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Mr. TAYLOR-i only reply to what Mr. Ryrie said just nav. I referred to what the directors of the company have done in time past when the company really stood in need of some. one to look after its interests, but the moment we
POLICE COURT-THIS DAY.
ASSAULTS BY EUROPEANS.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
penury, perhaps into fatal destitution, while the saintly world hugs itself in the belief that justice
Fave come out of the slough of despond we have Mr. H. E. Wodensor of music, appeared before Approaching Chinese New Year it will be well. would have been violated had any attempt been Corea at the beginning of the 15th century, and which terminates · in
men-I will not say anything further-but they seem to me to have just taken twenty shares a piece for the sole purpose of drawing the $500 attiched to the post of director.
The CHAIRMAN Gentlemen, the old directors.
thought they were remunerated sufficiently for the responsibility incurred, but the gentlemen we
have now think differently, and that is the reason the fees have been raised."
Mr. TAYLOR-What responsibility have you? Here is the hotel leased out for five years and you have nothing to do.
G. Renati, a
of the Foochow Anglo-Chinese College have purchased the property below the Church belong ing to the Chartered Mercantile. Bank of India, London, and China, to be used as a site for the new College. We are glad to say that the amount requisite for the founding of the college has been nearly all subscribed by Chinese. We also hear that an influential member of the Chinese com-
made to separate sin from its punishment. sion among Japanese as well as Europeans, and These ideas have many a time found expres.
Asylum (Rakuzenkwai) in Tokiyo had formed a plan of appealing to the pubile for aid to endow
an institution where destitute Eurasian children might be educated, and, if necessary, supposted. naturally upon the Japanese in this affair; for the The duty of inception is one that seems to devolve
subjects; whatever be their parentage, their very closely. None of us will be willing to doubt ultimate fate is a matter that concerns Japan that, if the initiative were taken by charitable
The CHAIRMAN-1 am sorry, Mr. Taylor, you plainant it would not justify the defendant striking munity has generously donated the munificent children almost invariably remain Japanese press, and concluded by giving a few particulars doors, with curiously-wrought bronze hinger.
have hot the responsibility of renewing the lease. Mr.TAYLORI should like to have, very much. The written amendment was then handed up. The CHAIRMAN-Mr. Taylor moves that the accounts be not passed. ing that.
Mr. HUGHES-I have great pleasure in second The amendment was then put, when seven voted for it, and seven against, three not voting. Hon. P. RVRE-The Chairman has the cast ing vote, 1 presune.
Mr. TAYLOR-Well, we will demand a poli. The CHAIRMAN-I propose that the report and accounts be adopted, and Mr. Vaucher seconds it. On the motion being put, seven voted for it and seven against.
The CHAIRMAN-I have the casting vote as Chairman, therefore the report is passed. Our next business is the re-election of the directors.
Mr. H. HOPP-1 beg to propose the re-elec. tion of Mr. W. Reiners and the Hon. 1. Kyric as directors.
on a summons, for having assaulted one Lan-a-sing, a chair coolie, on the 25th Instant. From the evidence produced it appears that the complainant had a spite against Mr. Penati en account of his having on an occa sion prevented the complainant from striking his (Mr. Penati's) father, and since then he had con- tinually annoyed the defendant. On the evening in question, when the defendant was settling his jinrickshaw hire, the complainant interfered, which led to a scuffle, when Mr. Pennti dealt him a blow on the head with his strick-The Magis trate remarked that the bad conduct of the com- bit in the manner be did. He would, however, deal very leniently with the case-Fined go cents. Thomas Glass, engineer in the Hongkong Fire Insurance Brigade, was charged with assaulting billiard marker in the stag Hotel-Li-a-wal, the complainant stated: I am a billiard marker, employed at the stay Hotel. Yesterday the de- fendent and two others came to the Hotel and played billiards. I acted as marker while they were playing and defendant, who lost, abused me and said I cheated him whilst marking, struck me with his cus, and said I did not attend During the progress of the game, defendant ed to my marking. I said he had no business to strike me, when the defendant struck me on the head and eye with his fist. Blood Gowed freely from my eye immediately. I was afraid and ran away, and called a constable who ar rested the defendent. I was then taken to the Hospital, and had my eye dressed. I was ad vised to take out a summouns against defendunt. Besides the blow on the eye defendant struck me in several places with his cue, and one
time that defendant has struck me.
