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DEATHS.
At Shanghai, on the 4th inst, ou board Receiving-Ship Wellington, Cap- tain George Wright Bounett, aged 58 years.
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THE
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HONGKONG, 21ST JULY, 1881.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH—THURSDAY, JULY 21ST,
thoroughly independent journals, which are honest, impartial, and practical criticisms on the identical Census Returns, which caused our local contemporaries so much tribula-
tion.
The Hiogo News of the 4th instant, after complimenting the Governor for his clear, succinct, and very inter- esting description of the develop ment of the colony, goes carefully through the statistical portion of the article as follows:- speech, and concludes a very able
Taking these figures as authentic, as they most undeniably are, it is im possible to question that Hongkong is fulfilling the intention with which the island was originally occupied by the British Government, namely:solely and exclusively with a view to com- Inercial interests. This favourable re-
salt arises in great measure-according to Sir John Hennessy-from the on- couragement given wealthy Chineso merchants to settle in the Colony and purchase land there.
Altogether, His Excellency's review of the Hongkong census discloses a remarkable increase of prosperity in that distant dependency of Great Brit- ain. We feel confident that some of the most bitterly opposed measures of the Governor have contributed largely to that development, and also that when the mists rising from present passions and prejudices coaso to ob- scure their mental vision, those who aro now the most uncompromising do- nouncers of Sir John Hennessy's rule will unhesitatingly acknowledge the many and valuable servicos he bas rondered to the "Island of Fragrant
Streams."
The Japan Weekly Mail of the 18th ultimo devotes a long leader to the same subject, which is well worthy of reproduction, however our space will only permit us to reprint the following paragraphs:-
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"The remarks made by Sir John Popo Hennessy when laying the census returns of Hongkong before the Legis- lative Council on the 3rd instant, are full of interest even for the foreign community in Japan. His Excellency points out that the returns furnish data for answering three questions, viz:-(1) How far the Colony of Hongkong has really fulfilled the ob- jects for which it was established; (2) Whether it. is true that there are no trades and manufactures in the Colony,
and (3) Whether the large transac- tions in land that have recently taken place, are speculative or bond fide results of healthy commercial progress.
The first question involves a further query:"With what object was the Colony established?" This Sir John answers on the authority of Mr. Glad- stone's utterances made thirty-five years ago, and on that of events which
have since then justified those utter ances. Hongkong is a purely commer cial colony, and the substantial pros. perity" it has achieved in the last four
years
can only be equalled in the
Australian Colonies."
This is in truth
a tantalizing contrast to the state of things at present existing in Japan, days; days when the local newspapers bat Hongkong, too, has had its gloomy liftedup their voices and cried: The fate of Hongkong ir sealed. What little trade we ever possessed here has been all but extinguished." Now, how, over, that "little trado" supports a community paying taxes to the amount of a million and a quarter dollars per annum, and includes an item of sixty- eight millions dollars yearly with India. There ought not to be much more doubt as to whether the Island of Vic- toria is a military or a trading station, neither ought the colonists to grainble any longer about that old bele noir, tho contingent to the red-coats.
Government to curtail, the trade in opium."
1881.
American river boats, and her princi- peice were cleverly executed, and ap- pal dimensions will be as follows:parently gave great satisfaction to the length between perpendiculars 152 feet; audience, who cheered heartily. We beam, 22 feet; and depth of hold 9 feet. understand that the troupe intend giv Her Engines, which will be made eithering one performance in Macuo on Sat- at Kowloon or Sam-sui-po, are to be
urday night, prior to their departure on the Compound Surface Condensing for San Francisco, which will no doubt principle, and although the horse pow bo woll attended. er will only be 99, a high rate of speed is confidently anticipated. The vessel is intended to be run between Penang and the neighbouring native states, and we have no doubt whatever that
Shortly after eight o'clock yesterday evening, a fire broke out in the prem- ises occupied by Messrs. Kelly and Walsh in the Queen's-road, but from the promptitude with which it was
It is, however, to the Governor's remarks with regard to the third question that we particularly desire to direct our rondors attention. The large item of $1,700,000 on the trans. for of property, almost entirely for commercial purposes, to the Chinese community during the last eightoon months, is justified by the fact that in four years and four months the native population of the Colony, has increased by 20,532. Boyond a doubt Sir John the Dock Company will make as good Hennessy's so called "philo-Chinese "a job of this new steamer for our friends policy has had the effect of attracting in the Straits, as they have done of the considerable numbers of Chinese to Lightship for the Singapore Govern-The preciso spot in which the fire Hongkong, of inducing them to settlement. there, and of thus increasing the pros. perity not of the native community alone, but also of the foreign for Sir John is plainly of opinion that the two are inseparably connected."
