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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1882.
Thirty years ago the tennis-loving un- der-graduates of Oxford and Cambridge would have scouted the idea that any It is represted that all communications rela-player. either French or English, would ting to Subscriptions, Advertisements, &c., be ad ever be able to hold a candle to the skilful dressed to the Manager, Hongkong Telegraph" "
Freneliman who, under the Second Em- pire, was honoured with the title of Paumier de l'Empereur? Yet to those who looked upon him for the first time, and
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Charters Towers Northern Miner, the Brisbane Observer remarks (—“We cannot say whether it be lack of discretion, or love of contention, or indifference to results, which is accountable for Mr. O'Kane being so often in hot water; but we
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thickly covered with herbage, and in such springy condition as it is at the present time. Ifit were:
hear of break downs during training in Hongkong, possible to keep it as it is now we should seldom
but that seems impossible; however, Mr. Tripp the Clerk of the Course, is entitled to a very great deal of credit for the practical Improvements he has made during the sunnier. We may have had more showy C. C.'s than Mr. Tripp'; but we cer tainly never had an official who knew his busi- ness better, or who, devoted more time to what is certainly in this case a labor of love. The race course proper has recently been "top-dressed," and by the time it is required for galloping pur poses I shall expect to see it in capital condition.
AN OLD SPORTSMAN. Hongkong, joth September, 1882.
NEWS BY THE ENGLISH MAIL,
We take the following items from the London and China Express of August, 25th
Mr. Tonnochy, of the Hongkong Civil Service, is a passenger to that Colony by the next (French) mail.
The Russian cruiser composite corvette Neradnik, Captain Kalogeras, has arrived; at Spithead and exchanged salutes with the flag. ship of Admiral Ryder and the garrison. She is from Cronstadt, and is outward bound for the at the anchorage for a few days. She is 240 ft. Mediterranean and the Far East, but will remain long and 32 ft broad, draws 14 ft. of water, and armament is heavy for her size and build. It has a displacement of over 1,300 tons. Her consists of three 6-inch steel pivot brezchloading guns arranged along the middle line of the ship, four steel breechloading broadside. guns of ten and capable of being fired on either beam, and
centimètres calibre for torpedo and saluting pur poses. The present is her second cruise,
• Colonel Francis Wigston, late of the 18th Royal Irish, died last week, at Cheltenham. The de- ceased entered the Army in 1876, obtained a lieutenancy in 1832, was promoted to the rank of captain in 1839, and became major in 1842. He served with the 18th Royal Irish on the China. expedition at Canton, Amoy, Chussan, Chinhac, long dead and alive summer with its sickeningpo, Segoan, Chapoo, and Chin Kiang; and also in Burmah from July, 1852, to the end of the monotony is at last on the wane, and a few
war in 1853 He received the brevet rank of wecks more will see ug safely landed on the con- major for his services in China, and that of lieut.. fines of the one season of the year when life in colonel for the Burmese service. He was pro.
moted to a colonelcy in 1854. this 'dot on the ocean' can be hade something more than a lingering, miserable existence. Notes of preparation for the coming fray have Knights of the trigger have commenced their already been sounded in all branches of sport
usual outings to Castle Peak, and other localities where suipe do congregate, and so far, fair results have been obtained. Canoeing and boating have their ardent supporters, and we have already seen once or two muscular crews at work with an eye Christmas time. The yachts will doubtless to the annual regatta which will be held about
soon be in racing trim, and we hope, although, alas, times have sadly changed for the worse that some exciting work may be wit nessed during the winter, even with our limit ed fleet of ocean flyers. Cricketers and lawn tennis players open their campaign on Monday, and we shall see the first pitched battle at the and the "Twenty-two. on Friday and Saturday noble game fought out between the "Eleven. next. And in one month from now the race- course at Wong-nei-chong will be formally opened for the racing season.
