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Advents.
HE following PLAGUE PRECAU.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1901.
Intimation.
T-TIONS" are published by the Sanitary A. S, WATSON & Co.,
*Board for General information.
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G. A. WOODCOCK,
Acting Secretary, Sanitary Board,
Sanitary Board Office,
29th June, 1901.
PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.
THE EXCLUSION OF RATS FROM OFFICES AND DWELLINGS.
1. The public are warned that ceilings, wooden skirting-boards and lath-and-plaster partitions afford great facilities for rat-ins, and the Sanitary Board strongly recommend that ceilings should, wherever possible, be dis pensed with in offices and dwellings on the lower level, and the exposed beams or joists limewashed or painted.
2. Skirtings should be of cement and not of wood.
3. All rat-holes in wails-should be at once | stopped up.
4All gratings to drain-inlets should, wher. ever passible, be securely fastened, and broken ones replaced without delay.
5. No discarded ford should be allowed to Jidabout in kitchens or yards.
6. All drains and drain-inlets, traps, &c, should be flushed daily with a bucket of clean
water.
7. Coolie quarters should be regularly in spected, and strict cleanliness enforced.
FRANCIS W. CLARK.
70401 EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
Medical Officer of Health,
FÓR SHANGHAL
THE Steamship
"AUSTRALIAN," Captain Helms, will be despatched as above on FRIDAY, the 5th instant, at Daylight.
This well-known Steamer is specially fitted for Passengers, and has a Refrigerating Chain ber which ensures the supply of Fresh Pro- visions, Ice, &c,, throughout the voyage.
This Steamer is installed throughout with the Electric-light.
A Stewardess and a duly' qualified Surgeon are carried.
N.B.-Return Tickets issued by this Cons. pany to and from AUSTRALIA, are available for return by the Steamers of the CHINA NAVIGA TION COMPANY and vice versa.
For Passage, apply to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agents.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW.
THE Company's Steamship
THE
"HAITAN,"
Captain Roach, will be despatched for the above Ports, on FRIDAY, the 5th instant,
at to A.3.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Go., General Managers.
Hongkong, 3rd July, 1901.
THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, LIMITED.
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FOR FOOCHOW VIA SWATOW AND AMOY.
THE
THE Company's Steamship
"ANPING MARU,”
Captain S. Atsumi, will be despatched for the above Port, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th instant, at Daylight.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
THE MITSUI DUSSAN KAISHA, Agents. Hongkong, 3rd July, 1901.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH, ANTWERP,
LONDON, PORT SAID, COLOMBO
AND SINGAPORE..
THE Company's Steamship
"KAWACHI MARU," having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Gotown at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the
goods are landed.
Optional goods will be carried on unless instructions are given to the contrary before 4 P.M., TO-DAY."
Goods not cleared by the 10th instant, will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. All ship damaged packages must be left in the Godowns and Notice of same sent to this Office before the rath instant, or claims in connection therewith will not be recognised.
NIPPON YUSEN KÄISHA. Hongkong, 3rd July, 1901.
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SAD BATHING FATALITY AT SHANGHAI
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
(From Our Ocon Correspondent)
SHANGHAI, July 3rd. Two boys manied Scott and Dro- umer, aged fourteen. have been - - $10.80 | drowned whilst hithing,
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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1901.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The V. R. C.
SUICIDE OF AN ITALIAN
PETTY OFFICER.
Society in India was lately disturbed over the origin of the term "grass-widow," and a con- siderable amount of research has been directed to the subject. So far the inquiries made have succeeded in tracing the word back to the year 1844, when it was used in The Calcutta Review. In the opinion qft qualified philologists' the term is a corruption of the much older one "grace widow." This is dervied from vidra de grafia, which may be interpreted literally as "widow by favour."
PUMPING operations started yesterday on the spoken drudger and were very effective in finding out fresh leaks that were not known of before. These are being stopped as rapidly as possible, and it is fair to suppose that if no inore are found, and the pumps act, and the connections bold, and the water can be lifted. and the hull does ant tilt, and the wooden superstructure does not carry away, the dredger will in all probability rise. At any rate she camiot go any further the other way. A petty officer of the Italian crui- RareERRING to the recent case in Hongkong ser Vittor Pisani was reduced to tho, of falsifying a steamer's load-line, the Singapore Free Press says ten years' rigorous imprison He then deserted here and,ment would not be too much. If the law does ranks. in order to avoid arrest, committed not provide a personal but à pecuniary penalty for this it should be made to do so as soon as suicide.
possible. If the vessel had foundered, and the lives of those on board this "coffin ship" had been lost, all evidence of the folisfication would have disappeared, and the criminal charterer would have sat smiling smugly as he pouched his insurance money.
