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been shown, France is not above being taught by an enemy, and is displaying through some of her most important or gans of opinion a disposition to reconsider the policy which has led to her isolation on the Continent. Is is satisfactory to as to find influential French journals speaking in language identical with that which we have ventured repeatedly to use. One newspaper declares that "it is "high time for the country to interfere, "and impose upon the Government a less hazardous policy, and one less open to "sudden complications." Another draws from the Madagascar incident the im- portant and salutary general conclusion that distant expeditions should be under WATERS taken with more circumspection than France has recently shown. Are those distant expeditions, it asks, worth the cost even of their success? The reverse just THE SHANGHAI PHARMACY, Sustained by the French arms in Tonquin shows that not merely a too costly success, but the possibility of fallure, with all its embarrassing and irritating consequences, has to be reckoned with. "No risk," says the same journal, "should now be run. THE CANTON DISPENSARY, CANTON. for we have fallen on dangerous times. Our situation in Europe demands the THE DISPENSARY, FOOCHOW.
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, October 5, 1883. In view of the present complicated political altuadon in Europe, the following article, for which we are indebted to the London Daily News of August 24th, will be read with interest :----!·
Would an "advantage in Madagascar compensate us," asks a French journal which we have already quoted, "for the loss of robust and hearty friendliness with England?________We had one friend, a selfish one, perhaps --England is always. selfish when it is not perfidious--"but still a friend, and an Influential one. Can wo any longer count on its friendly offices
"WERE you ever struck by lightning, deacon?" asked the boarder of Faraar Furrow."Wal;
now it must feck" "How's that in Why, whispered the granger, as he nervously glanced toward the kitchen door where his wife sai shell ing beans, the old womhsa orice caught me try ing to kiss the hired girl, and-"Just then bis helpmeet looked up, and the farmer quickly called his boarder's attention to the antics of a calf in an adjoining field.
We need not speak more of Madagascar Now's ark has been captured by a Turk Noah nor of certain enterprises on the Western counted on no account of his doings at this fate Coast of Africa. The war in Touquin day. The olive branch which the dove carried will probably be found between the leaves of the threatens to become an war with
log book ZELEN China, in which enemies mord powerful than the Chinese armies would fight against France-climate and dance, exactly, replied the old man, but I know floods and pestlience a war which in in progress would carry disorganization with it, interrupting European commerce, and opening a new Eastern question, før larger and more formidable than that which for generations has been the puzzle and torment of European politicians. It may be difficult for France to withdraw now from the mistaken enterprises in which she has embarked. It will be more difficult, and yet it may be essential, to do so after disaster and loss. She is threatened by a European alliance against her. It is in her power. If not at once to dissolve, yet to disarm that alliance, by adopting a policy of peace which may be distasteful to a few ambitious politicians, but which reflects the desire of a sober, industrious, and intelligent but politically too silent and acquiescent population.
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TELEGRAMS.
INSTEAD of dying out, the Jewish body shows increasing vitality, They cannot be stamped out or swallowed up. They pass from country to country to become practically masters wherever they go. They get the land. In Germany and Hungary, and grow rich in Russia; they are the great bankers in London and Paris and the CC tres of European commerce. In tea (recent) years the Rothschilds furnished $100,000,000 in loans to England, Austria, Prausia, France Russia and Brazil. They increase larger than Christians, and of every 100,000 persons only Bo
Jews die to 143 Christians.
1881.
THE U.S.S. Pator will shortly leave Canton fer the North and will winter at Tientsin. GENERAL IGLESIAS has issued a decree that all Peruvians between the ages-of-a1-and-60, and all foreigners over one year in the country, must, pay a poll tax of one silver dollar. THE United States corvette Funiata 1,9ou tons, 25 officers, 200 men, to guns, Commander PF Harrington, arrived this afternoon from Singapore, and will proceed direct to Can to to-morrow morning at daylight. The Funista was in a typhoon on the and instant which considerably delayed her arrival. The than the Fusfasa and may probably be in port Enterprise left Singapore a couple of days later
to-morrow.
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OLICE COURT.
