1898.
INTIMATIONS.
NOW READY.
THE
1889.
THE DAILY PRIES, PRIVAI OCTOBER 13r 1868,
that wo bayo had more than one v
braut | Chase, bound from Hatavia to Hongkong, which at one of the olerks of the Polloe Station, who Government promised to give every possible pri position as a free community on Chinoda “Supliky be attacked; but Paking a happily to pintervalve; Brrived at Tourane on the 6th at in is deplor.livas siene in it..
that wa may go in quietly for years, possibly for the condition. Her stokshole was compistaly The body of the murderet man has been of you. If we do not draw too much attention to Hooded and her decks swept almost clown. She royed to the Mortuary. An inquest will selves. The gròin and shameful-neglost with: which?
CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY Our Fotonte exquasta for the condrina fan of one had been 13. farà out from Sourabaya when she bald to-day.
For 1888,
With which is incorporated THE CHINA DIRECTORY: (TWENTY-SILTH ANNUAL 'Lasur); COMPLETE, WITH APPENDIX, PLANS,,
Royal Bro, pp. 1,200......5.00 SMALLER EDUTTON, Eyl8vo.. pp. 816
$3,06
AS. WATSON & Co., LIMITED
now land regulations awo treated by the diplomatie put into port for repairs and coala.. At the re
pof body at Faring-the regulations having; nost hasn pigeon haled for seven years shows us has to mal quest of her captain pumpa wore Font her from not expect any sulstance from our so-called, repro the Carisbrooks, Pametrów piwne, and to have no means of défunding our! | doble if the Ministers throw an over. FI6ji Fan wall be steamer Falkenburg is kacoked about a to remember that qui trop smbras mal draint, and greatdeal. Bhesnecautored the storm or the 28th
g four hundred thousand lasts an poblia bails. ing might wake up the wiambezing attention of the Septembar, 18 carried away her two port boats mandarins, and cake them think that we are plant and fittinge, mashed her two atarboard boata, THE CHRONICLE AND DIRECTORY onseless too firmly in what they weald prefer to has been thoroughly revised and brought up paneider, when they think of it at all, de a temporary swept the decks of all moveable material, damag: to date, and, in again much ineressed in bulk
diversion of thels Zonisin.
ed the oargo, and made a total gol of the wheel, Had the British settlement boon preserved redder, and propelier, which latter has boon an exožnicively British settlement all would completely twisted out of shape. The captain have gone well, but, in the first place, the co- (William, Drejr) dlad in the Chart Room, of operative policy is adopted, by which all heart dilesso, brought on by dropay, on the Trosty Powers Acquired equal rights in afternoon of the 29th September, when the gale respect of it, and, in the second place, was at its height. The following are the official
reports of the Falkenburg and Carisbrcoka jäll Chineas were allowed to buy land and creat
The British steamer Carlsbronke, from Saigon $10.00 cative tenemente, so that what was intended 27th September, reports had moderate breezh 5.000 eattlement for British subjects has te from B-N.E. and Are Whaar weather. At 3am. on the 29th, when abreast of Cape Varela, hoit à come a cosmopolitan settlement, and is streng gale from the westward, with high con arge part, a native town. The United fused age and falling baremete. At 8 am, States have dealt with their Settlement ass dar gals and sea increasing, wind W. by B. Great Britain did with hers, and adopted the northward stood in for Phu-yan harbour and with every indication of a heavy typhoon to the co-operative policy, but the Freneb, with more sucbored there at 1 pm. On the morning of the prescience, have preserved their Settlement 30th, barometer rising and wind hauled to the asathward; weighed at 9 s.m. and sood for absolutely under their own control. It how Hongkong. October 1st, experienced beary N.E. raste" with, the men to whom ars entrusted gals with high wa Hove to ez the 2nd,, with
OUR NEW SEASON'S FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
EED S
ARE NOW READY. Flower Parcels of 50 Paolote, price,
of 20
Yerstable of 45
--7.50
Single Packets at list prions. SPECIAL FLUBIST'S SEEDS. In Packets of six or more named varieties,
CLOTA PINES-PARKING-FALÓI— HOLLYHOCKS PORTELAČA, VERBENA AND PETUNIA.
MIGNOETTE MACHEL
The New Variety). PRICED CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION.
THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong. Slat Äugust 1869.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Communications on Editorial matters should
Manager," and not to individual by date.
Correspondents ara requbated, to forward their nurse and address with contestións deed to th Editor, not for publication, but vidense of go
JA
-
All lettera for publication should be written on one side of the paper-only.
Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not antored for a axed period will be contioned til
sanntermendeā.
Urders for extra copies of the Daily Press should
but thoughtful men can hardly be tied with a tanure based on such an uncertain condition.
The British corvette Satellite, Capinin T. W. Nagasaki.
Nesham, loft bare yesterday morning for
A shooting match 20 which taspectors, ser: be sent bafors 11 s., on the day of publication.guts, and costabios of the Police Force are
to engage, is being arranged for the 27th inat.
After hat hour the supply in imitad
TELEPHONE No. 12.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, OCTOBER 19TH, 1888,
The Shanghai Progress says that a meeting was held in the Dramatic Club (Portuguese the purpose of "dissassing the formation of Philarmonic Society at that port.
The Hongrong Choral Society held its first practice of the canon on Wednesday afternoon when Gilbert and Sullivan's domin opera
Iolanthe" was put in rekearsal.
|
POLICE COURT
11th October.
BEFORE MR. H. E. POLLOCK.
BURGLARY.
be
Au Yong, Ken was charge, on the informs |tion of Id. Aman, with three, others not in on
tedy with braking late the Ku In Club, Nos, therefrom 9.50, mumbes of the said Club, on the 452 and 184Wellington étreet, and stealing Soth ultione.
Mr. Caldwell apposred for the prosecution, and Mr. Wabber for the defence.
