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THE agents (Messrs. Carlowitz & Co.) Inform❘ THE master of a licensed cargo-boat was charged us that the Navigazione Generale Italiana | at the Police Court this morning with being in steamer Barmids left Singapore for this port possession of a quantity of chain and other to-day, and may be expected on the 27tk inst. articles, surposed to bave been taken from the A COUPLE of Chinese passengers from Singapore, who arrived by the steamer Gwalior yesterday, were this morning sent to gaol for three months each for robbing a box and stealing $63, the property of a fellow-passenger on the way up. THE person who sends us what is intended for skit on the Criterion Dining Saloon in Pottinger Street, has evidently a good deal to Coarse allusions and] filthy suggestions are not wil,
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doubt, did his beat, how to speak and how to stand on the stage The Sergeant's ridiculous ettitudes made the foal scene of the opera well nigh ridiculous.
our political views and differences may learn in the way of decency and good mangets | Scottish Leader by Miss Georgina Burns, of Spanish dance, the cachucha, which was most reluctantly compelled to atote that the youthful
have been, and however much we deplore the unfortunate and untenable position taken up by Governor Das Vaux on the Military Contribution "squeeze" as special pleader for Downing Street, we cannot but admire the sturdy and independent attitude he has invariably assumed on all public questions with which he has had to deal, and the willingness he has ever shown, excepting in this one bitter dispute, to listen to reason and to do'all in his power, consistent with his obligations to the Colonial Office,, to meet the views and study the best interests of the Hongkong community. Although not altogether free
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A LETTER from the French Consul to the Governor, natifying the establishment. Sagon of the "Institut Microbiologique et de Vaccina tion," is published in the Government Gazette of Saturday. We gave full particulars of this Pasteur's Institute several weeks ago. THE Siam Garcile states that Prince Damrong: Minister of Education, will start next month for St. Petersburg. He is the bearer of the highest Siamese order to the Emperor of Russia. On his way home be intends to visit England with a view of studying the system of education there. A RICKSHA-Coolle 'named Chan Lai was charged at the Police Court to-day with furiously driving his vehicle on Saturday last, whereby Wong Pet was knocked down and seriously injured. The hospital, Mr. Wise remanded the case till Friday complainant being under treatment at the granting defendant ball in the sum of $50, Ma. E. W. MAITLAND, Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial Hospital, bet cracknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the Hospital:-Man On Insurance Company; Limited, $50; Measrs, Abdoolally Ebrahim, and Company, $25; Mes F. Blackhead & Co., $25; H. L. Dennys, Esq., $25; and C. Ewens, Esq., $10.
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Wick of the Namsing on Saturday last. The acented was arrested on board his bont by a tong of the Water Police yesterday, and the cast was remanded 1!! Friday, WE bave rarely come acres a clearer exposition of the law of libet as regards newspaper criticism of public performers than that recently given in the Scotch Courts by Lord Stormonth Darling, in dismissing an action brought against the
the Carl Rosa Opera Company, in which the lady claimed £1,000 damagea for a critique she alleged to be libellous. His lordship said: "Every member of the public has the right, and newspapers have no bigher right in this aller than ordinary citizens, to criticise any kind of public perfomer, using the term la its widest sense-favourably or unfavorably, wisely or foolishly, justly or unjustly, so long as the criticism le fair-that is, so long as it is criticism and not mere abuse or invective underthe guise ofcriticism and so long as it is an expression of opinion which, however erroneous, an ordinary man might reasonably entertain.".
