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Songhong Telegraph.
TONGKONG, 11 Augusr, 1881.
of
We have received a copy "Sketches in the Foreign Settlements and Native City of Shanghai." - The author, Mr. W. Macfarlano, is, we understand, one of the editorial staff of the Shanghai Mercury, and
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-THURSDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 1881.
lotteries, Mr. Wotton submitted that the evidence he had produced showed it to be under the Spanish Govern mont, and as the legislation on lotteries in this Colony simply referred to local
for he is over sixty, and looks like was for three years in possession of soventy-seems oppressed with the the Taiping Rebels, and some severe heat, and overcome with fatigue. He fighting took place round its walls. often sits bareheaded and is soon to beIt was captured by Li-Hung-chang very bald; thoro is barely enough (now Viceroy of Chili) who made his natural hair on his scalp to form á
fame during that rebellion; Ngan-lotteries, the Manila affair was exclud. queue, the tail which hangs thoroby king is his native city, and his mother
od from the operations of the Ordin, being nearly all of silk. There is
anco. This oxplanation did not satisfy still resides there. The Imperial. nothing very remarkable about his
his Worship, who stated, after some features; his expression is rather plea troops having been baffled many a
further discussion, that it had not been saut; eyes small, dark, and keon; his time in attempting to capture tho
proved that there was any legal dis. tinction between tickets sold hero undor nose sull but not too broad; his upper city by making breaches in the walls, lip rather largo, only a few gray hairs the Pagoda which is outside the city
the auspices of a foreign government at onch side, and a long distance be- walls was made use of by Li-Hung- and ordinary Chinesa lottery tickets; tween those two remnants of a mou- chang; he shelled the city from the and, so far as the confiscation of all top of the Pagoda, and on account gaming implements was concerned, he of the facility which the sacred had no option but to follow the Ordi- edifice thins afforded the Imperialnance, which laid down the course he troops, the Pagoda was thoroughly
had to pursue in very plain terms. repaired, and is kept in good repair judgment on the
Mr. Wodehouse proposed to pronounce caso on Monday still, and may be considered a monu-
next, but, at Mr. Wotton's urgent ro- ment to Li-Hung-chang more than
quest, consented to give his decision at anything else."
noon to-day.
stache; his check bones high, and checks fallen in slightly; he is not so. sleek as he might have been some years ago; and the wrinkles of age are upon his forehead. To sen hin sit quietly amid all the squabbling of prisoners and runners before him, one would not think he had so much vigour left in him as he sometimes displays when he scolds a prisoner. Ou the bench before him he keeps a huge leaden ink stand, with tablets of Chinese ink; and there is a curious looking article in lead, which is on the table behind this stand. It is in the shape of a human land, ent at the wrist, and is said to be a repre- sentation of Buldija's hand; it stands
on the wrist as the base, and the fingers are wide apart; it is much larger than the biggest hand of flesh and blood ever seen; if it was stuck on a broom.
We regret to have had to speak somewhat disparagingly of Mr. Macfarlane's literary labors, but we have simply expressed, as moderately and fairly as possible, our critical opinions on "Sketches in Shanghai," and to review honestly is a duty, how ever unpleasant it may prove, which the impartial critic owes to the public, and from which he must
hever shrink. As. the articles were
riginally written for the columns of daily newspaper, every allowance must. of course be made for the
it
Mr. Wollehouse accordingly gave his decision in case this forenoon, sen tencing the prisoner. Chan Aping, to pay a fine of $200 with the alternative of three months' imprisonment with hard labour; the whole of the lottory tickets, and all other implements seized by the police, excepting the monies, safe, and counter to be for-
feited.
A rather amusing case was heard in the Police Court yesterday, before Dr. Stewart. Alexander William Eversley,
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The Magistrate ordered them to be taken before the Consul to explain their complaint. The defendants, to the best of his knowledge, had not been to the Consul; they had kept them- selves stowed away somewhere until arrosted by the police on Tuesday.
Defendants said that they would not go to their duty, and were sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour at the order of the Captain.
LATEST COMMERCIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
Thursday, August 11th, 1881.
One o'clock P.M.