No arklunca was taken, and the ends was fur. ther adjourned till Saturday
THE PETITION AGAINST TRE FOREIGN MAIL STEAMERS ORDINANCES,
The following is the petition forwarded to the Quoon by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce against the granting of the itains of men-of-war To Her Most Gracious Majesty to foreign mail steamers
Tam Quer. The Humble Petition of the Bankera, Mor
okaste, Traders and others constituting the 4 bamber of Commeres of Your Majesty' Most Humbly and Rompertfully Showalk,—
Colony of Hongkong.
nens her Chinesa passi, affecting the immigration of Chinos into the mowad to go ashore,
British colonies in Australasia ha boon farie
authorities at that port to see that vessels bound for Australian parte do not carry a number of Chinose emigrants' inercoss of the quantity · Kilowed by the laws of the Australian Colonies the introduced into those countries
country,
Tam petition of the Hongkong Chamber of Adamson, Bell & Co.) that the Canadian Panife Lin-ting Island. At 6 am weighed anchor and it has been erroneously seprosed and helieved. Peetal Convention of 1856, which they purport of the 7th instant, calling your Lordship's at at will be communicated to the Chinees Grovert..
of
vation and as have been conferred upon them DAYƏ been claimed for them under the Raid-con-
in this Colony."
ture as those now granted.
(Signed)
SALISBUEY
THU MARQUIS OF SALISBURY TO BER J. WALSHAJI Foreign Office, June 22nd, 1888,
·SIE-The Chinese Minister at this Court, in
-
vilage, provided, that Instructions -nhould" be and agents to gire "all necessary facilities to ship waliot threports, and if, unter-oennesion with information recently received given to German Consular Offlners, Commandern,
fi may be possible for your Lord-corridorod by Her Majesty's Government in the local authorities in relation to customers tunatoit should be otherwise, that Her from those Coloni gulations and judicial process and not to slaita or Majesty's Government will take mensuras both The Supreme Court of New South Wales auersisa the privilege in question to the detriment to remove the prohibition placed on the land having dentared the action of the local Govern.. of publio justice.
ing of the emigrants, and to prevent the re-teat in preventing the Inɛding of Chinese cub 16-This implied that judicial, prodes: murht | currense of an set av illiberal, so invidious, and, jacta prepared to pay the prescribed poll-tax to stall faace, but the Ordinance that has been pass); bočnano directed agninał Chinone subjects only, - be illegal, ali Chinew holding,bxemption tickats ad here in Hongkong, by conferring on Gor. so contrary to international mange, and the spirit ward; be the 19th ultime, allowed to land eight man mai, stesmere all the fights, privileges, and of the treaties from which the Colonisty them from the Tainda and 42 from the Afghan ammunities of men-of-war, pats, thom entfroly | sályos, not less than the fohabitante of the mother | I may hére romark that a'number of the pas of our aarts, and prevents the Courts from ged at once outside and beyond the jurisdiction j country, derive so many advantages.
sengers en board that vessel, who were of Chi- Ox 18th January last, I had the honour to nese origin, claimed to land in Victoria notes. even entertaining any application for process record from youe Lordship a communication subjects of His Majesty the Emperor of China, to imms under any circumstanges.
containing the very gratifying intelligence that but pa naturalized British subjárta, “They did member's complete immanity from legal process Legislature of British Columbia in July, 1830, the naturalization sturs which they produced 17.-Fronah mail teamers enjoy in like the law relating to Chinese, enoted by the not, however, satisfy the Incal authorities that
Italian, or English mail steamets would noces objection, on seccant of its being exclusively and in cases in which American, Austrian, and to which the Chinese Government took had actually been issñed be the bearers of them,
In your letter of the 16th ultimo you called zarily and properly be subject to arrost, daten directed against Ghlasco subjsots, kad boon attention to the fact that the Governor of Hong- tion, or second, the German and Franch, mail | ressitdel, in' 'Sonsoquined' of its stipulations kang bad authorised the shipment of the smi steamers are needlessly exempted from the delay, having been found to be beyond the competones grants on board the Afghan, and that notwith- the expense, and the annoyance. Au English of the Local Government. In tunsideration of standing this the Governors of two other British steamer may have been run down in the very this, I am encouraged to hope tint, for the same Colorles refused to allow them to land. herbonzi; an absconding debtor have intentional. [reagon, the discriminativo legislation of such of I am informed by Hor Majesty's Sobretary ly tiken reinge on board a vessel of the Mez. {UHør Britannle Mâäjesty's' Australian Coloniad zu of State for the Colonies that there is no ro sageries Maritimes; it heavy loss; be entailed on may have made regulations inimiesl to "Chiberegulation in fores in Hongkong requiring the the Colony by a breach of its excise laws as in subjects, may soon be declared to no longer have the opium vase in 1970, and Your Majesty's the force of law.I have, L., of their rights and remedies under a Convon The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., &c., &c. subjects are in such cases deliberately deprived
(Signed) LEW
tion which, as has already boon pointed out,& does not apply to this part of the world or to LORD BALIGRUMI TO CHINESE MINISTER. For some thin past there has been oon. org crying steamers, and which Convention
“Foreign Office, 18th May, 1838. siderable public agitation in Australia with re- M. LE MINISTRD-I love the hozir to spect to the index of Chinese labourera.“”“” The ́ ́· has never been mactioned by your Majesty's Parlament in England and could not, asappeara teknowledge receipt of your letter of 7th instant, feeling on the subject has boon inbreased from the decision in the one of the Parlement calling my attention to the telegrams which have by the conclusion of the recent treaty between the ita of the British and America's ingressing N. gale and big ass, thick ratu, and
Belge, ha enforced in any part of the United appeared in the Times of 3rd and 4th fustent, China and the United States of Americe, and Kingdom, although sopodially applicable there relative to the action which is reported to have the working classes of the Australian Cálnaics very hard »qanila. "At 7 pm. ran for Tourou and vetilaments to avort, as far as possible the anchored in that harbour at noon on the 3rd.
