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HONGKONG, 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1881.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1881.
as one thousand taels is a large sum of money to give for any old pony, and as Schmollis, who measures within a shade of 14 hands, is ineligible for Hongkong Racos. Mr. Paul was of fored this racor for Tls. 800 a week or two ago, and declined to deal simply on account of the 13 hauds 3 inches and a bit.
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Our Manila.contemporary El Comer- cio referring to the recent decision on appeal in the Lottery case observes :- We understand that the tickets will at- once be delivered to the gentleman from whom they were taken by the police. The decision practically recognises the right to sell our Lottery tickets iu Hongkong.
property at $105,000. Here is an op. portunity for our woll informed con- temporary.
first of these created sono impression in naval circles at the time by being able to perform so long a voyage and to be fit for activo service on arrival.
Referring to the Hongkong Telegraph Being found satisfactory, others wero
Libel Case, the Foochow Herald says : ordered from the Tyno, and by the ekill and experience of your follow-
Supreme court at Hongkong. Mr. Harry "This interesting case has boon tried at the citizen, Mr. George Bendeil, such un-
Wicking, & Merchant and Commission provements were introduced from time
Agent, claimed $1,000 as damages for a to time in each successive gunboat that
libel published in the Hongkong Telegraph, the last three months ago were con-
of which Mr. Fraser-Smith is the Editor sidered little short of perfection. The
and proprietor. After three days trin, Chinese Government has now taken
the judge put the following questions to the important step of sonding a por-
the jury-1. Do you find that the libols complained of are true? 2. Assuming tion of her infaut navy hore to convey
that the occasion was justified or privi- to China the latest two vessels built
leged, do you find that the defondant print- for them on the Tyne. These vessels
ed and published, defamatory matter bona will be the first to bear the Dragon
fide for the purpose of vindicating himself flag from these shores to tho Fur East.
or was he actuated by malico? B. What Their mission will be, I hope as your
The E. & A. S. Company's steamer
damages, if any, do you award the cons- Worship exprossed it, that of peace Tannadice went into Aberdeen Dock
plainant? The jury retired, and on return always. Their duty will be simply late last night. The Danish stoamer
gave the following answers: To the first question, "No." To the sonoad," With the protection of Chinese coasts, as is Activ and the Spanish stoamer Julietta
out malice." To the third, $250." Judg. also the duty of the vessel gone before are at Kowloon undergoing extensivament, with costs, was given; and counsel them. The motto of the Celestial Europairs. The Formosa Bink Light and special jury certified With duo de- pire, so far as I am able to express it, ship has been placed in dock to be
forence to the jury's opinion, we should is like that of your volunteer army-coppered. The Haloong came out of say that the alleged libel was no libel, "Defence, and not defiance." I have dock on Sunday, and will, it is ex-
seeing that the answer to the second inter- now to thank you, in the name of the pacted, be ready for sea in another
rogatory is in the affirmative.-ED. F. H.1" Chinese Government, for all the kind. wook. The German steamship None Doss and hospitality shown by tho will be hauled up on the Slip at Bel-. authorities and people of Newcastle to cher's Bay to-morrow. all of us during our stay amongst you.
Wo hear from Manila that Messrs. At the close of the presentation to Admiral Ting that officer kindly invit D. Eranlaw and R. M. Robertson havs ed the Major and his colleagues in the applied to the Government for permis- Council to an inspection of the Chaos, and the necessary grant of ground,
to erect a Patent Slip at Cavite, Yung and the Yang Wei before their
Robertson, well known in Hongkong departure for China. The Mayor and
in connection with the Hongkong and his friends accordingly met at the
Whampoa Dock Company, has already hal soms experience with Patout Slips in the Phillipines, and ought to know what prospects of success exist for the We believe Proposed undertaking. the plant of what was knowo McDonald's Slip is still for sale.