down, were dangerous to traverse at mid-* ming up the matches celebrated this year - We are requested to state that Mrs. Marsh will | The American ship Alexander AfcNeil decked | order. I have never seen the training course. so day, and the whole neighbourhood was a in Lord's tennis-court, a weekly contem- be happy to receive visitors on Tuesday after- | at Sam-shui-po this morning, . disgrace even to such civilisation as pre-porary declares that "Mr. LYTTELTON'Snoon, at Mountain Lodge, as before, valled under the Merry Monarch." In play has been the great feature of the ASYDNEY paper says that the Wraxall baronetcy, his famous "History of the Rebellion," season, he having played four matches by the demise of Sir Homtio Henry Wraxall, a Lord CLABERDOS speaks of Mr. Hybe as and won them all; and he has probably lunatic pauper, now passes to Sir M. N. W. going, in 1641, "to a place called Pic improved nearly half-fifteen since last Wraxall, whose son and heir was educated at a cadilly, which was a fair house for enter year." If Mr. LYTTELTON attains to the workhouse school and afterwards apprenticed to tainment and gaming, with handsonic same eminence at a fascinating game to by drunkenness, but the next baronet should a pawnbroker. The family fortunes were ruined gravel walks for shade, where were an which Mr. HEATHCOTE, when at his best know how to redeent them. He must have re-do not think for a moment that it is Ishmaelitish upper and lower bowling green, whither and strongest, had undoubtedly ascended. quently taken the pledge.
malice or vindictiveness. He calls a spade a very many of the nobility and gentry re- he will have done enough' to stamp him-
ipade in a way more manly and candid than sorted for exercise and conversation," self far superior, to such amateurs of the WE would remind cricketers and votaries of lawn judicious. He runs at human follies, foibles, and Sir Jons SveRLING, the Royalist poet, was past as Mr. CHARLES TAYLOR, Mr. Eveks-tennis that the Cricket Ground will be open for dishonesties like a bull at a gate. But the a great frequenter of Piccadilly Hall, and FIELD, or, going further back still, as Lord Practice on and after Monday next, the and prox-colonial law of libel is very particular in its VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS AUBREY tells us that his sisters came cry- ARTHUR HERVEY-now Bishop of Bath and season-the time honored Eleven gerus Twenty- readily protects a disreputable man than the ex imo. As the opening match of the cricketing guardianship of those human infirmities. It more. ing to Piccadilly Bowling Green, "for fear Wells and a very learned Biblical scholar two-will be played on Friday and Saturday; the poser of his disreputableness. The blunter the Jest he should lose all their portions alor, in the remote past, as Sir CHARLES practice during the week will be watched with truth the plainer is the libel, and the heavier the 'play." -- When the vicious old resort was MURRAY, who wrote that delightful novel, interest. Members who wish to play in the penalty. Mr. O'Kane has had many · lessons- disestablished in 1685. PHIL. PORTER wrote, the Prairie Bird," and as Mr. HENRY opening match are requested to write their names about libel in the school of experience, but he Farewell, my dearest Piccadilly, Notori- DEXISON. Nor, while giving their just in the match book, which will be found in the grows hardened in his defiance of law. If the ous for great dinners; Oh! what a tennis meed of praise to amateur guiders of the
law be arbitrary and unjust, why should he defer to its injustice by a sycophantic concealment of court was there! - Alas! too good for sin racket, must we forget to notice the merit THE annual report of the Registrar-General for truth 1 ners," "Happily the tennis court survived of such professionals as GEORGE CHARLES Scotland for 1881 has just been issued. According FLOWER PARCEL, HALF SIZE, PRICE, $5.00 until our own day, and although its area and WILLIAM LAMBAT, and Enses and to the official estimate, the population of Scotland was too restricted to admit of what BARRE Jons Taxxiss. It is strange, as an evidence
at the middle of the year 1881 was 3,744,685 per- perhaps the greatest player that ever of what Mr. DARWIN calls "atavism, how sons, of whom 1,802,got were males and 1,941,784 females. During the year 126,214 births, 71,301 handled racket-called "le grand jeu," skill in certain games runs, generation deaths, and 25,948 marriages were registered. long remained the metropolitan headquar- after generation, in entire families, as, for The general birth-rate of all Scotland was 0.138 ters of a game which has lately given birth instance, among the LITTELTONS, the below the average annual rate of the ten imme-ing to its far more popular and easily played HEATHCOTES, the HERVEYS, and the Desi-diately preceding years, the death-rate o.216, and offshoot, lawn tennis.
