2-Assertion-They had the right to grant permission to Chinese to reside at Macao, or la turn them out whenever they behaved Impro. perly.
Reply-The Chinese who have fixed ancient
Abaden, you have no right to expel: others who wish to reside at Macao, If they are bad, you may drive away,
3-Assertion-They had the right to confis. cafe property and merchandise in order to pay the debts of Chinese who had failed in fulfilling their contracts with the merchants, or kept back money belonging to Christians at Macso
Reply-Ifa Chinese does not fulfil his contract, let the claimant make, according to custom, his petition to the nearest Mandarin.
4-Assertion-They had the right to punish a Chinese criminal'when he was found guilty,
Reply We have our laws, and by them we judge'; the natural order must not be inverted; As you govern your people, we watch over ours.
5-Assertion They had the right to have any Chinese who had killed a Christian, executed at Macao.
Reply--You know that both Christians and Chinese must suffer death at Canton by the sentence of many Mandarins, and that it was conceded to you to bave the delinquent executed at Macao because you feared he might escape.
6.-Assertion-They had a right to go to and from Canton with a "chop" of the Procurator and Senate; also to convey goods to Canton and back, paying the duty fixed by the Emperor.
Reply We never forbid you to go and come, lut passing through different places our officers inust examine our own "chop" and determine. the duties to be paid. These are positive laws and cannot be dispensed with.
7-Assertion-They had the right, by means of the Procurator, to lay complaints before the Viceroy-against-any-Mandarin-who-had-given-| offence, that the wrong might be redressed, and justice done.
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were intending to march on Niphelococcygia and make rhurt work of its implessibibitants. The Portuguese authorities ered military, some 100 men in all, to be stationed at the Gate. The Chinese having opened fire on them, an
order for tétett was given, but Lieutenaar Mesquita interpreting the signal as one for advance, marched with about thirty old soldiers towards the fort, and by sending a couple of natives beforehand into the redoubt, shouting to the garrison to run for their lives, the whole Chinese force. bolted ex masse, and Passateão fart was taken,"
From that date the Portugacse were allowed pacific possession and exclusive jurisdiction over Nephelococcygía, until efforts were made by the Lisbon, Government to have its territorial rights over that corner of China ratified and publicly acknowledged by an international treaty. The first effort was made in 1860, but it was a decided failure, the Chinese refusing point blank to admit the Portuguese claim to absolute possession of the isthmus. Twenty-seven years afterwards new efforts were made, which though not finally successful at the time these lines are written, promise to be so before long.
Having now' taken a bird's eye view of the Nephelococcygia of the past, and explained some details of its history, which are not unlike the Leystones of its présent singe of progress and decay, we will now proceed to the direct discussion of the various phases of modern so-called Lusitanian life in the Far East.
(To be continued.)
OCCASIONAL PAPERS ON CHINESE
PHILOSOPHY.
(By Chaloner ALABASTER.)—
THE LUN-YU.
• CHAPTER XII. Section 1.
Yen-yuau asking Confucius what "en" Christianity]-was, he replied-Christianity is to conquer self and turn to do right. Wre this once done the world would be brought back to Christ. The Christian life is from ourselves, but that we lead comes from Christ. Yen-yuan then saying-Please trach me, step by step., he replict-The true Christian will not look at what is wrong; he will not listen to what is wrong; be will not speak or act save in accord with what is proper..
Reply-You have never been oppressed by any injustice; which the Mandarins have not most diligently sought to mend and make good. From the above it will be seen that an essential chamcteristic of the Government of Nephe- lococcygia in olden times was its complete resemblance to, not to say fusion with the Chinese mandarinic ciement. A fusion not only of races but of Governments, was the ruling principle in that secluded settlement. One might abridge the whole history of Nephelococcygia, and perhaps even find an explanation of the abdormial position it now occupies in the civilised world, in the fact of that double fusion-of a Government inexperienced and notably weak in 'colonial administration, with the corruption and malprac
"I have no doubt many will say "Jen" would thers which are inherent in Mandarinic role, and of a people, prone to adventures by sea and by brings its meaning bester home to us; t be better trauslated "Altraisa,” Gut Christianaty land, but more or less destitate of learning and
cavillers remember that although it was 400 years morality, though pre-eminently religious (in which.Ccn-the-age-was speaking the Word was sense of the word we ini, to know), amalgamated
in the Beginning, long before Confucius had by injudicious inter-marriages with a native population whose forbears had been the very jórates whom the settlers had tried to expel from the territory when they first set foot on it Horace's lines referring to the "progeniem -vitiosiorem”-would-if-inverted,-well-apply-to-
them.