1.That since the year 1980, there has beas 18-Your Petitioners further most, hambly beou taken by the Colonial Authorities of Vle appear to be satirely opposed to any consider consequences of the mistakes that have Sailed again on the 7th, at 6 pm, with steamer annually passed by the Legislativa. Council of point out to your Majesty that in the self-go-toria and New South Wales in order to preventable further introduction of labourers into their Folkenburg in well att man longkong, in Ordinace conferring upon the word colorive of Australia the Pastel forten the landing in those Colonies of Chinese immi respostive countries. Chinese Immigrante are 21been made in times gone by. As our ingen dues in tow. All went well a hero Bicamers of the Compagnie des Besangerius tion of 1856 is not and would not be recognized grants who were being eonveyed to Australia in objected to not only ou count of their vast
a vas), dazed the dfjkan, Maritime employed by tha Fenol Pool Offies, and forged, that in Cafculta it appear to be
nawbèr and their competition as wagaeñrners, Shanghai contemporary sage, Piting is counted again and proceeded for Hongkong in carrying to and from this, plony, all the unknown, that your Majesty's loyal subjects in in reply, I beg leave to state to you that in. but on the ground bat they do not become happily so conservative that the Shane midnight on the 10th the tow rope, broke siglats, privileges, and immanities of vessels of war. Singapore, Penang Rangoon, Colombo, Madras formation has best esseired at the Colonial Ofice assimilatal with the British population, and
i residents may go on quietly for ing North 38 miles. Started again in tize morn
again. Anchored for the night, Ida-fing beer-
2That in 1886 and 1887 similar Ordinances, and Karraches feel equally aggrieved with your that the Afghan was forbidden to land her pas that they rarely, if ever, become settled Colonists ddressed The Editor," and those on businein "The years, possibly for tens of years, if ther doing at 6,20 and arrived at Hongkong 2.86/conferring a privileges and immunities on Petitioners at the inbnduki privileges coitorrad eengers at Melbouras in accordanos with the themselves, but remain essentially aliers in man- the steamers of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, sub Franch and German mall steamers, and con- Regulations in force in the Colony, by which no para, exatoms, and religion, and generally return to not drew too much attention to themselves to 8. John's island; thenon to port fresh North many for the conveyance of mails, were passed pears "from the letters from the Chambers of thun one immigrant, not þéing a British subject, the Colonies for their wants in their native 2. Bad moderata S.Festerly winds and ses sidized by the Imperial Government of Ger our with your Petitioners in their prayer; a ap vessel is entitled to bring into any port mora hins wher they have saved sufficient money in to S.E. winds.
Com perve of theas ports which your Petitioners for every 100 tons of the lounage of the vessel The Gorman steamer Falkenburg raporta by the said Legislative Commo
S-That these Ordiamages have been passed burobly crave leave to sanez.
I am not acquainted with the text of these Her Majesty's Government an anxions that On the 24th September left Saigon. loudy, calm weather with the 27th, with son smooth year after year in spite of the representations 19 Tony Patitioners humbly enbmit that this Regulations, but I have requested Her Majesty's all due regard should be shown to the feelings of and barometer at. 30, From 37th to 28th wind and remonstrandes of this Clamber, each year ton from legal liabilities and restraints, Serretary of State for the Colonies to obtain the Chinose nation, with which Grant Britain is happily on a very friendly footing, and that no increasing and confased sea, ship isbonring renewed, and against the protests and objections this freedom from port regulations, not only copies of the heavily, Barometer 29,60; zadder okain, and pa- Council, and wholly by the authority of Your Massagories Maritfries and Norddlentscher Lloyd passed by the Logislatures of the Austrian could be regarded as at variance with the treaty Copies of the Acts bearing on the subject ensures should be adopted in the Colonies that of the unofisial members of the said Legislative coafers-upon the cargo-oneering staamors of the tent rudder, both broken. The weather got Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies and Cotapanies, prestige and standing in the apes of Colonies are annexed herewitha; bat, pending the engagements between China and this comtry. worse, and one wing of ta propeller snapped.. From 28th to 29th typhoon of worst description. by the votes of the official members of Commeil.
the Chinese, but so facilitates their business an receipt of the further details which has beau Regulations of a more of fees restrictive char Two boste overboard and the decks swept clean. been rewed for another year, without regard your Petitioners as shipowners and carriers ou cannot be considered as compat
That this year the said Ordinances have to militate trionely against the internets of called for, the information in regard to legisla acter and specially directed against Chinese iu The after hold was flooded with water. Che saila to the grotesta of you. Fetitioners or to the of cargo and your Petitioners sre informed and
migration love been for some time past in force The Governors of Victoria and New South in some of the Australian Colonies, and with a in died. On the same day two Chinese passen- cro torn away. At 6 pm. on the 29th the cap- votes and opinions of the elected and other beltown that no similar privileges and advantages, Wales have been made acquainted by telegraph view to obviate further legislation in which your Furgers died from exposure. Barometer 23.30. The unofficial members of the Legislative Connel aave and except oxouption from seizure are in with the purport of your letter of the 7th in Government might ansonably lako orception a wind was veering from N.. to S. W., and on the and simply in obedience to orders received from French ports conferred on the eteamers the stant, and they have been instructed to state the in regard to this subject, it is thought to be de
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naci. Your Majesty's said Secretary of Stato. morning of the 50th the waves were not running
ion number of Chinese who have been refused par-sirable that the matter should be fully and free. so tigh Ca' Thursday the 3rd arrived at
B→→That these rights, iminunities, and pri Compaay, or on any other line of mail-carrying mission to land at Melbourne and Sydney, and ly discussed in all its boarings by Her Majesty's Tourans, the wind during the last day coming vileges were first conferred on the steamers steamers subsidized by your Majesty's Govern the low ander which, in the case of Now South Colonial subjects. from the North East and E.B. obliged to put in of the Compagnie des Mesageries Maritimes ment. There is therefora nocomplete reciprocity. Wales, they are refused landing.-1 bars &o.,
this object the Secretary of State for for assistance. On the 7th Carisbro ka took us Portal Convention ontored into by Your bly represent that the rights, privileges, and Low Ta Jen, ko, &.&.
in supposed compliance with certain provisions
20-In conclusion your Petitioners most hum
(Signed) SALISBURY. the Chica has appro- propisul for a Con
ferans of the term sodes of Australasian in tow. Fair weather, south-east wind and calm fost Gracions Majesty with the then Govern. Immunities conferred upon the French Mail We are informed by the Agents (Messrs. On the 10th, at midnight, anchored under mant of Feidee in September, 1856, by which, steamers and German Mail steamers by the
Governments to after the subject.. COTWEGO MINISTES TO LORD SALÍSBUET. Thla Conferencs ja uppciated to meet on the
Chiness Legation, 16th May, 1938. Tocal Ordinazora are entirely unwarranted by the
12th instant, and when its deliberatión" are ter- Commerce against the granting of the alatus from Shanghai st 8p.m. yesterday for this port
etsamer dibay, from Vancouver, Er. sailed reached horbaur of Hongkong at 9.80.