soss; or, in lower life, among the Ton the marriage-rate 0.031 below the average. Of Kisses and LAMBERTS. The great draw- the births, recorded in the report, 10,456, or 8.29 back to tennis as a popular game is that per cent, were illegitimate. In the insular rural there are so few courts in which it can be group of districts the rate of illegitimacy was 6:2; played; and we doubt whether the skill the principal towns, 8.1; and in the mainland- in the large towns, 6.4; in the small towns, 7.7; in which the LaBERTs have acquired would rural districts, 10.3 per cent. About 32 per cent. have been possible but for the opportuni of the entire population of the country reside in ties enjoyed by them of learning and prac.the eight principal towns. tising continually in Lord SALISBURY'S
LI ASANG, a youth of 16, described as a hawker, Communications intended for publication must |
private court at Hatfield House. The
with two cases of larceny against him in 1879, one be accompanied by the name and address of the had never seen him play, it seemed that Metropolis has at present no tennis-court in 1882, and also a charge of fighting on the 15th BARRE was too bulky and unwieldy to except thatat Lord's, which, in certain states of the present month, for which he was treated Whilst the columus of the Hongkong Tele-move nimbly about the court so as to be of the wind, is freely entered, and some to three day's solitary confinement, was up before graph will always be open for the fair discussion able to turn the balls. A very few minutes times half-flooded, by the rain, and is often Mr. Wodehouse this morning on a charge of by correspondents of all questions affecting public interests, it must be distinctly understood that of experience, however, sufficed to conso dark as to be extremely inconvenient to: "annexing" a pair of shoes valued at 70 cents. the Editor does not in any way hold himself rea- vince those who saw him give fifteen, and the players. In the suburbs a court exists Defendant said that two other boys had grabbed the ponsible for.opinions thus expressed..
sometimes more, to TOMPKINS, then the at Hampton Court, but it cannot be denied shoes and were being chased by a district watch best English professional, that the con- that tennis is a game at which few pro-men, when the "other boys" threw the pedal orna- summate French artist knew intuitively to fessionals can live, and for attaining skill and he was accordingly arrested. He admifited the ments close to where he, defendant was standing, what spot the balls returned to him-if re- at which gentlemen enjoy not many op-four previous convictions. Mr. Wodehouse sent turned at all--nust inevitably come. Full portunities. It is not meet, however, that the youthful hawker to six months' hard labour, of badinage and fun, breaking continually the tennis season of 1882 should end with- with the addition of ten strokes on the breech on into justs to which his scanty knowledge of out recognition of the remarkable position his admission into gaol, and ten more to be as- English lent additional flavour, M. BARRE occupied by Mr. HEATHCOTE, who, on the ministered to him previous to his release. This was perhaps seen at his best-or, at any first day of the cricket match at Eton and very sensible punishment may do much to make rate, was most amusing--when engaged in Harrow, played a singularly exciting and Master Li Asang keep his hands off other people's | hai Autumn races a month hence; and having with full powers to arrange for a new line of de-
closely contested game at tennis against property when next he emerges inte the world as GEORGE LAMBERT, from whom he was re- ceiving half-fifteen and a bisque. The We read that the Naval Committee have reported game ended in a draw. Since the refire-favourably to the Senate of the United States on ment of M. MOSNERON some twenty years a Bill which provides for the construction of six since, there has been no amateur, either open-hearth steel cruisers, two of them to be not French or English, who was a match for less than 5,000 or more than 6,000 tons displace- Mr. HEATHCOTE, until at last he was over-
ment, and to be armed with four breechloading rilled cannon of not less than 8-in. calibre, and taken by Mr. ALFRED LYTTELTON "So twenty-one breechloading cannon of not less than long and so decided a superiority is," says 6-in. calibre. The remaining four cruisers are to our contemporary, "unprecedented among be of not less than 4,300 or more than 4,700 tons
loading cannon of not less than 8-in. calibre, and- fifteen of not less than 6-in. calibre. The Bill also authorises the construction of one steel ram of, not more than 2,000 tons displacement, four steam cruising-boats, and four steam harbour torpedo-boats. The steel used in the construc- tion of these vessels is to be of home manufac ture, and one-half of them are to be built in the navy yards, and the others by contract. The estinate for the whole is 10,000,000 dols.
