[ { "id": 216896, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843", "page_number": 104, "title": "CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843", "content_text": "105 Sou \n\nREY \n\nC. D. \n\nOCT 16 1343 \n\nHead Quarters Honghing th June 1843. 29 \n\nCoby h: 165 \n\nhi \n\nPrevious lo \n\nto going \n\nto Macao I directed \n\nMajer \n\nMajor Aldrich \n\nduring my \n\nabsence to examine \n\nThis place with a view to the best \n\nview to the best defensive \n\npositions being \n\nselected \n\nOn \n\nreturn he sent \n\nmy \n\nme \n\nthe inclosed report \n\nwhich I have the honn to foward to your \n\nYour Excellency will observe that in this \n\nives an \n\nExcellency \n\nreport Majo Mldrich \n\ngives \n\nHis Exallency \n\noutline of the plan \n\nof \n\nSin \n\nSve Money Pottinger Bart G. b. B \n\nGovernor & Commander-in-Chief \n\nof Hongkong", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 222307, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-013 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [8-12]", "page_number": 360, "title": "CO129-013 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [8-12]", "content_text": "I have certified that they agree\n\nI have the honor to be,\n\nWith the highest respect,\n\nYour Lordships,\n\nMost Obedient\n\nHumble Servant,\n\nProceedings of\n\n357\n\nProceedings of a Board of Inquiry held at the Colonial Treasury of Hongkong, pursuant to Order from His Excellency\n\nthe Governor\n\nThe Honorable J. H. A. Bruce, Octennial Secretary. Members: H. Y. Mercer Esqre Acting Colonial Treasurer;\n\nJohn Ready Esqr, for the Commander General A.&. Shetky Boy? The Board having taken an exact account of the Quantity of each sort of coin, existing in the Treasury, ascertained\n\nto be as follows – viz:. In the Strong vault.\n\n \n English Coin\n £ 34,617.6.0\n \n \n Copper Cash\n 96\n \n \n Deposits, Spanish Dollars\n 3296. 72¢ being Mraison G. 14.72¢. 29.8\n \n \n Mexican\n \n \n \n Private\n Rupces.\n Property. Cash\n 2,892.72.\n 1,300.\n (a\n \n \n English Coin\n £ 5,103\n £ 500.0.0\n 7/10 $173.40\n 24\n 43,673, 4.10\n \n \n as per schedule\n £4182 5. 7.\n \n \n To lock in the Strong vault\n £ 7,853, 16.5\n \n \n In the Chest of the Treasurer.\n \n \n \n Spanish Dollars\n $ 1103.15.9\n \n \n Mexican\n 298.25.56\n $ 1401 400ts 10 1/2: _Lo 291.19.2.\n \n \n \n 4,400\n \n \n English Coin.\n \n \n \n Copper Cash-\n 6,232.\n \n \n Public Monies.\n £ 58€ 13.4.\n 1,1972\n \n \n Private Property -\n 879.14.8.\n 1,759 8.\n 18.1/2\n \n \n Total\n £ 5,432. 12.11½\n $87.\n \n\nAmounting together to Six thousand six Hundred and fourteen Pounds, Eighteen shillings, and sixpence halfpenny and they further certify that having inspected the Treasurer's books they find that the abovementioned sum exactly agrees with\n\nthe balance therein shown.\n\nVictoria, Hongkong,\n\n(True Copy)\n\nNovember, 10th 1845.\n\n(Signed) J.H.A. Bruce:\n\nM. Y. Mercer:\n\nFrederich W.A. Banc\n\nJ.Ready,\n\nPage 360\n\nPage 361", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-013 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [8-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 223141, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6]", "page_number": 99, "title": "CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6]", "content_text": "1245\n\nJune.\n\nCharles Edward Stewart, Esquire,\n\nFocus was waived on Mr. Edwards.\n\nHr Spring\n\nin account current with, the Naval Office, Secretariat, Hongkong (!\n\n377 1/2 8 The 12. 1/2\n\nR3 1843\n\n43710\n\nhigh. 4. By receipt of receipt of Lieutenant Colonel Vols. Filson (^. Jéttaymaster\n\nC. C. Force, transmitted to Her Majesty's Colonial Department\n\n1844\n\nMarch 28\n\nthe\n\nof 4th August 1848, to the address of the Commander General Calcutta\n\nMy H\n\nde\n\ndo. 8° prior to the address of the\n\nAugl\n\ndepth\n\n2€\n\n10\n\nSelfr\n\nNevtr\n\n23\n\n50\n\nGet 1\n\n#\n\n1/2\n\n22\n\n//2\n\nDay 4\n\n1/2\n\nthe 19\n\n1h2\\12,\n\n#22\n\nAdjutant General Bombay\n\nAmount of Bill. 87, drawn by H. H. Stewart, Agent\n\ninclosed by the Order of the Bose, Caster Gove.\n\nGalculla\n\ndo do\n\nAdjutant General, Bombay.\n\ndi\n\ndo de\n\n#\n\n1302\n\nde 1978\n\nde\n\n22.2\n\nde_batculli.\n\n5227-\n\nDe Base boy\n\n2,065 15\n\n208106 457312.\n\nBalance brought forward to the Colonial Treasurer.\n\nJuny 11\n\n22\n\n29\n\nJuly 13\n\n19\n\n23\n\nMarch |\n\n20\n\n2/\n\nApril.\n\n\"\n\n+\n\n20\n\n-(te-\n\n167 12\n\n112\n\n1/2\n\n1/2\n\n28/\n\n281/\n\n//\n\n112\n\n112\n\n1/2\n\n1/22\n\n#12 2\n\n#12\n\n212 2\n\n122\n\n#\n\nTotal Rupees 3738 1\n\nTotal Rupees 4138 8 6\n\nAmounting in all to five thousand one hundred and thirty Eight Rupees and Sixty, Balance transferred to the Colonial Treasurer amounting\n\nRupees one our Annas\n\nto sixty\n\nNote. Further Sums of Rupees, and $12 Casha16 paid to liffin ng on 27th May Wh's, are not included in this account, but transferred to the Colonial\n\nTreasurer.\n\nHongkong, 14th May 1844 —\n\nlate Treasurer, Wm dicty.\n\ndigier Chas &. Slovart,\n\nMarchy)\n\nFrederick M.&. Bruss", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 227457, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-026 - Bonham - 1848 [9-12]", "page_number": 151, "title": "CO129-026 - Bonham - 1848 [9-12]", "content_text": "Captain PITMAN recalled, and asked if he could identify the last witness Ching-ke? Answered, I am, and corroborate the greater part of his evidence.\n\nJ. C. PITMAN, Taken before me the day above mentioned,\n\nRUTHERFORD ALCOCK, Consul.\n\nShanghae, &c. The examination of WILLIAM LOCKHART, Surgeon, taken on oath, &c., &c.\n\nThe last witness Ching-ke was brought to me [at the Chinese Hospital] from H. M. Childers on the morning of the 16th inst., with an injury to his left foot. Apparently a musket shot had struck him on the first joint of the great toe, breaking the bone and laying open the joint. Sloughing had commenced, and great formation of matter around the wound and behind. I consider it a dangerous wound, and that his life is in danger from it.\n\nWILLIAM LOCKHART, M.R.C.S.\n\nTaken before me, &c.\n\nShanghae, &c.\n\nThe examination of WILLIAM ROGERS, M.D., Surgeon of H. M.'s S. Childers, taken on oath, &c., &c. I went on board the Schooner Spec by Commander Pitman's order on the 23d instant. \"I saw three wounded Junkmen, one of them the witness recently examined, Ching-ke, and the other two had only received contusions and the injuries were slight. I asked how the injury had been received? The prisoner present, William Cole, said he thought it was by a grape shot. I heard William Cole say that he had fired into the Junk. I considered it necessary that Ching-ke should be removed for treatment, as the consequences of such wounds are frequently dangerous. I heard the answer of the Admiral interpreted to Captain Pitman, that the Junk in question was a proper Junk, by which I understood not a piratical vessel.\n\nWILLIAM ROGERS, M.D., Surgeon.\n\nTaken before me, &c.\n\nShanghae, &c.\n\nThe examination of JOSHUA BERKELEY, Esq., mate on board H. M. S. Childers, taken on oath, &c.\n\nI was sent to board the Schooner Spec this day week (22d June) with orders from Captain Pitman to ask the master what his business was there, and what was the communication he had with the Junk astern of him to which he replied that he had been commissioned by Mr. Davidson to convey some shot down to the Ding and he had captured the Junk the day previous and brought her in to the Ruggeds. I returned with this answer, and was again despatched with orders to the master to be on board H. M.'s S. Childers with his Log and papers within half an hour. The next day I was on board the Junk and saw the marks of several shot holes in her side and one in her stern. She was empty, I only saw some nets and bait on board.\n\nJOSHUA BERKELEY.\n\nTaken before me, &c.\n\nSHANGHAE TO WIT,\n\nThe examination of George Johnson, native of England; Mariano Alvesto, Juan Nasicio, Jan Nacion, natives of Manila; Levis Sept, native of Antigua; Striano de los Santos, Lucas Manoel, natives of Manila; Ephraim Francis, native of England; Lorenzo Santos, Mariano Augustine, Gabriel Calistro, Sebe Mariano, natives of Manila; Lith-Ayih, native of Chusan; Ching-Lea-Ching, native of Ningpo; Al-Aneung, Wang-Yuh-Fa, natives of Chusan; William Cole, native of England; Yum-Ching-Ming, native of Chusan Taken this twenty-ninth day of June, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-eight, before me Rutherford Alcock Esquire, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Shanghae aforesaid, the said George Johnson, Mariano Alvesto, Juan Nasicio, Juan Nacion, Levis Sept, Mariano de los Santos, Lucas Manoel, E. Francis, Lorenzo Santos, Mariano Augustine, Gabriel Calistro, Sebe Mariano, Li-Ayih, Ching-Lea-Ching, Ah Aneung, Wang-Yuh-Fa, William Cole, being charged before me the said Consul on the oath of John Charles Pitman, Esquire, Commander of H. B. M. Sloop Childers, for that on the 1st day of June, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-eight, being on board a certain vessel or schooner called the Spec in a certain place on the high seas near the sand called the \"Ruggeds\" on the coast of China, did piratically, feloniously, and violently with force and arms, attack, board, and take possession of a certain Junk or vessel, the property of a certain Chinese subject named Kwo-kin, the owner thereof, and did feloniously fire into the said Junk or vessel, whereby the said Kwo-kin the owner together with several of the seamen on board thereof were killed, and did take and carry away certain stores and apparel belonging to the said Junk, and certain Goods and Chattels belonging to the said owner and divers of the seamen on board. And the witnesses against them being examined in their presence, they are now asked by me if they wish to say anything in their own behalf; whereupon they answered they had no defence to make.\n\nRUTHERFORD ALCOCK, Consul.\n\nShanghae, &c. The examination of KEW-TSAK-KIN, the day of July, &c.\n\nI was put on board the schooner Spec by a public body of Chinese merchants, and took no pay from the master of the ship. A Junk had been hailed to let down her sails, and not complying, a shot had certainly been fired into her.\n\nTaken before me, &c.\n\nRUTHERFORD ALCOCK, Consul.\n\nI, John Charles Pitman, Commander of Her Majesty's Sloop Childers, do solemnly declare that the above is a true statement of my Questions, and the Answers made to the same. In witness whereof I hereunto attach my signature this 23d of June, 1848.\n\nJ. C. PITMAN, Commander.\n\nI, George Taliaferro Dormer Andrews, Clerk of Her Majesty's Sloop Childers, do declare that the above statement was truly taken by me this day on board the schooner Spec at\n\nPage 363\n\nanchor off the Rugged Islands.\n\nIn witness whereof I hereunto attach my signature the 23d day of June, 1848.\n\nG. J. D. ANDREWS, Clerk\n\nQuestions asked by Commander J. C. Pitman, of Ching-chong-ke (the Chinese Admiral in charge of 7 junks), on board his vessel.\n\nRugged Islands, the 23d of June, 1848\n\nHas the English schooner Spec any right to be here?-No.\n\nWhether he knew what the English schooner Spec was about there?-Did not know.\n\nDid he know whether the Junk taken by the Spec was a pirate or not?-Did not know.\n\nDid he know what the schooner Spec was about with the Junk?-Did not know.\n\nWhether the Captain of the schooner had brought any of the crew of the junk on board to him, or made any complaint to him relative to the junk?-\n\nWhat became of the crew and cargo of the junk?-Taken on board the Spec, he believed.\n\nIs that English schooner any right to take the junk?—No\n\nDid he know why the Captain of the Spec did not bring the crew of junk on board his vessel?-Did not know.\n\nAfter the 2 Chinamen belonging to the junk and the mate of the Spec had been taken on board the Mandarin's junk, the following Questions were asked.-\n\nWhether the papers of the junk were correct?—They are all proper and correct, and signed by the proper authorities.\n\nIs any complaint to make against the schooner?—No.\n\nWhat cause had the schooner Spec to take that junk, whether it was proper to do so, and if the Chinese Mandarins like it?—The junk's papers are proper, but she had no business to have so many arms on board. The English vessel did wrong to take her; she has a right to carry arms. If the Chinese Admiral likes, the arms shall be returned to the junk—Part of them.\n\nIf he likes, remainder shall be sent to him or thrown overboard?—To be sent to him. Which was done.\n\nCaptain Pitman then told the junkmen that their junk, rice, and part of their arms, would be returned to them, and they would be allowed to go on with their fishing. They said they would return to Chin-hai.\n\nCaptain Pitman told the Chinese Admiral that the English schooner Spec had fired into the junk and wounded 3 men, and that one of the wounded men would be sent to the Shanghae Hospital for medical treatment. He said it was a bad affair, but was much obliged.\n\nAre you now quite satisfied that the junk is not a pirate? Yes, she is a fishing Junk of Chin-hae.\n\nI, John Charles Pitman, Commander of Her Majesty's Sloop Childers, do solemnly declare that the above is a true statement of my Questions and the Answers made to same, &c. In witness whereof I hereunto attach my signature this 23d of June, 1848.\n\nJ. C. PITMAN, Commander.\n\nI, George Taliaferro Dormer Andrews, Clerk of Her Majesty's Sloop Childers, do declare that the above statement was truly taken by me, this day, on board the Chinese Admiral's Junk at anchor off the Rugged Islands.\n\n23d day of June, 1848.\n\nIn witness whereof I hereunto attach my signature the\n\nPage 364\n\nG. J. D. ANDREWS, Clerk\n\nEXTRACTS FROM THE LOG-BOOK OF THE SCHOONER SPEC.\n\nRedusduz, 1 June\n\nA. M. weighed, saw a junk to the southward—the pilot wished us to see what she was\n\nand took her, towed her back to the Ruggeds and anchored. 9. A. M., came up with her; she proved a pirate, boarded her. At 6 P. M. took 18 men and one boy, confined them on board.\n\nThursday, 22d June\n\nA. M. hoisted out the schooner, and put two boats out, one of which got adrift and was lost; 6 P. M. went on board the junk, brought her nearer the\n\nwas lying 5 miles to leeward of us last night. Took out almost every portable article.\n\nA. M. Brig Childers anchored to the southward.\n\nSt. p. 52. s. hove up the junk's anchor and took her closer in-shore. The Commander of H. M.'s Brig Childers came on board to see the papers—not finding them correct,* ordered us to Shanghae with the junk.\n\nFriday, 23 June.\n\nAll our prisoners on board the junk and let go except the man wounded in the toe, who was taken on board H. M. S. Childers.\n\nThis appears to be an expression of regret. It had been originally\n\nand (Indignant), having been imbecile with the loss of masters being scored out.. E. M.\n\nEXTRACTS FROM THE LOG-BOOK OF H. M. SLOOP CHILDERS.\n\nThursday, 22d June, 1848.\n\n\"A. M. 6, observed the English schooner Spec standing for the Eastern anchorage under the south Ruggeds (Falls.) with a Chinese junk in company with her; apparently discharging de-\n\nbris and other things into the water; 11.50, observed the schooner Spec alongside the junk,\n\nG. I. G.\n\nFriday, 23d of June, 1848. A. M. \"The schooner Spec of Hongkong having been mustered, her Articles and Log were found not to be correct. the master's and several of the crew's names not being registered the junk which she had taken possession of was liberated by order of Commander Pitman. took one of the wounded Chinese\n\non board.\n\nP. Chinese Admiral visited the ship. Saluted him with 3 guns. Protested against the schooner Spec of Hongkong for having taken the (alleged) Chinese Junk, killing Five men, and wounding Four.\"\n\nEXTRACT FROM THE BOARDING BOOK OF H. M. SLOOP CHILDERS.\n\nDate, 3d June, 1848—Name of Vessel, \"Spec.\"—Master, Wm. Cole—Owner, Davidson of Ningpo—Where from, Ningpo—Bound, Saddle Island, one of the Ports of\n\nTrade—Belonging, Hongkong—No. of Days out, 3.—Registered Tonnage,\n\n1.—7. 10—Guns, 9—Jungting, No Cargo—No passengers\n\nNation, English—How rigged, Schooner—Marks, The master, mate, and three men, not on the articles; one English seaman on Register Ticket; no registry of arms, and has on board 9 guns, 28 muskets, 5 Pistols, 10 cutlasses, 4 pikes, and 5 spears; 9 Chinamen, and 1 pilot not on manifest\n\n(True Copy,) J. C. PITMAN, Commander.\n\nLIST OF JUNK'S ARMS.\n\nThis is to certify that Ting-ke, the wounded Chinese brought to the Chinese Hospital from H. M. S. Childers, is still under my care. There is less inflammation of the foot then there was, the progress of the Sloughing has ceased, and several small portions of bone have been taken away from the wound; but he could not go to Hongkong, without great danger to his life.\n\nWM. LOCKHART, Surgeon.\n\nShanghae, July 4, 1848.\n\nQuestions asked by Commander Pitman, of the master and crew of a Chinese Fishing-junk on board the Spec, of Hongkong, in the presence of Mr. Cole the master, the mate, and crew of the Spec.\n\nRugged Islands, the 2d June, 1848\n\nFrom whence did the junk come?—From Chebac.\n\nWhere are your papers?—We produced them.\n\nHow came he to have so many arms on board?—To protect himself from the pirates outside.\n\nWhat became of all the things belonging to the junk?—Rice, arms, and some small boxes taken on board the Spec.\n\nWhether any person belonging to the Spec had taken anything from them?—Only the rice, arms, and small boxes.\n\nHave any of them been beaten on board the Spec?—No, except wounding them by firing at them.\n\nHad they had plenty to eat on board the Spec?—Yes.\n\nDid the Spec fire shot at the junk?—Yes, and killed 5 and wounded 3 men.\n\nHow many men lost?—The 5 killed, one of their heads was blown off.\n\nHow many men in the junk when she left port?—24—19 were on board the Spec.\n\nHas he any complaint to make as to the treatment received from the Spec?—No, only they were innocent of the charge of being pirates.\n\nWhere was he when the Spec took him?—Off the Ruggeds at the fishing station.\n\nCaptain Pitman told them that he would take 2 or 3 of them on board the Mandarin junk to be examined, and if they were found not to be pirates they should be allowed to go away.\n\nThe Pilot of the Spec was asked.—\n\nHow he knew that these men were pirates?—Because they fought the fishing boats.\n\nThe Master of the Spec was asked,—\n\nWho sent the Pilot on board?—The Chinese merchants at Ningpo, and hired the vessel.\n\nDid the junk attack or molest you?—No.\n\nThe following is a list of the arms I saw on board the\n\nJunk.\n\n5 Gingalls\n\n5 Tahious\n\nMatchlocks\n\n10 Pikes\n\nJ. C. PITMAN, Commander.\n\nBritish Consulate Office, Shanghae, 31 July, 1848.\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to return the Log Book and Papers of the Schooner Spec detained by you on the 23d ultimo, for acts of Piracy and breach of existing Navigation Laws, as set forth in the evidence taken before me on the 29th ultimo, on the charge preferred by you against the master and crew of that vessel for Piracy and Murder committed on the high seas. You will be good enough to hold these Documents available for production in evidence at any Trial that may take place in the Supreme Court at Hongkong.\n\nI have further to request that on the arrival of the Prisoners at Hongkong, the officer in Charge will report the same at the Superintendency, deliver the enclosed Despatch, and act in reference to the disposal of the Prisoners as Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary shall please to direct.—I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,\n\nRUTHERFORD ALCOCK, for Consul.\n\n(True Copy, FARD. HOWARD)\n\nTo Commander J. C. Pitman, R.N., H. M. S. Childers.\n\nBy J. C. PITMAN, Esquire.\n\nYou are to allow no communication with the Prisoners except in writing through you. You will be furnished with a list of the master and crew, and all the necessary papers.\n\non reporting yourself and the number of Prisoners at the Superintendency's office there, where you will deliver the enclosed Despatches for His Excellency the Governor.\n\nGiven under my hand on board the Childers at Woosung, the 3d July, 1848\n\nJ. C. PITMAN, Commander,\n\nTo Lieut. G. T. Graham, of H. M. Sloop Childers.\n\nCHIEF MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE, HONGKONG.\n\nBefore C. B. HALLER, Esquire, Chief Magistrate, and\n\nTUESDAY, 12TH SEPTEMBER, 1848.\n\na Commissioner of the Court of Admiralty,\n\nBRISAT\n\n1st Prisoner, WILLIAM COLE, of Pembrokeshire, master of the Schooner Spec,\n\n2d Prisoner, GEORGE JOHNSON, of London, mate of Schooner Spec\n\n3d Prisoner, EPHRAIM FRANCIS, of Maldon, in the county of Essex, gunner of the Schooner Spec\n\n4th Prisoner, No. 1 JOAN IGNACIO, of Staunbogan in the Phillipine Islands, seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n5th Prisoner, MARIANO AGOSTIN, of Seeboo in the Phillipine Islands, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n6th Prisoner, LORENÇO SANTOS, of Calibo in the Phillipine Islands, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n7th Prisoner, MARIANO ALBERTO, of Iligan in Luconia Island, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n8th Prisoner, MARIANO DE LOS SANTOS, native of Seeboo in the Phillipine Islands, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n9th Prisoner, LUCAS MANOEL, native of Bigan in Luconia Island, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n10th Prisoner, ERO JOSER, native of Antigue in the Phillipine Islands, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n11th Prisoner, GABRIEL CALISTRO, of Santa Luzia in Luconia Island, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n12th Prisoner, No. 2 JOAN IGNACIO, 30 years of age, of Soorgegas in the Phillipine Islands, Seaman of the Schooner Spec.\n\n[Juan Ignacio the first, named above, describes himself as 26 years of age.]\n\n13th Prisoner, BUENAVENTURA MARIANO, of Sambaangar in the Philippine Islands, Seaman of the schooner Spec.\n\n14th Prisoner, KWOK-AN-VEE, 14 years of age, of Chusan, domestic servant.\n\n15th Prisoner, LE-AN-VOOK, of Chusan, cook.\n\n16th Prisoner, WONG-KAT, of Chusan, servant to a Seaman.\n\n17th Prisoner, YUM-CHAONG-MING, of Chusan, domestic servant.\n\n18th Prisoner, YOW-CHAY-CHING, of Ningpo, seaman.\n\n1st Witness for the prosecution, JOHN CHARLES PITMAN, ESQUIRE.\n\nOn the 22d June last I was on board and in command of Her Majesty's Ship Childers off the Ragged Islands on the Coast of China, in Latitude about 30 North; do not recollect the Longitude. At six o'clock on the morning of that day, the Childers being then about\n\nPage 365\n\nfive miles from the shore, I saw a schooner and a Chinese junk was in company with her; looking with the glass I judged the junk to be almost a quarter of a mile from her, but it was impossible to judge correctly at that distance; the junk was standing into a bay, in the same way as the Spec (afterwards found the schooner to be) The junk and the schooner between 8 and 9 that morning anchored in a bay there close to each other; in the bay were three mandarin junks and some fishing-boats. It was calm, and we were obliged to anchor at A. M. between two and three miles of the schooner. During the forenoon we observed the schooner and junk apparently alongside of each other. I saw that some things were being discharged from the junk into the schooner, and refuse, floated past the Childers; from the direction in which they floated I supposed they had been thrown over from the junk; the tide flowed in a right line between the junk and the Childers. At 4 P. M. that day I weighed and made the Childers down to the schooner. I anchored about half a cable from her, and found the junk about half a cable's length nearly astern of her. I found the schooner to be the Spec. In consequence of a message sent by me on board the Spec at 5.30 P. M. that day, prisoner Cole came on board the Childers, bringing a Log-book and some Ship's Articles (witness produces them) which he affirmed to be the Log-book and Articles of the Spec. He said that he was acting as master of the Spec for another person who was absent at Ningpo. I asked him what he was doing there and what he was doing with the junk; he said he had captured her. I asked him if he had had any communication with the Mandarins, and what he had done with the people belonging to the junk; he said No to the first question, and to the second that the people were on board the Spec. I then asked him why he had not taken these men to the Mandarins, or brought them to me, as I had been in sight of him all day; he said he did not know. It was getting late and I told him that I should examine his vessel in the morning. He said in reply to any questions that he had not put in for stress of weather: that he was from Ningpo, and did not know any place in particular to which he was bound; that the junk had not fired at him or molested him, but that the pilot had told him that she was a pirate. I asked him why he had hailed her. He did not reply to this, before nine o'clock next morning I went on board the junk and examined her; I found that everything had been taken out of her excepting some nets and some small tubs of fish for bait. There were several shot holes in her hull that might have been caused by sound shot from a three or six-pounder gun; then I went to the Spec and mustered the Spec's crew. I found the articles were incorrect. Prisoner Cole said that the Chinese crew of the junk were in the fore hold of the Spec. I saw them brought on deck from the fore hold; their hands were tied together; seven of them had wounds about them; one of them was so severely wounded that I sent for the medical officer to examine him. I asked Cole how these wounds had been received, he said by shot from the Spec. I asked Cole if he had papers of the junk, he said. No; I then asked for the head man of the junk. One of the Chinamen came forward and produced some papers that had been sewn up in his clothing, and which by the interpretation of a Chinese from the Childers were pronounced to be the junk's papers. I conveyed to the\n\nPage 366\n\nhanded them over to the Chinese Mandarins. When subsequently questioned Cole about it, Cole said that the wound was caused by a grape shot from the Spec; and prisoner Ephraim Francis added that he thought it must have been caused by a grape shot. I subsequently released the crew of the junk, excepting the man who was badly wounded, and who was sent on board the Childers to be under medical care. I went to the Mandarins, and the crew of the junk (that is two of them) were examined before them. The Mandarins, as the interpreter explained to me, wished the crew of the junk to be released, as their papers were good. By their request I also handed over to them half the arms of the junk, handing the others to the junk's crew. The junk was a fishing junk of the ordinary class fishing thereabouts,\n\nThe quantity of arms belonging to the junk was not unusually large; the crew said she had them to protect herself against pirates. I found in a list of the arms belonging to the junk as detailed to me by Cole. Between 4 and 5 P. M. on the 22d June last I saw two Chinese boats alongside the junk; shortly afterwards as we\n\nJ. C. PITMAN,\n\nCommander of H. M. Sloop Childers.\n\nare hereby directed to repair on board the schooner Spec of Hongkong and take charge of her, as well as the master and crew, who are prisoners under the charge of Piracy on the High Seas, &c., and you will use the utmost\n\nvigilance that none escape whilst under your custody. You will proceed with all expedition to Hongkong; on your arrival there you will report yourself to the Senior Naval Officer, from whom you will receive further instructions.\n\nFor your better guidance, I refer you to Chap 8 of the Queen's Regulations, Page 82, and to Art. 14 of the Admiralty Instructions, Pages 6 to 14\n\n146", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-026 - Bonham - 1848 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 233555, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12]", "page_number": 64, "title": "CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12]", "content_text": "62\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nCharitable laaits\n\n3.1.\n\nleads to the conclusiva that the expense\n\nIV—Provided always that all religious edifices, hospitals, jeme exempted from teries, and buildings strictly and exclusively appropriated tahari- of maintaining and extending it, if self- table purposes, and not being used as dwelling-houses, sall be imposed, would be less grudgingly paid, exempted from assessment under this Ordinance.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nNotice is hereby given, that the exclusive right of dealing in laun, Betel, and torment of col with the advice of the excentive Council, shall have powers apment. Betel Leaf, in the Colony of Hongkong, will be disposed of to the highest bidder at: Public Auction on the 20th day of June, at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police.\n\n[1]\n\nBy order,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\n16\n\nProvisions for the\n\nJoctors,\n\nCollectors to malo\n\npoint such officer or officers as may be deemed requisite for te col- lection of the Rate leviable under this Ordinence, allowing in or them as remuneration for this service such a per Centage at the Governor in Council shall seem fit.\n\npaper the Report of a Trial on Appeal\n\nWe have extracted from an Edinburgh before the Louse of Lords, the subject being one of great importance to alt British colonists. The statule establish- ing dutics on legacies equaily affects England and Scotland, and the present decision settles the law, that such duties are not payable on\n\nAnd be it hereby enacted and ordained, that as soon afer the casual reters and first day of January in each year as may be founul practicale, the pablish officer collecting the assesstrent under this Ordinance shall gepare a detailed statement exhibiting the sums collected during de pre- ceding year, and the said statement, duly attested by the said ficer, shall be inserted in some newspaper published within this Clony, officer for one month from and after the date of its publicatio\n\nby a person re\n\nVI—And be it hereby enacted and ordained, that the saf rate such property being subject to the law of\n\nsiding in one of its possessions abroad- Quarterly in advance shall be payable quarterly in advance, unless otherwise prefribed the colony where the deceased\n\nand directed, as hereinberare mentioned, and that it shall be charged ciled. This judgment is not only impor was domi- and chargeable on the lands, dwelling-houses, and premises repect- ively assessed, at the time of such assessment.\n\nand shall also be open to general inspection at the office & such | England, if bequeathed invested in\n\nException as to\n\ncapted, or used\n\nFREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,\n\nColonial Secretary.\n\n憲。 告\n\nRate payalde\n\nT\n\n赴人在榔茲\n\n賣\n\n辦正等港\n\n此堂物等\n\n事衙於處\n\n者署五招\n\n特 THAA\n\n示 於投十包\n\n是如六質\n\n該要巡簍在\n\n署包理葉\n\n投\n\nB\n\n# B &\n\nexetorted.\n\nN\n\n一千八百四十五年五月 三 十\n\n日\n\n年四月\n\n二十六日\n\nFJ\n\ntant to British colunists, but may be\n\nΠΟΣ\n\nnot unwillingly substitute the following from a correspondent:-\n\nof benefit to England, by encouraging\n\nAnd be it hereby enacted and ordained that the omber of investments there. So important aid the property mat let, or any land, dwelling-house, or premises assessed, which may fot be\n\nlet to any tenant, shall be deered the occupier thereof. privided this question, that though neither he always, that if such owner can shew that the property las nt been the other low lords entertained any inhabited for a period of three months or upwards in any year, he doubt, it was submitted as an A. B ques- shall be entitled to a proportional abatement of assessment leted on the same for the said year.\n\ntion to the Judges, because, as the law\n\nAppeal against as\n\nwas to be stated definitively, for the\n\nVIII—Provided always, that if any person from whom payment British Islande, and for all its colonies, esten der pay- of the assessment leviable under this Ordinance may have been the Lords deemed it proper that the meo the\n\ndemanded, and who shall have already paid in the amount demanded decision should have all the weight of him, ohjects to the demand on any other ground than that of which the concurrent opinions of the valuation, it shall be competent to such person, after payment of Judges and of the Lords could give it.\" the amount demanded, to appeal against such demand to the Chief' Justice of the Supreme Court at such time and place as the said:\n\nWe had proposed to give a short critique\n\nChief Justice may be pleased to direct, or that if any person be dissa on the Concert of Thursday last, but tisfied, or objects to any valustion to be made under this Ordinance on the ground of over-valuation, he or they may, within the period of three calender months after such valuation, or when the said Chief: Justice may appoint or direct, appeal to him against such valuation, and that it shall be lawful for him, if he deem it advisable or neces- sary to have any three persons taken from the existing let of special jurors to assist him in ascertaining the question of value which may arise on\n\nDistricts may be\n\nIX—And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and n any such appeal. may be lawful for the said Governor, with the advice of the said Executive Council, to exempt such districts or portions of the said Island from the operation of this act, or from the payment of the said rates, as to him and them may seem advisable.\n\nX—And be it hereby enacted and ordained, that un asessment made under the authority of the Ordinance shall be impeached or affected by reason of any mistake in the name of any person liable to assessment, or of any thing chargeable with assessment, provided the directions of this Ordinance be in substance and effect complied with.\n\nclause.\n\nTriplomatic Department.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nHis Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade, &c. &c., is pleased to direct that the sunexed Circular to the address of Her Majesty's Consuls in China he published for general information.\n\nBy order,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\nCIRCULAR No.\n\nADAM W. ELMSLIE.\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, 31st May, 1845.\n\nI have to acquaint you, that I have received the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty, conveyed through the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, sanctioning and confirming Ordinance No. 6 of 1844, intituled, An Ordinance to authorize the execation of the Process of the Supreme Court of Hongkong in certain Parts within the Dominions of the Emperor of China.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. F. DAVIS.\n\nTrue Copy:\n\nADAM W. ELMSLIE,\n\nTo Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at\n\nTisle.\n\nPreamble.\n\nClovernor to p\n\nIsland.\n\nHONGKONG,\n\nANNO OCTAVO, VICTORIE REGINE. No. 2 of 1845.\n\nBy His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Esquie, Go- vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong jad its Dependencies, lur Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Sperin tendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the idvice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.\n\nAn Ordinance to raise an assessed Rate on Janda, houses, and premises, within the Colony of Hongkong, for the upholding of the requisite Police Force therein.\" WHEREAS it is deemed expedient and necessary that the Colony of Hongkong should defray the Expenses attendant on the upholding and maintaining the Police force thereof.\n\n--Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor of point haters of the Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof that lands. house it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor, with the mies within the advice of the Executive Council, from time to time to appoint two ar more persons for the purpose of estimating the annual vaide of the lands, houses, and premises within the said Island, or within any particular district thereof, which shall be in the tenure or occupation of any person or persons; and the said valuator or valuators shall, when thereunto required, make a retum in writing and on oath of such valuation to the said Governor and Coureff; and also at the time of having valued each property respectively, he proprietor thereal, a written Notification of their having made such or they shall leave or cause to be left with some inmate or the valuation, sod of the Amount thereof.\n\nIl—And be it further enacted and ordained that for the purposes of this Ordinance, the said Governor and Council may cause a new valuation to be made annually.\n\nILL--And\n\nValuation may be made anually.\n\nAssessment to he Trade on the d\n\nJyment, andromedy for nonpayment.\n\nbe\n\n|\n\nInterpretation\n\nAnd be it further enacted and ordained, that this Ordinaner shall come into operation and take effect, from and after the first day of Julf next ensuing.\n\nPassed the Legislative Council of Hongkong this 93d day of May, 1845. ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,\n\nClerk of Councila.\n\nJ. F. DAVIS, Governor, &c., &c.\n\nour present rulers every thing will be done with the utmost economy: but that does not affect the principle, against which we conter.d.\n\nThe right of the mercantile commu- pity to a voice in the Legislative Council has frequently been urged, not, we think, with much force of reason; for until the revenue of the colony is sufficient to pay its expenses, we do not ace that the in- habitants can claim representation as a right, and upon any other grounds it\n\nMessrs Fiebig and lavac's Concert took place according to announcement on Thurs day evening last, and the attendance was in very respect calculated so answer the ex pectoris of the originators, who well de Berve encouragement for their attempt to the ennuyés of Victoria. afford an evening's rational entertainment to deservedly applauded for his brilliant ex\n\nM. Rarac was eeution of the very difficulty picces allotted to him, sad met with an unanimous encore in the Caroival of Venice.\" His notes are remarkably clear and expressive, and by a himself of a few mannerisms, he might with little attention to his style, in order to divest study become a first rote performer on this most difficult of instruments. M. Fiebig was not so felicitous; his well known skill and tirely unworthy of his efforts. The \"Bella\" execution, were expended on a theme on- he dimittel. le proved himself to possess\n\na correct judgment and highly cultivated\n\ntaste, by the simple yet appropriate manner in which he accompanied M. Ravac, instead of displaying in mastery over the instrument by profuse ornament, at the expense of the melody itself, a fault too common among musicisms. The programme was a striking example of the lied taste which is unfortu Dately I too prevalent in the days with thrown aside for the modern Italian school, regard to music. The great masters are new The Messiah must give place to the Stabal Mater, and Iton Giovanni to Don Pasquale. Verily, Rossint, Donizetti, Belliei, Pacini, Auber, &o, ae but peor substitutes for Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Fiebig and Barac should favour the inhabi tots of Victoria with another Concert, or Gluck, Cimarosa, or Parsiella. If Messrs\n\neven a series of Concerts, and we think they have ample encouragement for so doing, what\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nHONGKONG, THURSDAY, 8TH JUNE, 1245. Is another part of to-day's paper will be found an important Ordinance by the Governor in Council for assessing the inhabitants with the expenses of the Police establishment. The advantages\n\nwhich the community derive from a well organized system of police are so self-evident, that a reason- able rate for its support is perhaps one of would be worse than useless. the few direct taxes that in civilized the case is different with municipal of his great countryman the composer of countries are submitted to without affairs. Here, it is proposed that the Fidelio, or M. Ravac delighting his auditors de tot anticipate whole charge of upholding the police or Vietti; and, if the prevailing taste is so that even those who, like ourselves, should be defrayed by the inhabitants, strongly expressed in favour of modera with the touching compositions of Corelli maiorain that it is a mistake\" policy who thereby, we conceive, establish a music, let us have it good at least, something to overburden the youthful energies of just claim to avail themselves of the con- by Spohr, Cherubini, Mendelssolu, er the colony with taxation, will find much stitutional right of British subjects to be Beyerbeer, for instance. to complain of in being called upon consulted both as to the levying and dis- to contribute their quota for uphollingposal of the fund. In London, though\n\nmormer; and WH\n\na treat it would be for a true lover of nute to hear M. Fisbig displaying his taste nad But exception on some of the majestic sinfonias\n\nPEKING GAZETTE.\n\nhridegroom was\n\nthat\n\nthe force requisite for the protection, nearly one-fourth of the expenses of the health, and comfort of the community. police establishment is paid out of the Con-rial Princess with one of the Mangal chieft THE COURT—The marriage of an Imps- amble of the Ordinance, we conocive to watch over the interests of the rate But though we thus concur in the pre-solidated Fund, there are commissioners has given rise to not a little trouble. The that its enacting clauses are objectionable peyers; and in Edinburgh and (ilasgow, riage celebrated without delay, and he mast defining the power and jurisdiction of the assessment on the inhabitants, they at- to the customary rule, directed that astronu- on two grounds, First, not clearly where the whole amount is raised by an\n\nan early day should be fixed for the core. police, a term of wide signification, and Dually elect representatives,\n\nmony. The Emperor, however, according which in the three United Kingdoms to the sale power of determining the per Board, to ascertain when the heavens would\n\nwho have made to include very different classes of centage, as well as its appropriation. be propitions for the celebration of the nup mical observations should be made by the functions. The Ordinance does not in- These Commissioners have, properly, tials. Unfortunately the members of the for us whether this preventive branch judicial functions; but except that the Board ware not mautious in reading the of justice is to be rendered so efficient in appointment of Superintendent is lodged agus of the stars, and after a great many Hongkong as to supersede the necessity in other hands, they are onnipotent calculations, drawing of horoscopes, and con- for the individual tax which the inhabi as regards the extent and remunera tants have hitherto been compelled totion of the force, as well as in all that persofthe day, they fixed on the 23d April at submit to in maintaining private watch relates to lighting, cleansing, removal\n\nthree o'clock in the morning as the most tion is the more pointedly directed by arrangements of the fire brigade. And at that hour. This is said to be the earliest men--a circumstance to which our atten- of nuisances and obstructions, and the able for that ceremony. The Royal pair joined in drinking from the nuptial cup the intimation from the Chief Magistrate we which appeared in the Cuts MALL only Geomy, these matters are nowhere the celestial empire,\n\nbelieve that in efficiency and hoar at which a marriage has taken place in better managed out of London, if indeed The King of Korea has again asked the the metropolis is an exception. tants who might consider them worth $10\n\nEmperor to sanction is marriage with one a-month. It seems necessary to under-there aced be no fear about the sua patent for that pa pose. The Emperor Were such a plan adopted in Hongkong, of the damsels of the Court, and to grant but stand whether we are to have a police ciency of the supplies, and we should look have hitherto been carried by a body of so generally effective as to supersede the confidently to a gradually improved sys Mandarins deputed by the Emperor for has acceded to his requeat. Such documents\n\na fortnight ago, tendering the services of\n\na night constahle to any of the inhabi-\n\nsultatious with the most celebrate! philosu-\n\nThis will add\n\nit further enacted and ordained, that for the purpose valiation and provi. of levying the said rate, a per Centage at such an amount in the sic:t for periods of hundred as muy annually be determined on by the Governor with the payment, notice of advice of the Executive Council, not exceeding such a sum as sball assessment, period of be equal to the expenses of the Palice establishment, shall be as- necessity for private watchmen, or if, betem from the suggestions of a body of that purpose, but on the present occasion a sessed and paid in respect of every such valuation by the occapier sides this heavy tax, we are to be called judicious and interested commissioners, single civilian only has been despatched or owner of cach parcel of ground, house, or building, within such upon to contribute to the support of a Protection of life and property, sanatory with it to the Prince. time and times as the said Governor, with the advice of the said Council, shall direct, or as is hereinafter provided. In the absence of auch direction and in default of the same being so paid, it shall be Jawful for any person or persons oppainted to collect the suid tax to apply to the Chief Magistrate of Police of the Island, who shall, on satisfactory proof of the same having been duly demanded and being due and\n\nJunsatisfied,\n\ngrant his Warrant to levy the same by distress of any goods on or in the lands, houses, or premises so rated; and that any such\n\nrate, while unpaid, shall be a lien on the property so assessed, or charged therewith, Provided always that when and so often as any assessment shall be made on any such valuation, the particulars and nature of such assessment shall be published in one or more public newspapers of the said Colony.\n\nforee, which, from the intimation alluded regulations, and whatever tends to the another Queen to the numerous Ilarem to, it may be inferred the authorities do comfort and convenience of the public, of bis Royal Highness. not consider to be entirely efficient. are matters of imperative necessity, Tau Lord Mayor of Puking reported, that The other objection we have to the acknowledged by every friend to public beavy showers of snow had fallen in the measure is that the inhabitants are not safety and good order; and the adminis-, during the beginning of March; and allowed a voice in fixing the rate, or tration of the law for securing these ends be looked for, he suggests that a day of public as a good wheat harvest might accordingly io determining the modo in which it is to be applied no other limit being pro- those of the community who are to enjoy Emperor has received his suggestion favour\n\ncan never be placed in better hands than thanksgiving should be appointed. The posed than what may seem to the Co-the benefits, and who are caliel upon to ally. vernor, with the advice of the Executive contribute the means of securing then, Council, sufficient for upholding or main- Without forgetting or under-vaining the taining any extent of force that may he salutary efforts of our rulers to provide an appointed. We have no doubt that with organized protective force, experience\n\nSome Mandarins, of high rank, arrived\n\nfrom Kwang-tung and Yan-an, whose baggage consisted of no less than one thou- ordinary quantity, they were interrogated sand packages. This being rather an\n\nBA-\n\nas to the contents, and the reply that they contained letters and despatelies for the tribunals, no being satisfactory, they were ordered to he opened and inspected. Ten were found to contain documents, but the contents of the remaining 990 have not been made public.\n\nP\n\nOn releasing the Petit Jary from their long and fatiguing labours the fan. Recorde complimented them on the zeal and jade ment which they had displayed, and his Honour stated, that he coincided in every verdict they had given.\n\nlfonso of Lorda, February 17. THOMSON LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.\n\nTHE CHINA MAIL.\n\nSITTING OF THE SCPI Colar, 2 June, 1945,\n\ndesired to name a son, he named 105 dollars,\n\n63\n\nA difter-\n\nstating the Admiral's desire to pay any c FOREIGN Goops with a Britist Chance- munendon for the services of the vossal\n\nT—During the past year numerous in- which Matheson might think G and stonees have occurred of goods buying bren (From the Hongkong Register] This was a writ of error against a judg\n\nA Special Jury was empanneled for thre meat of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland trial of an action raised as the instance of the manensient, but expressed his willingness to\n\nreason. Mr Matheann refused any ve brought to this country for home use or ex- The facts of the case are those John\n\nportation to foreign puits, with labek attach- Grant, a person born in Scotland, but who Crown against the Editor of the Friend of acccptacy couneration on the part of the ed, giving, or purporting to give thean, a had left that cuantry sad become domiciled: Ching, for the publication of the following\n\ncrew might think proper. When desired British character in a foreign market s in Demerara, died in that colony, in the\n\nto name a sum, be said, the Admiral may this, if allowed, would be highly detrimental Article in his 'isue of the 13th July last, Treasurer Tang-ting-ching, the late Gover-year 1887. He had acquired considerate, which was alleged to contain a libel against think very different from us and being to the British manufacturer, the goods have nor of Canton, and who will probably property while in Demerara, and had trans- Sir Thomas Cochrane:-\n\nin every instance been detained by the Reve- reesive the first van Governorship, osmitted saare portion of it to Scotland, at It will be in the all-rtion of many of our The letter M Me Matheson stated that the me officers, as being impuited contrary to recommended his inferiur officers, whe no- the time of his death, a banking house there Loaders, that Her Majesty's ship Wolf, got on a schooner had been detained 18 hours in conve the provisions of the act in that regard; the terially assisted bin in clearing large trace held property of his to the amount of\n\nbank somewhere below Woosneg, and has for the quence of the service rendered to the Wolf only relief given having been that the goods of land in Kan-sub, to the notite of govera- £18,000. Probate of his will was taken timely aid of the Schooner Fetes, Capt. Caer, sier Goddard in addressing the Jury for Mr have been allowed to be returned to the purt ment, as worthy of promotion.