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AN Emergency of Victoria Chapter, No. 545, will be held at Freemason's Hall this evening at nine o'clock precisely.
THE visitors to the City Hall Chinese, 3,136; total, 3,435- week ending 12th March, were
museum for the European, 299:
frigate Statsch this morning, upon her arrival from Manila, which was returned by the shore
A SALUTE of 21 guns was fired from the German
battery.
His Excellency the Administrator paid a visit to We have been requested to publish for general the Admiral on board the Iron Duke this fore- They appear to us to form a lasting information a sketch of the plot of Cario l'e-noon, and received a salute of 17 guns on leaving. monument of Governor HENNESSY's success-drotti's popular comicopera “Tutti in Maschera,” ful Government of Hongkong, and tho which will be performed at the Theatre Royal, roughly expose the fallacious character of City Ilall, this evening, by signer Höflicht's Opera the unfavorable reports and adverse criti-Company. We should be very glad to place the cisms so extensively circulated recently by public in possession of any particulars likely to the morning and evening papers. We assist them in following the artists throughout propose returning to the subject of these the performance of this new opera; but the synopsis of the plot" forwarded to us has despatches at aterly date, to vindicate already been published in the Daily Press, and if necessary the conduct of Governor Hex- Nessy by his own acts, as plainly laid down is so generally ridiculous and unintelligible, that in his correspondence with the Earl of it would only mislead opera-goers to give it further publicity. The gentleman who is respon. KIMBERLEY, from the calumnious charges sible for the translation of the leading incidents made against his Government through the in Goldoni's play into English has a deal to accommodating and convenient medium of the China Mail,
answer for.
A TELEGRAM from Cairo dated the 13th uile, states that the Sultan has ordered the Khedive to other countries, and to maintain order within his observe the treaties made between Egypt and
own territory,
We learn by wire from London that the condi tion of Ireland is still very unsatisfactory. Ex- tensive arrests are continually being made for illegal drilling, which is being carried on to a large extent in the south and west..
DESPATCHES LAID BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
The following are the documents laid before the Legislative Council on the 7th February, copies of which were refused to the newspapers
ESTIMATES, 1882. GOVERNOR SIR JOHN POPE HENESSY, K.C.M.C., TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY. No. 136.
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your Lordship copies of the Estimates for the
30th August, 1881. MY LORD, have the honour to lay before coming year, and to submit for Her Majesty's gmcious continuation and allowance the Appro priation Ordinance for 1883.
2-The principles on which the Estimates were frained are set forth in the enclosed news- paper report, which gives a substantially correct financial measures before the Legislative Council, version of the remarks I made in laying my
3-Your Lordship will see that the Gnancial plans of the Government received the unani-. inous approval of the Legislative Council.
4-In my despatch No. 1os of the 20th Nov- timate of revenue for the year 1880 was $1,024,028. ember, 1879, I reported that Mr. Tonnochy's es
The actual sum collected was $1,000,947.64, a result highly creditable to the Acting Colonial Treasurer.
Is our issue of the 17th November last, we ventured a prediction as to the future of the China Sugar Refining Company, and ton in Devon to the Petersmarland Brickworks, hospital within a week: He lost a good deal of 1867, which is now treated as a separate fund,
six and a-half miles distant.
This is the largest revenue for a single year that has yet been obtained in Hong- POLICE sergeant Hanson, the victim of the das kong. It is based on the same scale of taxation tardly attack by a Chinaman near the Peak on that I found existing here in 1877, but it does sunday evening, is expected to be able to leave not include the revenue under Ordinance 10 of blood from the wound in the head, which is $974,272. The actual expenditure has been 5.-The estimate of expenditure for 1880 was him considerably, but he is going on well at pre-kept within the authorized estimates, full effici- about three inches long, and this has weakened $948,01433. Whilst the expenditure was thus oney was secured in the various departments dependent on the outlay of public money, and tion I attribute the comparative immunity from especially in those departments to whose opera- serious crimes that the Colony now enjoys.
sent.