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COLLISION AT WOOSUNG. PELEUS" AND CREFELD"
BADLY DAMACED. A collision has ocenrred at Woo- THE renang Gazelle is afraid that Penang sung between the German transport becoming a regular port of call for tramps or beachcombers. It gives the names of several Crefeld and the Blue Funnel steamer places which supply these undesirable visitors, Peleus. Both vessels are said to bend among them is Hongkong. We have our seriously damaged.
Received 4.45 p.. Published 5.30 p.m.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. PRO-BOER MEETINGS IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, July 151,
Attempts to organize Pro-Boer meetings throughout the country have not been suic- cessful. Vivient scenes occurred at Leeds, where the speakers were.cscorted to their homes by the police, followed by huge threatening crowds;
LATER.
EARL RUSSELL TO BE TRIED
FOR BICAMY.
The trial of Earl Russell for bigamy will take place in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords on the 18th instant, before the Lord High Steward,
selves had personal experience lately with two men of this class, who most certainly never intend to work if they can help it. We would call the, attention of our contemporary, since they are interested in the matter, to a letter by one of the fraternity in our yesterday's issus, and a short local in to-day's paper.
A RECENT Stam Observer says the confidence trick was somewhat clumsily played in Bang- kok the other day. The case is that of two men, one of whom picked up a coloured label in the presence of an ignorant woman. The two quarelled over the ownership of the 400 cal note which they made the woman believe the label was. Eventually they induced her to become the possessor of the "note" upon her parting with two gold wristlets and 6 ticals all the money she had with her at the time. The police were duly acquainted with the fact and in a very short time captured the pair, who are awaiting trial.
A COUPLE of weeks ago, says the Bangkok Times, a Siamese was digging in the grounds of the tile factory at Ban Hawb, near Ayuthis, when he dug up an earthenware jar containing ancient silver coins. All of them were of the THE BOERS IN CAPE COLONY. period when Ayuthix was the capital of Siam, and they consisted of fuangs, salungs, and two Fouche's contmando, whilst seeking re-salung pieces. The man took the jar home, mounts, entered the Transkei territories, burned some josa sticks, and thought himself which have hitherto been tacitly excluded very lucky-apparently the Government does from the operations by both sides, because not claim such treasure trove. Alast a day or 'native.'
two after a thief stole the jar with all its con- tents, and he has no clue as to the identity of LOCAL AND GENERAL. the thief. It is much to be regretted that the
coins were not secured for the Museumi. H.M.S. Centurion left this afternoon.
WITH reference to "Beachcombers" letter in The West River is still rising and Wachir last night's issue, if, as he afirms, there are stands some little chance of becoming uninha-umbers of men, good scammen, knocking bitable, therebeing it, of water in some of the
The report of the Victoria Recreation Club, which we publish elsewhere, is not particularly pleasant reading for the average Englishman. The British have always justly prided themselves on the love of sport of all descriptions. Wellington said that the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, and sayings of a similar nature could be quoted wholesale. Yet it streetS. seems in Hongkong that sport is upon the MEMBERS are requested 19. note that the An- decline. Read the report of the Recreation Club and it is very evident that there must nual General Meeting of the Victoria Recrea be a great falling off in the popular interesttion Club will be held in the gymnasium at in rowing, swimming and athletics generally. Kowloon on July zith at 5.30 p.m...
What is the cause of it all? Surely it THE open-air concert that was to have taken cannot be simply because the Club premises have been temporarily removed to the Kow-place at the Volunteer Headquarters this even- loon side? In England devotees of sporting has been postponed on account of the
weather, to Monday next, the 8th inst. have to travel much greater distances to reach their gymnasium, bath-house or boat- THE incident reported lately in several papers, shed as the case may be, but they cheer which we published a few days ago, of one of fully trudge away to it evening after evening, the N. V. R. steamers being fired upon by two and as the old hands become too stiff in British warships, appears to have been a stupid the back for violent exertion there are al- hoax. We enquired at the Company's office ways plenty of youngsters to supply their places and keep the ball rolling. Here, here, and they say it is a simple invention.