In tracing the foundation of Nephlococcygia, one should not lose sight of the priesely element which became soon engrafted on the settlers, and has exercised considerable influence, of course during those two hundred years we are now alluding to-in the formation, and in many casez, in the disfigurement of that peculiar race. Missionaries used to accompany the Portuguese navigators in all their meanderings and wanderings throughout the Far East; the first settlers in Nephelococcygia built churcher and monasteries for them. Whatever influence they might have posseaned over the primitive settlers, they surely contributed very little to check their marauding propensities, as witness Llungstedt's assertion of the fact; nor did they by any manner of means endeavour to prevent that free and easy intermixture of races which has been the bane of the colony, Religion, to the Nephelococcygian of those times, as of the present-day, was-a-question-of-form-not-of substance. Morality was then and is still sunk in formality and creed, with the invariable result that an increase of churches and monasteries hasredounded in a corresponding decrease of the moral tone in the community. Four monasteries were erected in the course of the period we are surveying St. Paul's by the Jesuits, St. Domingo by the Dominican friars, St. Francis by the Franciscans, and St. Augustin by the Augustinian monks. St. Clara was a convent for nuns of the Franciscan order, erected about the same time as the monasteries, and a few other churches
was liberally
Yen-yuan said to Hui-1 am not deep, but will try to carry out this lesson.
conte lo be,"
Section 11.
{
Section XI.
Yet you rarely, see the family or state where the real ruler is the man who is supposed to be its head."
Section XII
and, if they can get these things and make them. Duk Cng sking luin what was meant quite secure, the incidental punishment to the by the word "vernment," he said-There is pride of the Abyssinian King will be as great as Government when the Prince is Prince and any reasonable people need desire to inflict. when his Ministers are Ministers; when the They are not, as we understand their policy, buke replied. Well sich: In truth, were In moing to lock up an army among the Abyssinian Dake replied-Well in mountains, especially at a moment when great Prince in mine alone, and my ministers my events may require undivided strength at home. servants, uply in appearance, were I but, called Thanks to the assumption, rather hastily made father, and iny' sons but such in naine, my by their enemies, that they did intend some furtune would be nothing to me even if I could, suicidal blunder of this sort, they have been secure it,
left almost unmolested to carry out the work they really had in, view-namely, to make the territory they hold round Massowah practically impregnable. If the Abyssinians would only imitate their caution, there might be an end of this war, and some hope of a subsequent good understanding. As the Italians are not likely to climb 7,000 feet, to be taken at a disadvantage by the Abyssinians, it is a pity that the Abyssinians should descend the same distance, throwing away all their advantages, merely to attack Italian fortifications on the sea-shore. Each "party in pretty secure so long as it remains on the defen- sive and awaits attack, but each becomes very vulnerable as soon as it assumes the offensive. They are not even in contact unless they go out to seck one another and there is no reason why they should not let one another alone, "That
Yu would settle a dispate with half a word. He never slept until he had fulfilled his pro- mise,
Section XIII.
Il a case comes to the hearing, I am no better than another. What is needed in a magistrate is to be able to prevent his people going to law, Confucius did not recognize the claims of the legal profcasion,"
Section XIV. · Tre-chang asking about the duties of a Governor, he said-Never tire of thinking what there is to do; what you de, de loyalty,
Section XV.
You will keep in the narrow path if you trust to what is written and take the rule of Right for guirle.