Quayside, near the Swing Bridge, Subscribers who do not receive their newspapers whence they embarked on board the within thirty-five minutes after the time of publica-steamer Flying Scotchman, on board which vessel they were conveyed down the river. Arriving off Northumber. land Dock, the company transhippod on to the first of the two vessels lying there, namely tho Chao Yung. They were received on board by Captain Clayson, Captain Iin, and the other officers of the vessel. The company were shown over the whole of the By the London and China Express vossel, the armaments and engines of August 12th received by the Pe-being of special interest. The officers ninsular and Oriental Steam Navi- of the vessel wore anxious to show gation Company's mail steamer Ro- their visitors the gau in working order, setta this morning, we note that the but thord was not sufficient steam up Corporation of Newcastle-on-Tyne for this to be done. Before leaving have been paying high honours to the vessel, the visitors, with the officers. Admiral Ting, Captain Clayson, and of the Ohio Yang, repaired to the after the other officers of the Chinese deck of the ship, where a short inter- cruisers, which have been lately con- esting ceremony was performel. Alder- structed for the Imperial Govern-man Cail, in the name of the Tyne Commission, presented a namber of ment on the coaly river. On Aug volumes of the late Mr. James Guthrie's St.-Ing. Barnes 30 6th the following address, which was got up in handsome style, beautifully engrossed and illuminated was pre- sented by the Mayor in the name of the Corporation :------
Resources," to Captain Claysou for work on "The Tyne: its History and distribution amongst the officers who have been on the Tyne so long.
Other courtesies wore shown to The Admiral Ting Captain Clayson, the Chinese by various members of and the offices of the gun-vessols Chao the Corporation, Captains Clayson Yung and Fang Wei, of the Navy of and Lin returning thanks to their his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China.
We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- gesses of the borough of Newcastle-on Tyne beg to express to you the very great pleasure which your visit to the Tyne has given to the people of New- castle, and the great satisfaction with which we have witnessed the excellent and exemplary behaviour of the mon under your command during the lengthened stay of the Chinese vessel Hae Shin at Newcastle.
We hope that the friendly relations
which have been established with the people of Newcastle on this the first visit of any Chinese vessel to the Tyne will be continued, and that the com- mercial intercourse now initiated be. tween the Tyne and the Chinese Em- pire may be maintained and increased in succeeding years.
Given under our hand and seal the 3rd day of August, 1881.
JONATHAN ANGUS, Mayor. HILL MOTUM Town Clerk, Admiral Ting replied in Chinese, which was interpreted as follows by Captain Clayson:-
visitors for their kindness. The cruisers left the Tyne on the 9th August, and had safely arrived at Plymouth before the departure of the English Mail.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
A telegram from London, dated the 11th instant, states that the rebellion in Albania is reviving.
President Garfield has sufficiently recovered to permit his removal to Longbranch.
The Emperor of Germany and the Czar of all the Russias met, according to arrangement on September 9th.
There has been a revolution in Cairo, The Egyptian troops surrounded the Palace of the Khedive, and demanded a new ministry, a constitution, and an increased army, all of which demands His Highness complied with. W wonder in what spirit these concessions will be received by the Porte.
The total number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended September 11th, wore Europeans, 180; Chinese, 2,645.
Mr.
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Parliament was prorogued to-day until the 12th November,
The Queen, in her speech; says her tinue to be cordial and amicable. Her relations with all Foreign Powers con-
factory settlement of the Greek frontlor Majesty makes allusion to the satis. question, to assurances given by France regarding Tunis and Tripoli, to the Transvaal Convention which has se- cured local autonomy to the Boers, and to the suspension of hostilities in Basutoland. Her Majesty thon men. tions the withdrawal of her forces from Kandahar and says she has no reason to conclude peace will bo disturbed on the North West frontier. of India through the contest now going on be tween the Amir and Ayub Khan, and adds that it will be hor object, whilst respecting Afghan indepondence, to promote peace by her friendly offices when an opportunity should offer for a restoration of peace. With respect to a treaty of commerce with France Hor Majesty says negotiations are at present suspended, but it will continue to be her desire to use her best efforts towards the conclusion of a treaty on favourable terms.
