and another on ourselves. really suppressing the growth and cultivation and Italy, but, we are told, "when the combe money is intended for the motonasce of of opiunt, then it is our bouuden duty to help missioners named for the United States began a regular revenue servico, there, might be Inila to look into the subject, and perhaps because objection to the proposal, although four mil- ether nations intimated they, too, bad opium lions seem an extraordinary sum for, such a to suppress art protect, it was seen that five small purpose. Of course, when the American other nations should be invited including Government declares that foreige shipping Portugal, from whose city of Macao, the shall be taboo in the Philippine trade it may be Monte Carlo of the East, located near the

necessary to have a considerable number of coast of China, cames the opium imported to

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The forgotten that aming the firm acis of at least some of the Chinese provincial authori ies was an attempt to constitute the sale of the

Ideal Perfume, Fleurs D'Amour, Bouquet des Amours, Indian Hay, 4711. Eau de Cologne, Farina's Original Genuine Eau de Cologne,

Ažurça, Camia, &c., &c.

coast guard vessels on scouting duty; and if the

DISCHARGING COAL:

Question of "A WAIVER RAISED. An interesting point of law was raised by Mr. F. Paget Holt (for the defence) in the case which was brought up on remand at the

drug a Government' monopoly. At Nanking Hawaii and our Pacific coast; also Germany Chinese should attempt,the smuggling fapium Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, in which

of influence' in China; and Turkey and Persia,

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Pte. Marsh stated that on the night of the 27th Novembar, deceased asked him to fend. him bis cap sometime before pine o'clock. The last words he heard décensed say were! "Tell Cooper.to wait there is a sheet of foolscap on my table," Wilders wat in bed at the time. Ha had, kůowa décossed' for five years, during which time, the decensed was on the best of terms with his comrades, He could not any what led deceased to take his life, and in answer to the Corner's question, said that no one had any grudge against the deceased,

Lance-corporal Barker stated that he lived in the same zoom as the deceased, At"about nine o'clock, be saw deceased go oul. Pie, Marsh was sitting in bed. Witness turned is at len o'clock. He did not hear deceased asking fee

the cap: Ha could not say why deceased com- mitted suicide. Decossed did not have any quarrel with soyons in the Regimest.

Pie. Dyer gave corrobɔtativa svidenca and said that decanted was in the habit of telling witress about his private affairs. Deceased did not mention that be was troubled with any worries. Deceased did not complain of over work, although he bad to do a good deal of work.

Pte. Tozar stated that deceased asked for the messing to be fixed up by the drom-major, as deceased was in charge of the groceries. Sub sequently, witness collected deceased's kit.

The Coroner found that death was dup to baemorrhage caused through a wound in the threat. He said that the evidence showed no reason why deceased should have commited · suicide, but everything pointed to naicide. It was possible that deceased bad a quarrel with out the Regimeät knowing it. He directed"

the first effort was made but Sir Johe Jordan and Russia, probably because of their 'spheres or other prohibited articles on a ling" scale the Lau Pui Wong, a stovedore, of 18, Albaby the jury to fiad a verdict of suicide while of Peau d'Espagne, Trefl Incarnate, a monopoly would be a direct contravention both of which produce a little opium." revenue authorities would be compelled to dopt Street, is suing Messrs. Wailem and Company, nasound mind and intimated that they might

YE OLDE ENGLISH

LAVENDER WATER (In Elegant Bottles). Safranor, Vera Violetta, Coeur de Jeannette, Mes Delices, Violet Mer-, veille, Floramy).

was quick to point out that the creation of Buck

of the British Treaty of Nanking of 1842 and the French Treaty of 'Ticatsin of 1838, and the consequence was that he action of the Pro- vincial Government at Nanking was quashed by the Imperial authorities. In Canton'a more asiute and sitategic move was made and had it

from which

as agents for the`steamer Christian Dors, to re- cover $1,275.04, for work done. The plaintiff waived the sum $278.04 19 as to bring the mat. ter within the Saumary Jurisdiction Coun. The claim was far discharging the Christian