minuteness the early products of the Japanese The author continued to enumerate with great
regarding the history of wood engraving, for the illustration of books. Although illustrated books were extremely common in more recent Japanese Japanese, large foreign co-operation would be erature, the earliest he knew bore the date wanting, but it were vain to hope that socia pre-wood-cuts on a large scale representing the po- judices can be sufficiently overcome to permit effective action from this side in the first place.
pular gods; and to sonte of these a very great age was attributed. One of them dated from 1917 and another was engraved by Nichi-ren, who
1610. Previous to this, however, there were
Chinese Authorities a few days ago, and the
the author had not been able to corroborate this which possesses it. several members of the gang were sentenced to
statement. Movable copper type was used in
The most remarkable various terms of imprisonment. Now that it is
portion of the whole building is the nave, a dome lighted by for the residents of Foochow to have an eye to
even earlier. Indeed, one book so printed ap Nearly all the pillars of the nave are black, stained glass windows directly over the mikrde. their door-ways, as ancak thieves, assuming the beggars' garb, are everywhere to be met with,
1317 and 1324. Its date was therefore a hun- in height. The capitals are very large and all peared to date, authentically, from the years or of a dark colour, and are at least 20ft. and any small article, not at the moment missed, is likely to be stolen.
We are given to understand that the Trustees some practical result. The Patrons of the Blind printed book known in Europe; and, even if this little apse for the mikrdb is lined with mosalo on one occasion there seemed to be a prospect of dred and twenty years earlier than the earliest white. The wall above the arches is covered with delicate tracery in chiselled cement. The work were after all not so old as it seemed to be, in different coloured marbles and has a red por there were others dating unquestionably anteriorphyry pillar on either side of its arch. To its to 1450, the date of invention of printing by by broad bands of verd antique. It is covered left is a large slab of white marble, surrounded movable type in Europe. The invention reached with emblems, and is said to have been placed
and is about 12ft. high. It has 12 steps Japan from Corca.
there by Okhba himself 1,200 years mimbar, or pulpit, is on the right of the mird
oga The
There are 40 pillars in the nave alone, two is cx. quisitely carved, and in its side are several small
groups of four each being directly under the the prayer-chamber, including the facade, is eastern dome. The total number of columns in exactly 205. The building is indifferently lighted the roof. When the doors are closed and the wor very impressive one and not easily to be for by clusters of small glass lamps suspended from
gotten. The prayer-chamber opens on to a vesti shippers engaged in evening prayer the scene is a
Lule, the roof of which is somewhat lower, but which has a second dome in a line with the cen tral nave. The columns aml arches of the vesti-
of the southern and northern walls, leaving a bule are much more lofty than those of thecloister or arcade which runs along the remaining portion. large open space in the centre, paved with slabs of white marble, now in a very dilapidated condi beneath, and in the middle of the court is a very antiquity. The total number of columns in the tion. The pavement covers vast water-cisterus complex marble sun-dial, apparently of no great vestibule is 340 and in the cloisters 172, making a total of 412 in the interior of the mosque; but
richness and colour, but the pillars in the in the prayer-chamber present every variety of their arrangement is by no means uniform. Those
vestibule and cloister are nearly all of a very poor kind of white or gray marble.
The arches are nearly all in the shape of a semi- circle. are Arabic inscriptions, one in early Kufic cha
On four of the pillars in the cloister racter and of some length. The mind is about 120. high. It has three stories, cach having a crenellated battlement. The summit is reached by an excellent staircase of white marble, many
of the mindr is low and is farmed of three slabs, of the slabs still bearing traces of their having seen service in some Roman building. The door
Roman inscriptions are embedded in the wall. covered with rich carving. Close to the door two
sum of $10,000 as a nucleus towards founding the College.
