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On the 5th May, at the Horas Repository, Mrs. J. KENYADI, of a dangkir.
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A few days ago we were bomewhat surprised to hear that His Excellency the GOVERNOR hed forbidden the performance of Profeosor HENICSE and Madame STELLA in one of the Chinese theatres. Not kuusring what reason Sir Jou might have for this seemingly ar- bitrary prohibition, which caused consider- able lose to the manager of the above-named performance, we refrained from coinment for the moment The explanation is to be found in the recusal of the dresson to woorde to the
The following wese javitud, but more walle to asterid Right Rer. Bishop Burdon and Mrs. Burden, Bight Rev. Bishop Raimondi, Hon. J. M. Price, Hon. F. Eyrie, Hon. W. Easwick, Mr. and Mr. D. R. Bellies, Mr. G. Travers (Ger
Colonial Serretary's Office, Hongkong,
4th April, 1879. SIK-a reply to your petition, dated 25th March, 1879, 1 sm directed to inform you that His Excellency, the Governor bus eansidered your proposal (that women may be allowed to perform in the Chinese theater) and although what you say is true, visi that in Western countries and in Japas females are permitted to appear on the stage, nevertheless, taring cu alted the loading Chinese gentlemen in this colony and having regard to the long established At the same moment the Royaleocial laws and onstone of the Chinese people Standard of Prussia was hoisted over Government on this subject, His Excellency, the Governor House, and a Royal Salute sa fired fmmtheshore et grant the prayor of your petition-English dhente are found, on inquiry to have
have, to..
Consul and Mr. E. D. Sass002, drawing-room, His Beyal Highness entered at: The invited geeste being assembled in the
1.15 p.m., wasting the Graid Cross, Ribbon, and Star of the Black Eagle of Prussia. Ha was panoraied by Baron von Reckendorff and Caps
tain MoLean
The M. M. steamer Iraouaddy, with the next: Fronch mail, passed Cape St. Jancs at 3.30 on the 6th inso, en route to Hoagkong.
A parade and Inspection of the Goverment and Valanteer Fire Brigades will take place at the Central Fire Brigula Station at 4.31. p.m. Monday next the 101 inst
His Royal Highness Prince Heinrich left here last night for Canton by the steamer Pant, and will return on Monday, when he will resume his duties on board bis ship.
A Bill has boos introduced in the Singapore Council to enable the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to establish branch banks and to issue bank notos in the Straits Settle
ments.
battery by the Royal Artillery and from the shine
WE Manon, Colonial Secretary. in harlour, the German men.of-war Prince 42 Mr. Trno NAM Pina, Ká-shing Theatre, beri and Luire, and HM, uhips Ficar Endazzal, Comus, and Encounter. The guasts having been' presented to the Prince. Hz Royal Highness
gave his are to Lady Hennessy, the Governor following with Lady Saale, and the whole of the gueste filed into the dining-rom, where a banquet in which Chinoes and Earopean dishes in pesceta vairy appeared in the menu. Dur- ing the banquet the Band of the 276 Inniskilinge We are informed that the smatenes who teck played a selection of main; first Gergina, with a Purt in the pasta played at the Club Gerprobt and pleasing intermixture of tho mania cu the roossion of H.EA. Prince Heis. riel being entertained by the German Commu nity, will repeat the parforchatice on Wednesday
next to their numerant friends.
The Boliviar barque Culating, enptain M. A Austin, arrived hare yesterday, fifty-six days out from. Nowcastle, N.S.W. On the 1st ultimo, in lat 5.79 long 162.20 E, the vessel was in a storm during which her main topmast was struck by lightning and shivered to pieces.
THE EDUCATIONAL REPORT: The following annual reports on the state of the Government Schools in Hongkong, for the year 1979, are published for general information:-
Government Contest School, Hengkong, 5th February, 1880. SIR-I have the honour to forward the blue book and other annual returns connected with this school for 1879.
Beyond the information there tabulated it not moceday, at present, to make any detailed effort. Nothing more, can be done in the way improved organization and instruction than being done, until the proposed now.schol has buen baith and ononpied.I have the honour to bo, Sir, your most obedient servant,
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-HAWKING
paliny.in welding into bamogeneity the different races of the Colony; the full fruits of the wisdom. employal will not be rapid, until the jerring. Tennant by the ride, thanks on the precomenivad isas of many of the European colonists bez ceased,
Despite the prophecies of your evening cons temporary, digre is not the remotest possibility of Sir Jolan, boing removed for another three
Jears His worth has been recognized by the Groot Conservativa party that rulal for so long, with such unparalleled statecraft, the glorious country under the sway of Queen Victoria, and there can be little doubt that a Liberal Govern sporezner so supereminently fitted for the work msnt would besitote long before transferring a
SELLING SADESHU TO SAILGES. Lag, Ayir, a hawkers was charged with selling
of combining Her Majesty's Anlatio with or |European subjects into one harmonious whole; hawotor much it might be felt that his excep tional qualifications point him out for rapid scratcement. :
sasha to the crow of the Germes, barque Mur members of the covaninuity are drifting into the yarethe on the Sed instant,
The prisoner admitted the charge. Fined $25, in default air wasks imprisonment with bard labour.