On the 1st inst., at the invitation of Mr. G. N. Fell, the eminent engineer, several gentlemen paid a visit to a new light railway from Toring from the report just issued we are glad to from the Chinese Legation, was present, as was Mr. Fung Yee, see our opinion in a fair way of being con- also Col. Grover, R.E., and several others. It firmed. We estimated the nett profit for was expected that the Japanese Minister would 1881 at $245,000 to $250,000; the actual one have been present as well, but His Excellency is $224.538. and our error probably lay in was unavoidably prevented. The object of the We hear on good authority that the long pending over estimating the quantity of sugar re-visit of Mr. Fung Yee was to report to his Goven- libel case, in which proceedings were instituted fined, as we had not taken into considera- ment on the constructing and the working of the in the Supreme Court here by the Camoens tion that for one month out of twelve the light railway with a view to introducing the sys-Tercentenary Committe against Mr. Bastos, onc tem into China. He is great advocate for the in- of the leading members of the Macan Bar, will refinery is closed for an overhaul. Started troduction of railways into his country. in 1878 with a capital of $600,000, this Com-is intersected with numberless canals and roads, coming over to Hongkong next saturday, and we China shortly come on for hearing. Mr. Bastos intends pany has, in 3 years and 10 months, carnel which it would be expensive to cross with the understand he has already retained Mr. Jno. J.
ordinary method of constructing railways, and Francis for the defence. moreover there are frequent inundations, in the North of China especially, so that it would beIN deference to the wishes of numerous subscri-Colony, As the treatment of the Chinese else.
At 14. Albany Read, an the 12th March, the Wife of 11 2. | $649,093, or at the raic of something more than 28 per cent. per annum on the capital; it has returned its shareholders 40 percent. of their investments, reduced the cost of its
On the ash March, at his residence, sr, Wyndhan Street, in the cond year of his age, Howard Cusna's Ciastre,
On the 29th January, 1984, at her resi-temer, Vauclus, Hobart, Taupena, Mány Mirrendi, aset i, teloved wife of 8. W. Min hell, Es, late Postmaster General, Hongkong. FRANCIS CALDWELL..
At Adelaide, Sont's Australia, ta the 4th January, Ces property by 37 per cent.. and paid the general agents a commission of $70,000. Surely these facts speak volumes for the future of sugar refining, and if competi tion reduces the profits somewhat, it will perhaps be best for all concerned.
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UNDER date the 11th instant, Reuter telegraphs a very stale item of information to the effect that "the Emperor of Russia has expressed displea- Ock local contemporaries have during the sure" at General skobeloffs celebrated speech to past few days been endeavoring to pose the scrvian stulents in Paris, when the hero of before the community as martyrs in the Plevna declared his belief that war between Rus public interest, on account of an applica-sia and Germany was inevitable. On February tion to the Government for copies, of cer- | 23rd, according to an Indian telegram.published tain printed despatches which were laid on
in another column, the Czar bad already expres sed his displeasure with General skokeloff, and
absolutely necessary to have railways raised from would be therefore very well suited to the coun- the ground, and this system of light railway try, some weeks ago sir Harry Parkes and sir Douglas Forsyth paid a visit to the railway, with a view to developing railways in Japan, and with this same object the Japanese Minister was to have been present on this occasion. The dis- tinguished party and friends then left Torrington for London by the train leaving there at 2.45 P.MT,
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THE evidence of Paul Wilhelm Max Rich, mate of the German gunboat Iris, leaving the harbour today, was taken this morning before Dr. Stewart with reference to the attack made by a Chinaman on Police sergeant Hanson on Sunday evening, while on his way to the Peak. The mate, on being taken to the gaol, without hesitation picked out
bers, we intend publishing during the present intelligible description of the plot and principal opera season, previous to cack performance, an incidents of the various operas.. We doubt not that a thorough acquaintance with the dramatic details will render these representations addi- tionally attractive, We regret we have been unable to procure a copy of the new opera, Tulli in Maschera.
THE steward of the American ship Blue Jacket, who was wounded in the forehead by a shot from a revolver in a tavern in Queen's Road, will not, hospital for some time yet. The wound at first we learn, be in a fit state to be discharged from appeared to be merely superficial, but it is now found that one of the bones of the forehead is fractured, and this probably accounts for the pain in the head of which the man complains. The case is down for hearing again to-morrow
6-In referring to the large revenue obtained in 1880, and to the fact that the income for the dent anticipations, I pointed to the connection current year is also exceeding Mr. Tonnochy's pru-
gress of castern commerce, and showed how both between the revenue of this Colony and the pro- cenied to be not unfavourably influenced by the policy of treating Her Majesty's Chinese sub jects in this important depot of trade on terms of perfect cquality with the other residents in the where is now attracting some notice, I venture of
cial member invite Your Lordship's attention to the following passage from the speech in Council of an uncff-
"1 am sure every member of Council joins with me in congratulating your Excellency on our financial position, and considering how greatly our trade depends upon the industry of the Chi-
nese
e population, I think no impartial observer can fail to recognise how favourably your Ex- cellency's considerate and sympathizing policy towards the Chinese has operated upon the trade of the place."
