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team from the Welsh Fusiliers. The sailors were all in harness on the ground but soldiers did not turn up.
The Hongkong Football Club met the 38th Co., 8.D., E.A., in a friendly game on the 15th inst. Noble scored in the first half, and as this was the only point obtained, the game ended in the Club's favour by 1 goal to nil."
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
used in relation to the Emperor's coming and going, while the new Emperor himself in the decree is merely designated, “Ta A-kô” or son of the Emperor--an egregious breach of Court etiquette. Translator.
THE DATES for haiLING THE NEW EMPEROR.
The Princes and Ministers and Presidents of the various Boards and Ministries are hereby ordered to wear full Court dress on the 25th and 26th instant and be prepared with Ju-i (jade or wooden sceptres) on those days.
Note-These sceptres are only carried on the The following Imperial decrees are taken ascension of a new Emperor to the Throne. from the N. C, Daily News :--
TAE DETARONEMENT OF KUANG HSV.
23rd January.
TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING A
NEW EMPEROR.
The Grand Secretariat is hereby Commanded to transmit our instructions to the following persons:-P'u Wei, Prince of Kung, 1st Order, Princes Tsai Lien and Tsai Ying, 3rd Order, and Duke Tsai Lan; also the members of the Grand Secretariat, Lord Chamberlain, Ministers of the Presence, Grand Council, Board of Comptrollers-General of the Imperial House. hold Department, the Manchu and Chinese Presidents of the Six Boards. and Nine Minig. tries, and the heads of the Imperial Academy and Library. The above-named are hereby commanded to assemble in the Palace to-morrow
morning (24th January) and await further
instructions.
Translator.
We translate the following items, issued in a special supplement by the Universal Casette, concerning the excitement into which Chinese in various parts of the country and elsewhere have been thrown upon receipt of the news that the Emperor Knang Han's legal heirdom to the Throne of the late Emperor Tang Chih had been ignored, and that an heir had been select. ed in the person of the six-year-old son of Prince Tuan, the second son of the Emperor Tao Kuang's fifth brother, commonly known as Prince Tan or the Fifth Prince.
"We have been informed that a number of
the officials, gentry and literati of Hupeh pro. vince have drawn up memorials to the Empress Dowager, protesting against this violation of the laws of primogeniture, which the writers Notes:-To assemble such men as those noted themselves intend to take up to Peking, travell- above and at such a time and place is permising overland. The memorials also demand sible only when there is a serious national crisis, that the Emperor be permitted to resume the to report the sudden death of the Emperor, or
reins of government.--Telegrams from the to tell them of the appointment of a new
principal Chinese residing in the islands of occupant of the Dragon Throne.—Translator.
the Southern Pacific and Indian oceans, and 24th January.
California, have passed through Shanghai addressed to the Tsungli Yamen, announcing the surprise and pain of the senders upon learning of the deposition of Kuang Hai and the selection of an heir to the Throne,
THE RESIGNATION OF THE EMPEROR KUANG HSU,
While yet in our infancy we were by grace of the Emperor Tung Chih chosen to succeed him in the heavy responsibilities of Head of the whole Empire, and when his Majesty died we sought day and night to be deserving of such kindness by energy and faithfulness in our duties. We were also indebted to the Empress Dowager who taught and cherished us assidu. ously and to her we owe our safety to the present day. Now be it also known that, when selected
to the Throne, it was then agreed that if ever we should have a son, that son should be
proclaimed heir to the Throne. But ever since fast year (1898) we have been constantly ill and it was for this reason that in the 8th month of that year (September, 1898, referring to the coup d'etat-Translator), the Empress Dowager graciously acceded to our urgent prayers and took over the reins of government in order to instruct us in our duties. A year has now passed and still we find ourselves au invalid; but ever keeping in our mind that we do not belong to the direct line of succession and that for the sake of the safety of the empire of our ancestors a legal heir should be selected to the Throne, We again prayed the Empress Dowager to carefully choose from amongst the members of the Imperial Clan such an oue, and this she has done in the person of P'u Chun, son of Tsai Yi. Prince Tuan, 2nd
Order.
KÚANG IISU PROCLAIMS THE NEW EMPEROR.
We hereby command that P'u Chun, the son of Tuan, 2nd Order, be made heir to the late Emperor Tung Chih.
Note:-In other words to succeed Tung Chih as Emperor, while it makes Kuang Hsu a usurper of the Throne, his election as successor of Tung Chih being, after 25 years, suddenly discovered to have been illegal!—Translator.
TUTORS FOR THE NEW EMPEROR. The Ta A-ko (the usual designation of the Manchus for an Emperor's son-Translator) being still young in years and at the age for instruction, We (these decrees are still made to appear as if issued by Kuang Hsu himself- Translator) hereby appoints Ch'ung Yi (Father in-law of Tang Chih, to be Imperial Tutor, and the Grand Secretary Hsu Tung (Chinese Ban- nerman) is to be always by the Prince's side to attend to him. The Court of the Prince is to be in the Western Palace (the Empress Dowa- ger's quarters).
and strongly protesting against such a thing. The telegrama further pray that the Emperor be permitted to resume the reins of government. which if not granted would make all (Chinese) henceforth no one could guarantee the fature lose their faith in the dynasty, so that from stability of the Empire. Tinally, shonld the Empress Dowager persist in ber intention to appoint a new Emperor. the protesters and all
who are of one mind will return to the land of their ancestors to support H.I M. Kuang Hsu.' It is stated that the Empress Dowager and her advisers, being afraid of a revolution in Peking. help, and that, accordingly, Russian troops are bare applied to the Russian Government for
expected at Peking soon.-It is reliably re. ported that the Japanese Government has, through its Minister at Peking, protested against this action of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is said to depend upon the Manchu troops (the Hasheng Brigade) of Prince Tuan (the father of the new boir-ap. disturbances with a strong hand. His troops parent) for protection, and to suppress any number nearly 10,000 men, and he is also hand. io-glove with the "Boxers" and other anti. foreign bands in Shantung, Chibli, and Honan Provinces.”—N. C. Daily News.