Ten THE Hon, Treasurer of the Alice Memorial however, matters seem to be different. years ago we had a splendid lot of athletes and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge amongst us, but as they have dropped out with thanks the following donation wie of the ranks one by one it seems that there funds of the Hospitals: is nobody to come forward and carry on in their places. What is the reason of it? Is it because the youngsters, have not received sufficient encouragement from their elders, We shall be obliged if any subscriber on or is it that the class of youth we get in receiving his paper late or irregularly will Hongkong nowadays is physically unfit? write on the Wrapper of the paper the Time of We are afraid that a good deal of the delivery, etc., and forward the Wropper to the blame lies at the doors of the youngsters Manager, Honghong Telegraph Co., Ld, 50 themselves, and still more is to be attached | Queen's Road Central The wrapper will to the training they receive here. They are enable us to check the delivery coolics. allowed to grow up too soon and that not in a healthy way. There is a great deal too much of the blase roue about them for our
H. R. W. "Dick".
We
round the town, unable to get work, we might point out that an advertisement for a European Quartermaster to superintend the "Star" Ferry boats is now appearing in our columns. It would appear that either "Beachcomber" is not quite so anxious to obtain work as he says he is, or else he is not really an efficient sea man. If there were any really competant sea. men in the Colony in want of work, there would be no need for such an advertisement to appear for over a week, ns, surely, any respect
able man who could steer, well, and had some knowledge of boals would have taken up the post before now. We are afraid that most of the loungers at the street comers are looking for work, and hoping to God they won't get it, IN Bangkok the materials composing the fort opposite the the terminus of the Korat railway, are at present disappearing into boatson Klong Kut Mai, says the Bangkok Times. There are many other similar forts in Bangkok and about Siam, that will, no doubt, be removed as the material can be usefully employed. And a good jobs too, for it cannot be said that, these erections are even picturesque. The removal of the one near the Church of the Holy Rosary would afford a large open space of ground, and would enable a much needed improvement to be effected in the carriage drive down to the river at this point. The old City wall is also bound to go, for it is neither useful nor orna-
AH FOO, the Chinese desperado mentioned a mental, and it takes up a good deal of room. few day ago in these colunin, says the Afanila But in all probability it will be removed bit taste, and we think they would be vastly Times of the 37th ult, left for Hongkong year by bit as improvements are desired. The piece improved if they paid less attention to the terday on the Perla. He will be tried there already removed effected a very noticeable set of their collars, the talking of scandal in and then sent on to Shanghai, where another improvement, bars and billiard rooms, and in aping older people. There is far too little of that, frank long list of charge await him. "It is expected An exchange, says The biological system GREAT proportion of cataracts and boyishness which one sees at home in the that in Shanghai Ali Foo will meet his deserts of treating sewage is to receive a trial on diseases affecting those advancing in life rising generation. Our boys leave school and be turned over to the hand of the Chinese's large scale in Bombay, The Commis- sioner has written an important letter to occur to those having some deficiency in the and become worn out old men immediately, executioner. construction of the eyes-the many years of with more of a laste for whisky and bad Mrs. Nation, of whom we have heard so much the Municipality on the subject of the drain Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. cigars than for healthy and improving sports lately in connection with saloon smashing Pg of a part af the city. In one of the Glasses, special lyve and preserve the sight and pastimes. It is an unpleasant charge and other rabid teetotal demonstrations, has parts to be dealt with a septic tank is to be requiring them save and preserve
constructed to contain one day's flow, or 300,000 Constantly recurring headaches, spells of to have to make, but it is nevertheless true. dimness when reading, weak eyes, the letters If it were otherwise the report which we apparently been imprisoned as insane. cate's deficiency in the form of the eye requir. Let some of the oldsters take the youngsters saysThere seems small doubt that she is will be bacteria beds, which will be filled running together; any of these symptoms indi- refer to would not be such dismal reading don't wonder at this, An American paper gallons, of sewage: Besides the tank there ing Classes only to correct and cure:
in hand, and lick them into shape a bit. mentally unbalanced. She talks incessantly automatically-a change of filters being requir. even while writing, and recently has shown.
ed to supply the bacteria with the necessary Mr. LAZARUS supplies kis SPECTACLES
some violence, calling to every one who passed xygen. The gas which emanates from the only after testing the sight.