TRESPASSING,
at the Theatre Royal there is no good reason | PRINOR HEINRICH OF PRUSSIA 4Tfonners sotiur, fogether on the stuge, without | Chinese, Is an extensive promotion of a know-fellows that Buglish education is ore of those carries out his sluts of the bonspirasy by vomit- why they should not set in the Chinesothodtrès
GOVERNMENT HOUSE:
( sash practiçə being prohibited :
Zedge of English. The principal advantage, of things in Hongkong which it is admissible in inz forth insepirate distribos on a Catholic Think, wherona. Tour Excellency's administra. Doglish teaching in this Colony, compared with principle that a Gaveremezt abould provide for Colour that we are now happily placed in teles WYFELLING THE PORTRAIT OF THE FRENICE tion of the Government is prosperons and rights. Chiuse, in this that the teaching is then do the people. As regards purely Chinese tesolting graphic commanīsation with, the ziert egpodn
eas, the senles (of justice) and the mirror. (of) blued with his enhanced educational infussows, or Chinese tooling combined with Burlish the bis originality, in chauling a song the bynes of - Yesterday His Excellency the Governor Sie inquiry) being held with steady hand; it is surely of nateral svienen, and modern civilisation, and asse is entirely different. Whilst to England bich is continually the reversal of the decisions By Appointment to His Exoslenor the Co. theory that what is good for one race is root John Popa Hennesy and Lady Hennessy gave not required that the actors' on the Chinese that it furnishes the means of creating here an the common wages of vankilled inbour are too of the Chief Justice. That his fights of fancy | stage should alone be pashed into the corner Anglo-Chiness community in place of that by low and the cost of tenshing too high to enable; come clothed in the miserable, ungarnished for neother. But the leading Chinese
at and prevented maliganscess in Hongkong held form of gpoint life, with pidgin English an ordinary unskilled Inboarar to pay the whole rownants of a banquet off the broad witticisms Terament Roces in honour of the visit of His That, moreover, in the requesting permission speech, towards which the Chinese commenity cost of elementary instruction for his abildren, of Mark Twain and Bret Harte, San be sairatly gentlemen "-phoever they may be opposed Royal Highness Prices Hainrich of Pravda to have play's performed by actresses, if is to be in Hongkong must otherwise continue to drift the wages of unskilled labour are comparatively desced an improving feature in their splotatio the apparently reasonable request, and so it In the afternoon a large amber of the com-ndorstood that there will be among the psr to the great embarrassment of the Executing and so high hore in town and the cost of Chinese olmreter. Last, but not least, are the ter was promptly rejected. Allowing, however, murity attended the "At Home and wore pro-musicises and the attendant porters, none bat of thoes 1300, scholzes in independent native in the matter of Chinese touching is ontirely a reputation of the most profound sizingue in the formere," apart from the violinists and other Judigini departments of the Government.” Out | teaching so low, that Gurernment interference temptible offerta of the Schoolboy to injure the for the sake of argument, that the appearance santed to the Prince
women in female bond-gear, and absolutely no ¦ gekoole (including night schools about 300 are called fox, sapecially at the Chiunie pling an world. But what a parody on sarcasm, eyalı of native females on the Chinese singa in The guests invited to most the Prince at lun, male actors wanting thợ quena; meaning that taught English m a very imperfect, fashion. Of satramely high esteem in their own system sou disay, frony, and invective are they. objectionable and can be lawfully forbidden, boon were:-Baron von Seokendrit, Sir John That there is farther a female stage-manager: the 840 scholars in Roman Catholic Schools, not method of education-I have the honour to be, The claims of the writer to bo a Chinese might wall bo carnadad, hot that theco exists in this it is scarcely clear-how that admission can and Lady Smala, Colonel Hall, F.A. (Command.to train, the nieru aud to see that the les indar Garaiment anpervision, I seeme 400 to Bir your most obedient Servant,
of the stage be adhered to, and all obecanjitim | receive more or Jena English teaching slao toisted
E: J. EZZEL Colony such, a ripë scholar of the righost styles ing Troops), and Mr. Hall Commodore and frirollies be entirely excluded from the with imperfection. Adding to this number apply to Madame STELLA. It cannot be Suita. B.N., Commodore MoLean, I.G.N., abridged statements lasued for each sage, there 590 boys who were taught both English rad
Inspector of Schools. of English and Chiness and, thoreagh legist as -į maintained that "the long established social Hon Captain Dennison, R.N., Captain Koaster, being ut course a separation of male and female; Chinose in the Central School last year and 222 The total number of scholars attending schools these now suspended letters, could justify the
Appended to the ropert are rarions returns,
the Renonreble Hà Chiy.
Nothing in the character or the manner of laws and customs of the Chinese people" go IGN, Captain Sobering, 1.G.N., Deputy
performers;
boys taught English or English Bat Chinese subjost to Government superviaisc (fifty schools) to that length. Why, therefore, was Pro-Surgeon General Mackinnon, C.B., Liantenant this matter with clear mirror (after fall inquiry) ohildren who noored axclusively English teach-City of Vioteria was 246, and in the villages, bjeste of their fack for whilst failing in- That His Excellency may be pleased to decide conjointly cataide Government Sphools, alse 368 was 3,460. The geresntage to population in the lost annoyance against them on the part of the fessor HENNICH's Company prevented from Colonel Geddes and Mrs. Geddes, Deputy In- and ovo balance (impartially); +
ing in Grast-ic-aid Sabools, buih Catholic and including boat pepulation, 2.56. The number gloriously in every quality they are especially currying out their engagement at the Koprutor-General and Mrs. Breen, Hou. the That, if your petitions be thus allowed the Protestant, we bare a total of 1,880 children at paraly Government Schools was 2,045, and the designed to exhibit, they are faulty in their Shing Theatre, and where are they, to look Attorney-General, Hes. M. 5 Tonnosky, orery one will emulate in peaceful parauita, ali good English or Anglo Chinese tuition, I feel for each sobolar, estoninted by enrolment, was, darily in cousognenes, inelegant in their diction
benefit of general enjoyment and tranquility, andor somo hurt of methodio, and on the whalepense was $19,800.10. The average expenditure Framatical construction and, though not neces for compensation for the lose forood upon Ron. Ne Chos, Major Papilon, B... Major being indebted to Your Excellency's angust vars I aut not far wrong if I add, on the basis of st Government Boards, $11.01 at Gorornment and mount as to their seemed mowledg them by an exercise of arbitrary power Huskisson, Major Halos (27th Inniskillings), liberality and vast bindacas;
the statistics of last year, that for the last twanty Central Sobol, 998 93; and at native schools, of Chincee. Porhaps, at no time in the history And your petitioner will ever pray. prompted by deference to the caprice of the Mr. Kemperona (Vioe Casal for Germany),
Yvers an animal average of 800 children has been 13,77): Thi averaga ezpensa calquinted by the af Hengkong have the better understandings of Dr. and Mrs. Clouth, Dr. and Mrs. Eitel, Mr
25th Maroh, 1879,
auder English or Anglo Chinese instruction, yerga daily, attendiyar was, at Government the more edposted of the arenatilo mon is this leading Chinese gentlemen of this Colony "P.
