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son he is "a head and a neck” in. the rear of the winner on Tristan, after losing ground by being can- noned against in the last few strides. The following description of the race is taken from the Overland Mail:-
Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 soys, enoh, 10 ft. and 5 only if declared, &c., with 300 sovs. added; winners ostro; the second received 100 Rovs. out of the stakes; the third anved stakes. Cambridgeshire Course
According to the London aud China. Express, Mr. Archibald Macarthur, the oldest man in Scotland, died on the 26th October, in a cottage in Dunoon, Argyleshire. He was born in the parish of Kilmorrish, Argyleshire, on 5th September, 1777, and was thus in his 105th year. His faculties remained unclouded. When he reached his con- tenary in 1877 he was presented with a sum of money subscribed publicly for him. For many years he carried- on Evangelio work amongst the Gaelic population.
The delivery of the French mail was. begun at 3.15 yesterday afternoon.
We notice the arrival of Mr. Taro
Ando, the Japanese Consul, per steam. ship Niigata Marn which arrived this morning.
We understand that the steamship Pakhot will be patolod up in Amoy, and towed down to Hongkong to com- plote her repairs.
An Emergency Mooting of Lodge St. John No. 618 S.C. for the installa. tion of R.W.M. and officers for the ensuing year, will be held at Freema- son's Hall, Zotland Street, this evening at 8.30 precisely.
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Frank Lee Thoradon, a seaman be- longing to the British ship Agnes Muir, was brought before Mr. Wodehouse' this morning charged with obtaining money by false pretences. It appeared that a Chinese tailor, named Chun Hung, went on board the Agnes Muir about the middle of last month, and whilst there a man, bat not the pri soner, snatched his account-book from his hand, and disappeared with it. On the occasion of a subsequent visit to the ship by the tailor, the prisoner offered to obtain the account-book for him for the sain of $5, and a written agreement WAS afterwards made
(1 anilo 240 yards), 102 subs., 46, of whom declared ft. Mr. J. R. Keons's Foxhall, by King Alfonso-Jaimaca, 3 yrs., 9st. (inc. 14lb. ox.)
.......(J. Watts) 1 The Tung Hing Chinese theatre, Mr. C. Perkins's Lucy Glitters, 3 yrs.. nearly opposite the Tang Wah Hos.
6st. 7lb.
...(E. Martin) 2pital, was the scene of a riot on Satur. Mr. Lofovro's Tristan, 3 yrs., 7at. 9 lb. day night, which might have been at
(Fordham) 3
tended with serious results. It ap.. Thirty-two ran.-Betting: 9 to 2 agst Bend Or, 6 to 1 agst Incendiary. 7 to 1
pears that a piece was substituted for We are informed by the Agents of agst Lucy Glitters, 10 to 1 agst Foxhall,
the one announced in the bill, which the Austro-Hungariau Lloyd's Steam 20 to 1 each agat Toastmastor, Post Obit, did not meet with the approval of the Navigation Company that the steam- Montrose, and Muriel; 25 to 1 aach agst audience, who commenced to protest ship Helios left Singapore for this port Prestonpans, Scobell, Shinglass, Elizabeth, against this breach of contract in aud-yostorday (Sunday) morning. She is and Broildoune; 40 to 1 cash agst Promé-ible terms, and this not having the due here on the 12th instant. theo, Pirous, and Poter; 50 to 1 each agst desired effect the seats were broken Poulet, Mistake, Corris Roy, Etone II., and Tristan; and 100 to 1 oach agst Petro- up, and thrown at the actors, and a nel, Philammon, and Tagus. There was goneral disturbance ensued, which the some twenty minutes' delay owing to the police for a considerable time were un- difficulty in marshalling so big a field. The able to suppress. Ultimately the ring- light, too, was bad for distinguishing the leaders were arrested and borne away.. colours, but, from what the jockeys said, in triumph, and the performance pro Muriol and Elizabeth were in the van forceeded without, noteworthy interrup- a short time, when Corrie Roy with Preus tions, although the audience were in took up the running, the latter setling down with the lead, while in his track, be anything but an amiable mood, and were only restrained by the presence sidos Mr. Crawford's 'filly, were Muriel, Elizabeth, Ercildoune. Poulet, Montrose, of the police from further violence. and Lucy Glitters, while the next division Notices to Subscribers.
had as prominent members Scobel, Pres-
Mr. Pemberton Willard's Wanderers' Subscribers who do not receive their newspapers tonpans, Tristan, Bend Or, Incendiary.. Compray gave their first logitimate within thirty-five minutes aftert la time of publics Foxhall, and Philammon. As they neared performance of the season at the City tion will oblige by communicating with the Editor.