ON Saturday evening a small and very repre- sentative Assembly of gentlemen interested in the "manly art" met in the Kowloon Hotel, to witness a couple of sparring contests promoted by Mr. C. Robinson. a prominent amateur wielder of the cestas. The first item on the
programme was a four-round contest between Messrs. Beckett and Thomas, for a silver cup. Both men scaled about rest. 4lb, and were in good condition, ach dotted the wetttthe drier of the hour. Beckett forced the fighting during the first three rounds, by which time be was boxed to a standstill. When the last round was commenced Thomas opened out with a heavy blow on the "mark," which tied his opponent in a knot, and left him unable to finish the round-The second event was a six-round
LAST Saturday afternoon one of the water mains contest, for a silver cup, between an Unknown situated at the top of Glenenly steps, close to the and a young amateur amed Lunney. Both of 102 tons of water were in consequence wasted
men scaled about gst. 7ib., and an exbibition of skili was witnessed such as has rarely been before the flow was stopped. This is another equalled among local amateurs. The Unknown instance of the slipshod way in which the mains had a terribly quick right, and was extremely were laid; but it doesn't matter much, seeing that
nimble on his feet, whilst Luancy was a there's plenty of water in the Tytam reservoir !
theroughly good all-round man. A very, warm A CORRESPONDENT writes The difference series of rounds were witnessed, and there was between a thoroughly sound well written news very little between the men when time was paper with some backbone, and a wretched called and Lunney adjudged-with some dis- dishclout was never better contrasted than by sentients-the victor. The evening wound up the Telegraph and China Mail of Saturday with a short exhibition by Robinson and Rea. night. The former was worthy of the Hongkong. Taylor, a local veteran, the former scoring Telegraph in its best days, the latter was fit to pretty heavily. At the conclusion a well-known wrapfried fish, and smelled strongly of "Brownle", patron of sport presented the prizes, which Included a bandsome consolation" for the Unknown.. The very satisfactory and orderly arrangements did credit to the organiser, who will probably be induced to promote other com- petitions before long.
Under brighter auspices Sir WILLIAM DES Vaux might have hean a model ruler of Hongkang; but circumstances and the fates have been against him almost from the day of his arrival, and his departure, although regretted, will scarcely be felt asa political factor outside the inner circles of official- dom. Itisstated that, accompanied by Lady Das Vaux, whose well deserved popularity has never been exceeded by the wife of any previous governor, and his family, his Excellency will leave here early next month, and that probably Major-General
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Ar the Magistracy this morning, William Frost matter of surmise. Under any circum-was charged with secreting himself on board the stances the Governor and Lady DIS Vaux, American ship Pactolus at Shanghai, thereby 1.25 wherever their future lots may be cast, obtaining a surreptitious passage without the consent of W. Beadle, master of the said ship. can rest assured that they carry with The defendant admitted the charge, but in view 1.50 them the goodwill and best wishes of the of his being an American subject, Mr. Wise remanded the case till to-morrow, allowing bali |Hongkong community.
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Too much praise enuld scarcely be awarded- to Mr. J. France, the musical diretor of the Society, who conducted thringhhut with distinguished ability, and to this gen·les man and to Mr. E. W. Mitchell, the "hard. working, painstaking; and experienced singe manager, a very large share of the success attending the representation is undoubtedly due Signor Cattaneo ably presided at the plane, and was assisted by an excellent orchestra which Included some of the lending Instrumentellatu of the colony, both civil and military. The arrangements in front of the house, thanks to the efforts of Mr. R. Lyall, the hen, secretary of the Sorlety, left nothing to be desired, and the performance ran smoothly throughout, with- out a single blich.
evening, and we believe it is contemplated to The Contrabandista will be repeated this give a final representation on Saturday next.
PIRACY IN BRITISH WATERS.