Dorn of a cargo of coal,' -

When the case first came up for trial, it will

be remembered that the defendants' compra- dore bad consented to pay $1,000 and no more for the work done. This, it was stated, waN Mr. Helt was that as the plaintiff had found it refused by the plaintiff. The point raised by

necessary to waive a portion of bis claim ($178.04) in order to bring the matter in the Summary Court, and as the defendants were willing to pay $1,000, the amount now claim waiver, and was not entitled to sue for the ed, the plaintiff could not go back on his

balance,

the most stringent measures to outwit the con- wonder what Germany would think if it dis: trabandist. But there is nothing at present to covered ittell placed den rette galaret and show that such precautions are necessary. practically described as one of the "back Raiber, we should commiserate the luckless ward nations" and what would the Kaiser wights who Lad thrown in their lot with the By if he learnt that coercive measures smuggling fraternity and bd them an eternal might be employed to restrain the greatest farewell if they started on a tramp across not beer for the sharpness and ready perceping the progress of anti-opium legislation? protagonists want is a saucy livite gunboat or military nation in the warld from check the bills. I robably all that these political tion displayed by local merchants of the effect need only be added that the sheet two with an ample quarterdeck where their the proclamation would have on the sale of opium, and their representations to the Govern.

we have quoted pillories lady friends, may sip their alternoon tea. For, meat, and the British Consul-General At Cau. Furtugal in particular, and that the main once aboard the lugger and the lady's object of its publication, so far as wa tas, they Hongkong trade which still exists

mine still holds good. Caina, as every- can see, ie to persuade people all the world body knows, has hopes of a dary too, and would have been reduced to a minimum.

over to devote one cent a day towards the de- if the Filipinos are to get their toy outfit, That scheme in so far as it concerned Capton sirable object of giving the reverend writer & it should not be impossible to arrange a small On October 29, 1938, at Rock Ferry, CHAR-aving bean aipped in the bud, the wit of high old time in China at other folks' expense. scrap between the two, for a purse mutually

·LES ARTHUR GRAVES, son of the late A. S. Graves, of Rae rerty, to CLARA, daughter of these currying favour with the authorities were

If Great Britain.adopts a hall-hearted attitude, agreed on and whatever side-bets can be placates for discharging coal on board ships, and Lilley Bilis, of Rock Park, Rock Ferry. set to work in order to discover, technicalities,

however, the anti-opium bigots may find that ed. It would be far more diverting than the the case was further adjourned, Op October 28, 1903, at Basthousne, "CHAR-" which would vitiate the operation of their hopes of direct results are likely to be "Morocco Bound" antics of Abul Aziz and Les Taunot, eldest son of L-B_BOWRING, C.S., to MARY IRENE, eldest daughter of the Edict. They read

the Edict sadly blighted. Perhaps this conference may Muley. Hafid and it wouldn't be haf so dan- Joseph Parker.

do more to disillusionise the British Govern ment regarding the effects of the opium traders for the combatants. There are surely in China nod the pretensions of the reformers managers enough to atrage maticis who place an implicit faith in Imperial Edicts, the Far East to a man is thirsting for a new sen satisfactorily, and it is a well-known fact that

than all the arguments advanced by those who

longkong, 11th December, toll.

MARRIAGES.

DEATHS.

153

On November 30, 1958, a' Huchoufa, Kiang- su, Paul Donald, son of the Rev. and Mrs. M, B. Grier, aged 5 years, of diphtheria.

On December 5, 1908, at Shanghai, the Rev.

Deeply regretted.

Father, ARNAUD, SJ, Jade Pastor of the parish

The Hongkang Felegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1998.

RUMOURS'IN ADVANCE,,,,

Curious ruinours, the origin of which is still, abscure, are filting about in connection with the attitude of the British Government with respect to the opium questing in the Far East. The fatest report is that in view of certain.