(Stamped) The Kwong-Taun ComPANY, and Mes. André, Mr and Mrs, Pomenuokor, and
and that cash vald stroodod push towching on an sohoola was $19.35; at Government Central Colony Loop en insulted as they have been by Is the GOVERNOR sufficiently-alive-te the mars. H. Hoppius, C. V. Cragh. Wong Kwan
(of the) Ko-shing Theatre.
average for five years. 1st, considering what a School, 333.95; a native schools, $7.83. The this asiolist Of each writers as these has the ... Signal TUNG NAM Pia distorted view in which this uncalled-forong, and Lieutenant it. C. C. Co, A.D.C. Translated by E. J. Eitel
umber of English speaking young people there number of scholars attending schools becalving testikty to Sir John been compond, and, reflecting ought to be in vue Colony if this tenching was at i grants-in-nit was 1,417-988-boya and 451 girls) over this, one wouders that the Colony should respect paid to the usages of China will be
27th Maroli, 1879.
all effective, the last strikes every impartial of and the aquant of the grinta 38,124.54. Of the have been lac in measure by ny zllinnas of this taken by the Chinese is be aware that it
server that the number of English speaking in-namber of scolars uttending arsat-in-aid schools nature.
abitants is very small in the Colony and that, resented for examination 613 harmed and 104- - Great sa have been the effects-of-the present will be regarded by the mandarine as another
Part from the children of English parents, the lod cession to the Dragon Throne, and that it
number of English speaking young men and wis will be mentioned on the maluland as a
men in the colony is out of all proportion with the amount of English teaching given during the further proof shat Hongkong is held on
last twenty years. Out of a popalation of at ufferance and being rerned according to
least 135,000 Chinese resident in this colony, we cannot muster even half a dozso. Chinese on the Chinese ideas ?
Jury list, os under Ordinance No. 11. of 1864, scotion LV. uo person ignorant of the English language can serve as a Juror, the effect of which is that Chinese offenders are generally tried by Jurats who are not thair peers. Mest of those Chinese who are Jurors or who do
spek
TO CONSTANTINOPLE. been educated ontside of this polony,The prin The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen has been zipal oanas of this manifest educational failure, as far as English speaking is constaed, I son in pointed Ambassador at Constantinople during the attempt which the Government Schools at the absence on lease of Sir Austen Tayard. this colony have all along made of dividing their limited time between English and Chinese teach- ing As the Chinoso written language is extra:| ordinarily dealt, as almost all the children in
Bat though the atmost effect of the present Government Schools payer hear English spoken
polisy is not likely sad to say-te be felt during at bome, and are on an average only 5 or 6 years
the Governor's sojourn amongst us, there is pow diem at English studies into which in the asse in school and scarcely mars than 34 hours pert
dawning upon the minds of the opposition, that as "ell tast gutters is not gold?? so every dark Two hawkers were charged with selling in eload does not embosom the devastating thunder- of the Centrs School-even geometry, algebre and obemistry are crammed, it is not to be the strests, articles of fond usually as in the holt. Witnes the approval that has bean áv wandered at that an overwhelming majority of pablis markets-One was fed half-a-dollar, corded by your contemporary to recent koting scholars leave our Government Schools: year and the other soventy five conta
appointments. But ale aliori montus ago, and sach-aomination would: have been announced to after year unable to spank English and with bat asmattoring of the written Chinese language. whilst sure to forget -acor, again moat of the
a storm of scurrility. at the mere thoughtful
Conviction that Sir John lias done more to exalt Eglish knowledge aegaired in school. These
the character för.consistence, of the Civil Servios, Grant-is-aid Schools which teach English at si give their whole undividel time to. and the
and to lubricute the grooves of the official rails, cosult is of courses watiafzatory: thang most of
than any Goverite who has over been horo, spoken in their homes, they leave school able to hose children hear but Portsgasse or Chinace
despite that one of them was the, gifted and Li An was fined twenty cents, in defall one astuts Sirarcules Robinson. The nupersession speak English and able to write it to a certain day's imprisonment for trespassing on military by our learned Acting Chinese Secretary of the more vital duties of the Registone Coubral, the extent with facility. It is only in the Govern. ground, maat Soboos that the Danuds labour of trying
NO COMPLAINANT,
aubstitutión...it is to be hoped permanently-of to do the impossible is still continued with a
Willian Obone, a scamon on H.M.S. Comus, Mr. Harspool (s gentleman whom, I believe, perseverance worthy of all admiration,
was charged with being drunk and refusing to ↑ brings with discrimination and tuch, to the 6-Another question of great importagas ie
pay chair bire.
post" long and varied experionco of Polico the post of education. Parely ustise teaching Inspectorate of Schools,
The complainant not being prosent, the dution noquired while trudging hundreds of miles 28th April 1850.