the jail, and sending out some stinging remarks, septic tank is to be used to illuminate the missing no one. At times a croyd sufficient installation at night. The biological system is also to be applied by the Corporation to the The Observatory report says:
to block the street was gathered, while her talk villages of Vadalla, Khara, and Gowari, and On the 3rd at 12.10 p.m the barometer is became a harangue decidedly violent in nature here only an open septic tank is to be used. inclined to rise in S. China where, however, It became necessary to move her to the rotary. The effluent from this tank is to be utilised for pressure is still in defect. Gradients slight to ingide the fail. This was arranged to allow the irrigation of sixteen acres, and the annual establishment cost, it is expected, will be inore moderate for S. and SW. winds in 5. China her access to a large room and a bathroom, than covered by the yield of the farm. These are important departures, and will be watched and the N. part of the China Sea. Forecast but this incensed her to vio
with much interest. Tres to moderate SW windsy squally, rainy, every
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́DINNER AT GOVERNMENT Last night Admiral Sir Edward Seymour was entertained at a dinner given in his honour by H.E. the Governor, Sir Henry A Blake, G.C.M.O, and a distinguished company was invited to meet him and bid him farewell on the eve of his departure from the China Stn. tion, where he has done such good work. The guests were received in the drawing room of Government House and dinner was served in the hall-room, the tables being laid in the form of three sides of a square, H.E. the Governor and the guest of the evening being seated.in the centre of the base. The following took their seats at the table
H.E. the Governor, Admiral Sir E. H. Sey- mour, Maj-Gen. Gascogne, Mr. Bell Feving, Commodore Powell, Sir Thomas. Jackson, the Bishop of Victoria, Colonel Perrot, Hon. J. Stowart Lockhart, C.M., Captain Jellicoe, Captain Tillard, Col. The O'Gorman, Captain Murray Rumsey, Hon. W. Chatham, Hon. Dr.. Ho Kai, Gol. Retallick, Capt. Pakenham, Col. Bertie, Major Littledale, Capt. Tuke, Com- Chander Borrent, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Veitch, Mr. Turner, Hon. J. Thurburn, His Honour A. G. Wise, Hon. T. II. Whitehead, Col Hughes, Hon. F. H. May, Majer Kettlewell, Capt. Tiefosis, Col. Welchman, Mr. Taylor, Mr. E. H. Sharp, Staff-Surgeon, Vasey, Dir. Norton Kyshe, His Honour T.Sercombe Smith, Deputy fuspector General Drew, Hon. A. W Brewin, Col. Wheeler, Mr. Ritchie, Mr. Irving, Capt. Orpen, Mr. Francis, Col. Tevershams, Mr. Poate, Hon, W. Messer, Mr. Wei Yuk, Mr. 11. E. Pollock, Mr. Fair, Dr ticil, Capt. Ward, Mr. Van der Pfordten, Mr C. S. Sharp, Mr. Gillies, Mr. Motton, Mr. R. F. Johnston, and the representatives of the Press. Careers Autive List Blake, A.D.C.,
The dinner was enlivened by the strains of the Band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and after dessert the loyal toasts of the King, the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and the rest of the Royal Family were fittingly proposed by H.E. the Governor and loyally responded to
The next toast was that of "The Navy, Army and Volunteers which was very happily pro posed by Sir Thomas Jackson. He said that it was such a very well worn toast that it was difficult to find anything fitting to say. He thought he could not do better than recall a little story which appeared in Punch the other day, in which an old boy was revisiting his school and was talking with the porter who said, "Yes, Sir, the school's changed, the chapel's changed and the masters is changed, but the boys, they're just the same as ever." There was no better illustration than that of the spirit which pervaded the Army and Navy. Marvellous changes had taken place in every way, but the men were still the same. We had now quite as good stuff in our men and officers as in the days of Wellington, Nelson or Marlborough, and he trusted that the great inheritance which had been handed to us by them would, by favour of a Divine Providence, be greatly magnified. Heleft Admiral Seymour, the guest of the evening, to the sender mercies of H. E. the Governor and coupled his toast with the names of General Gascoigne and Commodore Powell. The toast was received with great applause.