Your Majesty became bound to grant to al
Mr LORD-In eontinuation of my despatch mizatod a statement of the opnolusions arrived of men-pfwar to foreign mail steamers,
French Mail steamers, is all ports and places in to carry into affects that they may at any time tention to the refusal of the authorities of Herment hava, Ke The Chinese Timor says the traffo on the
ARMED ATTACK ON A VILLAGE. your Majesty's Dominions, the said rights, seriously interfere with the administration of Britannic Majesty's Colonies of Victoris and published in another column, clearly sets railway between Tightsin and Kaiping inoreeses,
public justion in this Colony, and that they do A little over a mils and a half from Aberdeen privilege, and immunition. out the impality of the laws conferring each and has already attained very satisfactory pro is the village Lt. Hongkong, which stands have been extended by your Majesty to the subjets of their right to resort to your Majesty's grants par Afghan to land, and requesting Her
6.That the same privileges and immunities in fast deprive your Majesty's loyal and faithful New South Wales to allow the Chinese and Lew Ta Je. statua, and conclusively disposes of the con-ion healing is very standy, and the surrounded by paddy fields and plots of land German Meil shoantern out of friendship and Courts in certain cases, that frodition are this Britannic Majesty's Government to order the tention that Her Majesty is bound by the
time kept in punotrink Postal Convention with France to grant the unfortauate Chinman who was secidentally
under vegetable cultivation, near the shores cemity, but are dependent apan the existenes giron to foreign traders which your Majesty's prohibition which had been placed on their In the Progresso we read that the family of Deep Water Bay. Abont 250 yards from the and of the supposed rights and privilegos of the these days of strong competition and beact to inform you it has come to my knowledve tkui i
and cantiausage of the sald Postal Convention subjects ought not to be called upon to give in landing to be removed. I have now the hedone such privileges. The subject has been so shot dead some time age at a target practice by village, between large folds of paddy and low French nail steamers thereunder, is upppars fed-trade; and that the repsinilde dataands of not only do the Colonial Authorities still persist a note datori December 12th last called my at thoroughly threshed out jus debate and press hai, bas naceptɔd $500 as full compensation. The very substantially built of grauite and teakroo3. State for Foreign Affairs dated 20th April, tain privileges may be fully provided for with. but they have taken the 'very grave course of ɔe, cartila of the Cuyaz'á "colonies and regnerted some member of the Municipal Follcoat Shang round, there is a row of ceren Chiusse bones. from u despatch of your Majasty's Secretary of the French and German Governments for one. in their rafseal to allow the emigrants to land, tention to the position, of Chinese subjects in criticism that little that was absolutely new arrangement was coma to on the 4th mstant, up sud Foeing Abarleen. It was en these plea 1896, to which Your Petitioners crave lese out conferring rights so extensive in their na. remained to be said upon it. It is in the to which date nothing less than $10,000 was do that a west daring attack was made on Wednes
dering the captain of the Afghan to carry them that inquiry might be instituted into the laws later on to refer
heck to Hongkong, the port where they were em enzoted against them by some of the calúnial Le marterly way in which the facle and arguanded and inviated upon.
7.Your Petitioners bag most humbly and
And Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray.backed. In some of my former communications 1 Fislature. The Chinese Commissioners, who ments are marshalled that the skill of Mr.
day night for the undoubted object of plonder-yet most forcibly to repressat to Your Most. Bowing members of the Viatoris, Recreation fog. the houses and robbing the inmates of all Gracions Majesty that the und Postal Conven-
That Your Majesty will be graciously pleased we discussed the question of the competence of had recently modo inquiries in Australia, had re- to disallow Ordinances No. 18 and No. 19 the Colonial Authorities in Australia and elas parted to their government that in each of the FRANCIS, who drafted the parition, in dis Club are beginning to think about the forth their valuables. The robbers, twenty in ananbur, tion of September, 1858. does not bind Your played, and the learned Queen's Counsel well tomorrow to make the preliminary arrange and made up of Hokka and Panti natives. upon the steamers of the Compagnie des Mesa
ooming regutta, and a meeting will be held
of 1888, passed by the Legislatiro Coeil where to make Chinase immigrants the subject of colonies visited by them a poll-tar of £10 is im Majesty's Government,in any way to confer of Hongkong on the 20th day of August, discriminative legislation, and I presume that, posed on Chinese subjects, from which the suk deserves the tkanki of the community and of mente. Subject to the approval of members the waited till the mega bad cone down tefore he garles Maritimes, although subsidized by the
1888, coples of which are horsunto densed considered in its laternational and conventional Jeets of other Powers are exempt, and that steps sspoots, Her Majesty's Government will not ware being taken to enact a similar measure the Chamber of Commerce for his excellent gatia will be held on Tuesday and Friday gining their work, and thon, at about 11 French Government for the carriage of mails, CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE Authorities in this matter. I shall not, there countryman being deprived of immurifies no- deny the illegality of the action of the Colonial in 'aanania. Low Tajon protested against, his work: The case made out against the grant-down in the draft program in Calling third house of the row, counting from the water
18th and 14th December. One of the areatest look collected together and surrounded they such rights, privileges and immunities as ing of privileges to foreign vessels which tights
BRITISH AND CHINESE GOT try to the present communication, further order to them by the treating and the law of na- are not enjoyed by British shipe is absolutely The Hongkong Horticultural Exhibition So
iasiat on this; but will invite your Lordship's tions, or to their being trested differently from side. Armed with words, rifles, and revolvers,
ERNMENTS ON THE IMMIGRActention to the consideration of the question as the subjects of other Powers residing in the TION OF CHINESE INTO THE to how far the action of the Colonial Excutive, so parts of Her Majesty's dominions. conclusive, and we thickere can beno doubt city has decided to held a Dower and vegetable they at once set to work to best open the froët
That Article 1. of the said Convention pro- AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. that it will be su recognised by the Cheraw next year. For fifton year
2, being of solid teakwood and ever two floor and she then that potato Cales
The Secretary of Blate for the Colonies there- deor, hut it randonna -17 3 aa
with respect to Clness immigrants now errix- of steaners at falfahmand of
between the two of and