The case of Graca v. Pitman in Hongkong has been decided in favor of the plaintiff by five- to two. We note, however, that application has been made by the defendant for a new trial, based on the grounds that the check for $10,000 was not a legal document. It is rather preina of this case, as an appeal is being made, still ture to express any opinion regarding the merits there is one thing we would like to know. law arises to our mind, and the question as to Though not of the legal profession, a point of the jurisdiction of the Hongkong Courts at all in the matter, crops up. It is a well known fact that the Hongkong Government denounces all lottery transactions as being illegal. This being the case, all transactions arising out of lottery busi- nessmust of necessity be illegal also, consequently as the ten thousand dollar check or draft was given on account of a lottery transaction, it must therefore be an illegal transaction, and, ef seg, beyond the tale of Hongkong jurisdiction. We Hongkong Supreme Court had no right to hear thereon, after it was clearly shown by the the case at all, much less pronounce judgment plaintiff's petition that the case was purely a lottery transaction-Herald.
At the back of many benevolent minds there penalties naturally attaching to sin is in a manner lurks a feeling that any attempt to mitigate the
to encourage its commission. We dare not at tempt to discuss this point here. It would carry us into a wilderness of doubt and darkness from which philosophers have not yet emerged by any common path. Bat every principle of charity combines to persuade us that something ought to be done, and that it could be done best under
died in 1282.
During the reading of his paper, Mr. Satow
and wood-cuts, which were referred to in the text, exhibited a large number of the ancient books At its conclusion Mr. Ewing asked whether the movable types spoken of as anterior to the invention of printing in Europe were cast types, tion had been anticipated in all its essential for if so it would appear that the European inven-
Mr. TAYTOR-1 am going to oppose their re- election. If we want men to represent us on the blow on the side of the head produced a may err, but it strikes us very forcibly that the Japanese auspices and with foreign co-operation. details by the printers of the East. direction, we ought to have inch who will represwelling still to be felt. This is not the first sent the shareholders and not vested interests. If the secretary will show me the list of share holders I will pick out some names we can put up against the Hon. I. Ryrie and Mr. Reiners.
The SECRETARY-I will, if you will call at the
office.
Mr. TAYLOR--You ought to have it here. The SECRETARY-It is not correct, ME. TAYLOR-Then it ought to be. We pay $2,000 for the work not being done, it seems Mr. Taylor then left his seat and walked to the end of the table and took the list..
THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN
AUSTRALIA.
Our immediate reason for broaching the sub- verancular journal. A person (whose name and ject is a story published a few days ago in a nationality are given, though for obvious reasons we suppress them) had three daughters, half- castes, who lived with their father until the ar- rival of his wife from Europe necessitated some different arrangement. There are women common enough in England, we believe and hope-who would have regarded the three girls
Mr. Satow replied that there was a distinct
moulding about 1450A.D.-Japan Weekly Afail." mention of Corcan types produced by casting and
summoned before for a similar offence by an- He has been other billiard-market.-Defendant said that the marker was looking at another table instead of minding the table he was marking for, and he only tapped him with the cae, and told him to mind his own table. Complainant then said
A HOLY CITY OF ISLAM. something impudent, and struck ine with the cue rest, knocking off my hat-off. This made me
The following interesting description of the very angry, and I then put my cue down down
City which contains the most ancient temple in celebrated African city of Kairwan, the Holy and gave him a blow in the eye. He then hit
Africa, is from the facile pen of the special cor- me again with the rest and I hit him twice after. and Shrewsbury, appear to have commenced as a sacred trust, and not deemed that their respondent The Times
their campaign against the Colonials most suc-husband's disgrace was lessened by concealment of the hitherto unvisited and consequently un- As soon as the news reached Tunis that most cessfully. As we stated when the cricketers left rather than by retribution. But the lady in known public buldings of Kairwan were acces England, such a team may be safely relied on to question had been educated in a different school,sible to Europeans, I resolved to travel thither as speedily as possible. Although about a dozen
The team of English cricketers taken out to Australia by the Nottingham professionals, Shaw
Mr. HUGHES-I beg to call attention to clause He then sat down on the floor and afterwards 68 in the articler of association, and demand a went for a policeman. I have no marks.--Ro- poll as to the voting on the accounts. The bert Mane, third officer on board the Oceanic, reason I ask for it is because it is very unusual corroborated the defendant's statement, adding views of the shareholders. In this matter I am tnagistrate remarked that there was no justifi. uphold the ancient renown ef English cricketers The children were turned out, not perhaps English travellers have passed through the Holy One is upside down, but it contains the words for directors to carry a thing so much against the that complainant was remarkably insolent.-The astonished that out of the seven who voted for cation for defendant punishing the boy in the against the whole world. The second great match actually destitute, but in a condition little more City since the Marquis "of Waterford nearly lost "Cesar" and "Trajan." The other is incom-
the motion four are directors and the chairman uses his casting vote. A thing such as that should not be tolerated in Hongkong, and I op- pose it. I don't think, gentlemen, it does you credit as directors to conduct things the man- ner, and further that the time has arrived when a check must be put upon it. I therefore demand a poll, according to rule 68.
manner he did, and find him $5.