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playing a match against his own compat. riot, M. MosseRoy, perhaps the liest French amateur that ever gave what his opponent called a "Chemin de fer" service at tennis. There have been greater amateurs in this country than M. MOSNERON, nor at this moment, if in his prime, would he have had any chance against Me, HEATHCOTE or Mr. ALFRED LYTTELTON. But they whose memos ries reach far enough back to recall a set to between BARRE and M. MOSNEROS will,
a free subject.
It would be impossible to write anything reli- able relating to the prospects of our next annual race meeting until after the decision of the Shang-
nja, intention of entering the wide field of prophecy, I will content myself with trying to anuse my readers by dealing with vague generalities, and the gossip of the hour. I have headed this article The Subscription Griffins!" but as i have not yet had the pleasure of gazing on those fiery, un tamed animals, which a little time hence will be the cause of much excitement, and the theme of every idle tongue in the colony, I am certainly not in a position to afford my readers a very great deal of valuable information on the subject. Ac cording to latest advicea23 out of a total of 27 ponics, (Mr. St. Andrew was the latest subscriber who
that a meeting took place on June 18, near the St. Petersburg advices of the 14th inst, state River Charos, between General Kolpakowsky
Chinese General Tain (7) and the Chore so in tal Teejun (2 which genetal presented Tsin Telun with a service of plate, ant the latter on his part made General
other, at which two French travellers of distinc Kolpakowsky presents of tea and silk goods. -Each general-gave-a-banquet in honour of the tion, Baron. Benoit Mechaine and Prince Mailly de Chalons, were present: On June 21 Tsin Tsjun left for Suidun, where he resides, and General Kolpakowsky crossed the Ilf River, in order to inquire into the condition of the popula tion. A Central News telegram from St. Peters burg states that General Dakoff will soon leave
Tomsk for the Chinese frontier as, Commissioner
marcation between Russia and China
The Audacious, ironclad, which is to relieve, the Iron Duke as flagship of the China Squadron, is rapidly approaching completion in Keyham dockyard, and will, no doubt, be commissioned early next month. Should there be any delay, it will be occasioned by the non-delivery of the Vavassour, mountings for the new as pounder guns, which differ from those suppifed to the Swiftsure in some important particulars. She
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1887.
Ir is not a little remarkable, says the Telegraph, that, in connection with a game of French origin, and in playing which France had at one time no rivals, this country has for many years left its spright, at any rate, have seen tennis played amateurs; " to which it adds that, before displacement, and to be armed with four breech raised the figures from the original 25) had used from either bow or right astern. The White.
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Mr. HEATHCOTE's arm gave way, he was inferior to no player" of our time except BARRE, BIDOCHÉ, ExUND TOMRIs, and GEORGE LAMBERT. His place, so long and worthily filled, will shortly be taken by Mr. Lyrrüres, who ere long will be a tough customer for any one, whether ama- teur or professional, to encounter in a tennis-court..
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TELEGRAMS.