bangla kusukat, 25-35 DOBYormity with the "pon Peggiestod the Gsfernor's of the Austra- 185 been so clearly suspended, because it was considered there had inches in thicka Bafled from this, the traon the Pact Office of rest Britain and the passed between the Chinese Minister in London and in thus appealing to these statutos, I wish pads to furnish reports on the subject of any ex- Below we give the sorrespondence which has alatutes enacted by the Colonial Legislatures, asian colonics and the Gotgnor General of 1 ■ been a slight falling off in the exbibits latterly main point of entrance, the gang monnted to the Post Office of France by means of such steamera, and the Foreign Office with reference to the validity, excepting in so far as they may sa in in force in their respective jurisdictions. It is in contemplation to hold next year's show
it to be understood that I do not recoguise their ceptional legislation affecting Chinese subjects In the meantime it may be well to correct at Kowloon for a shange. In the spring of this root by means of a rough hambɔe ladder that provisles for the transmission of mail matten migration of Chinese into Australis, alac the accordance with the treaties and the Law of
2.That Article II of the said Convention misapprehension which, as re and it set year, it will be remembered, the Kowloon re they had brought with them.
Before the reports which had been called for out in the China Mail of last sight, massidents held a show of their own at Kowloon,
could reach Her Majesty's Government, in. between other British and French Ports either instructions given to Sir John Walebam. The Nations. which proved very successful.
The bones are all built with long sliding in pockets specially maintained or aubsidized by fret of the Chinese Minister's letters has already mads, I am advised that, in none of basm, list. siderable public aritation in Australia with re possibly be entertained in other quarters.
Baring caused a study of the statutes to be formation was received that there was con skylights on their roofs, and these open into not either Government for the purpose, or, by mer been published, but it is included here to make ting as they do with pains and penalties directed pect to the influx of Chinese labourers, and that Our contemporary 4 Even assuming new Portuguese paper-0 Progressablished ed on to the real fronte, and entered by wooden
the series complete:— that the Postal Convention upon which these at Shanghai by Messrs. Gundes & Co. It is a doors. To get inside the main buildings. however, shows clearly that the provisions of Article 11.
against Chinese anbjente, is there a mogle pro in New South Wales more restrictive measures. 10 That Article III. of the aid onvention Status Ordinances are based applied to this weekly newspaper containing leading articles it is necessary to draw back s pole abolaton dour, ars strictly limited to the puris of the Wnited
vision empowering the Executive to problbir were demanded than the 210 poll-tax and the
Calony and to the French and German Milderce, and advertisements. It is wall'edito and this is a ranged that when they are Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on the Frocoully visited the Australian Colonies for the tonlarly to call your Lordship's attention: For China and the United States of Amerion for the
and general local and district news, correspon
the landing of immigrants who are propared to limit of one immigrant to every 100 tons of MY LED-The Chinese Commissioners, who pay the stipulated poll-tex
shipping, which have been in force for se packets-which the Petitioners absolutely and according to its title and the promise closed the sylights cannot be swag back. This side and to the Ports of France and Algeris purpose of inquiring into the condition of Chi- however much the Calenial Governments ang Chiesa of lehuurses from Chiems to bare
Te this Exol I would beg leave most par-years past.
The recent conclusion of a treaty between deng—this fatal objection, that they deprivticle, it is to be hoped that personalities, which can as they attempted to gain an entrance from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of the Colonies they visited, a poll-tax of £10 le
the readers in the opening sr-fact was brought to the notion of the robbers as intended to extend to parte or places out of the tannic arajesty's Dominious report that, in each them by the Anglo Chinees treaties and the increased the feeling in Australis in; favour of
on the other, and do not extend and were not nos abjects residing in these parts of Her Bri-desire to escape the responsibilities imposed on residente here of their right to resort to Hes are the one of Portuguese journalism in the the rout of the house they started a, and, or to any place in Your Majesty's Indian or imposed on Chiness abjecia, from which the sub- deny their obligation to respect the statates that continent, and working laws ars repra Majesty's Courta is certain cases, would sul: Far East, and whion retard all progress in that
Law of Nations, they will scarcely venture to more stringent regulations in the colvoles of bold gond, as the Puntal Convention hasie, will find no scous to its calamme. We seeing that they were unable, with the rough Colomin Dominions. Dever been wape form by Parliament." The
wish our contemporary-alexccess.—
instruments they had with them, to effect for That Article of the said Convention formed that at the present moment a Bill, which of the Amended Chiness Immigrant Act, passed trodnation of labourers on a large scale, Chinese jects of other Powers are sxempt. I am ales in- which they themselves bare sted. Section 9 Bented to be strongly opposed to any further in approval of Parliament has nothing to do that the nability of Japas, who in forzar deys they reached the next house, No. 110. In this steamers are claimed, is strictly limited by the Legislative Council of thst along, having for es into New South Walz, passed by the petition as wage-odrners, but on the ground that A Kobe correspondent of O Programy purpose, the whole of them cambered over fillileges and immanities of the Franch Mail September last, is under the consideration of the sostion 9 of an Act to restrict the infax of Chi on recount of their vang numbers and their com of 1856, nader which alone the rights, pri passed the House of Assembly of Tasmanis in by the Legishtare of Victoria in 1891, and immigrants are, it appears, objected to not only with the laws in Hongkong. To give hated foreignore, are to-day the first to cast off placa resided two old women and a man about exprosa words of that article to "packets employ. ita nject the imposition of a sipilar tax on all Legislature of that Colong sino is 1881 both they do not becoms assimilated with the British ao Act validity in this colery all that the picaresqne and desling dresses oftheir fora-50 years of age, all connected with some patired by the British Post Office or by the French Chinese sabjents who may hereafter visit the Is-impose a penalty on the captain of any ship har. Population, and that they rarely, if ever, sattle is rguired is that it should be passert foran their wives and children are now attired à team launches. The latter was, un this ocasion Post Office in precation of Arbisles Z. and II, of land for the purpose of trade.