\n\nont in Scotland, by tho present appellant, as\n\nwould have been obliged to acrifice he cons and Carr, ill be felt eansiderable difficulty of shipment, the labels or other mode of in shot before she curld here'got n The Wolf took appearing before them in such circumstances.fringement having been firstromovel. These bis executor, and payment of the money due\n\nthe bank at high water, mud and not possibly have Mr Cur bad been accused of publishing a labels have usually contained the Royal arms having boea brained, in was transmitted to It is with touch regret we learn, from a\n\nbocu fiased again, without grandly reducing the dead hel, \"toulously, winkedly, and malicious of Enghel, will the name, in English, of Demerara. The law officers of the Crown weight on board. Then fast descried by the Fern, y\" Mr Carr, he believed, knew very little the importer in London, or other place in lang memorial of Lea, Governor-Genersi of\n\nclaimed from the executor the son of £1800 ahr, the Way had a sign.d of distress lying, ani Che-eang and Fo-keen, that the rise arup as legacy duty duo from him in respect of there can be no doubt that, hack it came in to be high and in these seas Sir Thomas, except on a person holding a the United Kingdom, ss the case may be, the in Pormasa hoe failed, also that the Granary the property of the testator existing in Scot- whilst she was lying in a mitical position, she\n\nname and description of the contents bring is now exhausted, and that the price of grain Lad. The case went before the Court of\n\nwand ham gore bo pres. The Pinot Pan niongailia, however, in this case did not act as a judge, also given in the English language, evidently is daily rising in Fo-keen. Leu has ardered Exchequer in Scotland, where Ford Gillies and took out all ver artament, 15 send 41,42 th. The ly Judge of Admiralty here is the intending to envey the impression in a extensive purchases to be made in Che-keang delivered a judgment declaring that the\n\nshot, and it was net wat relieved of this weight clut | Lord Chief Justice. Neither does he accuse foreign market that the goods were of British and other places, and wishes that the public legary duty as payable in the manner de ser altercaties fabu to the her guns overhard, either in his publie or his private character, time since of a parcel of esses containing se again loated; without this since she had no bin ofhay rbing eriminal, or of an offence mamifacture. An instance occurred a short granaries should be opened.\n\nmanded. The prosent writ of error was then brought. The ease bad been argued vage, and before any Adiralty socte sum\n\nor go to pisees on the ink. This is a clear case of which implied guilt. He never acted him paper for letter-writing being brought for of coruption. He only accuses him that he CANTON—Rumour states that the light two years ago, and now came on again for awarded the Foren for for aid would be siderable.\n\nexportation, etch sheet of paper having thos was not so bieral as he ought to be, A\n\nword Barle\" primed in the usual manner at ning struck the palace of Lieutenant-Gver. argument by one counsel on a side.\n\nAt the time the affair occurred, tar Admisal Sir Me Kelly, on the part of the appellant\n\ncriminal libel has been filed against Mr Carr, the left hand corner, and the packages them- nor [wang, and damaged, bis snutf-box. Themas Duebrang was at Chusni, when it arced. In consegnace of the way the accusation selves containing the paper the Brilish aras This, it is said, has made so strong an impres¦ (Mr Anderson was with him,) fosisted that between him are the Cipam of the Vares, that the has been brought, he was pot to great ex- einblazoned thereon. They were, of course, sion upon the grandee, that he has since been the legacy duty was not payable here. The question: of compensation atould be lett open ancil duty was demanded under 36 Geo. III, c. wrapt in deep thought and revery.\n\nSir 1 homas Cochrane avtored to this enlony. Altor penser, as the frown pays on costs; and if immediately detained, and application WAY he seeds, as I aux sure he will, he will made for permission to retard them to the 152, sec. 2, which enacted, that all legacies Thonan return, the cwners generaly waived\n\nabove the amount of £20, given by any will\n\nall claims fre salvage, marely requesting the Rear rill here to pay all his own expenses. Be port of shipment, but the intention in this (From the Singapore Free Press, 1st May.) or testamentary instrumcat, shoald pay le-\n\nAdmiral to remouense the Captain and eve for their sides the case has been deferred from time instance being so evident, the goods wer The Criminal Sessions were finished on gacy duty. Fe submitted that thang those elite similar te their own, Sir Thomas Cachane on long ago. Fir Thomas might have put ed, which was accordingly done,\n\ntrouble, never doubling then retunded by a spirit to time, whereas it might have been brought ordered to be seized and the parties prosecut Saturday Jast, the 28th ult. having lasted words were of the most extensive and gene rash hudumaly reward de vore of Fist himself into the witnesa box, and so might ence is made where the name and inscription four weeks, 18 persons were discharged on ral kind, the aut did not apply out of Great Majesty's slig. In doing thy they committed a Mr Waller, and thee we should have had an on the label is in the French or other foreign Saturday, no witnesses coming forward Britain. The aut could not extend even to\n\ncapital cere, to who justice and magnanimity opportunity of seeing what was right and language, although the British armus may be against them. No blame attaches to the our colonies, without some word expressly ey had entrusted the liquidatio of the cases what was wrong, or at least we should have Police in this instance, as the parties had including them, and there were no anche Captain and are of the Kareemid not fi\n\nengraved thereon, it being considered that words here. That being the case, the gene print much ganeanu facdage, and taking advantage\n\nhad an opportunity to cross-examine them, the act is not thereby infringed in const- been regularly bound over to appear nord\n\nquence. Timca. give evidence. In some cases there is leral rule of law applied that the personal pro- of the antideles is displast, he offered to award and of proving that Mr Matheson was not informed of the facts. Mr Bradshaw, the doubt that bribery has been resorted to inperty followed the fair of the domicile of its all $10, in the proportion of $4 for the quain\n\nfirst officer of the Fire, was on beard when I\n\nTHE HOPELESS SESSION. order to keep back evidenco. In van oase, a owner, and consequently as the domicile of $20 Ckiy Oficer; $16 Gunnar; $1 each for the Crew- charge of murder, the widow of the murder the testator here was Demerara, the low of take advantage of us Iter &iral's meannes, ant dewee was tatran in this court before a Com\n\nWe need actualy gette tha: Catón Carr would not the Wulf hoisted sigands of distress: his evi-\n\nWhat change has come over the public ed person, though she had appeared before that place unst govern the administration of\n\nwithin these few years Where be all the in is instance Her Majesty's ship has got off missioner. Mr Carr did not ferret out the the Grand Jury, was not to be found when his assets. Prubate but necessarily been fie fad the Fizen been the party cunt talon out in Scotland, because the Bankers\n\neager conjectures regarding the grent mea cireunastanees; \"hey were brought to him by the case came on for trial.\n\nwan in expardy unit the readers a Captain Carr, who complained of the waut Parliament aas supposed to lie pregnant? sares with which to coming session of who were the debtors had not honestly paid aquistanes, we would have had the matter certleil 1\n\nof liberality. F. M's Ships are generally People do not even take the treble to fore had been paid, but the claim here was what was due, and the probate duty there a very different mumer. Sie Thores mental op-\n\nvalued at £1000 per gan-the Wolf has 18 So which at times appear scleri -wor for legacy duty, which was clearly not pay\n\nguess what may be coming. Suficient for guns, nod may, therefore he vained at able As a very strong instance of the mis\n\nLeco fally opened to the importance of the service,\n\nThe day is the evil thereof. They will see and if such a question were left to his award, wo har 18,000, and for saving her 100 dollars are\n\nthe debates when they begin. Public emio- chief that would arise if the doctrine now\n\nIf Sir Thomas close to take ou nat the slightest doubt that the which awardedi. contended for by the Crowe could be sup\n\nsufficient for the 'em, would hure aweled bits himself the office of fixing the reward, be it is as languil is the opening of St A Chinese was executed on Monday week ported, it was only necessary to mention this\n\nchongauls for the War. We regret exeedingly to\n\nought to have exercised the strictest care to Stephen's as it has long been at the opening for murder. He taule a long speech when case, Suppose an Englishman resident They injure the dignity of the series not a litte: Carr, hearing that Sir Thomas was about to\n\nnatice such a crtions is the me now mantined. make himself acquainted with the facts. Mr of the patent theaires, No new pieces are the scaffold, protesting is innocence, abroad, or a foreigner traded with a person\n\nronounced as in preparation. Somo leading danouncing the witnesses against biu for in England, and at the death of the former a\n\nand alcough no thinking man would jrdys unferour-\n\nactors have cutired, and no onw ones ara commener an action against him, made every advertised. Nobody asks wht is to succeel perjury and threatening to beat them bill of exchange accnpted by the person io\n\nably of those whose merits Eater zee: so often tested, enquiry, in order that if he had done wrong. Lol Stanley in the Tybalt line, or Mr in conacquence of the lile minded actions of their afer his death. He acquitted the Judge this conmry was ranning, no parment of peat Chief, we are bound to acolodge, that to\n\nbe might rearess it by making an ample adstone in the heasy tragedy. There are and fury of all blame, as they had only acted that bill of exclange could be made without\n\napology but the more he did enqore, the to be rehearsals on Monday at Sir Robert the thoughtless and ipsmant, such tr.les uvey an according to the evidence, and be declared a deduction from the legacy duty. No one unfavourable, though file impression of the nasal stronger be found the facts. To costine Peri's (in full dress) and the Dake of Well- that in order to remove all cars from the cook pretend that a rale so mischievous to chare. Si Theme Cochrane, if we recoller Jibel it most the show that the party is Judge's mind, he, the prisoner, would bang commerce could exist, and the Hanse must, right, has been a candidate for parliamentary hưn charged with something that is criminal.ington's but the maies of the pinses in himself and he accordingly placed his head in therefore, act on the Authorities already des\n\npar: once, at least, he stood for a seaport, Mr Bradshaw's evidence is to this effect has invited his friends to be early in their\n\npreparation are not asked. the balter. He was very collected, and took cided, which had settled that the law of the\n\nthe pret buffetini inhalants of which are slip The Wolf was in great distress, firing gutus, attendances but the Opposition Fader a polite leave of those near him by bowing place where the testator died nust goverato distinguish himself in the nature of his country dwares; should the gallant Adunai ever again sek\n\nand baving her ensign with the Uniou down, ems to dust whether it is worth the to them, and at last, shaking hands with the the adutinistration of his personal property.\n\nThe Fire stood in and sent her boat to the while of his friends to we trust the affair we matrate will be prestained off to offer assistance. The Fixes had a 'Comeli whether it is worth tas while ot come, and Mr exceptioner, was launched off.\n\nThe Solicitor-General (with whom was bit the hastings, as we ate afrail would shin large pantity of specie on board. She re- bis to stay away. The Three Mays convinted of the rauder Me Crompton) did not deny the existence of in the eyes of any consergy intarestol in the\n\nThe tradesmen evince ceived 16 guns and 500 shut, and he consime animation in farbisting up the Houses, of Captain RBIsos of the Bluck twt, were some general rule as to the law of domicile, mesutile -hipping of Geet Britain.\" executed on Saturday last, and acknowledged but cuntended that it had nothing to do with\n\ndered the Voit would have been in extreme The following were the Jurymen on the\n\nand the grooms in exercising the cream- their guilt.\n\na case like the present. The principle of case,Thos. Jones, Esq., Duacan Flether, danger bl a gale come out. law that raust govern this case was, that Es, Angus Fletcher, Bay. F. T. Bush, Esq. aliona tendency to prevent others from giving pervade th actors and spectatus. Never coloured horses of the state-carriage; int TheJulge here asked, \"had not this public with these exceptions, apathy and langu where the property was balaistered the J. Leffler, Esq. and George Findlay, Esq. TRULY SEAMAN-LIKE CONDUCT. Captain legacy duty must be paid. If there had beeu The attorney-fineral in opening the case chassistance?—Mr Goddard said he thought before it the public appear to expect so Captain Caldwell, fate of the ship Durchester, of a specifs appropriation of the property in stated that this was an information on the ! \"xpressly the reverse, as it showedsuch per- little from a session will it be possible to Boston, tas pebliched the following amount: Sotland, this rule would not have applied, part of the Queen, to defend the character\n\nsous their age would be taken up by the press disappoint that little? Our faith in the Mr Bradshaw's videuce was then read. disappointing powers of Parliament is great. Captain Brition, of the Rochester, fell ja | but there was no appropriation The money of Sir Thomas Cochrane, who had awarded with the Dorchester at sea, a pertent Greek, recoveral there formed part of the general a sum of 100 dollars for services rendered and at great hazard rescued her officers, crew, assets, and was therefore liable to the lagney by the Fire to the off, as the fall salvage\n\nto an anchor near her. She had 144,000 severely trial-Sperlotur. and passengers from an untimely fate. duty. He contended that all the cases which claimed that Mr Car, well knowing the Caphan Caldwell says, \"The Rochester was bad been dated on this subject did not premises, took the occasion to vilify the stroring a course which would bare carried touch the subject of duncile, but related Commander-in-Chief as having acted aritra her about three miles north of us. The mo❘ wholly to that of the appropriation artit that when services were rendered to H. M. Barisfied with the award—He thinks the ons example of official economy. A crea-\n\nor non- rily, haughtily, and unjustly, and to state\n\nLouis Philippe's Ministers have get a tort- ment the wreck was seen, the course of the appropriation of the property, The Rochestor was altered for one directly for us. gentleman farther contended, that where a Ships, no adequate reward would be paid, remuneration illiberal, and injurious to other tion of Peers was intended, and the names of At that time,\" said Captain Britton to one party acted in the discharge of dutios of To this charge Mr Care at Girst pleaded vessels requiring assistance—Thorew help the Pencs were almost authoratively an afterwards, I had no idea that there could administration to a deceased person, the Not Guilty, but to-day he has added as a to take the guns, &c., on board—Witness nounced. Thone persons, of course, would be a living being on board of her; but I legacy daty is payable in respect of the money farther plea, that all he had stated was true, did so, and was powell in consequence—The be bound to Ministers for the coming session; have made it au invariable rate through life, he received and dealt with in that charseter, and published for the benefit of the pallie acevant in the Friend of China was not enig but what a waste of the coin of Court fa whenever I see a wreck, to get as near her The Lord Chancellor put the following Hy was aware that whenever there was angered The Fizen was detained 24 hours- vour! Ministers take second thought, and A. Matheson, Esq., being called as a vit postpone their creation until after the dis- as possible, and ascertain all I can about her, questions to the Judges:A B., a British Fattempt to check such objectionable publica- and make sure that there is nobody aliva on subject, born in England, resided in a Bri- tions, there was raised an outery that it was\n\nnews and sworn, deposed, that the Fizm be-\n\ncussion on their whole policy in the Cham- board before I leave her. We supposed, hetish colony, made his will, and died domiciled for the purpose of curbing the fibres and the chip of Jardine, Matheson, & .. hers. This is the true economy: every sup\n\nawarded nothing to the Crew continued, it was some timbership which there. At the time of his death debts were Press. The Government bero had no wish\n\nporner will wat himself down for a peerage, Secretary of Sir Thomas Cochrane called and each one prize will attract many gamblers had been drifting about here for months;awing to him in England; his executor in to do so.--an ollicer discharging the high and wished him to do so—the Viren bad for it. As if to show practically that the but resolving that I would adhere to my rule, England collected these debts, and out of duty of Admiral, and in this case acting as a I altered my course, although we all thought the money he collected paid legacies to cars\n\nJudge of the Admiralty, is complained of it useless at the time. Thus, by following tain legatees in England are such legacies a partial statement of the frots is brought the service rendered by hue was very made one sample Peer—M. Jaubert, an Op. this noble rule, Captain Britton was the able to the payment of the legacy daty? forward; for if the whole facts had been slight, and the crew were not employed at positionist. Spectator.\n\nAll—Captati Care was not satisfied with the mexas, in the hauds of God, of saving the He had fransed the question in this general stated. Sir Thomans Cochrane would have\n\nAdmiral's award, but did not ask witness's lives of 45 human beings, and in the circle of form, beranse the statute equally affected suffered no damage. A persoa in such vir-\n\nadvice as the course he ought to punue their friends and acquaintance, of making the England and Scotland,\n\ncumstances ought not to be so negligent as hearts of hundreds sing for joy. Captain The Judges requested short time to to pablish partial statements. The Admiral he is the assistance he gave was very im- portaut—Mr Waller did not make his state- Britton received me on board \"his ship with consider their answer. They retired for is charged with gross partiality and verup-\n\nment a upoo bis own knowledge, but na a welcome and a shake of the hand which this purpose, and at the end of about half an tion as a judge. You\" (the Jury) will not\n\nwhat he noderstood--Witness thinks that ac went to the heart, and spoke at once the sea- hour returned, when\n\nfail to perceive the motive on the face of the man and the gentleman. So long as memory Lord Chief Justice Tindal read their article.\n\ncording to Captain Carr's statement of the ser Will you ever believe chat Sir\n\nvices reutered, 100 Dollars was ootanfficient, retains her seat, I shall not forget his kind- answer, to the effect that, though the words Thomas was influenced by such motives, and ness. Taking me into his cabin, Consider,' of the statute could not apply everywhere, that this was published for the beaclit of the\n\nCross-examined by the Attorney-General said he, everything here at your service, the principle which ran through all the le public, and not to gratify some private feeling saw nothing on the part of Sir Thomas or Here are my clothes, use as many of them asided case was, that the domicile of the de- against him? It may produce the most\n\nMr Waller to lead him to believe they wished you need. And such was his treatment of ceased party gave the law which regulated prejudicial effoot for if this article is ciroz\n\nto retreat from their offer to give a proper us votil we arrived at New York, and then, the distribution of the personal property; lated among the mercantile wavy here, should remuneration. When asked to manie a sunt, witness said high Government officers were said he, Here is my purse at your service this ride was not affected by the situs of the another of Her Majesty's Ships got inte\n\nften stingy, and he believed Sir Thomas was for what moung you need? flow different personal property itself, or by the place tu similar circumstances, it would deter them the result, and how diferent must be the fee which the administrator received that pras from residering their services. I have au particular trouble. ings of Captain Britton from what they porty, and that, consequently, the law appli- thing to say against the serving rendered by\n\nThe Attorney-General said that Sie Thomas was of necessity discharging an office of high wonid have been, if he bad passed by and re-cable to this case was the law of the colony the Vire taking out guts, shat, &n. ported, Lat. 50 N., long. 20 W, saw a ship, where the deceased was domiciled at the This, I admit, it was a clear caso of salvage, Ministerial duty, se at that time there was no Totally dismasted, sea, making a complete time of his death, and was not the law of Sir Thomas bad to wish to deny this. Te Court of Admiralty here, breach over her: weather equally, and im England, consequently that the legacy daty said to his Secretary, Mr Waller, I know The Judge, in susuming up the case, said ing on night; could ascertain nothing further was not payable here.\n\nnothing of this case you will call on Methe bel was divided into two parts first a that the Lord had sent at thers to marry her, abour ber. Such are too often the reports, The Lord Chancellor expressed his fall Matheson and learn what be claims.\" Mrtement of facts, and secondly a commen! Betty, without much hesitation, replied,The but I hope we shall see no more of them. coneurrence with this opinion, and went Waller did call, and Mr Mathieson very tary on these facts. The first was passed Lord's will be done.\" Edinburgh Evening Courant.\n\ninto a very exact examination of the cases liberally refused to receive anything. Mr over. It was for the Jury to judge if there\n\nThe Premier\n\nThe Fixes was ordered by the Wolf to conte but on the present vesion they will be Tarls of silver on hoard. Thinks it was in\n\nsequence of the relief afforded by her that\n\nthe Wolf got off. Two vessels bave sincr bero wrecked there. The crew were all dis-\n\nHOW TO MAKE A PEERAGE GO VURTHEST,\n\nnot then returned to Hongkong Me Waller competition is open to all, Ministers have\n\nAN AMRICAN CONE AND 19 Swann, A Colonel of the Chised Sanes Army having rofused to obey the esmuunds of his superior cfficer, with sentenced by the courbeartial in↔ be deprised ní his sword for one month.\" On his weapon being demanded of her, he aroes, and in the mud gale and solema amer declared, that he didn't own one: that the sword be had been accustomed to wear Giln't being to him; but he had no dobi Mr Baker, the jeweller, f whow be hired it B waining days, would int it to the Court for the re quired mouth on the most reasonable terras 1\n\n'rovidence Guzeite\n\nFace ResigNA CON,-Deacon Mavis of Lyne Crevicu, Farge alludder and exemplary man, was exceedingly cocentre in some of his noticus. His courtship is in sus, was as follows:-aving The any pointed his horse, with only a nap-ssin fer a sad, be rede in front of the hause wherea Betty Lec lived, and, without dismounting, reguesial\n\nJetty to come to linn; on her eing, he told her\n\nyu this subject, which, he said, completely. Waller natted what compensation would be was a necessity first to publish these facts; AN EYE TO THE FUTURE—At a meeting, von justified the opinions of the learned Judges enough for the crew of the Vixen. Mr secondly was it necessary to publish this red by the friends of Clay, held in Woodstock, All sorts of people are plunging into the He begged to add, that the reasons why the Matheson said about 105 dollars, to which cotourstory. Had Mr Carr rested with a Vend, e ele oratore grew arazingly exontent, frightful whirlpool of railway speculation.Judges had been summoned to give the Mr Waller answered, say in round numbers statement of facts, it is probable you exchiring, ever heard of a woulan's warning Bankers and merchants, barristers and baber-House their resistance in this case was, tint 100 dollars. Mr Care puts an imaginary would not have been troubled with this paper sun after Jana K. Polk P\" and den pude a dashers, bankers' clerks and doctors of divi- as the law was to be stated definitively for case to injure Sir Thomas. Ho says, bail secution. Sir Thomas was not likely to have sig diffene pause, if inviting an awwer. nity, Members of Parliament and keepers of the British islands and for all our colonies, the Vixeu been the party that was in jeopac brought an autiou, and he was sure his friend did exclaims a fair decorat in the cred, win gambling-houses, old oren and young lads, the Lords had deemed it proper that the de dy,\" &. The last paragraph could only be the Attorney-General would not have taken hd boy married about six months proves, Bat married women who desire to have a good cision abould have all the weight which the pennet by some person who had a personal up such a case. But this was not the sting have en tha! intends to.\" speculation on their own account, and spin-concurrent opinions of the Judges and of spleen against the admiral. If any of you of the libel. It is for you to say whether Sir sters who think that an addition to their their Lordships could give it. He moved had been called on to act as arbiter, and ia: Thomas is charged with corruption, and if soị\n\nMas Lova, Harmony House, Concord, near fortune might give them an opportunity of that the judgment should be given for the consequence of your award had been accused it is a huel. To order that words may con- Kusing Pains,” is the adureas of a school stress in sharing it with another-all, all are rushing plaintiff in error.\n\nNew South Wales. of corruption, you would feel what damages stitute a libel, they must charge a man with on in the same course-dying after the wheel\n\nLord Brougham and Lord Campbell save ought to be given in the present case. The something criminal: but in writing whatever of fortune, which for the present is laden at rally expressed their concurrence with the affidavit of Me Walle, which will be read to, tends to bring a man into contempt is a libel. every spoke with the shares of some railway motion of the noble and leverned. Lord. you, states, that he wrote to Mr Malevon The Jury, after a short consultation, res company—Morning Post.\n\nby the direction of Sir Thomas, a letter torneil à verdict of not guilty.\"\n\nJudgment for the plaintiff is error.\n\nFon—Never tell a mun he's a frol. In the Grat place he won't believe you; in the next beŋl be sure i think you one jou buying 10,", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 233737, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12]", "page_number": 246, "title": "CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12]", "content_text": "so pisporn \n\nDevine Suome the Garl \n\nSunday, \n\nevery \n\nand to visit \n\nthe Vousoned not \n\nless than tivice a \n\nwick leaving hum at liberty to \n\ngive \n\nas much more \n\nattendance as \n\nmay \n\nhe \n\nbe able to afford. \n\nJant \n\nHONGKONG. \n\nANNO DECIMO SEPTIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. \n\nNo. 1 of 1853. \n\nBY His Excellency Sir SAMUEL GEORGE BONHAM, Baronet, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects \n\nin China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong. \n\nAN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE GAOL OF HONGKONG, \n\n[20th September, 1853.] \n\nWHEREAS it is desirable that certain Rules prescribed for the Government of the Gaol of Hongkong receive the sanction of a Legislative Enactment, that certain Penalties be provided for the breach of such Rules, and that provision be made for their future modification and improvement: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That- \n\nTitle. \n\nPreamble. \n\nGaol Rules Dow \n\nI. The Rules now in use for the Regulation of the Gaol at Hongkong shall continue in force until modified as hereinafter provided, and a Copy of the said Rules in use to continue. shall be continually displayed within the said Gaol in some conspicuous Place where Copy of Rules to they may be with facility seen and read by the Inmates of the said Gaol, and a Copy \n\nbe hung up in Gaol. shall also be appended to the Justices' Visiting Book in the said Gaol. \n\nII. Any three Justices of the Peace for the said Colony having met together for Any three Jus- the purpose of considering any proposed modification of the said Rules, having also tices of the Peace previously given notice of their intention to the Sheriff and to the other Justices of may amend Rules. the Peace then in the Colony, may alter or add to such Rules, sending forthwith to His Excellency The Governor a Copy of such alterations, or additions; and such alterations or additions shall be of equal force with the former Rules until His Excellency The Governor in his Legislative Council shall signify his disapprobation of them, whereupon the said alterations and additions shall be of no force or effect: Provided that it shall not be in the power of the said Justices to impose any greater Penalties for any breach of any Prison Rule than are hereby provided. \n\nPower of Sheriff \n\nIII. It shall be lawful for the Sheriff to punish by Imprisonment in a solitary or refractory Cell for not exceeding Three Days, on Bread and Water, or Rice and to punish refract Water, (or if the Prisoner be under conviction of Felony, to punish by moderate ory Prisoners. corporal Punishment not exceeding Twelve Strokes), any Prisoner whom he may find \n\nafter due investigation to have been guilty of any of the following Offences, or of any \n\nbreach of Prison Regulation or Discipline:- \n\nAssault and Battery. \n\nProfane cursing, or swearing, or using indecent language. \n\nIndecent, irreverent, or disorderly behaviour. \n\nIdleness or negligence in work, or wilful damage or mismanagement of it. \n\nWilful damage to any Cell, Ward, or Room, or to any Gaol Furniture or Property whatever. \n\nPowers of Sheriff \n\nIV. If a Prisoner be guilty of any of the above Offences, or of a breach of Gaol Regulations or Discipline for the due punishment of which the Sheriff may deem the and Justices of the Powers vested in him insufficient, it shall be lawful for the Sheriff in conjunction Peace where those with any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony, after due inquiry, to punish such sufficient. Prisoner by close or solitary Confinement, on Bread and Water, or Rice and Water, for not exceeding Fourteen Days; or if the Prisoner be under conviction for Felony \n\nor have within Three Months next previous been guilty of a similar Offence, by personal correction not exceeding Thirty-six Strokes. \n\nV. Any Person who shall convey, or cause to be conveyed into any Prison, or in \n\nof Sheriff are in- \n\nAssisting Pri- \n\nany manner to or within the reach of any Prisoner whether within the Gaol Walls soners to escape. or without, any Disguise, Instrument, or Arms to facilitate the escape of any Prisoner, shall, on conviction before the Petty Session, be subject to Imprisonment with Hard Labour for a period not exceeding Six Months. Provided nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to prevent such Person from being proceeded against by Indictment—if thought necessary: \n\n243", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 234682, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8]", "page_number": 94, "title": "CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8]", "content_text": "139\n\nequally divided among the junior flag officers; commodores of the first class and captains of the fleet to share as flag officers: provided always that no flag officer, unless actually on board any of Our ships or vessels of war, and at the actual taking, sinking, burning or otherwise destroying any ship or ships of war, privateer or privateers, belonging to the enemy, shall share in the distribution of any head money or bounty money granted as a reward for taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise destroying any such ship or vessel of the enemy.\n\nThat no flag officer commanding in any port in the United Kingdom shall share in the proceeds of any prize captured from the enemy, by any ship or vessel which shall sail from or leave such port by order of the Lord High Admiral, or of our Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral.\n\nThat when ships or vessels under the command of several flag officers belonging to separate stations shall be joint captors, each flag officer shall receive a proportion of one-twentieth part, according to the number of officers and men present under the command of each such flag officer; and when any ship or vessel under orders from the Lord High Admiral, or from Our Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, are joint captors with other ships, or vessels under a flag or flags, the like regulations as to the apportionment of the flag share to the flag officer or officers is to be observed. With reference to flag officers, it is to be noted that when an inferior flag officer is sent to reinforce a superior officer on any station, the superior flag officer shall not share in any prize taken by the inferior flag officer before he has arrived within the limits of that station, unless the inferior officer shall have received some order directly from, and shall be acting in execution of some order issued by, such superior flag officer.\n\nNo chief flag officer quitting any station, except upon some definite urgent service, and with the intention of returning to the station as soon as such service is performed, shall share in any prize taken by Our ships or vessels left behind, after he has passed the limits of the station, or after he has surrendered the command to another flag officer appointed by the Admiralty to command in chief upon such station.\n\nAn inferior flag officer quitting any station (except when detached by orders from his commander-in-chief upon a special service, accompanied with orders to return to such station as soon as the service has been performed,) shall have no share in prizes taken by the ships and vessels remaining on the station, after he has passed the limits thereof. In like manner, flag officers remaining on such station shall not share in the prizes taken by such inferior officer, or by ships or vessels under his immediate command, after he has quitted the limits of the station, except he has been detached as aforesaid.\n\nA commander-in-chief or other flag officer belonging to any station shall not share in any prize taken out of the limits of that station by any ship or vessel under the command of a flag officer of any other station, or under orders from Our Commissioners of the Admiralty, unless such commander-in-chief or flag officer is expressly authorised by Our said Commissioners to take the command of that station in which the prize or prizes is or are taken, and shall actually have taken upon him such command.\n\nEvery commodore having a captain under him shall be esteemed a flag officer with respect to the twentieth part of prizes taken, whether he be commanding-in-chief or serving under command.\n\nThe first captain to the admiral and commander-in-chief of Our fleet, and also the first captain to any flag officer appointed to command a fleet of ten ships of the line or upwards, shall be deemed to be a flag officer for the purpose of sharing in prize, and shall be entitled to share therein as the junior flag officer of such fleet.\n\nAny officer on board any of Our ships of war at the time of capturing any prize or prizes, who shall have more commissions than one, shall be entitled only to share in such prize or prizes according to the share allotted to him by the above-mentioned distribution in respect to his superior commission or office.\n\nAnd with reference to other officers it is to be noted that a captain, commander, or other commanding officer of a ship or vessel, shall be deemed to be under the command of a flag, when he shall have received some order from, or be acting in the execution of some order issued by, a flag officer, whether he be, or be not within the limits of the station of such flag officer; and in the event of his being directed to join a flag officer on any station he shall be deemed to be under the command of such flag officer from the time when he arrives within the limits of the station, which circumstance is always to be carefully noted in the log book; and it shall be considered that he continues under the flag officer of such station, until he shall have received some order directly from or be acting in the execution of some order issued by some other flag officer, duly authorized, or by the Lord High Admiral, or Our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral.\n\nAnd We hereby direct, that the captain, commander, lieutenant commanding, master commanding, or any other officer, duly commanding any ship, sloop or vessel of war, singly taken any prize from the enemy, that is to say, the officer actually in command at the time, shall have one eighth of remainder, or if there is no flag, one-eighth of the entire net proceeds, except that if the single capturing ship be a rated ship, having a commander under the captain, the commander shall take portion of the one-eighth part, as if he were commander of a sloop, according to the proportion hereinafter set forth; and if more than one commanding officer of the same rank of command shall be entitled to share as joint captors, the one-eighth shall be equally divided between them; but when captains, commanders, lieutenants commanding, and masters commanding respectively Our ships and vessels of war, and commanders under captains in rated ships shall share together in whatever variety of combination, the one-eighth shall be so divided into parts for a graduated apportionment as to provide for each captain receiving six parts; each commander of a sloop, or commander under a captain in a rated ship, three parts; and each lieutenant commanding, or master commanding, or other officer actually commanding a small vessel of war, two parts; which We hereby direct shall be the proportion in which they shall respectively share; commodores of the second class and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, doing duty as field officers, above the rank of major, to share as captains; and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, and doing duty in the rank of major, to share as commanders of sloops.\n\nAnd we further direct, that after provision shall thus have been made for the flag share (if any) and for the portion of the commanding officer or officers, and others, as above specified, the remainder of the net proceeds shall be distributed in ten classes, so that each officer, man, and boy, composing the rest of the complements of Our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, and actually on board at the time of any such capture, and every person present and assisting, shall receive shares or a share according to his class, as set forth in the following scale:\n\nFirst Class. Master of the fleet, inspector of steam machinery afloat, when embarked with a fleet, medical inspector, or deputy medical inspector, when embarked with a fleet, forty-five shares each.\n\nSecond Class. Senior lieutenants of a rated ship, not bearing a commander, under the captain, secretary to the admiral of the fleet or admiral commanding in chief: Thirty-five shares each.\n\nThird Class. Sea lieutenant, master, captain of marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing duty as marines, whether having higher brevet rank or not, secretary to an admiral, or to a commodore of the first class, not commanding in chief, chief engineer: Twenty-eight shares each.\n\nFourth Class. Lieutenant or quartermaster of marines, lieutenant of marine artillery, lieutenant, quartermaster, or ensign, of land forces doing duty as marines, secretary to a commodore of the second class, chaplain, surgeon, paymaster, naval instructor, mate, assistant-surgeon, second master, clerk in charge, passed clerk, assistant engineer, gunner, boatswain, carpenter: Eighteen shares each.\n\nFifth Class. Midshipman, master's assistant pilot, clerk (not passed), master-at-arms, chief gunner's mate, chief boatswain's mate, chief carpenter's mate, chief captain of the forecastle, admiral's coxswain, chief quartermaster, seaman's schoolmaster, ship's steward, ship's cook: Ten shares each.\n\nSixth Class. Naval cadets, clerk's assistant, captain's coxswain, ship's corporal, quartermaster, gunner's mate, boatswain's mate, captain of the forecastle, captain of the afterguard, captain of the hold, captain of the maintop, captain of the foretop, coxswain of the launch, sailmaker, ropemaker, caulker, leading stoker, blacksmith, serjeant of marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing duty as marines: Nine shares each.\n\nSeventh Class. Captain of the mast, captain of the mizentop, yeoman of the signals, coxswain of the barge, coxswain of the pinnace, coxswain of the cutter, second captain of the forecastle, second captain of the maintop, second captain of the foretop, second captain of the afterguard, sailmaker's mate, caulker's mate, musician, cooper, armourer, corporal of marines or of land forces doing duty as marines, bombardier of marine artillery, head krooman: Six shares each.\n\nEighth Class. Leading seamen, shipwright, second captain of the hold, able seaman, carpenter's crew, sailmaker's crew, cooper's crew, armourer's crew, yeoman of the store-rooms, steward's assistant, ordinary seaman, blacksmith's mate, private and fifer of marines, or of land forces doing duty as marines, gunner of marine artillery, painter, stoker, coal trimmer, second head krooman, sick berth attendant, bandsman, tailor, butcher: Three shares each.\n\nNinth Class. Cook's mate, ship's steward's boy, admiral's domestic, superintendent's domestic, admiral's steward and cook, captain's steward and cook, ward-room and gun-room steward and cook, subordinate officers' steward and cook, commander's servant, secretary's servant, second class ordinary seaman, assistant stoker, barber, boy of the first class, first and second class krooman, supernumeraries, except as hereinafter provided, persons borne merely as passengers, and not declining to render assistance on occasion of capture: Two shares each.\n\nTenth Class. Boy below first class: One share.\n\nAll supernumeraries holding ranks in the service above the ranks or ratings specified in the fifth class of this Our Proclamation, who have been ordered to do duty in any of our ships or vessels, by the Lord High Admiral, or by our Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, by the senior officer of the fleet or squadron, or if none senior, then by the captain or commanding officer of the capturing ship or vessel, if not by special authority employed in higher capacities, shall share according to the rank which they respectively hold in the service; but in all cases to qualify them for so sharing, and not merely as supernumeraries in the ninth class, due notation of their being thus respectively ordered to do duty must have been made on the muster books.\n\nAnd with respect to supernumeraries of ratings in the service, below the denominations of those specified in the fourth class of this Our Proclamation, and who at full victuals are engaged in the ordinary duties of the ship, it is Our will and pleasure that they shall always share according to the ratings which they bear in the service.\n\nAnd, in order that Our Royal intentions herein may be duly carried into effect, We further direct that when any capture is made from the enemy, the captains or commanding officers of Our ships or vessels of war making the same shall transmit, or cause to be transmitted, as soon as may be, to the Secretary to the Admiralty, a true and perfect list of all the officers, seamen, and marines, soldiers and others, who were actually on board on the occasion, accompanied by a separate list, containing the names of those belonging to the crew who were absent on duty or otherwise at the time, specifying the cause of such absence, each list to contain the quality of the service of each person, together with the respective descriptions of men, taken from the description book of the ship or vessel, and their several ratings, to be subscribed by the captain or commanding officer, and three or four more of the chief officers on board.\n\nAnd when the list of those actually on board, and the separate list of persons absent, though belonging to the ship or vessel, shall have been verified, on examination with the muster books lodged as official records, the Accountant-General of Our Navy shall, upon request, grant to the agent or\n\n1\n\n140\n\n \n91", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-046 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1854 [5-19／8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 235596, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-048 - Public Offices - 1854", "page_number": 275, "title": "CO129-048 - Public Offices - 1854", "content_text": "Mr Mercier reform the writer that Mr Mr. Michell has telle confined in the \n\nIf the arrsonants filling the Office having been made Megh G. Grips Prodcefor.\n\n28 Rey Jay well\n\nGAZETTE SUPPLEMENT\n\nTO\n\nThe China Mail, No. 485.\n\nJOHN BOWRING.\n\nHONGKONG, 1ST JUNE, 1854.\n\n(From the Hongkong Government Gazette.) PROCLAMATION.\n\nWHEREAS I, John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor of Hongkong and its Dependencies, Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of the same, Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, have been officially informed that War has been declared between Her Britannic Majesty and the Emperor of all the Russias, I do hereby announce to all Her Majesty's Subjects that,—\n\n1. The Ports, Waters, and Territories within the Jurisdiction of His Majesty the Emperor of China, are to be considered as entitled to the Protection which by the Law of Nations is accorded to Neutrals; and that all Invasion of such Ports, Waters, or Territories, in the pursuit of the Persons or Property of any of the Subjects of the Belligerent Powers, is to be deemed a violation of International Law, and will be punished accordingly.\n\n2. That Arms, Munitions, or Contraband of War intended for the use of the Enemy, will be liable to Seizure and Confiscation wherever found.\n\n3. That the Property of Belligerents in Neutral Vessels, such vessels not being in Neutral Harbours, is liable to seizure.\n\n4. That all Commercial dealings, all negotiations of Bills of Exchange or transactions for lending aid or furnishing Supplies or communicating Information or in any other way forwarding the objects of Her Majesty's Enemies are strictly prohibited and will subject the offending parties to the rigors of the Law.\n\n5. That all Vessels conveying Public Despatches or Official information to the Enemy are liable to forfeiture.\n\n6. That all persons engaged in Fitting out or otherwise expediting the Equipment of Vessels of War, with a view to act under any pretended Letters of Marque or other Authority from the Emperor of Russia, and all persons in any way engaged in working or navigating such vessels of War, excepting only bona-fide Russian Subjects, will be treated as Pirates.\n\nAnd I hereby call upon all Subjects of Her Majesty to whom these presents may come to lend their Aid and Co-operation to Her Majesty's Government.\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nGOD SAVE THE QUEEN.\n\nW. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.\n\nGiven at Victoria, Hongkong, this 25th day of May, 1854.\n\nNOTIFICATION.\n\nDiplomatic Department. WHEREAS the interests of the Public Service require the temporary absence from this Colony of His Excellency Sir JOHN BOWRING, LL.D., Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., it is hereby notified that the Superintendency of Trade will be removed until further notice to the Port of Shanghae, to which all Communications must for the present be addressed. Such Communications, if sent to the Government Offices to the care of J. HYNDMAN, Esq., will be forwarded to their destination.\n\nBy Order,\n\nW. H. MEDHURST, Officiating Secretary to H.M.'s Plenipotentiary, &c., &c. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th May, 1854.\n\nJOHN BOWRING.\n\nPROCLAMATION.\n\nBy His Excellency Sir John Bowring, Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China,\n\nWHEREAS the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen, conveyed through His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming Ordinance No. 3 of 1853, entitled An Ordinance to extend the duties of Chinese Tepos appointed under Ordinance No. 13 of 1844, to determine their Emoluments, and to provide for the amicable settlement of Civil Suits among the Chinese Population of Hongkong; and likewise Ordinance No. 4 of 1853, entitled An Ordinance to amend Ordinances Nos. 11 of 1844 and 5 of 1845, and to improve the Regulations for the Sale of Spirituous Liquors by Chinese and the Regulations for the Retail and Preparation of Opium :-- Now therefore it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nGOD SAVE THE QUEEN.