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspundents in this column.)
MACAO EDUCATION.
TO THE EDITOR of the "Hongkong TELEGRAFI),"
played against a strong Victorian contingent is thus described by a sydney newspaper-
The English team of cricketers have been again victorious against a Victorian team, and probably no match ever deceived the public more. The Victorians went first to the wickets, and made a score of 251. The English Eleven only Hon. T. RYRE-I think, Mr. Chainnan, it
made 146 in their first innings, and consequently would be as well to adjourn this meeting and
had to follow on; but in their second venture appoint another day for a poll to be taken. Of SIR,From your Macau correspondent's ac- wicket, leaving the Victorians 4 to get to win. they managed to put 198 together on a wet course the shareholders have a perfect right to count of the distribution of prizes at the Com-The latter had to bat on execrably bad ground, demand a poll, but i think it would be inadvis-mercial-school, I am glad to see that Mr. Hart- and were all disposed of for 75 runs five minutes able to have it now. The poll is to be taken at Milner, who rejoices in the high-flown title of before the time for drawing the stumps, Had such time and place as the Chairman shall direct, Professor, has lately had an opportunity of they kept up their wickets for this five minutes according to the rules.
publicly making one of his untiring and never- ceasing attacks on the Lyceum Education It is simply common decency that Mr. Milner, being an interested party (whose opinion as such is not only gratuitous, but must be, Filling
TIKAT INNINGR, be regarded as of little value) should not pass Horan, Sentin, Texte.. any opinion on the Lyceum scheme, much less attack it in the manner he has done.
Mr. HÜCHES-Are we to understand the ac count is passed?
Hon. P. RYRIE-No.
I
Mr. HUGHES-I have been told by the Chairman the account has been passed, and I wish to know if I am to understand the account has been passed, and we are to adjourn the meet- , or am I to understand that we come here ain prepared to deal with what we started with?
M. TAYLOR-The long and short of it is this yau four directors, areepposing your eighty shares to the other eighteen hundred, and because you four are present you are strong and we are weak Mr. A. E. VABCR-I don't know about that. I think you are mistaken there. You came pre- pared and we knew nothing about it.
Hon. F. RYRIE-Perhaps (may ask Mr. Hughes, as he has studied the question, and this has come on me as a surprise, under what circumstances a poll is demanded ? '
Mr. HOGUES-On behalf of the shareholders and being one myself, I avail myself of clause 68. Hon, E RYKIE-When should a poll be called? There must be a clause about that somewhere,
Mr. HUGHES-It is the casting vote. It is a very unusual proceeding. It is a matter that concerns the directors particularly, and I think it would be nothing more than good taste to grant us a poll if we demand it, and under article 68 I demand it.
The article in question was read which provides that if a poll be demanded it shall be taken at such time and place as the Chairman shall direct, and either by open vote or ballot.
with it.
Mr. TAYLOR-It is a hard thing to say, but the interests of the directors and shareholders are dianietrically opposed. You hare twenty shares cach and you get $500 each, and the dividend has nothing to do,
Mr. HOPFIUS-I beg your pardon, I represent several hundred shares, by power of attorney from investors in Europe.
Mr. MCCULLOCH-Would you mind mention- ing about what number of shares you represent, roughly of course?
Mr. Horrius-230,
Mr. HUGHES-You are an exception on the Board in that case.
Mr. McCULLOCH-I represent 180. Mr. Horrius-I am very happy to hear it, 1 only mentioned the matter with regard to what Mr. Taylor said, to show that he was mistaken.
Mr. TAYLOR-I will argue that question if you please. If your interests were those of the share- holders you would not want this.
Hon. P. RYRIE-There is one thing you forget. There have been Companies paying no dividend and the dividend and the direciors drew their fees. How would your argument apply in that case?