fathers in archango for those of Europeans by our local legislatura and sanctioned mode de Paris, and in the soiries they danes with sleeping in the apartment fronting the main national vessels the property of Government casion to draw the attention of your Lordship's the vessel's barther, but neither of them religion, and generally return to China when the Concontin," that is to say to packets and In my despatch of 18th July, 1836, I had oe- the Colony that was to every hundred tons of ondo essentially leas in manners, customs, and ing a greater number of Chibise on board for pertenuently as colonists, but, on the contrary, IN by the Queen, That the Foreign Mail good guit our quadrilles, lancers, etc. To their building, and for some reason or other theor vessels charteral ur subsidized by fkweru. praderaser to the invidions position in which authorizes the Brecutite to send back the ship, they have saved ansient money in the cokies Steamiera Ordinances deprive residents here gatherings they speak the universal language,
collages are taught modern sciences, and in their skeleton door bad not been closed. This man!"rumming between Dover and Cala or be Chinose sibjrets were placed by the operation or prohibit the landing of any immigrants whers for their wants in their native santry. of their right to resort to Her Majesty's English. In all the shools the English being the case, the band found very little dif-ads and the ports of the United Kingdom of passed by the Government of British Columbia. statutory amber, provided that they are abla 27, it was dersimondy resolved that the almost tween Boris in Franes or Algeria on the one of a peopliarly offensive Ant which had been the ship may have brought in excess of the Ata public meeting held at Sydney on March Courts in certain cases any be, and is, gord years hence, the correspondent says, Japan will arrorfors they bad by their exertions aroused does not include merchant vessele piping be. question of the injustice of making Chuisse sub base done so, would have been to commit su act will, if continued, threaten the political and so- language forms part of the education. A few culty in removing the skylight bodily, not, how Great Britain and Ireland on the other, and Having in that dospatch very fully discussed the and willing to pay the stipulated poll-tax to unrestricted influx of the Chinese into Australia reason for not passing such Acte, or for be transformed in such a way that there will not the inbates of the lense. It is supposed that tween these porte, although carrying mails, nor fects, who on the faith of tronties and intern of injustice, such as even the Colonial Legia gial welfare of the colony, and that the time has repealing them, hat it in no way intake so much attraction for the Europeans as in the nian got up from his bed and looked up dates the Acts when they are passed. Ifij hur primitive ora,
to packets, whether national vessels or vessels tional aenge had entered the Colony, the objects tures, in other respects so hard on Chinsss, were arrived for the imposition of substantial and effec the robbers, uns of whom shot him in the breast, or placas cut of the United Kingdom of Great vert to the matter. ure especially as the Chi- the Legislative Council refused to psae)
chartered or subaldined, running to other ports of discrimioare legislation, I need not here: The following the Annual report of the the bullet penetrating the body in a downward Britain and Ireland.
not prepared to kanotion.
live restrautions on their farther introduction.. ths. Acts and the authorities at home Shanghai St. Andrew's Benisty-The Com slanting direction, When the Palice arrived ou
The Acts referred to hold the unpisin thepon. The meeting further declared its strong oh. Bose Government is convinced that where Ce sibi, and impose on him a very heavy fine farjection to my action of the Government of China ai tee have much pleasure in laying the as- still thought the privileges ought to be counts for the past year before the members.
12-Your petitioners most raspastfully call lonial Legislaturas have ennoted regulations, in Any Boss of passengers he may have brought in the asstance or encouragement of Chinese the spot afterwards, the amn was quite deal. your Majesty's attention to Article VI of the imical to Chinese and which were incompatible to the Colony, bat, vory properly, they do not immigration into Australia, and it called upon granted, they could, we believe, be conferred in accordance with the resolution passed at the They then elambered down from the opening in that the jackets to be privileged under Article the omission of the Crown to azaroise itt rigtig of been iso posable fit hiri to prevent especially if of the Australian colonies te frame soch laws an said convention and point out to your Majesty with Her Majesty's international engagements, punish this immigrant for what it would have Her Majesty's Government to maintain the right by Order in Council. We live in a Crowest suuual meeting, & Osledonian Ball was the roof, and, sliding back the inside door, began V. vero hot intended to carry sargo but only veto is not to be taken as shoving that the Cen- the sxoes should have been occasioned by the they may consider hecessary to insure in Aus colony, where the mensare of political liberty Day, which was very fally attended, and the The two wonzan, huddled up with fright in a ferred by that article that they were permitted
given at the Shanghal Club on St. Andrew's racking the house of everything of value.mails, sud that it was as a special privilego con trai Gerorament approved them. enjoyed is almost nothing.
ommittee are pleased to say that the result
In the Crown Colonics it has not been found the ports of call. Whether, then, the notion of British race.