is extremely cheap. The consequenos do that, prisoner was discharged. -
of the metropolitan thoroughfares in swallow. SI-I Love the honour to forward to you my purely native Confucian Bobocin, public and
STELLING A CROPPED,
tait and boaror of earlier days) for the gentleman contribution towards the annual report on Educa privato, abcond all over the Colony. Their Chim Acan. a Sehcncoger, was charged with now on leave, whose brilliant gifta necessarily. The mesounts of the trustees of St. John's | Gavertor coaduated the Prines to that part oftion and the blue book returus for 1879. managers ask for no grant from Government stealing a shoppan
palo before the hard-experience of ons who Ass Cathedral ure published. is the Gazette. They the room where the picture of the Prince Con master of Savorniment Central School and They would not hesitate to take the manay of complainant is shop and asked permission to ro several other excellent appointments, tend to Since the separation of olives of Head and even declies to apply for i when iurited. The prisoner and another man wont into the been apprentice as well as journeyman, amongst The application of the Kwong Tsun Cam show an expenditure of 32,091.66, while the in- sort was to be unveiled. His Excellency then rector of Gohnals has been approved of, in the Government, but they object to the trammels main there for a short time on socount of the shew that while Sir John bes not fallen short of pany appears to us to be a fair and reason which with a deficiency of $102.21, at the com
come has fullen short of this aneaut by $11.77ddressing this Priana, spoke as follows: May February, 180, by Her Majesty's Principal of the Grant-in-aid Schedule and four interfer- rain. They were allowed to stay, and the com.the policy of consiliation and Hemness that ebar- able one. We should like to know under mencement of the year, leaves a balance due to it piss Your Beyal Highness, Ladies, and Secretary of State for the Colonies, and since, by eneo with the method of tooling, baliering, as plainant west about his business preparing his noter ze him do eminently, he has not bem wist Ordinanco, following what.precedent,
the Treasurer of $213,4
Gendszer-In this eastern limit of Qaoon Notidestion is Gore ment Gazelle (1879, p. 1581, hey do, that they know batter how to tonoh meal. Soon after this be missed a chopper from neglectin of the requirements of the various the Gerbeumont Central School has beats, for Chiume than a forsign Government ozu possibly the kitobon and three jackets, and on looking departements subrasted with the performance of and by what anthority the GOVERNDE of
A return of the stamp uvoza for the month Victoria's dominions, I am about tuuveil the apostal aut, I presume, temporary reasons, con- know. In the smaller villages and hamiste of round he found the prisoner sad the other man such duties as hany have deemed proper in. Honghong can put a velo on the appearance of April is published in the Gazette. The total portrait of the greatest Statesmas Prince of siituted an independent branch of the Educating the Colony alone the people are glad to have the were vous. He went out to look for them and commit to their charge. of females on the boards in a Chinese theatre, $914.31 on the amoant collected in the same
rovenne was $19,291.29, being an increase of our age. There is something not inappropriate Department, not subject to the control of the advantages of the Grant-in-mid Scheme because found the prisoner, who had the chopper con Bash is a very meagre outline of Sir John's That such a prohibition lins been exercised month of 1879 The total collected during the in aloing so in the presence of his grandson and spector of Schools, I naturally contine myself their proverty does not allow them, with their coaled inside his left slave. Neither the other paling, but it affords sufficient evidence of his in this Raport principaile to the affairs of those small number of families, to establish sobonds man nor the jackets can be found. Cadena, generona-albeit firm-system of administation. before, we gather from the memorial of the ap-year up to April 30th was 840.76419 as against within sight of the shoros of China. The laws whools entegle the dorpenttons Cantral School of their own as they told otherwise pirator to Bentunned to two worths Impelsonment with and is amply proves that such vague insinuations
$10.049.65 in the sugre period of 1978, showing and literature of the venerable Expire, whone which are either conducted or subsidized by the do. Bit in the town all purely Chinese schools hard labour.
[of probabla complications between the Governor plicanz, but it must have been imposed under an increase of $71454.
mapntaina wa babuli from this house, insulsate Government througa the Inspector of Schools, kept by the Government are, in my opinion,
and the Secretary of State owing to slight exceptional circumstances and by a despotic We would remind our randers of the por.lial reverence and domestic affection. I vellNevertheless, in order to preserve uniformity is not only uzuulled for but compete injuriergly
Ip Asam sad Chau Aftig, chair coolios, were departmental hitches with any of thef of. on leave exercise of authority. So far as we are aware, formance to-night at the Theatre Royal by Pro remember that in the Heuse of Commons Mr the annual statistical records of the Einration with native self-help in Confucianist eduustion charged with stealing $16 from the complainant. Boers of the Government no
Department as a whole, I have inaindo the without giving really a better education. For The complainant is a assman on the German are positively ladierons, for England is far too the only Ordinance referring to the subject is for Herpicks and Madam Stolla, for the bane: Disraeli. in supporting sets of condolence on statisties of the Central School, with the par-details se to the cost of the Government hargne Josefa, and according to his version he eolicitous for the wellfare of all her subjects to No. 8 of 1858, section XXII, which pro will be given away. A matinée performance will
fit of Mr. T, Kiss', when a valuable sporting gun the death of the Prince Consort, said that the mission of the Hasd-Master, in the usual tables Schools and the amount of aid given to hired the prisoners on the previous night to carry puzimit the impeding of beneficial government Grant-in-aid Schools, ↑ refer to the tables im from the German Tararn to the wharf st | by piqued officials. Unfortunately for some of rides that written licences under the band to be given in the Theatre Royal this afternoon had discharged the ligboat public duties which will be found appended to this Report.