Mr. TAYLOR-In other companies they give some brains and time to the management, but in this Company they give neither brains nor time, so far as I can see. Here is an establishment leased out for five years.
Hon. P. RYRIE-With reference to the remark just made by Mr. Taylor, I consider it most un- gentlemanly, and that no one but a anob could have made it.
scheme.
ing are the scores :- the game would have been drawn. The follow-
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EURASIAN CHILDREN IN JAPAN.
enviable, and their mother's appeals for aid finally led to ill-treatment that we gladly refrain from detailing. In nine cases out of ten there is but one future for girls so circumstanced. The children of our story are not yet old enough to have achieved their unfortunate destiny; but we learn from a Japanese newspaper, that the eldest has just made her debut as an O-shakut, that is to say a cup bearer; the apprentice office of a dancing girl. There is no need to tell what child has probably learned ere now; and if the a dancing girl in Japan at present really is. The public continues indifferent, it is much to be feared that her case will not be singular.-Japan Mail.
ANTQUITY OF PRINTING IN THE EAST.
At the last Meeting of the Asiatic Society, Mr. Ernest satow read a paper entitled "Notes on the Early History of Printing in Japan." He ob served that the art of Printing on wooden blocks in China probably owed its discovery to the ac cident of some one desiring to obtain a far-simile of an inscription on a stone monument in the first instance by the process of rubbing with Bo coloring matter over the paper, and subsequently by covering the stone with Indian ink, placing the paper against it, and rubbing. This practice probably lasted for a long time before the plan of engraving a composition for the express purpose of taking copies was thought of. In 175 AD. the text of the Chinese classics was cut on tablets, which were erected outside the university, and of these impressions were taken, some of which are wooden blocks seems to be no older than the end said to be still in existence. Printing from of the sixth century, when a portion of the Chinese classics was engraved on wood. But it was not until the tenth century was well advanced that printed books became common.
Mr. Milner, as I have said, not being a dis interested party, I must put his opinions aside in favor of those cf. Mr. Bastos, an independent and disinterested gentleman, whom I purpose taking to task for endorsing Mr. Milner's views. Mr. Bastos being a rising politician his words are of great value; consequently, his speech cannot be allowed to pass without some com- ment. I am ready to admit that a purely com- school in Macao is a great-but not the mercial training as imparted by the Commercial- exclusive need of the Macaenses, as is asserted. only Commercial education in Macao is as much needed as superior training. May I ask Mr. Bastos if he had been trained in an institution like the Commercial-school instead of in the Lyceum that formerly existed, would he be able to occupy his present position? Certainly not. Mr. Bastos would the present moment be toiling hard at some desk here for the paltry remuneration of say $50 per month. If the youth of Macao are only to receive a commercial educa. tion, and nothing more, we shall soon return to the dark days of the Guimaraens Government, comes of Eurasian children in Japan? The The question has often been asked, what be when the Macao Bar was entirely composed of prudery of the nineteenth century forbids the Goa-men, and every responsible position occu- pied by them. Messrs. Milner and Bastos can
discussion of the topic in social circles, but really out attacking the Lyceum scheme as they have well afford to culogise commercial training with the prudery of the nineteenth century has be done, which fact simply strengthens the belief this respect we might learn some useful lessons come suggestive from its very extravagance. In daily gaining ground, that the scheme is attacked from the Japanese, who set very much less nar- and a purely commercial instruction alone adve- cated for the sole purpose of meeting the con
row limits to the range of conversation without venience and capabilities of the professors" of suffering any real contamination of thought or the Commercial-school, one of whom displayed deed. Often indeed they err in the opposite dissertation in the form of a speech on the sub-direction, but at any rate they cannot be accused Chinese Buddhist and classical works, the the singular ability of delivering a philosophical ject of the distribution of prizes. Thanking you of attaching greater importance to words than to absence of a native literature apparently retard for the insertion of this letter,-1 am, &c., ideas, as is too commonly the case with ouring the adoption of the art of printing, in spite
Hongkong, 26th January, 1882.
