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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH--WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 1881.
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tially correct to the letter. During the five years that Sir John Pope Hennessy has been Governor of Hongkong we have had organised armed attacks at Wing Lok Street, at Hung Ham, at Yow-mah-tee, and now this recent one at Tytam, and "the carrying away of two foreign re- sidents by pirates not far from Hong kong waters on Saturday night." These are not all. The Daily Press tells us that "there has been a renowal of the attacks on foreigners while walking in the dusk of the evening," that "native women walk ing in the streets are at any time liable to have their earrings snatch. ed away from them," and that of "ordinary crimes such as lar- conies and burglaries there is (sic) al- ways a large number." For all these Governor Hennessy is the respon- sible party. His Excellency in- stigated the Wing Lok Street raid, he was a confederate in the bold at. tempt to steal the Kowloon Docks, he must have been implicated in that Yow-mah-tee scare, he certainly
His Excellonoy the Governor and Lady Hounessy have arranged to arrivo at the City Hall to-night at 9.30.
The British ship Channel Quson wont oyer to Kowloon last night. The steamship Cebu will probably go into dook this evening.
Decorative Committee of the Masonic A Meeting of the members of the Ball will be held in the City Hall at 4.30 this afternoon. A large attond-
is requested.
ance
A party of Police in a steam.launch yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Stanley, discovered the body of a Chinese male adult lying upon the beach not far from the village. The body was brought in to Victoria. It is believed that the man is known, and had boon sick for some considerable
time.
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The City of Tokio came round from Aberdeen Dook aborthy afternoon to-day.
The visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ending 27th November, were:-Europeari, 116; Chinese, 1;215; total, 1,331.
The usual courtesies were exolianged English Admirals, whose ships are this morning between the French and
now lying in Hongkong Harbour, Visits were paid by Lieut..General Donovan and several Consuls during the morning to both. Admirals and tho Commodore, and His Excellency the Governor was to leave Murray Pier at two o'clock on a visit to Vico-Admiral Willes, G.B.,
The most noteworthy incident at the race-course this morning was the re appearance in the pigskin, after a long retirement, of that prince of jockeys, the veteran Mr. W. M. Morgan. Tho old gentleman's nerve appears to be true as stoel; and his seat is as graceful,
his handling of the reins as artistic as ever. It was a matter of surprise to the veteran to find that his win I was
had designs on the family house of saoh a tremendous run at the Goty hardly so good as it used to be some
Mr. Chan Afook at Tytam, and it is positively certain that he was in
We would direct the attention of the public to the performanes to be given on Saturday night by Willard's Wan darers at the Theatre Royal, City Hall. The popularity of the famous burlesque The Forty Thioves," which has had Theatre, London, ought to attract a large audienco. Now scenery has been
have been busy rehearsing for some an I ns. the members of the company considerable time, we confidently anti- cipato a first rate performance.'
within thirty-five minutes afterthe time of publica-league with the "pirates" who expressedly painted for this occasion, af training. Gantle nen who knew Mr.
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dozen years ago; bat he hopes to get. over that dimically by a strict course Morgan in his bost days and who are well qualified to sponk on the subject, say that a tuore accomplished horse- man never sat on a saddle.
Sargeant Gamble, of the Royal Innis- We are glad to learn that Paymaster-
Another house property case was killing Fusiliers has been selected for a
heard before Mr. Justice Russell, sit. commission by His Royal Highness ting in Summary Jurisdiction, yester the Field Marshal Commanding in day. It was the same old story. Mr. Chief. Sergeant Gamble passed the Yan Sai Wan bad purchased some examination qualifying him for a lieu-property from Mr. Ho Chew, and de-. tenacy the other day in a most satis factory manner so that he will doubtless receive an early appointment. Sergeant Gamble, who is a first class amateur
tion will oblige by communicating with the Editor spirited away Messrs. Schmidt and Rapp from the bosoms of their families last Saturday night. Of course Sir John Pope Hennessy was implicated in the attack on Mr. John Gerrard, and it thought in some quarters that he was the actual per- son who threw the brick with such a very bad aim at the head of Mr. A. P. MacEwen. We have no doubt that it was His Excellency who made the dual attempt lately to effect an entrance into a well known racing stable in the Robinson Road. He has been observed casting long-actor, a very good fellow, and an excep. ing eyes at old Heather Bell for tionally smart soldier, has made many some time past, and there seems
friends in Hongkong, who will rejoica reason to believe that he intended
to hear of his Reserved good fortune. burglariously to obtain possession of We offer him our sincere congratula that "pearl beyond price."
HONGKONG, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1881.
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tious.
The inquest on the body of Essar Singh, the Sikh constable who was shot down by robbers at Tytam, was resumed at tho Magistracy yesterday before the Coroner, Mr. H. É. Wode- house and a jury-Dr. Marques gave evidence that donth had been caused by a shot wound through the left hip, and made a general laughing stock Polico constable James Hill, No. 23, throughout the colony. The Daily provod finding the deceased lying in a Press apparently considers its readers ditch, on the Shuu-ki-wan Road, mort. as stupid as the person who wrote the ally wounded, and cortified that he article. The morning journal is sadly died at Happy Valley on his way to lacking in discretion, and evidently the Hospital.-Aftor some evidence does not comprehend the character of had been heard relating to the attack the times.. Governor Hennessy is ad- mittedly not a general popular fav-adjourned until Thursday at 10 o'clock. orite amongst European residents. But his most bitter opponents are not such noodles as to be gulled by the transparent idiocies of the most recent attack of the Daily Press.