7-In alluding to those remarks, I was able to illustrate what I have all along insisted on, that the interests of the Chinese and of the foreign trader are not opposed, that, on the contrary, Colony: I did this by referring to the retum of cach must share in the general prosperity of the Colony on foreign shipping. The sum collected revenue from the light dues, the only tax in this in 1880 was $15,095, as against $15,438 collected in 1879. As this tax is but one cent a ten, the increase in our revenue on this head of $2,652 indicated an increase in one year of crer a quar colonies can point to such prosperity in the estimate of 1880 had been $16,000; the actual foreign shipping trade in a single year. The sum collected was $18,095. As this tax is but collected over the sum anticipated by the Har- one cent a ton, the excess of the suns actually bour Master showed an increase in the past year in the foreign slipping, beyond what was expectd, of over a quarter of a million of tons.
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Hanson from amongstien or more Chinese drawn up in line, as the person whom he met on his way to the Peak on sunday and whose move- ments exciled his grave, suspiciors. Finding the prisoner was following him, he watched him closely, eventually making him walk on in front, officer passed him, but still kept turning round to which he did for a while and then stopped. The
end of the path, whence he had to retrace bis watch the prisoner, and soon found himself at the steps. On turning a sharp corner, he found the prisoner standing there, with both his hands behind his back. On seizing the fellow's arms and turning him round, he found a large sharp stone in his hands, which he took from him, making him go on in front. He tried to get defendant to accompany him to the Peak to give him in charge to a constable, but he was unwilling to proceed in that direction, and so, not wishing to lose his trip to the Peak, he let him go. There tions the scoundrel would have attacked, and in is little doubs that but for the mate's wise precant
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JOSEPH LALA, 18, of Chili, fireman on the British steamship Hongkong, was charged before Dr. Stewart this morning with stealing clothing of the value of £1.8.0 from another fireman named Joha Hamilton. The defendant admitted having taken and sold the clothes, but said he had the
provide food for both of them, as they had no complainant's permission to do so, in order to money to get food with, a statement which the complainant denied in into. The defendant also said he had a witness to prove the fact, who was called, but seemed to know nothing of the matter. The defendant was sent to 21 days' hard labour.
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FOUR coolies were charged before Mr. Wode house at the Police Court this morning with the larceny of $151.30 from one Un Tsun, a tobacco planter at Deli, Sumatra, while on a voyage from The complainant said the first defendant snatched singapore to Hongkong in the steamship Priam.
to the captain. Had not recovered his money. The first defendant was sentenced to six months'
defendants being discharged. imprisonment with hard labour, the other three
the favourable estimates of revenue prepared by to the financial results of 1880 tend to support 8.-Your Lordship will see that these references
Mr. Tonnochy when Acting Colonial Treasurer for the coming year. He anticipates a colonial revenue of $1,131,860 in the year 1882. Though will continue to justify his careful calculations. this is a large sun to expect, I believe the result
The total expenditure for 1882 sanctioned by the Appropriation Ordinance and by the Civil List amounts to $1,051,614, leaving a surplus on the estimated transactions of the year of $80,246, 31st December of $489,078. and a balance to the credict of the Colony on the
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can be lowered or raised at pleasure to suit the height of any preacher. If when your lordship gets into the pulpit you find that the floor is not high enough, please stamp once gently with your foot. The sexton will be underneath, and will wind you up until you signal for him to stop." Now his lordship is a somewhat stout and short
to-On the total of the establishment charges, dignitary of the Church, but unfortunately not of
accounted for by additions to the estimates for man, with legs quite worthy (as to shape) of a
there is an increase of $17,561. This is partly any great length. When he got into the pulpit all probability murdered him. The cruel murder the bag from bias containing the dollars and sanction, such as the augmentations in the sala which I have already obtained your Lordship's he found that the floor was apparently unwound of poor Mr. Holworthy of the Military store De-handed it to another man, but to whom he did ries of the clerks in the police department, and a letter from the Colonial Secretary to its uttermost limit. He had hardly finished partment some years ago by villains of the pri- not know. He seized the first defendant, when the personal allowance to Mr. Lister, the Post- THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY of this Colony answering an applica- his prayer, as the last verse of the hymn before suner's class, who stoned and beat him to death a number of men came up to the latter's assist.aster.General. My despatch No. 120 of the tion we made to the Governor last June the state of affairs, and stamped gently with his Pokfolum reservoir and the Gap, will be yet intained his hold on him and handed him over lature has now sanctioned. Your Lordship will
the sermon was being sung, when he discovered whilst taking a morning ramble midway between
ance and assaulted him. He (complainant) re- deals with the scale of salaries which the Legis 30th July, on the officers of the Supreme Court, to be furnished with all Government documents likely to prove of public in-
foot, a signal which was at once responded to by the recollection of residents.