of the pretty frequent intercourse which went on But meanwhile, what becomes of the Eurasian between Japan and China. The first really na- [Our correspondent would have displayed greater children? During twenty-three years of foreign tional work printed in Japan was the Ni-hon-g
sense and better taste had his criticisms and insinuations been of a less personal character. residence in Japan very many might have at the very end of the 16th century. Printed He has strangely enough overlooked the im- reached an age sufficient to constitute them ap-slips containing a Dharani out of the Buddhist portant fact that the Commercial-school is a preciable units of society. Yet we hear of them scripture were distributed throughout Japan to perfectly independent institution, established
or see them so seldom that the exception con- the number of one million in 764-770; these were for a special purpose, and supported entirely firms the rule of non-existence. Do they die in apparently printed from cast copper or bronze by private enterprise The statement that a belief is daily gaining ground that the Lyceum childhood, or, on attaining maturity, cease to be blocks rather than from wooden ones. specimens scheme has been attacked, and a purely com- distinguishable from Japanese? The latter is mercial system of instruction advocated for the sole purpose of meeting the convenience and hardly possible, but the former is, we fear, too capabilities of the professors of the Commercial-often the case. The lot of these poor little school, is an ill-tempered imputation, which has not even the snerit of truth to commend it to public approval.-ED. Hongkong Tele-
FOOCHOW.
A. B. C.
sclves.
In Japan the earliest example of block printing dates from the middle of the eight century. Before that, stone inscriptions and seals with engraved characters were already in use. The early Japanese prints were chicity reproductions of the
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his life there from the blows of a fanatic some plete, but apparently runs thus: Antonimi 40 years age, nobody, with the sole exception of Aurellia Mr. Rae, has ever succeeded in forming even an
Antoníni Filii
i Divi Nerva Nepotis approximate idea of the configuration of the town Ascending the tower I noticed in the cor Dedicaverunt. itself or obtaining trustworthy information as the venerable relics it contains of the palmiest claimed Kairwan's unconditional surrender of
ner the while flag which a week ago pro days of Moslem magnificence. The rare oppor its position as "an intact Moslem city," and its the city was not, therefore, to be neglected. Gene any longer the spirit of its most cherished tradi tunity now afforded by the French occupation of |ral Lambert having very courteously furnished tions. The view from the mind of sidi Okhba renunciation for ever of its pretensions to uphold
me with a letter to the newly appointed Military Governor of the Susa and Kairwan district, I left diately beneath us were the pillared cloisters of the
at Kairwan is a very remarkable one. Imme.
daybreak, and kept close to the recently-laid De: ether buildings in which Tunisians have for ten Tunis and arrived at Susary early the follow mosque itself, and the domes, capolas, roofs, and canville tramways as far as the gardens of Qued ing morning. The next day 1 quitted susa before minarets of the countless colleges, schools, and
centuries and merc Lia-"the river resembling a sheep's tail." Be-
"steeped themselves in Islamism Beyond the crumbling city walls; tween this place and sucz we crossed two ranges oflow hills covered which olives and brushwood, French flag flying over them; the five great the Kasbah and the Bey's palace with the obtaining through the twilight glimpses of the vil lages of Kala Kabir and Kala sohir, where the in- forts undergoing repairs at the hands of French gates guarded by French soldiers; and the ruined surgents made their last stand before finally retreat ing south Passing close to the camp of Colonel engineers. In the far north I could see the Lannes at Oued Lia and Icaving the olive trees el-Karouba, whence General Saussier has just mountains of Zaghouan and the passes of Foum- behind us, we pressed on to a second French marched; to the cast the sandy plains which camp some 18 miles to the west, pitched to the right of the sidi el Hani marsh-lake and around separate the old world life of Karwan from the
commercial activity of the shores of the Mediter the low white cupolas which cover the remains
ranean; to the west another plain less sandy and of El Hani turned out to be all in their normal soldiers commanded by Generals saussier, Loge of that saint and his son. The eight famous wells