of practical quiescence. Now and again there were incidents that might be regarded as nor mal evidences of sub-acute irritation. Barthere was nothing to show the world at large that the Boxer Movement in Shantung would involve almost all the northern. provinces and would result in the carnival of blood that devastated the province of Chihli from that time down to a recent period. When those urgent messages of the 8th and 9th of June came to the fleets of he eight nations lying at Taku that the Legations were in grave peril and holp must come at once, or it would be 100 late, no time was lost in laoding two and of this column, Adminal Seymour took thousand men, of whom goo were British, command. The history of that galiant attempt to relieve the Legations they had all read: The hurried advance in which not a moment was Jost; the evident belief of everybody that Boxer opposition would melt away like mist before the sun; the discovery that the railway wha destroyed in front and broken up in rear, while the column was attacked with a dogged 'courage and pertinacity that proved how little we knew of the possibilities in China when the people were roused to a state of fanatical frenzy. For seven long days the columis fought its way back, attacked day by day by Imperial troops, who had now joined the Boxers, pounded by horse artillery that they could not reach, and slowly dragging the junks laden with their ever-increasing tale of wounded over the shallow waters of the Pejho. Every village and town was doggedly defended and had to be taken by assault. At the assault upon the large town of Peitsang the Admiral lost for a time the service of his flag captain and right hand man, Captain Jellicoe, who fell shot clean through the tung, but whom he welcomed among them that evening once more hale and sound. (Applause.) At length, weary and figged, with ammunition expended and almost the last ration consmned, the colunin fung
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itself into the Arsenal at. Usi-ku-that was gal lantly, carried by a charge of British marines under Colonel Johnstone, (Applause.) where it found supplies of rice and stores of aut munition that enabled then 10 repel the continued attacks upon it until its ultimate relief by a column froin Tientsin, when it returned, having lost one seventh of the force in killed and wounded. It was a gallant at- tempt, and the undoubted courage of the unceasing attacks was the measure of the valour of those who brought their wounded safely through. And all through that trying time Admiral Seymour gave another proof that in him England possesses a man with all the best qualities of a leader-quickness in can- ception, courage in action, and coolness in difféulties. Unsuccessful us was that attempt it was gallantly saade, and in looking back upon the episode Sir Edward Seymour might. well remember Addison's couplet
So
"Tis not in mortals to command success
Bus we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it."
much for Sir Edward Seymour as a warrior, but history would assuredly one day tell how deeply we are indebted to him for the statesmanlike qualities that have done so much to assuage the difficulties of the past twelve months. He would say nothing of an iron hand, but surely an iron determination to support the dignity and the interests of his country was never clothed in more courteous exterior, and he believed that Sir Edward" Seymour would carry away with him the friend ship as well as the respect of the allied leaders and the two grent Viceroys on the Yangtze, whose attitude of true patriotism during the late trying times ought to earn for them the deep respect of all right-thinking men. Per sonally he thunked Sir Edward Seymour for the readmess with which he had always met every request from him as to precautions for the propection of the trade of Hongkong in the West River, and he wished him, as he knew all did, God-speed and a long life of further usefulness in the noble profession of. which he was so brilliant an ornament.
Ho should leave China, with
China
General Gascoigne, in replying, dwelt upon the South African war and pointed out that the Army had been very freely criticised, but the senior officers of the Army welcomed any criticism which would result in improvement. He hoped, however, that any reformis would not touch the regimental system or soldier, either regular or volunteer. (Applause). As Sir Thomas Jackson had pointed out things had changed greatly of late, but we had seen that our boys were still the same and he was proud to say that the Volunteers had proved themselves worthy to fight side by side with Admiral Sir EDWARD SEYMOUR, who was the best of our Regulars. He might perhaps greeted with prolonged applause, said-He rase be trespassing on Commodore Powell's pro- with much pleasure to thank those present forthe vince, but he could not let the occasion pass very friendly, and yet, he must say, too fiatter- withput referring to the cordial co-operationing expressions with which they had kindly pro which hade existed between the Army and posed his health, and also to thank them most more marked than ever. He was now in had drunk. the toast. It would be still more Navy in Hongkong; it had been, of late, sincerely for the extremely kindly way they possession of a letter from Admiral Scyn difficult for him to find words to express his our thanking him and those under him for feelings with regard to the position of last year, their co-operation in the late crisis, but to which His Excellency had so kindly alluded. perhaps the boot was on the other leg. The Anything that happened on that occasion was kindness was the other way about; the Army due more to the services of those who were had reaped most solid and distinct advantages with him, and let it be clearly understood that from the Navy. He looked back upon the two he referred equally to the forces of our own and a half years he had served under Admiral country and to those of the seven other nations Seymour as the happiest and most satisfactory who were with us. (Heat, hear.) The unanimity of his life. (Applause).
