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SAYS the forning Call:—England bombarded | THE following interesting facts are set forth in SAYS the Shanghai Courier of the 19th inst.:—' the chief city in Egypt without the Khedive's per- | the official annual statement of the Holy See for A well known Chinese resident named Yao Peh- mission, but to assert the Khedive's authority, the present year: Pope Leo XIII is the 263d yuen was arrested at his residence behind the Just now De Lesseps is rather a prominent The next step was to convince the Sultan of successor of St. Peter. The College of Cardinals, Malao on Friday evening by the Chinese autho- figure at Alexandria. He holdsno official position, Turkey that the preservation of Turkish nuthority when complete, consists of jo members, but at rities and sent to Soochow forthwith in a steam does not own more than a relatively small,interest in Egypt required the landing of an English present has only 65, of whom are bishops, 46 launch. It is said that he is accused of ember in the Suez Canal, and yet he undertakes to army, to which a Turkish my might be attached priests and 13 deacons. Among thest, Cardinal bands for distribution anfong the funniestricken, covenance policy of the British and licence. on such terms as England should dictate. The only one was created by Gregory XVI, Cardinal hands for distribution among the famine stricken, Governments, which is one of preservation of position of the English would be simplified if she Schwarzemburg, 46 are the creatures of Pius LX people in Shansi and Chibli, he being, during that great work, Great Britain has the largest should do in her own name what she is doing in and 21 of Leo XIII. Of these princes of the the famine, the special commissioner appointed interest, having bought the Egyptian shares at a the name of the Khedive and; of the Sultan, church 4 are over ciglity years of age, 39 over by the Government at Peking to raise money for time when that country was on the eve of re- England now has to go through the formality of seventy, 15 over sixty, 13 over fifty and between the relief of the famishing people. Before the pudiation: Inasmuch as Great Britain has under persuading the nominal rulers of this unhappy forty and fifty. Twenty members of the Sacred famine, he was reputed to be wealthy and was a taken to preserve this great work intact and to country to a certain policy, and frequently has a College have died since Leo Xill has been on large speculator in property. Subsequently he keep it open for the vessels of all nations, De harder time in argument than she would have in the Pontifical throne. The Catholic hierarchy formed the Land Company known by the name Lesseps officiousness and impertinence must be doing the thing to be done. But Europe, which possesses 1,389 titles, among which number of the Yao-tsun-yong-tang, and this Company offensive even to his own countrymen, who are would probably oppose än open English invasion there are 65 Cardinals, 20 Patriarchs of purchased, we believe, a large share of I. M.picged to the same defence. Thus far the of Egypt, is in a measure pacified by the assur- the Two Rites 145-Latin" Archbishops, 618 Smith's real estate. He was also the purchaser course of Great Britain has been openly or tacitly ance that it is really the Sultan who is doing what Bishops, 49 Eastern Archbishops, and 15. Prelates of the Bubbling Well Cottage, on the death of approved by all the leading powers of Europe. England seems to be doing. How long Europe nullius diocesis, 26. Apostolic Delegates or Le "Mr. Mellraith, and he occasionally resided there. will be held in inaction by the show of this Eng-gules, 102 Apostolic Vicary, 29 Apostolic Prefects, He was a red button mandarin, and an expectant lish-Turkish masquerade remains to be seen,
9 Provisional Vicars and Prefects. „During the Taotal. In some of his property speculations, it Pontificate of Leo XIII 3 Archiepiscopal Sees was generally supposed that he was investing were created, 2 Episcopal Secs were made Arcapital on behalf of Chun How and other high chiepiscopal, the hierarchy was increased by 15 officials in Peking. We understand time the Episcopal Sees, 6 Apostolic Vicariates, and 3Municipal Police are in ignorance as to how the arrest was effected, no warrant being placed in Apostolic Prefectures.