of the band had ended in a dead-heat on being put to the vote, the office of captain was held in abeyance until chance threw some siranger in the way, who, according to precedent and
The leading ladles in the cast were sadly the law of the fadrones, must become the chief and marry Ines. This opens the way for overweighted, both musically and histrionically, the appearance of the stranger in the person of It was a plucky undertaking of a nevica Mr. Grige, a Corkney tourist, who is studying like Miss Lammert to grapple with such a art, photographic art, in Spain. He falls into trying part as Afia, and she deserves every the hands of the ladroner, and becomes their credit for having done so well under chief and the betrothed of the Queen. And that extreme difficulties. But no amount of latent is about all we need relate. After a variety f talent or inherent love of art can atone for Incidents more or less amusing, including n lack of practical, stage exnerience, and we ara admirably performed by Mesdames Ground. Rila's efforts were crude water, A. More, and H. Humphreys, and
and painfully amateurish. Of course nothing else could havə Miss Kate Altken, and what were described been reasonably expected, and under all circum in the advertisement as "four new figures." stancca Misa Lammert's debut in a character the robbers are surprised by soldiers, Affa requiring the experience of an old stager for its and Grites are rescued, and all ends adequate delineation must be set down as well, the fadrones of course being pardoned extremely gratifying and promising for the future. by special decree. The action of the opera runs in the dart with Vasquez. A guard by, nieht, very smoothly in the first act, but drags heavile Rita sang very nicely, and for the sole "Ha at last, and even Sullivan's generally tuneful will return she was cordially applanded. The musical numbers fail to make it "g
ner of Mrs. Gordon proved far below expecta- necessary dash to ensure unqualified success,
tions, and in many respects was bitterly dise However, it gives us pleasure to be able to appointing. She looked the Queen ofthe Ladrones
#The speak favorably of the production of
to the life, she enunciated her llacs clearly and Contrabandista by the members of the Choral with conspicuous intelligence, but her Jazz was all round the piece was only a lay figure, which lacked the animation of effectively Handled, and the success achieveil the hot-blooded Spanish virago supposed to be reflects great credit on the management. A
wwing vengence an the slayer of her husband better stage set than "The Robbers' Haunt'! and plotting murder on every side. It has in has seldom if ever been seen on the Hong justice to he remembered that tbh is only Mrs. Thespis, Mr. Jas. B. Coughtrie, and the vteran expect from her the matured skill and sings kong stage, and for this, we believe, honors Gordon's second appearance on the lyric stage, are divided between that enthusiastic follower of and therefore it would be manifestly unfair to Mr. Baptista. The opera was most picturesquely training of the experienced actress; but still, dressed, but two or three of the ferocious ladrones remembering how admirably she played considerably spoiled effect by making up pretty as the Queen of the Fairies in "Tolantbe, It is a crying fault with amateur supers," expectations of something better than her Ines especially those who are not strikingly beautiful on Setantay night were certainly furthed. in everyday life, to fret their weary hour on the In her anlo, "Let others seek the peaceful plain". stage disguised as 'Adonises, and sa Spanish robbers are not usually built that way, the singe
the Indy was most enthusiastically nuplauded and 'aa'encore 'demanded, but the "effart, criti- manager should cast a watchful eye over the cally and comparatively viewed, was only par to look too utterly lovely may perhaps be of the organ-like tenes of the erstwhile purest rank and file ander his command. The desire tally urcessful. At times some reminiscences. excusable as a tribute to that unconscious contratto voice this colony has ever heard from feeling of vanity which all humankind possesses the lips of an amateur were pleasingly vident. to a greater or lesser degree, bat ft.is not play but they quickly vanished, whilst in ber upper acting, and it is not good taste in a wooden-register the singer was naistally weak, Me4. headed and generally wooden "super" who is Gordon's impersonation,, if not anisically supposed to be a ferocious brigand, to eclipse meritorions we at least generally popular, and the lily and via with the rose in a personal that means a great deal loveliness that is so conspicuously the product of rouge and grease paint. We may feel dis- posed to name the male society beauties of The Robbers' Haunt" the next time we are called upon to criticise. Apart from this Hitle defect--to which we would not have thought it worth while to direct attention but for the large Increaseofthe "pretty ones" since the performance of "The Gondoliers"--the members of both sexes who appeared as robbers, soldiers, peasan's, clc.,' did excellent work and can honestly claim no small share in the victory won. In the chorINĖS they sang well, and the grouplog in the various |tableaux was capitally done. We have already referred to the enthusiastic reception accorded to the graceful and effective dancing of the cachucha, but consider it necessary to add a special word of praise to the far-sighted gentle- man, with whose identity we are not acquainted. for substituting this lively measure instead of the backboneless bolero, a sort of tame, third- class walls boiled down, which was the Terpsichoreau revel danced in the original pro duction before the sprightly and metilesome of the defunct Ferdinand น Roxas.