\n\nW. T. MERCER,\n\nGiven at Victoria, Hongkong, this 22d day of May, 1854.\n\nJOHN BOWRING.\n\nPROCLAMATION.\n\nColonial Secretary.\n\nHis Excellency Sir John Bowring, Knight, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, on the occasion of the Birthday of Her Most Gracious Majesty, is pleased, in the name and on the behalf of the Queen, to grant a Free Pardon to Retum, Saleemen, Cong-ah-foong, and Jose Alvares, at present confined in the Gaol of this Colony.\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nW. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.\n\nGOD SAVE THE QUEEN,\n\nGiven at Victoria, Hongkong, this 24th day of May, 1854.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nDuring the absence of the Honorable W. T. MERCER, Esquire, the duties of Colonial Secretary and Auditor-General will be performed by The Honorable C. B. HILLIER, Esquire.\n\nBy Order,\n\nC. B. HILLIER, Officiating Colonial Secretary.\n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nHis Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to appoint Mr E. R. MITCHELL to be Harbour Master, pending the pleasure of Her Majesty's Government.\n\nBy Order,\n\nC. B. HILLIER, Officiating Colonial Secretary.\n\n269\n\n7.7488754\n\nza:\n\nOf\n\nh ster", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-048 - Public Offices - 1854.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 238779, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6]", "page_number": 188, "title": "CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6]", "content_text": "8+\n\n£70212\n\nSHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nARRIVED.\n\n \n DATE\n NAME\n FROM\n SAILED\n CAPTAIN\n CARGO\n CONSIGNEE\n \n \n May 10\n Levant\n Shanghai\n April 29\n Allmaun\n Sundries\n John Burd and Co\n \n \n 13\n Eaglet\n New York\n Nov. 13\n Smith\n \n \n \n \n 13\n Eatont\n \n \n \n \n Dent and Co\n \n \n 13\n Vinder\n \n \n \n \n Jardine, M. and Co\n \n \n 19\n Wild Dayrell\n \n \n \n \n Jardine, M. and Co\n \n \n 13\n Masick\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13\n Melanie\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13\n Nina\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14\n Lanesfell\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14\n Antelope\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14\n Roehampton\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPage 363\n\n \n DATE\n NAME\n FROM\n SAILED\n CAPTAIN\n CARGO\n CONSIGNEE\n \n \n May 14\n Evening Star\n Shanghai\n April 29\n Roberts\n \n Lyall, Still and Co\n \n \n 14\n Alligator\n \n \n Mu\n \n \n \n \n 14\n Casrier\n \n \n Rodgers\n \n Fletcher and Co\n \n \n 14\n Louise Sophie\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 16\n Neptun\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15\n Sancho Panza\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15\n Daring\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15\n Bayadere\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 16\n Resolute\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15\n P'engula\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPage 363\n\n \n DATE\n NAME\n FROM\n SAILED\n CAPTAIN\n CARGO\n CONSIGNEE\n \n \n May 10\n Mazuppa\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 17\n Hermanu\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 19\n Surpos\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 19\n Hervalos\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 16\n Constancia\n Amoy\n April 29\n Denia\n \n \n \n \n 18\n Sen Rainger\n \n \n Larpoor\n \n \n \n \n April 29\n Vindex\n Shanghai\n April 26\n Shungase\n \n \n \n \n 27\n Comet\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 28\n Lorenza\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 7\n Roa\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSAILED.\n\n \n DATE\n NAME\n TON\n MASTERS\n FOR\n CARGO\n CONSIGNEE\n \n \n May 8\n Henry Miller\n \n Putt\n Manila\n Sundries\n Dent and Co\n \n \n 12\n Fncounter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12\n Starr King\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13\n Congo\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPage 364\n\n \n DATE\n NAME\n TON\n MASTERS\n FOR\n CARGO\n CONSIGNEE\n \n \n May 14\n Queen Margaret\n 538\n Spence\n Manila\n Sundries\n John Burd and Co\n \n \n 14\n Hellespont\n 336\n Keya\n Shanghai\n Sundries\n L. J. Gutierrez\n \n \n 14\n Cometa\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14\n Kroo!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14\n Theodora\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15\n Ellen\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15\n Sophia Fraser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18\n Black Warrior\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18\n Hamlison\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18\n Amistad\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nPage 364\n\n \n DATE\n NAME\n TON\n MASTERS\n FOR\n CARGO\n CONSIGNEE\n \n \n May 18\n Sarah Warren\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18\n Chieftain\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18\n Trees\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18\n Launceston\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSHIPS OF WAR.\n\n \n GUNS\n COMMANDER\n AT\n \n \n Pique, ship\n 36\n F. W. Nickson\n Hongkong\n \n \n Bellona, ship\n \n \n \n \n \n Syblle, ship\n \n Comodore Elliot\n \n \n \n Christiana, barque\n American\n Bllis, Master\n Hongkong\n \n \n \n 18\n Smith\n \n \n \n \n \n Hon N. Stewart\n \n \n \n Sibylle, Frigate\n 50\n Captain Maison\n Japan\n \n \n \n \n therve\n \n \n \n Virginie, Frigate\n 50\n Captain Wilson\n \n \n \n \n 12\n Bernard\n Macao\n \n \n \n 14\n Bave\n \n \n \n Juzona, Frigate\n Portagnese\n 20\n Lopez\n \n \n\nMERCHANT VESSELS.\n\n \n DATE\n NAME\n AT\n TON\n MASTERS\n CARGO\n CONSIGNEE\n \n \n April 29\n Alligator, brig\n Hongkong\n 189\n Sinden\n \n Gibb, Livingston and Co\n \n \n May 1\n 106\n Caes\n \n Lyall, Still and Co\n \n \n \n 5\n 11\n Deza\n \n Order\n \n \n \n Sept. 26\n 43\n \n \n \n \n \n\nNOTICES OF FIRMS.\n\nNOTICE\n\nMRS. MACKRILL SMITH is authorised to Sign the Name of our Firm in China.\n\nKING & Co.\n\nCanton, 13th March, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nMR. LUDWIG WIESE is admitted a Partner in our Firm.\n\nSIEMSSEN & Co.,\n\nCanton, 31st March, 1855.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nN. WEISMANN, is this day admitted a Partner in our Firm in China.\n\nREISS and Co.\n\nCanton, 1st May, 1855.\n\nTRUSTEES-Hon. DAVID JARDINE, Esq., U. D. W. McCALMONT\n\nE. Hon. W. T. MERCER Esq., R. H. WALES\n\nSuperintendent of the P. & G. Steam Navigation Company, &c., &c.\n\nTREASURER-G. BENTHAM, Esq.\n\nRESIDENT SURGEON-W. A. HARLAND, M.D.\n\nTERMS OF ADMISSION.\n\nPublic Wards..\n\nIntermediate Wards,\n\nPrivate Rooms,\n\n.. $1\n\nper day.\n\n.. $2\n\nper day.\n\n.. $5\n\nper day.\n\nPATIENTS are also admitted on deposits, at the following\n\nrates:-\n\nPublic Wards..\n\nIntermediate..\n\nPrivate Rooms,\n\n.. $16\n\n.. $20\n\n.. $30\n\nTO BE SOLD OR LET.\n\nApply to\n\nDROM, GRAY & Co.\n\nShaughae, 8th February, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nINSURANCES.\n\nTHE LONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE.\n\n(Established in 1843)\n\nNo. 1320\n\nROBERT S. WALLER, Hongkong.\n\nE. WANDEN, Shanghai.\n\nH.T. MASALL. Singapore.\n\nA. P. Love, Calcutta.\n\nROBERT FRANCK, Madras, or James Arnot, Bombay.\n\nJAMES HARTLEY & Co. London, 8th January, 1854.\n\nALLIANCE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON.\n\nW. immediate cases, 4 STAMPED THE DWELLING HOUSE and BUSINESS PREMISES of the undersigned, together with the adjoining LAND in the rear of the Godowns, situated in a most eligible position, and fronting the River,\n\nCHINA for The above COMPANY, are prepared to accept ASSURANCES as follows:-\n\n1st-On Buildings of Brick or Stone, covered with Tiles, Slates, Metal, or other fire-resisting Material, together with their Contents, when such Buildings are isolated from all others,--Rate of Premium, 1 per cent per annum.\n\n2. On such Buildings and their Contents, when not so isolated, at per cent 2 per annum.\n\nAssurances for 6 Months 1, and for 3 Months §.\n\nAnnual rate will be charged.\n\nThe Captains or Consignees of Vessels must be responsible for the expenses of Patients sent by them to the HOSPITAL.\n\nTO LET.\n\nA Hospital Building to be receipted by the Superintendent only.\n\nSituated on part of Marine Lot No. 15. True Bay only.\n\nSHIPPING.\n\nSTEAM COMMUNICATION\n\nbetween\n\nHONGKONG AND CANTON,\n\nTUTE WILLAMETTE.\n\nCaptain W. Conrad, having been fitted up expressly for the River Passenger Traffic, will now run regularly between the above Places, as follows, viz:--\n\nFrom Hongkong to Canton.\n\nevery MONDAY & TUESDAY, at 6 o'clock ..\n\nFrom Canton to Hongkong.\n\nEvery TUESDAY & FRIDAY, at 6 o'clock ..\n\nFare for Passengers-\n\nEuropean, First-class,\n\nChinese,\n\n$5 each.\n\n$3 each.\n\nEuropean, Second-class,\n\nChinese,\n\n$2 each.\n\n$1 each.\n\nCHANGE FOR REFRESHMENTS, Breakfast, &c., (including Wine and Beer)...\n\n4d:1\n\nOwing to the Willamette's large Cargo Capacity, it is intended that she shall carry Cargo on Freight, as per separate Tariff, to be had on application to the Agents.\n\nCargo, when safely large quantities, will be delivered alongside Vessels, if practicable.\n\nTowage\n\nWill be furnished on Moderate Terms; and intending Consignees will, when possible, be informed by Circular as soon as any such Service has been engaged for.\n\nFor further particulars, apply to the Agents,\n\nROBERT S. WALKER, Hongkong,\n\nMAXIMILIAN FISCHER, Canton.\n\nHongkong, 24th December, 1855.\n\nNOTICES OF FIRMS.\n\nMR. A. J. CAMPBELL is authorized to sign our Firm\n\nFLETCHER. & Co.\n\nCanton, 1st February, 1856.\n\nNOTICE\n\nMR. JAMES McCORMICK, is authorized to sign our\n\nALVORD & Co.\n\nCanton, 12th January, 1856.\n\nTERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION to the HONGKONG REGISTER and OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT-For One Year, $20; Six Months, $10; Three Months, $6. To the HONGKONG REGISTER For One Year, $12; Six Months, $7; Three Months, $4. To the OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT also For One Year, $8; all payable in advance.\n\nAGENTS for the HONGKONG REGISTER and OVERLAND REGISTER AND PRICE CURRENT, -J. G. ANTHONS, Esq., London; Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Calcutta; Messrs. BORRADAILLE & Co. Bombay W. S. DUNCAN, Esq., Singapore; Messrs. THOMPSON, ROWES & Co., Batavia; J. P. FUDA, Esq. San Francisco.\n\nEdited, Printed, and Published by ROBERT STRACHAN, at the Hongkong Register Office: Gage Street,\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, Tuesday, May 20, 1856.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nMR. HERMAN NOTMAN, having taken charge of the\n\nAgency, has ceased to sign our Firm.\n\nMR. COYLE HEBBENBR has been authorised to sign with Firm, per Procuration\n\nL.E. LEBERT\n\nCanton, 8th December, 1855.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nOXFORD.\n\nFor particulars apply to\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & Co.\n\nHongkong, 7th March 1855.\n\nFOR SALE,\n\nSUPERIOR TINTO and WHITE WINE, in Casks\n\nex Brigrs from Lisbon.\n\nApply to\n\nBRANDAO & Co., Canton,\n\nJ. C. LUIZ DA SILVA, Macao,\n\nM. DE CARVALHO, Hongkong,\n\nHongkong, 6th March, 1856.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nFRENCH COGNACS.\n\nCHAMPAGNE, BRANDY, PORT WINE, PALE and GOLD HERRIES,\n\nCLARETS of Superior quality, Chateau, Margaux, Mouton. St. Estephe, &c. Julian, and Leoville.\n\nApply in Hongkong and Canton\n\nLYALL, STILL & Co.\n\nHongkong, 7th September, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE,\n\n500 Bags Eureka Mill, Superfine Selected,\n\nSAN FRANCISCO FLOUR.\n\nApply to\n\nF. & D. N. CANJOC and Co.\n\nFR GRATIAM ANDERSON joined me as a Partner:\n\non the 1st of January last.\n\nThe business will be carried on in the name of D. W. MACKENZIE & Co.\n\nCanton, 5th March, 1856.\n\nD. W. MACKENZIE.\n\nALEX. WILSON, Agents, JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s Godowns,\n\nEast Point, 1st October, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nDESTROYERS and Labuan STEAMERS' QUALITY.\n\nApply to\n\nLINDSAY & Co.\n\nHongkong, October, 1855\n\nZINC SHEATHING, AND NAILS FOR SALE,\n\nWILLIAMS, ANTHON & Co.\n\nFOR SALE SUPERIOR MADEIRA in Pipes, Half and Quarter\n\nPipes, apply to\n\nALEX. WILSON, Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s\n\nGodowns.\n\nEast Point, 1st October, 1855.\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nSUPERIOR PORT WINE in quarter Casks, from the\n\nROYAL PORTO WINE COMPANY—just received.\n\nALEX WILSON, Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s Godowns.\n\nEast Point, 15th February, 1856.\n\nINSURANCES.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nOf the 1st Class-Assurances, for the present, will be accepted to the extent of £10,000 only on one risk. And of the 2nd Class-To the extent of £8,000.\n\nAssurances on Buildings and their Contents when together form one Risk. Thus to above Sums may be underwritten either on a Building alone, or the Contents alone; or, part on the Building, and part on the Contents.\n\nNo Assurance is to be considered in force until the Premium be paid.\n\nAmongst other advantages of the Company, the Assured be entitled to participate in the Profits after Five successive payments.\n\nJARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents in China.\n\n[Hongkong, 1st January, 1845,\n\nLONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFICE.\n\nand after this day, M. MAXIMILIAN FISCHER\n\non\n\nCanton, is empowered to sign\n\nPOLICIES\n\nROBERT S. WALKER, Agent.\n\nHongkong, 3d March 1854.\n\nMISCELLANEOUS.\n\nNOTICE.\n\nTHE LIBRARY OF THE MORRISON EDUCATION SOCIETY, now deposited in a Room in the Chinese\n\nHall, is open every day, from 1 to 4 o'clock p.m., to Members of the Society, for the giving out and exchange of Books. Non-members of the Society, may obtain the advantages of the Library, on payment of an Annual Subscription of $5.\n\nBy order of the Trustees,\n\nHongkong, 28th October, 1855.\n\nJAMES LEGGE,\n\nSecretary\n\nHOME EDUCATION, CHELTENHAM.\n\nLADY, the Widow of a Clergyman, who has\n\nresided in the East, is desirous of receiving Pupils to educate with her own children, with the assistance of a resident Governess.\n\nFurther particulars and references will be obtained on application to the Hongkong Register Office.\n\nNOTICE\n\nTHE undersigned has received authority by the last Mail to make all LOSSES ON POLICIES issued here by the above Office, payable in THREE Months after notice, in place of Six Months as heretofore.\n\nHongkong. 6th June, 1856,\n\nNOTICE.\n\nROB. S. WALKER,\n\nAgent.\n\nLONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Established by Charter 1720.\n\nTestimonial to be presented to Mr ROBERT RIENAECKEL, now lying at the \"VICTORIA LIBRARY\n\nRooms.\n\nFor Signature.\"\n\nHongkong, 1st March, 1856.\n\nBOARD AND EDUCATION.\n\nREV. ARTHUR TAYLOR, has a few vacancies for the Admission into his family of the children of English Parents at the Free Ports, who may be desirous of securing for them the comforts of a HOME, and the Advantages of a LIBERAL EDUCATION,\n\nFor Terms and Particulars apply at\n\nNo. 7 Queen Street, Victoria, HongKong.\n\nWHAT SHALL I Fr?--A young lady exiled in a\n\nPOLICIES to do something for a rash of red to the\n\nE undersigned.\n\nAgents at Hongkong for above Corporation, are prepared to ISSUE POLICIES AGAINST FIRE to the extent of £200,000, on any Building or on Merchandize in the same\n\nDENT & Co.\n\nHongkong, 12th April, 1855.\n\nI have been doctoring myself,' said the languid fair one, with a smile, to the bluff, though kind M. D. while he was feeling her pulse. Why I have taken Morrison's pills, Parr's pills, Cockle's pills, Allen and Bell's pills. Bell's balsam of liquorice, and Powell's cough electuary. I even med Beary's calcined magnesia, Fawcett's nervous pills, and Madam,\" interrupted the astonished doctor, all these to your complaint no good\" Now then what shall I take? inquired the patient. Take, exclaimed the doctor, eyeing her from head to feet, Take, echoed after a moment's reflection, take-why, take of\n\nyour stools!'\n\nNOTICE\n\nDAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co.\n\nCanton, 23d January, 1856.\n\nHONGKONG INSURANCE COMPANY.\n\nTHE undersigned hereby give notice, that on and after this date POLICIES will be granted in the above Office, payable in CASH and the various Agents, at THREE Months after first proper notice of Loss is given in lieu of Six Months as heretofore.\n\nHongkong, 13th December, 1854\n\nLINDSAY & Co.,\n\nSecretaries.\n\nWe conclude with the following, which we recommend particularly to all anxious mothers --\n\n\"One day, when Dr. Read was sitting with us, we saw from the open window his own little boy. about four years old, playing on the green with a large hatchet-\n\nWe pointed it out to the father, and urged him to go and take from his child so dangerous a play-thing.\n\n'Well now, I guess, if I did, he would find something else perhaps worse. You know that the other day he had got the percussion caps and gun-powder that your master Frank blew himself up with.' It is impossible to be always looking after them. They must take their chance.\"--(Mr. Beste, vol... 132\n\nCORRESPONDENTS of England.They told us how they should like to see England; but could not bear the idea of living there; and they asked us if we had no fear in living in England When we asked why, they said some of their priests told them that England was only a piece of land like an iceberg and just sticking out above the ice, and which might be overflowed or covered any night when there might be an extraordinary rough sea, which catastrophe they considered must at some time happen. 1 -Carr's Russia.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 238782, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6]", "page_number": 191, "title": "CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6]", "content_text": "189\n\nI\n\n90\n\nNEW ADVERTISEMENTS.\n\nNOTICE\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\n...parvenus, assuming an official importance which is highly injurious. Some years ago, he was arrested by the French Government, at Boulogne, and is presumed to have been irritated at this circumstance, for he wrote an violent letter to the police in Paris, in which, after lengthy complaining of this infraction of the Law of Nations, he ended by saying, that the Bourbons had committed an act on his person which might hurl them from the throne.—Journal by T. HAYES, Esq., Vol. 1, p. 243.\n\nThe undersigned in our trade requests that claims against him be sent for liquidation immediately, and that those justified to him likewise discharge relatives due. He begs also to state that he has transferred his business to Mr. HENRY VAUCHER, formerly of Custom.\n\nCHARLES WEISS. Hongkong, 31st May, 1856.\n\nMR. HENRY VAUCHER, in retiring from the above, solicits the Patronage hitherto bestowed on his predecessor, and gives notice that the Business will be carried on in his Own Name and Responsibility from the date.\n\nHongkong, June, 1856.\n\nPUBLIC AUCTION.\n\n[No. 23.—JUNE 3, 1856.]\n\nThere is some difference of opinion in these two cases. There is in fact a considerable difference between asserting by the Neutrality ordinance No. 1 of 1865 that the ships of war of our Ally the Emperor of China shall be seized and confiscated by the SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE AND CHIEF MAGISTRATE!! if found in the harbour of Hongkong, and the second paragraph of the above opinion. \"We (the Law Officers of the Crown) do not concur in the conclusion of the Acting Attorney General\" \"that the Chinese are to be considered as beyond the pale of civilized nations,\"\n\nTHE CHILD OF FRANCE !\n\nOn the evening of Wednesday last, the 28th ult., an unfortunate accident which caused the death of 26 Chinese passengers happened to the steamer \"Knee\" as she was proceeding up the river,\n\nThe Emperor of France has obtained a son. This is a fact, in no way to be disputed. We can all remember instances when political sagacity and party prophecy\n\nThe \"Rose\" left, this about ten minutes past six o'clock, and had reached the western side of Tonkun bay, when having hugged the land too closely, her starboard bow struck on a sunken rock, opening so much of her side that she immediately filled forward and went down, drowning 26 Chinese in the forecastle, Fortunately for others on board, her stern part hung on the rock, and it was but until the next day that the whole of the body of the vessel went down. Before a coroner's jury held on view of ten of the bodies that had been brought here, the engineer stated that he chanced to be on deck at the time the vessel struck, that he heard the Captain saying \"stop her\" which was immediately done,—that in a minute or so, he heard the Captain again cry \"go on, all right,\" when the engines were put to work, but they had only made three revolutions when the water rushed into the engine room; that having again turned off the steam he was engaged in drawing the fires, but before he was enabled to do so, the water had reached his middle. Hay—\n\n144 Dak Kassa, 15 taels long by 9 in. thick and 11 in. deep TEAK BEAMS, before delivery, in Merchant's packages, weighed at $7,4-7.\n\nHongkong, 31st May, 1856.\n\nDE SILVER & Co., Auctioneers.\n\n\"EXSAMUEL RUSSELL\" AND \"QUICKSTEP\"\n\nThe undersigned are landing, and offer for Sale,—\n\n150 Punces Gallego CEDAR. 2,500 Gallons American BRANDY. 10,000lbs Winchester SOAP. 50 Pairbanks PLATFORM SCALES—weight from 240 to 1200lbs.\n\nDE SILVER & Co.\n\nAn Invoice of OYSTERS, Green PEAS, Fresh PEARS, APPLES, QUINCES, and CRANBERRIES.\n\nHongkong, 2nd June, 1856.\n\nJUST RECEIVED. SUPPLY of Sill's New York BUTTER. Also, Trade Dozen Bus's Triangle ALE.\n\nDE SILVER & Co.\n\nHongkong, 1st June, 1856.\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nHONGKONG, TUESDAY, 3 JUNE, 1856.\n\nNOTICE The Hours of DIVINE SERVICE in the Cathedral Church of St. John are, on Sundays at 7 A.M. and 4 P.M.\n\nNOTICE The Hours of PERLIC WORSHIP in the UNION CHAPEL, Hollywood Road, are on the Sabbath at 11 A.M., and at 7 P.M. on the Evening of every Wednesday at half-past 8\n\nBIRTHS.\n\nAt Camberwell Green, London on the 1st April, the Wife of Captain The JAMARON of the P. & O. Steamer \"Brisbane,\" of a Daughter.\n\nAt Hongkong, on the 22nd May, the Wife of Mr. Asterio DUS SANTOS, of a Daughter.\n\nAt Hongkong, on the 28th May, the Wife of Mr. Duxa KIXI E CARNEO, of a Daughter.\n\nMARRIAGES.\n\nAt Macao, the 25th May, Mr. J. M. DE FONSECA, Harbour Master, to Miss MARQUISHA LOUREIRO, Daughter of the late Senhor Antonio Loureiro, Esq.\n\nA Victors. Hongkong, on the 1st June, M. HUSIND CHYTHESHEX to Miss FURSA B. DA SILVA SOUZA,\n\nDEATHS.\n\nAt the Missionary House, Springfei, on the 4th February, Mr. NICASIUS BAYJIES, of Boston, and late of Stungcar, aged 21.\n\nAt Lackbear, near Exeter on the 1st April, the Sister, of du John Bourring, Governor Hongkong\n\nTHE Government Gazette of 31st Ultimo contains\n\nin the natural course of life and death, and in barran—desa. Wow them not a man named Bradshaw, a great man Canterbury, brawler, years since turned to forth the most villanous epithets upon Queen Victoria ? Did he not talk of Josci, using the name in Highest compare Now, that Bradshaw was of the hopeful school who predicted barrenness to the Queen: they had such unquestionable authority for the inevitable fact. Truly, Her Majesty—as, in due season, we shall learn on the Civil List—very soon confounded these prophets; and, at the present hour, most satisfactorily up—plies the picture of Byron :-\n\n\"A lady with her daughters or her nieces, Shines like a sovereign and seven stilling pieces.\"\n\nThus, no delicacy can be more brilliant than the bestowed upon the fanaticism at the Tuileries on Sunday may be only promissary of the many olive-bunches to be vouchsafed to Napoleon and Engine: to the very prophetic party, as in due time rebuked the soothsayer's\n\nThe first flower in this legal parterre is a con—Ordinance No. 2 of 1856, Entitled an Ordinance to explain the law as to the removal of riots—then follows, No. 9 of 1856. Entitled\n\n20\n\nThere can be no doubt of the fact, that Henri Cinq is\n\nas his wife is not yet added a baby—not a sin—\n\nby centricuting to France a boy that, even at Barnum's Baby-show, would, it is said, carry off the first prize for weight and size.\n\nAn Ordinance to explain certain enactments relating to shipping :then comes No. 10 of 1856 Entitled an Ordinance for Lis Pendens and Purchasers; a measure that has duly passed the mock Legislative Council and are in full bloom and lily-bud—\n\nTHE following proclamation appears in the Government Gazette of last Saturday :--\n\nThe Queen, conveyed through The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances, namely—\n\nOrdinance No 1 of 1855, entitled—An Ordinance to enforce Neutrality during the Contest now existing\n\nOrdinance No 1 of 1856, entitled—An Ordinance to enforce Neutrality during the Contest now existing\n\nNow, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.\n\nOn the death of Sir William Molesworth: as most of our readers are aware, the difficulty of filling the situation of Colonial Secretary as to find the least ignorant person\n\nLord Palmerston was, not so much to\n\nTHE Band of the 59th Regiment will perform to—morrow on the Parade Ground, commencing at 6 o'clock, the following:--\n\n1—Grande: Collscom March—Gay'l\n\n2—Cavatina Op. The Enchantress—Balfe.\n\n3.—Negro Quadrille—Tullien.\n\n4—Bird of Paradise Waltzes—Kémewig.\n\n5—Carmen Fiko—Fritze.\n\n6—Caling, T.Kelly.\n\nQu'un puce y déposa, tribut de sa fleur, Verre les portes, et tuinteur tu enches\n\nJeune fille et Jeune fleur\n\nAh! nos los reals Jamais à no monde profane,\n\nà ce monde de deuil, d'angoisse femelle!\n\nLe te bete et flétrir, le soleil brile et fane\n\nJeune fille et jouoc Beur\n\nTudors, pauvre lisa, si l'ère di un éve: Tu ne trains plus\n\nplus à jour le froid et in allen; Elles ont achevé leurs traiches matins,\n\nJeune file et je flaut.\n\nMais ton père, Elisa, ur ta centre incline.\n\nAux ridden front a more la pleur:\n\nEt Vimix caène, le Temps Canche sur sa razine,\n\nJeune file at jeune flour,\n\nChateaubriand.\n\nmost talented man to fill the situation ci Celo—Colonies, not even in Great Britain, than the\n\nto be shoved into the piace. From the awe Eew long that respectability will be maintained, nil Secretary as to find the least ignorant person\n\nAttorneys of the Hongkong Court at present, precious specimen of a proclamation we are when the profession may be overcrowded with strongly led to believe that Lord Palmerston has 20 exactly hit upon the least ignorant of his dy men from the unusual sources of supply which the present Ordinance opens up, it is not easy to say.\n\nI Colony lies.\n\nancs? The cause of it is perfectly plain. The We asked, What was the cause of the Ordin—Attorney General comes from Botany Bay, that\n\nof the deft. The imperial prince is eager to hear the Pope's suck and, doubtless, will be father digna, we should rather say encored, by godfatherty gifta piece of the true cross set in a bit of gold brengt by Siba to Sulomen: or, in a diamond locket, a pinch of iron filings from the fetters of St. Peter and St. Paul. Yet, his loltasse no thought of Henriking, the lineal descen whilst the Pope is godfather to the son of parceny, baa dit of Joris, now somewhere in any? But such is the conversent memory of the Vatican.\n\nfiength of years be grated to Loria Napoleon, he a Kemperor. Pessibly, we say for history tells us not may possibly rear baby now in his crile inte stuff for to look for grecs mea in the sons of great inen. Crom—\n\na son of sufficient alty to ale a pause. It rany wall fefe has le rouse to rate a gdom; and he loft seem odd, and yet destiny pinys such prawks with la hopes an inations—yet even a Seroud of Tecember may bogo First of April.—Lloyd's W. N., March 23.\n\nWIDOWS, FAMILIES, AND RELATIVES OF OFFICERS.\n\nWe annex the rules and regulations appended to the warrant given in a recent number of the Gazette, for\n\neven teli the quarter of the world in which that even if now, a place to which respectablering a £ards of money in lieu of pensions, coti This may seen an extreme saer—Attorneys were likely to go and the govern passionate lowances, and gratuites, to the widows, tion, hnt we must either suppose this extreme ignorance existing in the Colonial Secretary, or in\n\nment very wisely got hold of the next best families, and relatives of officers killed in action or dying substitute in allowing their officials connected of wounds recived in the face of the enemy, within six\n\nmonths after being wounded.\n\nNo body here\n\nthe Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the Law with the law to become lawyers—but there is no Officers of the Crown, seeing that on the 15th March 1856 the folowing Notification appeared wante, and nobody has asked for the Ordinance. His in the Government Gazette:-\n\nExcellency the Governor and the Attorney Gen—\n\nan or dying of words received in face of the enemy, 1. The cmount of mousy to be paid to a widow, widow and children, ar other relatives of an officer inted in\n\nbranch of the service be sny bave belonged to, be the within six months after being wounded, shall. Whatever\n\ninfantry of the line, as set forth in the following scale, viz.\n\nTo the willow, widow aut chil—dren, ebilen, filies,mativer. state, or sisters of..............\n\nDiffe\n\nDizto\n\nJitk\n\nDitto\n\nDitto\n\nCawley\n\nTref\n\nLieut Colbel £175...£1500\n\nMajor 4575... 9300 Captain 3625, 1960 Lieutenant 1190 700 Coruat... $10..... Ensign... 450\n\nA question having risen as to the Law by which Con—eral, like true cosinopolites, resolved to legislate tracts ethered into with Her Majesty's Subjects on C irrespective of creed or color,\" and with the strong regulation price sized for commissions in cavalry and nese Territory hy Chinese Subjects for the Cession of Property in China, should be regulated; watter shape of getting for the present a cheap interpre—hert retered by the Barl of Clarender to the law ter, bold out this Ordinance as a bait. It is made Gfficers the Crown, whose opinion is as follows\n\n\"War of opinlot that Brdish Tribunala and Jedrini\n\nin a fine large spirited manner \"Alienage or Chin—Authorices in China are bound to ohmerve the rules and Tu fallowing is the charmeter given of Sir John incipies of Publie ur Enternat Tuw, so they are set to do is to take the usual caths, one of which ese status no disqualification \"ail stunt you have Boaring twenty years ago. There are few people we do and oneur in the conclusim of the noting, Ac Now, the persou for whom this Ordinance was and received by the auton consent of European natione nathes is the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty. who have bad anything to do with His Excellency torny-General, that the Chiness are to be considered as who will not agree that the likeness is a wonder—beyond the pale of civilized nations.\n\nIn a queationa that may evine botere any Kritina Tri—\n\nexpressiy mande is, as we have betise sid bunal in Chung relating to the ownership or occupation of\n\na Morrison school boy who has studied in\n\nBut it sun! in no case exceed the sum of money actually The French Gerament has made some slight con—tenses or lands ing within the dominios of the Fingers of America, where he has become an American officer for the purchase of his commission or commissions. paid, in conformity with the regulation. price, by the casina as to duties on a few articles imported from Cars, the law and cast of Chica, if they can be ascer—subject, and ns auch sworn allegiance to the Eugland, rather to meet the clamour of the pation ontained, nat govern de decisions, rilee by the terms of Gavernment of the United States, all which with sex mouths shall leave a widow only, the au thest points, than to prometo any new ceaunercial inter— the contract the law or at home other mantry be as is prepared to repudiate by bis wath on adinis. ned shall be paid to her for her sole and isulate Coura hatween the countries. They are in fact united into the and if in any such rase the Chinese Low can portant, but Dr. B., delighted, after three years infeest te ascertained, the decisis must be governed by the tua pressing and supplization here (u hava obtained even pelticiples of natural justice. There is os pretence for the Tendy to lake onths is exactly Lie person to have a peusion; and sie shall be required to establish het\n\nsion at An Attorney. Whether a person sur\n\nhenefit, provided she be not left in such pecuniary circumstances as would otherwise preclude all claim to introduction of the Engish Law of real property.\n\n\"It is a universal principle of Law in Europe, that in s] a point atretched that be may be admitted on the claim and to sign au acknowledgment of having consent sits prevalin; and we think it both right and useful mat questions sospecting movealbe property, the lex loci rei rull of Attorneys does not allow ef much doubted to receive sich zu in lieu of, and as a full compens\n\ntion for, al pension and gtuity to which sie\n\nful one\n\nthis light relaxation, is gone over to Festion with the proposal. Or ail moon high or low that I ever met in Apeinty, this Dr. B is the act pressing and the rust Aceited Te is fit Charlton, fir Whig employment; the same mile. should be acted in the administration pushing and overb waving in las manner, and, like the Justice in Chink\"\n\n2. When un officer su killed or sa dying of his wounds\n\nsy or\n\n* Acconyplished.\" not need as having any reference to might have proved herself entities, in consequence of \"perfection.\n\nthe luas her husband.\n\nNo. $3.—JUNE 3, 1856.]\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\n91\n\n3. In the event of an offer leaving a widow and Mr. Speerivales four paints which particularly re—children, who may or might have established a claim to quire legislative action at this time. He anys the persion, compassionate allowance, or gratuity, then The number allowed to immigrate to this country and in that case the mouey awarded in lieu thereof shall should not be too great. We may not be prepared to he held in trust by the Secretary of State for War, and afford them weful employment. They any code in ex the interest thereof, at the rate of £3 per cent. per ann cess, and not settle down, and assimilate to our institu all be receivable by the widow, ustil her death, when Haas and Waiks. the money shall be divided, share and share alike, among jadicions ineu, and xot unreasonable, to allow for the It is therefore the preference of many the children than alive of such deceased officer, provided present the law which fixes a capitation tax to re they shall have attrined the age of 21, otherwise the provided it is so administered as not to interfere with money shall still continue to be held in trust and the rutamerce,\n\nbusines event, however, of de witlow anrviving her said children future duty from observation of its nulla, or in com And judgunat only indicate the nosey all than become her sole and absolute pro—plinee with the future wants and desires of our own perty, as Inid down in Article 2; but should such chirou people. survive the widow, yet still die before attaining the age of 21, then and in that case the money, after discharging deserves consideration. The amouai freit by the pre—2. The amount of the license required from minera alt just liabinties, shall become the property of the Crow sent law is uppressive. Few are possessed of good 4. In the event of an officer leaving a child or children, claims. The tax beggars them. It drives them to the but no widow, the mouny shalt he laid in trust, and the\n\nmountsics and tickets like wild beasts. It is the interest thereof, at the rate of $3 per cent. per anner,\n\nwith hanger, sickness and despair. It turns theci, what stated in Article 3, shall be applied by the Secretary\n\ntheir honourable character with our trading population of State for War for the benefit of such child or children,\n\nin the country shows is not necessary, int cheats and antit he, she, or they shal! attain the age of 21, when\n\ndoes. It will in time fill our pisose. It makes them fathe and hase us as a people, and our name, our country, property of such surviving child or children. they understand we profess. If put to the fordicz, stand— and our government and the Christian religion, which share and share alike. Should, however, such child asard of four dollars per month, the sum affords a hand Chronicle, March 20,\n\nagain demandell his goods, tendering the whole wit In a genera! urder, Jated Feb. 25, the Commander-la- of freight us by the bill of lading. for all the goods was thereupun offered him, but subject by a correspondent at Kerteh, of \"inute details of lines A delivery order chier draws attrusion to the publication in a newspaper, to the charges for storage and cartage which had an and works, strength of garrison, and various tallitary crued upon them. The goods had, in accordance with a arrangements;\" and, referring General Vivian to the notice to that effect given by the shr's agent, heen particulars, he authorises him to arrest the individual ceased to slischarge; and it is satisfactorily proved that believe that such folly will nes be repeated. He then laced in a public warehouse each night when the ship and send him away at once, unless he has reason to\n\ntheir salty, but rendered unavoidable by the fact that this disposition the goods was not only necessary for proceeds as folows\n\nThe Commander of the forces has occasionally seen\n\ninterest applied for their benefit up to that age. In the in nered the passage to and ice of those engaged the goods are not suffered to retain on the whart at similar things from this cams. Strength of regimenta\n\nthe\n\nahones, us in the case of the widow, shall become the\n\nchildren die before attaining the age of 21 years, then unul in that case the money, after discharging all just labilities, shall become the property of the Crown,\n\nsobe State and County resece, and they appear willing pay it. Iat lower, as some have prepused, there is danger of new legislation, to two or three gene, to incrense it again.\n\nThis appears, after the brief experience of a fe months, to be suc opinion of the people generally the mining districts.\n\ncease.\n\nmight. The bellent, however, declined to pay his freight sickness, butteries, gins, quuntly of ammunition, the and receive his goods subject to these charges, and there state ui preparation, means of transport, the very situa agon fled bis like: for non-delivery. It is not suggested tion of concealed histories, the strength of pickets, the that the charges upon the goods were any other or\n\nbest mes of attacking them, all recklessly detailed as greater thus expenses necessarily incurred in trans. on purpose to usiruet an enemy. Couaou precace—ng the progress of the disenarge, and the question to porting them to and keeping them in a warehouse dur—tion for the sake of the aring requires that this should he determined is, whether under the clearances, He then appeals to the right sense of duty of alt officers ship owner. these chargee should be borne by the shipper, or the and non-comissioned officers, and concludes by requir—ing the generals of disisiou to bring the tenor of the order The decision was in favor of the defendant. The cou—signnee must pay freight in ace for all his merchant belonging to the arany,\" who are permitted to versin to the notice of the \"known correspondent of newspapers ship, or if the ship master storex the metsandise as it she to the rules of the army under whose protection they dives it by wishes to take it away as he comes from the in the canige, and who toast consider themselves ainen— is discharged until the whole roast is discharged, the c consignze must pay storage, curtage, California\n\nTHE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.\n\nWe resume consideration of the Itev. Mr. Speer's \"Pica\" for the Chinese in California.\n\nNUMBER OF CBINASE IN CALIFORNIA.\n\nThe Rev. Mr. Speer pablished, some eight or ten months ago, a statement of the cuber of Chinese the\n\nThe Times, as might be expected, is írate at this under, says that it ever too late, and that Generati Codrington has now loat whatever reputation he formerly\n\npossessed.\n\n\"I\" obsives our temporary, \"the abjectionable commivation appeared in our columes, it was written by a military officer, and, if General Codrington has any real ground of complaint, it is pro—hale that the writer, too trenical in his detaile, did not imitate the exudon which is always practised by por—fessional correspondents.\" In these observations, the\n\nis a melter which demands the attention of the Legisino Lere is not materially differeus, or the departures Times averlooks the fact, that the same general order\n\n3. The mode of collecting the Foreign micers' licenses supposed to be in this country. Probably the number\n\nture.\n\nIt is to be feared there, is some thing radically since last spring may have been about equal to the also draws attention to similar exposures of the prepara wrong in the present system. How often do you reat of Chinamen shot, or stabbed, or wipped, or stripped ted with the five well-known Companies.\" Probubig, pressly prohibits teus for the future—Home News, arrivals. the Chinese in California are chiefly contre—lions of the rug by newspaper correspondents, and ex— and searched, or maltreated and insulto in some other says Mr. Speer, there are not a thousand Chiuames in Marele 25, way, by the collerters. How frequently do we reus the State who are not members of our or other of these under the \"items\" head of our newspaper announce ments like this one Three Chinamen Shot—A For eigu miners' tax collector of Lousty, on Wednesday last, shot three Chiasmon who resisted him in the dis—River.\" charge of his duty. The difficuity took place on the→→→→→\n\n5. In the event of an offices leaving at his death neither widow, child, sur children, then the money shall be paid to his father; and if he leave no father, it may be pa to his mother, for his or her sole and absolute benefit. provided that he or she shall establish a claim thereto. And in the event of there being neither father nor mother, then the money shall be paid to the sister or sisters, as the case may be, share and share alike, provi ded they shall have attanned the age of 21 years, aud that cheie claint shall be established. But should any sister or sisters be under that age, in the money shall be held is as by the Secretary of State for War, and the interest be applied, as stated in Article 4, until such sister or sisters shall become 31 years of age, when it shall become the absolute property of the survivors or Survivor. Simuli wo survivors or survivor ritnin the age of 21, then the tanney, after discharging just liabilities, shall become the property of the Crown.\n\nNow it is admitted that these people are provokingly 6 No grast or money undar provisions of this warrant slow; are fearful and suspicious; are cunning in evading sal be made to Ray person who would not be eligible the enllector, and play maoy tricks to wary L. But far pension compassionate allowance, or gratuity under\n\nhave they no excuse? farther, if they have one, the provisions of the royal warrant of the 15th of June, are they so dangers and ferocious: anges that yield: 1958 ( fadier alone excepted whose claim nnst be esta blished as set forth in Article 5), but the ineligibility of of the forest? Does the humane administration of law to no remelin, tad must he dealt with like furious beasts widow to any grant under this warrant shall not affect aot extend west of the Aueries Desert? Are men to the interests of the legitimate child or children of a decensed ulicer, for whose benefit the money shall be\n\nhe murdered at will by an irrespacaible petty officer, for held in trust, and the interest seplied by the Secretary tionalde entstitutionality? Is such as officer licensed resisting se pecuolery obligation, and that of ques. of State for We, as stated in Article 4, except they be to slaughter a man that is not imble; or because he left in such pecuniary errcumstances as wou'd disquely don't cinderstura Buglish; or because he is a stranger, them for the co:upassionate kilowances wider the pro—\n\n*\n\nvisions of Article 3. Should, however, such chill and poos, and sick, and friendless? ebildren die before attaining the age of 21, then and that use the money, after dislarging t just abilities, shult become the property of the Crowd,\n\npazzuities.\n\nCompanies. The following is the computation hy then, buse erived in Csforma; that have returned hence to in a tabular form, of the total number of Chinese that their native land: that have died here; and faully, their estincale of the number in the spring of last year in the\n\nState:\n\nWe read in the Prassing correspondence of the Times: let: I have lately reserved from Hum. santative there, Calone: Hodges, was led to make various burg informs me that, some few weeks back, our repres representations to the senate of the quantities of am—munition that left, flat neutral port for Russia In the course of the examination that these reclamations gave vine to, I am informed it turned out that thees supplies hud in west instaurea been shipped thither frota England 9,200 or that purpose. For.instance, two houses in England 6,807 had suippes to Hamburg two cargoes of lead, three ofẾ 84'petre, und eleven of sulphur. The parties implicated 38.387\n\nin the air are described to me as standing very high in England, andarsong them a member of Parliament.\" Homes News, March 26.\n\nNames.\n\nArrivals. Deartares. Drecna'd Prasat Young-wo Copy...6,900 Couto Company....8,00 Sza-yap Company1,050 Yun-wo Company.......2,500 Ning- euy Company 2,809\n\n2,503\n\n1,300\n\n400 £tu\n\n14.000 6.500\n\n(ii)\n\n160\n\n$780 1.269\n\n300\n\n173\n\n1.780\n\nTotal 18,249 8,522 1,290 Adding to these, the ana,ber of Chinese not members of the Companies, and probably there may be found 40,000 of the race at present in this country.\n\nM. Mazzini lately sent £30 to some friend at Rome. The letter was intercepten or the past-ofice, the bills\n\nTHE US. STEAM FRIGATE NIAGARA.\n\nThe United States steain frigate Niegore was recently seized, cashed, and applied to the fand for ruising a launched from the socklyn Navy Yard. The last mail have absencterised this act as a slawefu: and grant statue to the Immaculate Virgin. The French papers\n\nThere are two things that can be done. First, the from the Rust brought account of the launch, and a robbery Home News, March 26. penalties of an payment of the miners' license may be description of the magnificent vessel. From the New 7. In the event of it being represented and satisfac—efred, and they may be guarded su us to prevent acts! Yor's Herald we take the following:- torily prove to the Secretary of State for War, that any of brutality to encuarage men of a desirable character The Niagara is one of the five steam frigates now in\n\nAllading to the unsightly smallness of the ladies' bon—wilow na wiose bekali money shall be held in trust for to perform the duties; and also so as to be a heu tu\n\nnets, an eminent musical gentleman in London, writing the henefit of herself and children, under the provisions\n\nprocess of construction for the United States Navy. Her to a friend in Bristol, suys:-\"I have to lames the grezi the region. Legal gentlemen can readily devise such main dimensions are: 2oanage, 5.204; extreme length iparcase, among the fetals part of my practice, of tic of this warrant, shall thereafter so conduct hersell' as t\n\nFor instance, ability to work upon the on deck, 24 feet; load le, 323 feet. She is to be county roads, at a certain rule per day, until the demand shipped egged; mainmast, I feet long and 3 feet 4 ining in the ear, injured, I firmly believe, from the present douloureux in the forehead, loss of sigit, and great juffer—of the license is satisfied.\n\nches in diameter; mein yard, 55 feet long, and mizea Secuud, it seems almost equally necessary to consti—spunker boot 67 fest. Fail complement of vinn .\n\nased fashion of neuting hosneta on the week instead of tute an office, or to appoint an officer, to whom those Some kiea of her immense capacity may be formed fo\n\nthe head. During the past month i have been in attend—ordmarily subject to the foreign mers' tax may appeal the following schedule of her masts and spara, which are\n\nance upon zwn young ladies with the the-doalonzēta in erhead, and several others with similar complaints. frora de collector in speriat rases, and who may decide now be.ug ball:- the circus ces that warrant a remission the tax.\n\nIt is high time that the frivolous bonet of the present There are some cases of exceeding hardship aris: from\n\nYards Length Diam. Length, Diam.\n\nday should be done away with.\"-- Home News, Mirch 28, the caprices and the cores of collectors. They\n\nFr. io. In. Ft. in. If.\n\nhave no rules. One told me that holes old tea, boys,\n\nWOMEN AND WArones-Mr. Beunct, the watah-maker 111:00 871 10:05 24 packure, and sick people, go free.\" There are no de\n\nof Cheapside, in a letter to the Times, recommends that 07:08 21 76:11 191 women should be employed as wetch-makers. We give nius, un real responsibilities in the whole mater. Muinroyal It is mere spullation,\n\nthe practical part of his conuication:-\n\nMainmast Maintop\n\nMaiuto gallant\n\nFereskysa?! \n\nMireutop\n\nbeenme unworthy of the Clown, or stall neglect or ill. treat her children, then and in that use the Secretary of Sture for War shall have full power to tasks such arrange ments for apportioning the interest of the money, and making better provision for the children, as in his judge ment may see must advisabic.