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Evidence was called to prove the contract

CHAN UN, a cook, who lived in the Yan Wo boarding-bouse, was convicted in the Police Count, to-day, and sentenced to six weeks' hard labour for robbing an A.B. from the King Alfred of $5 in cash.

add a rider attaching suspicion to sayons.

The jury returned a unanimous verdict that death was due to haemorrhage. There was nothing in the evidence to show that deceased

had a quarrel with

anyone.

CHINESE WOMAN DROWNED.

SAD FATALITY AT KOWLOON CITY..

Chinese woman, took place at Kowloon City A sad accident, resulting in the death of a

on Wednesday morning.

Fu Sam Mui, thirty-eight years of age, was a pig wash carrier residing in the village, her ordinary duties one of which was to carry Early in the morning she went out to attend in

carried. It was raining at the time the woman away what food for the pigs steam launcher

left her house. As he was walking along the pier, outside the Kowloop City Police Station, a strong wind caught bir and seat her into the sea: The wemin was. carrying two empty bucketa, elung over a baev buo pole, on her shoulder. Naturally, the woman clung to one of the buckets, to save, her life, but on this becoming Alled it took her. below the surfice. The accident was soon by l the crew of a launch, which was in the vicinity, and steps were taken to rescue the unfortunate later. woman, but in vain. Her corpie was found

a meaning totally foreign to its general import, wie that it was intruded to ap ly simply to provincial centres such as Capton and presumably Kwelin, but not to prefectural dis- tricts such as Swatow, Walchow and other places which have been declared open to foreign trade. are supposed to have some sort of vague iution. We should, however, point out that a LIKUT. Godfrey 1. J. Eenyou has been appoint Again the merchants in Hongkong drew the terest in the regulatising of the existing com pig it neither pays the rent or kerps This officer first donned the blue in September, Davy is hardly to be compared with an Irish-ed to the cruiser Kent on the Chips Station, attention of Consul General Fox to this second-ditions "attempt to drive a carriage and four through

1899, was promoted midshipman in the follow- the express terms of the Ed e', and the Viceroy

lieutenant in June, 1905. He was latterly ing December, sub-lieutenapt in 1903, and full

tias promised to make investigations. The

serving on the battleship London, flagship of "question has not yet been, set led ́and Hong-

Rear-Admiral F. J. Foley, Rear-Admiral of the keng merchants are. possessing their souls ip

Chaosel Ficet. patience, but these things all go to show how the wind blows. Can it be argued in the face of there undoubled facts that the Chinese as a whole, the officials who regard opium }; principalities and dependencies, are likewise idea what a third of that sum would provide. had to put back to Lisbon, as the Patria the instance of Sergeant Angus, with being in

Favebur-producer, are really sincere having a spell at the game of forming miniature The annual charge for these vessels on the

A

IF THE FILIPINOS HAD A NAVY

scli. Exeo a Filipion navy could not put in its spare time foraging for "how," and if the engineers were Moros there might be difficul- ties experienced through the disappearance of While all the great Powers are wrangling engine-grease. To build even six destroyeri, among themselves over the strengthening of sine submatives and two depot or parent ships their navies, and launting each other with in-which is the Australian idea-would cost over efficiency in order to ease their nerves, the twelve million pasos so that we have a fuir

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE P. and O .s. Sunds, which Jelt London on 7th ult, took the following specie:-For Sing- apore, coin silver £82,688.