Our morning contemporary, in a fit of desperation to achieve some thing startling, has come down a most ignominious cropper." The milk and water "leaders" of the Daily Press have for years past been made the jest of every ribald tongue within the colony. There is occa- sionally a small modicum of shrewd. We have not time, space, nor in- ness and common sense mixed up clination to deal at length with the with the dog-Latin of the minor childish inanities of our morning legal light, who utilises his leisure contemporary, the more especially moments by helping a lame dog as we have heard the so-called leader over a stile; but when the worthy which we defy any person in Hong- chief of the staff handles that kong to understand in its entirety weapon, which Lord Lytton justly enough said, in the hands of men truly great is mightier than the sword, subscribers to the morning journal receive a rare treat. If our contemporary were to advertise it- self as a comic paper it would un- doubtedly create a great deal of merriment; as a sober morning journal, a purveyor of news, a leader and representative of public opin ion, in addition to laughter it ex cites contempt and ridicule. And how could it be otherwise? You cannot make a silk purse out of the auricular appendage of a female porker, nor can you transform the "bosher-up". of a tenth-rate local print the pride of the yokels, a great authority on turnips and würzels-into the intelligent editor of a high class periodical which is to be read by an educated community.
We will only call attention to one. portion of our contemporary's indict ment of His Excellency, that refer- ring to "the carrying away of two foreign residents by pirates not far from Hongkong waters." This is pure invention, the vivid imaginings of a puzzled editor's disordered brain. Messrs. Schmidt and Rapp know noth The armed attack and murder of ing whatever about pirates-thoy a policeman at Tytam on Sunday never met any of these gentry. They morning, and the carrying away of were seized by the officers of the Can- two foreign residents by pirates not ton Revenue Service on suspicion of far from Hongkong waters on Satur- being connected with smugglers; day night, aro indications that law taken to Canton, and after investige less characters still infest the Colony tion had proved them innocent, im- and its vicinity. Sir John Pope mediately released. But had they, Hennessy's opinion is that life and as asserted, been captured by pi- property are as secure here as in rates, where was the Governor of England, or in any other part of Hongkong's responsibility? Castle the world, but a glance at the oc- Peak, in the Canton River, is currences of the past few years is miles outside British jurisdiction; sufficient to negative that conclu- persons visiting that district must sion" Such are the opinions of the do so at their own risk. There Daily Press. It may possibly be possibly may be loose characters of Governor Hennessy's idea that life the piratical class hanging about the and property are safer here than they Canton River, although as we never are in any town of a similar size in hear of their exploits, we are much England or elsewhere, although we inclined to doubt it. But be that as are unable to trace any such expres- it may, the Daily Press attacks Go sion of opinion of His Excellency, However, if such really be the Go- vernor's views, there can exist no doubt whatever in the minds of persons who have any experience in such matters, that they are substan
vernor Hennessy for not suppressing a piracy which never occurred,, and for aiding and abetting so called cri- minals who never existed. What a magnanimous, fair, and impartial press we have in Hongkong.
posited the sum of $1,000 as bargain. money. The property was not so eagerly sought after as Mr. Yan Sui Wan expected; the spooulation was in fact a complete failure, and now, re- penting of his bargain, he suos Mr. Ho Uhaw for the $1,000 deposited, as he does not want the land. He contends that the contract was rescinded, which
of course the defendant denies. As the
counter
defondant intonis to bring action against the plaintiff for specifio performance, the two case will be triod togather hereafter.
from
rensou for the serjeant's death, and so they fell back upon that nseful and
divd sentence," on the house at Tytum, the inquiry was ambiguous
visitation of God. Subsequent inqui ries, however, and a post-mortem exa- mination revealed the fact that the man had died from a visitation of arsenic. As in the latter case some one is re- sponsible, the Queou's Bench Division ordered a fresh inquiry to find out who that somebody is. And consequently the body was exhumed, and once more the jury will have to sit on it."
As Admiral Lord Clanwilliam has distinctly stated to the deputation of Shanghai gentlemen who waited upon him with reference to the reception prepared for the Princes Albert Vietor and Georgs in the Model Settlement, that it was not considered desirable that there should be any public cere-
the Dotached Squadron to these waters imony on the occasion of the visit of beyond the usual courtosies invariably tendered to the officers of the fleet, the Hongkong Reception Committee will probably deen it advisable to place themselves in talographic communica- tion with the Admiral bofore making the proposed extensive preparations, which may only mean a useless waste of money. Lord Clanwilliam states, in effect, that the young sons of H.R.H. the of midshipmen on board the Bacchante, Prince Wales, are merely in the position and that they will not be able to take part in any public ceremonials under any circumstances, or accept any invi- tations, excepting as naval officers, and then only in conjunction with the other officers of the squadron. It is possible, however, that in this "dot on the ocean," the only portion of Grant Britain in the China Sea, the Admiral may be induced to relax the strict rules of aval discipline, although this is by no means certain; in fact, those who kuow the gallant Admiral woll, pre- pared as for the position he has taken up with regard to public receptions In any case, it will be well to let the and the Royal midshipmen long ago. community know in good time to what extent the Princes will be permitted to participate in the entertainments being provided for their amusement in Hongkong.