more fertile, upon which are encamped the 20,000 condition, and on the brink of one of them sat an unfortunate Italian camp follower, who had been south the barren hills and rocky mountains over rot, Forgemol, st. Jean, and Etienne; and to the robbed of his stock-in-trade by the Arabs tra- which the 50,000 Arabs, who ten days ago sur Half an hour later the mind of the great Mosque fresh difficulties for the French army among the velling towards sucz on the provious evening rounded Kairvan, rapidly retreated to create of Okbha and Kairwan-"the most sacred building in all Africa"-became visible, standing wastes of Cabes and the deserts of the Djerid. Mr. Rae thinks the conqueror of Africa, sidi out with strange distinctness against a background Okbba, rests in Holy Kairwan, but as a matter of through the gate of the citadel, which of blue hills. shortly after midday we passed fact the great warrior lies in a very humble tomb does not at Kairwan occupy the commanding po- memory is still revered in both countries, and 50 miles south of Biskra in Algeria. His sition usually assigned to the Kashbah in most Moorish cities. Having paid a visit to General visit the great mosque in large numbers. While the Turcos of the French army around Kairwan Etienne and obtained a written permission to stay I was performing the hitherto forbidden task of in the city, I accepted the invitation of a Kairwan possession of the guest chamber in his house, in grandee, sy Amor Ben Yunes el Khaia, to take which he has already entertained several Eur pean travellers. As a rumour was very generally current that the permission granted to visit the various religious edifices would withdrawn, 1 lost no time in securing the services of an efficient guid guide and making a minute examination of the interior of the great Mosque of sidi Okhba, the macy in North Africa, Mr. Rae's description of founder alike of Kairwan and of Moslem supre the exterior of the building, which was recently alluded to in The Times, is in the main correct,
MAILS EXPECTED.
confirms his measurements. The details he and surveys now made by French engineers also
THE FRENCHI MAIL. received from a Moslem source as to the arrange- French mail, left saigon at 5 pm. on the 16th, The M. M. steamer Iraonaddy, with the next ments of the interior were inaccurate, and destroy and may be expected to arrive here on the 30th in a measure the value of the ground plan of this instant." unique building which illustrates his "Country of the Moors."
their great ancestor to their Algerian co counting the columns come of the Kairwan ulema religionists. If anything has shaken the faith of were busily engaged in telling the legends of
the people of Kairwan in a coming Moslem revival as far as Tunis is concerned, it is the across their town, but nevertheless the main body march of General Forgemol's Algerian troops of insurgents as yet make no sign of surrender or
submission.
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The F. M. steamship City of Tokio, with the
THE AMERICAN MAIL
The Mosque of Okliba is so constructed as to next American mail, feft san Francisco on the be in a direct line with the city of Mecca, and it 7th January, and is due here on or about the 7th runs, therefore, cast and west.
The prayer
February. chamber faces the cast, while the minty actower
THE INDIAN MAIL.
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
The P. & O. steamer Sumatra, from Bom
side are four handsome porches. The door of left Calcutta on the 21st January, and may be is built at its western extremity. On the southern The 'direct steamers, with the next Indian mail, the south-east angle of the edifice leads directly expected to arrive here on or about the 8th into the prayer chamber, which is approached by February. of these slips were exhibitted by Mr. satow. a similar entrance on the northern side. The The earliest Japanese printed books were of gross length of the mosque is 144 yards; its breadth varics from 85 yards to 75. The prayer a considerably later date. Of those which chamber measures exactly 40 yards by 8o. Its bairns is sad enough. They do not, it is to be have come down to modern times the oldest main feature is a great central nave, the lofty presumed, lack for food and clothes at any rate so was printed about 1500. It shows that the arched roof of which is supported by a double bay, left singapore at noon on the 25th January, long as their fathers are here, but when the fatter Japanese were already far from unskilful in lesser aisles on either side of it, having a flat
row of enormous black marble columns, with nine and may be expected to arrive here on the Ist
February. have left Japan, life assumes a less rosy com- the art of the pen and wood-engraver's chisel, ceiling resting on arches springing from 18 rows of the 14th January, and is due here on or about the The E. and A. steamer Bowen left sydney on plexion for their deserted off spring. The mothers For long after this nothing but copies of the smaller columns of every conceivable shade and may be well-intentioned enough, but society Buddhist scriptures were thrown off. The author colour. The prayer-chamber is separated from the 6th February. America arrived here in the Hassan from not receive much sympathy from either early Japanese printed works, but added that his and hence arises dim, religious light, which and is due on the 29th instant.