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Note-The character used to express where the new Emperor is to reside are chu-pih only'
HONGKONG.
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The Victorious is expected to go home in March, when she will be replaced on this station by a battleship of a similar class but lighter in dranght. The Revenge most likely. The Vic torious had very cold weather on her way down, the rails and guns being covered with ice formed by the frozen spray.
The Hon. T. H. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G., left by the German mail, on Thursday. He is expected to be absent until the end of the year on a holiday, and his duties will be taken over by the Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., who in turn will be succeeded by Mr. F. T. Badeley, as acting Superintendent of Police. Commander R. Murray Rumsey will also proceed home on furlough, and (Mr. Basil Taylor will be appointed acting Harbour. master. There is to be quite an exodus of re- sidents for home this spring, among others Sir Thomas Jackson, who goes home in April.
Fire cases of plague were reported in the Colony for the week ending 3rd inst., and three deaths.
The Hon. Wei A Yuk, J.P., has sustained serious bereavement in the death of 1 Wei Wing Yin, aged 18 years, who pamed away on the 8th inst, after a short illness at “ Cringle.. ford," Robinson Road. Our readers will join us in our expression of sympathy with the hon. gentleman in his bereavement,
A branch of the Deutsch-Asiastische Bank has been opened in Hongkong, Mr. F. Urbig being appointed manager, The German Bank does a large business at Shanghai, and will nó doubt be welcomed in Hongkong, though we are fairly well provided with banks. Yet banka are good institutions to have in our midst, and their number denotes the colony's prosperity, therefore we may extend the Mafeking invitä. tion to “Let 'em all dome.”
Sir John Carrington, Kt., D.C.L., C.M.G. (Chief Justice), who has been on leave sinos April last, arrived on the 7th inst, in the German mail steamer Bayern. The Hon. W. Meigh Goodman (Attorney-General), who has been Acting Chief Justice during Sir John's absence, Mr. J. W. Norton Kyshe (Registrar), and Mr. A. Beth (Deputy Registrar) went on board and welcomed him back to Hongkong. Our readers will be pleased to learn that Sir John returns in the best of health.
Hongkong assembled in St. John's Cathedral Quite a number of the legal fraternity of on the 2nd inst., at noen to witness tho wedding of Mr. Ernest Hamilton Sharp, Barrister-at- Law, and Mies 8. 8. Cunliffe. The nuptial knot was tied by the Right Rev. Bishop of Victoria (Dr. Hoare), who was assisted by the Rev. F. Cobbold, M.A. The Hon, W. Meigh Goodman (Acting Chief Justice) guro away the bride, who was prettily dressed in white. The Hou. H. E. Pollock (Acting Attorney General) was best man. After the ceremony Mrs. Vallings gave a beautiful rendering of
· The Lord is mindful of his own.” Mr. A. G. Ward played the newly married pair out of Church to the strains of the Wedding March. Amongst those present were Mr. and Mrs. E.H.. milton Sharp, parents of the bridegroom, Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., and Mrs. Francis, Lient, and Mrs. Bagnall-Wilde, Mrs. and the Misses May, Mr. Francis Clark, Mrs. Bottenheim, Mr. and Mrs. E. Robinson, Mrs. W. H. Potts, Com.
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mander Kelly, R.N., and Mr. Dick Melbourne. The brido sud bridegroom left for Macao by the Heungshon in the afternoon, Captain Clark Laring dressed the ship for the occasion.
His
At the Supreme Court on the 6th inst., before His Honor W. Meigh Goodman (Acting Chief Justice), the Hon. H. E. Pollock (Acting Attorney General) said he begged leave to move, under the provisions of Ordinance 3 of 1871, that Mr. Harold Kennard Holmes be approved, admitted, and enrolled to practice as an attorney and proctor of that honourable court. Lordehip would see that that application was supported by an affidavit by Mr. Holmes him. self. Mr. Pollock road this affidavit, which stated that Mr. Holmes had served as an his late father, Mr. H. J. Holmes. Continu- articled clerk for the necessary period with ing. Mr. Pollock said he thought his Lord. ship would also have before him the certificate which had been given by the examiners who recently examined Mr. Holmes as regarded his qualifications to practice as a solicitor. That certificate was given by himself as one of the examiners and also by Mr. A. P. Stokes and Mr. C. Evens. They were unanimously of opinion as the result of that examination that Mr. Holmes was qualified to practice as an attorney and solicitor, so far as his legal know- ledge was concerned. His Lordship: 1 have very much pleasure, Mr. Holmes, in approving and admitting you to be an attorney and prostor of this court, and in directing that you may be duly enrolled on the list of professional gentlemen who are entitled to practice in this court, after you have taken the necessary oaths which are required by the statute. I trust that by your honourable and upright conduct you will uphold the best traditions of an honourable profession. Situated as we are in this colony in the midst of a large alien population, it is astonishing how much good and how much evil may be done by a member of the legal pro fession. I look to you to uphold all the better side, and to see that the legal profession is worthy of the respect in which it has always been held here. I have much pleasure in ad- mitting you, Mr. Holmes.
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