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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-FRIDAY, JULY 1st, 1881.
There will be an Emergency Lodge of St. John No.618 S.C. this ovoning at 8 for 8.30 precisely,
The German Corvette Freya, 8, Korvetten Kapitain von Lepel-Gnitz, left for Singapore yesterday morning en route for Europe.
Admiral Lessoffski of the Russian navy, accompanied by Madame Les- aoffsky, took his departure yesterday in the French mail steamer Sindh for Europe. The gallant admiral received a parting saluto from the Europa on the mail steamer getting under weigh.
If “Mission House" will forward his name and address we shall be pleased to publish his letter. is not customary to publish in the correspondence columns of a news paper, anonymous communications which are not properly authen- ticated.
The comet was again visible last night, but only for a comparatively short time, nor was it anything like so brilliant as on its previous appear ance. Seen from the Robinson-road it appeared to be bearing away to the north west, travelling at a tre- mendous rate. It disappeared from view exactly at 9.25, having been in sight for a little over an hour.
the evening, whore further,
prepara- tions had been made for continuing the celebration of the day. An am plo tea, with the usual accompani ments. was provided in the Temper- ance Hall, and the remainder of the evening was spent in speech- making, enlivened by occasional songs and recitations from mombors. of the various lodges
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Friday, July 1st, 1881. One o'clock P.M.
It After a storm comes a calm. The transactions in the Share Market since our last issue have been of the feeblest description. A few small sales of Banks at 101 have to be noted, but there seems to be little disposi- tion on the part of either buyers or sellers to come up to the scratch at that figure. Docks are of course- slightly suffering from the reaction, although the status of the stock in the market has not been materially altered. A few shares, not very many we think, could be secured at. 57, and a few transfers have been booked at that price. Sugar shares are weak at 181, in fact a little per- suasion would probably induce hold- ers to "part" at 183, and even at the last quotation there would be fow buyers. Steamboats, which de- clined a point yesterday, are firm again at 31, and a few shares have. changed hands at that price. Hotels. are firm at 973, and no other stocks require special reference.
The following is the programme to be performed by the band of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, under the direction of Band Sergeant Hassard in the Botanic Gardens this evening.
treatment of what is certainly one fawning sycophancy, nud coarse vi- of the most important questions of tuperation which have so distinctive- the age in all rising countries, is the ly marked the public utterances for reverse of satisfactory. Mr. Seward months past of our local newspapers states that it is the interest of the on the same subjects. The objections laborer that he should receive high which have been made against tho wages, and that of the employer that Chinese as settlers on a foreign soil, wages should be low; and yet in the on the grounds that they will not very next sentence he denies that assimilate with our people that-- the interests of these classes are an- prostitution, gambling, crimes of tagonistic. It is a stale truism to various descriptions, and deceases of a most loathsome character are pre- tell us that wages should be so graded that industries may go for valent amongst them, have all been ward and the rest of the chapter is ably discussed in Mr. Seward't com- full of the same kind of meaningless prehensive work, and we quito agree twaddle, Again we are bound to with his opinion that all the evils at- differ with our author in his state-tendant upon the foregoing may be mont that the Chinese do not send fairly and satisfactorily dealt with,- considerable sums of money out of within the lines of existing treaties. the various countries where they Part IV of our author's work deals have temporarily settled, as our own with the fears entertained in America experience of this part of the ques- (and, as a matter of fact, elsewhere) tion, is diametrically opposed to his of what has been termed an over- assertions. If it is a rule among la flowing immigration of the Chinese. borers that they expend all their We do not propose following Mr. carnings to meet the demands of the Seward through all the arguments moment, such rule certainly does not he advances to dispose of this allega- apply to the Chinese. Mr. Sewardtion, although many of them have observes that there is no reason why such an important bearing on the Chinese should be exceptions to the current politics of Hongkong that rule, and therein he displays an we propose returning to the subject ignorance of Chinese inner life, and by and bye. In the meantime it is of Chinese customs generally, truly cough for us to know that from the lamentable in a man who has spent time of the discovery of gold in Cali- twenty years in China. To the ob-fornia 30 years ago up to the pre- bejections which have been raised sent time, the Chinese population against Chinese emigrants on the in America has never greatly exceed. ground that they are a vicious people, ed 100,000 souls, whereas during we give little heed, as it has been the same period the immigration practically demonstrated, times out from the British Isles alone has of number, that the Chinese are not aggregated over three millions of much better, and very little worse persons, and that from Germany more than other nationalities. There can than two and a half millions. These. be no doubt that they are naturally figures are unanswerable. The last a pacific and easily governed race of two chapters of Chinese Immigra people, and we quite agree with Mr. [tion" are full of general interest; "but Seward, that their general vices are our space will not permit us to more ecrtainly of a less dangerous charac- than briefly allude to their salient ter than those of white men. The features. To our way of thinking charts, reprinted from the transla- it is clearly proved that the Chinese tions of Dr. Martin of the Peking are not a migratory people, in fact University, which appear in "Chi- their historical records bear ample nese Immigration are certainly in testimony of their desire to remain teresting, as a faithful synopsis of within their own territories. The the Confucian morals, but beyond histories of Chinese conquests are that they are of little value as evi- alluded to, and the nature of the re- dence that the moral virtues therein lations existing between the Empire depicted, are generally practised and Corea, Lew Chew, Annam, Siam, either at home or abroad. Want of and Burmah explained. Mr. Seward considers it an extraordinary cir- a class of aliens, differing in ori-space prevents us from detailing at gin from the inhabitants, that a ten-length the evidence produced regard- cumstance in the history of such an doney is generated to degrade the ing Chinese-morality in California, Empire as China, that she has never laboring class. Mr. Seward has 'no so we must content ourselves with attempted to annex either of the desire, and makes no attempt what- stating