LONDON, September 29th. TURKEY'S GRATITUDE,
restored order in Egypt, and hopes for the clesc The Porte has thanked England for having
friendship of England,
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT CAIRO.
also to be fitted with an improved torcedo car- riage for her foremost parts, whereby the torpe- docs can be discharged in a heavy seaway with out shipping any water through the port, thus im- The electric lights (two in number) are fitted to be proving on the carriages supplied to the Swiftsure:
head torpedoes (two on cach side)can bedischarged from a bullet-prooftower on theupper battery deck. The Gardner guns (four in number) have not yet been supplied. A very short time, however, would be sufficient to fit them in the tops, boats, and on upper works. This ship also carries it full complement of countermining stores. The ncts and booms for torpedo-defence, will be sent to her on her arrival at Hongkong, mik
already been purchased by Mr. Forbes, and no doubt the remaining four have been secured long ere now. The most glowing accounts as to the quality of the Hongkong griffins have reached me from the north, and from practical inen whose views on racing stock are seldom far astray, so that an even better class than last year's mob may be looked for. First rate judges in Shanghal
The distinction of the C.B. has been conferred say that the winner of the Hongkong Derby is for services.at the bombardment of the Alexan likely enough to spring from the ranks of the dria forts upon Capt.Irvine, of the Penelope subscription griffins, and certainly more unlikely, Capt. Hotam, of the Alesandria Capt. Nichol- things than that have come to pass; however. Invincible; Capt. Fisher, of the Inflexible and son, of the Téméraire Capt. Molyneux, of the feel inclined to accept this probability with a very Fleet-Surgeon Shaw, senior medical officer of large grain of salt, as I happen.to know that Sir Beauchamp Seymour'e
Squadron Capt quite a mob of very highly tried ponies Station frons 1877: until 1880. Capt Fisher was
Hotam
commanded the Charybdie ол the China have been specially preserved for the Hongkong appointed to the Highflyer on her being com Blue Riband. There is truly enough no reason
missioned in 1856 for foreign service by Capt why subscription griline should not possess high Shadwell, and as midshipman of that ship be class racing abilities, and in the mob selected by served in the China war, including the operations one of the best judges in China, it would indeed against Canton and the action with the Peihe 'Forts." In January, 1860, he was promoted acting be surprising if some of the ponies did not turn
mate of the Chesapeake, and in March follow.
ly neighbour for (in' the lurch." "Tennis, admirably and in the midst of the most according to RicuaRDSON, WEBSTER, and agreeable and entertaining surroundings WORCESTER, derives its name from the and settings. In 1861, the play of M. French work tenez." nor is it easy to say Messseos began to decline, and about the for how many centuries the game has been same time a young English professional, fashionable on the other side of the Chan- GEORGE LAMBERT by name, was sent over nel. We know that in SHAKESPEARES's play to France by Major. Pexsics, to try con- of "King Hesky V.'' the French ambassa-clusions with the formidable Paumier de › dors are represented as bringing a pre-P'Empereur." BARRE was than becoming sent of tennis balls, sent by the Dauphin, an old man-he died, we believe, shortly to the English Sovereign, who rejoins, in after the siege of Paris, from the hardships angry_nwood,, "When we have matched ] of which he never recovered...and before bur rackets to these balls. We will in Grokur Layoekt and he had played many France, by God's grace, play'a set Shall sets, it became apparent that youth, backed strike his father's crows into the hazard up by extraordinary skill and knowledge In England tennis was never in vogue un-of the game, inclined the victory to the til CHARLES II., who imported not a fey youuger man. If indeed, the health of French tastes with LOUISE DE QUEROUVAILLE, GEORGE LAMBERT had buen as strong as introduced and made it popular. Through that of many other professionals whom we out the long reign of Louis XIV, we learn could name, it would be no exaggeration from ST. SIMON, Royalties, generals, ad- to pronounce him the finest tennis player Birals, ucelesiasties-and-courtiers-were--that-the-world-has-ever-sten-Fremen many of the determined paumiers," dously strong in his service, the smartest and the part played a few years later by picker-up of a heavily-cut, ball, with judg. We observe that a swimming contest took place: the tennis court-at-Versailles, when the ment à toute epreuve," and a figure ex at Boston, U.S.A., at the end of last month for