OUR LATEST LIBEL, CASE, The case in which Mr. R. Fraser-Smith, proprietor and publisher of the Hom grash, is charged at the instance of McNeile Price Surveyor General of with having publisied on the stand July and the fra September, certain false and defamatory libels concerning the said John McNello Price, was again brought before Capta Thomsett, at the police court this morning. Mr. Ino J. Francis, barrister-at-law, instructed by Mr. Waiton, of Mesirs, Brereton, Wotton and Deacon, appeared for the prosecutor
Mr. Francis in addressing the bench observed that both the defendant and prosecutor, were A REPORT has been current in the colony to day gentlemen well-known in the colony, Mr. Fraser that the French steamer Wamuinn, trading Smith being Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph, between bere and Holbow and Haiphong, has and Mr. Price, the honourable, the Surveyor been destroyed by fire in the latter port General For some time past Mr. Fraser Smith From all enquiries we have made we have been has been writing in his newspap of certain unable to learn anything in support of the recorrupt practices which were alleged to exist in port, which originated, we believe, with some various departments of the Government service, Chinese who arrived here by junk from the south. The Namvies has been expected here for the past couple of days and her non-arrival may, afterall, be the sole foundation of what has
course he was quite entitled to pursue, the management of our public business was a fitting subject, for public comment criticism. Mr. Francis then referred to the
marks made in the Telegraph as to every appearance of being a false rumour,
ability of having all government cont A CONTEMPORARY asks the question-wil verlised extensively instead of. VERY few people who cry "Hip, hip, hurrah!" "James Carey's career and fate act as war" notices to the Government Goaqif with such gusto know anything about the origining to any of the misguided men inclined to a sing the opinion, that WAS of the words. During the times of the Crusades course such as bit was at the start? He joined thing to advocate. Coming directly to the -LONDON, October 4th. the chivalry of Europe was reused to arms by a band of conspirators whose object was murter in hand the learned barrister stated that s ⠀ FRANCE AND CHINA, the inflammatory appeals of Peter the Hermit, der, which murder they did; he took active defendant had on several occasions alluded It is reported that France refuses to make any who always displayed a banner emblazoned with
to save his ore
carcase; his testimony led | with having libelled that gentleman in concession to China beyond the neutralization of the following letters, H. E. P., the initials of the part in their murdering plots; he betrayed them his articles to Mr. Price, and he was now ther
Latin Hierosolymo est perdita, Jerusalem is five of his accessories to the gallows, and he graph published in the Taligraph of Sept destroyed. The people who were not acquainted was at last shot down like a dog. It was the 3rd. It was a very short paragn Hen, and whenever they chanced to meet a poor an epitome of grime, parishment and retribus lng I would come to the conclu with Latin pronounced the letters as a word-first infamous step that led to all this; and what would submit to his worship that
Jew they raised the cry, "Hep, bep, hurrah 1 and the chances were greatly in favor of the Jew's feeling the point of their swords. DEALING with the present rage for speculation, a correspondent sends us the following
North Toaquin,...
LOCAL AND GENERAL. Tux hull of the barque Flodden, which came to grief during the last big blow in the north, realised tacks 1,409 at public auction in Shanghai the other day.
SAYS the Apoy Garaffe of the 1st inst The steamship China which left this port on the 17th September bound for Tamsui, put back yesterday moming with her machinery disabled.
It has certainly cooled since we launched We are informed by the Acting Agent of the out into a bold colonial policy, and began | P. & O. £. N. Co,' that the steamship Rohita, to undertake distant expeditions." There with the incoming English mail, left Singapore is no more cardinal maxim of our foreign for this port on Thursday last, the 4th instant, policy than the necessity of cultivating and at 4 pm.
WE understand that the return of the U.S.8. Richmond tothis port, with Admiral Pierce Crośby on board, has been considerably accelerated in consequence of the late disturbance at Canton, and she may consequently be expected here very shortly
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Tur first match of the season, Flist "Eleven (v. Next Twenty-four, was commenced on the Cricket Ground shortly after two o'clock this afternoon in glorious weather, and is now proceeding as we go to press. A full report of the play will appear in due course.
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GRIPPLE says, that the letter written by Mirshad, in connection with government Bernard to the Daily Press was 5 singular and been guilty of bribery and that it was a pity she ever wrote it He also reading the alleged libello mirtille says that if the writer had not been a lady he leave to amend the m would have been inclined to describe her letter words knowing the by a less complimentary term. We admit that mons was amended acc the communication in question was injudicious, then read the pan perhaps in questionable taste; but both as a running contribution to the literature of the period and teaces, and as an exhibition of good taste it was a very long magistrate that way ahead of " Gribble's" badly written, Illogical, untrue and grossly Impertinent comments. The writer of these comments is evidently, a charming male person, who is striving hard to qualify himself for an intimaste acquaintance with a horse-pond.