Now for a few words about the principals, and not to give offence in the matter of precedence to the ultra-sensitive-and what budding amateur can claim exemption from that category-we will take them in the order they appear on the programme. Mr. George Lammert was a charming, Vasques so far as look-see pidgin went, but he was too young and altogether too beautiful for the brave and hardy Captain of the Spanish Geard who
knocked out" the redoubtable and bloodthirsty of Police began to pay a house to house Ferdinand de Roxas in the first round. Mr.
visit, whilst others remained on watch at certain Holliday might have done it, if in his 1868 form, distances. In the course of the search Quincey saw but the vericst novice would have laid long odds on the "pet of the Ladrones "senting Saturday and being within range fired
man bounding over the fields from the village, shot from his night's Count Varques to sleep in about the fowling piece, more to scare the runaway than shortest time on record. And captains in the Spanish Guard don't as a rule look like boys either in winging the man or retarding his steps. to hurt him. The shot, however, took no effect,
of 18, as we can testify from experience. It is with grief we say it, but Mr. G. P. Lammert is pot
and Quincey, followed by others who had heard the report, gave chase over paddy fields and gardens för fully a mile, when the fugitiva was auch of an actor: what he might do if he tried is a matter of uncertainty, and as he didn't try övertaken by P. C. Niven and secured. The op Saturday the referee reserves judgment, accused has been recognised by the master of Mr. Lammert, indifferent exponent of the his-the pirated junk, and is well-known to the police trionic art as he certainly is, can sing to some in connection with other dangerous cases, chief purpose and in that department he fairly of which was when he was arrested by Inspector excelled himself, the aria "Wake, gentle maiden" Hanson at Shaukiwan in '69, together withothers, at the opening of the second Act being one. Jan a junk that was loaded with arms and ammu- of the gems of the entire representation, nition for piratical purposes. For that affair he It was quite a treat to welcome back to the wai sentenced at the Supreme Court to a short scene of bis formaer successen that able and experienced actor, Mr. C. J. Holliday. A
term_of_Imprisonment. Ha - was brought up; good many years have clapsed since this
at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. A. G. Wise, and charged with having, others not but it was quickly apparent that he had been property of Wong AI, in the waters of the gentleman last trod the boards of the City Hall, in cartody, piratically attacked a innk, the keeping his hand in in other climex. Mr. Holliday Colony, and molen 13 pigs, 23 baskets of salt is an admirable actor, in Sancho he had a pin Aab. 158 taels lu money," a jade stone bangle, the most of it. His make-up and general four value of $405, on Thursday last-Inspector that suited him down to the ground, and he made seven hemp bags and other articles, in all of the
burlesque calion of a Spanish Jadrene, his ensemble, his thorough appreciation of the Stanton prosecuted, irresistible laugh and incessant playing-up said he thought the prisoner could scarcely be Mr. Wise, before proceeding with the case,
way, and he richly deserved the hearty encore take place on the high seas, but within the to his colleagues, were admirable in every charged with piracy, because the act did not ellelted by kis most powerful, rendering of * waters of the Colony, and he thought the". song which was judiciously introduced-st prisoner should be charged with robbery Instead. all events it is not in the
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Inspector Stanton raid a former Chief Justice and in which he told the audience what he had convicted upon a charge like the present. novelty to this colony in the shape of Burnand Mr. Holliday has a powerfal bass voice, and and leave the question to the Supreme Court.