5-The total number of Aobalare subject to appended to this Report. Dat. I wish to point ouch. On the way he fell asleep and was the oil servants, Sir John succeeded so effoto of the Gerezyon for the holding of theatrical fer Rolools and children, when no doubt the little under the most difficult circumstances, and that
the supervision of the dovernment, outside the pas tant the costly nature of English teachingswoks by samo ono fooling his trousers pockets a Governor as Sir Arthur. Had he followed one uass will go and be wystified.. entertainments may be granted to any
he had olaunted even tus Tone of England by Contaul School, amounted to 2,970 iu 1879, príncipally consists of the santies of English and the chair had stopped. It was dark at the time of a more energetic character, with a greater Attention Laving bred drove to the fact of his domestic life. Next to the Queen herself, who compared with 2,541 in 1878. Of that number Metars whe bare to be imported from England; ne he could not see the face of the person whose capacity for valning ability and with a closer Chiness occupier applying for the same. the Floral Standard flying at Government House was it that shared mast in the happiness of 2,840 scholars, there ware la 1873 attending who require free postage out, a salary of at least hand he fult, but he thought it was the second application to the details of administration than This does not refer in any way to the nature during Prince Weinrich's visit, we may nextion and in the osres of that domestic life P. The 1453 scholars as aguinal 1,499 in 1878, and in England on furlough or sick certificato. Hawharf, which they did. On arrival at the wharf the other would have been lags telling. As it is, Government Jobooks (outside Central School) £300, and after some yeare a passage back to prisoner. Hu fold the poolies to go on to the Sir Arthur exhibited, the transition from ons to of the performance ser to the sex of the per- that the Queen's Regulations lay down that "the Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland and the Graof-in-aid School there were, under Go the Government, when first beginning to teach he was about to pay his fare, when he found all many of the officers have, parhapa, irretrievably formers, In China, we are well aware, og Standard is to be used to gel Crowe Princess of Prussia.Applause.) And vernment inspection, 1.417 schoniard in 1970 0 English in this Calons, confined itself to Eng-bis money was gone. He had a little over $14 mined themselves by bending too late to the
aaniversarise and state oczynaione, at certain females are forbidden to net, but this is a stations, among which Hangkong ta included hoop it is, Sir, that year ilustrious Mother is compared with 1,021 in 1978. There has been.lish teaching, instead of combining it with in silver in a leather purse.
inevitable. law enforced by a paternal and arbitrary The question then would arise what is a state enshrined in the hearts of the people of England slight decrease in the enrolment of sobolan in bative teachers of English, orating at the same to him that the complainant rafaued to pay the to burden your columns in reply to the vanity in fact, turing the last three yours a pontinominee, and established a training school for A Sikh Constable said the coolies complained In canolusion, I think I may promise you not ocession ?! form of government, which has no respect
(Reased applous. Another British states the Government Schools, compensated by s con-.
time a demand for such teashere by opening fare. Witness asked the seaman about it and he that will become exceptionally apparent in your for the liberty of the subject. The custo Krage, which left hore ou tbo lat instant for recorded the fact, that, in all his life, whether yoare in the enrolment of scholars in the Grant Chineso šahools all over the Colony and thereby the prisoners of stealing $15 Ther denied it,
The German bark Hamburg, Captain H. You man of great experience, Lord Granville, hestindous stoody increase during the satas three Elementary English schools lastead of purely said he had paid it, and at the same time accused contemporary's celamos for the next few days.
QUIZ. Hongkong, 4th May, 1880. may be contrary to Chinese idee of propriety, Tientsin, pat back yesterday in consequence of official or private, he never vist with any person, in aid Schools. Taking, however, all the schools endlessly competing with the catives in what and the complainant,, who was the worse for but that it would prore sabversive of morality having struck on the Prata Bhool at serly more in any loss of society, who pesassed a clearer in this Colony together, there in 1879 on what after all they do better than the Govern him into the rat
subject to Corernment control or inspectation they are willing enough to do themselves and liquor, africk the moond prisoner and knockof or good order there is no reason to aptide and with the assistance of the starboard bow understanding and whose intellectual faculties tuercase in the total number of scholars 0,46)ment can do, there would long ago have been 'The pelvinors now made similar statements to pose, provided that some, effective supervision sachor the vessel was got off laring the altor had been mors highly enltivated, than the Prince in 1879 28 compared with 3,152 in 1670 furnished a supply of natives aule to teach Eng the oss made to the constable.
Out of nearly 700 prisoners the Jail now only were to be employed to establish a check as of the same day. During the time the ship Consort, no no from hom personally he had mounting to 9.77 per cent, as compared with list effectively and willing to teach it at very! on the performers, The applicant offers was on the shoel she Immpat heavily several durived so much instruction in the most useful ander Government supervision advanced in 1970 ants in the Colony, and consequently almost all
contains 200, the rest, sick, lave been sent to all the points of the compass. What would be not timm, knocking aff some of her false kret
auid if such a thing occurred in England, branches of statesmanship. Remembering what from 47 to 30, oue of the the now schools (English taking in the Colony that is really
Another Commission of Taquiry? This time Daring to heavy rains of Thursday oroning Lord Grayville said, and reading now the last Josepli's College) bringing as rassy as 255 boys effective has to be be provided for by procuring aud it would be open to the Authorities the centre bridge over the Bowrington Canal was volume of the Prince Consort's life, we feel that Rader Government inspection. There has, thera, the tesaling power et great cust from Engbad.
Mr. Marons the gaide and pbilosopher of the at 305 Lime to stop a performance or severely damaged, the third battress from the when Mr. Disraeli spoksof the Fringe disebarging foro, baan aslight advance made in 1879 as a revision of the whole Educational Policy of do rct hold ourselves responsible for the aplaigns Marcos, it appears, trod upon Mr. Piokering's Inepestor General of Police is its subject. Mr. withdrew the theatrical licence if the man. Eas: eud having snak considerably. The bridge the highest datios ander the most difficult circum-under Government supervision, and from what
in aousequence of the pencantions taken
gards the number of shople and scholars brought the Government is clearly zeded.