CANTON.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
CANTON, 29th November. attack" on this Hakka boat in which Having heard about the "piratical two residents of your oity were pro coeding on a shooting expedition, and being in the neighbourhood where the boat still lies, I had a look at her. She is an ordinary boat of the descrip- tion used by ship captains in your har bour and by excursion parties to Deep Bay. It appears miraculous to me that any one of the occupants of the craft escaped with their lives, or, at least, without being woundel, as the boat is completely riddled with shot; upon a close examination I could not дер A square foot of her th does not bear abot marks. I have not heard what is intended to be done with the craft, but it does not follow that she will be returned to her owner because no, opium was found in her; at all events there are precedents for this view. The Thing-taking has ar- rived here, having beau in collision with the Chinkiang, whilst the latter vossel was on her way to your port this morning. The gunboat does not present a pretty picture after the en countor, having had her jibboom car ried away, her bowsprit sprung, and the boats on her port side torn away from the davits and smashed,
The German bark Hammonia, Cap. tain Weller, 401 tons, was docked a few nights ago at Whampoa, and I hear this is an extensive job-not legs than recoppering.....
a thorough overhauling and
A CHINESE TRAGEDY.
The following romance in real life is translated by the N. C. Daily News from the Peking Gazette :-Oct. 14th.--The Military Lieut. Governor of Urumts', Kung-tang, reports a case of adultery and murder:Chêng Teʼang-jên, a supernumerary private belonging to the garrison at Ching-oh, had formed an illicit intimacy with Hai Lu shili, the wife of one Had Hsiao, who was cognisant of the guilty relations of the pair. On one occasion Hau apraided his wife with the fact, and threatened. on the next day to expose to public Wu agree with a Loadou contem. ridicale both herself and her paramour, portry that juries, especially those in His wife duly communicated this threat Croners courts, sometimes make mis- to Chong, and the two laid a plot to takes. In April last a certain quarter-murder the husband that very night. master-sergeant, named Henry Arbery, Accordingly, when he was fast asleep, died at Taunton under peculiar cir- Chông passed a rope round his neck cumstances. At the inquest the jurors and the wife prevented her husband were unable to arrive at a definite the from rising while the other tighteriad the noose and managed without much trouble to strangle him. The two then wrapped the body up in a bag, and exposed it on the waste land to the south of the city, in, the hope that it would be there devoured by wolves.. Shortly afterwards the father of the murdered mau came to inquire aftor his son, and found that he was missing; hearing, however, from some of the inhabitants that there was a dead body. lying exposed outside the city, he gave oat that he would, in company with some others, go and inspect it the next daylight on the morrow, and proceeded day. Cheng, hearing this, rose before to the place where he had deposited the body. Finding it still intact, he savered the head from the trunk, and was carrying it away, when he was parceived by the searching party, who happened to arrive on the ground just at that moment. He threw away the head at once and made off; but the head was picked up by the father, and guilty parties were at ones arrested identified as that of his son. The and coufossed to the crime. The womin managed to haug horself in peison, and memorialist, considering tho gravity of the crime and the im. portance, in so remote a portion of the umpire, of making an example of the perpetrator, gave orders that the mau should be summarily beheaded, without, waiting for the usual Imperial permia. sion to carry the sentence into effect. Roscript: Let the Board of Prose. dare to take note.
in the Shanghai Meroury of the 23rd In a training report which appears instant wo observe the following refer ences to Mr. Paul's recont expensive purchases: Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle, were all on the course, the first time we think since the races. The two last were trotted by their old jockey, but Rose was mounts by Mr. Mat Dawson; he wont for a cauter, we think for half a mile, his last quarter stiffly, and there seems to be some was 33 seconds; he somed to go doubt as to bis being well." This last item was naturally a rather alarming piece of news for Mt. Paul, who im- mediately wired to Shanghai, request ing full particulars. The reply received "Ese proper; fetter by mail," is satis- factory if somewhat vague. We hear, however, from an independent source that a scrow was actually looss some where. The three ponios were taken delivery of by Mr. Mat. Dawson, and remained in bis stable for some time, when, owing to some reason or other, with which we are not acquainted, they were sent back to the Horse have been on the course every morning Bazaar, where they still remain. They since then, ridden in their work by Chiffuey, Sowjeo's riding boy. We shall, doubtless, have the mystery ex- plained in the course of the next few days.
An application which reached Eng sion to proceed with the formation of land recently from Caylon for permis the proposed Volunteer force in that colony has been approved by the Home authorities, and the corps will receive the title of the Ceylon Fasiliors-Lon don and China Express.