an ally who, besides being heart and soul on the performances of Mr. Paul's splendid "griffins 1857, was appointed an assistant surgeon to the French Revolution was on the eve of burst-pressly made for proficiency at the game, g1,000, and the "championship of the world". ing into flame, is matter of history. To- GEORGE LAMBERT has already done more between Captain Webb, the well known English wards the close of last century tennis than enough to establish his fanie upon the awimmer, and Thomas Rile, champion short had established itself firmly in England, firmest basis, seeing that, when Mr. HEAT distance swimmer of America. Webb won easily although no professional players had as core was, at his bost, and before he had lost yet risen to the surface capable of holding some of his force through an injury to his Ho TG LAM, a shopkeeper, for being in -possession of a quantity of prepared opium, their own against several amateurs whose urm, the professional was still able to give without having a permit from the aphum farmer, names have survived until our own times, slight odds and a beating to the accom- Long, however, before the appearance of plished amateur, who has held his own in retirement in Hayward's establishment,
was fined $25 with the option of fourteen day's Mr. HAWKINS, the great English amateur the tennis-court-at-Lord's-against-every-fine was paid. The opium and utensils found on of fast century, the tennis court in James. player, with the exception of GEORGE LA-the premises of Mr. Ho Tung Lam were handed strect Haymarket, upon the site of which "BERT, for more years than we care to enum over to the opium farmer. the Royal Comedy Theatre now stands, had crate., started into being. In 1685 Piccadilly Hall,
he took part in the capture of the Potho Fortes battalion of Marines, procceding to China, where atst August 1860, and at the captures of Canton and Peking (was medal with three clasps.)
The following paragraph has gone the round of most of our morning contemporarios-Way
A conference of the Chinese merchants in
AN Athens correspondent telegraphs to the Lon- don papers that the Greek Parliament having voted 1,200,000/ sterling for the purpose of strengthening the Greek fleet, a Government commission will leave Athens and proceed to France and England in order to purchase four new ironclads. In making this addition to the armaments of the country, the Government has not simply had in view the state of affairs in A terrible explosion of ammunition has occur.Egypt, but has also had regard to the supposed red spontaneously at Cairo causing immense ing the British expedition to Egypt with the out something beyond the usual run; still I have ing was advanced to an acting commission
secret designs of Austria. "All Greece is watch damage and many persons were killed.
deepest sympathy, and nothing would give the never seen, or heard of a subscription pony, capas lieutenant in the Furious, in which he served Creeks sincerer satisfaction than to be associated able of covering a mile and a half, with full weight clasps). He was appointed In 1869 as com -during-the-remainder of the war (modal with two LOCAL AND GENERAL,
with the English in the campaign on the Nite, up, and when only partially trained, in something mander in the Ocean on her being recommis England-would-have in the Hellenic Kingdom a most sanguine prophet, who, in the face of the China Stationect Surgeon Shaw In July In case of any treachery on the part of the Turks, like 3 minutes 18 seconds. He would indeed be sioned by Sir William Hewett as flagship on the
of being nearer to the scene of the coming cam- British side, has the not unimportant advantage Snowflight and Hompipe over the Derby distance in the Spring, to say nothing of Reefer's two paign than any other European nation.Much milce in 4-34, would predict the probability of excitement has been caused here by a difficulty one of the subscription "ponses winning the forces on the Thessalian frontier. The Greek "ironclad in the field. The Kerfoot Mac which arose between the Greek and Turkish Hongkong Derby. Nor is Mr. Paul the only trops had taken up two strong positions close Uniodds confederacy hold a particularly strong upon the new borders as settled by the hand, if rumour may be credited. A writer in a International Commission, whereupon it was Shanghai contemporary says:-"Mr. Kerfoot of the frontier were concentrating apparently for positively stated; run here, it is not necessary to found that the Turkish forces upon the other side has flyer in a skewbald, but as he will not, it is