expressed by our Correspondents) 7-Detailed information as to the clauges
autodizatio coras and unpleasantness ensued. ager allowed any offenses against morality or port the gas and water mains, now rendorad stapes, we may add with truth that he did so I have herved and learned as zegards the Chi which have taken risce last year in the con- SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY'S POLICY. Marcan, questioning his strict integrity, with Now · cortala' charges. ars, mada againab Mr. devener to be perpetrated by biscompany; but passable for traffic. On account of this with complete success(Applause.) We now nese portions of the town, I believe the number stitution of the Education Department, will be
TO THE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY PRESS." the result that the inevitable commission has it is quite another question if the Authori batworn the canize and upper bridges. Nam know that in the long roll of English Sovereigns of Government, has also bean slightly increased. Hopart. To the same Supplementa I also refer me to often take steps to rebuke the impropriethoes charges not made if the macro bo
| damage the whole of the water was drained of
of pirely native Confucian Sabrale, independent found in the Bupplements annexed to this
·S15,→My multifarions duties do not permit been appointed, Bat, may we nch, why, were ties have the power to place restrictions bars of Chinese yesterday afternoon wers catsh- we never had a King who sould rival Prince A Nevertheless I do not think, that we can safely for detailed information as to the progress ties that taubly appear in the columns of to question Mr. Marona's integrity, before he upon any particular class of representations, ing the euls and small ish which the water had bort in all that is tealy Royal in character and estimate the whole number of shildren in schools made by the outside Government Schools in your avaning contemporary, but as that organ bad the misfortune to fall foul of Mr. Piokoring? provided the same do not offend against left on the mad,
conduct-(Applause) Some of those whoarspre of all descriptions in the Colony at over 6,000, the auras of the rear 1879, and as regards in its issue of the Sed instant be tongressed Major Danlop, we believe, refuses to accept all pubhe morale. As a matter of fact, nothing The Singapore Timer has the following pera. (sent will no doubt remember that the ChinaWhich with our present population of at least the revision of the Grant-in-aid Schedate. This [all bounds of docency of a journalistio nature, I the statements against Mr. Maroua un tuota, can be grosser or more fully indecent than the replir. Ford, the Superintendent of the Classies know no bigher social daty than that of In 1878 there were in the Primary Schools of the Eight Honourable the Secretary of State comfort to reviewing briefly the poloy of the them, a oivoustaree which cuts Mr. Pioker 146.000 inhabitants amounts to 4.18 per cent revision, as far as approved at present by foot I must in some measure sacrifice say personal until his accusers come forward to substantiate Botanical Gurlana at Hongkong, has bean. ap reverence for ancestors, and that the descendent, Great Britain 2,782,454 children, out of an eat for the Colonies, consisted principally in the Governor of this solorry and its present and pro- ing heart sorely. scenes occasionally enacted on the Chinese pointed Superintendent of the Bardons here in no matter how remots, who takes a Isding part mated population of 28,443.328 people. Thus pargation from the Schedule of the words spective effect. Befors, doing so, I may be per Executive troubles zucre about this vers Alage, and we truly believe that one of the the room of Mr. Marton, who bas radgned.”
we haro 9.74 per deat of the whale populationsoular and elementary For the worda raitted to point out, that thrice has it became uninteresting readerstanding between two whilst wo have in Hongkong about 4.33 per vent
seoular instruction there has been substituted necessary to protest against the unjustifiable oficials, one of whom a have but little
petition of the manager of the Kwong Tsun Theatrical Company to allow Chinese females to act in the Chinese theatres, a tratstation of which document will be found in another colatan. Having declined to permit Chinese females to appeur ou. the Chinese stage, His Excellency felt, we presumo, that he could not consistently allow foreign women to perform there either. It would have been well, perhaps had the GOVERNOR considered consistence a Tittle earlier, for, as we shall show by and bye, he has, in this very instance, thrown that much prized jewel to the winds.
the strongest succes On his head,
who personate the female characters...
popular Suahian melodies of the ancestral home of the Hulsonzollerne, followed by some Scotch and Trish music. At the close of the entertainment His Royal Highnessrose and proposed in clearaud ruging voice, Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ixoland," which was draak, the Band playing "Godsavethe Queen." Immediately after the Governor proposed His Majesty the Em peror of Dermany, whereupon the Band played for Divine service for the Garrison Roman
We have been asked to intimate that the hours the rational anthem of Germany, which is al- Catholics have been fixed for the season att identical with that of our own poetry, follow-Morning Services. 20. Mass and The Prince then rose, and al present proceeded Joseph's Church, Gardou. Road, at 6 p. in, Bene-prensated to His Royal Highness The pro- srzon in Eglish. Evening service as 9. to the drawing-room, where those assembled were distion.
vontation käted till nearly three p.m., when the
of the 3rd instant on the ebb ticê... On the Bond
yap-
for some monthé psat. At the same time it is
FREDERICK STUWART, Head-Master. The Honourable W. H. Marsh, Colonial Beare try, &a.
The appended retura shows the total number of cholars peut during the years have been the daily average attordans for the year, 418.11 309, the storage monthly sarolment, 439 12: and the number of enkost days, 219.
KO CABB
Bergenut Rau proved searching the prisoners
His Worship discharged the prisoners. the preceding year. The number of schools oderate aslaries. Even Dow no training school and only fuding a few cents upon cash of them:
...unsatisfactory state of things.
1
CORRESPONDENCE,
SINGAPORE.
And one broad-minded
best methods of purging it of the more vicious / While we should be glad to hear of Mr. Ford's (in the solemn homige at the shoestral shrine Grust Britain rider primary instruction the phrase instruction in the subjects of.the strictures upon this polloy. Once when the late to occupy his mind, than about the all in.
roosiving any appointment which would be an named in that famous Book of Odes, composed and demoralising features would be the ad improvement to himself on the cue he now holds. the thousand years ago, to Allal grandson," ander instruation whether primary or otherwise, standards which alteration, whilst removing Attorney General's adraonishment of the head portert fact that prisoners in the fill are dying waistion of females on to the stage. The we could ill afford to spare him from Hongkong. Here, in this youthful Frings, in whicas presence I calculate the number of uneducated children in contentioni soruples of denominational Edasa of the Exentire rendered such a course nases.ie infected sheep and when a conscientious manager of the Kwong Tsun Company, more specially just now when he is so effolently car. I now navell this portrait, we have a living illus the Colony, from 6 to 15 years of age, to amount tienists, did not affect the vital priooiple of the safy. Againinpon a more raceut, ocensioni nudi and sctive pablie officer boldly complains of the
rying on the work of tree planting. At present, over, promises, in the grant ofhispetition being however, we understand Mr. Ford has heard tration of what these anoleat pages tench to about 11,000,
Grant-in aid System, viz., payment for results lastly, now. It is a mistaken noti n t manner in which the sick prisoners are treated As regards the education of the girls, in specified subjects. It givos, moreover, greater that Governors are appointed to ene here. fil.nad gives instances to prove his assertions he is granted, that the "obscenities and frivolities" | nothing in regard to the appointment.