in their desire to suppress the use of the drug? navies on paper. Australia has definitely de. Australiao ples would be three and a half mil. difficulties which have cropped up; the British If the Edict can be so twisted and mangled cided to form a cavy of her own, and is pre-about a million. Whether the resu's would be lion pesos, or in the case of-be Philippines Government is not at present" inclined to that the drug, may be constituted a legalised | pareil to spend vast aums –which would be far | prese forward the mentre for the complete monopoly of the Government, then all the self.batter employed in opening up the interior and worth it is another thing. But if the Filipinos soppression of the opium trade in the Fer abnegation of the British Government, all the buying out abientes landfo:ds-on the costly want their navy.and they have the money to Eastern Colonies. Whether that is due to losses sustained by force majeure, which India luxury of decking bertelf out with a string pay for it by all means let them propitiate any doubt regarding_the_ability" ar desire and the Crown Colonies will be called upon to of guaboats, What good they are likely to Santa Claus and perhaps they may get it. of the ChineseGovernment to work hand endures will-prova-bui-misplaced-genemosity do nobody seems in a posilion-to-telf-exc| in hand with fadia, in the suppression of it is scarcely probable, however, that these actly, but no doubt some gallant lar will be the trade can only be matter of conjecture. minceuvres to side-track the opium Edici of found willing to "polish up the handle of the But it must always be bome in mind that the to 6 have the cognisance of the Secretary of cabin door" and thus become the ruler of a British. Government only agreed to restrict State, or that they would be held to constitute real Davee. Now it seems that the Filipinos the cultivation and exportation of the drug good ground for delaying the suppression of want a navy of sorts, and unless we are misin. If China showed that she was in, earnest in the spiam trade in British Colonies. If there is formed the Assembly or some such body has THE Preacher at the marcing service at St. endeavouring to achieve a similar result any sub-stratum of truth at all in the report that decided to allocate four million pesos towards Peter's Church on Sunday next will be the by the best micaos at her command. It the British Government is becoming less this Inudable object. One wonders if this in- Right Reverend the Bishop of the Diocèse. was ably a few months ago that the Becrectively interested in the somewhat remote not a Yankee joke of sorts? What do the Filipi- tary of State for the Colonies intimated that question of opium on account of the domestic aos, or if it comes to that the Insular Govern.A BAZAAR, in aid of the funds of the Sisters of the opium trade carried on in Singapore and troubles which are crowding thick and fit on ment, require with a handful of mechanical connext, on the occasion of the covelling of the Charity, will be held at Macao io February Hongkong was to be wiped out,, and before its consideration and demand immediate trivances which will be out of dateandonly worth memorial of the Vasco da Gama tri-centenary. the views of the legislaturch in the Crown legislation. Such rumours, wover, do aot their value as scrap iron before their original coat Colonies had bren ascertained on the subject gain currency without some sort of reason, and has been defrayed? Are they afraid, also, that STEALING two towels and a pillow case from a resolution to that effect had been adopted in London correspondents who hays tho smirks to the Japanese are going to pounço upon some 6, East Avenue, Kowloon, yesterday, was the accordance with the wishes of the anti-opium the Lobby are not given, as a rule, to the dis of the islands' which, make up the straggling charge preferred against two coolies-Chan, protagonists in the Volted Kingdom. The semination of what will afterwards prove to archipelago?" if not, what is the use of a Davy Chung and Tsung Tam-in the Police Ceart, assumption has been from the start that China have been obvious canards. We can only for the Philippines? There is something to be to-day. The first defendant aloes, was found was absolutely honest in ber intention to adopt await the explanation which must be forth said, for Australis, because the people there months' hard labour. The other man was dis guilty and be received a sentence of thren repressive measures against the use of opium by coming shortly with the patience of hope seem to be so obressed by the vision of maniacal charged. her subjects, to probibit the cultivation of the long-deferred. On the 1st of February, the Japanese swooping down on the barren coast, poppy on naw territory and to effect a gradual International Anti-Opium Conference opens where de Rougement laid the plot of his story, decrease in the area under cultivation, so that at its meetings at Shanghai, and it is anti-that they are hardly able to sleep at night. No the end of ten years from the publication of the factory that the British Government will matter that Australia Ens the biggest coast-line Imperia! Edict opium should be a vanished face be represented by man who can keep a to protect of any country in the world, the fact tor in the sum total of the Empire's reverses clear bead and form a sane judgment when that there were a few torpedo-boats at the and the craving natural to those who had bean, the problem is being discumed. Sir Cecil service of the Government might help to calm sccustomed to the use of the drug should. Clementi Smith is too experienced a "civil | those fours. But what about the Philippines

NEWS has been received by telegem from Lisbon that the gunboat Patria which was en route to Macao 10 relieve the Rio Lima has sprung ateak in a heavy gale which the en- countered on her way out. The cruiser Denna known in these waters, left. Fortugal for Amelia of the size of the Adamastor, well-

China on the 27th ult,- q

A JUNK MASTER'S GAMU.