an attack upon the Greeks. Immediately upon ay more than that he is a very fine pony, in very receipt of this intelligence, the Hellenic Govern good condition, would win here and will probably THE Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboatment gave orders for reinforcements to bo sent win the Hongkong Derby Mr. Henry, Mr. chartered by a number of Portuguese residents ritory. The Turks had continued to show them something that can gallop in reserve for the to proceed to Macao this evening. To-morrow selves very hostile, and the contingent intended Derby, so that a subscription griffin' to possess being the anniversary of the feast of Our Lady to strengthen the Greck force on the frontier was chance of success will have to prove a veritable of the Rosary will be a big day in the Holy City, to have set out on August 16th. Fortunately
have removed the difficulty. The Turks have to classic form to ensure capital sport and abandoned their threatening attitude, and retired, successful racing. General mediocrity will pro and a telegraphic despatch has been received duce large fickis, and provide more exciting from General Grivas, the Greek commander in finishes than would racers of the highest class Thessaly countermanding the reinforcements In the contests specially provided for them, the which were about to start from Athens. The old griffins will, as they always have done; prove one Cretan chieftains who have resided in Athens of the mainstays of the meeting. petition to Mr. Egerton, the Secretary of the ponies sent down to Hongkong since the last Cretant insurrection, in 1867, in a As it was previously arranged British Legation, state that they are most eager, we shall no doubt see the first conte and able, to raise a Cretan force of 1,000 men to course of a week or so. fight under British generals in Egypts
training track, ospe
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England: was held in the Wah Yes Tong, or Chinese club of London, on the 17th inst, and three following days, Delegates from Manches ter, Liverpool, Leeds, and Birmingham, as well
passed was one expressing regret at the action of as Chinese from California, New York and Bombay, were present. Among the resolutions- the Governments of the United States, and Queensland with respect to Chinese immigration. It was decided also to ask for the appointment lers to various clubs in China recommending
England may boast at this moment that Company's steamer Kidžiang has been specially up at once to assist in defending the Greek ter. Gordon, and Mr. St. Andrew are all said to have of a Chinese Consul to London, and to send let
a
emigration to Cyprus and to England. The sub- Ject of opium was discussed, and the trade con- demned as the care of China A-deputation
of which the James-street Tennis-court once in GEORGE LAMBERT, Mr. HEATHCOTE, and formed a portion, was pulled down, and judg. Mr. ALFRED LYTTELTON, she has three such ing from the casual comments of many wri- tennis players as France, her great rival tors who lived about that time, the east side. at the game, nevér-had simultaneously. The Kiukiang will leave the Canton wharf at however, explanations have: taken place which necessary for subscription, griffins to be up the name of the conference to reinstate the Chi
to-morrow night.
of the Haymarket, upon which Piccadilly The time is probably near at hand when Hall then stood, was what it has ever since. Mr. LYTTELTON, who has the advantage 7 pm, and will return from Macao at so o'clock, remained-about the loosest spot in the of being the youngest, will also be the metropolis. Part of it was called "the strongest of the three. His play has shown gaming house," another part was devoted such remarkable improvement during the to a bowling alley; the fields behind the last twenty-four months that he leaves off news rivalled Whetstone Park, in Lin at the close of the present season at Lord's coln's Inn-fields, or Lewkner's-lane, off full of the highest promise for the future. Drury-lane, as painted by Lord MACAULAY; Like all the other sons of the late Lord Panton and Oxenden strects, into which LYTTELTON, he is a proficient at what Mr. Secretary Caventry's windows looked Surr calls "ball-games," and in sum-
RESIDENTS who are interested in our modern floating palaces cannot do better than pay a visit to the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Company's new steamer, Honam, where she favorable opportunity of seeing the good points now lies in Kowloon Dock. -This-will-afford of this fine vessel both internally and externally, We hope to find time to have a look over the Honam before she leaves the dock.
clinker.
But as a matter of fact it is not was also appointed to wait upon the Governor
of Hongkong to request his Excellency
nese police inspector who has been degraded in rank, to abolish what is known as the and lantern system as applied to the of Hongkong and further position of the Chinese has red to that of othe
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