"Read your Bible, and do what your conscience Iells you."
Section XVI,
T
The Chuntze confiths men in what is right, the common fallow in what is wrong.
The one follows his conscience; the other his interest."
Section XVII Chang enquiring about Government, he, replied A Governor should look to his own' conduct. If the master acts aright, none will
venture to act otherwise.
"For men are sheep, and follow the bell _wather."
Section XVIII. robbery, Confucius quoted the lines -
Che-kang complaming of the prevalence of
if the master et un aire therein,
ugh paid, they would not steal.
would be to thieves if there were no property."
The Nybilists hold the same doctrine. There
Section XIX
bears
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Hongkong, 29th Maich, 1888. Section XX. Techang asking-What a man should do to Chung-king asking him what is "jên," he said-reach the hearts of all? Confucius said-What do To look on all mankind as honoured guests; to you meats by reaching the hearts of all! Tréchang treat those under you as if you were in Lodge replyjag-To be listened to in-public-to-be- to never do to others what you would not they listened to at home,That, said Confucius, is either in public or in private lile.. Chung king The man who really influences the State and his should do to you, and to be free from passion, being listened to merely, not reaching their hearts.THE Company's Steamship said-I am not deep, but I will try to carry out relations is he who solidly and straightforwardly this lesson.
loveth righteousness, thinks over what men Lays considers what they do, and fears to hold men cheaply. As to the man who is listened to anyone who assumes the semblance of virtue will be listened to both at home and abroad so long-as-bo-las-sufficient assurance, though-his- conduct be quite contrary to his teaching.
Section III.
Sze-ma-nui talking about Jên, he said-The man who has it hesitates to talk about it. Sze, ma-nui then saying-Do you mean that for a man in.be catches in what he says constitutes Jen? Confucius said-Seeing how difficult it is to attain to Jan, a man is naturally slow to
reach it.
“You preach, or should preach from the heart. Can you preach Christ until you are sure you have him in you?"
Section IV.
he said-The Chun-tze neither feels anxiety nor Szé-ma-nui enquiring about the perfect man,
fear.
Nui-Is that all?
Confucius If there be no flaw in you, what need is there to fear or feel anxiety?
"Do your duty, and the devil can do nothing to you. Fear and anxiety do but betray a want of faith or a bad conscience."
Section V. •
Seb ma-nui complaining that everyone else had brothers, and that only he had none, Tze- hain said-Both life and death me ordeted from above. God decides our wealth or poverty, but the perfect man, caring but to do his duty and steadily persisting in so doing, respecting and behaving rightly to those whom he meets in
man can never feel the want of brethren.
"If we would but reaily love the world, world would soon love us."
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·Section XXI.
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Section VI.
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the perverse aside, you will make the perverse up
right. Fan-chih going away met Tre-hsia, and said to bin-I was asking the Master what was Tee-chang asking what was meant by "Ming.
meant by knowledge, he said, By putting THE P.&O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship (clear-minded), he replied-The clear-minded the upright forward and puiting the perverse man is quite unaffected by those storie which aside, you will make the crooked straight. What will leave for the above place about 24 hours soak into your mind like dye and stick to you
did he mean?, like dust. Yes, the man who is not affected by Shen ruled the Fmpire he held up Kao-yao for
Tre-haia replied-A rich saying, indeed: When after her arrival with the next outward English scandal is far ahead, indeed.
E. L. WOODIN, "Ming," one of the characteristics of the Chun-promotion, and all who had not the true interests
Superintendent. zo. is to bave a mind so pure that the truth in Tang did the same, with the same result, when he of the people at heart left the country [in disgust].
Hongkong, 29th March, 1888. its perfection is there mirrored,”
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Section VII.