You, Sir, Frince Heinrich, are the Alial grind which is esou more rogiacted in Hongkong thats without compromising the attitude of the being often af a vature far too complex and ton of tiles Admjulstrator, not to make charges in freedom to the managers in the saleation of ivised attacks apop their actions. the bitter formed by the Colonial Secretary. request in the plays should be excluded, which would We story to hear that great disappointment son,(Applause.) WR
the edgestion of boys, thỡ number of girls in Co- have been a great point to gain, insananchi asas felt by large numbers of residents who have His Excellency then unveiled the picture,
vornment Bohcole fell from 285 in. 1878 to 179 Government as regards the principle of non-la-profound for the comprehension of any minds future against the Medical Deportent until le been accustomed to rovelve invitations to Govern
in 1979, bat as the admber of gitle in Grant-interference in religions matters. The elimination but those that have been able, in the Imperial stands on more substantial ground. Mr. Pope such pages are given in all their pristinement House on State occasions, and who had stepped forward, and, erasping the Gorerner's to 1973 to 151 in 1973, there is really be a matter of the highest importance: The Graut taking involved in the government of man- kong; he would be invaluable here at this jons. Acid the applause of the assembly, the Frino aid Sehnola increased at the same time from 349 from the Sobedule of the word: elementary Benates, to learn the vastness of the auder Hennessy is loosed spon as a martinet in Hong vulgarity at the preaut time by the mon called there recently, at not being invited to the Land, said I thank you. Sir, not warmly, for advance made in 1879 santing to 10 per cont in aid Scheme hitherto or rather, nutil the time kind. Too often it is forgotten by the au ture.
reception yesterday. We believe that this ap The reason for his refusal offered by the the new Aide-do camp is fresh, to his work and grandfather. Your words have touched The proportion of girls to boys in those schools farther development in the direction of Admitting Former is a superficial way cannot bat, in most found in the grounds of the residence of
garont neglect is explainable by the fact that the way in which yer bare spoken of my bolored ter the total number of girls in schools under bes St Paul's Callags fret one under the initiated, that the process is utile result, Here is a snoot revelation, but ié maat be kept Government supervision in the previous year. Grout in aid Bretem, was confined to aid native that the means employed to attain a certain enda aiziet secret. On Wednesday, 21st April, the Governor is not a satisfactory one.
Had kas an insuleient knowledge of the community, deeply. I shill never forget having sesisted at acllectively is still shant 1 ze 4, which is a very not only intermediats but high class ednostisaal sacos, lend to an inadequate knowledge of the the Maharajah of Johor, at Toropo elementary education. Now, however, it is open to act the end itself; and that by afudging the dead body of a man, winch decomposed, w be simply mid that he feared the admission the visitors' book but having book written up this ceremony. of women to the Chinese stage would be mach to be regretted that, on an aeuasion liko
His Royal Highness then bowed to the as-
5.The rature or the instruction afforded ie institutions to the benefits of the Grant in aid altimate. The polisy that actuates the Governor Police ware comunicated with, and a Ecropoun likely to lead to riotgan, disgusting, and im- the visit of one of the Queen's grandsons, such combidguests, and, accompanied by the Governor the sabouts of the Colony is a matter of the system and by making this alteration in the-that has over nettsted him through life in Inspector of Police came to the spot, examined nioral scenes, less objection could have been an unfortunate contratempasbould have occurred, and Baron von Beckendorff, left the room, and in the school of the Foundling Houses of the the rains of the passes is involved as a natural different sections of mankind. This and no more accepting, doubtless, the statement of the Is tmost importance. Not counting the infants Rope of the shoe the necessite of onlarging the destruation of all artifoial barriers botwear the bedy, and had it removed. Major Dunlop, taken to his decision. But as he has been ad- An inquest was opened at the Civil Hospital shortly afterwards started for Canton
Colony, there were about 310 children in Roman sequence I see in this iteration of the Unfortunately, grand and noble as is this policy, speete, officially reported that the body was that Catholic: Soonla ut subject to Goverment mot-in-aid Scheme a step in the right direction equally painusa, equally co-extensive, is the op of an Africa, the hair being unquestionably not vised by some of the jending Chinese gentle.yesterday afternoon by the Acting Coronas, Mr. men that theadraission of women as actressge J. B. Broadbent, S. E. Levy, and F. de. 8, Bo.
dran in independent native Confualan Behools, Colonial Government on a thorighly sound and When that day may sexis it la impossible to left no clue. The remains warn baried. A fow G.. Northcote, and à jury composed of Messrs.
supervision, there were further about 1,400 alill. towards placing the Educational Policy of the position to the attainment of this desirable cbjoat. a European's; but the faos, having wasted sway in Chinese theatres would be contrary to the telho, on the body of a Chinese male named
end 3460 were in schurls under Government equitable bass, vis, the aim to sendas all direct subjecture, but no man whose pressance is more days afterwards an actors Inspector of Felice in Wong Km Tai, The Coroner said that there
teaching of reading and writing and so forth is the entire expanse and under the axolusive son- he says he must deckon to entertain the dent scored and where the daccused mot his
net odunation, and does not in itself toad to prot of the Government, to the Elementary Big Sir John will rank alde by ale with those of was supposod lived in the Hotel de la Paix, see, that there must be stime when the name of placed against a German named Krüger, who it prayer of the petitioner. The. maxim leges death. The question first for the jury to deside
Juno better pitizens, but that the kind of in. lish sensation of the poor classes, but to give Wilberforce the Emancipator, Howard the Phi- nuder an sssumed name, came to the conclu mori serviunt is not admissible in this case; tion or res, and evidence would be taken on that was whether the avoidont was in this jurisdig.