A NEW YORK physician reports to the Board of Health a pleasant eat and rat skory, Noticing a very bad smell that seemed to come In the rear windows of a house" in which he was visite ing a patient, he kept watch, and saw numy ber of Chiname, with knives in their gather round a black pot in an adjoining yard. They had a number of dead cats and which they proceeded to aldne mind class ting up and putting the meat into the pot paratory to cooking it for dinner, and, throwing the skins and refuse over the dance doctor's patient's back yard. With exhibitions like that would prejud respectable American citizen: against the frugal Chinese unless he happened to be a vicarious
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› Saturday's Casilli Faeral Government' notif Patches for currsia local works of során magnitusõe Welter of Cranky Bay and the socstryofilm of a sen Falle season and undertakings of special importance by -mtumiry "wod will ammi di vay barvy dimpenditures of
offer of emaining the sévertisements faviding puno s the works to the sepalivecy of the columns of the m “Gpärike, a pošlication which is mamma men cutaide the geven men stood Barn) 71166to the public laused), de handle funtis ad the publicly postźle L7And in je avion) to the Please intimate of sonia parson zu yurses to lowup) "there"'ina grcent) constar will now Why the bould be the ane WA WAT wentory in hazard ani oglan besit may loses Gomuroor Byway and M. W. Hi Marsh to know that the tongue of public Sot, mutiple 101 quiet that these contences are "kaps Taman palabas kad krestiged to enët she devices of certain officia's
for the premist shall be nameless, ?" All contracts for poßlle!
extasiivily advytised in the localnewspapers, both "Independent, and reliable board of should be apaglatadi to, decide,
The Hongkong Tairgraph daily at 4 PM Submaintaining friendly relations with France.-THE-Mercury-states-that-Mr. Chun Pohan, the scribers in the central districts who do not receive That is a Liberal tradition, as well as a newly appointed superintendent of trade to Korea, their coples before Five O'CLOCK will oblige by Liberal conviction. It was acted on by with his translator, Mr. Chun Fuh Cho, will leave at once communicating with the Manager.
Mr. CANNING - Liberal in foreign politica Shanghal for Korea by the steamship Poocht on
and by Lord Palxxastox, and no one the 11th or tæth inst. has been truer to it than Mr. GLADSTONE, who has often announced his inherited and life-long sympathy with the ideas of Mr. CANNING in these matters. The efforts which he is now making, under very try- ing and difficult circumstances, to prevent a rupture with France, show the tenacity with which he holds to this doctrine. The cordial admiration which Englishmen feel Mr. GLADSTONE made an important state- for the French genius and of many points ment in the House of Commons yesterday In the French character an admiration with respect to the case of Mr. SHAW and springing more out of natural, différences the relations of the English and French than out of natural resemblances will Governments in that delicate matter. M. powerfully aid him, if our French neigh WADDINGTON has been authorised by the hours will allow this feeling to have Minister for Foreign Affairs to state that fair play. But why, we may ask, the French Government will do every-should France have only one friend In thing in their power to put an end to this Europe, a friend, too, whose good dispos. Incident." We cannot, we suppose, misitions she has of late been severely try. understand this assurance. It means, we in-ing? What constitutes the dangers of the | Autumn Race Meeting. The 23 tabes-on the the fact that the company consisted of one slant; son has lately been, dabbling in shares and other inther para. fer, that the French Government will order "dangerous times on which she has the release of Mr. SHAW. There might be fallen" The peril lies in that restless other ways of "putting an end to the in- spirit of adventure, which, making its taels 5,270. The Shanghal Stakes has 199 | Sen böught sil goods in the name of Ky Koong at from twenty Ave to seventy thousand dollars.
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THE U.S.S. Monocacy has been ordered by Admiral Pierce Crosby to convey the United States Minister, the Hon. John Russell Young, ou an official visit to the various Consulates in China. Mr. Young may be expected here about the middle or end of next month. THE entries have closed for the Shanghai programme have secured an aggregate entry of 796 ponies, with entrance fees amounting to
ponles entered. All these figures are on record. The Shanghai Race Club evidently understand their busisie
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WK take the following from our Sydney con- temporary, the Bulletin --Not long ago, up North, one Mr. Ab See was served with a notice to sequestrate his stock for the the benefit of his confiding white creditors. But Ab See couldn't see it at all, as his real naine was Sam Toy Song. So a fresh writ was served on Sami Toy Song, and it then transpired he was only keeping: shop for an innocent firm called Wah Yung Sun Ty Kee. The issuing of another writ revealed the fact that Wah Yung Sun Tiy Keo was only the maiden name, as it were, of Messrs. Ty Foong Ping Chow, and so the authorities bailed another hooks with a writ, and this time fished up eyed swindler only, and his name was Cow Fat This worthy being cornered, pointed out that Abi
whose shingle happened to be over the door at the time, and he, Cow Fat, of course, knew mbthing at all about the business. Thirty-seven ether capper-headed fan-tan fakers were eubre quently taught, and the creditor, after a weary waste of time and tin, had their perseverence re- wanted by actually finding out the real responsi be man, a gent. by the name of Fan To. But Pan To was dead then, and by this time the look of the stock in the shop clearly proved he had taken all his earthly treasures with him.