Domestic Notices, if properly authenticated, withe Red Post Pirmus was still in front, but Hall on Saturday night, to a crowded be incorted free of chargo,
long before this ho had lost the company house. T'he piece selected, for repre- of Muriel and Elizabeth, and his attendants santation was the famous burlesque at this point were Lucy Glitters. Ercil- "The Forty Thieves," which has re-whoroby the prisoner was to get the doune, Poulet, Tristan, and Prestonpans. while Incendiary and Bend Or were close cently had such a successful run at book for $2.50. The tailor stated in handy, as also was Corrio Roye lat- the Gaiety Theatre, London. The Court that any one in possession of tér, however, was soon benton, and of those extravaganza was woll pat on the his account book might possibly be prominently backed Montrose also bent a stage, great care having evidently been able to collect a large amount of retreat at the Red Post, leaving, on the taken in preparing appropriate scenery money in the harbour for clothes retirement of Pirmus after passing it. Lucy and suitable stage effects. The princi- supplied, and that he agreed to give the sum named if the book was Poulet, Prestonpans, Ercildonne, and Fox- pal parts, Ali Baba and Morgiana, were hall, who now passed Incendiary and Bond admirably sustained throughout by in the same condition as when taken Mr. Willard aud Miss Beresford, both from him. On paying the $2.50, the Or. The Russley pair, it was soon scen, could never get up, and Poulet was the of whoin are burlesque artistes of a high tailor found the book handed to him to immediate follower of Lucy Glitters and class, the fortuer especially proving the be a new book something similar which Tristan 200 yards from home. Preston-life and soul of the performance. Miss had been brought apparently on pur- pans, Ercildouge, and others mentioned as
poso, value about ten cents. His com- having run well, now gave way to Foxhall,
plaint to the captain hud no effect, and whe from the distance just mentioned came out in hot pursuit of Lucy Glitters and
he applied to the Police, who arrested Tristan, the Amerioan colt being on the
the prisoner. The magistrate com- top ground, carrying his weight as if a
mitted prisoner for trial at the Cri- feather. In the last fifty yards Lucy
uiual Sessions of the Supreme Court. Glitters swerved a bit on to Tristan, and and won a brilliant race by a head, while Foxhall, running home like a lion, got up Tristan was only defeated a neck for so- cond place. Poulet, who had always run well, was fourth, Incendiary fifth, Piraeus sixth, Beud Or seventh, Toastmaster eighth, Prestonpans ninth, and Montrose tenth; while the whippers in were Corrie Roy, Petronel, and Tagus. Time, by Benson's chronograph, 2 min. 15 2-5 secs.; time last year, 2 min. 11 secs.
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Songkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 5TH DECEMBER, 1881..
Glitters in clear command of Tristan,
Beresford is a charining soubrette actress, and we were glad to see her in a part 80 well suited to bor special abilities. The other characters were adequately filled by Mesdames Lyle, Carlton, and Vernie, and Mr. Nitram, all of whom worked hard to bring the performance to a satisfactory issue, and in this they ere successful. The various songs were greeted with great applause, the topical dasts in "Goodness Gracious" receiving a rapturous encore. By the permission of Golonel Geddes, the band of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was in attendance. The performance of The Forty Thieves" will be repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
ARREST OF THE TYTAM HOUSEBREAKERS.
THE FRENCH MAIL. The Messageries Maritimes steamer Amazone, from Marseilles 30th Oct., arrived yesterday afternoon. Wo published on Saturday the most im. portant of the news brought by this mail which was received by a steamer direct from Singapore. The following items are taken from the London and China Express of the 28th ultimo:
The Peninsular.and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's new 'steniner Ganges was successfully launched on the 26th iust. at Barrow-in-Furness, from the yard of the Barrow Ship- building Company. The Ganges, which is built of steel, is 4,100 tons gross re- gister, and will have engines of 800. horse power nominal. The cylinders aro 58 in, and 100 in., and the stroke ia 5 ft. 3 in. She is 390 ft. long, 42 ft. beam, and 35 ft, deep. The Sutlej, which is in evory respect a sister ship, is being built at the same yard, and will be launched shortly.