Our northern contemporary, after making reference to the well known mercantile qualities of the Chinese, which make the Chinese Empire a safely progressive country, directs the attention of the Japanese to the great advancement made by the na- tives in Hongkong in the course of the last few years. Specially referr- ing to Sir John. Pope Hennessy's speech. on the Census Returns, he
says:
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Mr. Woodroff, the Commissioner Customs, at Cauton, came down to Hongkong by the Ichang yesterday afternoon, on purpose to meet the new Chinese gunboats, Toto, Kappa, and Lambda, which are expected here in the course of a day or two.
dealt with, it was prevented from
spreading beyond the narrowest limits.
broke out was a store-room at the back of the premises, aud on the op-
We are informed by the Agents, that tho Austro-Hungarian Lloyd's Stoamposite side of the passage and staircase Navigation Co.'s stentner Hungaria stein & Co. above, and it was almost leading to the offices of Messrs. Land. left Singapore yesterday morning, the
entirely confined to that place. It can. 20th instant, for this port.
not as yet be said with absolute ac- ofpicions are entertained, that it was the curacy how it orignated, but grave sus-
work of some enterprising but bungling burglar, A Chubb's lock on the door. was found to have been broken, a crow vicinity of the fire, and the safe is miss- bar was picked up in the immediate
ing. Neither the two representatives Chinese employés, reside on the prem- of Kelly and Walsh, nor any of the
ises, and as it was known that Mr. Levy, of Landstein & Co., who lives abore, was out to dinner, these circum- stances lead to the belief that the op- portunity was taken to effect the rob bery. Several fire engines, both Govern-. ment and those of private companies, were soon on the ground, but few of them were called upon to employ their ener gies, as a plentiful and powerful stream of water was brought to play on the flames from a hydrant a few yards westward from the store, and ia less than an hoor full confidence was felt that there was no further danger to be apprehended. The amount of damage done is roughly estimated at about $1000 to the stock, and probably about $200 to the buildings, which are fully insured, we are informed in the "Royal," and "China Fire" Insurance Companies. The value of the contents of the safe is put down
We note from the Shanghai Mercury that the small steamer Heron, which has been under repairs for some time "There are lessons here for the Jap-purchased by Messrs. Whoclock & Co. past at the Kowloon Docks, bas been anese as well as for ourselves. They The price to be paid for the boat, will do well to study the "commercial delivered in Shangliai, is $26,000. qualities that make China a safely pro- gressive country," and weshall do well to remember, that, as in Hongkong, so also bere, the prosperity of the country we live in is our prosperity Nativo and foreign interests are one. An immense strile in the right direo-League proceeding, was read on that tion will have been taken when this date, in all the Catholic Churches in faith is subscribed to by both sides.
that city. If the denizens of some supernal region
20th, we learn that Archbishop Mc- From a telegram dated Dublin, Jane
Cabe's pastoral, referring to the action
of Dr. Croke and other dignatories of
the Church of Rome in the recent Land
It regrots that even in his own diocese, men are preaching a doctrine subversive of law and order.
To see oursels as ithers see us.
"O wad some power the giftie gie us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
and foolish notion." Although it can matter little to any- one what we think of ourselves, the
perfectly free and independent opinion of a journal not published in Hongkong may prove of some little interest to our readers. It is exceedingly grati-
might look down on us with an in- telligent eye, they could scarcely fail to marvel at this strange idiosyncrasy that impels us perpetually to proclaim ourselves aliens by speech and action, while our interests and our desires alike dictate a diametrically opposite course. After all these years we have barely succeeded in finding room to staud here and there on the verges of Japanese territory, and have not yet begun to make it plain that western capital and western enterprise are what the country wants far more than eitherfying to ourselves. the abolition of extra-territoriality or the revision of the tariff. The Chinese are fast discovering the invigorating effects of foreign contact: They held back at first, but sagacity has with them supplied the place of verantility, and we dare alinost predict that, unless Japan speedily becomes more liberal, she will be distanced in the race despito the long start her early activity gave her."
Those of our readers who know
anything of statistics, and who are sufficiently interested in the real pro- gress made by this Colony during the past few years, to devote the time necessary for a through comparison of the Governor's speech and figures on the Census Returns with the res- pective criticisms of our local papers, the two above named Japanese journals, and the Shanghai Courier, will have little difficulty in arriving at a satisfactory conclusion, as to the actual value of the utterances of the China Mail and Daily Press, on what may be accurately enough described as the leading question of the present
Government.