\n\n8. The allowances to be granted under the authority of this warrant are not applicable to the cases of others kifled in sesion, or dying of weands before the declin\n\non of war with Russia, hur it is to lake n retrospective rfect up to that date; and therefore, say officer's willow to whom there may have been granted a pensior, com—passionate allowances for children, or gratuity for herself\n\nod children, or any other relative of an officer, who may 4 Betler protectios must be extended to Chinese re. Main skil have receive a peusion under the warrant of 15th June, sinents generally. Some means should be devised by Foremast 1855, who tony wish to rotate such pension, allow-whch the statements of Chinese should be received Burstop acers, or gratuities, for the sun fixed wider the provisions regard to crimes affecting their lives, persons au po Puteopgallant of this warrant, shall be permitted to do so; but in that porty. They do dot perhaps understand sufficiently the Porevoval case, whatever suns may have been received by or al care of on oala to be adicuted in our Courts to enjoy aumuns of the widow or exildren, or other relatives, wil at equal privilege with those acquainted with the sanc Mzent be deducted from any amount to be paid under the terrasons of Christianity. But no other maans prepubly of this warrust. But in every case of a sum of money than receiving their affirmation, allowing it the credence. Mzentopgallant being awarded Guder the provisions of this warrant. that, according to internal evidence and the accompany Mccoyal interest inerton at the rate of 63 per cent. per annu\n\ning Creumstances, it seems fairly to deserve, will prevent\n\nMizens kysall wil he allowed how the day of the officer's death.\n\ndegraded and autward centness from rubbing, bruising. U. Should the widow, or any other relative of a deceas. cheating or killing a Chinaman, wien to white witness ed officer wi. prior to 23rd October, 1855, has been granted pension, and other uliowaned, under the\n\nThe protection of the Chinese miners from marauders is vital to their quite, and to their usefulness to our provisions of the warrant of 15 June, 1835, wish to cocinute such pension and lowances by sum of respect for lass, where they are pistered by night av jihoon\n\nthemselves. They can have no heart for industry, and na money in eu therevf, in conformity with the terms of this wherau, it will be necessary that application to the\n\nby day, by fous wretchies, who battly rob a camp in Spanker hoora fect be made to the Secretary of State for War, within\n\nthe five of a hundred, if no lites are present, and who: Spanker ga year from the October, 1855. And shoul the\n\nhave no compunctions in murdmg even the unresisting. Spanker gaff duw, or my other reiative of a deceased offers, whe.\n\nThere are heen hundreds of sua case, An interior Forespunker gaf since 2311 October, 1855, may have already, or\n\nnewspaper says of these cobbers: -\n\nNot camerated hereafter be granted, a prasion and other allywuuees. wish to epimute such penting und allowsares for of money in hen thereof. mudes the provisions of this warrent, it will be acessary that application to tha fert be made to the Secretary of State for War, with a year from the date of the said pens and user allow lances being granted.\n\n1. A return of all sams paid under the provisions of this warrant and be faid nasly briore Parliament an ufter the 1st of Aynl. Gaven at our Court at Sail James's, Ritis ist day of March. 1856, in the 19th year of Our Reign-By Her Majesty's command,\n\nPATHONE.\n\ny\n\nth\n\nis near.\n\nSwinging boom. Maintop stuldingsafl boom Maintop gallantanil hacm\n\ndo. Mainrayal de Bowsprit, outboard Jihkoom\n\n35:04 12) \n\n51.03 134\n\n23:07 81 32:09\n\nE\n\n14:06\n\nbi\n\n21.00\n\nJUI:GO 35\n\n00:09 23\n\n50.00 YO\n\n07:09\n\n54\n\n31.09 7\n\n21:10 214 47:03 21:06 13:03 34 19:06 35; & 32 72:10 50:04 15 Ai:0x 11 27:09 S 34:10 8 13:00\n\n16\n\n4+\n\n55:00 }] \n\n4:00\n\n11:04 TTE 62:00 21 33:00 8 $1.00 } 23:00 51\n\n22.03 10.11\n\n2xtú\n\n17:00 4\n\n20:00 24\n\n38:00 ia\n\nX5:00 -\n\n.67:00\n\n15\n\nThe French Government has made some slight con—tenses or lands ing within the dominios of the Fingers of America, where he has become an American officer for the purchase of his commission or commissions. paid, in conformity with the regulation. price, by the casina as to duties on a few articles imported from Cars, the law and cast of Chica, if they can be ascer—subject, and ns auch sworn allegiance to the Eugland, rather to meet the clamour of the pation ontained, nat govern de decisions, rilee by the terms of Gavernment of the United States, all which with sex mouths shall leave a widow only, the au thest points, than to prometo any new ceaunercial inter— the contract the law or at home other mantry be as is prepared to repudiate by bis wath on adinis. ned shall be paid to her for her sole and isulate Coura hatween the countries. They are in fact united into the and if in any such rase the Chinese Low can portant, but Dr. B., delighted, after three years infeest te ascertained, the decisis must be governed by the tua pressing and supplization here (u hava obtained even pelticiples of natural justice. There is os pretence for the Tendy to lake onths is exactly Lie person to have a peusion; and sie shall be required to establish het\n\nsion at An Attorney. Whether a person sur\n\nhenefit, provided she be not left in such pecuniary circumstances as would otherwise preclude all claim to introduction of the Engish Law of real property.\n\n\"It is a universal principle of Law in Europe, that in s] a point atretched that be may be admitted on the claim and to sign au acknowledgment of having consent sits prevalin; and we think it both right and useful mat questions sospecting movealbe property, the lex loci rei rull of Attorneys does not allow ef much doubted to receive sich zu in lieu of, and as a full compens\n\ntion for, al pension and gtuity to which sie\n\nful one\n\nthis light relaxation, is gone over to Festion with the proposal. Or ail moon high or low that I ever met in Apeinty, this Dr. B is the act pressing and the rust Aceited Te is fit Charlton, fir Whig employment; the same mile. should be acted in the administration pushing and overb waving in las manner, and, like the Justice in Chink\"\n\n2. When un officer su killed or sa dying of his wounds\n\nsy or\n\n* Acconyplished.\" not need as having any reference to might have proved herself entities, in consequence of \"perfection.\n\nthe luas her husband.\n\nPage 363\n\nPage 363\n\nPage 363\n\nTHE ENGLISH TOWERZ—The English language has its face is stamped the following words: \"Gonds to be million loiters She is to be full rigged and\n\na veritable power of expression, such as, perhaps, ever tual, dated the 21 of October, 1855, our will and ensure new is that our said Royal wariant of the 23rd find thereof, and when the discharge of lus gomis had On the arrival the ship the libellaut was duig moti—Oober 1855, shall trom henceforth be cancelled, aut romcucel he was fully eognizant of the fact On the\n\nTHE ENGLISH LANGUAGE\n\nThe English language har its face is stamped the following words: \"Gonds to be million loiters She is to be full rigged and Mr. Steers stood at the command of any other language of men.\n\na veritable power of expression, such as, perhaps, ever tual, dated the 21 of October, 1855, our will and ensure new is that our said Royal wariant of the 23rd find thereof, and when the discharge of lus gomis had On the arrival the ship the libellaut was duig moti—Oober 1855, shall trom henceforth be cancelled, aut romcucel he was fully eognizant of the fact On the\n\ndevelopment and condition, inve been the result of a It has been erroneously stated that this steamer will surprisingly indmate anion of the two noblest languages be the largest in the world. The Adriatic, now upon in modern Europe, the Teutonic aud Kopanic. It is the stocks at the Messrs. Steers' shipyard, will be larger well known in what relating these two stand to one portion of the contents of his bill of lading by several hundred tons. Her uit diensions are another in the English tongue; the former supplying, estimates that she will go 17 kuols an hour with a good\n\nbreeze, und 18 knots under steamI\n\nted by Di Secretary of State for War, shall be constitu—having been in dieu thereof, and shall be the sole and standing auto—upon the agents of the ship and demanded a delivery of feer: depth of hold, 33 feet 2 inches; tormagt. 5,898, latter, the spiritual conceptions. In truth, the English upon the asters hereis costined; but shall not al or in any way invelidate any act heretvicze per. bed by our Secretary of State for War under the\n\nthe goods so discharging, offering to pay the freight, dur carpenter'z measurement. Like the Niagara, this steamer tunguage, which, be no mere accident, has produced on them. This the consignees of the ship derlined to isions of the last mentioned warrant”—Home News, \n\nis divided into watertight tch 26.\n\nthis our Royal warraul, to be administered and inter—first day aded guan the wharf, he thereupon called Length over all, 352 feet; extreme breadth of hy, sin far larger propuctions, the blaterial groundwork; the\n\nR LEGISLATION WANTED FOR THE CHI—NESE IN CALIFORNIA, continue our notice at the Rev. Mr. Speer's hlet entilled a \"Plea for the Chinese in California,\"\n\nthe whole contents of the bill of lading. The libeliant and cylinders 100 inches. The lenses Steere are rapidly cel poetry (Shakspeare), ans, with ali right, be called a Works, 12 feel stroke, modern times, as distinguished from the audient classi ther, professed his willingness to do so, provided at the hastening the completion of the Adriatic, with all their world language; and, like the English people appears goods were ready for delivery; but he declined to take disposable force, and she will probably be ready fur destined hereafter to pressil with a sway more extensive\n\ndelivery order for the goods and receive them as they laeting by the middle or last of March. offers were repeated from day to day while the vessel about four months.—California Chronicle, bỉarch 26 came out in the usual course of the discharge. These It is thought that the Magura will be ready for ses in was being unladeu; and on the last day the libellam\n\nBorede to, but required him to pay all the freight due on (oscillating) are from the Novelty. Her engines and uphorne the greatest and most predominant poel of\n\nFor in wenith, good sense, and closeness of structure, even than its present over all portions of the globe. no other of the languages at this day spoken deserves to be compared with it.\n\nPage 364\n\nPage 364\n\nPage 364", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 240873, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-061 - Public Offices - 1856", "page_number": 316, "title": "CO129-061 - Public Offices - 1856", "content_text": "Majority and what is the fate of ins evidence?\n\n1st represented as having \"confirmed a purp-es- fure \"under\" a Verbal assurance Baz die would But be FROSECUTED\" for his encroachments.\" We are assure by thow, who have seen the appen dix, that no such evidence the found therein, or any one word enpulite of being fairly construei Into a declaration that the mere indemnity agrins JUNISHMENT\" was interpreted into a reaction of Crown rights! The campission would hav done well to listen to the copeluing portion of the evidence of that Witness whose opinioas deserve all attention,\" when he says for all ess encouragement being given, I think if on inle to speak of the legal responsibility neur Art\"\n\nThe President the Commission, however, can- act divest himself of his gama fat ano modent; and not only, but ne his seasily pronounced his opinion aifany Marine Lo folder should fechos to take the ground flted in in front of his Lot, Gaverament rony oust him from the Lore IT ELF!\n\nLet this be borne ja rind, for should ang eir cumalance deprive as of the presence of our ante and respected Cliet Justice, surely his suegrant 1ust be fauad some where else than amongst those whose Verdists are delivered before the Jury is exponnelled. And mark the grounds.--1 opanks the Lease.\n\nUnder 5000 fest-\n\nscawan\n\nSUPPLEMENT.\n\nBut we hure yet to explain, and it should have been stated in the first place, that the lines on the sea you are driven to a imaginary depth We believe, however, theeo tiuas pretty nearly represcat the extent to which Sir John Bowring wishes leare holders to carry their fets and make a Roadway of thirty feet in width. To nary out there lots to the extent required the whole of the hosters are willing enough: bet to the for mation of a Rund way for public per shey have no in sination, put, the Honorable! the Aitorney Gen- eral's opinion notwithstanding-it is not in the ardinery mainer of the Crown to insist on such n Real being spevat.\n\nThat such a Road is not wanted for mere pas- senger traffic wilt be auparest to wit on an in- spection of the wood eat-there being ample space on the Queen's Rood for the passage of all fa po- polarna we hang at present. That sven a Rond in not wants for wasrfage purposes, inspectors of the wood eut will also be satis lad: -and we razy well ask, if ont for hare, den for what perpes la the Priya winted? In M. Sa mayor General Gordon's suggestion for 2 primate Praya, prepared an a scheme propounded by Sir Henry Pottinger befors Las for int were drafted, it is there sail that in case of an invasion by foreign forces the runway would be convenient for transporting cantan speedily and this, really, is the only use conver ible as a necessity.\n\nExcept and always reserved unto fer a Majesty. Ber Heirs, Suecreare and Amigos, fall As for any aid la Police arrangements, it is our \" parver to resume and lake pession of all or any opinion thai, whatever any be in store for us in part of the said pisce or pircel of ground hereby the future, as regards a more efficient force the demised, if required for the improvement of the formation of a Praya will never be other tasa au anit Colony of Hongkong or for any other Publicaid to intending burglars; and the consequence *parpuse whatsnovor, three Calendar Manito will be that when the Bank and Merchants Bird nation heig giera to the occupant thereof of us they coneet lood Pressure and valuable merchan. being so required, a full and fuir compensation *for sizeh end land and buildings thereon being pald to the said und an, his heirs, executors cal vigation to be fairly and imputing\n\n \n \n \n\nTo the flattor of the \"Hosszene Revuras.\"\n\n-\n\nHasan, 254 47, 153 Sen-Referring to the letter in the fast iseac of the China Mail on the subject of the unfair deductions drawn from the bulence taken by the Boxing Trays Chearsalon in huis published report, beg leave to second my testimony in care buration of the laws of the waiter of that letter, so to sixte in my videre given to that Commission netther warra fins justifies n\n\nvery rouse, what an a\n\npoint thing whatever is said. but it sorte respects on here pats upon it,\n\n3(\n\nmare Mtorney General at Hunghong, for the sume reason, by the same person, Cash, by the way. has gone to the Catentivels in a nimbolte frame of mind. He rears he is sacrifont - a regular mantyy vie | tim of all kinds of machinations, to get rid of Adan; aud though he admits that the berth is a govi out, great pay and little to do, he weys ke ought to have something far better, must higher pay, nothing es all to do in deply to do is He vores he is honestly\n\nTollectie my nating givethe fableving extret for worth for were respectable figure; that Palmers the report, which from the anginui neto apunate to be based ¦ton knows it, or if he doesn't that he is the only wae ratire on ny evidence. Another witness, also a zizristiarn of the jacts whe is ignorant on that deadz jat kokler, was perbally satisfies? ↑ « maid (int lie host rennired and trai heltt lake care the world shall be wiser befors very recently an excouragement from the Governor imagifit is much older. li surmind that the ut us time\n\ncrari apon the sea shore in front of his lot and reclaim it Cu being estar to crudescend to prurlavhars, red particularly sugary temper of Chisholm is rather that the Governor in queson was Sar G. Bonham chat Bir soared by the analytic proces a certain little biti 1. Botham ad id in answer to a questions, thus he of his, relation in something forensic in the com had no pawer to sulfanze his intended purprentare, or to wate him any tile to the ined when he should have reclamissionership line, has been subjected to : and that, as and it-that all be (the Gosure) wonkl say wha, that unless he has got all he is likely to get, he don't see the his the tenant's) neighbours compainel, Dovernment would we of exhibiting manh thankfulness for passoura to mot prosende son for the entrenchment, and that in his than, as his countryman, thi pheographer of the | Gavertur's) primate spizion the tumant would be “at right,\"\n\nwould be done at his own risk, and than as the tenant wrest held himself responsible for the consequences,\" \"The tales or my own, and mark the portion of the paragrafential y vakmo. The tales or my own, and mark the portion of the paragrafential y vakmo. First, as to being requied to closed to particulara. it may be remembered that at the pelic meling bell to ecrandér tin Government notilleation of 10th November last, I strongly advod the pelicy of meeting the icon of His Excellency the Governor, bring my arents en the same intervw with Sir G. Bestum. Is giving my evidence before the Commission, this interview was brough toy bentlection, sud I prouistet re give the whole parti calars of it without any attempt at centralmer, rolering Grły grosa-questioning unnecesway -- Berninly the report wash it appar that but plendouragement to reclaim, and that on the tall bring esete, (corlewing partient) I had overly been praiser innvaruty fron panishment, (if it be even that it me sellers siching to me about punishment anerosement,\" ble for the congeecaces. Now I will declare that Eiz George\n\nor responsibility for the aequcxers, and feonsider the wond\n\nciasto.\n\nbut that the tenant trust anderstand that what he oughts, defines gratule. Ainsley hay dore this the Bust lably, am in Chian, but Aur Monor; and is reported to have left for publication in this country a record of experiences optriciy confirmatory of his ginnt Tower kill wud kropping block theory an The Fizon, Afghanistan, and the Oriente ahontas ation of the same category --Correspondent of Li- verpacť Albion.\n\ndize noticed by such a mulus ay be seen condescension que inapplicatie to my detector before the\n\nthe Bonham Strand ocw, and would he soon on the Bowring Puya, too, if once completed, they wit think high sine to make arrangements to:\n\nmade by the Surveyor of fer vnd Myasty establishing alsowhers. Nor let this ideo be whis\n\nIf, in these words, the Allorney General can find right in disposase the lanse holder whose cand is not required, but who derlines to PUKERASE More, or it on the latter clause he can watabiish the fact that the fairness and impartiality of the Surveyor General emaot be challenged by thu Lease holder, we shall willingly accord to hire the Conjora's Medal, and hail biar es the 4 Wizard of the East,\"\n\nAnd now, Sir, nilow us to apologise for the pro Jongation of this Letter, for when we beg a place in your columns, -Your obedient Servants.\n\n— F. of U. Apríl ið,\n\nCAVENT & Co.\n\nStates with the pertinence of that passage in Ca. reat Ca's letter running--\n\nThere is ample space now, and ware than ample space lo teen fallic Warien, for double the wants of the Com regnity who have ut se foutages Wat aro thuir repirnama! Minch\n\nmain by the China Mail and others about tiam inumavenience to the publin dwel ing to the sauth of the Queen's Road! Leteny one who knows the pture an Es eye along the fist of residents, and \"their accopations, and then re how many to the \"of the tusen's Road, and up the Hill, nynire large Whar fage accordation. What did the China Mare require « What goods did he land -and what inconvenience was he \"subjected? None! As the same reply will serve loy whe tenths of those who inhabit the tata es on the \"Bill; aut such mast niet he the case, at Cooke tice aline would very soon abs any hone hit serving from redacod rentals on Inland Lots were they used as stung ground, \" --and impressed with the idea that readers at a disuence can never understand the Bowring Praya question from letter press alone, we have prepared, and publish below, a small woed cut of the distracted district.\"Spaces marked Nu. I t on this wond cut exhibit the tots affected by the proposed measure and the dotted lines delineate the general contour of the shore, up to which approximately, leases are already practed hy the Crowa The parts in black are Government holdings, available for Junding placas if goven- ment wilt make them.The fretted lots enclosed in No. 1 represent streets ia Chilmon's, Chinam's and Endicott's Baznars, the whole sen front at which is as open to the public for wharfage as it can well! he. The surch, as slightly altered from the plan accompanying the Hongkong Almansek for 1848, ¦ is drawn to a scale of 400 funt to the inch, and gives a sea ling of 2,700 fest, of which 600 are Loveramant avaliables -400 private bazaare with public wharves, and the remaindet,-private pro- perty the comparative figures being us 17 to 10, or say of private property, and 3 of public landį ings. Surely these faci-that wie ding\" should be sufficient for the most seeptical if stiti dis posed to cavil ni Carat of Cs assertion that i there is ample space for pubite Wharver for #donble the wants of the Comininity who have not sea frontages withou: disturbing rosted rights. For the farther information of readors et dis\n\ntance wo way state that area No. I of the wood eur\n\nis\n\nis part of land sold last year an eoedition that ai Feaya should run in front of it-Port of No, the same; the space between 2 and 3 is Padder's Wharf--between 4 and 5 is the Oriental Bank Who:f-between 5 and 6 the Central Market, and betweco 8 and 9 the privata Bazar and Wharf of Messrs Gibb, Lavingston & Co.-—the deep line of the angle n 9 representing the entrance from the Queen's Road to Benbam Strand. The Leasehol ders opposing the Bowring Praya schome are, in No 2, Mears Lindsay & Co and Dent & Co-in No. 4. Messrs Jardine Mathearn & Co., Turaer &Co, Bowra & Co., Legraik and Storgie, To No. 6, the Onental Bank Corporation and Mesars Jardine, Mathesan & On. In No. 6, the Agents\n\nfor Thomas Ripiey. In No. 8, Mosers William Scott, James White and Julin Bird & Co.-and in\n\nNo. 9, Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co. On the In-\n\nland side of the Road, the storekeepers, to a jana,\n\nas we are informed, express themselves in opposi tips to the Praya; and it only remains to be said of the mercantile offices in streets in rear of the Queen's Road-eit. in those of Messrs Williams, Anthon & Cu, Dreyer & Co., J. Dos Remedios, James Staphenson, Angier & Co, 8. E. Barrows and C. Boyd, that only two are in the habit of storing Croods on the basements of their premises; the su perficialGlown area so used boing, we are sure,\n\n• The round member given are quite approximato we repost; but the spacas used na landing plairs by the pub- ho are ukeratuted if any thing,\n\n......\n\nled down. A quarter of a century henes and, in these days of annexation and progress to whom mey belang ibe the island of Lenia? With a French or an American, or, it may be, s Russian settlement herend less chance of being borns down by the \"trong talkce\" of a Bowring Praya Comms sion, how long is likely offered advantages would remain accepted\n\ni\n\nIt was clearly manifeat ra me that the presiding member af\n\nment had been in the habit of resumứng lợin without giving inty other compensation than the Surveyör Generļa spínatè ment. On the print i was closely quistioned by the \"Cone- ssina, and although I acklaced two cases where she ca ant, retting the compensatum cffered, obtained third he asked, the report is not only silent on the portion of spy es dence, but itcally asserts thos it reale with the Sarvey General\" alone to code the question of ommpensation.\" \"la one of the casey I addured, I alleged that in February 1954,\n\nandaard, Lendale, Matize for No 79 e 10 del bars; us Isoil a year after fae 15 as the sale on anualed by the receipt of notice of resumption, the esi price 180 dollara, bring named as compensación. Ón veference to de lerse secret it stipulated that I was to have a alirampantion at a rate to be Sirly and impartially made by the Surveyor, de 19 anitced the hardship of the ee to the Acting Alertsy General who replied that the compensation must be far and equitable, which the offer whe not, and that I count ant be crapeited to access, it, Tur report the public, I was thos, with many others of the simple and cezading publis, deluded into a vers extraordinary error. If such be the case I don't think that any one wil\n\nbuilding in din Clony whendir cars be taken fora him by a Government whose legal adviser not only propounds bad. vocates soch a munstrous doctrine,\n\nslo L'aring wishet in have it related that Govern\n\nWe have said the Lenses were drafted after the Gordon Prays was suggested: and this face is worthy of particular note, for had Sir Henry Putinger ve amourent éontemplated coercion ino a Prays shows, how casy would it have ben to have inserted words giving authority to the action! Yet, hard as are the terms of the fenses, not parage-not a word—can be con-in be deleted into the day of exerting aus substantia strued towards an abrogation of the term on which Marine Lots were first bought. viz holding from the Ses to the road. If, owing to washings from the hitis, and other causes, the as recedes, the terms of the original sale bare still to be acted on by the Crown-he taste of the interests of the to whose use the kod is demised—and, the surne suivit that the Crown promises fall and fair compensation for ell it takes away-such fairt compensation must be given for the lard it adds. Such Mr Chisholm Anstey with and to be the de- should it be found necessary still further to resist cision of higher legal authorities than himself. the formation of a BowRING PRASA F. of C.Aprii\n\n30.\n\nSEA\n\nW\n\n起\n\n*Not two pence per foot--nar the fourth of it,\n\nin conclusion, I have to state may regret that this effoient manner of obtaining the views of the\n\nsaking gri- Buna tratores commission should be so for abused as to render it calikely that such thony with infulare procurable. The non attendance of a rouch respected anal leading member of the enciminals, eu inne comptinet of by the Fraya Coromin, may doubtices be travel infe sight rather than discotusy-1 am, Sir, Your client Servant.\n\nof 17, May 3.\n\nY. J. MURROW.\n\nAUDI ALTERAM PARTEM is a motto for which wo bava much regard, and we readily give insertion to the letter front Lex, with the extract, in italics, to which it refers. The emoluments of the office of Attorney Greeral here are certainly not mere\n\nFRIENDS of the Caprain Coonew some time in the service of ike P. & 0 Company here, and displaced from his common and under sirzamances reflecting little erafit un ruo Agent of that day in China, will learn with pleasure that he is now in the service of the Honourable East India Company; and mor has it will shortly have the appoints ment of Master Attonduit at Matlah. The\n\nfollowing extract from the Caletta Finglish-\n\nnot a 7th ult., is interesting --\n\nOx the ah ulana Sept Comew commanding the E. Company's servaying vessel Gruppler which has been employed in buoying off the Mur all, took charge of the bark. Murmyan Crown China, which vesel\" tad entered that rive by mistake. The Marion was brought up eately to Calcntia, Cap. Priest the Commander of the Maraina was dangerously l, when the Grappler fe in with her which probably caused the mistake. Capt. Commend the crew of the Grappler are criting > ly entaled to me renumeration for thuir ser vices, as the Marmion wes in a dangerous patitisa and would probably have been lost without exis. cane of 13. April 19.\n\n(Continued from supplement poge 31, column 4.) ment, wiz, that on all papers hence passing aror the Isthmus of Panainn, a separate chargo of two pence was a be collected in advance\n\nOn the 2nd of Fairmary came nirections to pay a penny in advance mill sepers hence i England: these sent via Marseilles, with a three peny collection at hone, remaining unlistar- Newspaper Proprietors and forwarding Agents ed. The hard bearing of this amurcement oa\n\nis most manifest. Had the order appeared a month before instead of a month after the beginning of the year we could then have charged such additional pernigs to the Bills for subscription -as it is we must put up with the lows-au inconsiderable one in the ag gregate.\n\nUpon what enamon sense principle this ar-\n\ntha a Barrister of Mr Chisholm Anstoy's stand-rangement has been made we are at a bus 19\n\ning might have expected for doing a \"boom\" in\n\nhis Augran stable.\n\ndiscover. It, simply, with vie w lo econ. omise the labnar el taxing clerks at home, then, in two ways, will the pathe be made to pay a Jor the false idea-firel, in the more costly pay. ment in Colonin: Post Offices for the extra fa- lour given to the collectors, and second-in the reduction in the number of papers regular-\n\nknow that many people take no other means for notifying friends at home of their being able male Newspapers:-the charm of the thing in e a pen tion by addressing covers on lying the little tronbie al na exponse. Alas! we shoult speak in the past tea+d, — the spel is broken the demand for the penny in advance has checked the kindly patention the longing friend loves his expected treat- the postal revente ja so much the less-and the not wanted newspaper is eat to the Ash: box. With so many arguments for the alteration of thia demon for peuries in advance, we tre assured that the tenuro ofile existence will he very brief,\n\nTo the Editor of the Friend of China\"\n\nHONGKONG, 16th April, 1856. Fiz,--Possibly some ingenious philosopher will one day discover a rural storecacope, which wits trasmitted.ts for instance-We all enable us to comprehend at one view the real cha- racter of every illustrious stranghouers cer litte colony with it presenco. At present we can only see one side at a time; and as an object is described by various parties from different points of view, the want of resemblance, and, what is worse, the want of harmony in the several portraits. ie perplexing in the extreme. Witness our last new breone comes upon pa like a comet, in un atmosphere of glory-Gur quit nunos rajoice in the advent of another piller of the state-a real, thorough, radicel, independent. reforming patriotic member of the House of Commons, and we hear of nothing save hire and his career for more than the statue number of nine days. The Mail gives hint an oration from the tow Magazine, you re-produce a sketch by the Parliamentary por trait painter, both highly credible to the artists and honorable to the subject of their labours;-but, intermediately, the Register obtains a nearer view, and resolves the appearance of our corces in the shape of a broom- now broom-which sweeps about is a very eccentric orbit, and hita hard with the shank besides. It was wrong in the Register not to begin by describing the glorious appe manes of the thing at a dislunce.—not to hunt up its splendid antecedents, like his neighbours, before producing his daguerreotype iikennes of ithus be found its stiff sharp bristles rush so romorso leasty across the grain atong our good old China am, with a view, as he shabbily avers, to profits: with a cover open at the sides, at a enarge of\n\nTwo other notifications still comain to be noricet-one of the 22nd vitine, to the effect that the French Post Office will account for ali poarages on papers from Hongkong to the United Kingdoin, a knowledge of which face to this community is not very importan lastly a \"trausuiseios of books\" afisation, in the Gazette of the 55 tastant, by which it is usdained that pa kata may be forwarded hence to Malta and Gibraltar, via Bgypt,and to Ber muda and the British West tudies (Barbadoses, Trauidad and Tork's Baland excepted) not ex- ceeding Two feet in lenghth breadth or widin,\n\nout of the repairs, that bis injured toelings at once tight pence per bulí a pound to Malis and\n\n: \n\ngove vent to their anguish. It will comiert tho, Gibraltar, and one sholing and two pence par Register to know that others have entertained half pound in the Wen ludies such rates p- suspicions respecting the peculiar \"Quixotism\" of plying to the first pound only, after which: the tis new broom, and no doubt he will read with charge has to be incrensed for every fraction action the other side of the questions etted of a pound as a pound-letters found in suc by the well known London Correspondent of the Liverpool Albion, in the subjoined extract, which I packets being charged postage with an addi- \n\nition of back packet postage as a penalty. suppose your fairness to both sides will allow you to insert.-I enclose the name of my Solicitor, sud am, Sir, your obedient servant,\n\nLE X\n\nHow the-ow-Post happens to be Pam's own print is unintelligible to all, and their name is legion, who reject the Urquhartive story about a former edi- tor having called for P.'s mad as a traitor, and then being muzalisha St. Petersburg esksut skip, just as in the present ease of Ansley, who is\n\nSuch are some of the changes that have caught our eye: there may be others, and if there are out, we may, after the late rate of two notifications a mouth, soon expect them. But this, really, is too serions a matter og tyne unfled with, and something must be done t check the nuisance of indeercet legislation.\" by auteur Post Masters General,--F. of C. April, 19.\n\n312\n\nINDEX", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-061 - Public Offices - 1856.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 241296, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "page_number": 321, "title": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "content_text": "18\n\nNEW ADVERTISEMENT.\n\nWANTED.\n\nWe have to acknowledge receipt of a table of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's revised rates of Passage-money; and we have hung up the same in our office for the use of our personal friends.\n\nBy Order,\n\n2. H. CARVALHO, Secretary\n\nHongkong, 20th January, 1857.\n\nTo the Editor of the \"HONGKONG REGISTER.\"\n\nMACAO, 1st February, 1857.\n\nDEAR SIR—The 10 mandarins, who came from Shang-hae, have been here for a few hours, and having taken their dinner at Cau-qa hong, embarked in the ensuing for Casa Branca, and from there to Yan-san and Cass feathers; and 5 of them bare blue buttons. Two of the mandarins have red buttons and peso sent to Caatho to assist Yeh—and it is said, that two of them were formerly in Canton in the time of the first war with Commissioner Lin.\n\n\"Every thing here is quiet, but I say in the harbour a good many mandarin junks displaying a varying flag. Though people are at this time they cannot do any harm here, I would question, that. What could we do prevent their attacking this place and carrying away the heads of the English that are living here?\n\nI am, &c,\n\nThe Hongkong Register.\n\nHONGKONG, TUESDAY, 3 FEBRUARY, 1857.\n\nNOTICE—The Hours of Posting Wrons in the CENTRAL POST OFFICE, Hollywood Road, are on the Subirth at 11 am, and stand on the Evening of every Wednesday at 7 o'clock.\n\nSIXTY.\n\nWe recorded a pedestrian feat last week —walking to the top of Victoria Peak and back six times in twenty-four hours. The same gentleman did the same task this week in twelve hours, which shows, speaking in all honor and praise, that he is an artful dodger; for the latter feat though apparently more difficult, is in reality easier.\n\nProof—a friend of ours went up and down in fifty-seven minutes.—say one hour at four miles. Four times six's twenty-four; and good steady walking, making the trip equal to twenty-four miles in twelve hours is not very great walking.\n\nTaking all the difficulties into account on an undertaking like this is more easily carried through at one heat than in two, we have no doubt that with, or, from what we hear, without halting, the gentleman who has done the six times could easily do the eight if he set his mind on it.\n\nWe have been trying to persuade our ... C. to put himself in training and try the feat—but he says he has been once to the gap and considers that enough is as good as a feast.\n\nNo. 5. FEBRUARY 3, 1857.\n\nThe climate of London is one thing, and the climate of Hongkong is quite another.\n\na more material matter than that of Hongkong, we must decidedly feel of any corps being sent away from this place.\n\nAn urgent necessity exists for augmenting and making the most effective part of the regular police force here, many of whom do their duty conscientiously to the best of their ability—but the superintendence of London is one thing: and the superintendence in Hongkong is another.\n\nThe screw Steamer Sir James Brooke left this at noon yesterday to Hongkong, having on board three companies of Sepoys, a detachment of European Artillery-men, for service in China, despatched on the requisition at the hands of Hongkong.\n\nThe troops consisted of two companies the 29th M. N. I., the European Artillery-men, Pang, and the Company of the Rifle Company accompanying this force are Major Cheslett, Captain Cazalet, Lieut. Foote, and Passingham of the gun, Capt. Man, Lieut. Forster of the Madras Artillery, Dr. Lloyd, Assistant Surgeon, Apothecary Edwards and Sub-Conductor Ball.\n\nThe Sir James Brooke has been chartered for Twelve thousand dollars.\n\nFrom these and other causes which might be specified Hongkong is not in effect London, and a system which may do very well at the latter place may require important modifications at the former.\n\nWe can never obtain the same raw material for a police here as obtainable in London, but we certainly, both in ordinary and in extraordinary times, such as the present, can make the most of our raw—excessively raw material.\n\nFirst: we would make the men effective by putting them on duty for a four hours beat; and if that could not be done conveniently from the central police station, we would do it from three stations—East, West, and Central.\n\nThe S.S. Auckland brought about 100 tons of shot, shell and ammunition from Pinang last week, which will be sent to China as soon as possible.\n\nBraitonore crew Pressa, Jan. 22.\n\nOn the arrival of the Mail at 6.30 PM of Sunday the 1st February we did, for the convenience of our subscribers, what we have not done before—viz: apply for a pass for two coolies to carry the respective Papers, which will secure early delivery.\n\nTwo passes were granted dated 10th January good for 21 days, the time expiring on the 31st January. Of course the 1st February was beyond the pale of the pass but coming direct from the Superintendent of Police we deemed it all right, thinking that police matters were going on in their usual cuddle.\n\nIn this belief the passes were on the night of the 2nd instant given to two of our Chinese Compositors to take them home, and we were somewhat astonished on being awakened at half past twelve, and informed, that our men were in custody.\n\nWe went down to the police office, and there we found the authorities pondering over the passes, and wondering to see the names of the boys written in red pencil, that being the color of the printing of the new passes.\n\nWe explained that a red pencil is a very common article in a printing office and that the names had been written in with that; then on making ourselves responsible for the lads we saw them let go.\n\nMARRIAGE.\n\nAt Belgrave-square, on the 24th November, the wife of Admiral Sir T. COCHRANE, of a Son.\n\nAt Victoria, Cox, ELIZABETH SANDERS.\n\nMarriage Register xi:10.\n\nON SUNDAY, the 1st instant, the P. & O. Co.'s steamer Cadiz arrived with the English mails of 10th Dec.; from Singapore 24th, Penang 21st, Chusan 9th and Bombay 1st January.\n\nThe general news from Europe are of a most uninteresting description: and they are our readers have had them in the Extra we delivered on the arrival of the mail.\n\nThe Cadiz brings on:-\n\nOPIUM—For Cumsingmoon,.....875 chests,\n\nHongkong, 216\n\nWunsung.......435\n\nTotal—1581 chests,\n\nTREASURE\n\nFor Hongkong 459,965 dollars\n\nShanghai 479,697\n\nCanton 29,072\n\nTotal—1,126,831 dollars\n\nSTOCK OF TEA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, November 30, 1856.\n\nLondon\n\n...t. 86,786,000 19,115,000\n\nercel...\n\nHull and other English Ports\n\nFaith and\n\nGlas other Foreign Ports\n\nIreland...\n\nStock, 30th November, 1856..\n\ndo, do. 1855.\n\n1,000,000 2,000,000 2,933,000 1,130,000\n\n1,700, una\n\n.67,214,009\n\nSome doubt having been felt in the trade as to when the next reduction of the duty on tea would come into operation, an inquiry was sent to the Board of Customs: the Board stated in reply, that on the 6th of April next the duty will be reduced from 1s. 9d to 1s. 3d. per pound.—one News.\n\nCHINA SHIPPING.\n\nArrivals.\n\nAt London, November 12, Orient from Shang-hae: 21. Cûnger, from Canton; 29, John Wade, from Foo-chow; 2, Coega, from Foo-chow: $5, Flery Cross, from Foo-chow 2, Sff from Canton 27, Sea Witch Gram Foo-chaw; a fon Taylor, from Foo-chow; 24, Rant of Hyland, from Shangte; December 1. Lorena, from Canton; 1, Kangaroo, from Canton; 5. Lente Sophie, from Foo-chow, Daphne.\n\nfrom Canton, Celualat, from Canton; Julin, from Canton.\n\nAt Liverpool, November 23, Viking, from Foo-chow; 28,\n\nAt Pen. Dom Canton,\n\nWe observe that H. M.'s brig of war Camilla, Commander Civil, from the Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 15th passed Anjer on the 7th inst. bound to China—strife Tema January 20.\n\nHOME NEWS\" Nov. 20.\n\nH. M. Str, —Notice is given that preparations are now making for the intended distribution of proceeds arising from the Greek brigantines Chrissys, apprehended on May 22, 1855, by H. M. S. Niger.\n\nBranded dise Heriblad, captured on May 19, 1855, by H. M. S. Nya; tribution of proceeds arising from the Greek esse and for the intended distribution of proceeds arising the Gruss, vessel Pagis requifio.espted on 30, 1855, by ET. 31. S.\n\nThe Charlotte June, for Shanghai, which put back to undergo thorough repair, will sail again on the 15th of January, having discharged her cargo, and, being leaky.\n\nSecond we would provide for a more effective superintendence from sun down to sun rise either by a four or a three hours' compulsory patrol of the inhabitants, which would be no hard task on 150 to 200 men.\n\nThese are the first imperative alterations or amendments, but—\n\nThird; we would put the men into barracks and in effect, put them, as nearly as possible under military discipline.\n\nThe man who would not submit to that discipline is not fit for a police-man, and a smaller force of well cared for men would be infinitely more valuable than the no-cared for rag tag and bob-tail that we now call police.\n\n\"COMMERCIAL SHIPPING NEWS\" The John Wade from China to London, as Arrived in the Tower, She lost her main, tort, and mizzen mast, and re-rigged mast, off the Cape of Good Hope on August 11.\n\nShe sailed from St. Helena on Sept. 22.\n\nAt the present moment—What is the best part of the police, as far as acting in a body is concerned, and as far as looks go? Why the Gaol brigade.\n\nThey step well together, and they carry their arms as if they know how to use them, neither of which assertions can be made of the rest of the police force.\n\nAnd what does this smart active clearly appear to arise from, but from discipline.\n\nThey are in barracks; they have good wholesome food: they are properly drilled, and the result follows, which always follows when men are well cared for, and well disciplined.\n\nA contemporary recommends a mounted patrol.\n\nThe Times are serious, and perhaps it might cheer the spirits of the colonists to see a mounted policeman with his trousers half way up his leg. his legs swaying backwards and forwards like pendulums, in what the equestrian, audaciously, imagines is rising to the trot of the bony police charger; while by his side clatters a word, that he could not draw—or use if he drew.\n\nWe have no fault to find with the policeman, nor with Janier Burton, who captured the two lads, nor with his superiors who were trying to see out a\n\nWe record without either regret or astonishment the above event.\n\nIt is another sign and are we less amused at the figure of certain superior officers who lean back to prevent the jar of the canter on their spinal column.\n\nAmusement is sometimes very useful, and we expect that amusement would be the extent of the utility of a mounted patrol.\n\nWe have given serious advice about the police, and finding that of no avail we have attacked them by ridicule; but they are thick-skinned animals, and we fear we are far from having pricked them into watchfulness by our sting.\n\nWe will not give up our task however, knowing how much depends on the vigilance of the police, and as vigilance is not natural in them, as it certainly is not, we shall try and establish it as an exotic which perhaps with due care may become a thriving plant.\n\nFirst then, the whole system of the police is wrong.\n\nThe day duty extends from six o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock at night, and night duty from ten o'clock at night until six o'clock in the morning.\n\nAll the changes of the day and night duty being effected from the central police station.\n\nThe hours of patrolling of each constable on night service is for the whole extent of the time.—night hours.\n\nWe believe this is the London system; and may for anything we know answer very well there; and perhaps it would answer very well here, if all the conditions were the same as they are in London, which they are not.\n\nOfficers,\n\nServants\n\nHank & Pike\n\nArtificers,\n\nFollowers 22, servants 18,\n\nDATA.\n\n2. 37.N.T Art.N.L\n\nDepartures.\n\nNovember 28th Armitage, for Shanghai: 23, Countess of Rarfield, for Shanghae; December,\n\n8, Mencide, fur Sigita\n\nThe amount of bills drawn by the East India Company on their respective Presidencies, from the 26th ult. to the 9th inst, is as follows:-\n\n£ s. d.\n\nBengal......442,920 12\n\nRate of Exchange. 91 2. Od. per Cus\n\nMadras 46,097 U\n\n9 Rupee.\n\nBombay 4,263 6\n\n28. 04. per ditto.\n\nTotal........£22,077 9\n\n4\n\n--Atlas, December 10.\n\nTHE Band of the 59th Regiment will perform to-morrow on the Parade Ground, weather permitting, at 4 PM, the following pieces:-\n\n1.—Prince Albert: March --Kilmer\n\n2.—Spanish Volonaise,--Isrypsant.\n\n3.—Aric. Finale Lip Sonnambula. Bellini 4.—Royal Irish Quadrille's,—Julien,\n\n—Dalkeith Piwo Waltz—Labicky.\n\n—Maltese Gallop—no\n\nH. M. Str, Barracouta arrived from Canton on Monday morning; the only news she brings is the account of an attempt to Fire to the Comus.\n\nThe night was very dark and two fire rafts came down and were close on the vessel before they were seen—one was boomed off by the fire boom. but the other worked on to and carried away the spanker boom.\n\nThe ropes about the bow were nearly burnt through.\n\nThe H. C. steamer Auckland returned to this port from Pinang on Friday last, bringing on for service in China about 159 Tons of shot, shell, and ammunition.\n\nThe Auckland brought on from Pinang the following officers and troops for service in China:\n\nMajor Cheslett 29th M. N. I.\n\nCaptain Cazalet,\n\nLiu, Foote,\n\nPassingham\n\n»\n\nTwo Companies Sepoys 20th M. N. I.\n\nCaptain Man, Madras Artillery.\n\nLieut. Forster,\n\nForty Europeans\n\nDr. Lloyd, Assistant Surgeon.\n\nApothecary Edwards.\n\nSh.Conductor Ball.\n\nFor the purpose of conveying the above Officers and Troops to Canton the Bore Company's steamers steamer St James Brooke has been chartered, and sails to-morrow for Whampoa.\n\nThe sum of Dals, Twelve Thousand for the trip and coals are the terms upon which the steamer has been chartered.\n\nAs the sement of troops from India has commenced Calcutta and Madras. The way with China as be we may look forward for speedy reinforcements from entered upon with a large military force, stronger than employed during the last war—Siraits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce, January 20.\n\nIn consequence of the pressing request of the Governor of Hongkong, General Bodelt has resolved to\n\nsend away to-morrow the Rifle Company of the 39th M. N. I with Capt. Bark and Lieut. Cos.\n\nConcerning the (From our Overland Edition.)\n\nCUMSTAL OF ARTUM AND NINE OTHERS ACCUSED TO POISON.—Particulars of the attempt to poison the whole community by bread from the E-sing Bakery will be found elsewhere.\n\nThe partner of the firm, Ahlum, arrested at Macao, was brought back, and after an examination before the Magistrates, was committed with nine others to take his trial at the Criminal Sessions this month.\n\nThe trial will commence on Monday next.\n\nOn Wednesday last an application was made to the Court to have the money seized or Ahlem's premises given up to pay for his defence.\n\nAttorney General, backed by the affidavit of two of Altun's creditors, resisted the application. stating in his as courteous manner that he did so to prevent the money being Thundered or squandered in his defence.\n\nThe Counsel, in support of the motion, seemed to think the Attorney General was using strong language. when, of course, the Attorney General repeated\n\nthe bill for Aldam's defence being paid out of the money, after it was laid before and approved of by His Lordship.\n\nHis Lordship very properly sustained the Attorney General, except of course as regarded his insinuations.\n\nThe prisoners will be well defended—they have two Attorneys and two Barristers.\n\nChinese New Year.—The Chinese New Year fell on Monday, the 25th Instant.\n\nIt is usually a scene of noisy rejoicing for several days and nights.\n\nIn London they have the pick of the very best labor of the country,—they will not other.\n\nHere our only easier is from bad request the Authorities to stop the usual expenditure of fire-works as a means of preventing the probability of fire.\n\nAided by this support, the Government issued an order that there should be no fireworks, let off.\n\nIn consequence, the New Year has passed without any of the usual rejoicings, showing, that if we choose to exercise it, we have a power of repression, especially if we show ourselves earnest in the matter.\n\nIn London, the men are well paid, and properly housed and cared for.\n\nHere they are not well paid—they live where they can, in low and dirty hovels, and no one cares for them.