TIMBER MIRchant Accused of UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.

Shum in Nem, a timber merchant, residing al' 5F; Station Street North;; Yea-ma-ti,' and carrying on businest at Chenogąchay, was charged in the Police Court, this morning, at uintasful possession of $950 worth of pinn. wood, which is suspected to have been stolen.

About a fortnight'ago, a cargo-boat Contain."

ing about $1,00 worth of pine wood, belonging

to Chan Ke U, another timber merchant, of 90, Connaught Road West, was dispatched from for stationery, made so, appearance for the signed. According to the report the cargo An unemployed coolie, with, apparently, a love Canton to Macao where the wood was 'con-

Police Court, to-day, to auswer a charge of boat master instead of obeying his order came -stealing an account book,a-namberof postage to Hongkong where be disposed of the cargo, stamps, three catalogues, a bill of lnding, and a and disappasted. It was alleged that part of pocket book. The complainant was, M. Aoki, | the word was sold to the defendant, in whose

Japanese curios dealer, of 30, Elgin Road; possession were fannd about edo loge. Kowloon. Accused pleaded not guilty to the

The case was adjourned. allegation, and the case was postponed.

A MEMBER of the crew of the steamship China

day. The sampan which was bringing him very neatly lost his life in the barbour yester»,

ashpie was about twenty foo! away from the.

A CLEVER THIEF.

JOKI'S TRICK ZO ROB HIS MASTER

what, when the sailor started to leave the well. Station, secured the arrest last night of a mas Inspector Cameron, of Bhav-ki-wan Police When he reached the deck the simpan gave named Wan Chan on a charge of stealing seves The boat people in the vicinity saw that the Twe siber man-s fabmosger and nakar a sudden list, throwing the man into the water, bags of cinnamon, which ware valuedgit S110.35; ** Enropean was in difficulties and went to his were also apprehended for, as it is alleged. for the uncomfortable docking there was so rescue, Gishing him out of the water, and batceiving stolen goods, thing wrong with the marines.

Wan Chun, up to. yesterday, was coolis employed in a grocer's, shop at 6, Prays Shau-ki-wan, and it would appear that about Ouk Hongkong readers will note with pleasure eight o'clock last night, after the shop, was the bestowal of the order of St. Michael and St, closed, he juvited the other fell to go to and Commander-in-Chief of Natal. Sir did. They remained there for a while, and George on Sir Matthew Nathan, the Governor mutual friend's house for a chat. This they Matthaw has frequently had occasion to W. suddenly remembered that he had sound, criticise the interfering policy of the British business to look after. Leaving; bis feri in Government in the affairs of a self-governing the house, be returned to the shop the masstar State of the Empire, more especially in re was absent at the time and removed the ference to the Dinicule trial.. He has had cionamon,taking it to a hopsanoat in the be considerable experience of oversea government, and, as it lastated, selling it to the baker and Leone, the Gold Coast and Hongkong in the having administered the Gaveraments of Slem | the fishmonger, as Acting fuferpreter in French, of recommis-seven yearspriceding his present appointment, sioning, to date Sept, 24....

The Admiralty announce the appointment of Engineer Commander W.W. Hardwick to the Tamar, additional, for charge of machinery of the Wivers and for Fleet duties to date foth pointed as Assistant Paymaster in Charge; and ult, also of C,H, Carroll, to the Clie, reap

was senisused to six months' imprisonment,

Was was found guilty of the theft,

The aliged fi receiraça” were romsaded,