Last Saturday night the Society presented a would do if he were. Captain of the Band. Mr. Wise decided to proceed with the case and Sullivan's "Contrabandista," the Theatre he sang splendidly. Mr. R. H. Smythe haThe following evidence was then taken A WHILE ■go the French Government ceased to Roral being crowded by a large and appre probably had a limited experience on the stage, subsidise the Havas" supply of telegrams to cistive audience which included His Fxcel. but withal be tried very hard to give an adequate 40 YESTERDAY afternoon & lukong dropped across Toaquin, promising residents to increase the lency the Governor and Lady des Voeux, impersonation of the first robber Yost, and lo our
a wily Celestial attempting to carry away ans of number of official "wires" to make up for it. From Major-General Digby Barker, and other leading opinion is entitled to very cordial commandation, capacity, and besides himself had a crew of four that time scarcely a word has been cable from residents, "The Contrabandiste," which was He was no doubt a trifle stiff and enguler in his 0.40 the hydrants which had just been placed in
persons. He left Kat-5 about 8 pm, on the rath position in Robinson Road. Mr. Wise sent the France to the Eastern Colonies, much to the originally produced at St George's Hall, movements; but these drawbacks are insept last for Hongkong, with a cargo of 13 pirs, 23 0.50
Water Authority to gaol for seven days.
general indignation. To make up for this one. London, in December 1867, can scarcely be rable from the novice, and Mr. Smythe acted baskets of salt-asb, 158 taels of money, ten berap of the papers published a series of astirical bogus described as a brilliant production, although it is with both spirit and intelligence, and his very bags and other things, About & p.m. on the Finest Old Jamalca, Violet
FANCY the Duke of Cambridge doing police duty! telegrains, such 47 "Sarah Bernhardis swot without special merits. It was fairly popular pleasant baritone voice was quite equal to 16th inst when off Chai Wan, near Caps Calfle
he saw two boats come alongside Good Leeward Island..$1.50 per Gallon. H. E. Phys Surarak, the Commander-in-Chief d'Uzet, to form a corps of volunteers in Tonquin, occasions in the early seventies the present writer Mr. Grigg of Mr. Lightwood shared" with
command. The witnessed performances at the Paric and Gaiety Mr. Holliday's Sancho the highest honors swords and revolvers. They boardert his boat LIQUEURS.
of the Siamese Army, had started for Korant of which she will take and Eastern Laos, to suppress the bands of lated these messages," and now, when he
Brownis" of the Manila press gravely trans-Theatres; but no doubt its popularity was over of the representation, "This clever comellan Pant
and put himself, the crew, and a passenger into robbers with which those provinces are infested.
shadowed by the far more brilliant series of has never appeared to better advantage, fadeed the hold, which they closed up. They were all reads what the Courrier & Haiphong says about productions in which Gilbert and Sullivan le la doubtful if he has ever played so well. Mr. kept there for alghts and a day. He got WONG CHEONG, who was arrested by Inspector him he will feel unwell. Meanwhile we are
collaborated, "The Contrabandista" is con- Lightwood, as was only to be expected, conceived out of the hold about 7 pm, on Saturday, Corcoran at Shaukiwan on the 23rd March last, anxious to know how "Sarah will take it when structed on very much the same lines as Gilbert's the character of the Cockney tourist to the life, the pirates having taken their departure 1. with being concerned in the Namos piracy, was
who hears.
famous travesties, and it very probably suggested and it was a true picture he presented on the few hours before he got out. He then found the again remanded by Mr. Wie this morning for
the leading idea in "The Pirates of Penzance": TAX Case of the widow and five orphans of the but the ponderous attempts to be funny difference between real life and operatie extra-belonged chiefly to Mok Fuk, the passenger, hat stage of course making allowance for the cargo had been all taken away. The cargo: {+} another week. Chaog Sing U, who was arrested
Iste Bombardier Aakdown, Royal Artillery, has of the prezent Editor of Punch are quite a been taken up by the Non-commissioned Offcens different sous devices of his more accomplished effective carrying out of his lifeal, Mr. Lightweed the prisoner as being one of the band who
vaganza. In
appearance, manner, gesture, facial the salt fish was the property of others. The remanded for a simliar period.