A rumour has gained some ground to the effect that a new turret war vessel, supposed to be one of three vessels built at Newcastle-on-Tyne for the Chinese Government, had boon sold by that Government to Chili. No such transaction has, however, taken place, the fact being that only two vessels of thia description have been build under contract for the Chinese Government, and these two vessels are now in Chinese waters.
The Inflexible left Portsmouth on the 25th inst, for Gibraltar. Mr. N. Barnaby, the director of naval cons- truction, joined the ship at Plymouth, and will make the trip to the Mediter ranean. The Inflexible made a splendid run from Portland to Plymouth, both the ship and the engines behaving most satisfactorily and surpassing the performances on the measured mile. The steering power, of the ship was also better, but the general idea on board is that the rudder is scarcely large enough.
The Hermes, an irou sailing ship, was launched on the 24th inst, by Messrs. Robert Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow. The following are her dimensions → Length, 235 feet; breadth, 87 feet; depth, 21.6 feet; and is about 1,600 tons. This vessel has been built to the order of Mr. R. R. Paterson, of Greenock, and is intended for the East India and China trade.
Messrs. Scott and Co., of Cartsdyke, Greenock, have launched one of six new steamers which are intended for local river traffic in Cochin China. The vessel launched was named the Phuakin, and is of about 300 tons burthen.
THE Americans have good reason to be proud of the three-year-old racehorse Foxhall. It was no small feather in the cap. of the scion of King Alfonso and Jamaica to win the Cesarewitch carrying 7et. 12lbs.; but to repeat the Rosebery coup, and under the welter of 9st. get home first in the Cambridgeshire, is a handicap performance almost with- out parallel in the history of the English turf. From the appended description of the great race it will be seen that it was a remarkably close and exciting finish and that the American was slightly favored with luck; however, we must give honour where it is fairly due, and there can be no doubt whatever that Foxhall has proved himself, not merely the best horse of his year, but one of the greatest horses of the century. We have on several occasions expressed our opinion that the hero of the Grand Prix and the two big Newmarket handicaps was a long way in front of his countryman, Iroquois, and Tom out of Merry Sunshine, was bred at. is taken of them, but an incident which looking craft hoisted sail and attempt-mand of the Lily on the China Station,
The pedigree, performances, and en- gagements of the winner are as fol- lows:-
With reference to the recent bur glary at Tytam, we learn that an im- portant capture was effected late on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, by a boat belonging to the Chinese Revenue Service. The Customs
A ghastly story comes from Wham-boat while craising outside the Ly-00-gunboat, on the China Station from
poa. Fights between smugglers and moon Pass in search of the Tytam ori Foxhall, a bay colt by King Alfonso out Customs officers are common enough minals came upon a Hakka boat lying of Jamaica, by Lexington, King Alfonso by in the neighbourhood of this river port; in one of the creeks at Chun-kin-o, and Phaeton out of Capitola, Phaeton by King so frequent are they that little notice immediately hailed hor. The suspicious Woodburn, in the United States of Ame recently occurred in connection with ed to escape, but the Customs cruiser this has now been placed beyond rica, on April 21, 1878, and in June of the one contest of the kind exhibits an
was alongside before she could get dispute through the running of following year bought by his present owner; amount of cowardly cruelty to a fallen properly under way. As the Revenue Lucy Glitters. Iroquois beat this Mr. J. E. Keene, for 13 gigiand, and foe which seldom has to be recorded. officers boarded the boat, one of the
autumn he was imported to filly in the St. Leger by rather over in 1880 ran for the first time at the New-A fight with smugglers had taken men jumped overboard and escaped. a length at a difference of 5lbs. market Second October Meeting, when he place at night, the opium runners get-On searching the vessel four men were (weight for sex) whereas in the Cam- won the Bedford Stakes, whilst on the next ting the worst of it. One boat was discovered, ono on the fore-hold, suffer- bridgeshire, Foxhall actually con- day he ran second to Savoyard for the being pursued and fired upon, and the ing from a bullet wound in the lower cedes her 35lbs., and gets his head Astley Stakes. He then won the Bretby smugglers being rapidly overhauled part of the left breast, and apparently in front in the last stride. The im- Nursery at the Newmarket Houghton ran-their-boat-neliore and tools fight, in a dying condition. A large quan-