We are glad to find that the crus- ade we have initiated against the unjust and scurrilous system of journalism, which has for some time past made the local press of Hong- kong a jeer and byeword in the Coast ports of China and Japan, has met with universal approbation in almost every town and city in the Far East. For the good wishes we have receiv- ed from all sides, we are truly grate ful to our friends, supporters, and well wishers. As we have commenced so shall we go on, independent, fear- less, honest, and impartial, alike in- different to the smiles or frowns of great or small, so long as our actions merit and receive public approval. It will be remembered that in our issue of June 21st we called the at tention of our readers to a series of articles which appeared in our morn- Ing contemporary the Daily Press on the Census Returns. The articles in question were supposed to be an analysis of, and critical commentary. The question about the trades and of these important Returns, written manufactures is answered no less satis- with the two-fold purpose of abus-factorily. Sir John citos a great nun- ing and vilifying the Governor, and ber of industries now successfully trying to prove that His Excellency carried on in Hongkong, amongst them had failed to show that, an increase a ketchup manufactory, from which of population meant an increased hundreds of barrels are forwarded overy prosperity in the Colony. We then
year to Mosers, Crosso and Black woll, who bottle the sauce and roship a good stated that
our contemporary's
deal of it to China! In this context it special statistical leader-writer had filled the columns of the Press for
is interesting to remark, that the trade in Bombay yarn is steadily increasing three separate days with a farrago from $1,706,913 in 1877 to of unintelligible rubbish, and we are
5,251,246 in 1880--and that the rapid now exceedingly glad to be in a po- developinont of activity in this and sition to place before our constituents other items, promises one-day to ontPanang Tho-vessel will be built extracts from two high class, and strip, and perhaps enable the Indian after the stylo of the well known
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Weather Permitting, the Band of the
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers will play
in the Botanic Gardens to-morrow, tho
22nd instaut, at 5.45 p.m. The follow ing Programme will be performed under the direction of Band Sorgoant Hass- and
Marol....." Jove ".
Another journal bus been started in ́ Hongkong, and as it will be published regularly about noon, the new paper
should
prove of considerable service to the community. The Hongkong Tele. graph is apparently disposed to adopt a moderate tone when dealing with the tated the colony, and on that account. rexed questions which have lately agi- alone deserves-and will no doubt receive a considerable share of pub- lic support. Hiogo News,
final entertainment at the City Hall The Mattie Taylor Troupe gave their
last night to a fairly well filled house.
The fire at Messrs. Kelly & Walsh's premises no doubt kept away a good many pleasure seekers who would otherwise have attended; but Mr. Taylor was ill advised to select the evening before mail day for his per- formance, as numbers who would have availed themselves of the opportunity. of patronising this really accomplished family, were detained by busines're- quirements at their various offices. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are thoroughly ex perienced performers, and their clever acting, and agreeable singing in the
comio sketch, Barney's Courtship was deservedly applauded. Mattie is a clever little actress, and gives promise of possessing in time, a sweet if uob very powerful voice-Her-vocal-at- well received, but for our own part tempts last night were exceedingly
is capable of far better things, wasting we regretted to 800 a young girl, who her time and talents in such stupid rabbish as "Ta, ta, good bye, au rov-
at
auother $1000. The premises above were pretty well saturated with water, and some damage was also sus- from Atack's furniture store adjoining, tained by the hasty removal of stock
but it is fortunate that so little loss was sustained in so valuable a block of
buildings as that in which the fire broke out. The police were early on the ground under Chief Inspector Horspool; and a party of 50 non-commissioned officers and men of the Inniskilling Fusiliers under Lieutenant Windrum, but the services of the latter were not pat in requisition.
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The Northern ports of China and Japan seem to have a baneful influence on the various operatic and dramatic
troupes who travel in the Far East,
more than one having recently collaps ed, and the members been scattered to the four winds of heaven. The Caran- dini Company, which arrived here yes- terday proved no exception. to the general ralc. When they left Japan
we believe it was their intention to have gone on to India, giving one or two of their delightful concerts on
passing through Hongkong. This is entirely altered and the company was all but brokon up. As it is, we under- stand Miss Linden returns to Japan by an early opportunity, and the remain- ing members, go on to-day by the Nelson to Cooktown; it having been decided at the last moment, that Mr. Fischer should still remain one of the party.
assault on Mr. Tonnochy in the gaot Tho prisoner who committed tho
fore the sitting Magistrate yesterday, on Monday last, was-not-charged be--
us was expected, but will be dealt with inside the walls of the prison, the
oir "Get along, go away i and powers invested in the hands of the ................. Gurtnor. Overture."Light Cavalry" Suppe. other inane rubbish of the "Variety" gnol authorities being ample to dent "Reminiscences of Ireland "..
Mr. Tonnoohy is entertainment class, Mrs. Taylor's | with such cases. Godtrov.
Motto Valsc............" Poniono ". Waldteufel,
songs were woll sung, and under treatment by the Colonial Sur. Selection "Boccaccio"
"Joe's" witticisms and banjo perform geon, and although his wound is slight ...Suppe. Valao...... "Journalisten". Strauss. naco elicited many marks of warm apho is still confined to his quarters to proval. Mr. Strabiloin played a solo on avoid exposure to a cold, which might tho Zither which was encored, and aftor | produce," ovon in so slight on injury, the interval, Mattie repeated her im- very unpleasant results. We understand personation of four different characters that the Superintendent of the gaol, in The Little Orphan with much sucCOES. takos ill with his enforced confiné- The American Sand Jig, drum, and ment, and does an occasional growl- and banjo solos introduced in this little in deep stontorian tonos.
We learn that tho Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited, have just contracted to build a new paddle steamor for a business firm in