article to the trenchant witticisms expression-in fact, in everything necessary for the money was witness's property. and men of the Garrison, and a working Com-
He recognised Major, at the head, are arranging very nice Contrabandista requires a great deal of finding, Hongkong's leading comedias is not a Byer in was armed with a sword and revolver, and mittee,
with Mr. Meredith, the Garrison Sergeant rival, What serves for Д plot in The left nothing for carping critics to find fault with, boarded his boat, and who acted as leader. He series of concerts under the of His and after you have found it, there is very little the singing line, although a born musician, but others were armed with muskets. The prisoner: Major-General G. Digby Barker and room for descriptive willing. The scene is laid his wonderfully energetic rendering of the struck him with the sword: upon the shoulder,
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time of the pirates attacking kle boat they were: think Mr. Lightwood was a trifle too much in he got out of the hold his boat was two or three! evidence, but it must be confessed that it is very change from the shore. On arrival at Hongkong dificult to draw the line as to where comic opera yesterday moming he reported the matter to the Boards, who appeared as the Sergeant of the hen the Police were in search of him. He ends and burlesque commences. Mr. J. Pallee. He next saw the prisoner at Tok A Wan,
mistake not. If our surmise is inaccurate wo identasd the property in Court as part of the Guard, made his debut in a speaking part, If we then ran away, but the Police arrested bim. He
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H.M.S. Sur, Capt. W. H. Hall, left this morning for a cruise.
Tas Hongkong Rifle Association competition for the Short Range Handicap Cup and Spoons was held on Saturday last. Some good shooting was made at 500 yards, but the rain spoilt the scores al 600 yards, Mr. C. Ford won the cup and 500 yards spoon, Col. Sergt. T. Boyd win. ning the Coo yards spoon. There were 15 competitors, and the best four scores are appended —
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$1.10 THEAE were 398 deaths registered in the colony during March. Of these ten were Europeans, 1.25 including one each from the Army and Navy, 1.50 THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ending Apil 19th, are: -Europeans 184, Chinese 1,834; fotal 2,018.
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THUS & Correspondent :—I have just looked over that remarkable specimen of arithmetic ia your's of the 15th last. I have heard say that in ladies' arithmetic two and two make five, or even more, and three times, five will make a score. "Lady Reader's answer gives truth to this statement. 4 is the square root of 2-gths, the required age multiplied by three. The square of 4 in 16 the half of which 8, multiplied by 9 is cqual to 73 according to Cocker, but 84 by ladies' arithmetic. Again 28 multiplied by 3 are 84, 3.7ths of 84 are 24, which multiplied by 3 produce ya according to Cocker, but 84, by ladies arithmetic. Will Lady Reader try again, using Cocker, and shew where the error int
THE London council of the Shipmasters' and Officers' Federation of Great Britain sat for seven days in succession last month, to consider the 75 We are informed by the agent of the Messageries condition of the British Merchant Service. The Maritimes that the Company's star Syfy(t).To move for returns of navigating officers' session concluded with the following resolutions; with the next French mail, left Saigon yesterday wages for the last o years (3)-To recommend at 9 am, for this port.
iba strict enforcement of discipline-neglect of 1.10 AT a meeting held at Mesars Carmichael & Co., which is endangering life and property. (3)-To on Saturday evening, by a number of civilian, take means to improve the education and it was unanimously agreed to give a compli- professional status of officers. (4)-To cause in -0.75mentary dance to the Garlson Staff the 30th Improvement in the arrangements for provision
April in the City Hall,
ing ships bound on long voyagar. (5)To Service. (6) To reform the manner of conducting improve the electoral poistion of the Merchant
casualty Inquiries.