\n\nIn London, the care and training of strong healthy men originally, make them still stronger and handier—they are quite able, though not useless to walk their eight hours beat without inconvenience, to keep awake and be an effective sure of praise, and rewards, and promotion—give them up and retire.\n\nHere the want of care and discipline makes men in the end, neither strong nor healthy at the first, so they never were able to walk an eight hours beat steadily; they have little or nothing to look forward to.they are not likely to be praised in their present state.\n\nthe rewards they obtain are paltry and the promotion is a doubt full affair.\n\nSee the case of a licenum, who by great pluck at sea single-handed more off an armed gang of Chinese at Aberdeen, he was rewarded with ten dollars until we\n\nstate of our Settlement, and that the Chinese population ? shazed the government in to giving more.\n\nThe Admiral in reply to the muy treacherous attempts made against us on the morning of 19th inst. sent ashore several parties of Sailors and Marines, who set fire to the western suburbs in the neighborhood and above Sa-men; this work was carried out successfully by the boats of the Niger, Encounter, and Barracouta.\n\nThe men of the Fifty-ninth were also detailed to fire the Streets behind the Factories but, owing to loosing their way in the labyrinth of Streets in that neighborhood they had to return without effecting their object.\n\nAmen of the 59th, with a Lieutenant, a Sergeant, and 20 men of the 59th, with a Sergeant and six men of the Police, who are to return, by a Mail Steamer\n\nAnswer---I do.\n\nOn the\n\nCras and by Mr. Jay—I'm not aware that the delivered the remainder of our bread to Mr. May at the Police Court on the evening of the following day.\n\nQuestion—Do you not, as an Editor, make it your Ahlam's father, when the ninth prisoner was not in the neighborhood of the Yamun of the Governor General Yeh caused a conflagration of some extent.\n\nIn the body of the paper will be found Maui-General Yeh caused a conflagration of some extent. The whole operation was effected with a loss of two men of the Fifty-ninth killed and about six wounded; the latter are doing, worth attention.\n\nOn the 14th I went over to the E-sing shop to have conversation with Ahlam about that contract only\n\nQuestion—Then Sir, do you mean to say you did not know that E-Bing had a bakery near the American Naval Store.\n\nAnswer—What have I to do as an Editor of Newspaper with B-ring's stores.\n\nI wanted to say that I know of a bakery being near the Dutch Fallyly were repulsed, and the Admiral bombarded the city from the Fort and the Niger\n\nOn Sunday night, the 18th instur, an attack against foreigners, us against their own Government, was made by large force of Chinese on the Dutch Fallyly were repulsed, and the Admiral bombarded the city from the Fort and the Niger\n\nIt is a remonstrance made by, know that E-Bing had a bakery near the American Naval Store.\n\nRead, however, distinctively, it shews the prejudices which have to be overcaico before English: Commerce can again take its fitting intration of laying, be had only put it up to deceive the mandrains, who had been troubling him.\n\nI told him, the garden and, after establishing his quarters in Jous WAY-fam stoward the Sultana, I know the Tee-to-tum fort, came down here on the 23d\n\nMARKETA—Notwithstanding the warlike operations which have been carried on since the departure of the Calcutta steamer on the 28 ult. I was in the shoved the 15 January a little po\n\nasked if he had his family with him here.\n\nHe said, no bad business to attend to and he would walk home This was between 3 and 4 г.M.\n\nWalle going over A-I am a coolie at Dr. Handsome Bing's work, and people look upon the affair as jou.\n\nThe charter is, we believe, to be given up, and as brought to a close, business will be recommened in this stepio, ut rates equal to these last quoted, the\n\nmen\n\nmgements are making for getting the City in this stepio, ut rates equal to these last quoted, the\n\nPROTECTION OF THE ISLAND—The absolute necessity for a local gun-boat being apparent, the government chartered the steamer Eaglet at the present.\n\nAnse-am cook to Dr. Harland.\n\nOn the 19th: Ten-to the end of the war, as he would make a good thing of it, and be protected.\n\nHe said he did not wish to go, bs that had ba throstened several times, And that at the presunt cunt there were 03 Mandarins in Hongkong in disguisu.\n\nI tot aim that if he would report them to the Police he would be pro-tected\n\nanswered, that when we reached tbo bakery he would show me that he had a large amount of propar-tyin stake; and that he would take ray advise and remain.\n\nWhen we got to the bakery the people were mixing water and dough in diferentrooms in the place.\n\nI asked him to return with, having satisfied myself there was enough bread in the drying on to fulfil the contract;\n\nvery heavy sum of four thousand dollars per 468. In Cotton there have been no issues since unry Ifved some bread from the E-ging shop, from tha\n\nThe vessel was totally unfit for the late of our last Overiand, but it is cnticipated Ferson who usually brought the bread he is not among he said no bad business to attend to and he would walk reanth.\n\nilo prisoner.\n\nThe broad was bought at about 7.30.\n\nA-I am a coolie at Dr. Handsaw Bing's work, and people look upon the affair as jou.\n\nCruse examined by Dr. Bree—Julien gs in Smapsou left for Amoy on the 26th instant, considerable difference is made in the figures where we infer she will be stationed for the\n\nPROTECTION OF THE ISLAND\n\nORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.\n\nEXAGON.\n\nOn London, reputas sight, ds, Yu.\n\nCalcutta—3 days' sight. Rivos 215 per $100.\n\nBombay Rugs sis per $100.\n\nCREDIT AND OTHER BILLS\n\nOn Englunds.bid, a 15.97d---¤months' sight.\n\nOn Rotsbey,--3 days' sight, Rupees 216.\n\nOn Calenta,--3 days' sight, Rupees 216.\n\nSUPREME COURT.\n\nCriminal Seibione, February 2, 1857 POISONING CASE, (First Day.)\n\nJery.—Morers, M. A. MACLEOD, W. H.\n\nSerros, Jous\n\nL.JALL\n\npris CLCES,\n\nW. A. HAILAND, I have always paid for bread from he was doing, and of his clarinetion to use.\n\nTà\n\nstatement Alum made that he guld shu bakery to rau is the E-sing up before the 15th January, and Dr.\n\nChalecost ad Dr. Hance partook the lead delivered ise.\n\nSince I gare my evidence before the Magistrate 1 was asked, na the prismass' behalf, by Mr. Mar, 20 that morning.\n\nAbout an hour afterwards I felt ck and faint, and Ehortly afterwards voted, and falconsider my statement about the 6 fandarins.\n\n* in my stomach.\n\nI took an emette which operated, had come from Allum to ask me to reconsider the answer sad I felt caster, bat in about two hours bail about the 63 Mandarins, Alam, asked me on the examt- I returned.\n\nThe next morning I had a violent headurba and felt weak in my limbs, Dr. Hance took an emeric,\n\nzakon, jî he did not any lie had been told about the co and felt weak in my limbs, Dr. Hance took an emeric, Mandards.\n\nI never was in the bakery before.\n\nI never saw na alan di Dr. Chaldecott before they were sick.\n\nThe the tenth prisnuut in the bakery.\n\nThe contract was for the latter gentleman had once more bread than any of us.\n\nsupply of 28 to 29,000lbs. bise it; it was made verbally with What breakfast a gentleman fed to say some\n\nAhim.\n\nI never made a contract with the tenth prisonet.\n\nof his friends were sick, they said in a simila. maner to that which I have descried.\n\nIlonk woon Abinon as the principal,and the teh prisoner to that which I have descried.\n\nza is assistant.\n\nMy visits were on large madere of busi- bat bread.\n\nness, and therefore not very frequent.\n\nWhen I had a contewer with him awuld occasionally drep in three or Torre severely then others.\n\nfour times a weak to see how, it was going on.\n\nI have gone, to sell flour to his.\n\nI would not conclude a wa-Tract with tenth prisoner, bat would have a juossega with him for Ahlam.\n\nI do not think he speaks English; a bread, I got a loaf from Mr. Grandpre which be said he\n\npureer was always present.\n\nAhium said the mandarinswore har! taken with his own hand from the E-sing shop, and hostile to hit in consequence of hie hating broed for the brought to me; text day I got bread from Mr. Drinker foragnet As we were going to the bakery we saw a boat and Dr. Dempster.\n\nladen with wood.\n\nIn ask me to pull to it as he wanted so ask the price, and buy if possible.\n\nIpofled upto it, and be told me he had bought it at a picul and a half for a dollar.\n\nI said it was dear.\n\nHe repbed it was dry wood We allerwards and an anolytie to ascertain the and adapted for the lakery.\n\nOn my return raw the D Bridges and Dir. Day Cowl Messrs. Gaskell quantity, and found that in a pound lost there was\n\nboat discharging on the warf and Brown with Ms. H. J. Turrant Solicitors for pri-a dram of arsenic ( grains).\n\nIn the bread it sz isted as common white arsenic.\n\nThe brand 1 est and souers.\n\nrested was brown bread, the other bread that zested was white bread.\n\nAll contained arsenie.\n\nMuch less than a hoef of bread would cause death.\n\nThe police cought me same yeast, and the materials for usk\n\n(Court adjourned at 2.30)\n\nIn reply to a question by the Cout. Du. Harland said, he had been requested by the Colonial Secretary Lo macke an analysis that he il so and the results were the same.\n\nThe unalysis was ronde in presence of Dr. Bradford Dr. Watson Dr. Keany and Dr. Dempster.\n\nThrough the Ceart, st instance of the Attomey Gan al. Tie symptoms drzevibed by the witness56, I have beard are those of poisoning by arsenic,\n\nA. GRANDPLE, The hell I gary to Dr. Harland,\n\ndcen strut, on the 16th January.\n\nI was at the Cental Polis Sation, and told a poison to take the yeast dear to hr. Havland.\n\nCross examined by Dr. Bridge—Inew the E sing HOO of Argon stress, MO SAY T Teen's\n\nRe-erambie, Tls it episode of the wood wa aft I had deraanded proof that he was going to reisio, as were not entladed with bis simple leclaration.\n\nThe conversation with the boatman was in Chinese.\n\nI saw no. money pass between Alum and the bout man.\n\nThis was the day before he left for Macao.\n\nThe prisoner Ahëwn statement before the Magistrates\n\nFarul.\n\nWALKING. An extraordinary pedestrian feat the been performed in Derbyshire.\n\nÀ man named Alfred Helson undertook to walk on six enceessive days the distance of 70 miles a-day.\n\nHe commenced his per-formance on Monday, July 20, and completed it with Case Saturday, the 26th at doing it within the specified time.\n\nThe 70 miles were usually walked in about 14 hours, hut on one of the days they were com pleted in 12.\n\nWhile on travel he took very little food, Except beef les or a tehell hit of matzon baff cooked unl Elle stimulans occasionally.\n\nIn stature he is about\n\na somewhat intriligent countenance.\n\nWhen on travel abon had a slight swing with his arius, and appeared to be going at the steady ate of some three miles an hour, and it was only when any one atletal to keep\n\na large fleet of heavily armed junks—turned and Lenox, W. A. Bowna, ED. T. Descassos, Geono\n\nOn the run back the patent log was came back.\n\ntried; when under the land, partly out of the very ChaoпG ARCUK, 4-Lum Ausow, 5-T AUZTEN,\n\n1.-ČEROVA Akopow, 2-UpsoNG AMZER, heavy sea that was runing, the log was agan-Tove Na ost, 7-Cucing Auxen, 8-Forg A hove, and she was found to be making at the CHUT, S.-CHEONG Azam, 10, Carong Wre Kero, rate of twelve miles an hour.\n\nShe was par dúministering prism with intent c\n\nThe Honble Thomas C. Ansty Alloney General; round twice, and she made the circuit in 13 minutes-out time, 43 minutes the ather, Mr. Hickso: Cheam Saficitor, amistad by Mr. George\n\nCooper Turuer.\n\ncatting her wake in both instances, Reach. ed Hongkong atfive.\n\nThere was also a good facility of the way in which she started and stopped;--shu\n\nThe Atorney General stated the case and called was stopped twice, once at Ling-ting\n\nJAYTA CARROLL DEMISTER—I am Colonial Surgeon.\n\nthe fleet of junks there, once to overhaul a B-\n\nI have been in the habit before the 15th January of ob picious locking boat; the trial in both case was taining lead from the E-sing shop belonging to the two entisfactory.\n\nWhen she gets the hurricane decking: prisonera.\n\nAt 5 ming bebe 8 AM of the 100 ing yeast, also some flour, and some pastry, fata the sad the after enbiu taken off her, she will in the January, I and my family partock of stained bakery.\n\nThey were only examined to see if they ent for the E-sing shop, at breakfeat.\n\nAfter Ms. Dzapater taiued any metalic potson, but there was neither draeuic event of being hired by the Government and\n\nhad eaten a small portion of the bread she felt giddy and nor say other metalic poison in them, Bick.\n\nAfter leaving the breakfast table, she was taken properly manned and armed, prove of great value in defending the feland, and letting us know what sick I bought nothing of it at the tima.\n\nI walked out to the verandah to exoko a cheroot.\n\nWhile holding a is going on outside.\n\nOLD CUSTOM—A Chinese reason for dingo stick to the class, I became sick and vomited-1 thenght nothing; of it, but wont in my chair to the polico any thing is, that it is \"Old Ghetero,\" Our hospita..\n\nWhen I reached the entrance leading my ba the governcams, the next most stable and conserva-jail, I became sick and ocuumed sick all the way tive after that of China, follows this rule exactly, te the hospital, and was sick unui a quarter to 10 AMI vomited very viniently.\n\nMrs. Dempster was and we have an instance of it now under our\n\neck on to 12 or 1 o'clock that right.\n\nThe next evening. eyes.\n\nThe Minie Rides for the Fifty-ninth love the 18th, about 8 FM, I forwarded the remainder of the arrived in the City of Carlisle, the amunition is to bread to Dr. Hzclazu for the purpose of, is being analy- was taken from the E-sing sop, ut the bottom of Aber- the middle height, this, extremely tauscular, end having come by and bye in another ship.\n\nIn the mean-se.\n\nI did not take the bread myself to De. Hari\n\nCroy Bunned by Dr. Badges, Ablein the sinth time the dal for long ranges has commenced, as fax as can go on the only tolerably level picce up in my own road I got it to Dr. Harlund.\n\nprisoner is the only one I know, I kept the bread locked nd we have the Happy Valley.\n\nI seat the bread by a confie dauer) Abai OLIVOLTZA—This corvette, one of H. I.\n\nAIAL— servant to Dr. Dempster cani u 1. vessels, which formed part of the Russian paper pacel on Dr. Dempster to Dr. Farinud, et le squadron sighted in Castrica Ray by Commodore 16th Junang.\n\nI do not know what was in it.\n\nMy master gave it to ine\n\nA CUMONT,-- Umi sorvant to Dr. Dempster, on the 15th theBrothers,' about twelve uules' distance from this larber.\n\nHaving been in these Eastern January, rected some bread at my inster's door from two men belonging to the £-sing's shop.\n\nThey ars nor gave it to my Master to eat.\n\nwalers for a period of seven years, it was found among the prisnare.\n\nNCCPERATY that she sheld indago a complete | This was about seven o'eloel.. i panded it on the hrakfast overhaul before departing Europe.\n\nThis is table.\n\nWH. TARKANT,-Ian Elitor of this Friend of Chin mw being done, and slic will probably take her\n\nfrith E-sing shop down in the 163: Jammy.\n\nThrow denature for Europe within three weeks.\n\nHer weaper.\n\nI have been in the habit of obtaining bread Commander. Caprala Koroolt, formerly com-\n\nthen sh and 10th prisoners to be competen with the sang shop 7 14 is acullecion ofsets; manded the little steamer Vostuck, which. sa clever-\n\nto sancos Mr. May was not present when the known to face for menfacturing but necessity for the ly cluding the English aruizers, ran into Sharr de 21, the last i know of him was wred-delivarer, then, Mr. Mercer, and M. May sing and enguling\n\ntwo bast prisoners were brought my zxamination.\n\nT! Colonial Attorney General's former audiences-night hae, carrying to the Russian Admiral important is the munging partner; and the 10th is his facher, acting as gel assistant in die shop Queen's Real nawa branght from Europe by English steiners.\n\nWest.\n\nI have soon is there frequentis, perhape ouco ever remember the Tastices of the Face sitting at he is preparing for the Treas as Acrount of the\n\nPo Station as a criminal charge.\n\nThe Chief Me Colony over which he rules.—Bengal Kartars, Dee. 1.\n\nCapt. Kursaceff's urbanity and gentlemanly bear out of erary two visits.\n\nI aw the first priser about 4\n\namination was going on at the Pulics Station.\n\nJustices ing has caused him to be recognised—not only or 5 anys below the 5th January, he was sitting down into was sitting at the Podro Court winle tais ex- of the lense were also sitting as the Police Curt.\n\nB by those who were then uentrals, but by those in my office and presented nes bill from his master.\n\nI told him, Lin, as the hili was not recoipied, if he would leave it I world look rait.\n\nIle suid is unster was going away, and may action to sit down as it he tended to the Police Cont.\n\nThe reusabing 10 prisoners enllred, though we cannot say it has distanced, wais mtb was paid.\n\nScing Le was inclined to be are still detained.\n\nThey are at the Crise rout Station, the Fraue shoul, in the matte ci wrecks.\n\nThey 1izod him by the colitr, amil old him, cal his posite Gibb, Livingston & Co.'s Godowns They American clipper Golden Racer, ton laden, forster might go to the devil if they pleased, and (thrust have been in custody from the 15th January.\n\nI cant in out of the office, I have soch the sand piery wether or not the Attorney Gener 100k may part it the examination at Cas Police Station, he was moving the United Statee, on her departure from the many occasicus, I saw Jam at the best held on the hous, but that was too crowded far me to distinguish\n\nChantes Mar—The yeast & delivered t pert, struck on the cuter knoll, and was totally body found on heal the Title.\n\nOn that occasion he deserihea homself as purse's tuate on board the Tisk\n\nThe Flyaway is also said to This was carly in January.\n\nTo the best of my best the cry.\n\nInsperor Beyis carried them to the Poltes Stution.\n\n\"Cross-tramined by D. Urbiges, I set with Mr. Mermer have grounded at the mouth of the river.\n\nbut unenca st the way in which the 2nd prisoner gave on the evening of the 15th Janamry to enuiluet the m having reived no serious damage, she proceed-bis avilence on the quest, obeted is in bringing quiry.\n\nI was about to commence the enquiry ut 2.30, fe; she wore her boanet, already on bre, from her bead,\n\ncame of her crew.\n\ned on her voyage.\n\nHe-anúž--1 tiöver saw tie tentli prispace heiro, i Silap before this occurrence.\n\nThey disp at the 's mo~) poca mutiran\n\nRoad Kust, they are about a mile part the bread is uusi pane was probably from four to six miles an hour.\n\ncarted lean one to the olur.\n\nAbout two years ago the Linti song was the sharptor of the Thixile.\n\nIn on- -G'que.\n\nhead need to be baked at the chup, but not lately, a fhe tock pince there about that the knew Alful be\n\nTHY GEMINI—Mr. Ühisi.olm Anstey, formerly one for the 15th January.\n\nI have seen him often.\n\nHe was of the most successtil step.compellers in the fon niwaya sal to be the mister of a single\n\nOf Commons, but now Attorney General at Hongkong, Out ca the bakery and abop about 59 pecats were has nuagel to brenme bis com client, and we all know restod on the 15th.\n\nThey were taken before e Juskáve of what that indicates!\n\nA reieresco to the action in which the Feare, Clintles May Esq., sesalonger Justice of Peaco\n\nhe is defendant will be found in another columu ex- were penis west the Caud Police Station.\n\ntracted from the Hongkong Register, and we hope here- after to be able to copy tlist report of the trial.\n\nthe first day Mr. Stercer Mr. Gli and Mr. Gry were present on the second day the Attomey General was prescal.\n\nThe Cental Police Station is not the Mana! place for criminal examinations, bulk clacy whers asional held there.\n\nI have seen the Atoring Gen- A BAYS Wouse.—A passenger on board the North- an Indiana, which was recently burned on Lake Erie, gives au recount of the narrow escape of Cicero Fowler and wife, of Tally.\n\nThere was but one he-preserver for Lant she should put it on, abo peremptity refused, Mss.\n\nFowler and her husband; he fusisted imperatively saying she was \"poce in hanth, and his \"hfe was worth far more then hers!\"\n\nThe preserver. having no strap, Mrs. Fowler tore the bad from her dress and fastened it to her husband, whom she contisued to encourage, seying she could hold on to him, nad of the preserver cold not sustain both, she would let go, and leave his to save himself.\n\nThe fire was getting hitter and hotter.\n\nThe water was the's with human bodies, struggling for\n\nwhen Mr. Mercer came in, and 1 invites him to take a and hand in hand with one she loved better dan herself, part in it.\n\n1 was conducting the enquiry as the Superia! H. M. Str, Barracontu arrived from Canton on Monday morning; the only news she brings is the account of an attempt to Ret tre to the Comus.\n\nOn the 14th I went over to the E-sing shop to have conversation with Ahlam about that contract only\n\nOn Sunday night, the 18th instur, an attack against foreigners, us against their own Government, was made by large force of Chinese on the Dutch Fallyly were repulsed, and the Admiral bombarded the city from the Fort and the Niger\n\nIt is a remonstrance made by, know that E-Bing had a bakery near the American Naval Store.\n\nRead, however, distinctively, it shews the prejudices which have to be overcaico before English: Commerce can again take its fitting intration of laying, be had only put it up to deceive the mandrains, who had been troubling him.\n\nI told him, the garden and, after establishing his quarters in Jous WAY-fam stoward the Sultana, I know the Tee-to-tum fort, came down here on the 23d\n\nMARKETA—Notwithstanding the warlike operations which have been carried on since the departure of the Calcutta steamer on the 28 ult. I was in the shoved the 15 January a litle po\n\nasked if he had his family with him here.\n\nHe said, no bad business to attend to and he would walk home This was between 3 and 4 г.M.\n\nWalle going over A-I am a coolie at Dr. Handsome Bing's work, and people look upon the affair as jou.\n\nThe charter is, we believe, to be given up, and as brought to a close, business will be recommened in this stepio, ut rates equal to these last quoted, the\n\nmen\n\nmgements are making for getting the City in this stepio, ut rates equal to these last quoted, the\n\nPROTECTION OF THE ISLAND—The absolute necessity for a local gun-boat being apparent, the government chartered the steamer Eaglet at the present.\n\nAnse-am cook to Dr. Harland.\n\nOn the 19th: Ten-to the end of the war, as he would make a good thing of it, and be protected.\n\nHe said he did not wish to go, bs that had ba throstened several times, And that at the presunt cunt there were 03 Mandarins in Hongkong in disguisu.\n\nI tot aim that if he would report them to the Police he would be pro-tected\n\nanswered, that when we reached tbo bakery he would show me that he had a large amount of propar-tyin stake; and that he would take ray advise and remain.\n\nWhen we got to the bakery the people were mixing water and dough in diferentrooms in the place.\n\nI asked him to return with, having satisfied myself there was enough bread in the drying on to fulfil the contract;\n\nvery heavy sum of four thousand dollars per 468. In Cotton there have been no issues since unry Ifved some bread from the E-ging shop, from tha\n\nThe vessel was totally unfit for the late of our last Overiand, but it is cnticipated Ferson who usually brought the bread he is not among he said no bad business to attend to and he would walk reanth.\n\nilo prisoner.\n\nThe broad was bought at about 7.30.\n\nA-I am a coolie at Dr. Handsaw Bing's work, and people look upon the affair as jou.\n\nCruse examined by Dr. Bree—Julien gs in Smapsou left for Amoy on the 26th instant, considerable difference is made in the figures where we infer she will be stationed for the\n\nPROTECTION OF THE ISLAND\n\nORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.\n\nEXAGON.\n\nOn London, reputas sight, ds, Yu.\n\nCalcutta—3 days' sight. Rivos 215 per $100.\n\nBombay Rugs sis per $100.\n\nCREDIT AND OTHER BILLS\n\nOn Englunds.bid, a 15.97d---¤months' sight.\n\nOn Rotsbey,--3 days' sight, Rupees 216.\n\nOn Calenta,--3 days' sight, Rupees 216.\n\nSUPREME COURT.\n\nCriminal Seibione, February 2, 1857 POISONING CASE, (First Day.)\n\nJery.—Morers, M. A. MACLEOD, W. H.\n\nSerros, Jous\n\nL.JALL\n\npris CLCES,\n\nW. A. HAILAND, I have always paid for bread from he was doing, and of his clarinetion to use.\n\nTà\n\nstatement Alum made that he guld shu bakery to rau is the E-sing up before the 15th January, and Dr.\n\nChalecost ad Dr. Hance partook the lead delivered ise.\n\nSince I gare my evidence before the Magistrate 1 was asked, na the prismass' behalf, by Mr. Mar, 20 that morning.\n\nAbout an hour afterwards I felt ck and faint, and Ehortly afterwards voted, and falconsider my statement about the 6 fandarins.\n\n* in my stomach.\n\nI took an emette which operated, had come from Allum to ask me to reconsider the answer sad I felt caster, bat in about two hours bail about the 63 Mandarins, Alam, asked me on the examt- I returned.\n\nThe next morning I had a violent headurba and felt weak in my limbs, Dr. Hance took an emeric,\n\nzakon, jî he did not any lie had been told about the co and felt weak in my limbs, Dr. Hance took an emeric, Mandards.\n\nI never was in the bakery before.\n\nI never saw na alan di Dr. Chaldecott before they were sick.\n\nThe the tenth prisnuut in the bakery.\n\nThe contract was for the latter gentleman had once more bread than any of us.\n\nsupply of 28 to 29,000lbs. bise it; it was made verbally with What breakfast a gentleman fed to say some\n\nAhim.\n\nI never made a contract with the tenth prisonet.\n\nof his friends were sick, they said in a simila. maner to that which I have descried.\n\nIlonk woon Abinon as the principal,and the teh prisoner to that which I have descried.\n\nza is assistant.\n\nMy visits were on large madere of busi- bat bread.\n\nness, and therefore not very frequent.\n\nWhen I had a contewer with him awuld occasionally drep in three or Torre severely then others.\n\nfour times a weak to see how, it was going on.\n\nI have gone, to sell flour to his.\n\nI would not conclude a wa-Tract with tenth prisoner, bat would have a juossega with him for Ahlam.\n\nI do not think he speaks English; a bread, I got a loaf from Mr. Grandpre which be said he\n\npureer was always present.\n\nAhium said the mandarinswore har! taken with his own hand from the E-sing shop, and hostile to hit in consequence of hie hating broed for the brought to me; text day I got bread from Mr. Drinker foragnet As we were going to the bakery we saw a boat and Dr. Dempster.\n\nladen with wood.\n\nIn ask me to pull to it as he wanted so ask the price, and buy if possible.\n\nIpofled upto it, and be told me he had bought it at a picul and a half for a dollar.\n\nI said it was dear.\n\nHe repbed it was dry wood We allerwards and an anolytie to ascertain the and adapted for the lakery.\n\nOn my return raw the D Bridges and Dir. Day Cowl Messrs. Gaskell quantity, and found that in a pound lost there was\n\nboat discharging on the warf and Brown with Ms. H. J. Turrant Solicitors for pri-a dram of arsenic ( grains).\n\nIn the bread it sz isted as common white arsenic.\n\nThe brand 1 est and souers.\n\nrested was brown bread, the other bread that zested was white bread.\n\nAll contained arsenie.\n\nMuch less than a hoef of bread would cause death.\n\nThe police cought me same yeast, and the materials for usk\n\n(Court adjourned at 2.30)\n\nIn reply to a question by the Cout. Du. Harland said, he had been requested by the Colonial Secretary Lo macke an analysis that he il so and the results were the same.\n\nThe unalysis was ronde in presence of Dr. Bradford Dr. Watson Dr. Keany and Dr. Dempster.\n\nThrough the Ceart, st instance of the Attomey Gan al. Tie symptoms drzevibed by the witness56, I have beard are those of poisoning by arsenic,\n\nA. GRANDPLE, The hell I gary to Dr. Harland,\n\ndcen strut, on the 16th January.\n\nI was at the Cental Polis Sation, and told a poison to take the yeast dear to hr. Havland.\n\nCross examined by Dr. Bridge—Inew the E sing HOO of Argon stress, MO SAY T Teen's\n\nRe-erambie, Tls it episode of the wood wa aft I had deraanded proof that he was going to reisio, as were not entladed with bis simple leclaration.\n\nThe conversation with the boatman was in Chinese.\n\nI saw no. money pass between Alum and the bout man.\n\nThis was the day before he left for Macao.\n\nThe prisoner Ahëwn statement before the Magistrates\n\nFarul.\n\nWALKING. An extraordinary pedestrian feat the been performed in Derbyshire.\n\nÀ man named Alfred Helson undertook to walk on six enceessive days the distance of 70 miles a-day.\n\nHe commenced his per-formance on Monday, July 20, and completed it with Case Saturday, the 26th at doing it within the specified time.\n\nThe 70 miles were usually walked in about 14 hours, hut on one of the days they were com pleted in 12.\n\nWhile on travel he took very little food, Except beef les or a tehell hit of matzon baff cooked unl Elle stimulans occasionally.\n\nIn stature he is about\n\na somewhat intriligent countenance.\n\nWhen on travel abon had a slight swing with his arius, and appeared to be going at the steady ate of some three miles an hour, and it was only when any one atletal to keep\n\na large fleet of heavily armed junks—turned and Lenox, W. A. Bowna, ED. T. Descassos, Geono\n\nOn the run back the patent log was came back.\n\ntried; when under the land, partly out of the very ChaoпG ARCUK, 4-Lum Ausow, 5-T AUZTEN,\n\n1.-ČEROVA Akopow, 2-UpsoNG AMZER, heavy sea that was runing, the log was agan-Tove Na ost, 7-Cucing Auxen, 8-Forg A hove, and she was found to be making at the CHUT, S.-CHEONG Azam, 10, Carong Wre Kero, rate of twelve miles an hour.\n\nShe was par dúministering prism with intent c\n\nThe Honble Thomas C. Ansty Alloney General; round twice, and she made the circuit in 13 minutes-out time, 43 minutes the ather, Mr. Hickso: Cheam Saficitor, amistad by Mr. George\n\nCooper Turuer.\n\ncatting her wake in both instances, Reach. ed Hongkong atfive.\n\nThere was also a good facility of the way in which she started and stopped;--shu\n\nThe Atorney General stated the case and called was stopped twice, once at Ling-ting\n\nJAYTA CARROLL DEMISTER—I am Colonial Surgeon.\n\nthe fleet of junks there, once to overhaul a B-\n\nI have been in the habit before the 15th January of ob picious locking boat; the trial in both case was taining lead from the E-sing shop belonging to the two entisfactory.\n\nWhen she gets the hurricane decking: prisonera.\n\nAt 5 ming bebe 8 AM of the 100 ing yeast, also some flour, and some pastry, fata the sad the after enbiu taken off her, she will in the January, I and my family partock of stained bakery.\n\nThey were only examined to see if they ent for the E-sing shop, at breakfeat.\n\nAfter Ms. Dzapater taiued any metalic potson, but there was neither draeuic event of being hired by the Government and\n\nhad eaten a small portion of the bread she felt giddy and nor say other metalic poison in them, Bick.\n\nAfter leaving the breakfast table, she was taken properly manned and armed, prove of great value in defending the feland, and letting us know what sick I bought nothing of it at the tima.\n\nI walked out to the verandah to exoko a cheroot.\n\nWhile holding a is going on outside.\n\nOLD CUSTOM—A Chinese reason for dingo stick to the class, I became sick and vomited-1 thenght nothing; of it, but wont in my chair to the polico any thing is, that it is \"Old Ghetero,\" Our hospita..\n\nWhen I reached the entrance leading my ba the governcams, the next most stable and conserva-jail, I became sick and ocuumed sick all the way tive after that of China, follows this rule exactly, te the hospital, and was sick unui a quarter to 10 AMI vomited very viniently.\n\nMrs. Dempster was and we have an instance of it now under our\n\neck on to 12 or 1 o'clock that right.\n\nThe next evening. eyes.\n\nThe Minie Rides for the Fifty-ninth love the 18th, about 8 FM, I forwarded the remainder of the arrived in the City of Carlisle, the amunition is to bread to Dr. Hzclazu for the purpose of, is being analy- was taken from the E-sing sop, ut the bottom of Aber- the middle height, this, extremely tauscular, end having come by and bye in another ship.\n\nIn the mean-se.\n\nI did not take the bread myself to De. Hari\n\nCroy Bunned by Dr. Badges, Ablein the sinth time the dal for long ranges has commenced, as fax as can go on the only tolerably level picce up in my own road I got it to Dr. Harlund.\n\nprisoner is the only one I know, I kept the bread locked nd we have the Happy Valley.\n\nI seat the bread by a confie dauer) Abai OLIVOLTZA—This corvette, one of H. I.\n\nAIAL— servant to Dr. Dempster cani u 1. vessels, which formed part of the Russian paper pacel on Dr. Dempster to Dr. Farinud, et le squadron sighted in Castrica Ray by Commodore 16th Junang.\n\nI do not know what was in it.\n\nMy master gave it to ine\n\nA CUMONT,-- Umi sorvant to Dr. Dempster, on the 15th theBrothers,' about twelve uules' distance from this larber.\n\nHaving been in these Eastern January, rected some bread at my inster's door from two men belonging to the £-sing's shop.\n\nThey ars nor gave it to my Master to eat.\n\nwalers for a period of seven years, it was found among the prisnare.\n\nNCCPERATY that she sheld indago a complete | This was about seven o'eloel.. i panded it on the hrakfast overhaul before departing Europe.\n\nThis is table.\n\nWH. TARKANT,-Ian Elitor of this Friend of Chin mw being done, and slic will probably take her\n\nfrith E-sing shop down in the 163: Jammy.\n\nThrow denature for Europe within three weeks.\n\nHer weaper.\n\nI have been in the habit of obtaining bread Commander. Caprala Koroolt, formerly com-\n\nthen sh and 10th prisoners to be competen with the sang shop 7 14 is acullecion ofsets; manded the little steamer Vostuck, which. sa clever- the English aruizers, ran into Sharr de 21, the last i know of him was wred-delivarer, then, Mr. Mercer, and M. May sing and enguling\n\ntwo bast prisoners were brought my zxamination.\n\nT! Colonial Attorney General's former audiences-night hae, carrying to the Russian Admiral important is the munging partner; and the 10th is his facher, acting as gel assistant in die shop Queen's Real nawa branght from Europe by English steiners.\n\nWest.\n\nI have soon is there frequentis, perhape ouco ever remember the Tastices of the Face sitting at he is preparing for the Treas as Acrount of the\n\nPo Station as a criminal charge.\n\nThe Chief Me Colony over which he rules.—Bengal Kartars, Dee. 1.\n\nCapt. Kursaceff's urbanity and gentlemanly bear out of erary two visits.\n\nI aw the first priser about 4\n\namination was going on at the Pulics Station.\n\nJustices ing has caused him to be recognised—not only or 5 anys below the 5th January, he was sitting down into was sitting at the Podro Court winle tais ex- of the lense were also sitting as the Police Curt.\n\nB by those who were then uentrals, but by those in my office and presented nes bill from his master.\n\nI told him, Lin, as the hili was not recoipied, if he would leave it I world look rait.\n\nIle suid is unster was going away, and may action to sit down as it he tended to the Police Cont.\n\nThe reusabing 10 prisoners enllred, though we cannot say it has distanced, wais mtb was paid.\n\nScing Le was inclined to be are still detained.\n\nThey are at the Crise rout Station, the Fraue shoul, in the matte ci wrecks.\n\nThey 1izod him by the colitr, amil old him, cal his posite Gibb, Livingston & Co.'s Godowns They American clipper Golden Racer, ton laden, forster might go to the devil if they pleased, and (thrust have been in custody from the 15th January.\n\nI cant in out of the office, I have soch the sand piery wether or not the Attorney Gener 100k may part it the examination at Cas Police Station, he was moving the United Statee, on her departure from the many occasicus, I saw Jam at the best held on the hous, but that was too crowded far me to distinguish\n\nChantes Mar—The yeast & delivered t pert, struck on the cuter knoll, and was totally body found on heal the Title.\n\nOn that occasion he deserihea homself as purse's tuate on board the Tisk\n\nThe Flyaway is also said to This was carly in January.\n\nTo the best of my best the cry.\n\nInsperor Beyis carried them to the Poltes Stution.\n\n\"Cross-tramined by D. Urbiges, I set with Mr. Mermer have grounded at the mouth of the river.\n\nbut unenca st the way in which the 2nd prisoner gave on the evening of the 15th Janamry to enuiluet the m having reived no serious damage, she proceed-bis avilence on the quest, obeted is in bringing quiry.\n\nI was about to commence the enquiry ut 2.30, fe; she wore her boanet, already on bre, from her bead,\n\ncame of her crew.\n\ned on her voyage.\n\nHe-anúž--1 tiöver saw tie tentli prispace heiro, i Silap before this occurrence.\n\nThey disp at the 's mo~) poca mutiran\n\nRoad Kust, they are about a mile part the bread is uusi pane was probably from four to six miles an hour.\n\ncarted lean one to the olur.\n\nAbout two years ago the Linti song was the sharptor of the Thixile.\n\nIn on- -G'que.\n\nhead need to be baked at the chup, but not lately, a fhe tock pince there about that the knew Alful be\n\nTHY GEMINI—Mr. Ühisi.olm Anstey, formerly one for the 15th January.\n\nI have seen him often.\n\nHe was of the most successtil step.compellers in the fon niwaya sal to be the mister of a single\n\nOf Commons, but now Attorney General at Hongkong, Out ca the bakery and abop about 59 pecats were has nuagel to brenme bis com client, and we all know restod on the 15th.\n\nThey were taken before e Juskáve of what that indicates!\n\nA reieresco to the action in which the Feare, Clintles May Esq., sesalonger Justice of Peaco\n\nhe is defendant will be found in another columu ex- were penis west the Caud Police Station.\n\ntracted from the Hongkong Register, and we hope here- after to be able to copy tlist report of the trial.\n\nthe first day Mr. Stercer Mr. Gli and Mr. Gry were present on the second day the Attomey General was prescal.\n\nThe Cental Police Station is not the Mana! place for criminal examinations, bulk clacy whers asional held there.\n\nI have seen the Atoring Gen- A BAYS Wouse.—A passenger on board the North- an Indiana, which was recently burned on Lake Erie, gives au recount of the narrow escape of Cicero Fowler and wife, of Tally.\n\nThere was but one he-preserver for Lant she should put it on, abo peremptity refused, Mss.\n\nFowler and her husband; he fusisted imperatively saying she was \"poce in hanth, and his \"hfe was worth far more then hers!\"\n\nThe preserver. having no strap, Mrs. Fowler tore the bad from her dress and fastened it to her husband, whom she contisued to encourage, seying she could hold on to him, nad of the preserver cold not sustain both, she would let go, and leave his to save himself.\n\nThe fire was getting hitter and hotter.\n\nThe water was the's with human bodies, struggling for\n\nwhen Mr. Mercer came in, and 1 invites him to take a and hand in hand with one she loved better dan herself, part in it.\n\n1 was conducting the enquiry as the Superia! Look the dangerous leup.\n\nAs they ruse from the water, tendent of Police, and Mr. Meer as ColonialS erretary.\n\nMr. Fowler assisted his wife in procuring a yout baid of fi was a general investigation into the eas-Cases him on or about his shoilers, Sire wiped the weter which require particular investigation, 1 enquire into be from his eyes and mouth, and encouraged him to retain fore sending then to the Magistras way my origins: his inpe of being saved.\n\nHe continued to struggle with intention to follow the sun course in the pressul ins the waves.\n\nHalf-an-hour elapsed, and there were no tanen: I tried to put a fasight into the cast as super-sigan of unsistance.\n\nHis strength was rugidly failing afterwards we turced ourselves his wife observing it, tried asrw to cheer him.\n\nEle suid\n\nbread to my house.\n\nI made this objection on the isch THE DEPORTATION Onntaver. -This is one Jaanary Inn & and 7 o'clock in the morning when I saw him bringing bal.\n\nAnother qual va cung of the many Ordinances which of late have passed ing the bread is the baskets, tlo secourt priser tool: before the mind's eye of the Legislative Council.onit the bend was delivered it.\n\nI said, \"Oh oh my Enne If we were called open to give succinctly our ab low you deliver my breas de you I made un res- We pense but gave me a kind of a grin.\n\nI saw him go away. jections to it, we could not well to .\n\nand I then went in an old y compradore to mentio could but answer in these words:--\n\nE-eing's all and have no more broad from him, es [ theagle he would poison 56.\n\nA partook of the breast, and intendeat of police, the servant git des cat what we left on the plate into justices and took the depositions.\n\nWe did not he could not stand it any longer, it sees as though he About five sivutes afterwards I wont be my sitting make this change in consequence of having illegally must give up.\n\nAt this moniest she bear a steamer coming rapidly through the water.\n\nShe says, \"My dear room from the Inekfast table; immediately afterwards admiciatore: ontis.\n\nSANDWITH DRINgen, -I am in business in the firm husband, a few moments more and we are safe.\n\nDon't To\n\nyou hear a boat coming?\n\nHe said he did, and immedi the 28th instant, carried with her 168 of the fast.\n\nI at lown en was looking over some papers, who of Thomas Hunt & Co, 1 lived in the sine house with deported, to be lender en the itiand of Hairan al of a sudden I vomitest- vomited three or four times | Captain Ľudrost.\n\nOn the 15th January, 1 cat of some ately revived, and made all the efforts in his power, ned move during the course of the day, sail I have concinnaly bred supplied by the ninth prisoner, and I was alterwards struggled for Simself and his herose wife until the Mia.\n\nLandel there, if they can be landed, what will suffered fict the effects of the poisoning up to the pre very ill.\n\nand no over all that eat of it in the house.\n\nI say took them, with scores of others, on her com- I nocious decks.Syracuse Journal.\n\nhave not perfectly recover from it at this tale.\n\nbecunus of them?\n\nAccompanying the motley sout time.\n\n*I do not like thes Dr. Feil,\n\nThe son why I mot tell;\n\nBut us\n\nnow, and dust all well,\n\nI do not like thee Jr. Tril,”\n\n319", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 241300, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "page_number": 325, "title": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]", "content_text": "The Hongkong Register. \n\n24 \n\nNO. 6. FEBRUARY 10, 1857. \n\nLeaving his shop, which was to be burned, to take While we cannot fail to admire the philosophic ed; a largeness of thought, which has some of the effect of lantry and self-devotion to which he pished briefly\n\nestrup They think in lakhs and pounds, of provinces advert. There were on board the Birkenhead, in að- sare itself, and carrying biz \"pate in peril\" into view which our contemporary tales of this as fut parishes, of populations and classes of society. Mondition to the soldiers, a number of women and children a place where it could be more easily cut off. To every other great question, we must confess our we have seen race to warm the Katrs se children, and sick persons. The discipline exhibited by the troops as the inference is natural, that he feared to lose selves at a loss in arriving at way thing like a Tinta Joelity, cannot regard & Katie war i\n\nwyl:tu-\n\nhis family, and knowing he would do so if he repractical solution of his vast problem. It is, in its purtent. Tee who saw a badron more numbered and while the vessel was going to pieces under their feet was efficient than that of the Mediterranean despatched to Kanot remarkable. The only boats available were filled mained here, unless he first of all lost his life, he present unwieldy hulk and shapeless outline, too goon sus phrase, canol consider air davedition to Naples with the women and children, und went off from the fled with them to save himself, taking with him, as many for ue. It is like the discovery of a new very exfestive effort. Even the advance of Rusis which ship's side; so that the officers Kil soldiers, remaining he supposed, the lives of a large number of foreign-planet outside all our known sidereal system, and which has seen the red ine in a single reigu embrace King means of safety, and, calm and motionless, awaited the swallows comicis in a year, per less strange to a public on deck, deliberately deprived themselves of their only ers as a peace offering to the Mandarins; perhaps which we must consequently take upon trust of doms grew in a Frapoan houseby. This disposition, sinking of the messe). Their noble conduct was well also calculating that in the event of the poison the mathematician's calculations. When the however, though wo adnit its advai rugs, las one very described by Captain Wright, one of the survivors, who\n\nserious drawback. It war's triday to their true proportion, carrying off a large number, he would be more Friend has added the three or four hundred but it blinds us somewhat to tou alcance of the events\n\nu a private letter, said that all the odiders received their with us mattips round 1, the said that all the odiders received their with us mattips round 1, the sunly vir rus taan indemnified for what he lost here. Waat he 1 millions of China, to the hundred and fly with Stienst the account of ties attack Chaton, que af bucking, lastead of going to she bottom; that, indeed, orders and had them carried out as if the men were êm-\n\nspeculded ist um 1 effeat at focision would exorci never saw an crabarkation conducted with such\n\nan\n\nthe boats were filled with women and children, and fer a war of conquest, the Exeter Hall wit be clamorets must inevitably be swamped if their living freight were\n\nwas to lose here was advanced as a reason why he millions of Hindostar, his aggregate becomes a was not likely to commit such a crime; it was ecraething so stupendous, that the very idea cakes n the opium trade Of de few who believe at Sir Johu absence of note and confusion at there was not a however shown, that he was nothing more than sa our breath away, especially if this heterogenous Bowring intends to keep the city, the majority regard the single ery or morietur from any of the men; but, just active, perhaps thriving tradeanan. We say. per- mass of peoples and tribes and nations, is expected as a lead to in inexplicable To Plori before the final plunge a suggestion having been made, polertiary it is said, can have a settled policy lie at that ail who could swim should jump overboard and join haps thriving tradesman, because it may be, that to cohere under the unity of the same Imperial ient is not infected by the with dreams of the? Friend of the boats, the officers begged them not to do so, because if he were able collect his recounts he would be Rule emanating from a geographical speck in the Indiu. aowa sled the Condly ental powera will not per in a position to pay the very heavy debts he owes. Northern seas at a disttee of ten thousandil us to hold land in Cia, Dist Pa-Esment, will not suf perhaps not. Hut, to continue with his statement, tuiles. It is true this is the age of wonders and against the frightful siaughter of them and brothers! Be increased, when the men replied by a cheer and only he takes bread to be consumed by his family on monster undertakings. We are told that distance fort is, and is; be, it is said, a mers provali, rifuru three of them attempted to reach the bonds (Heat the passage, and to be given away to his friendsinis anihilated. We are at this moment putting in the Earoy will not have the mears to follow our bear.) This net of chol keroism, which had been es\n\nIt may guntoran, Tha bombardment, and virtual timated at its full value, not in this country alone but lus native village. Strange to say his liberality in electric girdle around our Indian dominions, conquers of the third city in the wori thay be simply an abroad, and find done much to sustain, and even su czise, commences on board of the steamer, and we find which will virtually establish our imperial presence \"incident.\" The tempt to retain it may be premature, or the high character of our army for unflinching diset- biru cutting up the not very large supply of four at Calcutta and Delhi, and carry the imperial fiat may be overbell, or y bu rastrate by the Jealousy of\n\nother European powers. But it may also be, that another pline, was beyond all praise. This result was in a greet loaves among a dozen people! Then we are told for peace or war and all the main issues of gov stroke los sounlod of the great passing ball which this Can- incasure due to the efforts of Colonel Scatoo, who was he offered 50 and eventually $100 if the crument, to eur most distant borders, in less than sury is ringing veus the ions of the Bast. Bin your certainly no ordinary man, and who rare talent for own view of the subject is upon to grave question \"Sir gaining the effections of the soldiers unter his command steaner would go back to Hongkong that night, the fortieth part of \"forty minutes.\" Even at\n\nJohn Bowring, the qua phitose e Gadici, is not and moulding them to his will had trained these men, the offer being made after the fires were put out, the same put are the solitudes of the the great ways for the sake of falling on his face. most of whom were young and untried levies, to face It must have been one of Ahlum's unlucky days Euphrates Valley, hitherto but the lonely halting His sotions at least indicate something very like a settled danger and death with unshaken fortitude. (Hear, hear.) in which so many extraordinarily suspicioua cir- place of the wild Bedouin, being broken in upoti detuviction, Frau is not about to oppase, for the men of An equal meed was due to all the other officers and men cumstances were arrayed against him, though his by the heralds of our civilization, as they map it the grims were in the breach, and the Muleur values prosent on this trying. occasion, (Hear, hear.) The patente cordial. While France and England net in ect, youngest officer of the regiment, to whore life was full Inek certainly was in the ascendant on the trial, as it for that iron road which shall convey a future\n\nit masters very little whed the reader of Barope chriose of hope and promise, trod the deck by the side of his to fancy in the mater. Nor is it at certain that he blow the result shews. To go on to other points, we have British Viceroy within a week from St. Jamess to\n\ncommander with an em a step, and looked upon the will be misouderstand at home. Lord Palingesson is still first of all his numerous contradictory statement the Ganges.