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We have received several inquiries as to the reason why the Editor of this journal at the late libel trial objected to a jury composed of other nationalities than Englishmen. An explanation is easily given. The prosecutor, the lovely, virtuous, and accomplished Bandmann, had publicly boasted that his costs and expenses had been guaranteed by certain prominent members of the Club Germania, and that subscriptions to defray the entire cost of the prosecution had been promised by the German community Under such circumstances it was manifest that
GENERAL Skobeleff's ideas of the future of Rus six-were-drawn-by-him-shortly-belare his death in a memorandum, which lias now been pub-“ lished, partly as follows: "The political and military ideas which must in future form the basis of our policy are those by which I have been guided, remembering as I did, the solemin words of the late Emperor addressed to me before start-
FUE-Cincinnati-Enquirer under date; Bellefon- taine, Ohio, July 25th, says:—George Foulty, the young man who shot the bullet into his brain on Sunday, July 9th, has so far recovered that he is considered out of clanger. The case is one of the most peculiar on record, not only because but few recorded instacces have been given us of
sence of ordinary symptoms in cases of this kind Foulty had cause to shoot himself. He had been married but two months, and had trouble with his wife and his mother-in-law, and was drunk when he committed the deed. He lay on his
There is a large European interest in Egypt aside from the shares owned in the Suez Canal. As to the latter; there is the explicit declaration of the leading powers that this great water-way shall be preserved--that no rebel leader in Egypt shall be allowed to harm it. Beyond this, Euro- peans have taken hold of a great many enterprises; they have put in capital under a guaranty that property and life should be protected. There
came a tinie not long ago when neither were any
longer protected. Afrightful massacre of Europeans was begun in Alexandria at the instigation of Arabi Bey, or those who were in sympathy with him and had inspired his acts of hostility. It was in the interest of civilization that Great Britain undertook to arrest the outbreak of a fanaticism, aimed at the destruction of every European
remonstrance, and lets the world know that lie
a jury composed of Germans would not haveing for the Tekke expedition. To my mind the even partial recovery, but from the strange ab. interest in Egypt. De Lesseps, utters an angry · been a satisfactory tribunal to try the case. The defendant without in any way questioning the honor and good faith of the Germans, or the members of any other foreign nation, considered that, in justice to himself, and to the cause he represented, it would be prudent as well as
head, and expected to die instamly. Instead of that he did not lose consciousness for a moment, "but says he fell the ball strike his forehead, pass clear through his brain and strike the bone at the back of the head. As soon as he shot him- self he got up from the bed, walked into another
is in sympathy with the rebel faction which has undertaken to sweep Egypt clean of all European interests. No worse calamity could befall that country today than to be left to the exclusive management of Egyptians. It is a singular cir cumstance that De Lesseps talks as "he
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Central Asian question is perfectly clear and simples If it do not enable us in a comparatively short time to take seriously in hand the Eastern question itself, why the Asiatic tide is not worth the tanning. I venture to think that sooner or courteous to all concerned, to claim the privileen later Russian statesmen will recognize the fact back, shot himself in the exact centre of his fore the owner of the Suez Canal, and all the hostillity No. 53, C., QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, UPSTAIRE. Į United Kingdom and Europe via Briadisi; to
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THE Daily Press in an editorial on the Egyptian question, says "What more natural than that the Egyptians should regard the British Govern- ment rather than the Sultan, as their protecting Power Indeed the substitution of an-English for a Turkish suzerainty of Egypt should be the obvious and patent result of the war. Turkey really has no great interests in Egypt, and the Sultan's suzerainty has been exercised more with "a view to squeeze a revenue in the simps of tri- bute rather than with an intention to protect her against foreign aggression. The days of Turkish ascendency in Cairo are, we imagine, pretty nearly ended, and if they are wise as they have been successful, the British Government will take good care to bow the Ottoman politely, away from the Banks of the Nile." The writer who calmly tries to impress on the public that Turkey-really-has-no-great-interests-in-Egypt" is simply an infatuated driveller, who ought to be in leading strings, Our contemporary with about as much show of reason might have as serted that Great Britain has no great interests in Ireland or India. Everybody admits that the unspeakable Turk has been anything but a blessing to the Egyptians, and that his permanent removal as a prominent factor in the country's history would work no end of good. But the great question of the hour is how can this be done without disturbing the peace of Europe? There are a great many wise and experienced diplomatists in Europe who are striving hard to find a practical solution of this exceedingly diffi- cult problem. They evidently want the assistance of the acute and far-sighted oracle of the Daily Press
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Austro-German alliance, keeps us in a perpetual seste of state of siége. Not until she dominates the Bosphorus çan Russia make an irrevocable Finis Polonia."
the fact that brains have oozed from the bullet-hole, and attending physicians have probed the wound for a distance of three inches, lie has never felt
scinus for a single instant. much inconvenience, and has never been uncon- It is said that his faculties are better and his reasoning powers. clearer now than before he tried to shuffle off. On being questioned as to his sensations, be says that he feels all right, and has never had any ill- feeling excepting a "slight headache," He is so far recovered that he walks around the house, smokes cigars, and ninkes himself generally comfortable.