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Referring to a report published in a native paper in Japan, the Hiogo News
Her Majesty hopes the benefits of says:It is hardly credible that the the Irish Land Act will be commen- | Government is, as stated in the local surate with the care bestowed
проп vernacular papor, about to dispense by her Parliament. The recent regu- with the services of the foreign em-lating of her forces, Her Majesty says, ployés in the Mint at the close of the will not fail to render more efficient the current year.
We can scarcely ima- military organization of the country. gine any course of action more calcu. In conclusion, Her Majesty regrets the lated to impair the usefulness of that absence of further legislation during establishment. Surely the authorities the past session, and expresses a hope must know that the presence of fo- that the condition of Ireland may so reigners has alone created the confi. improved as to enable ber Government dence felt in the purity of the Japanese to either dispense with or abate coercive coinage. A guarantee has thereby been afforded that the pyx coins and pieces sent regularly to America and England for assay were really what they pre- tended to be-fair samples of the coinage, and not specially prepared for the benefit of the cunning foreigner.' It is hardly too much to prophecy that with the dismissal of foreigners, the over the Mexican-reliability. That silver yen will lose its great advantage gone, and the old coin will soon resume its former sway."
The annual inter-regimental shoot. ing contest of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was brought to a satis- factory termination at the Kowloon rauge yosterday. As will be seen, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were in splendid form, the all round shooting being far above the average. Lieut. Young was top scorer with a total of 89 out of a possible 105, and Sergeant. Instructor Barnos ran a good second
A meeting of the Legislative Council with two points less. The conditións
was held at half-past two o'clock yes- were the usual seven shots at 20), 500,terday afternoon for the purpose of and 600 yards. Wo append full scores: swearing in the Hon. M. S. Tonnochy as Administrator, during the absence of the Governor. Mr. Tonnpoly pro. ceeded from Government House to the
Lieut. Young
300 500 600 Points. TD9. XD3. YDS. 32 ......31
26 89 28 29 87 34 21 82 21 78 23 76
St. Langdown...20 Sergt. Moad...27
Lieut. Charley ...27 Sergt. Kearns...26 Sergt. Morris...... 25 St. Framingham 21
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Council Chamber in state, attended by Dr. Eitel, Private Secretary, and Lieut. Mayne, A.D.C., and a guard of four mounted troopers, the police lining the road from Government House to the The following
Council Chamber.
members of Council, were present:- Acting Governor, the Hon. M. S. Ton. nochy; the Hon. F. Suowden, Acting During the blow of yesterday, Sep- Chief Justice; Hon. E. L. O'Malley, tember 7th, the Customs Post Boat Attorney-General; Hon. W. M. Doane, which left Pagoda Anchorage at 9 Acting Colonial Treasurer; Hon. P. a.m. met with a heavy squall which Ryrie, and Hon. Ng Choy. The Acting broke hor mast, capsized the boat, and Chief Justice took the chair while the the occupants, together with the Pa- minutes of the last meeting were read, goda Mail, were precipitated in the Mr. Tonnochy then took the oaths as Ad. water. The men, who were in immi- ministrator and assumed the presiden- cy of the Council. The Administrator nent danger of losing their lives, were fortunately rescued by one of the four said that having been sworn in himself boats belonging to the Chinese Humane he had much pleasure in appointing Society, and called the "Hu Kwang Yu," his hon. friend the Acting Colonial which was cruising in the vicinity at Treasurer to be Acting Colonial Se-- the time. It is of noteworthy praisecretary, and Mr. Alfred Lister to the to state that the Chinese have such a society in this port, and moreover, that the people in the rescuing boat refused all offers. of recompensation for their 'good' action. The letters were all
saved, though in a wet condition. Foochow Herald.
post of Acting Colonial Treasurer. Captain Deane and Mr. Lister having taken the oaths, His Excellency said that concluded the business they had met to transact and adjourned the Council sine dje.
THE ENGLISH MAIL. We take the following late telegrams from the Straits Times Dalra received by the P. & O. Co.'s steamer Rosetta which arrived this morning:
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respecting the loss of the Doterel indi London, 30th Aug.-The enquiry cates the explosion was the result of absence of ventilation in the magazine.