\n\nghastly horrors of death with as much travery and com- dietacor, and likely to remain no, and it was lord Palmer- as to whether ho was going, or not going to leav-\n\neton who said that one day we should be compelled to co-\n\nposure as those who had been longest ingred to peril ing Hongkong. He tells the public in a chop; i\n\nquer China\n\n(Haar.) He (Mr Gordon) did not think'it too late to That grent Seligious body which you call Exe fer Hall, and which when in earnest is evorger than a the\n\nmark the country's sense of the discipline and heroisuz of men who liad thus calmly sacrificed their lives la savo\n\nIt will no doubt be argued,-if we have thus\n\nJudia, while\n\nis not on the side of Manchester. Every religiosa peper others, and he therefore begged to put the question uf\n\nnien\n\nthat he feguing he tells people that he fears centralized our rule and comenlidated our power he must go, at the very time he had his worthy over the vast continent of India, giving the philosophers in the kingdes, on the snigeer of amuxation aid grandmother's letter in his pocket which ad- blessings of peace and goed government to itaf mack in England approves the unexation of Use. The which he had given notice. (Tere, hear.) vised him to remain, aud on which advice he said long oppressed and plundered races, shall we repeated murders of Missionaria, the prepetual insults co Sir G. Grey said that every one acqualated with dew he intended to act. We have bie final assertion | shrink from a similar mission upon thus, waere Christianity, avove ail de up-rising of a new high which,citemstances just described he his hon. friend must\n\nbe it what it may, is founded on the Bible, have borne teir\n\nIt la nut vo ceronic a many insgime that the len filly concur in the feeling tribute which he had paid to that he would not go home, and by way of every enormity of misrule and every phase of it.\"\n\nthe gallart and devoted band of British officers and adencher the purchase of a cargo of word; net social disruption and suffering, seem to cry aloud pounders even will protest. The sales about the mild Hit-\n\nwho lost their lives on the melancholy occasion of the withstanding all this he does go. He is brought to the Invader in the naine of our curamundou which slinded Fatope for half a centary, have never\n\nbeen circulated about the Chinese. That race is underated wreck of the Birkenhead. This act of cole daring, per- back, tried, and found not guilty, and the crime humanity; and shall we shrink from this great duty very nearly in its true character, as one in which disgusting furitest by men who were not inspired by the incentives\n\nuncenaid by a cruelty abhorrent the warat is now laid to the charge of two abeconding fore. solely through fear of offending political jeal seriguality\n\nor surmanded with the glory and excitement of the bat men, who, far any thing we see that could be! Ousica, and because of the sgnitude of the of the ropean peoples. It is just possible,we write in tlefield, bat under circumstances in which there were no mumise deference to the community who deals in api approving eyes to see them, deterred to equal measure brought against them, might return and take their enterprise? Its mognitede is, after all perhaps, that England say vitare le approve. And then-\n\nof admiration and gratitude with the brightest achieve. trial, in all confidence that the black deed could more Collossal than formidable. It may be that!\n\nIt is useless to predict, when the event inust so speedy ments in our military history. (Hear, hear.) With it will be found to lie cather in pussive bulk and falsify or realize all speculations. But if ever Cons of these sentiments Her Majesty's Guvernment were co- be proved by no evidence that would satisfy helpless inertia, than in any vigorous and intrinsic a failug Empire wore laiby on the fan of any land they tainly prepared to take into consideration the propriety jury of this place.\n\nThere is one consolatory point of view in this China would be but the double of what we have den up sing from below, but of its wir rotenness. The referred to. (Hear, hear.)-Times, July 19,\n\ngreatness. Numerically, the task before us in apparent in China gow, The Central Goverment is\n\nof erecting some permanent memorial of the description dying, not of any attack from without, ast event of any sad- had business, it is the fact, that the English public\n\nActually achieved are not bland thiresy, and that an Baglish jury effort it would seem to sink into insignificance in which, whatever the Manchester actout may say, a national Military people weighed down by their scaldbrug civilization have Just all the virtues which spring of strength, and without will do what it believes to be ste duty, even al though that inty may run counter, not only, to the comparison. We are year by year, doubling eztaremos a net posible. They have not even pride, for outside prefice, but even to the opinion of the and quadrupling with success, every domain of their exclusivisin is rather that of a Spanish aristoorsey than a healthy self-assertion, A new creed with some of our productive system; shall we then besitate, if the renate et Christianity and all the ferocity of Judziem judge on the bench. fa that view the trial is a great triumph. Perhaps the Chinese may not our Destiny thrust it upon us, to double the area is striving to attain dominion, as the Huguenots strove, and understand it, perhaps they may think that, what of cur Indo-deminions, and the census of unred. The sticial caste, selectal by competitive examira\n\nconquered populations? the Attorney Gencral happily designated judiciome prodigality\" may have bought justice to At present, however, all such magnificent con- turnside its blow-We cannot help that and must captions as these are remote and shadowy and so- trust to further teaching. In our first Burmese war the same brutal proceedings were carried on see our forces held at bay on the very threshaid of ash a handful of marines, is an fecere by the social ty time he has learned the value of a chapeau and sword, against as as are now being carried ou by the the Friend's great enterprise, the discussion of company predaniant for cudurfer, that it dare not even leave Since this zaemorable event, however, things have gone\n\nthe city til Fel ne given permansson. That ly to mu Chinese-poisoning and massaure-two years after quest seems premature. Still it is the first office thinking the frature of the recent angle. There are towar on asal. Nothing daunted, var countrymen #sad the commencement of that wor one of the ablest of the politician to forecast the future, especially in the world whose poputation would have forn Sir M. Say-still crowd the offices of the legations in London and Paris, chieftains, who had been among the moet ruthless on the eve of such an undertaking as we find our lab for lane. Tasre are tone the population of demand an introduction to Majesty. General Cad- of our opponents, issued an orier, that every before us at Canton, and in this view the disens- there is another town on earth in which a million of people, Dallas, sed made has appearance at court iu full military which would have'iled in parte terror. Bat we question if walleder, of Pennsylvania, has been presented by Mr. English soldier captured abonid be spared, and sion even of remote possibilitica can do no harm. with death raining over head, dared neither a fight car fly costume, wearing a badge of the Order of Cincinnati well treated. Let us hope we may have similar While we cannot follow our contemporary into Nothing but an iron social organization, noting on a rane half a yard sung No mistake about him. Another results from similar conduct in China.\n\nhis tremendous scheme of \"building up second produced such a result. Tits & resil Romsun Famples, an\n\ndeprived of the smallest capacity for Freedora. would have personage has also had his card endorsed by the cham- which cannot endace, berlain-Mr. Hart, of Philadelphia--and he had the\n\nAMERICAN PRESENTATIONS AT European Courte\n\nThe following appears In the New York Herald :— By the last accounts from Europo we learn there has been no new phase at court of an alarming character. The peace of the world not having been disturbed by tien. has all the cold cruelty of the doctrinaires hour thus Rystem fosters without the inzen which sometime gives\n\nthe contretemps of the West Point Professor, there is then strength. The gread Mansela robs the trader, and reason to believe that the secretary of state will not be retis any coin but wirh a specis: stamp. The Governor called on to communicate with Me. Dellas on the inher General pepitates two hunted a day, and teaches his ent vid clolites rights of mankind in genersi and Ameri\n\ncans in particolar. The embarrassment of Mr. Dallas is\n\nme what out of place; while to us upon the spot who Braves to make faces to frighten the Barbarians to their\n\nshipe The great population of Cantem, 100 cowardly to over, and the Weat Pelne professor has retreated. By this\n\nAnglo-Indian Bapire,\" we het Bonod to admit and the vale help scene to be, ay in the OWING to the prisoning case, a great clamor has that mighty contingencies are even at this ma-Tuption of the still vigorous barbarians. The Chinzee may lagesally, doubtless, to obtain a court dress from the costatniers at the usual price. Though sat a military been raised us to the necessity of the government, looming the troubled horizon of this; The insurgenta tave not yet predané a caw idea, If men, like Professor Muhau, he was not afraid to have a ment declaring martial law. We hardly think country. In entering upon a campaign against Christians, they are all Chinese, still consider\n\nslaughter the reacties: patl: to domini, still punca sword dangling between his legs. Probably the amiable striel master of ceremonies did not know what un honour he parties clamorous for martial law clearly un- Cant n, it is not impossible that in our very first\n\nexaminations\" as the end of all good urvornment, still ex was conferring on his sovereigu, nor did the Queen derstand wint it is, Martial law tho hand-step we shall have crossed the Rubicon of our hicind the old hawed of light from without,\n\nknow it, either. She wea probably not aware that in ing over to the military, the lives of the civi-destiny in furthermost Asis, and shall ultimately\n\nWe contas, \"herefore, dat we recive without pleasure the her presence stood in very respectable bookseller, and a fians. It existed in Scotland and in Ireland for fad ourselves involved jo anch inextricable com- roport that no material auistance will granted to Sie Hebrew of the Ilebres.\" Grub-street, though itself many long years-read what good it did in either plications, that we shall neither be able to with- John Bowing frota India. It is of erase vais to hope that excluded from the drawing-ruus, might on this pECA- Martial bus was proclaimed at the draw or stand still. The situation even in its berately on the reale of hallding up as Indian Europe, the fraternity Healy, it is time our foreign legations\n\na Government composed of Englishmen will set itauit deli- country.\n\nsion have glorified itself upon the reception of one of Cape of trucù riops (wo haljeve) a few years ag very first phase, is big with the most formidable That is not the English fashion. The gut reault must - were protected from this constant avalunetic of irrel- Bid some excesses committe d'under it were brought presentments ze regards the fature, and with theive slowly, and be in a matter forse day, or sur con- seines will scarcely be at rest. But weistande sufficient\n\nJerz, who, baving acquire money enough spend six Lo the notice of Parliament. Earl Grey had the buribers it may lay at our door. A military oc- to hold Canson Baglish opinion has been pro muaths in Europe, seek every opportunity of infing it al court Godfish and old clothes have heen sufficiently hardihood to defend it. and appeal to the example upation of the Southern capital of China-it might sll be granted. Nobody is India at least, doubts of the Duke, which brought that great nun ou ia banking centre at once the wealthiest and most that the Plenipotendary is in the right. The organent that represented abroad, and the dealers in these articles we have not men to send is after all only proity to look t aloid now hold up. The truth is, we are running our legs to tell Earl Grey he did not know what he turbulent city in the empire, appears inevitable, Europeans are not wanted. A Chinese is just as Pttle privileges it.to the ground. Our foreign minister should was talking about. He said \"I certainly licht The appropriation of the Imperial revenues pro tema, marel for a sens as he is for An Englishmay, and we can decline presenting any but those whe by their public countries occupied by my armies noder martial follows a matter of course, and pro fem. at dolormined fud se What are tes reginents of loc-\n\nula infantry Indin? The gay could be ill up ook dietiverian. Ar eminent man, or an accomplished and services and position at home are fairly untruted to the law, but I did bot administer the crim.onl justice lost, the Imperial Government is supplanted by\n\nand conveyance for them cen, un reluced to a prestin về of those countries. that was done by the ordina. an invading Power, and, once suppisnted, what ry tribunals of the country; and the only persons Seer shall foretell the day of its restoration, with I beld subject to martial law were those composii subduct, and with the evil spirit of centuries so may wild elements of disorder to be first the armies nuder my orden\n\nMartial inw will not mend the matter; and be\n\nyand the summary execution of spies and the de. portation of vagrant Chinese wa kertainly alone not proceed. We have warned the government as to the necessity of vigilance, and we have urged them to adopt proper precautions, but we equally warn them against the brutality of Military Jaw which ought solely to be confined to the regain- tion of military men.\n\nCommunicated)\n\nHepere, There are or cough for hire. What is earful woman, right very well expect this attention- wasted is new men or steamers, but a formal rengusion of thought in some cases within our knowledge, even when it has been intimated to suit that their appearance at of says is to sell cotton. The pher, and it is pochtaps the the faci, waste so low to ac-zpt, that the Anglo-Saxen Te in this mixteenth neutmy has fivo furetless to perform. One court would be agreeable, they have declined the honour\n\nblom infancy, to oper. with a strong hand a pak by\n\nrather than enjoy it with so many of the impurient and\n\nworthy. We propose to publish, as for as possible,\n\nto be scourged out of a stubborn goneration, lor, is to ride, to reduce the Asiatic vices to trends\n\nto us as Captain of Industry, to protect civilation, in the names of those Amereens who, when abroad, auc- We may assure curselves that a discipline such as this, is not the work of a flying campaign; way we must admit it to be quite upon the cards, that complications arising out of the emergency which taker our forces to Centon in our day may find them there in that of our children'\n\ncred in their straggles to encounter royalty, and who which a tesching me powerful tun eyes that of Anow- Ledre, may was its way abroad. We have in how the jungle anmoy our ministers with appications for the privilege. as wel as sell the are, to not as pincere as well as pillars, A curious list it would be. Is is not very ereditable to to be the teachers of truth as well as tre thoney changes of oat country to be thus known through our tuft hunters, clo world friend of India, Derober, 25, 185.\n\nand it is time we should cease trespasilag on the good nature of our legations, and the iegulations which all ther nations conform to without hesitation or uncivility. ---Globe.\n\nRECEIVING SHIPS.\n\nVeseli..\n\nA\n\nCAPTAIN.\n\nOWNERS.\n\nFort William Congkong M Dermott. P. & 6. St. N. Co. vielen Adam\n\nHOUSE OF COMMONS-- Friday, July 18, To our thinking the feature of the present struggle is, that it has come upon us without a\n\nLOSS UP HER MAJKATY'S SHIT \"DIRKINHEAD.” word of warning, noiselessly as the tread of Fate\n\nMr. Gordon anked the first Lord of the Treasury itself, not only without our seeking but after the\n\nwhether he would take into consideration the propišety Ws desire to draw the attention of the readers most humane and patient attempts to avert it;\n\nof erecting, in the chapel of Chrises Hospital, of else where, sone permanent memorial of the gallant auci of this Journal to an able article in the Friend of and that it has now assumed character which self-devoted conduct of the officers and inen lost in Her India of 25th December last, containing some in. admits of no compromise upon our part save an Majesty's ship Birkenhead on the 25th day of Febranty, teresting speculations on the present hostile crisis ignoble and a dangerous one-that we have now to 1832. The hon. member observen that it might be usk- at Canton, and on the possible alternative to which fight it out not merely with the Government of ed why he raised such a question at a perful so long it may give birth, in the progress of what our con- Chine but with the people of Cunton, and nuts the erent to which it referred. Its answer was, temporary assumes to the inevitable Destiny of merely with the people of Canton in the better war way happily terminated and we si evinced our Cast it was not an unfitting time for us, now that the Great Britain in the Eas tite que grand sense, whose pridle we shall subdue, but with gratitude to the army which fought and suffered for us ruling and abs bing Poser. In a word, the its infuriate militia, longer a patriotic soldiery, in the Crimea, to recognize services which, though of a Friend of India is not without hope that the amenable to control, but broken by defeat and peaceful character, were universally admitted to he as existing situation at Canton is but the first step disgrace into a desperate banditti, against whose balliunt and distinguished as Gay recorded in our soun\n\nHarlequin tcy's quands. The circumstances connected with the in a career of conquest, the final result of which ravages their own people will be driven to in-loss of the Birkenhead must be so fresh in the ory shail be. (thongh not necessarily in our day or plore our protection. Such is but a faint outline of all that it would be unnecessary for him to canke sur generation) the absorption of China proper into of the probable work out out for the first batta. hat the most passing allusion to thear. The vessel a our Indian empire. Thisis a bold flight certainly, lions in he landed at Canton-Who shall especially for waxen wings within the melting foret all the end 2\n\nheat of the tropics, and we have only to hope\n\nboth for sake of the advocate and his courc, that\n\nit may not prove an Icaran che.\n\nRENT EVENTS IN CHINA-Angle ladinas negaire, simply from tha tireumians by which they are surround\n\nge tooup ship--was ontployed in encrying to the Cape of Good Hupe the draw;hts of vanous regiments. to the amber of 500 men, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Seaton, and she sailed from Queenstown in the\n\nWhimay\n\nGarant\n\nBrown\n\nM-Muric\n\nC. S. Lungrana\n\nItunoll & Co.\n\nJard.nu, M. &. Dent & Co.\n\nDent & Co.\n\nJardins, A. & Co Jardine, M. & Co. Dent & Co.\n\nDeat & s\n\n. Heard & Co. Deat, Beale & O Jardine, M. & Co.\n\n8. Sens & Co.\n\nRoger\n\nD. S. Sons & Co.\n\n11\n\nCana Family boluy Itupavil Any\n\nWition\n\n[P. F. Cama & Co.\n\nJameson\n\n33\n\nSwntow\n\nSalva\n\nHongkong\n\nPatinder\n\nLord Aust\n\nTernate\n\nChichen Fitzgibbon\n\nBarton Mahamoudie Folthau Crawford Water Watch\n\nBeby Ann Which\n\nWoosung Endicott\n\nFaily Jane\n\nPiketonu Nimrod Sea Horse\n\n¡Baylis\n\nCali\n\nKappel\n\nP. F. Cana & Co.\n\n17\n\nHenderson musty & Ca\n\nJardine M. & Co,\n\n323", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 244348, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12]", "page_number": 89, "title": "CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12]", "content_text": "## NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE, \n\n**Mr. GEORGE STRACHAN, ARCHITECT and SURVEYOR,** \n\n地出屋式 \n\nGage Street, Victoria, 1st May, 1858. \n\n月戊問士治額如地士未十午便荡街請貴八年可即到燉三行結光\n\n**JUST LANDED AND FOR SALE.** \n\n| Item | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| 12 | Patent WATER CLOSETS |\n| - | Also, Patent Electro-Plated Nickel Silver FORKS, and SPOONS. |\n\nThe Hongkong Register. (No. 18-May 4, 1858)\n\ndon't hamper selves with many goods for we fear he wanting. A small county town acquitted by the committee appointed to investigate...\n\nThe Hongkong Register. (No. 18.-MAY 4, 1858)\n\nthey give is.\" Be prepared for an outbreak in the successful carrying out the scheme will seem to be on the point of being frustrated. Mr. Bott has been using thin verdict will be flat Mr. Butt Tips, in the of Sitara and Coora Ameer of Scinde, and a King of load contemporary was taken to task by one of large stockholders on Hon... and comfortably quartered, the present. Few people believe the rumors of home has its hospital and its charities of ever great conduct, and we hope Dr. Bridges will... with the privileges of the foe of us, were that if he were to do a Court of Appeal from Hwang's aerial cognizance. He is supposed to heart; each party vies with its neighbor to advance also be acquitted were a committee appointed to investigate his connection as standing...\n\nvery near, and it seems even against Chinese common sense, that a person specially deputed is an event of the greatest importance; there are fairs to raise the small fund required, in which every one, gentle and simple, for miles around are interested. Here, where many cur...\n\na few days, we are sorry to say there is not a hospital.\n\ncurrent for the Opium monopolist. There, unfortunately for Dr. Bridges, there is no committee appointed, and so the clamor goes on unrefuted and slander of this kind never dies. We fortunate...\n\nto settle the affairs of foreigners, the news of the fall of Canton being now by those who accredited him, should not on learning the absence of the plenipotentiaries at the math, which news of money for a good purpose could be raised immediately are not the guardians of Dr. Bridges's good name must have reached him from Shanghae-in such a case, he would stride into Canton in all pomp and openness who would feel the least interest in the subject black as his gown for anything we or the public may be, and as simple barrister his name may be, and say Here I am, ready to arrange matters, after he had paid his subscription. We trust...\n\nwhere are your plenipotentiaries? A diplomatic may not continue, but that some of our principle the British Government representing British catch like that would not be...\n\nmissed by a Chinese man will try and do something, by giving both justice to the Chinese, we could less to a more diplomatist. A ranguotic telegraph is being laid their time and money to help forward to perfection tender care of it. He stands in the position down from the Magazine Hill to the Allied Wharf, so good a work as the establishment of a general of Caser's wife, he should not only be-not guilty. If he should not even be suspected. We publish the following minutes of a meeting are happy to believe, but that he is suspected we that Dr. Bridges bite Mr. Butt is not guilty we held on Thursday 29th ultimo for the purpose of establishing a General Hospital.\" We are impressed on the Chinese mind, and we more urgent business. Having inspected the opium monopolist were invited to attend, but were prevented by understand openly stated by Chun-tai-kwong, the buildings which it is intended to appropriate to clever men, all powerful with the governor or the government; that he can take, unmake, or \"That Dr. Bridges is a very adapted for the purpose. Of the skill of the superintending Physicist, Dr. Kenny, we need not and propitiated. All this may be true. say nothing as it would be presumption in us no and the Acting Colonial Secretary may still be a medical men to comment on the abilities of worthy, honest, hard-working government servant, gentleman so well and known esteemed. If the establishment of a general civil hospital alluded to in a previous article does not come to pass, the press...\n\nHongkong, 1st May, 1858.\n\nTHOS. HUNT & Co.\n\nFOR SALE\n\nRHOD...\n\nULES FOR STANSBURY'S MEASURING\n\nPRICE-25 Cents each, on Pasteboard,\n\nApply to\n\nMr. M. Hoza,\n\nat the \"Hongkong Register\" Office.\n\nthe late mailings out intelligence of the appointment of Dr. Harland as Colonial Surgeon, and as the salary is stated to be £800 per annum,\n\nwe for Dr. Harlan! will be prohibited from undertaking private practice. If we are right in this supposition the government have got a good man cheaply, and the community lost a very able professional attendant.\n\nThe duties of the office have latterly become very heavy, and are likely to become still more so, and it is much to be doubted that one person can discharge them satisfactorily, even devoting his whole time to the work. We learn further, the instructions have been sent out that a new civil hospital is to be built and that nothing more is to be done in the affair of the Bowring Praya.\n\nHongkong, 4th May, 1858.\n\nSTOLEN.\n\nGOLD LEVER WATCH, with enamelled dial,\n\nand GOLD CHAIN-Maker's Name, Bund and Laut, 41 Cornhill. Number of Watch. The Watch, with a lanyard and set of Studs were, at is supposed, attracted from the case between this and Canton about January. A handsome Reward will be paid for the recovery of the same.\n\nHongkong, 3d May, 1858.\n\nApply at this Office,\n\nThe Hongkong Register,\n\nHONGKONG, TUESDAY, 4TH MAY, 1858.\n\nParties sending Advertisements to the \"Hongkong Register\" or \"Register's Advertise,\" phrase address to the \"Printer and Publisher of the respective Papers, which will secure early attention to their Communications.\n\nsent Galertising has our best wishes:—Fr. Angelo Fr. Reina, and Fr. Long Mesore Kup Present—Revds. Fr. Jerome Mangier, Fr. MacMahon Block, Kenes, Hassoon, Isam. Werden, F. Sustaining...\n\nthat some means will be adopted for the purpose If a new civil hospital is to be erected we hope of incorporating the seamen's hospital with it. The resident surgeon of the seamen's hospital at the following showing the details of the loss that a barrister should get what he asks; he is The meeting was opened by the Revd. Fr. Jerome certainly cannot look upon it as an improper thing might become the resident surgeon of the civil hospital, and this would relieve the Colonial Surgeon from a heavy duty, while it enabled him to...\n\nGENTLEMEN—I am extremely happy to see you all at this meeting for discussing the expediency, and the means between the seller and buyer, the attorney and client. I am convinced that cure, ponder of the hospitals, or two private hospitals have been called upon to remark on this subject, the effect will be derived from the amalgamation of all the civil...\n\nview and to which, I am couleur you will general and client. The only ground on which we feel that owing to the departure of the medical bent, and plentifully alone, have actuated you in business may who opened them, but it was well known they wish I was able to express any gratitude in language equivalent to my sincere interest for this our of your kind coming this night my welcome guest and I sincerely it has on the Chinese. We pointed out the dianess which will not be un great, I hope, by the weight fl Colonial Secretary, and were we have the evil and civil hospitals. We fear the want of efficiency, to give a no harsher name, still continues. It is so did of your valuable advice and suggestions I should not call for any primary assistance...\n\nrealized. Dr. Bridges is in the Chinese eyes a man 41 years, Master of the receiving ship Mahamoudie and for many years in the employ of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co.\n\nOne complaint is, and in the first place I beg leave to submit a few of my that when the monopolist engages his services as that the site is an unhealthy one that point own propositions to your consideration.\n\nF. DE SENSA Jr.\n\nDEATHS.\n\nAt Macao, on the 7th April, the Wife of Mr. Joaquin...\n\nAt Macau, on the 1st May, Mr. Isnacracto D. VIRKIRA KIBKRO.\n\nAt Victoria, Hongkong, on the 1st May, Mr. I. P. COLL...\n\nTO THE BRITISH COMMUNITY AT HONGKONG\n\nThe undersigned begs to inform the community that the Office of the British Consulate, this day has been transferred from WANPAO to HOKAN.\n\nCHAе. A. WINCHESTER, H.B.M.'s Acting Consul\n\nBritish Consulate for Canton,\n\nAnnexe of Houa, 29th April, 1858.\n\na ground floor in any situation is not well adapted for the purpose of a hospital--still less when high a land is...\n\nIt is intention to establish a General Hospital, in unsel that there is, there can be, no back-stairs of corruption to resort to how; perhaps he may expect this: Gardens and S. Francis Hospital and which show however, the monopolist finds himself compelled my father intention to have it well furnished with all it in surrounded by growing trees, and is alut in necessary materials for a proper Hospital, and to be on all sides by hills except where it faces the provided with experienced Doctors: will us in art, but is informed that...\n\ncounsel to attend for him before the Magistrate's harbor. Be this true or false, there is another change which is a tangible one, and the one on which we base our most complaints. The charge is. changed by a sufficient staff of Hospital servants to attend to the patients.\n\nThe gentlemen I intend to appoint are Dr. Vande... and Dr. Kenny the former Gentlemen lately arrived in this Colony, is a bachelor of questionable own count. creasing their diseases or acquiring new ones. fool the set of several languages which Mandarin Bridges; and with great dignity oỀ references oedh as to professional accomplishments, and enough to English people, but to the Chinese the All this is staple and straightforward We have personal experience of this being true at a fluently, and which will be exceedingly useful in least in our instance and a respectable merchant and ship owner made the same complaints to us sometime ago with a request that we would The latter Gentleman, whose abilities she too well three characters—first, as one of the law-makers, commission where he may meet with patients of all place great power is associated. chant and ship owner made the same complaints to Dolor expose it. Thinking it improbable that either known and ustalised, to any better certium, then, as one of the granters, and finally, as tue That is the so in the present case when we have one man in the trustees or the resident surgeon would sane- apply to them as the hurt and most effective...\n\nFellow of the naval College of Surgeons of England-41 tion such a thing we recommended the party to\" and is proposed to be consulting Doctor to the legal adviser and supporter of the monopolist in course to adopt to put a termination to a rival propositions, I think it well to apprise you of a few...\n\nhis monopoly we see however by report of a meeting held will fin exercises there without distinction of creed on view of their extent. te great sunl, certain- Mr. Isang Batt is, we understand, a very...\n\nA manual number of Inquests have been during the past few days held before the Coroner—one of them however of particular interest: A Chinese was killed by the falling in during the heavy rain of the 20 of an out-building in the course of erection on a Marine lot. 4 Swede was drowned in the harbor while bathing on Sunday the 25th alto. A man, discharged from...\n\nIt is evident that whether this proceeds from patients noting in a way so prejudicial to their carelessness or health, it should be stopped, whether...\n\nRunt of means to prevent the trustees of the seamen's hospital close to carry out or amalgamate it with the civil hospital.\n\nthe appropriate in relieving Papers, who will be received into the Hospital at once; and in the case of time to try point is, that he appears as the paid advocate, at truly desite will also be admitted. stion. In the Civil Hospital a Chinese died from he hoped a properly constructed hospital will be of the airs as the lipizi; to supply this defect, ara perhaps a little stronger in his case.\n\nThe list is no doubt their best course, for it is to that being missionary, I cannot by any means devote ages in the cause. This is the case as nearly as Lufe teal it incurent upon me to remark herehe the same time he holds the position of one of the effects of a gun shot wound received when escaperected on an eligible site in a central spot, of Grand Prus sery kindly tendered his duable aerof Coranous not doubting the honor of its ing from the Western Coal sheds, he having been which there are many that it will be well! vises and M. Braga, roster of the Medal members is yet so jealous of its privileges that it myself entirely the management and perintended. we can understand it of Dr. Bridges, if it be not there committing robbery. A verdier of wilful secured and watched, so that no such abuses can murder has been taught against some parties win!\n\nThe House made a particular attack on a conveying fel...\n\nHail,) deo will take an interest in it. to this market. Iu dar obituary there is the two hospitals would also enable the directors to means as way enable me to cry on these desigua...\n\nThe combination of the means of the to your very own hands to save and suggest such a imputation, and in this the curatituencies In couches, Gentlemen, I consign das proposals will not enfer a member to underlie the shade of...\n\nmamme of Cayman Cole of the Courser, lately wrecked on the Pratas.\n\nWe may have point out two of face—Ã mom- carry out one or two very necessary improvements. fortable set of sick rooms available for the young men of the colony, whether belonging to govern...\n\nwhich it has \n\nHuid Prẻ be the derrotary, \n\nTas news from Canton both public and private are of the most conflicting nature. One be treated for serious diseases with more care and attention than they can obtain in their wet houses set up at Fur Shan, and that it is assembling in the houses of their employers, where their press might be dangerous in cases of infectious another equally positive says No such a thing diseases to the atlier intrares-A portion of the near Fat Shan and The spital to be act mort for the treatment Foldiers place is perfectly quiet. There me the Sade Famous sad counter rumors on the subject of aner only of a temporary character. The fantalony he unlie? pan to atroci the patients.\n\nof the insane, whether the disease be permanent urine of laces of the amal strength (40,000 to 50,000). On this point we see mu besimation...\n\nthere are \n\n3. Kenny proposed Mr Grand the store, Hore we have the close corporation--the are at the details of the object for the formation of as to it or its members underlying grave charge. That a Committee be selected from this meeting to Legislative Council, showing to great impatience ment or the mercantile class, in which they might, that Mosses in Black, it is population. Eat beand this is a popular Reed. Macinon ha aproated a Comunitar, Pr...\n\nalz. Grand Pré proposed and it was unanimously carried that they are perhaps joined by the respectable almost probably they do not believe the large and fucome to be President and Fr. de la Croix added this Mition British and Foreign, and native above all, \n\nPison of the Hospit Mr. Gal P proposed, and it was carried that the Rev. Fr. Jerome, lesit e Founder new is a \n\nwas unanimously wine exactly to think, and as every thing un- secuted, that the Sisters of Charity in the the very worst.\n\nRev. Fr. McMahon proposed Mr. Grand Pré perhaps prepared to tanke up their and to think supposed to be worse than it really is, \n\nposition was also monin shy carried, \n\nW sak, in conclusion, er general readers Proposed by Fr. Jerome and Seeded by air. Sade peruse with care the accompanying article Privalaute or thanks he given to the Gentlemen from the Daily News on Mr. Butt's care. We nek win sa kindly accepted to set at.\n\nProposed by Mr. Kup and seled by Mfr. A. rent whether or not it would not more.\n\nvote is thanks be given to the Secretary its list it end save ten sold ar opes and fair market, dew, to his able conduet in the Ensin Sifeira, that are of tanks to given to Revd. the Gets of the case as to granting a mest udinis liberati in su recuti apcepting the ties id Secretary as to the withdrawal of the first groot, and difconsort with their honor, and open: c'eating, if all Proped by Mr. Block unt seeded by Mr. Issand oppressive monopoly un scaled tenders, when Nothing farther being left for discussion, thermitely as to the regranting it on the same ternis Esalse to theer on Thursday gezi, the 7th May, ka the...\n\nto the same pers, were mady known. And we \n\nin speaking confidently; there is no such army.\n\ns to need fustare polating cut.\n\nthe \n\nWe hear there is much acquisition in villages around, no doubt a great deal of big talk,\n\nalso be isolated buildings for a small pox There hospital and a lock hospital.\n\nIf in ndition a sanatoriure copii, na way long ago proposed in this paper, he erected on the top of Victa Penk, we might consider ourselves well way from Canton to Macau and Hongkong. As we predicted, the Cantooreze pre rising from their fortified to withstand any amount of tiny defent with mere insolence than ere; stones; discne. laze been thrown at offices and soldiers not to mener-getting-the heads of society are so e...\n\nWe fear, however, public spirit is lost an speak of the murderous assault on the policeman paged to making money as fast as they can that Stewart, and it is considered very unsafe to enter they may get back to their own country, that they the western part of the city. In the face of this have us time to care for the rany poor aferra the Europeans are living in Honais in the park nates tied to the island for a very long day, if not houses without even a corporal's guard to pro- for ever. sect them. Goods still go up, and although there is some nceusinese felt by the principal Chinese traders who have returned, yet the only advice...\n\n| \n\nto the meeting and Committee. \n\nThis \n\nhomes of Mr. Buck, to draw Rules and Regiations for the the Hospital.\n\nA. GRAND PRE\n\nNerred \n\nActing Colonist Secretary to give the public. which pays him, sogte expérnation of the very doubtiul position in which he at present stands :—— (beily Never.)\n\nsource of the success of such a scheint, would be. 1. for Youghal and W. T. Bridgee. Eaqrektious peaard by the Committee of the Charnam Mr. \n\nWe do not think outy, one great cases of leave Butt, Esq., Barrister and wanting, but something more than money is. C. L., Harrister and Member of the close car-r's me, it may be informed that the dir. mester has wanting-personal superintendence und an interes portion—the Legislative Council of flugkong, tren aited of the charge of breach of pra ilege, \n\nFrom: what has been allow vú to trucepire respecting the \n\nTo \n\nna weit is a portion of the Naval Brigade. The troops the officers of that regiment: -- \n\nwere left on board the transports Lancashire Witch und Tax Benged Hathara, of the 20th March, says with Mooresfort. at Whampoa and the French Contingent remained on board their own ships, except a ousall party in conjeful occupation \n\nreference to two aditional Native Regiments for th \n\nice in China- \n\nPoutres hundred sepoy belonging to the 65th and #2th Regiments N. 1. are now wigh at island, 30 they have not already arrived ut ur in the visity of Barrack port. As we all know they are destined for service in Cuma, provided they can be clarked on the rearts all which possage us ofen signed these, but not being ralunteers for the screire, they canne! in the whole e Looked upon as very willing soldiers vayer for forel ware,\" nnd we sind be able to state the exact numifer that my he proceeding to China, only on the authority \n\n3. the 181, (reclved a communication from Ule Bariul Bizin und Baron Gros, stating that the reply the Contaistioner had been received that is was most antislactory, and inviting the aavel and milhors and-chief to a saference board the Aulaccuse, to consider what further steps aliulit be taken, in consequence of Keb's determination to resist the very nurse decade of the two Governments, \n\n4. Tur conference was held un the 21st it, when it was determined that the pienipotentiaries should \n\nDe knocking at the dors tie Iluase of Coumene\n\nthese prvi of the \n\nthe inverse of Tabs, it would be overwhelmed with adelage India. basic enough co ungrosa tile whole the ovidence selitted to the committee crabile us, \n\ntime of tho bare. And the tuulia eniture, who A Morril, vus of the four Ameere of Upper Selnic, we setertido a boradigazy faith in the nipotence frihe med of turving acquired the interstance of the of Las in judicial proceedings would besiege these members with; dengnes by the presuction of a legal document. The pretura, which if u come the intimation of die James dim Government appelated a commision of the their argir, it would be perfectly air for them to lost heas 4 Prestige de large judicially. The secept. It was nice aged at a Nahub of Arcot bu Cammons in tris pay of an artisan cum te tor conclusion that the charge was eight members of the Host \n\nTim Court of Directors therungen proposed that 1 Sudan bill be any degree resembling that of Lourd Faimers blogne should be deprived of the laude which he held us, is allowed to be low every bilan in-and der the surged decourt. The Presideur of the Bont of their now is leglus--an every wealthy Balno will have attel, for the Cana being, was of opinion that this contence has paid ur uz merabers in the loss of \n\nto lenient, and at bis sggesden Ali Moore was de This is anger gainer which the people of Bogland rised of the ends thus fraudulently bined, and also of have to murd, now that it to props to vrat illa governs \n\nof the pilots reports from the Sashes. Meanwhile, dan letter to the Eugerial High Couimper, started his crban\" laude, beaving him in pranes munt of falla exclusively on the Minsters of the tr \n\nwe dure suy, preparations are being mude for the restoring his Excelteney that, in consequence of his mom.compliance with the debody submitted for fas on of all his remaining and very valuable eruditary! \n\nWe publish the following despatch from the ception of those men to be taken to fight the battles of \n\nconsideration, the lurther settlement of the question the Goverment in a country distant and different from To win a reversal of this judgment, the Amger Putna to \n\nbeen transferred to the anal and military suites, that where as hrave and faithful soldiers their services Sugated. We pas Uver the minor personages in the dis- Government Gazette of last Saturday from the \n\nof State for Foreign affairs, which we ece fur toere required at would be most valuable, that me should sly address better to his silency stating the above faci, and that it, at the end of a further uded the Coffeys, and the alle lady who travelled \n\ntern of forty-eight hours, the eny saguld be perefully from London to Paris, and from Paris to Vienna, for the \n\nquived preparations are compite, nid the sea sust atenie purpose of sizing the deposed prace by paying \n\ncoussy be subject to temporary dependion before surdered into our hands, life and property would be es with it. Gar Lusiness is with the servant of the \n\nthey are sent away. Whether they are all to vents respected; but that, if the teras were out roepted, the English public, the bon, member for Youghal. \n\ntheir rus ad munition or not, we are not aware; city would be attacked. \n\nAll our efforts to avert the evils of war from the hot after the last false alarm, we think it would be \n\nกษ \n\nterested nu eympathising agency by which he was - Secretat, s:t the attention of persons who have Some days may be expected to elapse before the re- \n\ncommend \n\nbeen married in Macau or who propose being married rkare:- \n\nNo. 20. \n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. \n\nAch is established by Mr. Burt's corn statements. Hiviers were engagal for the Amar acu after that raine's rival in England Mr. Brat sits that he could \n\nWith reference to the Validity of Marriages sofem nie heered the passagement of the application furtius in the der's beauf le staves that he al-nize an Chana, otherwise that ja acendance with nys urged upon the Amer, Aut his lends art advisers, the provisions of the Act 12 and 13 Victores, Cap the bringing of his ca bure Parliament, as the m0268, His Excellency SR JOHN BOWRING, Kaight, relies are to pure. Ha actually used for propers, like \n\nproductive of which he theme obviated to promote the L., Her Majesty's Poipotentiary and Chief er's van. He coniterie the Pirator: the Superintendent of Frade in China &c., &c. has Kulit Company, and agon Mr. Turen faith, the Presisereived a Despatch front The Bight Hande bat the Bora of Control, la licit their nou wees on Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a Copy child of hie ciet. The result of these applicnída was a of which is hereby published for „euerai inforna- jetine on the Board of Directors in answer to the Amcera \n\nBy Order, \n\nG. W. CAINE. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th April, 1858. Xo. 7 \n\n| \n\njudicious to let it be generally own where and how Chmese having walled, tough the obstinate deteriou the large reinforcement of Pay at the presidency hastian winch as chuterised the proceeding of the een lucnted. Three times the same nombe: of sepoya, Imperial Commissioner from October 21, 1956, oching with all the respectude cam-uds of Barnkport, could remained for the Commanders of the Allied Furces but 15 address the Imperia. Commissiouer, wai to muery into but little, even if they did their worst, but talve \n\ni nens and anuseless panes are any tring fat dignied execution the painful alternative of attacking Centon, Jerorols, would be more effectsly avoided by wich was conquced at daylight this ring. The da:ture of the pucket will prevent my giving say funk revelation of actual wrangements than j \n\ninither reports. I am now on the point of joining the studied reticence which only lends to mystification and forces asembarking at Kuyer's Talked for the zasault on surpicion, -nnd very often reduces the very offre it is \n\nthe city walls, intended a prevent \n\nTur Fagfxman of 23rd Mauch on the same subject, remarks \n\nThe 47th Regt. N. I have nerived, and are vuramped on the glacis of Fort William; they are about 379 strong \n\nof all grace, native officers mari sepoys, and is the Government have ordered Colonel Port, Command FOREIGN OFPics, Alarch 9, 1950. \n\ning, to rerait the Regiment with Malen. Brigadier SIR, eve under my consideration, and have | Corfich with this topiment and the 65th N. I. new en referred to the proper Law Advisers of the Crow, the way down, will leave by the 16th proximo. your Despatches Nos. 452 and 7 of the 26th of \n\nFLOWERS FROM THE INDIAN PAPERS. December and 9d of January last, on the subject of \n\nThe Athene reples mure we to our elrage of the doubts when hel arisen as to the Validity of the \n\nAs we cannot consent to sally our Marriages of British Sabjre's at Chinese Ports; and literary larceny. \n\nges with language ru is seldom beard erido I have to acquaint yaa, in reply, that the Statute i2 \n\nappliers, which on being bitted. se i noceary, for tim. de approvation of the Board of Controt, was materially al. by B1. Fordon sit The reply, as orglundly homed by the Court of Directors, was in vlect, that the Amy's care and on Judicially decided, and that they ans rezson to reverse the decision. The reply, as indi Sed by Me. Vernon Site, was in effent, that if the Amer would zezer his native country, and exert himself in half of the English Government, his real right he Argarable mitezinimesi. These series, fr. But declares, firmad gratully, and simply from his covention of the juice of the Ameer's cline. But in ariston to these parcier Mr. Gutt rent to posed to Failid to argo the Anect's Shell her. For the filter service Mr. Hah desit het theas to receive in all 19,1001, and thut off this She has actually received southing more than 2000. Mr. Butt deolares ther be still holds himself sound to proceed to hulin if the Ameer insists upon it; her in the event of Mr. Bart's aching latelet te lo be will and 13 Victoria, Cap. 68, inponeering Consul topolhouse, our readers must be sausted with our report of fund the money recusat it he is dy preserred solomuze Mariages, does not affect the valulity of, the substance of it. Elis rejoinder is, that our charge of fum pracoding to tudi by the Ameer and his advisers or in any way interfere with, any Marriages which flebing terms the Sproutor is an unmitigated file- arriving at the conclusia thuc his services are not quired would have been valid independently of that Statute, ho,\" and he taunts with being no gentleman. it Here, he will retain the money received. This is, tho \n\nin which category are Mariages celebrated in Chiantik big too on the subject of horsewhips\" and best if our abilty, a tuir and eerut katement of the sub \n\nby Ministers of the Church of England, according horsepouts.\" Bur the strong point agniuss us, ju tja \n\nopis, is our want of gentility. Patial Lects prevad lutorg tår i omories of the House f \n\nto the forms of that Church. \n\nthur contemporary reminds one of the Bath fontman in Pickwick; he can endure anything low.