embarkation of saditional passengers at some of train the preponderance and supremacy of the was very satisfactory, as a credit balance of Tiskloft, were dragged out, sud, after being men and passengers with their wearing apparel and from the objects of other Powers, and it is the immigrants to be landed, bo considered from a of ommunication on the subject with the Chi-
to fake and carry specie, guld and alvor bellion, naqasary to treat Chinese subjects differently the Australian Executivo, in refusing to allow WHAT is to be the future of Shanghai?. Win the past year the Committee have taken in
248.26 was passed to the Charitable Fani Dar wod and sworn at hy the reiscreants, were or luggage, and then only apon vertain ouditions idleult to understand why it should be otherwise convectious, an international, or a statutory dete Guvernament were being considered by Her While these representations and the question the Model Settlement develop into a free to consideration sateral sees that were brought they wore. Too frightened to think of relasing, Messageries Maritimes, upon which, under per self-government has been conferred. It has justifiable, and this, all the more, because of the tions from the Chinees Misister in Todd -
dered to remove the bangles and other jewellery
11-The stastiers of the Compaguis des in these Colonies on when a certain amonat of standpoint. It would appear to be equally un. Majesty's Gorerament, I reduired representa eiry or
to their notion where help was reguited, and anbject is not only one of interesting specu- Ukaritable Fund: The accounts, as will be to accelerate their movements, several of the tive Council of Hongkong hiago by the rates of the Straits Settlements, but also in Avelin, only saanted to their shipment, bat sanctioned action reported to have boon taket by the col revert to Mandarin rule! The have disbursed altogether 11s. 205.22 from the they were bound to do as they ware bilden, while, owatory instructions from Tone Majesty's Se never been alleged that Chlaese immigrants inmigrante baving been embarked at Hong kong, ug my attention to telegrams which had op Jasion, hut of serious and, we may say, of seen by the annexed statement, are in a very gang helped to take their earrings and jadestone the official members, conferred the rights im the Colonial Governors have repeatedly burno It. It must be presumed that the Hong Wales, in order to prevent the landing in those cretary of State for the Colonies, the Legisle were unraly For, not only in Hongkon and British Colony, the authorities of which not paared in The Times newspaper bolative to tho immediate womens. Steadily but surely the the Agra Bank amounting to Tls 715.84 The time very roughly. After this halbson accom.ained authority of that Convention, are mor population, and to their value in developing the quainted with the Regulations of the British of Chinese fromigrants who were being satisfactory condition, the credit balance with hair ornaments from them, asing both of their manities, and privileges of men-of-war, under the testimony to the orderly conduct of the Chinese Long Authorities did this, they were fully a Chinese are strengthening their hold on the number of subscribers has greatly increased this plished, and everything of value abstracted from chant steamers the property of a private com Colonial resources: There does not, therefore, Colanies whither the immigrante were proceed on vay Australia, British vesel named settlement and exercising a more direct co whom 28 are now about, but now anhasrikëra kave the place, the ging wort away. Not yet, howevor Pany and not of the Frencli Government; they appear to do any angloient reason for their Lainging, and that, had there been any obstacle to their the Afghan
year. Last year there were 151 subscribers, of trol in its affairs. The banding of the Soo
satisfed with the rarit of their night's work. tion; they are trading, not between ports in the treaties and the law of hations, or to their the goigrants, but have refused to sanation of the local forerunt in preventing the land- ehow greek, which some rears ago. would
are not "psokots" in the sense of the Conven-deprived of the immunities accorded to them by landing, they would not only have notified it to On Suquiry. it isérticed that the action have been considered a work appertaining to
going to the last bones of the row, and planting France or Algaria and ports in the United being treated differently from the subjects of their embarkation but this they did not do. the Municipal Council, is now being execut
the ladder against it, they all slambared, to the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, but be other Powere residing in the same parts of He
ing of Chinese subjects when prepared to pay ed by the Chinese authorities; the Mired
root, where so ineffectual attempt was made to enrol Fort and Shanghai in the emiritantis Majesty a dominions.
In the onse of the Afghan on 25th March, the prescribed poll-tar had been, declared by the piro of China and Yokohams in the empire of
Sir William des Vans the Governor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales to be illegal, Court, formerly attached to the British Con-
smash is the skylight, I resisted their at Japan as their terminal ports. They only call the contjured sistones of the axonational and emigrants, and on the 27th of the following been allowed to land; but that amber of the The Imparin? Government see, with regret Colony, officially authorised the shipment of the ed all Chinese holding exemption tickets had mulato, is now a practically independent tri-
tempts, however, and seeing that if they wore in at Hongkong on their way to and from the exceptionable laws which some of the Colonial month, the Chorernors of two other British argers on board the Afghan who were of not away over that's very soon there was above terminat porta. They carry largo quan- Legislatures of Australia and the Dominion Colonies arbitrarily refused to allow the emi Chinese origin bad plaimed to land in Viatoris, bunal; approvs! cannot be secured for the
pozability of their bing paraned, the whole tities of merchandise on every voyage, competing bare at different times enacted against Chinese grants to land; thus denying them even that not as subjects of the Emperor of China, but as zo. Land Regulations; and in many The Right Hon. W. H. Smith, speaking at to about $100 worth of property.
party taft the place with their booty, amonating anbjects. They are not within Articles 1. ad II. elimination of any part of them which may be mention other grounds, they were entitled to, by not satisfied the local authoritise that the natura successfully with the vessels of your Majesty's hjerte, and topes that, with a view to the midfeum of justice and hospitality whish; not to naturalised Britisk subjects, and that they had other directions the inflesuco of the Chinese Gloucester, said that the Cape Government was
of the Postal Convention of 1556, and they are, found to be at razinice with treaty obligations the laws of the Colonian theoselves. authorities in the affairs of the bettlement mistaken in opposing that England intended to foreman. bricklayer at Little Hougkong, was which tries to the British Foot Ufice or their store, and how far they are coapsable the request of my Gorezoment that the pro- know, most susion that all proper regard nation, An ex-Chinese constable, now engaged as a therefore, not within the scope of Article Vend international usage, Her Majesty's Govern
lisation papers which they produced had actually is strictly limited in its application to meat will be pleased to institubo sa inquiry into sideration of your Irdship, and in reiterating
I commend those views to the favourabla cons (buon fasued to the bearers of them.