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A RUMOUR was current throughout the colony this morning that Mr. Leong On, one of our most influential and most highly respected Chinese it had now, come down to one merchants, had "smashed for something like a that published on Sep quarter of a million of dollars. From inquiries was persona we have made the reported failure appears to bejections to the a mere casard, It seems that Mr. Leong On's but thought there business speculations, with the result that he has would dismalen the "got stuck" for an amount variously estimated there To this circumstance the reported failure can doubt be attributed. We trust that matters soon be set right, as such a report concernis gentleman of a Leong On's high standing, would be likely, if not promptly cont dicted, do a great deal of harm to the numer public institutions with which he is intim associated.
which fall short of murd the gallows. For inst by Mr. Justice Stephen entrapped a mere lad with
Metropolitan Railway carri failed of effecting his death through victim crawling out the objection death penalty that it strikes the imag
SAYS Blackwood's Maga
cident," but none which an English Minister first beginnings in Africa and Asia, may, would announce with satisfaction, or which it is feared, presently disturb Europe French Minister would premise as an act Long ago, we raised our voice in warning. of international courtesy.
Whatever The Journalists and politicians who resented The Hankow corespondent of the Shadek qualifications may be implied in Mr.the friendly cautions of the English Press Mercury writes on Beptember 29th 1- GLADSTONE's statement that the Importance do not like any better, we imagine, the broke out in the native city yesterday event of the declaration depended on its being open threats of the North German Gastle, resulting in thirty houses being burned. All i given and received in an equitable spirit, which might have been spared if dinely quiet here at present, nothing more being heard there can be no ground for anticipating heed had been given to suggestions which of the White Lily Society. The river has risen on an average two inches a day during the past any less favourable result than that to were made in pure goodwill, and the pru-week; and to-day the water-mark la 39 feet is which we have pointed. Mr. GLADSTONE'S dence of which French Journalists now inches.
THE Garmonia, the leading organ of the Ger forbearing and courteous language, worthy admit by echoing them.
WE would remind our readers that the "Ausman Catholics, in the course of some observa of himself and due to the great nation with While a cordial understanding with trian Ladies Band will give a performance tions on the French proceedings in Tonquin, which we were momentarily in controversy, France is the aim of our statesmen and in the Temperance Hall, this evening, com gives some interesting information concerning has no doubt made the task of the French the desire of the country, nothing can be menting at 9 o'clock. The above talented the strength of the Christian element in that Government easier in this matter. The further from the Intentions of England than artister have had a very successful season here country, and the organisation established by the tons in which he has spoken is very a defensive and offensive.combination of and will leave for Shanghai by the French mail Catholic missionaries. The kingdom of Annam different from that to which France has the two Western Fowers against the Great We have no doubt the inhabitants of the Model' embraces an arcs of about 440,500 square kilo-
"mètres, with a population of about ax millions, mora had to listen from another quarter. Some Empires of Central Europe, A triple Settlement will largely patranise the
Tao spiritual interests of the native Rom of the leading French journals see in alliance, which seems to be dreamed o
Catholics are ministered to by six M. the inspired menaces of the North German in some quarters of England, France, THE following elegant literary worsens “appa:
vicars," whose charge is distributed as follows
Missiona Gaute merely a Parliamentary manoeuvre and Rusala, against the triple alliance in a recent inue of the Shanghal Mercury, of Prince BISMARCE's in order to prepare of Germany, Austria, and Italy, would Black Satin. This Avorite old black has ser
zuinated his racing career, after just eight the Reichstag for a further increase of the be stiil less possible if there were degrees He was found during the training, to be tog sig military forces and of expenditure upon in impossibility. We have nothing to age for any more racing. He comuttered them. But an enlargement of German fear from
from Austria, his career by winning the Grifins at C Germany or -armaments would have significance of its and we have no cause of complaint 1875, and four other races
own for France, even more momentous against them. They do not threaten or including the Champions. He than; the threats of the official organ of the incommode us in any way. The adhesion be's property. Then German Chancellor. It is impossible not of Servia and Roumania to the two Empires where he won one
Shanghal, where to connect the monarchica! combinations may possibly result in giving Austria prac-
Spring Meeting to which we have frequently referred with tical command over the Danube, and the
Autumn, winning the Cha the language of the North German Gastle, reversion of certain province of the Turkish won 34 races on
language given
voice to Empire, when the foovitable collapse and on off days. the alfent meaning of the Triple Alliance, disruption come. Alarmis and to the overtures which are being made of our Indian Empira
Spain and to the Danubian Kingdoms. Austria "No one can censure the spirit with which distanc
the threats of the Worth German Gaselle though we ave been met by the French Press. They European
resented and Germany is say we have with no unbecoming sense of national plain, but,
that rance is not in 1883 what have most reas
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