Some fifteen or twenty native students from is not liberal, and the Eurasian child does gave with much detail the names and dates of carved wooden doors. These are generally closed, aria left singapore on the morning of the 21st, adjoining vestibule and cloister by a seriesoflarge The Austro-Hungarian Lloyd's steamer Hunt shanghai on Tuesday last. They seem to be an Japanese or foreigners. The former assume list did not by any means exhaust the titles of all can, however, be dissipated at pleasure. The at the Foochow Arsenal intelligent lot of young men and are going to stop that it is provided for, or at least that it ought to the works printed in Japan from 1200 to 1600, guardians of the mosque were good enough to
We understand that after Chinese New Year be: the latter refuse to acknowledge its existence There seemed, however, no reason to suppose examine the columns in the interior. The ar: who was asked if he was not very much exhaust
орел several of them to enable me to thoroughly Mr. TAYLOR-What interests bave you to dis-
the broken arch of the upper bridge is to be altogether. On more than one occasion, indeed, that the art was then practised with much vigour, rangement of the pillars is by no means as ed after preaching three hours. "Oh no he cuss? The hotel is leased for five years. You of ole ready suited. That arch, as a number successful appents have been made to the charit. In the last year of that period it received a great regular as Mr. Rae imagines. In the first place, replied, "but it would have done you good to see the great flood of 1877, and was only tempor- Eurasian children, but the subscription list has Corea, when a number of books were brought sists throughout of two pillars in close proximity. people. One of this kind on boardatrain was asked of our readers must be aware, was destroyed by able feelings of this community on behalf of impulse from the expeditions of Hideyashi against there are no columns at all embedded in the how worried the people were.
wall
Conversation is a serious thing with some at the east end, but the next row to it con- always been sent round stealthily, so to speak. back by the victors, and the Japanese learnt what Most of the capitals are Corinthian and of white a very simple question by a fellow-passenger. The very presence of such an object in our midst had been achieved by a people whom they had marble, but I noticed some of stone or rough she made a deprecating gesture, and replied, understand that a syndicate of native tea mer fitted to interest themselves actively in the mat-these were some. books printed with movable. These latter are very beautiful and are adorned | station, and it's not worth while to begin a con.......
is carefully concealed from those who are best considered-so-vastly their inferiors. Among yellow marble and of pure-Bysantine form:"Excuse me, sir, but I am only going to the nex
type, a contrivance which seems to have found even figures, after the manner of the most an-
with grotesque combinations of fruit, flowers, and versation." immediate favour with the Japanese, for nearly cient buildings in sicily. Against the southom rassing to a man who has some religious friends -A reformed poacher says. "" It is very embat- all the books produced during the next thirty or wall of the prayer-chamber is a row of 13 columns, staying with him to have his big dog, which has forty years were printed with movable type.
three being placed close together on the right of been very quiet during week days, begin after the door, with a solitary Byzantine pillar on the breakfast on Sunday to run to the gun in the The use of movable type was said to date in opposite side. Each of the other rows contains corner, and then to his matter, and wag his tall, China from the middle of the 11th century, but 10 columns, except that of the northem wall, and run back to the gun again.”
Mr. TAYLOR-With regard to Mr. Ryne's re- marks I could retort to the same effect--and something a good deal worse.
Hon. P. KYRIE-The directors meet every fortnight, carefully discuss the interests of the Company.
rent.
have nothing whatever to do, but to collect the The CHARITAN then appointed next Tuesday at four o'clock for a poll to be taken with re- ference to the adoption of the report, and passing the accounts, and the proceedings terminated.
A French mother took her little daughter, who promised w be very obedient, to make a call with her. Conversation turns upon various people. says the mother-"Yes, my cousin is not handsome, but she has the prettiest teeth in the world". Child-But, mamma, yours are much prottier-they have gold all round them."
It will be worth while witnessing as to how the arily replaced by the now existing wooden span. Chinese perform this work.
Anent the Gunboat movement we are given to chants are shortly going to Forniosa for the pur-
pose of making arrangements to have a portion ter. A recessary result perhaps of our hypocri- of the Tamsui Tea shipments sent to this port, tical ethics, it cannot be denied that the conse as an experiment, during the forthcoming tea quences of this conventionaliam fall upon the season of 1882-83. Whether this new departure will meet with any good results, remains to be heads not of those that have sinned but of those those that have been sinned against. The Inno- cent child is the sufferer. It drifts into unpitied
acen,
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