Meeting, when, carrying 8st. 12lbs., he provement which William Day has beat Heyday (Gat. 12lbs.) by a hond, with disappearing in a bamboo thicket.tity of clothing, which has since boon effected in Foxhall may be judged by sixteen others in the rear. Foxhall has Search was made among the bamboos, identified as that stolen from Tytam, Tristan's position in the Grand Prix fulfilled six engagements this year, winning and one man was found crouching was also found on board. The boat and Cambridgeshire respectively. In four times the Grand Prix de Paris, the down who had received a bullet and men were taken to Kowloon City, Paris the American beat the French and Duke Michael Stakes at the New-through his body. This poor wretch where the wounded man shortly after, markot First October Meeting, the Oosare- was dragged down to the beach, and, wards died. On a further search, a witch, and the Cambridgeshire. His de being laid by the heels, was forcibly large quantity of fire-arms, stink-pota, feats were in the City and Suburban- when, carrying 6st. 8lbs. he ran second, hold head down in the water till, and house breaking implements of beaten a length and a half easily by Bond his stragglos coating to give indi- various descriptions were discovered, or (9st.) and in the Gold Cap at Ascot. cation of life, his captors cast him the fire-arças showing indications of Next year, the Prince of Wales's Stakes at adrift. This story got about but was having been recently discharged. In- Nowmarket First Spring, the Champion credited by few, Chinese only being spector Cameron, accompanied by Mr. Stakes at the Newmarket Second October, engaged in this atrocity. That it Uhan Afook and four Chinese women and tho Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot aro his true, however, there can be no question, from Stanley, went over to Kowloon only present engagements.
for a day or two after the body floated City on Saturday morning, and identi- and drifted ashore. It was recognised, fied the stolen property. The whole and the bullet-wound alone was found of the property stolen, with the excop- to be sufficient to have caused death in tion of one or two pieces of clothing, a few hours. The shot had entered in has now been recovered. The Man- front, and the gaping wound at the darin at Kowloon City despatched tho back contained a large piece of bone three men, and the dead body to Canton that had been driven out, tearing out refusing on his own responsibility to part of the trapezius muscle and infras hand them over to the Hongkong police pinatas, the hole extending to the teres authorities. We learn that it is the major, presenting a similar appearance intention of the Government to apply to that made by an explosive bullet. for the rendition of the prisoners.
colt at even weights by a short head; at Newmarket he conceded 191bs. and again beat him, although it would appear that Fordham might have just got home, in the latter race. but for Lucy Glitters swerving on to him in the last 50 yards. The bad luck of the great jockey in the Cam- bridgeshire during the past few years has been heart-breaking. He has been placed, if we mistake not, for the last five years. Two years ago he rode Out of Bounds, when owing to being closed in at the finish he was beaten "two heads," last year on Fernandez he was second to Lu- cetta, and lodged an objection against the winner for a "cross and jostle," which was over-ruled; and this sea
The Bolelim of the 3rd instant pablishes a circular order to the mili. tary and naval authorities relative to the celebration of the festivity of Our Lady of the Conception, patroness of the Kingdom of Portugal, which will take place on the 8th instant at Macao. At the Cathedral a solemn masa will be said at 10 am. and a procession will have the church at 4 p.m.
The senior of the batch of six lieute nants promoted to vacancies on the commanders' list is Commander Oswald Tudor, who stood thirtieth on his list, He is promoted in recognition of his services in command of the Swinger, November, 1876, until the spring of the present year. Commander W. M. Carey, who stood fifty-second on the list, was recently given the acting com.
where he had previously commanded the ganboat Moorhen,
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Roberts, G.C.B., V.O., has left England to assume the Command-in-Chief at Madras.
The joint commission on the new Auglo-French Treaty met at Paris ou the 24th inst., whon a large number of questions which had been discussed before were entered upou, but nothing was decided about them. One of the inost important subjects of this cate
gory was the urlare d'entrepot, which was not down for further discussion. It is not to be expected that rapid progress will be made until the Chamber meets and a new Government takes office.
It is reported that a French scientific expedition has started from Saigon to explore Indo-China, under the direction of Lieutenant Louis Delaporte, of the French Navy, the companion of M. Lagrée, the well-known explorer, în his travels. Among the members of the expedition are several engineers, photographers, and draughtsmen,
The 26th inat. was the eighty-first
birthday of Field-Marshal Count von Moltke, and the occasion was honoured by the unveiling of a fine bronze statuo
to the great strategist on one of the public squares of Cologne. There was much popular enthusiasm, and the ceremony was wound up with a grand banquet.