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18th September. the term Chinese included all who were born in The grass Course was open this morning and China. "As the law makes no exceptions, in the training gallops were the fashion for all sorts of execution of the law no exceptions should be
distances from quarters up to one mile and a half. made. It is well known that nearly all our Chi Mr. Ten Breck's skewbald beating Wild Dash The only pours--noticed worth recording were. nese laborers come from the British port of for one mile and a quarter in 2 win: 530sec., the Hongkong, and may easily become British sub-griffin merely cantering at the finish. This per- jects, if thereby they may evade the law prohibit-
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REFERRING to Great Britain's ultimatum to the Forte, the San Francisco Morning Call says:- Turkey apparently gives way before the demand of England that Arabi be declared a rebel, and THE Scottish people, observes a contemporary, that the Turkish troops be subject to the direc are so accustomed to be neglected by Parliament tions of an agreement between England and that they have been astonished by the com- Turkey, which will be called a Military Conven- paratively rapid progress of the Educational tion. It is quite probable that the Sultan has Endowments Bill through both Houses. A very "accepted these conditions with some mental re-important Bill is by far the most important Bervations by which he hopes to evade Aràbi's that Scotland has secured since the passing of threat to proclaim a new Caliphate in the event the measure relating to pomary schools. For of a Turkish espousal of the cause of England. centuries the educational system of Scotland was This may be an idle threat for Arabi to make, well spoken of, but it never altogether deserved but there is in it an element of danger to the the complimentary things that were said of it, Sultan. A writer who has traced the descent of authority from Mshamet to the Sultan, comes to the following conclusion:-While the Sultan has a good de facto title to the Caliphate, from a poor country. There were, however, few second legal point of view there would be no difficulty ary schools, and most of them were not of a very in finding fatal flaws in it, and either the Em-high class. Consequently-the-Professors-at-the- peror of Morocco, reviving the claim of the Cor- Universities had to do a good deal of work that dovan dynasty, or the Sherif of Mecca, acting as ought to have been done, and that would have the bead of that tribe of Koreish which the Pro- been done more thoroughly, by schoolmasters. phet iúmseli designated as his heirs, would prove The object of the present Bill is to remedy this
Married Beneath Him. a dangerous competitor, especially outside of the state of things by means of existing educational
Murphy's Master,.... What He Cost Her. Turkish limits. The Ottoman Mohametans are endowments. Its effect will be to provide all The American mail steamer Oceanic, with | A Woman's Vengeance. Under Which Lord. estimated to include only about 22,000,000 of the important towns with efficient secondary schools; mails from San Francisco of the 31st ultimo, 175,000,000 who represent the Mohametan world, and it may be hoped that there will be a sufficient left Yokohama on the morning of the zand in-
WILKIE COLLINS. Whether Arabi has the hold on the people which number of scholarships to enable clever boys, stant, and may be expected here on or about the The Woman in White. Poor Miss Finch. will enable him to make good his threat remains even in remote districts, to take advantage of the
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The New Magdalen, Queen of Hearts. an alliance which provokes a proclamation in trusted to make a judicious use of their poders.
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Lady. the more eligible candidate of the two, there will to be the raising of the standard of scholarship. be a chance for a real Mussulman up-rising; and at the Universities; but we may also look for if England breaks with Turkey, her hold on the wider diffusion of intelligence among classes who Hindoo-Mussulmen will be deprived of every cannot allow themselves the luxury of a University quality but that of force. An open unequivocal training. Altogether, if the Bill works as well as proclamation declaring Arabi a rebel would be may be reasonably anticipated, Scotland will: a document the Sultan would attach his signa soon have a better place than she has ever had sure to only upon compulsion."
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PONGEE Silk Dresses, Crape Shawls, Cauzes, Ivory, and Lacquered Ware, Mattings, &c. &c. Porcelain, Fans, Curios, Bristles, Human Hair, and specially selected Feathers always on hand at Moderate Prices, quality guaranteed.
"No. 6o, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG. Hongkong, and June, 1882.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
TO ADVERTISERS..
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Many boxes of letters are received at the Post Office not sealed, that is to say, the box is fastened with sealing wax, but there is no impression of a
stal
-The attention of boxholders 'ls called to the necessity of carefully sealing such boxes-with some recognisable scal, and of sending a chit book or receipt with them. The omission of the latter precaution leaves a doubt as to whether the contents of the box ever reached the, Post
Office: the omission of the former, as to whether part of them might not have been abstracted for the sake of the Fostage Stamps...
*** RATES OF POSTAOK Letters, perà oz. Post Cards, each
To Cents.
3 Cents
Books, Patterns, and Commercial
Fapers, per 2 02
2 Centu Newspapers & Prices Current, each 2 Cents. 10 Cents, Registration ..............................
Do. with return receipt.... 15 Cents. Commercial papers signify such papers as, though written by hand, do not bear the charac- ~HIPPING FIRMS, INSURANCE COMter of an actual or personal correspondence, such as invoices, deeds, copied music, do. The charge is the same as for Books, but all packets of and under 4 oz weight are charged 5 Cents, LETTERS FOR THE UNITED STATES BY. SAILING SHIP
SPANIES, COMMERCIAL, HOUSES, and ADVERTISERS generally are informed that arrangements have now been completed to issue daily in connection with all
· ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED IN THE "HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH."
A' SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENT · SHEET
FREE OF CHARGE. ⠀
When it is desired to forward letters to the The Haunted Hotel-
United States by a sailing ship which is not noti The Frozen Deep. As the scale of charges in the Hongkong fied as carrying a mail, it is only necessary to
Telegraph, MCCARTHY.",
4, which has a guaranteed circulation of post the letters in the ordimry way market THREE HUNDRED COPIES DES with the name of the ship and prepaid to cents The Waterdale Neigh" is fixed at au exceedingly low rate, the attention per half ounce as usual The Post Office then
of Advertisers is directed to the many advantages undertakes the duty of obtaining notice of depar offered by this journal as a General Advertising ture and despatching the correspondence. It is Medium, and the support of the Mercantile com- requested that the letters be posted if possible at munity and the public generally is respectfully least one day before the date fixed for salling solicited that
But not Warrant Oficera, vie, Conductor, Gomer Boalas.
"bours,
A Fair Saxon.
KELLY & WALSH-HONGKONG, Hongkong, and Septémber, 1882.
Hongkong, 1st April, 1882
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