that as a general rule it is small Kingdoms above enumerated, ever to dispute this proposition; but eminently favorable to the emigrants; but has remained throughout, their emphatically asserts that it is the and with quoting as an example the steadfast friend and ally. Interest- duty of all citizens, in such a case, statement of Mr. Sueath, manager of ing particulars are also given of the to counteract the evil effects which the Merchants Bank, who said "I numbers of Chinese located in the may result, by all reasonable means; have been a merchant most of my Philippines, in the Netherlands Pos- and suggests as the readiest means, time in California. I have dealt a sessions in the Sonth; in the British the right instruction of youth, and great deal with Chinese, and with Possessions, in or near the Straits of of the less intelligent classes, in re- Chinese merchants in this city par of Malacca, and elsewhere; together gard to thic essential dignity of all ticularly. I have always found them with a deal of information relating honest, parnest and free labor.. Un-truthful, honorable, and perfectly to the assistancé given to immigra fortunately for Mr., Seward's theor- reliable in all their business engage- tion into those districts, the control ctical notions of what is necessary to ments. I have, done, business with of the Chinese at Singapore, secret aise labor to the honorable position them to the amount of several millions societies, the Chinese in Labuan and which all orators, statesmen, and of dollars, I have never had a single Cochin-China, and other matters of other public men say it is fairly one of them fail to live up to his con- an equally interesting character. entitled to, mankind in general tract. I never lost a dollar by them seldom care to practice what in all my business with them." His they preach. Acts of Congress have estimate of the character of the Chi- failed to induce the citizens of the nese merchant will be generally United States to meet the negro on endorsed by those who have had equal terms; and no legislation in dealings with them in Hongkong or the world can compel the Australians elsewhere. Mr. Seward's references to look kindly on the Chinese laborers to Hongkong are complimentary who are now spread-over all parts of both to the colony and to the Go- ably. Of course we do not agreeculty. We are in possession of Chinese Imperial Govornment. Loan
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Hegurosq, le July, 1881.
It has long been recognised as an incontrovertible fact that when the labor of a country is performed al- together, or in a very large measure, by
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That we have failed to do any thing like justice to Mr. Seward's admirable work we are quite well- aware; but the space at our com- maand being limited, we could only touch, and very lightly, upon a few
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The latest phase assumed by the. Woi Sing Lottery business promises to lead to rather lively complications. We are informed on the very highest authority that the cheque for $10,000 handed to the Macao Government by Mr. l'itman,, as a deposit, after the monopoly was knocked down to his clients, was presented yesterday at the Bank, by an official of the Maçao Government, and that, as the cheque was irregular, payment was refused. It appears that the cheque, although properly signed and made put for the correct amount was simply made payable to order" and on the ground of irregularity the Bank declined to pay. The Macao official at once waited on Mr. Pitman, and requested him to rectify the omission, but that gen- tleman, it seems, declined to com- promise himself further in the mat-
ter until he saw how the whole busi- ness was to end. We have no wish to pre-judge a case of this kind, but it is quite apparent that there must be something rotten in the state of Denmark." That the Macao Government will take immediate action in the matter may be safely assumed, and although H. E. Senhor Graça and his advisers have through out the whole piece, shown a lament- able want of tact, discretion, and
of the many questions which the ex-business capacity, we trust, and think, they will get safely out of their diffi- American Minister has handled so
various other reports respecting this Wei Sing difficulty, but it would hardly be fair to all parties concerned, to publish the same, until they are properly authenti- cated.
their continent. One of the great verument. The number of foreign with much that he has written; but objections to Chinese laborers, ad- and native population is not much at the same time we can conscienti- vanced by the inhabitants of every different from that at Shanghai, but ously commend a study of Chinese state or country into which the sons as Hongkong is a British Colony the Immigration" to every person who of Han have been poured in almost administration of affairs is simplified has the true interests of this Colony countless thousands, and one which in consequence. He proceeds to say at heart, as we think that it will has caused legislators troubles in that every traveller will be able to tend to remove a great many pre- numerable, is the assertion that the tell how well the streets are kept, and judices from the minds of those Chinose, by their frugal style of how secure are life and property.whose acquaintance with the inner living, liave invariably displaced all Secret tribunals are never heard of, life of the Chinese fray only been of other laborers. Mr. Seward devotes and as reasonably intelligent efforts the most superficial character, and awhole chapter to combating this ob- are made to render the organisation that such a consummation is devout- which deals with the Chinese, com-ly to be wished for, must be appa- jection, but with indifferent success; in fact, even admitting that, wherever petent for its work, and superior to rent to the greater portion of our the Chinese have settled they have, by temptation, the results have been such commercial community. their patience, perseverance, and ex- as to establish the fact that the Chi- treme frugality, contributed largely nesc ure easily governed As an in- to the material progress and prosperi- dependent expression of opinion, Mr. ty, and probably to the convenience Seward's observations are of more and comfort of a certain section of the than ordinary value, and they certain people, Mr. Soward's superficially form a pleasing contrast to the
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our
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$82 per sbaro. Hongkong Hotel Company's Sliares-
$975 per share. China Sugar Reliving Company, Li-
mited-184 per share, Sellers. China Sugar Refining Company (De..
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We have received a communica- tion from a correspondent detailing the proceedings of a picnic party of Good Templars at Stanley on Corona- tion Day. It is too lengthy for columns, besides being now rath On PARIS, or late, and we are consequently. compelled to withhold it. Wo note however, with much pleasure that a large party seems to have enjoyed themselves in the romantic Chuk Choo (sie) and all returned in a perfect Atuto of sobriety, as became their professed oroed, at an early hour in
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