be addressed in a separate despatch on some terest, the publication of which would not tion of the floor. Then, again, the good, bishop a creaking sound below, and a perceptible cleva-
other items in these estimates, including the cost of the new department of the Government Marine prove detrimental to Her Majesty's Go- stamped; and, believing that the screw would forth- THE French corvette Kersaint, which arrived
surveyor under the Merchant shipping Ordinance vernment, and from time to time we have with stop working, delivered with all due solem- here yesterday afternoon, 28th February, had the
11- have been able, with the assistance, of the Legistative Council, to act, without delay, os been furnished with such documents. If it nity the injunction, "Let us pray." To his misfortune to lose her captain, Mons, de Rou- THE leading New York journals have biographil-Your Lordship's suggestion as to a Normal school. has not been customary to send govern- horror, however, the screw, so far from stopping,quette, the day previous to her arrival in this cal notices of Cheng-tsan-pi the Chinese Am year for that object, and in another despatch the The Legislature has granted a sum of $5,000 a ment papers to the Daily Press and China appeared on this second signal to revolve with port, that officer having expired, almost instan- bassador to the United States, who arrived in details of the new school will be submitted for Ma; if these journals have not pre-
the greater celerity, Little by little the good taneously, it is presumed, from aneurism. The Washington on the 23rd December. Two of the your Lordehip's approval, from which it will be viously made official application to be ceiling, prematurely proceeding heavenwards. rival of the vessel, removed to the General Hos dor which are fairly accurate. The New York now voted. In thus providing means for at once ecclesiastic found himself propelled towards the body of the deceased was, shortly after the ar- illustrated papers give portraits of the Ambassa, seen that its actual cost will not exceed for the supplied with such Information, there can His sermon and his Bible slowly disappeared pital, and this afternoon it was buried with full Herald states that Cheng-tsan-pi, is accompanied starting a Normal school, the Legislature
first year $4,339, that fu, S670 less than the OFFICERS ON THE CHINA be no difficulty in understanding and from before his eyes. He clutched at the pulpit naval honours. The funeral left the Hospital at by his wife (the first Chinese lady of rank that influenced to a great extent by the conviction. sympathising with the Administrator's candies to stay his upward tendency, and again 3 o'clock, and proceeded to the Church. It was has ever visited America), Chu-chi-yen Chinese that it was a practical step in the direction of action in declining to accede to a demand he stamped in a ghostly manner on the treacher headed by a guard from the Kersaint, then came interpreter, and Teng-shen-poo, French inter having English properly taught to the Chinese which, it is palpable, was prompted by Sirous floor. But it was of no avail. Onwards the body carried by men from the same ship, the preter, shee-shang-pang secretary, cleven at that the Central School is, in future, to be placed, youths of Hongkong. Your Lordship's decision Jous Pore HENNESSY'S opponents for the went the screw until the topmost rung was pall-bearers being two French officers, M. Joustaches, and one dozen servants. One of the in-like all other Government schools, under Dr express reason that the documents referred reached; and when the astonished congregation, lain, the French Consul, and General Van Bu- terpreters was a teacher in a school at Hongkong I'more efficient teaching of English in that institu
Eitel's inspection, is a further guarantee for the to were presumed to be antagonistic to His who had been waiting for the prayer, raised their ren, U.. 8. Consul-General and Doyen of the and speaks English well, and so do two of their Excellency's general policy. The China cloquent orator, a shamefaced and indignant came a number of members of the Diploma him. The French and Spanish interpreters are tree-planting to $12,000 for next year, and the cyes to the pulpit, they found, instead of an Consular Board, all in full uniform. After this nephews of the Ambassador who accompany 12.-I have ventured to increase the vote for * Mail's insinuation that Mr. TowxNOCKY's re-mortal (the tops of whose knee-breeches were
fusal to supply the documents applied visible above the railing of the pulpit), preserving and Italian Ministers, the French, English, Rus-requisition when the Ambassador visits Peru, to constantly before them the evidence of the ad tic Corps, including the Russian, Spanish skilled linguists; and their services will be put into Legislature have also raised it to that figure for the current year. The members of Council have for, was dictated by a desire to shield his balace by clinging to the summit of the pulpit sian, and spanish secretaries of Legation, &c., and which he is accredited as Minister. Cheng-tsan-mirabic way Mr. Ford lays out this money, and the reputation of his late Chief from candelabra, and in whose face all appearance of a number of the Consuls. Then followed the repi is the highest Chinese of rank that has ever its beneficial result as a sanitary measure is beginning to be felt. I was able to read a memo those contemptible expedients to which the signs of wrath and indignation. The horror from the U.S.8. Moucency and Swatara, H.M.S. first degree. He is 56 years of age, and is a evening print has so frequently stooped to from the church, the audible creaking of the
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