We will now proceed with the leading events that mark what may be termed the modem history of Nephelococcygia. In 1834 the religious aiders were abolished, in conformity with orders received from Portugal, where the ascendancy Tzb-hung enquiring about the art of Govern into power of the Constitutional panty under the ment, Confucius replied-The three things need- leadership of D. Pedro -IV., signalised itself byful are sufficiency of food, sufficiency of soldiers,, the wholesale abolition of the religious orders. and the confidence of your subjects. T-hung The monks, as we have said, had in some way then anying-Suppose you could not have all contributed towards the intellectual regeneration three, which could you best dispense with? he of the Nephelococcygians; but though working replied-Your army. Tae-hung then making for centuries in the educational line, they have which he would give up first, if he had to give not left any standing monuments of their high up one of the other two, be said-Food. Death mission. Excepting a few religious works written has made havoc from time to time in every land, by the friars, not ene literary or scientific but never did any State stand, where rulers could production is known to have graced the country not win their subjects' faith. ofthe Nephelococcygians from! lafoundationdown The history of the first French Republic to the epoch we have under review. But, mirabile strikingly. illustrates the justice of Confucius' dictu, no sooner had the cowl, the hood and views." the shaved heads vanished from the city,
than it
Section VIII.
began to give tokens of some Intellectual ability. Kê-tze-ching saying-It is sufficient that the in the shape of poetry, sinologue dictionaries, Chun-tre be sound at bottom; what need has he and even newspapers. Religious intolerance of culture? Tx-hung replied-You speak well, was evidently at its highest pressure during sir, but your tongue carries you away. Culture those dark ages, the people being mere playthings must go with sound principles and sound prin in the hands of superstitious theologians and cipes with culture. If you shave off the hair unscrupulous rulers. The reign of ignorance, there is nothing to show, whether it is a tiger or however, continued undisturbed amongst the 4.dug's skin, a leopard's or a goat's.. maasca; it was quito iù keeping with the nativa clement with which the Nephelococcygians had so freely mixed.
In 1846 an officer of the Portuguese nav named João Ferreira do Amaral was appointed Governor of Nephelococcygia. Gifted with liberal principles and extraordinary energy and courage, this Governor attempted to shake off the incubus
Section IX.
Loyally tell your friend his faults, and try to Tzo-kung asking about friendship, he said- lead him in the right way. If he will not be led, leave him; don't bring yourself to shame. honour, in the cause of friendship."
You may sacrifice your life, but not your
Section XXIV. - Tadng remarked that Confucius won his friends by his scholarship, and then perfected himself by their aid.
"We cannot stand alone,"
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means a trifling undertaking upon which the It is not, saya a writer in the Timas, by any Italians are embarked, and that they are fully aware of this, is proved by the solid and deli berate manner in which they are going about the business. Their quarrel with the Abyssinians is, in fact, of a rather peculiar kind. They want Duke Al saying to Yu-id-The years are bad, territory which Abyssinia has never possessed, my revence does not suffice, what shall I do? except temporarily and the Abyssinians wani Yu said-Take one-tenth only. The Duke nothing but a right of transit through that terri- replying-Why, I take two, and my revenue fatory, which it might have been thought profit insufficient, how could I do, on one-tenth? Yuable for the Italians to grant. But, by a series kang ke wald Where will you find the prince who lacks of unfortunate misunderstandings and consequent-The Contents and Value of Packages are ro whep his people have enough, or where will matual provocations, a dispute which might people want pa
Shippers are particularly requested to note tered, until each nation, thinks its honor the terms and conditions of the Company's involved in injuring the other Abyssinia Black Bills of Lading country about the size of the United Kingdom, and occupying an elevated plateau, which vises
E. L. WOODIN out of the plains of the Soudan. Between its