\" When Now, to what do these facts a nuné? Mr. Batt is s Babe of the House of Commons, of a tribunal which and to the Validity of Marriages veiebrated by a \n\nthe public are at a loss for a referee on alkat concerus might intre lawn called aga to procence a verdict as to Clergymen of the Church of England, and not under a gentleman\" they will know wher, to had one. dre justice or injustice due treatment of All Marra by the At 12 and 13 Victoria, Cap. 66, at Macau \n\nLouisana \n\nadi nggala urged 16 Mourial to agipeal lo \n\nM. Mut, Leo, \n\nWith regard to the case fepecially referred to \n\nif \n\nThe deferee, we have already calist characteristic. \n\n6. I beg 10 es, close copies of two General Orders of the 26th instant, and of lemoranda issued by Major- General Van Straubensee, containing the monesancy arzangements for the struck, which I hage will put their lordships in full possession of our intended proceedings. 3. Í have pleasure in reporting that the most perfect umadinty exvts between the Commanders-in-thigï of The allied forces. \n\nI have, .. (Signed) \n\n31. SKY, Bea-Amira and Commanter-in-Chie?. \n\nTo the \n\nSecretary of the Admiralty, \n\nLoudon \n\nGENERAL ORDER. \n\nBefore Canton, December, 1857. The uvala nilitory commander-in-chief of the aisted forces before Cantun love agreed to the following ander of operativas against the city. First bombardme to conxuráce at daylight on Monday morning the 28th of December. \n\nThe sirps and vessels numed in the acte juoder, letter \n\nA) on the signed hereafter indient being made, wilt open fire on the south-west angica of the city wells, with a view to breach them, and impede the communication \n\nThe ships and vessels poused in the net (under letter \n\nThe Gina Cartumqui of India; a transsi which Nie. Baltsgain i Marsa is Chinese Territory, and not a Portuguest | The pickpochyt when arraignai before the Magistrate, of the Chinese troops along thei: parapets to the ent it would appear, actually took some initiatory reps, which precision, such Mauriages 11 be valid as being har generdly hur one answer to wake,-\"it's all a Fed wight have seen servince to the Ameer half as been galebrated in China, Pazar Country. If, however, your wushup.\" We are therefore no more surpriced at hunght be the tribusi of which he was ember. Macao is a possession of Portugal, then it has a the exam's coarse denial than at his blastering), wear the Dutch Folly, with a staritar osject, wit A me wither of the funer of Compune stonde in the core Christian Law of Marriage, as its lex moci,\" and threats, at that the pubic way judge on which ends breach the city walls opposite the Viceroy's residence; Inion to the pimenting even of any individui applying \n\nto met \n\n(Signed) MALMESBURY. \n\nSia Joy Bowring, \n\nBec., N., & \n\nTrue Cops. \n\n11. F. HANCE. \n\nthe mortare in the Dutch Fully, and the Niger and Avalauele, 1.kewise sbetting the city heights auf Gough three insicuess ont of many at our dispoed, in which the Aina has appropiated without actueledgment heights. \n\nThe ships and vessels named in the note (under letter whunt he found in journal. The racier of the ex wination of the Military Female phan Asylum C), beruse the Dutch Folly and the French Folly, will pubished by the Aham was made up entirely from apen fire on the Rooth-east ungles of the new and ell what had appeared the previous day in the Spector, elty walls, mud the walls ferning the east side of the city. These time several nacks will couuence simul without the slightest arkludgment the fuder's) Charge at the opsing the last Sessions repertet for taseously, wira a white csiga shall be hoisted at the fore the Ann, mail a yelaw dug us a corresponding this carnal, was similaris fched the reports of the trinis for funpiracy, the two of most interest, appeared sigral at the spule he listed at the fure of the in the Athena aise the day after they were publised Phugction. \n\nThe Horet end the Avalanche wild repeat these signals A still are at theit fore so long as the Angs shall remain Byug on \n\nthe before mentioned shipa \n\nsit j'fusion, that a judya iter in the run or Manages of British Sabjects anort, in order to be the guilt of \"falschod\" iles, with mension two or \n\nWet wein de said of judge widertunk valid, he adenized there esther in accordance with conse or saticier for a site who had brough, or such lex leci,\" or with the Provisions of the Act \n\nin bring, actions in de curt? The iniquity are mentioned.-1 am, &c., ach step in any incrad a little tem prave by the consider the lye har, or had not received re- mueratina f his seres ful bun pliced biawety in the wharf whition of being with by price that he be mil preciera remuneration for undertaking to as me $5. iend's sent before a tribuent of vehich he to \"use of the anashers. He has aceste promise of 10,0004, for his services, sart of thị sùm he estually trevived more anne ut The urging of the Amcer à aut span the ludia \n\nW take the following short notice of the Khang in the Spectator, almost verbatim, whion & single torrent is one este act, whether the erfarin \n\nflagrant case of Newspaper dishonesty, nceurred in on- ting, the insete the line of it, or has Spring Meeting from the North-Ching Herald whisper whence the apolis were stolen. the juce the tivard Camiral in Cannon-run. it of the 24th olim. The commis mun who so osion with the articultural Exhibition, when the serar di Tu say that make do improper for ft. But to aventry for urging a se before the Howe of ham sold people here at our anal meeting has been the revive the report of the Prizes from the cautioned day and night, net in exceed per each gun carrying off all the good things of Secretary, w the express coulition that he should, is employed 60 rounds during the Best 3 uurs, except f which it is in, but then it would be a right and fortanste \n\n\"We wander who rode our cormity with the usage of the Press on icse oc- the ships under letter C. which will fire 100 rounds. \n\nThey were proper for him to wipe the end beture the Ligure of Chanan, the Northern turt. \n\nCasics, end slips so the Speci \n\nfudiately the bunchardment open the landing of the attic forces will take place at the creek in' Küper an, of the man tinte, kifor a sane her trimmal, provided be ezig recessed reaeration, for the tertives let here the old friend raid. Yellow Jack and Tartar are with e, at the east of Leuils as well as of honesty. The \n\nThe dist heul mom is welcome to the use of vagulang words Pussage, when there the British and French dags will batur. His obvious that by such decision the door to abwe be found in the Hwek Stakes. art by rite oper. Nothing more would be tryniced never have been elsewhere --- \n\nwhich like utty her about he worbi did an enlty be planted in the following order, commencing a day- in eaing, if Palled upon to do so; we will conline onr \n\nlight- to end a remier if Parliament to pochert with perfect; \n\nThe mail, that apology for au many lanes, is urged by \n\nsives har fiets. It is of some consentence that safety a renumeration as Parliamentary agent, u \n\njon which he was onlied in devide as lielige by cerforming war sareporter as a plea for 101 furnishing 18, ki this the public should know that the journal which has won adition acres in his client cost of deces, et clurging issay, with the fall, time and parimer pronunt of the \n\nFor itself the reputation of being acivali in squerility Taxes that came off on Wednesday and Friday in this sproper timotely large for for them. We will not, in \n\ntatau kitowledge, afirm that the committee of \n\nThe stud was graced by the presence of many of car fair residents, and the intervals between the races were enlivened by the music of the of 11. M. S. Higher Adly tout for the occultat: \n\nFIRST DAY. \n\nThe Wung Plate-Spota, 1; Muischite, 2; Dred. 33 \n\nBlack Cockatoo, i. \n\nTHE CHINESE DESPATCHES. THE BOMBARDMENT OF CAYTON. \n\nWAR OFFICE. Fra Mazt, February 15 \n\nThe Secretary of State for War but this day received & despute, of which the following is a copy, addressed is lord chip by Major Geveral C. T, Vas Strubeuzes, C. B., commanding are Majesty's Land Forces in Chan \n\nCenton, December 29, 1857. \n\nMy Lord-I have great satisfactios in reporting that Canton city was ermaisded muud eaptured this day at nine o'clock, with a more trifling losa das enuld have been expected. liceat emulatios was displaye 1 by the whole Allied Force, ten-st whom the greatest cordiality and god feeling into \n\nWe have to deplore the low Royal Suvy, els of Liestemt fiske, of the 59 Regie In stenaut Bowen, ct the me regiment, has tree seriously wounded, \n\nAll \n\nand misrepresentata, is as dishonest in soull thing as The Flea of Comes applied to inquire in Mr. Bersoek; we can therefore only give the places of the brass \n\nSpretter case has come to such a monstrous decisiour; but if it hits and ponies as they came in, which we do on the best. With fius exposure we leave him-Medran \n\nThe intimation arributed to Sir. Jaries Gesinam shut authority, sed promise a graphic report in or next. \n\nThe weather and ground was favorable on the whole, ties of the resolutions was an acquittal of Isan Sasho charge of inproperly enjoying bis prillon bach days, thongh there was a greas outrast; then e is a member of Le 1s of Con alyst day be hot, with a southerly with, and the ther- escuptible of ach an interpretation-it ili ose electors memeter in the shule at 80°, and on Friday, a cold nor- tur be an incir qurd visst the sing why we for strictherly wind was hiewing, and the hormoneter at 63. \n\nPiwili place himself sack $19- It had rained a god deal the night before, hat the wind jście position \n\nAnd dried the course pretty well.\" this tunction The part which Ms. Butt han played cannot be appruched less his negetation with the x-reshient of the art of Corral are taken into account. Mr Vermilch admits that he had repeated emmunications with Mr. Butt-vethal aud epilary-on the subject of the class of Ali Mvered. Of in excep Timock was kept me the lacters are said to have bren private autoosidential. It is possible, Therefore, bu learn with certainty what was the lure of the comuneulea- tions. But this is certain, il subsequently to these inter- Venom Sto altered a dras lurzer 1935 [ektors, Mr. nd the Court of Directors refusing to entertain the Ameer's application, iuro a letter couraging him to return to Sciarie by long at the lope Sut i li mi nital Ala to the Buglial Governinect something arigat he does to him. The only reasna, sseigned for too parišal revered fa inficial teuer, on the strengt of private, sureverteil enamiestis, is that the siteure appenced inrse; but M. Vernon Sanita gave the contest la stand Und Je very reluctant to have sue Ameer's new debaresi à l'aclinent while the Bengal insurrection was it progress, Mr. But having gives it frommilostared theit die hunt informed the ex-Pretent of the Beart of Country of his having tuged the user and his friends to bring the wise 'fore Parlia ne. We r TL entitled to say that Mr. Batt obtained the centerscica in favour of 32 Moured by hinting to the Prescrican of the Buned of Contro, but he had it is power Parliment to fore in a cebam As slin Amour' case; tot in the cherastonces succions will intrude themelsea which at in mot easy to disynd \n\nThe righe Flute-Cock Tail, 1; Peg Tupe, 2; Tiny, 3: \n\nTelegram. 4 \n\nThe ingken Cuga-Sydney, 1; Cheertal, 2 Vaugueril, 8. The dis-Touiz 1 Spot, ; Cock Tail 3, \n\nChelato, 4 72 Pailon, 1; Deuil. 2. \n\nThe finch Marks Rocket, Bay Midleton, 2. \n\nThe Shanghae Pork Cup —Syota, 1; Maiciite, 2; Tapas, \n\n3. \n\nSECOND DAY. \n\nThe fisher Flame-Tiege, walked oven, \n\nThe Swing Cry-Cacetent, 1; Cheerful, 2; Vanguard, \n\n3. \n\nThe China-sup-Blank Coelaten, 1: Topaz. 2; Lakin i \n\nThe T'antica Cap---Coverfil. 1: Shali, 2; Drutd, 8, The Hunt Strikellow Zack, Rocket, 2: Tartar, 3. After the figh vene, in the second day, a match was Parween, Mr. Recens guy Are pobytynen, and Mr. Benadier's black Cafe piny Tube, which was won \n\nGarne. \n\nWe pronoun an epilar in the count of 7%. Batsby mini iko es dreient of the board of Contd. We are will \n\nthat fact of both lisa hart ht \n\nThis will the deutet \n\narists cl \n\navember of the Homme Camus in a \n\nThe following extracts in the Hurkura wnd Englishmas. Calcutta papers, will be read with \n\nun riser as preferring a sai to the lease if interest anal satisfaction by the Colonists of be is lined to \"eir veneration from the air for a Hongkong, if the Pandies are landed here, and po \n\ning the sun elsewhere, if the mean He that doubt with equal satisfaction by General Van \n\nare il gratuitously in the Hour by the name tur \n\nStrasbenzre if such galbut and ready soldiers are placed under his charge. We do not like \n\nengaged is allen wat align and are public civic of the Chatte, whenleigh them drada a dealer fee site's claims in the flow of Corsake y comments, for it by n chase the regiments reach bare without racing their barge conectanapur his eliumiven conrægur dance of com region may be enfly tired by mandors th heers (insult them Pardy met vertaily will House of Come and in the Eccrtine Government, Such a state of stairs is const unsatisfactory even b we shall have some gallant ofboer of ours dawn maky now, star), But supposing that the entire itone Adastraling of India were vested in a single mon ne with the assertion that never was there Minister of the Corn she is to the House of a more loyal or better behaved regiment in Culosis, with wild traptations would the integrity of Our representatives in the legislature le tona feet Atler Majesty's service. We had a sample of it it is, wo have had at one time a Narab Susa, Rajans the other day in the case of the 70th, when a \n\nCaptain Hates, of the \n\nThe hophardment is to be in very low time, aud \n\n1. Suppers and Miners, 59th Regiment, Royal Artillery, stores and mention, \n\nThe French Nawai Brigale, stoves, &c. \n\n3. The Naval Brigade, under the ader of Commodore the 1o. 4. 6. 1, B Esot. \n\n4. The Naval Brigade from Cantun. \n\n5. Lieulcunt.Cola.et lemon's battalica of Royal Marines, & \n\nd. Cutearl Holowry's Brigade of Royal Marines, &c, (Waru last heet of No. £ has passed, No. 2 will com meece, and on with: the remainder \n\nThe duration of the French forces will be eritraded by Capta Reinan:], fg captein; the British troops and Royal Marines by Major the Bon. H. Cidord \n\nThe British Naval Brigade, by Captain W. K. Hall.\n\n... acutalo.\n\nThe following will be the disposition of the united forces after landing:\n\nBritish Naval Brigade on the right.\n\nCentre bridge, composed of Lieutenant-Colonel Lemon's provano instalion, 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery, and Sapiers.\n\nPreucia bridge on the inft\n\nColonel Holloway's brigade in reserve, with Royal Marine Artillery,\n\nAfter getting into position the allied forces will remain still to cancuston, and the mail leaving; I must therefore defer instheer det üle to the next rpportunity. † in line of contianova elutus of brigade audil further...\n\nI bwe, &c.\n\nC. T. VAN STinerszre, M jur General,\n\nCommanding Traps in China,\n\nPort Gongh is now heng oerapied.\n\nThe Right Hon.\n\nthe Secretary of Stue for \n\nWar, C., * \n\nADMIRAL SEYMOUR'S DESPATIUU.\n\nAdmiralty, Fuurorg 15. Despoteker, of which the following me cans, bure en verived by the Lords Commissioners of the! Astrahy Trout Kee-Sentral Sir Michael Seyavour,\n\nOrumates at CANYON \n\nNo. 357.\n\nHer Majesty's ship Coromandri,\n\nnt fan. De ch SirMy letter (No.343) of the 13th ist. courzved \n\nPuins to the fures of the Allied Power, and that u \n\nthe indigence of the raceable regation of ionsh letter had seen vent in t. You, the Lagerial High Cour mission, by the ass-furs of the Allied Powers, stating the deamus of the two Gavernitects, d rating ten days for a consideration of the same, lailing earnered against the city of Citati.\n\nplane with which, conise mesures would be 2. The Brigade of Royal Mears et igal Maries Actriery mere inediately wasis dought up to the i \n\nunders for an advaner, watch will be made to a position \n\nfor vise night, y reparatury to active service us the follow-\n\nnig andag. \n\nM. Skrmore, Rent.Adesiral. \n\nComander-in-Chief of Her Britannic \n\nMajesty's Noynt Purees. \n\nRear-Adesira \n\nC. HowerDA GENOT13.1.T \n\nComewi'kiet af 1Fix Emperial \n\nAlajesty's Naval Forces. \n\nCT VAN STRAL BENZ, Major Lien, Commanding the Alinary Force, \n\nGENERAL MEMORANDUM. Carouane), Canton, Deectner 26, 1857.\n\nThe Nuva! Brigade of seanien will be in three divisions. The divisions will be tald off into companies, each stvising gomorracing No. 1. md the last timber cop. rames is 1st tumi 2e devisions will be composed of boats' \n\ncrewy. \n\n(A) Actre, blgethon, and guulmate, \n\n() Me. Puade, Crnizer, Tornet, and a gunhast. \n\nNumrud, Surprise, 1 agone, Mares, a gunboals. After se p, the three fut-anted ships will after sheir genka 18 will, after one qui, aiter their fire to the north- east with gate. fire to the ty and Gough's Lighrere Alarmcast and \n\nSea Supplemen \n\n} \n\n} \n\n## GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.\n\nWith reference to the Validity of Marriages...\n\nHis Excellency SR JOHN BOWRING, Kaight, L., Her Majesty's Poipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China &c., &c. has received a Despatch from The Right Honorable Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...\n\nBy Order,\n\nG. W. CAINE. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th April, 1858. No. 7\n\n| \n| --- \n| --- \n\njudicious to let it be generally own where and how Chinese having walled, tough the obstinate deteriou the large reinforcement of Pay at the presidency hastian winch as chuterised the proceeding of the een lucnted. Three times the same nombe: of sepoya, Imperial Commissioner from October 21, 1956, oching with all the respectude cam-uds of Barnkport, could remained for the Commanders of the Allied Furces but 15 address the Imperia. Commissiouer, wai to muery into but little, even if they did their worst, but talve \n\ni nens and anuseless panes are any tring fat dignied execution the painful alternative of attacking Centon, Jerorols, would be more effectsly avoided by wich was conquced at daylight this ring. The da:ture of the pucket will prevent my giving say funk revelation of actual wrangements than j \n\ninither reports. I am now on the point of joining the studied reticence which only lends to mystification and forces asembarking at Kuyer's Talked for the zasault on surpicion, -nnd very often reduces the very offre it is \n\nthe city walls, intended a prevent \n\nTur Fagfxman of 23rd Mauch on the same subject, remarks \n\nThe 47th Regt. N. I have nerived, and are vuramped on the glacis of Fort William; they are about 379 strong \n\nof all grace, native officers mari sepoys, and is the Government have ordered Colonel Port, Command FOREIGN OFPics, Alarch 9, 1950. \n\ning, to rerait the Regiment with Malen. Brigadier SIR, eve under my consideration, and have | Corfich with this topiment and the 65th N. I. new en referred to the proper Law Advisers of the Crow, the way down, will leave by the 16th proximo. your Despatches Nos. 452 and 7 of the 26th of \n\nFLOWERS FROM THE INDIAN PAPERS. December and 9d of January last, on the subject of \n\nThe Athene reples mure we to our elrage of the doubts when hel arisen as to the Validity of the \n\nAs we cannot consent to sally our Marriages of British Sabjre's at Chinese Ports; and literary larceny. \n\nges with language ru is seldom beard erido I have to acquaint yaa, in reply, that the Statute i2 \n\nappliers, which on being bitted. se i noceary, for tim. de approvation of the Board of Controt, was materially al. by B1. Fordon sit The reply, as orglundly homed by the Court of Directors, was in vlect, that the Amy's care and on Judicially decided, and that they ans rezson to reverse the decision. The reply, as indi Sed by Me. Vernon Site, was in effent, that if the Amer would zezer his native country, and exert himself in half of the English Government, his real right he Argarable mitezinimesi. These series, fr. But declares, firmad gratully, and simply from his covention of the juice of the Ameer's cline. But in ariston to these parcier Mr. Gutt rent to posed to Failid to argo the Anect's Shell her. For the filter service Mr. Hah desit het theas to receive in all 19,1001, and thut off this She has actually received southing more than 2000. Mr. Butt deolares ther be still holds himself sound to proceed to hulin if the Ameer insists upon it; her in the event of Mr. Bart's aching latelet te lo be will and 13 Victoria, Cap. 68, inponeering Consul topolhouse, our readers must be sausted with our report of fund the money recusat it he is dy preserred solomuze Mariages, does not affect the valulity of, the substance of it. Elis rejoinder is, that our charge of fum pracoding to tudi by the Ameer and his advisers or in any way interfere with, any Marriages which flebing terms the Sproutor is an unmitigated file- arriving at the conclusia thuc his services are not quired would have been valid independently of that Statute, ho,\" and he taunts with being no gentleman. it Here, he will retain the money received. This is, tho \n\nin which category are Mariages celebrated in Chiantik big too on the subject of horsewhips\" and best if our abilty, a tuir and eerut katement of the sub \n\nby Ministers of the Church of England, according horsepouts.\" Bur the strong point agniuss us, ju tja \n\nopis, is our want of gentility. Patial Lects prevad lutorg tår i omories of the House f \n\nto the forms of that Church. \n\nthur contemporary reminds one of the Bath fontman in Pickwick; he can endure anything low.\" When Now, to what do these facts a nuné? Mr. Batt is s Babe of the House of Commons, of a tribunal which and to the Validity of Marriages veiebrated by a \n\nthe public are at a loss for a referee on alkat concerus might intre lawn called aga to procence a verdict as to Clergymen of the Church of England, and not under a gentleman\" they will know wher, to had one. dre justice or injustice due treatment of All Marra by the At 12 and 13 Victoria, Cap. 66, at Macau \n\nLouisana \n\nadi nggala urged 16 Mourial to agipeal lo \n\nM. Mut, Leo, \n\nWith regard to the case fepecially referred to \n\nif \n\nThe deferee, we have already calist characteristic. \n\n6. I beg 10 es, close copies of two General Orders of the 26th instant, and of lemoranda issued by Major- General Van Straubensee, containing the monesancy arzangements for the struck, which I hage will put their lordships in full possession of our intended proceedings. 3. Í have pleasure in reporting that the most perfect umadinty exvts between the Commanders-in-thigï of The allied forces. \n\nI have, .. (Signed) \n\n31. SKY, Bea-Amira and Commanter-in-Chie?. \n\nTo the \n\nSecretary of the Admiralty, \n\nLoudon \n\nGENERAL ORDER. \n\nBefore Canton, December, 1857. The uvala nilitory commander-in-chief of the aisted forces before Cantun love agreed to the following ander of operativas against the city. First bombardme to conxuráce at daylight on Monday morning the 28th of December. \n\nThe sirps and vessels numed in the acte juoder, letter \n\nA) on the signed hereafter indient being made, wilt open fire on the south-west angica of the city wells, with a view to breach them, and impede the communication \n\nThe ships and vessels poused in the net (under letter \n\nThe Gina Cartumqui of India; a transsi which Nie. Baltsgain i Marsa is Chinese Territory, and not a Portuguest | The pickpochyt when arraignai before the Magistrate, of the Chinese troops along thei: parapets to the ent it would appear, actually took some initiatory reps, which precision, such Mauriages 11 be valid as being har generdly hur one answer to wake,-\"it's all a Fed wight have seen servince to the Ameer half as been galebrated in China, Pazar Country. If, however, your wushup.\" We are therefore no more surpriced at hunght be the tribusi of which he was ember. Macao is a possession of Portugal, then it has a the exam's coarse denial than at his blastering), wear the Dutch Folly, with a staritar osject, wit A me wither of the funer of Compune stonde in the core Christian Law of Marriage, as its lex moci,\" and threats, at that the pubic way judge on which ends breach the city walls opposite the Viceroy's residence; Inion to the pimenting even of any individui applying \n\nto met \n\n(Signed) MALMESBURY. \n\nSia Joy Bowring, \n\nBec., N., & \n\nTrue Cops. \n\n11. F. HANCE. \n\nthe mortare in the Dutch Fully, and the Niger and Avalauele, 1.kewise sbetting the city heights auf Gough three insicuess ont of many at our dispoed, in which the Aina has appropiated without actueledgment heights. \n\nThe ships and vessels named in the note (under letter whunt he found in journal. The racier of the ex wination of the Military Female phan Asylum C), beruse the Dutch Folly and the French Folly, will pubished by the Aham was made up entirely from apen fire on the Rooth-east ungles of the new and ell what had appeared the previous day in the Spector, elty walls, mud the walls ferning the east side of the city. These time several nacks will couuence simul without the slightest arkludgment the fuder's) Charge at the opsing the last Sessions repertet for taseously, wira a white csiga shall be hoisted at the fore the Ann, mail a yelaw dug us a corresponding this carnal, was similaris fched the reports of the trinis for funpiracy, the two of most interest, appeared sigral at the spule he listed at the fure of the in the Athena aise the day after they were publised Phugction. \n\nThe Horet end the Avalanche wild repeat these signals A still are at theit fore so long as the Angs shall remain Byug on \n\nthe before mentioned shipa \n\nsit j'fusion, that a judya iter in the run or Manages of British Sabjects anort, in order to be the guilt of \"falschod\" iles, with mension two or \n\nWet wein de said of judge widertunk valid, he adenized there esther in accordance with conse or saticier for a site who had brough, or such lex leci,\" or with the Provisions of the Act \n\nin bring, actions in de curt? The iniquity are mentioned.-1 am, &c., ach step in any incrad a little tem prave by the consider the lye har, or had not received re- mueratina f his seres ful bun pliced biawety in the wharf whition of being with by price that he be mil preciera remuneration for undertaking to as me $5. iend's sent before a tribuent of vehich he to \"use of the anashers. He has aceste promise of 10,0004, for his services, sart of thị sùm he estually trevived more anne ut The urging of the Amcer à aut span the ludia \n\nW take the following short notice of the Khang in the Spectator, almost verbatim, whion & single torrent is one este act, whether the erfarin \n\nflagrant case of Newspaper dishonesty, nceurred in on- ting, the insete the line of it, or has Spring Meeting from the North-Ching Herald whisper whence the apolis were stolen. the juce the tivard Camiral in Cannon-run. it of the 24th olim. The commis mun who so osion with the articultural Exhibition, when the serar di Tu say that make do improper for ft. But to aventry for urging a se before the Howe of ham sold people here at our anal meeting has been the revive the report of the Prizes from the cautioned day and night, net in exceed per each gun carrying off all the good things of Secretary, w the express coulition that he should, is employed 60 rounds during the Best 3 uurs, except f which it is in, but then it would be a right and fortanste \n\n\"We wander who rode our cormity with the usage of the Press on icse oc- the ships under letter C. which will fire 100 rounds. \n\nThey were proper for him to wipe the end beture the Ligure of Chanan, the Northern turt. \n\nCasics, end slips so the Speci \n\nfudiately the bunchardment open the landing of the attic forces will take place at the creek in' Küper an, of the man tinte, kifor a sane her trimmal, provided be ezig recessed reaeration, for the tertives let here the old friend raid. Yellow Jack and Tartar are with e, at the east of Leuils as well as of honesty. The \n\nThe dist heul mom is welcome to the use of vagulang words Pussage, when there the British and French dags will batur. His obvious that by such decision the door to abwe be found in the Hwek Stakes. art by rite oper. Nothing more would be tryniced never have been elsewhere --- \n\nwhich like utty her about he worbi did an enlty be planted in the following order, commencing a day- in eaing, if Palled upon to do so; we will conline onr \n\nlight- to end a remier if Parliament to pochert with perfect; \n\nThe mail, that apology for au many lanes, is urged by \n\nsives har fiets. It is of some consentence that safety a renumeration as Parliamentary agent, u \n\njon which he was onlied in devide as lielige by cerforming war sareporter as a plea for 101 furnishing 18, ki this the public should know that the journal which has won adition acres in his client cost of deces, et clurging issay, with the fall, time and parimer pronunt of the \n\nFor itself the reputation of being acivali in squerility Taxes that came off on Wednesday and Friday in this sproper timotely large for for them. We will not, in \n\ntatau kitowledge, afirm that the committee of \n\nThe stud was graced by the presence of many of car fair residents, and the intervals between the races were enlivened by the music of the of 11. M. S. Higher Adly tout for the occultat: \n\nFIRST DAY. \n\nThe Wung Plate-Spota, 1; Muischite, 2; Dred. 33 \n\nBlack Cockatoo, i. \n\nTHE CHINESE DESPATCHES. THE BOMBARDMENT OF CAYTON. \n\nWAR OFFICE. Fra Mazt, February 15 \n\nThe Secretary of State for War but this day received & despute, of which the following is a copy, addressed is lord chip by Major Geveral C. T, Vas Strubeuzes, C. B., commanding are Majesty's Land Forces in Chan \n\nCenton, December 29, 1857. \n\nMy Lord-I have great satisfactios in reporting that Canton city was ermaisded muud eaptured this day at nine o'clock, with a more trifling losa das enuld have been expected. liceat emulatios was displaye 1 by the whole Allied Force, ten-st whom the greatest cordiality and god feeling into \n\nWe have to deplore the low Royal Suvy, els of Liestemt fiske, of the 59 Regie In stenaut Bowen, ct the me regiment, has tree seriously wounded, \n\nAll \n\nand misrepresentata, is as dishonest in soull thing as The Flea of Comes applied to inquire in Mr. Bersoek; we can therefore only give the places of the brass \n\nSpretter case has come to such a monstrous decisiour; but if it hits and ponies as they came in, which we do on the best. With fius exposure we leave him-Medran \n\nThe intimation arributed to Sir. Jaries Gesinam shut authority, sed promise a graphic report in or next. \n\nThe weather and ground was favorable on the whole, ties of the resolutions was an acquittal of Isan Sasho charge of inproperly enjoying bis prillon bach days, thongh there was a greas outrast; then e is a member of Le 1s of Con alyst day be hot, with a southerly with, and the ther- escuptible of ach an interpretation-it ili ose electors memeter in the shule at 80°, and on Friday, a cold nor- tur be an incir qurd visst the sing why we for strictherly wind was hiewing, and the hormoneter at 63. \n\nPiwili place himself sack $19- It had rained a god deal the night before, hat the wind jście position \n\nAnd dried the course pretty well.\" this tunction The part which Ms. Butt han played cannot be appruched less his negetation with the x-reshient of the art of Corral are taken into account. Mr Vermilch admits that he had repeated emmunications with Mr. Butt-vethal aud epilary-on the subject of the class of Ali Mvered. Of in excep Timock was kept me the lacters are said to have bren private autoosidential. It is possible, Therefore, bu learn with certainty what was the lure of the comuneulea- tions. But this is certain, il subsequently to these inter- Venom Sto altered a dras lurzer 1935 [ektors, Mr. nd the Court of Directors refusing to entertain the Ameer's application, iuro a letter couraging him to return to Sciarie by long at the lope Sut i li mi nital Ala to the Buglial Governinect something arigat he does to him. The only reasna, sseigned for too parišal revered fa inficial teuer, on the strengt of private, sureverteil enamiestis, is that the siteure appenced inrse; but M. Vernon Sanita gave the contest la stand Und Je very reluctant to have sue Ameer's new debaresi à l'aclinent while the Bengal insurrection was it progress, Mr. But having gives it frommilostared theit die hunt informed the ex-Pretent of the Beart of Country of his having tuged the user and his friends to bring the wise 'fore Parlia ne. We r TL entitled to say that Mr. Batt obtained the centerscica in favour of 32 Moured by hinting to the Prescrican of the Buned of Contro, but he had it is power Parliment to fore in a cebam As slin Amour' case; tot in the cherastonces succions will intrude themelsea which at in mot easy to disynd \n\nThe righe Flute-Cock Tail, 1; Peg Tupe, 2; Tiny, 3: \n\nTelegram. 4 \n\nThe ingken Cuga-Sydney, 1; Cheertal, 2 Vaugueril, 8. The dis-Touiz 1 Spot, ; Cock Tail 3, \n\nChelato, 4 72 Pailon, 1; Deuil. 2. \n\nThe finch Marks Rocket, Bay Midleton, 2. \n\nThe Shanghae Pork Cup —Syota, 1; Maiciite, 2; Tapas, \n\n3. \n\nSECOND DAY. \n\nThe fisher Flame-Tiege, walked oven, \n\nThe Swing Cry-Cacetent, 1; Cheerful, 2; Vanguard, \n\n3. \n\nThe China-sup-Blank Coelaten, 1: Topaz. 2; Lakin i \n\nThe T'antica Cap---Coverfil. 1: Shali, 2; Drutd, 8, The Hunt Strikellow Zack, Rocket, 2: Tartar, 3. After the figh vene, in the second day, a match was Parween, Mr. Recens guy Are pobytynen, and Mr. Benadier's black Cafe piny Tube, which was won \n\nGarne. \n\nWe pronoun an epilar in the count of 7%. Batsby mini iko es dreient of the board of Contd. We are will \n\nthat fact of both lisa hart ht \n\nThis will the deutet \n\narists cl \n\navember of the Homme Camus in a \n\nThe following extracts in the Hurkura wnd Englishmas. Calcutta papers, will be read with \n\nun riser as preferring a sai to the lease if interest anal satisfaction by the Colonists of be is lined to \"eir veneration from the air for a Hongkong, if the Pandies are landed here, and po \n\ning the sun elsewhere, if the mean He that doubt with equal satisfaction by General Van \n\nare il gratuitously in the Hour by the name tur \n\nStrasbenzre if such galbut and ready soldiers are placed under his charge. We do not like \n\nengaged is allen wat align and are public civic of the Chatte, whenleigh them drada a dealer fee site's claims in the flow of Corsake y comments, for it by n chase the regiments reach bare without racing their barge conectanapur his eliumiven conrægur dance of com region may be enfly tired by mandors th heers (insult them Pardy met vertaily will House of Come and in the Eccrtine Government, Such a state of stairs is const unsatisfactory even b we shall have some gallant ofboer of ours dawn maky now, star), But supposing that the entire itone Adastraling of India were vested in a single mon ne with the assertion that never was there Minister of the Corn she is to the House of a more loyal or better behaved regiment in Culosis, with wild traptations would the integrity of Our representatives in the legislature le tona feet Atler Majesty's service. We had a sample of it it is, wo have had at one time a Narab Susa, Rajans the other day in the case of the 70th, when a \n\nCaptain Hates, of the \n\nThe hophardment is to be in very low time, aud \n\n1. Suppers and Miners, 59th Regiment, Royal Artillery, stores and mention, \n\nThe French Nawai Brigale, stoves, &c. \n\n3. The Naval Brigade, under the ader of Commodore the 1o. 4. 6. 1, B Esot. \n\n4. The Naval Brigade from Cantun. \n\n5. Lieulcunt.Cola.et lemon's battalica of Royal Marines, & \n\nd. Cutearl Holowry's Brigade of Royal Marines, &c, (Waru last heet of No. £ has passed, No. 2 will com meece, and on with: the remainder \n\nThe duration of the French forces will be eritraded by Capta Reinan:], fg captein; the British troops and Royal Marines by Major the Bon. H. Clidord \n\nThe British Naval Brigade, by Captain W. K. Hall.\n\n... acutalo.\n\nThe following will be the disposition of the united forces after landing:\n\n| Unit | Position |\n| --- | --- |\n| British Naval Brigade | Right |\n| Centre bridge | Composed of Lieutenant-Colonel Lemon's battalion, 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery, and Sapiers |\n| Preucia bridge | Left |\n| Colonel Holloway's brigade | Reserve, with Royal Marine Artillery |\n\nAfter getting into position the allied forces will remain...\n\nC. T. VAN STRAUBENZEE, Major General,\n\nCommanding Traps in China,\n\nPort Gongh is now being occupied.\n\nThe Right Hon.\n\nthe Secretary of State for \n\nWar, C., * \n\nADMIRAL SEYMOUR'S DESPATIUU.\n\nAdmiralty, Fuurorg 15. Despoteker, of which the following me cans, bure en verived by the Lords Commissioners of the! Astrahy Trout Kee-Sentral Sir Michael Seyavour,\n\nOrumates at CANYON \n\nNo. 357.\n\nHer Majesty's ship Coromandri,\n\nnt fan. De ch SirMy letter (No.343) of the 13th ist. courzved \n\nPuins to the fures of the Allied Power, and that u \n\nthe indigence of the raceable regation of ionsh letter had seen vent in t. You, the Lagerial High Cour mission, by the ass-furs of the Allied Powers, stating the deamus of the two Gavernitects, d rating ten days for a consideration of the same, lailing earnered against the city of Citati.\n\nplane with which, conise mesures would be 2. The Brigade of Royal Mears et igal Maries Actriery mere inediately wasis dought up to the i \n\nunders for an advaner, watch will be made to a position \n\nfor vise night, y reparatury to active service us the follow-\n\nnig andag. \n\nM. Skrmore, Rent.Adesiral. \n\nComander-in-Chief of Her Britannic \n\nMajesty's Noynt Purees. \n\nRear-Adesira \n\nC. HowerDA GENOT13.1.T \n\nComewi'kiet af 1Fix Emperial \n\nAlajesty's Naval Forces. \n\nCT VAN STRAL BENZ, Major Lien, Commanding the Alinary Force, \n\nGENERAL MEMORANDUM. Carouane), Canton, Deectner 26, 1857.\n\nThe Nuva! Brigade of seanien will be in three divisions. The divisions will be tald off into companies, each stvising gomorracing No. 1. md the last timber cop. rames is 1st tumi 2e devisions will be composed of boats' \n\ncrewy. \n\n(A) Actre, blgethon, and guulmate, \n\n() Me. Puade, Crnizer, Tornet, and a gunhast. \n\nNumrud, Surprise, 1 agone, Mares, a gunboals. After se p, the three fut-anted ships will after sheir genka 18 will, after one qui, aiter their fire to the north- east with gate. fire to the ty and Gough's Lighrere Alarmcast and \n\nSea Supplemen \n\n} \n\n}", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 249931, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-079 - Public Offices - 1860", "page_number": 81, "title": "CO129-079 - Public Offices - 1860", "content_text": "Admiralty\n\n852\n\nTHE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 28, 1860.\n\nAdmiralty, February 27, 1860.\n\nRear-Admiral of the Blue James Hope, C.B., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue until further orders, and while employed as Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's ships and vessels within the limits of the East India Station,\n\nCommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland.\n\n2nd Cumberland Artillery Volunteers.\n\nThomas Salkeld, Esq., to be Captain Commandant.\n\nCommission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Aberdeen.\n\nColonel Charles Fraser to be Vice Lieutenant\n\nDated 23rd February, 1860.\n\nCommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset.\n\nRobert James Elton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.\n\nDated 22nd February, 1860.\n\n1st Somerset Regiment of Militia.\n\nHenry Gully Foy, Esq., to be Surgeon, vice Hugo, deceased.\n\nDated 23rd February, 1860.\n\nBridgewater or 5th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps.\n\nDated 15th February, 1860.\n\n1st Cumberland Rifle Volunteers.\n\nRobert Ferguson, Esq., to be Captain Commandant.\n\nDated 15th February, 1860.\n\n3rd Cumberland Rifle Volunteers.\n\nMajor Charles Hamilton Wake to be Captain Commandant.\n\nDated 15th February, 1860.\n\nCommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Berks.\n\nBerks Rifle Volunteers.\n\n1st Corps, 1st Company.\n\nHenry Bilson Blandy, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Stephens, promoted.\n\nDated 21st February, 1860.\n\n1st Corps, 2nd Company.\n\nLieutenant Charles Stephens to be Captain.\n\nDated 21st February, 1860.\n\nJohn Masters, Doctor of Medicine, to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.\n\nDated 25th February, 1860.\n\nKeynsham or 7th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps.\n\nJames Ireland Clayfield Ireland, Esq., to be Captain.\n\nDated 25th February, 1860.\n\nCharles John Simmons, Gent., to be Lieutenant.\n\nDated 25th February, 1860.\n\nHarford Lyne, Gent., to be Ensign.\n\nDated 25th February, 1860.\n\nIlminster or 9th Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps.\n\nJohn Halliday, Esq., to be Lieutenant.\n\nDated 22nd February, 1860.\n\nJohn Blommart, Esq., to be Ensign.\n\nDated 22nd February, 1860.\n\nWells or 10th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps.\n\nJohn Nicholls, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.\n\nDated 27th February, 1860.\n\nStogursey or 11th Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps.\n\nGeorge Fownes Luttrell, Esq., to be Lieutenant.\n\nDated 21st February, 1860.\n\nRobert Guy Evered, Esq., to be Ensign.\n\nDated 21st February, 1860.\n\nCommission signed by Her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the City of London.\n\nLondon Rifle Volunteer Brigade.\n\nHis Royal Highness General the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., to be Honorary Colonel.\n\nDated 24th February, 1860.\n\nLeury Adolphus Simonds, Gent., to be Lieutenant.\n\nDated 23rd February, 1860.\n\nBlackall Simonds, Gent., to be Ensign.\n\nDated 23rd February, 1860.\n\nCommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Oxford.\n\n3rd Oxfordshire Rifle Volunteers.\n\nTimothy Edward Cobb, Banker, to be Lieutenant.\n\nDated 24th February, 1860.\n\nJohn Potts, Gent., to be Ensign.\n\nDated 24th February, 1860.\n\nCommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex.\n\n6th Sussex Rifle Volunteers.\n\nThe Honourable Percy Scawen Wyndham to be Lieutenant.\n\nDated 15th February, 1860.\n\nThe Honourable Edward Turnour, commonly called Viscount Turnour, to be Ensign.\n\nDated 15th February, 1860.\n\n4th Sussex Rifle Volunteers.\n\nInigo Gell to be Lieutenant.\n\nDated 16th February, 1860.\n\nWilliam Beard to be Ensign.\n\nDated 16th February, 1860.\n\n8th Sussex Rifle Volunteers.\n\nSir Charles Goring, Bart., to be Captain.\n\nDated 16th February, 1860.\n\nCommissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Carmarthen.\n\n1st Carmarthenshire Rifle Volunteers.\n\nThe Viscount Emlyn to be Captain.\n\nJohn Lewes Thomas, Gent., to be Lieutenant.\n\nCommission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Rutland.\n\nRutland Militia.\n\nFrederick Lloyd Philipps, Gent., to be Ensign.\n\n2nd Carmarthenshire Rifle Volunteers.\n\nDavid John Browne Edwardes, Esq., to be Captain.\n\nDated 20th February, 1860.\n\nJohn Thomas Keal, Esq., to be Surgeon.\n\nDated 24th February, 1860.\n\nM. Monvale\n\nWir Blackwood.\n\n\"The Letters Patent for investing the Supreme Court of Hong Kong with an appellate jurisdiction over suits decided by British Consuls in Japan... is now completed, and ready for transmission to the Colony.\n\nThe cost of the Patent is £32.18s. Should it be paid for out of Colonial Funds, or is the Treasury to be asked to disburse the amount?\n\nObserve that the Order in Council of the 30th March last, to which the Patent refers, was published in the London Gazette. It will perhaps be thought proper to notify the passing of this Patent in the Gazette.\n\nM. Walksworth\n\nThe Colony is able to pay for Expenses justly chargeable upon it; but this ...\n\nWH\n\n27660", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-079 - Public Offices - 1860.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 256676, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10]", "page_number": 34, "title": "CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10]", "content_text": "JURY LIST,--Continued.\n\nSPECIAL JUROR.\n\nNAME.\n\nOCCUPATION AND RESIDENCE.\n\nSPECIAL JUROR.\n\nNAME.\n\nOCCUPATION AND RESIDENCE.\n\nJURY LIST,—Continued.\n\nNAME,\n\nOCCUPATION AND RESIDENCE.\n\nSPECIAL JUROR.\n\nNAME.\n\nOCCUPATION AND RESIDENCE.\n\nSPECIAL JUROR.\n\nSoermann, Auguste\n\nSpeechly, Samuel\n\nParker, Edward\n\nParker, Ebenezer Francis\n\nParker, M. D.\n\nParker, R.\n\nParkin, W. W.\n\nPattell, P. N.\n\nPearce, James W.\n\nPemberton, J.\n\nPepson, N.\n\nPereira, Jose L.\n\nPerkins, W. H.\n\nPestonjee, Barzinjee\n\nPhotographer, Staunton Street\n\nInnkeeper, Queen's Road\n\nMerchant, A. Heard & Co.\n\nShip Broker, Queen's Road\n\nClerk, J. A. Brooks\n\nMerchant, Olyphant & Co.\n\nBroker, Wellington Street\n\nClerk, H. Duddell & Co.\n\nAssistant, Johnson & Co.\n\nEllissen, G.\n\nEllis, P. P.\n\nElmenhurst, J. Henry\n\nElton, W. M.\n\nEmeny, William\n\nEndicott, Henry Collins,\n\nEscherick, J. W. H.\n\nFairley, Francis B.\n\nFalconer, George\n\nFawcett, J.\n\nField, T. T.\n\nFisher, S.\n\nForbes, Murdoch\n\nFoster, William Hammond\n\nFox, Samuel Crane\n\nFraser, John M.\n\nFreer, F.\n\nFreire, Francisco\n\nFrickel, Leopold\n\nMerchant, A. Ellissen & Co.\n\nAssistant, A. Heard & Co.\n\nClerk, W. Pustan & Co.\n\nMerchant, Arbuthnot Road\n\nStorekeeper, Wellington Street\n\nStorekeeper, T. Hurit & Co.\n\nAssistant, Smith, Kennedy & Co.\n\nClerk, Oriental Bank\n\nWatchmaker, D. Lapraik\n\nShip Chandler, Wellington Street\n\nAssistant, Smith, Archer & Co.\n\nClerk, Jürgens & Co.\n\nAssistant, Olyphant & Co.\n\nAssistant, Russell & Co.\n\nBroker, D'Aguilar Street\n\nClerk, P. and O. Co.\n\nClerk, H. Duddell & Co.\n\nClerk, Hongkong Club\n\nShip Chandler, Queen's Road\n\nJameson, Charles\n\nJohnson, Charles T.\n\nJohnson, Francis B.\n\nJohnston, William\n\nJorge, Honorato\n\nJukes, M. P.\n\nJürgens, Henry\n\nKentwell, Robert Henry\n\nKenward, Robert\n\nKerr, William McDermott\n\nKing, D. Jr.\n\nKing, W. D.\n\nKing\n\nKingsmill, Thomas\n\nKirby, William\n\nKoopmanschap, C.\n\nMerchant, Jameson & Co.\n\nAssistant, Johnson & Co.\n\nMerchant, Johnson & Co.\n\nSuperintendent Engineer, P. & O. 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Co.\n\nDispenser, Hongkong Dispensary\n\nAssistant, W. Pustan & Co.\n\nAssistant, Smith, Archer & Co.\n\nMarine Reporter, China Mail\n\nAssistant, Wetmore, Cryder & Co.\n\nShipbuilder, Queen's Road East\n\nAssistant, Olyphant & Co.\n\nMerchant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.\n\nClerk, Hall & Co.\n\nAccountant, Commercial Bank\n\nClerk, Dowra & Co.\n\nWatchmaker, D. Lapraik\n\nCookkeeper, S. C. Woodruff\n\nClerk, Oriental Bank Queen's Roud\n\nAsistant, Bourjeu, Hübener & Co.\n\nStorekeeper, Thos. Hunt and Co.\n\nClerk, Lane, Crawford and Co.\n\nAssistant, A. Heard and Co.\n\nAssistant, A. Heard and Co.\n\nMerchant, A. Heard and Co.\n\nWatchmaker, Queen's Road\n\nMerchant, John Burd and Co.\n\nForeman, McDougall and Co.\n\nAssistant, Gibb, livingston and Co.\n\nStorekeeper, Queen's Road\n\nMerchant, Queen's Road\n\nAssistant, Jordine, Matheson and Co.\n\nAssistant, Olyphant and Co.\n\nClerk, P. and O. Co.\n\nLakeman, Nicholas W.\n\nLambert, John William\n\nLambert, Robert Carr\n\nLammert, Gen. 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H.\n\nMerchant, Johnson and Co.\n\nMerchant, Shelley Street\n\nAssistant, Wilkinson and Co.\n\nMerchant, Gilman and Co.\n\nAssistant, Gilman and Co.\n\nMerchant, Bourjau, Hilbener & Co\n\nAssistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.\n\nAssistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.\n\nAssistant, A. Heard & Co.\n\nAssistant, A. Heard & Co.\n\nClerk, N. Dous & Co.\n\nOrmiston, Walter\n\nOverbeck, Gustav\n\nOwens, J.\n\nOwen, William\n\nOzorio, Candido Antonio\n\nOzorio, Candido Julio\n\nAccountant, Oriental Bank\n\nMerchant, Lyall, Still & Co.\n\nAssistant, Lindsay & Co.\n\nBunker, B. of India, Australia, &c.\n\nClerk, S. P. Hall\n\nAssistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co!\n\nAssistant, Fletcher & Co.\n\nAssistant, W. Pustau & Co.\n\nPhotographer, Parade Ground\n\nClerk, Atkinson & Co.\n\nShipwright, Russell & Co.\n\nAssistant, Commission Agent, D'Aguilar St.\n\nStorekeeper, P. and O. 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A. da\n\nSlate, R. B.\n\nSmith, Caleb\n\nSmith, Frederick T.\n\nSmith, George\n\nSmith, J.\n\nSmith, R. B.\n\nSoares, Francisco de Paulo\n\nSpencer, D. A.\n\nSpencer, G. G.\n\nStanford, William K.\n\nStainmann, Oscar\n\nStephens, J.\n\nStewart, H. D.\n\nStill, Charles Frederick\n\nStiles, William\n\nStimsen, John\n\nStokes, G. E.\n\nStorey, James\n\nSteinkopff, Otto\n\nMerchant, P. & D. N. Camajee & Co.\n\nAssistant, Dent & Co.\n\nAssistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.\n\nEngineer, P. and O. Company\n\nClerk, Glatz, Lammert & Co.\n\nMerchant, Holliday, Wise & Co.\n\nClerk, MacEwen & Co.\n\nEngineer, P. and 0. Company\n\nClerk, Lindsay & Co.\n\nAssistant, Do.\n\nMerchant, Gough Street\n\nMerchant, Moses & Co.\n\nMerchant, Pottinger Street\n\nClerk, Vaucher Frères\n\nShip Chandler, Queen's Road\n\nAccountant, Bank of Western India\n\nClerk, P. and O. Company\n\nAssistant, Holliday, Wise & Co.\n\nAssistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.\n\nAssistant, Gilman & Co.\n\nAuctioneer, Wellington Street\n\nAuctioneer, Ďo.\n\nShipwright, West Point\n\nAssistant, Dent & Co.\n\nClerk, Bowra & Co.\n\nAssistant, Dent & Co.\n\nBoiler Maker, P. and O. Company\n\nCom. Agent, Blum, Brothers & Co.\n\nBlum, Brothers & Co. Foreman, Hall & Co.\n\nAssistant, Holliday, Wisc & Co.\n\nMerchant, Stephenson & Co.\n\nShipwright, Queen's Road West\n\nClerk, Thos. Hunt & Co.\n\nMerchant, F. B. Metta & Co.\n\nAccountant, Gough Street\n\nMerchant, Turner & Co.\n\nClerk, Lane, Crawford & Co.\n\nAssistant, Schaeffer & Co.\n\nAssistant, Bull, Purdon & Co.\n\nMerchant, D. Sassoon, Sons & Co.\n\nAssistant,\n\nDo.\n\nMerchant, Schaeffer & Co.\n\nClerk, Smith, Archer & Co.\n\nClerk, Frickel & Co.\n\nAssistant, Fletcher & Co.\n\nClerk, J. Logans.\n\nClerk, Augustine Heard & Co.\n\nBroker, Wellington Street\n\nMerchant, Staunton Street\n\nBroker, Caine Road\n\nStaunton Street\n\nAssistant, Mercantile Bank\n\nAssistant, Wetmore, Cryder & Co.\n\nMerchant, Smith, Archer & Co.\n\nAssistant, Birley & Co.\n\nAssistant, Smith, Kennedy & Co.\n\nClerk, Emigration Agency\n\nAssistant, Smith, Archer & Co.\n\nStorekeeper, F. P. Soares & Co.