this morning, as, after a large num- Docks are a good deal healthier
ber of sales had been booked at 43 for cash and the end of the month, the increasing demand could not be met, and holders declined to sell unless at an advance, which was not forthcoming. The shares are now very steady at 43, with buyers at that price, but sellers hold off for better terms. A few lots of Banks have been offered for 113 per cent. cash, but as no business has resulted, the quotation is quite a nominal one. Until after the Shareholders' Meeting on the 12th inst., business in Banks will be of very small account. China steward on board the British ship P. G. Fires have gone back a little, and Carvill, was charged by the Mr. J. Y. after a few sales at $290 per share, V. Vernon with being a rogue and the stock is quite weak at the price, vagabond. From the evidence it appear sellers being very anxious to do ed that the prisoner called at Mr. further business. Steamboats are Vernon's residance, Rose Villa, on still offered at 25% prom, per share, Saturday evening last and enquired for without eliciting a single response. a Miss Goodwin. The man was quite The most important business, how- sober, behaved most politoly, and on ever, which has resulted since our being informed that no such person as last issue, has been in the China Miss Goodwin lived there, he went Sugar Refining Company's stock. quietly away. However, lo returned At $155 per share, cash and for on the 8th and also on the 9th inst., in September 1st, a large number of the afternoon on both occasions, and transactions of a very important use of them is very hard to see. They are two pieces of hardwood, about perusal; and as the volume is well demanded to see Mrs. Vernon, whom character have been booked, and the twelve inches long, and about an inch
hamile it would make a good back seratcher for the greatest celestial giant ever heard of. This peculiar article is a simple device which serves as a pen or pencil muk, to prevent the bench being dirtied by the official red ink used in writing on the documents which comes to Chen's hands. Besides these articles mentioned, there are of course the small teapot and smaller teacups always at his left hand; his cigar case and a hox of matches that light only on the box, always directly before him; and there are still other two things worth mentioning,these are of simple cons. truction, frequent in use, and
yet the
in thickness and breadth. When Chên is in a rage, when he shouts as loudly as he can, and ases up all the strong
apparent fact that they were hastily put together; but notwithstanding this, we must express our conviction that they are, to use a racing phrase, hardly class enough for publication in book form. At the same time the general public will find in Mr. Mac- farlane's book many items of inte- resting information, sketches of Chinese life and character, with des- criptions of manners and customs of our Celestial friends in the Northern
Settlement, which will amply repay
got up, and published at a low price,
we can commend it to the attention
of our readers, as a praiseworthy, if not altogether successful, attempt to
he insisted was the Miss Goodwin he
wished to meet, and eventually had to be removed by a constable. The pri- soner, who is evidently of a romantic turn of mind, stated in explanation
shares are now steady at the same We have not heard Hotels rate. mentioned for several days, and stocks not alluded to above remain
the sketches are a reprint from that expletives in his vocabulary, lurling. win public favor in a new field of that, seeing the waving of a handker. unchanged.
a
his wild thunders at an unfortunate
and, which, we suppose he considers an effectual means of striking terror into the heart of the person who is thus so forcibly and violently admonished, When he is beating these sticks, ho looks as if he was going to shy one of thon at the prisoner's head, and some of the prisoners look as if they ex- pected it too, and were preparing to dodge it."
Mr. Macfarlane is exceedingly fee- ble in his descriptions of "An Actor in female dress," "A Curiosity stall,”
journal. As a member of the Fourth prisoner,--the grand climax of his Estate, Mr. Macfarlane would doubt invective is reached when he seizes one less have many opportunities of mak- of these pieces of hardwood, and strikes ing himself acquainted with all that the other piece, making a tremendous is worth seeing in the Model Settle-noise that almost drowns his voice, ment and its environs, and as no fewer than nineteen lifferent subjects are grappled with in the volume now under review, he has evidently been keen and careful observer of the sights and scenes therein described. Giving the author every credit for the care and discretion displayed in the selection of his subjects, and also admitting that the sketches are truth- ful records of actual scenes and events in every day life in Shanghai, we must confess to feeling grievously disappointed after reading the book. Mr. Macfarlane's literary style is not attractive; in fact, it forcibly called to mind the crude essays of our school-boy days, and utterly failed to interest us in any one of the sketches. The description of the Mixed Court at Shanghai is the best morceau in the whole volume, pro- bably because it is more in the author's line than any of the other sketches, being an ordinary jour nalistic report of what we doubt not phases of Chinese life and character. are very amusing and interesting The attempts at humour, which our author frequently indulges in, are
literature.
The American ship Daniel Barnes was towed over to the Cosmopolitan Dock this morning.
The Band of the Royal Taniskilling Fusiliers, will play (weather permit- ting), in the Botanic Gardens, to morrow, the 12th instant, at 5.30 The following programme will be por. formed, under the direction of Band. Sergeant Hassarı :-
p.m.
March...Auld Robin Gray,"...Bontissonu,
"Taverofi... Overture...
Rossini. Grand March." Op. 109,
Mandelssohn. Vนไรย
"Kaustler Loheit, Strauss. Solection, The Siege of Rochelle... Balfe.
Dovery. Vocal March......" Precioso,"
POLICE COURT.
DECISION OF THE LOTTERY TICKET CASE.