· Superintendent. P&O S. N. Cola Office,! confines and the Red Sea intervenes a strip of Hongkong, 29th March, 1888::|| desert which seems from immemorial time to have been held by faces differing from those occupying the mountains. Isolation was probZE.TLAND ably not fait as an evil by the Abyssinians until some choca of modem civilization were heard among their hills. Now, however, they are anxious to reach the en, and to establish commerc relations with foreign countries, Massowali la practically the only port through which their com- merce could pass. Apparently the Italians have no intention of gratifying their neighbours What they want is x port and colony at Massowah,
of mandatinic rule which had pressed so heavily you find the prince who does not lack if the have been amicably settled has been embit, quired to be declared prior to shipment. FABIAN WHEN
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for generations on the internal government of the colony, He commenced operation by the authorities would only bear this text in gradually curtailing the power of the Mandarins, mind, trade would not be so uiterly crippled by and investing the Procurator with sufficient excessive le tin, and the Provincial Exchequer authority to deal with all the Chinese cases. He would be in a more flourishing condition, than finnily resorted to strong measures to abolish the it in Section X Chinese Hoppo in the city, declared Nephelde coccygia a free port, and took active steps to Tro-cbang asking how you were to perfect enforce his decrees. The mandarins of the neigh yourself and never feel in doubt, he said-Let bourhood, in revenge, concocted and carried out your first care be to be loyal and honest, and strive a plan for removing this objectionable Guvernor, to do what is right; thus you may be sure to rise On the 22nd August, 1849, he was frenchciously to virtue, Doubt springs from striving for the by Chinese near the Boundary permanence of what you lie and the destruction murdered pate, and his head was taken to Canton, of all that displeases you, whereas you will find The Portuguese authorities were then seriously out that what pleases you at one time will be threatened with an invasion of Chinese, The hateful at another. As the Ode aaya-Wealth Chinese troops had taken a strong position in an is not all in all, nor is the fate of all the same. Old fait a little beyond the Boundary gate, and 203 Dosyour duty and don't bother ipsisene
No. 535.
A LODGE will be held in FREEMASONS REGULAR MEETING of, the above HALL, Zetland Street, on TUESDAY NEXT, the 3rd April, at 8.30 for. E.M precisely, Vishing Brethren are cordially invited
Hongkong. 20th March, 1888.
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CANTON DISTRICT, LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 34 JUNK SUNK OFF LINTIN ISLAND,
NOTICE is hereby given that a large Junk lies sunk in. 3 fathoms North East of Lintin Island; distant about 3 miles.
High peak of Lintin bears S. 37° 30′ W.! Fan-al-ak
• N. 51°W, North.
Sui-chan Pagoda
A red flag will be hoisted by day and a red light exhibited at night, until removal.
The above bearings are Magnetic,
J. H. MAY, Harbour Master.
Approved i
FRANCIS W. WHITE,
Commissioner.
Custom House,
Caston 26th March, 1888.
SARAWAK GOVERNMENT
NOTIFICATION.
TENDERS will be receive
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MONDAY, the 16th April, 1888, for YEARS, from 1st July; 1888, vie RENTING the following FARMS for THREE The OPIUM FARM of the Territory of Sarawak, from Tanjong Datu to and inclusive of the Baram River, a distance of 370 miles.
The GAMBLING FARM, from Tasjong Datu to and inclusive of the Sadong River: 56
The ABRACK FARM, from Tanjing Data to and inclusive of the Sadong River, and Tenders must be written in English and. forwarded in Sealed Covers, addressed to the Honourable the. Resident
Sarawak ment of Sarawak, Kuchin 23hTenders
-Tenders for each FARM SE
FARM SEPARATELY. and Tender for the THREE FARM COLLECTIVELY; are required,
4th The Government does not bind itself to
the highest or any Tender.
STYLE NSR arequired to find Security for the due
successful Tenderer or Tenderers
Hongkong, 1st March, 1888
[252 HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. CONTRIBUTING SHAREHOLDERS are requested to send in's Statement of
on which date the Accounts will be cheed Business Contributed during the Half-Year ended 31st December, 1887, on or before the grst Insty
By Order of the Board of Directors
fulfilment of his or their Contracts
6thFor further information app JOHN ON & Co, Agents in Slogapore for the SARAWAK GOVERNMENT" Or to the RIIDEN OFFICE, Kuching, Sarawak.
FO. MAXWELL- D GILLIES
*Administering the Governmen Secretary.
Resident's Office, Hongkong, 15th March, 1889,
BA[56: Kuching, Sarawak, 10thdary, 1888