existing on that occasion was perfectly remark- Commodore Powell's reply was a mostable, and possibly almost unparalleled in the humorous, one. He said that the history of history of the eight nations brought to- Hongkong had been bound up with that of the gether under such circumstances. He thoughs" Navy for the last sixty years. He had always the whole position was well summed up found the Hongkong people most kind, in what Shakespeare has said-"One touch as witness the grand reception accorded 10 of natus makes the whole world kin." the Terrible. But he was afraid that the days (Applause). of the Navy were paling in Hongkong very agreeable recollections. It was forty-four The Polo Clab galloped over their ground, years since he first came into the harbour the people wanted to take their Hospital if possibly longer ago than, or as long as, anyone and throw it into the sea and were scheming listening to him could remember. to move the whole of the Navy to the undoubtedly had interested him more than any other side of the Harbour. His predecessor other part of the world. It would be with had approached the Authorities for a piece of especially pleasing recollections that he would land on which to build the house in which he, purt from Hongkong. This was, he thought, the speaker, was now so comfortably lodged, one of the greatest sen-poris of the world, and and it had been given him for one dollar a sea-port possessing the intensest importance year. Now, when he went and asked the
to China, not only with regard to Britain, but Authorities for a bit of ground they immediate also with regard to the other nations. To have ly began to talk about so inany dollars a foot been entertained here by His Excellency the that he was afraid, after he had made most distinguished Governor of the Colony, and to abstruse calculations, to send home the awful he met by and have his health drunk by the figures at which he arrived. Evidently times gentlemen representative of the Colony, was an had changed. But the Colony was always honour and pleasure he would never forget. kind to the Navy. He had got a promise He did not wish to talk about himself. more from the Admiralty that if he could raise money than he could possibly help, but he could not for a canteen they would put down dollar for help remembering he had had the honour of dollar. Ten thousand dollars had been easily serving under Sir M. Culme Seymour and Sir got together and he was proud to say that James Hope two distinguished Admirals nor eight thousand of it was subscribed by the forgotten in China yet. He had endeavoured, Colony. Hongkong was always ready to help though only in an unworthy way, to set those two the Navy, and so assurred was he of the fact Admirals before him as his models. (Applause.) that he thought the best thing the Navy could. He had noticed a great many changes in China: do would be to make up its mind not be Buildings had sprung up like mushrooms both turned out, but to remain this side of the here and in Kowloon, but he did not allude so Harbour. (Laughter and Applause.) '
much to these changes as to other changes less His Excellency then rose and, amid a good visible to the eye but more pertinent to the deal of laughter, pointed out that in the exuber mind-changes of a commercial nature. When ance of applause with which the toast was pro he came to Hongkong forty-four years ago as posed, everybody had overlooked the fact that it a midshipman, he might almost say we were had never been drunk. The omission was most without rivals, in the commercial supremacy enthusiastically repaired.
of the Far East. There were some French : H. E. the Governor then rose and proposed who proved their qualties, sometimes in war, the toast of the evening, saying he now asked sometimes in commerce, and therefore honour- all to join with him in drinking the health of able and pleasing flies. Now we had his valued friend and guest, Sir. Edward Sey American and German merchants who rivalled retirement from this important command that, and though rivalry-he said it in no unpica- he had filled for the past three and a half years sant sense, now exists in China, as long as mout, and in wishing him "God-speed, on his the British merchants, Fliese were the changes, with such brilliant success Entering the that rivalry is honest, we wish our rivals that Service during the throes of the Crimean War, success and prosperity they may deserve, Sir Edward Seymour,received his baptism of (Applause). With regard to the events of the fire in the Black Sea, and from that time to last twelve months, in the North to which His this he had never been for many years together Excellency had so eloquently and kindly at beyond the sound of the shotted guns, whether laded, the position was very curious, and no one on the coast of Africa, where he was wounded, felt more strongly than he did that the expedition in the Egyptian War, or three tines on active was a fallure. The world had been kind enough service, on what must now be to him the well-to judge it as an attempt not wrong to make, known coast of China. - During this last period but he felt distinctly that those who look part of service on the coast of Ching, Admiral Sey. In it and everyone of our countrymen suho. mour's command had embraced probably the thinks about it know the fact to be as he had most thrilling period of the bistory of the Chi stated it. He could not sit down without just nese Empire with Western Nations, Fifteen alluding to the two Chiness Viceroys of the months ago Ching saomed to be in its usual state Yangtare uden whom His Excellancy had con