The Manila Cock-pit, "The Wheelbarrow and its Coolie," and various other subjects; and in "The Mafoos Race" and "A morn-Aping, money changer, &c., was charg The adjourned case, in which Chan ing at the Grand Stand" he is ab-ed with keeping an agency for the sale solutely tedious and uninteresting. of lottery tickets, was again brought The volume concludes with an before Mr. Wodehouse yostorday morn-
chief from tho villa while on board his ship, bo went to Mr. Vernon's house last Saturday and enquired for Miss Goodwin, whom he was auxious to see. He saw complainant thero, who told him there was no Miss Good. win there. On Monday the signals were repeated, and he went to the house again, in complainant's absence. He said he wanted to see Miss Goodwin. The boy said the lady was asleep. He waited a few minutes and a constable was brought to tell him to leave the house. The signals were repeated again on Tuesday from the West side of the Villa. He went there, and found that the occupant, Mr. Sharp, was at the Ponk. He went again to Mr. Vernon's house to enquire for Miss Goodwin, and a constable caro and took him away.Mr. Vernon requested that the defendant might not be pun- ished, as his ship was to sail in the course of the day, and he did not wish him left behind-Frisoner promising to go on board his ship at once, the
admonition. Magistrate discharged him with an
MARINE COURT.
The following cases were heard in the Marine Court yesterday, before Captain Thomsett, R.N., Harbour
Master and Marine Magistrate.
Michael McCarthy, seaman on board the British barque Ambassador, was
charged by Robert Helmore Bidwell,
account of a trip on the Yang-tsze-ing. Sonor A. Mercarini, Spanish kiang, written from the author's per- Consul iu Hongkong, gave evidence sonal experiences, obtained some time respecting the Manila Lottery, to the ago in the steam-ship Kung-wo, one effect that this lottery was under the of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s management of the Manila Govern- river steamers, which vessel it willment, and was recognised by the Go- be remembered, was the first steamer vernment of Spain, who appointed au Mr. Macfarlane's quotations from his firm had done a large amount of entirely constructed in Shanghai. officer to superintend it. Mr. Melbye, of Dann, Molbye & Co., deposed that Marco Polo's and Mr. Laurence Oli- business during the past two years sadly depressing; and the evident phant's works on the Yang-tsze are with the Wai Wo shop, and that the interesting enough, but his own ex-ostonsible business of the concern was straining after effect in describing periences are not specially note dealing in cigars, banking, and money painfully conspicuous. The follow-worthy, and morcover appear to be changing. A rather animated discus- ing description of Chou, the well generally founded on information sion took place between Mr. Wotton, vouchsafed by the Captain and offic-who appeared for the prisoner, and the known Mixed Court Magistrate is
ers of the steamer. The same poverty Magistrate, on the right of confiscat- rather amusing-
of idea, and school-boy style of writing the money and property found on "Chên sits near the centre of the ing, which characterise the minor the promises at the time of the arrest. bench, with the Assessor on his right sketches are again conspicuous in Mr. Wotton contended that the Manila hand-there is room for three or four this wider field for journalistic erter- lottery, being a foreign state lottery, seats on the bench, and sometimes prisc, so that the litorary merits of the did not come within the local Ordin-Joseph Williams, seainen belonging to |
various matters of minor interest arc
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there are, when a Foreign Consul may- be specially interested in any case. In his winter costume, with great fur lined silk cout, embroidered in mandarin style; and his up-turned cap, with poacock fonther, Chen prosents a more dignified appearance than in his thin summer costymo. The old man-
ance, and he thorofore did not think
tickets
work, iu no single instance rise above that evan proof of the sale of the
Hongkong-Manila lottery the ordinary guide-book level. We have room only for the following would justify confiscation of the whole anent the ancient city of Ngan-property found in defendant's posses-
which
be taken may
as sion. king,
a fair specimen of the author's style throughout. "The city of Ngun-king
In reply to the Magistrate's question as to how he made out the Manila lottery to be different to othor
master of the said barque, with refusal of duty.
Captain Bidwell stated that defend. ant refused-to-do-his duty and wanted
his dischargo,
Defendant simply refused to return to his duty, and was sentenced to seven days' hard labour at the order of the captain.
John Johnson, Julius Silvorson, and
the American barque Freeman, were charged by Marcus Lafayette Howes,
master of the said barque, with desor- tion on the 2nd instant,
The Captain stated that defendants were brought to this Court on tho ap plication of the American Consul on the 3rd instant" for refusal of duty.
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Yangtsze Insurance Association-Tis.
820 share.
per
Chinese Insurance Company, -$305
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On Tai Insurance Company, Limited -
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Shares- $995 per share, Sales, China Fire Insurance Company's Shares
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$82 per share. Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-
$110 per share, Sellers, China Sugar Refining Company, Li-
mited-$155 per share, Sales. China Sugar Refining Company (Do-
bentures)-3 per cent premium.
Hongkong Ice Company's Sharos
$1871 per share, Sellers. Hongkong & China Bakery Company,
Limited-$13 por share. Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1874-(Nominal). Chinese Imperial Government Loan
of 1878-(Nominal). Exchange.
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