#truation which would benefit the State and inread nie with fewer restrictions on the lantbregat, and Father Matthew the Apostle of sion that perhaps, the "African might tur The petition of a Chinese resident, Tung Nim public sciety must hate a tendency to form principle of payment by rowlta 16 apaalled and Temperance. Names that send thrill through out to be the gentleman about whom he had for the usage is that of another country. This point-Wong Tai Shing, a fisherman, said that ping, praying for permission for theatricals to high oral cherstar in the scholars 1 Jests to the middle schools and high class the bosom as they are recalled to mind, but, been colpituustrazione.
He opened bin Colony is not China, its Governor is not a decisod was lur sen; aged ten years. On Thors be perfected by sofrases, with the hatchet and still believe that evory one of those schoule socols of the Colony, more or lean to the tires which shall convertheless, alina with groter med to his chiar on this point who Chinese muđarin atd servant of the Empero, day afternoon about one o'clock witness's boat the symbol of distimation on, the lower rebes (ie, žalové mratiopet contricates top certain degrosor indicated by the Intermediate Education Act brilliancy in days to come tha that of the authorised him to apply for an order to the
was coming in from non towards the Fa Tow-dressed in embroidered antique roben), in there such real benefit to public society, and to (Ireland) of 1878 KWANG SU, but a representative of the Moon, when suddenly a small came en ne tranquil times,
the State For in all those schools, whether
8-In conclusion. I beg to point out that it man whose sojours amongst us hos Corener for the exhumsson of the body. This QUEEN OF ENGLAND deputed to administer the opsied with rain. The sail was immediately Sheweth
they be purely native and therefore Confa sonsidering the Educational problems of this grouse for the oberishing of the most in. was obtained, and, sure enough, the name of the dawn of the British Empire, The Gorgonized it, the deceased being down fu the main statement of the different ones, is strictly for sacular, or Grant-in-sid Bobools auding an identity of the radioal features of the prow been formed whilst under the inauence of halla card leaving no doubt as to his identity was lowered, but the squall had caught the boat and That the dramat to stare, by its abridged clan, or purely Government Schools and thers colony, it is all important to refrain from assam aut and more rabid of theories, and the missing German was found on the shirt which attomace of words and opinions that can bạt bave was on his body tud was buried with him, and a has, on several questions, declared that he is held at Chu táme. “A beat ogme to our assisimas, speaking a sort of traditional school of loyalty andh Christian Schools, all the obilaren in these ble as it presents itself here and England.
and with little effort we righted the boat, but and filial piety, wherefore, whenever the Empire schools are being imbued with the principles of adaostion that the dopenmer is bet a competent tion whose ocuptance amongst s paspis reputed anere reported the siraumstances "offcially, he
.oimation..
tea de a found in his pocket.. Now for the little incident, here to administer those laws without die found the deceased quite dead in the main hold, enjoys general peace and the times are tranquil, lore and f-sacrifice, with the spirit of a parejadge of the commodity but this principle does to be an intelligent community can be accounted handed to Major Dunlop all that was found on In England it may bé said regarding matters of Whilst your contemporary—a vapid publica- When the Inspector who first appeared upon the tination of race, yet because, foranath, the The deceased was under about an hour Theit in not interfered with t
pad elevating system of muality. Bu farali those Pastony of the neighbouring Chinese Empire boat was then taken to Shsü Ki Wau, sed the That formerly: there were in Hongkong both schools are on the whole of equal value to the act apply to the puroir Chinese education at- ferpoly on the supposition that it has tradisional the body Valasiems besas chain with two is opposed to an English practice that practice accident occurred in Chinese waters, and it was on the stage in apmedies, and drames, but the is of socially great importance to the prosperity the overwhelming majority of which is made up oroaness, there have circled along ita orbit one at whose instigation the body was exhumed Inspector took the body of decussed away. The male and female performers, anting conjointly Government and to the community. But what tempted by an English Government of a colony preatige is the bood ceites of published indo watch boys attached but as the sative Inspector is forbidden and a race distinction established. In the same place that the boat was righted. It extinction of this praction dates back to the very of the Coleny sad to the administration of the by Chinaser though this prizeiple does indeed or more maior astrosities under the titles of entertained a sbrowd suspinion that the drocased To be consistent in his policy. His Excellency was cutelde the Fa Tow Meon that it all time when the Antborities (of Hongkong) frst Geresnuda in Colony like this, where west Eb apply to the teaching of English, and hapse it Laritano, Max O'Leary, Central Schoolboy was in the habit of wearing a gold watch, and must necessarily eczcede the prayer of the happened jury said they were quite satis prohibited to
për cent of the population gpsak Chinese unly ded that tho asoldent cornered in Chinese watery, That, however, is all Western countries, and and scarsely & per cont, of the Baropean residents Gardie, wy
*These Supplements, kelag reprints from the (or besides bar or two other Fondcnym that obain and was under the belief that he wore gelitower. If women way appear on the stage load the Coroner therefore closed the inquiry in Japan, there are both male and female pers and offoials speak or understand anything of bees are as mot me published here, but will barely hide the manifest sollution that brists these ornaments on the day of his death, be between them. Whilst one in markish language demanded them from the tret Inapooter, the
CHINESE FEMALES AND THE STAG
With relevance to a recant accurrence at the
published for general information in the Gabelle
[TRANSLATION.).
long established custom of the Chinese people, I was a doubt in this uselas to whether the neri Palok Thistro, lo following documents are upervision. Now, whilst considering that menteshing, such as is now given in schools kept at than of the most orditary kind, can fail to fore-whose, hands a warrant bad previously been
To His Excellency the GoverNDE.