Her Majesty'e Govorament are, w you well aroused by the zein of shota, and, without going by the French Fost Office in execution of Articles with the forensing growth of the friendly, rhibition may be onneclled. I ronture to arpross be shown to the feeling of the Chinese nation, to ascertain the mass, met off is fast as he would end ZL of that Convention. to Aberdeen to give notice at the Police Station
lations which new happily exist between the two the hope that, in the event of any of the smith which this country is happily on a very 14 As regards the steamers of tho Nord- countries-I have, &.. AND FALKENBURG,"
that something unusual "was occurring. He deutscher Doyl's (ompary, on which similar
gravis, whether of those per Afghan or other friendly footing, and that no weasures should ba (Signed) LEW arrived thers
at 12.15 and, immediately and immunities have bean by ordinance The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., 20, de, ko
ship, having already been sent back to China, adopted in the colonies that could be regarded as The steamer Carisbrooke, with the steamer Fol afterwards Inspector Gauld with a party of privileges have not been claimed nor perceded opinion with accuracy. There has been some kenburg ha tow, arrived here yesterday morning palios started ent for the spot. They reach under any convention, but as a matter of friend. conferred, your Petitioners are sware that these
Her Majesty's Government, taking into no at variance with the treaty engagements between count the peculiar hardship of their ease, may China and Great Britain. talk of erecting new Municipal Buildings, from Tirane. The Carisbrooke left Saigon ou sit at one o'clock, when of course all traces of ship and good will, as the request of the Imperial Lordship the exclosed copies of two telegrams emigrants may have paid, or way yet have in od against Chinese immigration, have been for
Chloens Legation. 7th May 1888. be pleased to nonsider it as ons for compansa
As I have already stated, regnistions of a more at a cost, including land that would have to the 7th September, and on the afternoon of the the marauding row had disappeared.
NT LORD-I beg leave to forward to peer tion; compensation not only for the money the or less restricted character, and specially direct be aequired, of some four bundred thousand 20th put into Tourane for safety, owing to stress
Government of Cermany, but your Petitioners from Australis, which have recently appeared la pay, tor passage to and from Austaulis, but for me time past in force in the Australian calo tasle, a sum which would have to be raised of westber. On the 30th she left the port, but the Aberdeen Station, telegrams were despatched now complain are far in excess of those asked formation of my Government, whether Her Government reget so have to haracterize as illegal, according to the laws of that salong, the Imamudiately on re eipt of the information at most respectfully submit to Your Majesty that the columns of the Times, and I shall feel any other losses they may be proved to have nies, and on the inpreme Court of New South the rights given by the ordinances of which they obliged by your acquainting mu, for the in! sustained in consequence of what the Imperial Wales declaring the prohibition to land to be by loan,
On this our contemporary re-next, day meeting the full force of a strong gala, to all parts of the Island, and by Sam. Iannobes for by the Importal German Government in the Majesty's Government have any reason to believe the arbitrary and irregalar plocesting of the Colonial Legislature forthwith ensoted further marke
The security which the Coansit would give fue the moon of the 2nd inst, when she retarted to the band. None of them however, have been Affairs, and far in excess of thess promised in would appear that a ship named the Afghan, The Marquis of Salisbury, IG, đa, da, da
ho hora to in lat. 17 N. 11 F. till the after-were patrolling the heros on the look out for memorandum dated Berlin, 24th February, 1886, them to be well founded.
Colonial Authorities. I have, dc, submitted to Your Majesty's Minister of Foreign money borrowed to erect the Municipal buildings Tourane on the 3rd. On the 7th, with the captured up to the time of our going to press
According to the first of these falograms it would be stupie, so long as the settlements were
It appeared to Her Majesty's Govorament *(Signed) wholly under to sign control Bat our independence Balkenburg in tow, she left port for Hongkong.
that this action on the part of New South Wales sey put he ound:lated by touders absolutely sontics,
the Foreign Ofise Despatel addressed to the currylar Chinese emigrants for some of Her The bones that the gang first attackad was the German Ambassador, in reply, dated 28th Britain Majesty'a Australian possessions, had MARQUIA OF SAI6EURY TO CHISES MÍNILTER. by negotiation with the Chinese Goreimment
was prejudicial to the treatment of the question while some people will doubt the wisdom of our st On two occasions the trip up the bawser ono they really had designs against, but, evan April, 1886. tre in the attention of marins to the wealth appet, but, as the washer was fine, this dainge ampposing that they had effected their purpose, naked simply for immomilly from process according to the second telegram, that Bir my letters of the 15 and 18th of last month, might take exeption, it was proposed that the
heen refused permission to land at Melbourne
Foreign Ones, 13th June 1888. With a view, therefore, to cbviate further le 15-The Imperial German Government that portion of them destined for Victoria and sitbyr iz pabilo or in toote private Inseling was rected withenth diffulty, they would have found nothing to reward them for German Criminals on board German mail Parken, Premier of New South Wales, kad. La reply to your communications of the 7th and subject should be felly and freely disincsed in all M. Minicas, Bince I addressed to you gislation to which the Chinone, Gorernment much of our municipal polley la discussed earl shaped, The Carlson
portal ring seen the steamer for their efforts. It is supled by the mother steamers in our parts, sad Your Majesty's publicly declared that on the arrival of the 16th nitime the question of the regulations its bearings by Her Majesty's polonial andjeota.
protested.
show
...
་
theenth Artio We are in receipt of the first number of a the main buildings, but to sloping erections tack-chant rails plying between the British and
hell out
welled the list to 167 members, the accession being principally from the mercantile marine.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. [SUPPLIED TO THE
DAILY. PREME:"} LONDON, 9th October. POLITICAL SPEECHES OUT OF PARLIAMENT.
·
is made evident. The Shanghailanders are beginning to think that their position is not
hand over Bookusesland to the Cape,
so secure as it might be. Open expression | ARTIVAL OF THE "CARISBROOKE" in given to this idea by the M. C. Daily
News, which generally reflects pabljoj
where so
CHINESE MINISTER TO LOED SALISBURY. Chinese Legation, December 12th, 1987.
نہیں
nial authorities of Victoria and Now South
Agrowtrictive measures.