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1.00 It is announced that the Shah of Persia visits India next cold weather on his way to the Chicago exhibition via the Pacific, returning home through Europe. If so, hin Royal Nasil- acis will probably call here,
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members of the Choral Society for amusement in the operatic and musical line generally during the water months. Prior to 1877 the efforts of the Society were confined to strictly musical work, its pubile performances consisting of concerts with setresians from oratorios and operas, and occasions cantatas, and it is no reflection on any- body living or dead t
| to say that these peformances were almost invariably of a lukewarm and half hearted character, which aroused but little interest and were received with that apathetic indifference which is invariably displayed at local concerts, even when there is such a world-renowned vocalist as Madame Patey as a special attraction The musical talent of the Choral Society has never within living memory attained a particu- lary elevated standard- a standard, that would enable its members to successfully grapple with and do fair justice to such classical productions as oratorio or high-class legitimate opera, No doubt its ranks have numbered many clever and accomplished musicians, but looking back through the vista of lang years we can remember only about half-a-dozen who had any pretensions as solo vocalists to appear before a public audience in such master-pieces as The Messiab;" "Stabat Master," Elijat etc, or even in the modern dramatic com- positions of Verdi, Bellini, Rossini and other masters of the Italian school. It was in 1877. if we remember rightly, that the then of the Society, Mr. 1. B. Coughtste, Recuratelt recognising the actual situation, diverted the efforts of the members into a fresh channel By Introducing as a study the intert production in fashionable comic opera. The result of this new departure was a most successful performance of Trial by Jurs," the first of the celebrated Gilbert and Sullivan series, at the Lusitano Theatre, and this was followed in succeeding years at the City Hall by "Pinafore," "The Sorcerer," The Pirates of Penzance," "Iolanthe " and "The Gondoliers," the last named being produced only two months ago. Comic opera society, and we can imagine that Sullivan's music may not be quite the proper scape of a choral may fail to satisfy the high-toned aspirations of would-be classical vocalists like the gentleman who recently aired his views in our morning contemporary; but we do know that it has proved a great attraction to the Hongkong public and has been the means of preventing the Choral Society from collapsing.
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The whole of the detective force, together with two Inspectore and several European constables, hand a field day yesterday in hunting down a well-known pirate, who had been plying his arocation a few days ago. The master and one of the crew of a junk yesterday morning reported at the Central Police Station that their boat had been looted by a band of plates near Chai Wan, In British Waters, and a lot of pigs stolen, From inquiries Inspector Quincey decided to visit Tok A Wan, a village in British Kowloon and the whole band'
Wong A master of the Tung Chung, passage boat trading between Hongkong and Kat-8, said his boat was of 37 picals)
100 Yet a Bangkok contemporary announces that demanding three millions from the Duchess when firat played in London, and on several the musical requirements of his part. There were six men in each boat, sil armed with :
Benedictine Maraschino Curaçoa Herring's Cherry Cordial Chartreuse Dr. Slegert's Angostera Bitters, &c.
Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, MONDAY, A PRIL 20, 1891.
THE GOVERNOR.
on the 6th inst, on a similar charge, was also
THE Band of the rat Argyll and Sutherland High landers will play the following programe
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the Officers Mess to-morrow, commencing at Frcellane Ann Garrison. The first will be given in the mountains in Spain, and the audience amusing "I say to myself, my dear friend Grige" but did not hurt him I nobody was hurt. At the
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For some days past it has been an open
in the Garrison Theatre on Wednesday nights are introduced to a robber's haunt, where we secret that Sir W. Drs Vœux, on account
the second will take place at the City Hall the find fare, Queen of the ladrones, supposed to be following enbach's Blad of Increasing ill health and acting on
and will followed by the in mourning for her husband, who has met his production of
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at the hands of Count Vasquen, a captain medical advice, had determined to leave | IT may interest the authorities to know that an which Mrs. Coxon, Mrs. Gillies, Mrs. Gordon, in the Spanish Guards Rita, the betrothed Hongkong for good and to resign the informed a contemporary the other day that he several gentlemen have kindly consented but as this couple have really nothing to do with influential Chiness gentleman in Bangkok Miss Howard, Miss Lammert, Miss Pollard and of the Cesar, is a captive and beld to ransom, governorship. His Excellency at one was convinced that the majority of the Named to assist." On the two succeeding?" nights the argument it is useless to follow their fortunes time hoped that a trip to and a short pirates were at that present soment in Bangkok, the Garrison Theatre will be used. We also note Sancho and Fear, the first robbers of the gang, stay in Japan would brace up his failing good sense. They are as sale there as in the be given in ald of the widow of the fato question as to which should succeed the defunct If they are, saya the Garsife, it only shows their with pleasure that Saturday night's concert will are both in love with the Queen, and the strength sufficiently to enable him to ❘ centre of Africa,
Musketry Instructor Ryan, of the Folice, chief in that lady's affections and in command
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