A banquet was given last night in Dublin to Mr. Dillon, who made a speech strongly denouncing the Land with Mr. Farnell's advice to give it a -Act, and said as he could not agree
fair trial, he should retire into privato life.
New York, 29th Aug-The latest bulletins state that President Garfield is mending.
Tanis, 29th Aug.-The Arabs are threatening Suza, which the French will probably occupy.
LATEST INDIAN NEWS.
ka Khel raiders drove off a herd of Peshawur, 15th August. The Zak-
buffaloes from the village of Sungee, killing one villager and wounding another. The militia pursued, but discovered nothing, the raiders being too numerous,
Quetta, 17th August.-There is no news of much importance from Kan- dabar, and everything continues quiet. There is a vague rumour in Chaman that the Ameor's troops have aban. doned Kelet-i-Ghilzai, but it seems too improbable to be true. Sirdar Shamsuddin Khan is still in Kan- dabar, and is said to be well treat- ed. The road to Kandahar is quiet and safe; but there is little or no traf fic at present. It is said that Ayub's Kabuli and Kandaliari troops still con- tinue to quarrel.
Simla, 18th Aug.-News has been received from Kabul that the Ameer lately issued a proclamation all over North Afghanistan to the Chiefs and others, stating that the enemy had oo- cupied Kandahar, and that he would leave for Kandahar in a week. He is said to have paid up all the troops at head-quarters, and sent reinforcements with money to Ghazni and Kelat-i- Ghilzai; and to be collecting transport and manufacturing ammunition. Ge. neral Mahomed Jan and several other leading men have been arrested. All quiet in Kabul,
The paragraph in Friday's China Mail stating that the present Roman Catholic Cathedral had been rosold on the preceding day for $140,000, or an advance of $40,000 on the amount of original purchase money, is we are. authorised to say,, utterly devoid of
Lahore, 12th Aug.—The Civil and London, 25th August.-The Queen truth. It is perfectly well known held a grand review of Scottish Vo-Military Gazette says that Government throughout the colony that this pro-lunteers at Edinburgh to.day. 40,000 intends to have strict blockade of perty mania is nothing more nor less men marched past. Everything passed the Zakka and Kuka Kele next cold
Society are requested to assemble it
Members of the Hongkong Humane than a gigantic swindle, which sooner off satisfactorily, and the appearance weather, consequent on the recent at- ·
or later will be thoroughly exposed. of the force excited the highest admi. tack on the 9th Bengal Cavalry, the cutting off the Jumrud water-supply, Head Quarters, Praya Contral, to-mor-It-behoves the Pross therefore 20 beration.
Heavy rains throughout the country row, September 13th, at 8.30 p.m., for very careful in publishing statements
and the recent attack on Sungeo village, near Peshawar. shirt and helmots to be worn. ⠀ practice with apparatus. Regulation likely to mislead the publio, as it is continue.
simply playing into the hands of inter- ested and unscrupulous speculators, whose motives for these high prices achieving a wide spread publicity ars. easily understood.. The present pos- sessors of the Roman Catholic Catho dral would be glad to part with the
Your Worship, the Mayor, Alder men, and Gentlemen,-I wish to ex- press my sincere appreciation of the great honour you have done my country, myself, and the officers and men under my command for the friendly sentiments you have expressed in your address of this morning. Already there have been built here on the Tyne, by Sir Wm. G. Armstrong and Co., nuder the direction of Mr. Campbell, We hear from Shanghai that the the official agent of the Chinese Go- vernment, eleven gunbouts. They were taken to China under the British flag by British officers and crews. The
celebrated Tientsin race pouy Schmollis has boon sold to Mr. Henry of Hong kong for Tis, 1,000. We are inclined. to doubt the correctness of this report,
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London, 26th August.-General Sir Frederick Roberts starts for India on October 12th.
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London, 27th August.-Rev. G. G. Bradley, Mastor of University College, Oxford, has boon appointed Dean of Westminster.
Cholera still rages here. An official report to-day states that 57 fresh cases occurred yesterday, 53 of which were in the native city, and in the lunation. asylum. There were 36 deaths. Fever is also prevalent. The doctors consider the cholera will not abate yet,