\n\nTalbot, Henry Eustace\n\nTalbot, S. H.\n\nTapp, W. H.\n\nTaylor, J. B.\n\nThom, William\n\nThomas, G.\n\nThompson\n\nThompson, L.\n\nThompson, George\n\nThomson, Gavin\n\nThomas, Louis\n\nThorburn, S. D.\n\nThorne, J.\n\nTillinghast, T. D.\n\nToms, Richard\n\nTorrey, Joseph William\n\nTownsend, John\n\nTrubsbaw, James\n\nTuring, Alexander\n\nTyson, George\n\nAssistant, Oxford & Co.\n\nEngineer, Queen's Road\n\nAssistant, Bull, Purdon & Co.\n\nBookkeeper, Bowra & Co.\n\nMerchant, Jameson & Co.\n\nAssistaut, Siemssen & Co.\n\nClerk, P. & 0, Co.\n\nAssistant, Turner & Co.\n\nStorekeeper, Dent & Co.\n\nMerchant, Lyall, Still & Co.\n\nClerk, P. & O. Co.\n\nAssistant, Lyall, Still & Co.\n\nForeman, Harper & Co.\n\nAssistant, Oxford & Co.\n\nVaucher, Albert Emile\n\nVickermann, W. H.\n\nVickers, J. M.\n\nVinton, William\n\nClerk, Lane, Crawford & Co.\n\nClerk, Morgan & Co.\n\nAssistant, Smith, Archer & Co.\n\nAssistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.\n\nShipwright, Queen's Road West\n\nAssistant, Hull & Co.\n\nAssistant, Oxford & Co\n\nInnkeeper, Queen's Road\n\nAssistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.\n\nWagner, Charles\n\nWalkinshaw, William\n\nWallace, Edward\n\nWallace, Thomas\n\nWard, J. G.\n\nWatmore, Robert\n\nWatson, Alexander S.\n\nWatson, James B.\n\nWatson J. C.\n\nWebster, James\n\nWeld, Daniel\n\nWelsh, David\n\nWetmore, W. Shephard\n\nWheeley, Alfred A.\n\nWhitley, F.\n\nWhite, Augustus\n\nWiese, Frederick\n\nWiese, Ludwig\n\nWilkins, George\n\nWilson, Alexander\n\nWilson, Edward\n\nWilson, G.\n\nWinniberg, Henry\n\nWilson, James\n\nWilson William\n\nWoodford, J. D.\n\nWoodin, Edward L.\n\nWoodruff, Samuel C.\n\nWoodward, R. H. S.\n\nWong Ashing\n\nWordsworth, George\n\nYoung, W. C.\n\nH. Jürgens and Co.\n\nAssistant, Turner & Co.\n\nAssistant, Wetmore, Cryder & Co.\n\nClerk, De Silver & Co.\n\nClerk, Lane, Crawford & Co.\n\nCommission Agent, Queen's Road\n\nCommander Fort William\n\nAssistant, Dent & Co.\n\nAssistant, Dent & Co.\n\nMerchaut, Russell & Co.\n\nMerchant, Queen's Road\n\nClerk, S. P. Hall\n\nAssistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.\n\nClerk, P. and O. Co.\n\nPiano Tuner, Shelley Street\n\nMerchant, Turner & Co.\n\nClerk, D. Lapraîk\n\nAssistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.\n\nAssistant, Olyphant & Co.\n\nAssistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.\n\nDruggist, Queen's Road\n\nInnkeeper, Queen's Road\n\nClerk, Blackhead & Co.\n\nAccountant, Oriental Bank\n\nAssistant, A. Heard & Co.\n\nAssistant, Smith, Kennedy & Co.\n\nMerchant, Wetmore, Cryder & Co.\n\nAssistant, Dent & Co.\n\nClerk, P. and O. Co.\n\nBanker, Bank of India\n\nAssistant, Siemssen & Co.\n\nMerchant, Siemssen & Co.\n\nBilliard Table-keeper, Queen's Road\n\nStorekeeper, MacEwen & Co.\n\nClerk, Turner & Co.\n\nClerk, P. and O. Company\n\nStorekeeper, Queen's Road\n\nClerk, MacEwen & Co.\n\nClerk, MacEwen & Co.\n\nAssistant, Walker, Borradaile & Co.; Clerk, P. and O. Co.\n\nStorekeeper, Queen's Road\n\nAssistant, Smith, Kennedy & Co.\n\nPrinter, London Missionary Society\n\nAgent, G. Holmes & Co.\n\nJ. C. POWER, Acting Sheriff.\n\nRevised and amended, and the Special Jurors designated, by His Excellency The Governor and the Legislative Council, this 24th Day of February, 1862.\n\nL. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.\n\nJack, John\n\nShipwright, Mr. Lamont\n\nPalmer, W. H.\n\nElgin Terrace", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 256901, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10]", "page_number": 259, "title": "CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10]", "content_text": "Date\n\nDate\n\nIt is a small specific detail of the services with the sanction of the Governor or particular authority for which the date should be stated.\n\nTo the Secretary should be sent with this as an overpayment in amount of State Bill of a similar description.\n\n400 Doz.\n\n44\n\n7\n\n100\n\n42\n\n4100\n\nof which every first\n\nBrought forward.. Bamboo Pickets oft.\n\n \n Hundred\n 1 Mails.\n \n \n 转\n 160 1/2 Dogs Carpenter.\n (if any)\n \n \n Item\n Pate\n \n \n 5.\n 2.\n £333\n 150\n 6134\n \n \n \n \n 118\n 9\n 43\n \n \n X\n \n 14\n \n 401 1/2\n \n \n \n \n 2\n \n 401 1/4\n 401\n \n \n \"\n \n 17\n \n 4.\n \n \n #\n \n \n \n 401 2/\n \n \n #\n \n 10\n \n 400\n \n \n 3.\n \n \n \n \"\n \n \n \n \n \n 520 1/2\n 200\n 6 Gels. White Line\n \n \n \n \n 54372\n \n 19h Days Boat line.\n \n \n X\n \n 5/5\n \n 3.\n Bamboo Chair\n \n \n X\n \n $75\n \n 435\n Watchmen\n \n \n X\n \n 2/\n \n \n \n 2 Frow running Bolt with staple completed\n \n \n \n 2. Pairs 14. Cross Garment Hinges.\n 2\n #\n 45\n \n \n \n \n 4\n \n 24\n \n \n \n \n 4\n 36\n 16\n 3\n \n \n \n | 10 |\n \n 403\n 1414\n \n \n \n \n \n 258\n Jooping)\n \n\nWe hereby certify that the foregoing work has been satisfactorily performed, competent Artificers employed on day work, and Materials supplied of proper quality as stated in this Bill, amounting to £425 11.00 Sig. that the hat Juk prices are fair and reasonable, and only inserted against items not included in the printed Schedule of the Station.\n\n(Signed) J. H. Crowdy.\n\n(Signed) Thed: Clements,\n\nLieutenant. R. E.\n\n(Signed) I. Sturdd.\n\nLieutenant. R. E.\n\n2nd Class Military Subor\n\n \n 2624 Days 99th Regiment\n / ___ £ 16 v\n \n \n Voo's\n V24.\n \n \n Roy! Eug! @ 17\n 500-3\n \n \n Jo\n 279\n 0.942)\n \n \n \n 17.94\n \n \n \n 2117544\n \n \n \n 599872\n \n \n Total\n £4.25116:\n \n\nAmounting to Four hundred and twenty five Pounds, eleven shillings and six and half Pence Sterling.\n\nU.BB. A distinct heading to be inserted in the Account current for Extra Services authorized by Governors or Commanders of the Forces in circumstances of extreme emergency, and under which credit is to be taken by the Storekeeper for the foregoing and for any other Work of similar descriptions performed under authority of the Governor or Commander of the Forces, in cases of extreme urgency.\n\nI certify that this claim, amounting to Four hundred twenty five Pounds, Eleven Shillings and Six and half Pence Sterling, is correct, and that the amounts charged represent the actual expenditure incurred thereupon.\n\n(Signed) Fred Clements,\n\nLieut. R.E.\n\nforbl. 6. (June Copy) MAAlexander\n\nActing Colonial Secretary", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 260437, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-102 - Public Offices - 1864", "page_number": 54, "title": "CO129-102 - Public Offices - 1864", "content_text": "Admiralty,\n\n...\n\nboats, \n\nde would present facilities for aciters\n\nop\n\nbe lighters perfectly retained.\n\nI have lo...\n\n(Signed) Hercules G. Robinson\n\nGovernor and Commander in Chief\n\n5\n\n1\n\n...\n\nAdmiralty\n\nIn replying, quote the following\n\nInitial Letter\n\nMM\n\nCopy - Govt. Secretariat 2 14 Aug/65- Joy4\n\n1664\n\n27 December 1864.\n\nWith reference to previous correspondence...\n\ncoc\n\nnded\n\nLa\n\nused by my Lords Commissioners of\n\nthe Admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of Her Majesty's Secretary Cardwell, Copy of a letter dated the 25th October last, No. 421, from Vice Admiral Sir A. L. Kuper respecting the suppression of\n\nPiracy in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong.\n\nYour most obedient Servant,\n\nColonial Dept.\n\n...\n\nand\n\nW\n\ners", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-102 - Public Offices - 1864.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 262298, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7]", "page_number": 469, "title": "CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7]", "content_text": "465 \n\nI shall be rejoiced if any interference on your part may obviate this difference. As regards the rendition of prisoners claimed by the Chinese Government, I have no alternative but to follow the plain evident reading of the Treaty, and to require in future due requisition by the Chinese Authorities, as the memorandum will show. Concerning any ordinary business that may arise, it shall be managed through the Consulate.\n\nMy particular object in addressing you is to request that we may be supported by us to the Chinese Government for that guarantee which I am instructed to procure. I have addressed both the Vice Roy and the British Consul in vain, and the Ordinance, now in pursuance of the Secretary of State's directions before the Legislative Council of this Colony, will be totally inoperative unless the guarantee be given.\n\nAs the memorandum above enclosed gives full details of the difficulty in which I am placed, I have now to ask for your good offices in procuring the guarantee required by Her Majesty's Government against the torture of Pirates surrendered.\n\nI have no desire to make further comments on the course pursued by either the Vice Roy or the Consul.\n\nI have, &c.,\n(signed) **R. D. Mercer** \nActing Governor & Commander in Chief", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 262310, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7]", "page_number": 481, "title": "CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7]", "content_text": "It was evident throughout this correspondence that the Chinese Authorities were under a misconception as to the Queen's territorial rights and the nature of our Colonial Jurisdiction, but without a more distinct or re-iterated assertion to this effect I hesitated to assume that they denied our Sovereign's authority in her own territory, and the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Courts of Justice. Such an assertion however is now directly made in the following Despatch from the Vice Roy of the Two Kwang enclosed in Consul Robertson's letter of 23rd Instant (copy enclosed).\n\nYou will see from the reply (also enclosed) that I have made a formal protest against this unwarrantable repudiation of the Queen's supremacy and pointed out the misinterpretation which the Chinese Authorities have put upon the Treaty. I should hope that the Supreme Government of Peking could at once disavow the Act of the Provincial officers, but in any case I think it right that you should be made acquainted with the circumstances.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(W. J. Mercurs)\nActing Governor & Commander-in-Chief", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 262316, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7]", "page_number": 487, "title": "CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7]", "content_text": "to lay down the maintainable principle that the nature of an offence is affected by the place \nor mode of the offender's \narrest \n\nIt is evident that the full and fair representation which Mr Robertson states \nhimself to have made proceeded on misconception of the meaning and scope of the 16th Article. Under these circumstances \nI cannot but think that such \nrepresentation \nhad better not have been made, as it only lends \nto \nconfirm the Chinese Government in their error and presents the singular appearance of a British \nOfficer assisting the Chinese Authorities to deny \nHer Majesty's jurisdiction over offences within Her Majesty's Dominions. \n\nI have, &c. \ncommunicated \n(signed) M. J. Mercer Acting Governor & Commander in Chief. \n\n# \n\"(Copy) \n\nNo 65 \n\nM. Consul Robertson to Colonial Secretary. \n\nSir, \nBritish Consulate, \nCanton, June 26th 1882. \n\n483 \n\nI have the honour to inform you that \nI have received a \ndespatch from His \nExcellency the Acting Vice Roy Sui, stating \nthat Chew Tim, the ringleader in the robbery committed on the Central Bank at Hongkong, has been arrested and \ntransmitted to Canton, and handed over \nto the Criminal Tribunal attached to the Office of the Prefect with directions to make rigorous enquiry into the circumstances of the robbery and to \nsentence \npronounce \n\nThe Honble W. H. Alexander, Esq \nHongkong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-105 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [5-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 262554, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-106 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [8-9]", "page_number": 156, "title": "CO129-106 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [8-9]", "content_text": "## 54\n\nAt Pat Lai distant only 6 miles from Taughtony have. He.\n\n(Signed) K. H. A. Mainwaring, Lieutenant and Commander.\n\n(Boy)\n\n## 13\n\nPolice Department, 24th June, 1883.\n\n- Special Report of Sidney\n\n55 153 \n\nFong Kee-Fos, master and mover of a small fishing boat belonging to Shewkewan, reports that on the 16th inst., at 2:26 pm, the boat he sailed from Shewkewan with a crew of 7 men and when sailing through the Lamma Pass he was attacked by a piratical boat containing about 30 men who came alongside.\n\nThe Honorable \nThe Acting Colonial Secretary.\n\nEP.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-106 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [8-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 265038, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-111 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [1-2]", "page_number": 418, "title": "CO129-111 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [1-2]", "content_text": "their evidence - both of whom have brought to port with the 12 prisoners. I could learn nothing relative to the case \"Wenry Darling\".\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(signed) Robt. P. Snwitt, \nLieut. Commander.\n\n411\n(Copy)\n\nPolice Department\n28th December, 1865.\n\nSpecial Report of Piracy.\n\nOwner of Cheung boy Hee, Master and a Stone Boat belonging to Took Kas Wan, British Kowloon, reports that on the morning of the 30th November he left Took Mar wan bound to Foo Moon laden with Stones having no arms of any description, on board, with a crew of 8 men and 3 boys; that when at anchor in the Caps suey moon passage, on the same night at 10 o'clock he was attacked by a pirate boat having a ...\n\nThe Honorable\nThe Acting Colonial Secretary", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-111 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 266250, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8]", "page_number": 143, "title": "CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8]", "content_text": "## Warning.\n\nN82.\n\n29th July 1866.\n\nGraves MacDanel\n\nGrunner Die Richard Graves Right Honorable\n\nEdward Cardwell, M.P.,\n\n**Abandonment of Pakshni by Imperial forces - Dismissal of Chinese Commandant by Vice Roy! Pakshni ungarrisoned.**\n\n(Copy)\n\nNo 407\n\nD.\n\nN.I.\n\nin `GR188/08`\n\nColonial Secretary's Office,\n\nHong Kong, 9th July, 1866.\n\nI am instructed by His Excellency Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell to transmit for your information, and that of the Vice Roy, the enclosed report of Commander St. John of his last visit on the 25th ultimo to Pakshni.\n\nYou will observe that he represents the Chinese garrison as having left the place, which was once more occupied by Pirates.\n\nB. Robertson, Hope, C.B.\nH.B.M's Consul.\n\n## Enclosure.\n\nCanton", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 267243, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-116 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [11-12]", "page_number": 188, "title": "CO129-116 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [11-12]", "content_text": "trong trong 186 \n\nIt December 1866. \n\nGoverno \n\nSir Richard Graves Missonill Co. \n\n13 \n\nThe Right Honorable \n\nThe Earl of Carnarvon.– \n\nMink - Dong Kong Dollar- \n\nChinese Proclamation - certifying value of \n\nResults of that Proclamation. \n\nhow limited. \n\nNo. 182. \n\nGOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. \n\n186 \n\nThe following Extract of a Letter from Mr. Vice-Consul MAYERS, in charge of Her Majesty's Consulate at Canton, enclosing Copy of Proclamation issued by His Excellency The Vice-Roy of the Two KWANG and other High Officers, declaring the Hongkong Dollar to be a Valid Tender in payment of Government dues, is published for general information. \n\nBy Order, \n\nColonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1866. \n\nNo. 218. \n\nW. T. MERCER, \n\nColonial Secretary. \n\nSIR- \n\nBRITISH CONSULATE, CANTON, 26th November, 1866. \n\nWith reference to my despatch No. 189 of the 26th October, forwarding Copy of the Minutes of the Assay, held here of the Dollars issued from the Mint of Hongkong, I have now the honor to state, for the information of His Excellency SIR RICHARD MACDONNELL, that a Proclamation has been issued by the principal Chinese Authorities of this Province, in which the new Dollar is acknowledged as a valid tender in payment of dues to the Government at the ascertained rate. \n\nI enclose a translation of this Proclamation, together with a copy in original stamped with the seals of the Viceroy, Governor, and Superintendent of Customs, \n\nI am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, \n\nWM. FRED. MAYERS, \n\nVice Consul in Charge. \n\n(Signed,) \n\nEnclosure. \n\nThe Hon. W. T. MERCER, Esq., \n\nColonial Secretary, Hongkong. \n\nPROCLAMATION. \n\nSui, Viceroy and Commander-in-Chief of the Provinces of Kwang-tung and Kwang-si : Kwo, Governor of the Province of Kwang-tung; and \n\nSHIH, Superintendent of the Imperial Maritime Customs of Kwang-tung; \n\nIssue the following Commands for general instruction. \n\nWhereas the population of the Province of Kwang-tung make use in their daily transactions of Foreign Money, the circulation of which has long been customary, and has been admitted as advantageous and convenient, Now of late there have been issued from the Mint of Hongkong Dollars, Half Dollars, and other Coins of smaller denomination, and request has been made by the British Acting Consul Mayers that officials might be deputed to submit this Coinage to Assay. Hereupon officials were accordingly appointed, for the purpose of jointly proceeding with the testing process; and the result of the Assay has been that, on being brought into comparison with the Standard of Hai-kwan Sycee Silver, the Hongkong Dollar is equal to the Standard of Nine hundred-thousandths, and hence One hundred and Eleven Taels, One Mace, and One Candareen in the new Coinage of Hongkong are equivalent to One hundred Taels in Hai-kwan Sycee. A certificate to this effect has been drawn up in testimony thereof by the Kao Hong Mow and four remaining Customs' Banks. It is proper, therefore, that the same be admitted at the aforesaid rate in the payment of dues to the Government, as also to general circulation, for the convenience of the public; and this Proclamation is accordingly issued. \n\nWherefore it is hereby proclaimed to all classes of the people beneath our jurisdiction, be it known to you that the Foreign money newly issued from the Mint of Hongkong has been submitted to Assay by Officials deputed for the purpose, and that it may be used in payment of dues to the Government and in general circulation. It should not be looked upon with suspicion, doubt, or indifference. \n\nFurthermore, we stringently prohibit the fraudulent imitation of the coinage of the Hongkong Mint by evil-disposed persons unlawfully counterfeiting it in the pursuit of gain; and, in the event of such criminal proceedings being ventured upon in disregard hereof, the guilty parties shall assuredly be seized, on discovery of their offence, and brought to justice. Let all obey this special Proclamation, \n\nTung Chih, 5th Year, 10th Moon, 18th Day, [November 24th, 1866.] \n\nTranslated by \n\n(Signed,) \n\nW. F. MAYERS, Vice-Consul \n\nTrue Copy, \n\n(Signed,) \n\nALEX. FRATER, \n\nAssistant.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-116 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [11-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 269277, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2]", "page_number": 460, "title": "CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2]", "content_text": "Grant from all Joy, wish to importation these, avhan J the contrary if guilty, desirous to have punished.\n\nAnnu ? No. 28-24 April fiya mot in Ally No 221. not inconsistent with the ordinary usages of civilized nations.\n\nGhair Mi (signed). Richard Gravesend Daniel, General and Commander in Chief.\n\nRECEIVED APL 18 1867 3832. Hong Kong 458\n\nMy Lord,\n\nGovernment House Hong Kong, 20th February, 1867.\n\nI have the honor to report that I have appointed Mr. Lum. Ruai to be 3rd Chinese Interpreter at the Magistracy from the 1st October last, in the place of Mr.\n\na more remunerative ...\n\nThe Right Honorable,\n\nThe Earl of Carnarvon,\n\nHer Majesty's Principal Secretary of State.\n\n...\n\nPage 383\n\n...\n\nPage 383\n\n...\n\nPage 383", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 270487, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-123 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [7]", "page_number": 377, "title": "CO129-123 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [7]", "content_text": "Opinion on thin correspondence\n\nShall await the fuller statement to submit Zoe Uffer in the record paragraph of ground default.\n\n&\n\nBoy\n\nAra\n\n491369\n\n372\n\nThe Reverend Charles J. Warren and Others to His Excellency, Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hongkong.\n\nLONDON MISSION HOUSE, HONGKONG, 24th July, 1867.\n\nAfter the recent interview of Messrs. WARREN, MORRIS, and TURNER, with Your Excellency, when you were so good as to listen to some arguments against the proposed system of licensing Gambling Houses in this Colony, and you intimated your intention of putting that system into operation; we desire respectfully to lay before Your Excellency the following objections, to which we venture to beg your earnest consideration.\n\nWe object to, and feel in conscience bound to protest against, this scheme, for the following reasons:---\n\n1. Because it has been introduced in an underhand, and un-English way.\n\nIt is included in an Ordinance for \"the Maintenance of Order and Cleanliness,\" a title under which no one would look for such a measure. The clause affecting Gambling is worded ambiguously; but any plain honest man would interpret it as meaning the very contrary to licensing the evil. It looks as if every care had been taken to blind-fold the public on this subject. There has been no opportunity of eliciting public opinion here; no opportunity of memorialising the Home Government in opposition to it.\n\n2. Because licensing Gambling Houses will certainly lead to a large increase of Gambling.\n\nThe fear of the law, which is now a partial check, will be removed. The publicity of the licensed Houses will ensnare many, who do not now go out of their way to search for them. Sailors, and other Europeans will be tempted into them. The proprietors will surround the \"hells\" with every attraction.\n\nBut argument is needless here. The bare mention of the vast sum offered, and it is said, accepted for the license, indicates an immense increase of Gambling.\n\n3. Because licensing Gambling Houses will never lead to the \"ultimate suppression\" of the vice.\n\nTo pretend the contrary would be the most barefaced hypocrisy. Every one argues for the licensing, Your Excellency included, does so on the ground that suppression is hopeless. The licensing will bring a large Revenue which the Government will not easily resign. But if at any time the Government does withdraw the licenses, the illegal Gambling will then be harder to put down than ever.\n\nYet by your own Ordinance, Your Excellency is pledged to aim at the \"ultimate suppression\" of Gambling!\n\nEX.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-123 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 271846, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "page_number": 39, "title": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "content_text": "## Page 37\n\nAnd attendances, clothing, medicines, Police, Expense of buildings and Maintenance.\n\nMy Lords will require proper returns and Certificates to be made to them showing that the money voted has been properly Expended, and the beds occupied by the which Class of Patients for it is Gracie-ous to the Lords propose thank initiation to the Naval Commander in Chief on the station to Confer with the Commanding Officer the Military Forces on the Subject, And Should the Ordinance and course of proceeding seem to them likely to secure the full benefit desired, they will be authorised to Communicate with the Governor In order that any Arrangement or otherwise, financial or otherwire, Legally for final approval may be Endorsed or Modified by them beams, and thus in All probability a more speedy settlement of the whole matter may be obtained.\n\nI am, \nYour Lordship's, \nObedient Servant, \nJ. J. Dominique \nJuf. Enclosmes \nthatch of 1th \nWithemo, \nan kewwith extinned_\n\n## Page 40\n\nJ. Holland \nA satisfactory & good business letter \nto ausan \nthe War Office \n42 other might h \nul. & term 2 \ni thin \n7 \nKL 1/2 \nof \nthe s \nof the W. Office, \nasseful to them. \ntil it would be well when a copy be my hareful, \nthean up, but reaux \nwith the \nto know the mess when the admiralty authorities take fitters entjeit. It is nati \nRog. \nLLA \nwuch \nthe purpose Aptioning \n19514/12. \nthe ormally have not alway \nWae offer fee `11026`. Drony Komy) \n* send kun to W.6. \nAgents \nCAFE 1% \nBi \n42. \nLu Wan offer \nM Holland \n31/12 \nnow that all \nfr Lvc. I presume th \nout the \nMacdonnell. \nan \n`12322.7` \nth \nthe \ncanforan the \nin necem ji R \nthat all that ins \nW. Office terms of \nOrduance \nRoy's, minute. \nWTH: \n& admiralt \n7. \n19TH 31/12 \n31/12 \n7", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 271863, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "page_number": 56, "title": "CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867", "content_text": "## MINUTE\n\nAug. 28\n\nGentlemen,\n\nThe Earl of Carnarvon directed me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th inst. and to authorize you to pay Mr. Mudie, Chief Accountant for Commander Wobbe, the sum of **$191.50** for freight due from the foot of Staughton for 90,000 in Subsidiary Coinage shipped for that Colony & in transit per SS \"Moren\" in June last.\n\n31 Jan/67 \n\n54 \n\n805 Aquati \n\n,7 \n\nAuthorise the Accountant General to pay Mr. Mudie ... \n\nThe dollar \n\n45 the rebate about the \n\nMilitary Officers \n\n7 garoz \n\nAuthorise the Aquati \n\n4- Ray the E191 \n\nenferme Me \n\nUzi/i \n\narou \n\nhop herg \n\nEut \n\nThe from Aputi \n\nthemon \n\nWM \n\nHough ong \n\nDam directed Ensche \n\nto authongs zou \n\nto pay & Mud Chord an Aputs for Commenden Woble \n\n| Date | Amount | Description |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 24th inst. | $191.50 | Freight due from the foot of Staughton for 90,000 in Subsidiary Coinage |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 274558, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7]", "page_number": 193, "title": "CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7]", "content_text": "## British Consulate, Canton, 8th June, 1858\n\nHaving laid before the Vice Roy the contents of your Despatch of the 23rd of April last, His Excellency the Communication fully appreciating you were pleased to make that this co-operation (of Her Majesty's squadron) must only be looked upon as a temporary assistance until the arrival of his gunboats from Europe and the organization...\n\nThe Honorable Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B., \nVice Admiral and Commander-in-chief, \n...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 275234, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9]", "page_number": 454, "title": "CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9]", "content_text": "## \n\nAt about 3 P.M. we proceeded out of the bay and have arrived here at 10 P.M. I would beg to represent that the charts with which we are supplied are on so small a scale, and so incomplete, as to render Navigation for coasting purposes very difficult. Of Deep Bay (How Hoy) there is no survey. The conduct of the officers and men under my command on this occasion has been such as to merit my highest approbation, and there has been no sickness, except in the case of an Engineer, whom I sent to Hospital.\n\n(Signed) Rodney M. Hoyt, Lieutenant and Commander", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-132 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [8-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 275787, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12]", "page_number": 359, "title": "CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12]", "content_text": "## \n\nNational design to be displayed his Appeal shall be of that shape, and not three concords.\n\nWhile I concur in your Excellency's views that this change should proceed from the supreme Authorities who first established the Flag, at the same time the shape as proposed by the Vice Roy appears more consistent with our ideas of what a National Flag should be.\n\nTherefore, in forwarding the whole correspondence to Her Majesty's Minister in China, I have requested that he will definitely settle this question with the Prince of Khung, at the same time informing His Excellency that I shall acknowledge the square Flag if otherwise of the pattern established, pending further instructions.\n\nI have, &c.,\n\n(Signed.) Henry Keppel, \nVice Admiral and Commander-in-Chief", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 275964, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-134 - Public Offices - 1868", "page_number": 24, "title": "CO129-134 - Public Offices - 1868", "content_text": "## RECEIVED MAY 20 1868\n\n**23 19 May 1868**\n\n458 4198\n\nWith reference to your letter of the 16th inst., transmitting a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong reporting the result of interviews between Vice Admiral Sir H. Keppel and Prince Kung at Peking and the Vice Roy at Canton on the subject of the disarmament and registration of Chinese Craft, with Under Secretary of Colonial Office.\n\n(Signed) \nHenry Keppel \nVice Admiral & Commander in Chief\n\nChinese Government in the views held by the Foreign Representatives and admirals, Her Majesty's Minister and myself, which when carried into effect, will place all Chinese vessels under surveillance and at the same time deprive them of the means to desarm.\n\n5264 Hong Kong Admiralty \nIn replying to your letter, the following copy is forwarded.\n\nFurth \n19 June /68.45€ \nLeft \n163-24 \n\n`XCR(85)72` is not present in the original text, so it is not included in the output. Similarly, other file references or codes not present are not included.\n\nPage numbering is preserved as metadata: \nPage 363 is not present in the given text, so it is not included.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-134 - Public Offices - 1868.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 277995, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5]", "page_number": 9, "title": "CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5]", "content_text": "For 584040/boy \n\n7 \n\n# FUNERAL OF THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL BRUNKER. \n\nOn 27th March, the remains of the late Major-General Brunker, Commander of H.M. Forces in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of Hongkong, were interred in the Cemetery at the Happy Valley, with full military honours. The procession was marshalled on the Parade Ground, and started punctually at half-past three. A field battery, in charge of Capt. Carey, commanding R.A., led the way, and then, to the solemn strains of the \"Dead March in Saul,\" the 75th Regiment moved slowly into the Queen's-road and towards the Cemetery. They were followed by the band of their regiment, and that of the 29th Native Infantry. Then came the coffin, placed upon a gun-carriage, and covered with the national ensign, the Pall bearers consisting of Colonel Gore, Commandant, Doctor Heffernan, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Colonel De Butts, Commanding R.E., Commodore Jones, R.N., the Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, and Captain Raby, R.N. Following next to them, according to a touching custom in military funerals, the General's old charger was led by two soldiers of the 75th, and immediately behind were His Excellency the Governor, Captain Maxwell, D.A.A.G., Captain Shaw D.A.Q.M.G., and Captain Thompson, A.D.C., the Chief Mourners. The members of the Executive Council came next, and after them, the 29th Regiment Native Infantry, followed by a large number of English, American and other Naval Officers, and, finally by the Civil Servants of the Colony, who were all in attendance, and a large number of private gentlemen.\n\nThe crowd at the Parade Ground was very large, and the road to the Cemetery was nearly the whole length lined with spectators. The procession slowly wended its way in time to the music, broken by the booming of the minute guns; and passing the Guard House turned to the Praya, and marched by that route to the Cemetery. The hills surrounding the Wong-nei-chong valley were covered with spectators. On reaching the Cemetery, the soldiers of both regiments were told off on either side of the road, leaning upon their reversed muskets. The remainder of the procession followed the coffin to the Chapel, while the soldiers took up their position outside the grave destined to receive the mortal remains of their late commander. The service was impressively read by the Rev. Canon Beach, assisted by the Revds. J. Piper and Kyle; and the coffin was then brought out and borne to its last resting place. As it was lowered into the grave, the men of the 75th fired three volleys, which were answered by the minute guns hard by; and the impressive ceremony being closed, the troops were marshalled, and the procession returned homewards.\n\nIn addition to those mentioned as taking part in the ceremony, a large number of persons of distinction were present, among whom were Rear Ad. Rowan U.S.N. and Capts. Roe and English U.S.N.; the Hon J. Smale, Chief-Justice of Hongkong; Sir Edmund Hornby, Chief Judge of the Supreme Court for China and Japan; Mons. Du Chesne, Consul for France, Mr. Helland, Danish Consul, and Mr. Overbeck, Austrian Consul, in their official uniforms; Mr. Pollard Q.C., Mr. Hayllar, Dr. Murray, Colonial Surgeon, and others. The 29th Regiment were under the command of Major Ritherdon, Capt. Grant, and Adjutant Prendergast. Captain-Superintendent Deane, who took command of the Police, did good service, and was ably seconded by Mr. Assistant Superintendent Creagh, who took charge of the Sikh, and by Deputy Superintendent Jarman, who was also very busy.\n\nOn Sunday the Rev. Canon Beach, in the course of his sermon at the Cathedral, made a touching allusion to the death of the late Major-General. The Revd. Gentleman observed that, although the Cathedral was not the place to eulogise the dead, he thought he would be expected to allude for one moment to the fine old man whom God had so suddenly taken from our midst. Had he lived, it was his intention to have been with the congregation that day, and to have knelt with them before the altar of God. The Rev. Gentleman had had the happiness of knowing him well, and often admiring the true Christian spirit which animated him both in his public life and also in his own family. He had been taken away in mercy, and the change to him, it could not be doubted, was most blest, as he had gone to rejoin her, whose loss bore heavily upon him, although he was too brave and too meek to murmur or complain. But we should miss his erect and venerable form in the place which he was wont to occupy in the Cathedral so regularly, and from the Eucharistic feast, which he never (when able) failed to attend and partake of. He was a good man; and, by his high and courteous bearing won the love and respect of all, and the Revd Gentleman could not allow this day to pass without paying this tribute to his memory. Thank God! although he was gone from us, we believed that he still lived; for Jesus, the Resurrection, and the Life, in whom he trusted, lives; and the remembrance of his calm and Christian life would long survive in our hearts.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-137 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [4-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 279323, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-139 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [8-12]", "page_number": 359, "title": "CO129-139 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [8-12]", "content_text": "COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.\n\nCIVIL LIST.\n\n(As per Ordinances No. 13 of 1860, and No. 2 of 1864.)\n\nCOLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.\n\nB.\n\nAbstract of Sums, exclusive of Civil List and Pension, required to defray the Expenses of the Colonial Government of Hongkong for the Year from 1st January to 31st December, 1870, shewing also the Amount expended for the Year previous to that in which the Estimates are prepared, viz.: 1868.\n\n354\n\nGovernor and Commander-in-Chief, Chief Justice,.. $ C. .24,000.00\n\nC\n\nBrought forward,. 109,584.00 12,000.00\n\nColonial Secretary,\n\nJudge of the Court of Summary Jurisdic-tion,\n\n} 7,200.00\n\n7,200.00 AUDITOR GENERAL'S ESTABLISHMENT:\n\nClerk,. 1,440.00\n\nPAGE OF DETAIL.\n\nESTIMATED FOR 1870 EXCLUSIVE OF CIVIL LIST AND PENSIONS.\n\nEXPENDITURE of 1868 INCLUDING CIVIL LIST AND PENSIONS.\n\nAttorney General, 4,800.00\n\nSURVEYOR GENERAL'S ESTABLISHMENT:-\n\nColonial Treasurer, 4,800.00\n\n1st Clerk, 2,400.00\n\nC.\n\ne.\n\nAuditor General, 2,400.00\n\n2nd do., 1,440.00\n\nSurveyor General, 4,800.00\n\n11\n\nTwo Police Magistrates ($3,840 each,) 7,680.00\n\nPOLICE MAGISTRATES' ESTABLISHMENT:-\n\nPostmaster General, 3,840.00\n\n1st Clerk, 1,920.00\n\nRegistrar of Supreme Court,. 3,840.00\n\n2nd do., 1,440.00\n\nColonial Chaplain,. 3,840.00\n\n3rd do., 960.00\n\nColonial Surgeon, 3,840.00\n\nPOST OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT:-\n\nHarbor Master, Registrar General, 3,360.00\n\nAssistant Postmaster General, 2,400.00\n\n14\n\n3,800.00\n\nCIVIL DEPARTMENTS:-\n\nGovernor,\n480.00\n20,550.55\n\nColonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General, Master of the Mint, Postmaster General,\n14,516.00\n28,878.85\n\n4,620.00\n14,431.66\n\n12,447.00\n15,870.52\n\n100.00\n1,086.21\n\n19,012.00\n28,789.98\n\n44,449.63\n\n38,482.00\n82,088.47\n\nClerk of Councils, 960.00\n\nClerk, 1,440.00\n\n15\n\nRegistrar General,. 8,112.00 13,580.85\n\n16\n\nHarbor Master, 15,896.80 34,276.04\n\nSUPREME COURT:-\n\n17\n\nGOVERNOR'S ESTABLISHMENT:-\n\nCollector of Stamp Revenue, 4,450.00 6,189.95\n\nCrown Solicitor,.. 1,200.00\n\nJUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS, 9,226.00 39,148.45\n\nPrivate Secretary, 1,200.00\n\nClerk of Court, 1,440.00\n\nREGISTRAR OF COMPANIES DEPARTMENT, 192.00\n\nJudge's Clerk, 1,440.00\n\nECCLESIASTICAL\n\ndo., 1,134.00 4,768.58\n\n102.00\n\nCOLONIAL SECRETARY'S ESTABLISHMENT —\n\nEDUCATIONAL\n\ndo., 9,200.00 10,810.82\n\nChief Clerk, 2,400.00\n\nHARBOR MASTER'S ESTABLISHMENT-\n\nMEDICAL\n\ndo., 21,498.00 22,835.11\n\n1st do., 1,920.00\n\n1st Clerk, 1,920.00\n\nPOLICE MAGISTRATES\n\ndo., 6,401.00 17,691.88\n\n2nd do, 1,440.00\n\n2nd do., 1,440.00\n\nPOLICE\n\ndoy 120,000.00 173,282.22\n\n3rd do., 1,344.00\n\nGAOL\n\ndo.. 45,523.00 40,307.42\n\nREGISTRAR GENERAL'S ESTABLISHMENT:-\n\nFIRE BRIGADE\n\ndo., 8,000.00 3,899.04\n\nCOLONIAL TREASURER'S ESTABLISHMENT:-\n\n1st Clerk and Cashier, 2nd do.\n\n27\n\nAccountant, 1,920.00 1,440.00\n\n1st Clerk, 2nd do,, 1,440.00\n\nPENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES AND GRATUITIES, 16,503.03\n\n1,200.00\n\nCHARITABLE ALLOWANCES, 1,256.00 350.68\n\nTRANSPORT, 3,500.00 8,222.55\n\nTOTAL, $133,104.00\n\nWORKS AND BUILDINGS, 137,000.00 100,614.63\n\nCarried over, .$109,534.00\n\nROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES, 41,000.00 57,829.40\n\nMISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, 27,800.00 28,106.89\n\nLAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED, 1,500.00\n\nSPECIAL EXPENSES, 6,195.68\n\n28\n\nMILITARY CONTRIBUTION, 94,117.65 208,144.80\n\nTOTAL TO BE VOTEd,, 639,616.45 991,311.49\n\nPENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, AND GRATUITIES.\n\n(Under authority of Ordinance No. 10 of 1862.)\n\nNOTE.\n\nALREADY GRANTED:-\n\nE. Michell, $ 5,040.00\n\nW. II. Mitchell, 451.20\n\nBishop Smith, \n\nColonel Caine, \n\nWm. Chapman, 704.00\n\nAmount of Civil List already provided for by Ordinances No. 13 of 1860, and No. 2 of 1864,. Probable Expenditure on Pensions, Gratuities, &c., under authority of Ordinânce No. 10 of 1862,.... 18,000.00 Amount to be voted as per present Estimates, 133,104.00\n\n753.52\n\nTOTAL PROBABLE EXPENDITURE FOR 1870,.. 639,610.45 -$700,720.45\n\n'Ng Foong Shan, 140.00\n\n1,440.00\n\nC. St. George Cleverly, 2,000.00\n\nJ. C. Power, 960.00\n\nJ. J. Irwin, 1,280.00\n\nThe foregoing Expenditure may be classified as follows:---\n\nW. T. Mercer, 3,240.00\n\nJ. Thornton, 382.66\n\nOrdinary Expenditure, Public Works, 16,371.18\n\nESTIMATED AMOUNT TO COVER PENSIONS WHICH MAY BE GRANTED IN 1869, 1,628.82\n\nMilitary Contribution, $18,000.00 $518,602.80\n\n178,000.00\n\n94,117.65\n\nTOTAL,. $700,720.45", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-139 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [8-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 281766, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5]", "page_number": 328, "title": "CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5]", "content_text": "# \nISAAC J. YATES, Master U. S. Navy, states --I don't know the ordinance store room, but I think it was. Whether the screw was injured or not by the collision; the flow of water into the Captain's cabin would have impeded a person going down there after the collision. The engines did stop before the vessel sank, the fires having been extinguished by the water which filled the ship. There were five watch officers on board the Oneida. I was No. 3 in rank. Had I stopped the engines during the three minutes before the collision, and the Bombay had kept on her course, she would have struck me about the starboard fore-rigging, and at right angles. Never having seen the Oneida's screw drag while she was under sail, I cannot judge what effect on her speed stopping the engines would have had. It would not have avoided the collision in my opinion, had I three minutes before the collision, when I first saw all the Bombay's three lights, ported my helm. I don't think I could have avoided the collision. I was about five years in the U. S. N. academy at Newport and Annapolis. I had experience there in manoeuvring ships. I had experience as a regular officer of the deck in all manoeuvres. I had this experience during about nine months of these five years, as I was on leave some of the time. I was actually on board a practice ship about nine months of the five years. I graduated in June 1886, I have been at sea ever since with the exception of a month. I came in the U. S. S. Idaho to the Asiatic station. I did stand a watch on board that vessel during the whole passage. We were two hundred days from New York to Nagasaki; out of that time we were something less than a month in port. I don't think I could have avoided the collision by porting my helm as the \"Bombay\" was so far on my starboard bow, and she might have been a little less than a mile off. I could see her hull distinctly. I think at that time it was hard to estimate the distance; in fact, I have only estimated it by the time which I thought must have elapsed from the time of my seeing her three lights until the time of the collision; under similar circumstances I should again act exactly as I did on this occasion. I have no idea how long it would have taken the \"Oneida\" to turn a complete circle. I can't say how long it would have taken to bring her four or five points up had I ported my helm, but I think it would have taken a long time. I know the water came in through the aperture in the Captain's cabin and through all the place which was cut off.\n\n(Signed) \n**ISAAC J. YATES**, \nMaster U. S. Navy.\n\nAdjourned till 1 P.M.\n\n## Proceedings resumed at 1 P.M.\n\n**JAMES THOMPSON HILTZ**, sworn, states --On the evening of the 24th of January, at about a quarter before 11 o'clock, I went into the International Hotel; whilst there, I heard something about the Oneida having come into collision with another vessel. I heard two men talking about it. I afterwards learned that one of them was the steward, and the other the third officer of the Bombay. I think I should know the third officer if I saw him. I should think that that gentleman (pointing to Mr. Hamerton) was the man. Shortly after taking a seat, I heard these two men speaking of the collision their ship had had with the U. S. S. Oneida. When they spoke of this collision, knowing most of the officers, and being interested, I asked them where they had struck the Oneida, and what damage had been done to her? The answer was that they did not know, that they kept on to Yokohama.\n\nDid you not stop? I said: what was the reason? I cannot tell, said the 3rd officer, there was the mistake. He afterwards said that the Oneida was a soft wood or pine ship. My answer was that he must be mistaken, as our ships of war were built of oak. He then said that they had some of the pine upon their deck; that the Bombay's cutwater went into the cabin of the Oneida, where they were sitting at dinner, and that they saw some of the officers removing some one who had been hurt by the collision. I said: \"then did you not stop when you saw that you had injured the ship so much\" \"His answer was,-\"no\" and said again:\"there was the mistake;\" and added, that their own ship was making water. I remarked that it was very cold: yes, said the third officer; we were kept on the hatoba two and a half hours before they sent for the mails. I am commander of the S. S. City of Yedo.\n\nTo Mr. BARNARD. I am an American. When this conversation took place, Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis were present besides myself. Mr. Curtis was leaning over the bar. I should think that Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis could have heard this conversation. Mr. Wells was sitting close to me. If Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis were to come here and state that not a word was said as to the name of the Oneida, my opinion of what was said would not be altered in the slightest. I think I have said something to the U. S. Consul about what I heard. I don't recollect when this was, but it wasn't for two or three days after as I was busy. I have spoken to Mr. De Long about this matter, but I don't recollect when. I don't think it was the day after the collision. I cannot swear that it was not the day after the collision, that I saw both the U. S. Consul and Mr. De Long.\n\nThey did not come to me, nor did I go to them to speak on this subject. It was the common topic of the day, and I spoke of it in the course of conversation. I do not think I did go either to Mr. De Long or to the Consul and tell them what I heard. I did not communicate this conversation before. I heard it all. I did not go to either the Consul or to Mr. De Long particularly about this matter. I decline answering what business I went about. I did not go to Mr. De Long upon this subject especially or any special business. I often call upon Mr. De Long. I did not call at his house when I informed him of what I had heard. I have been about 4 months in Japan. I had never seen either Mr. De Long or Mr. Lyon before I came to Japan. I don't recollect what was said between us--we talked on various subjects. I don't remember if I then informed them of this conversation. I don't recollect when I first saw them after this conversation. I have not been subpoenaed to attend this court of inquiry. I have not been promised payment if I gave my evidence fairly. Nothing has been mentioned to me about payment for loss of time. I swear the Oneida's name was mentioned that was what particularly took my attention. I don't recollect exactly what was said between Mr. De Long, Mr. Lyon and myself, I think I spoke to Mr. Lyon yesterday evening about it. I don't recollect if I spoke to the Minister or Consul about it before last Sunday. I won't swear I did not. I don't recollect if any one was there beside Mr. Wells and Mr. Curtis. I think perhaps Mr. Quinn came in afterwards. I remember seeing him after the conversation at the Hotel. I could not recollect what he said.\n\nTo THE COURT. The 3rd officer was in the Hotel. I should say 15 to 20 minutes, indeed, I cannot say when he did go out. I did not see either the 3rd officer or the steward come in, they were there when I came in. I entered the Hotel at about a quarter before 11 as near as I could judge. I don't recollect if they left together or not. I don't remember if they were drinking or not. I should think both of them were sober; they were standing near the front end of the bar, next to the stove, about 8 or 10 feet off me, when the conversation took place. When I spoke, the 3rd officer addressed himself to me he was the principal spokesman. I did not ask them how they knew it was the Oneida they had collided with. I don't recollect to whom I first repeated this conversation. I don't recollect if either the steward or the 3rd officer said the Oneida would come back to repair. I don't know if a Mr. Watson was there on the occasion of this conversation. I don't recollect any one saying we will go on board to-morrow and see what damage has been done to her. I think I should have heard anything that was said to or by Mr. Wells. I imagined from the 3rd officer saying there was the mistake, that the Oneida had been badly injured. I did not think at that time that the Oneida would sink; had I thought so, I should have got up steam immediately in my own boat and gone down to her assistance. I did not think that there was danger to the lives of any on board the Oneida, because the Bombay had come away without rendering or offering her any assistance.\n\nTo Mr. DE LONG.-As an American citizen, I feel privileged to call on my Minister and Consul whenever I please. I remember meeting you at a barber's shop one morning before the Court was convened for that day. I recollect you asking me what I knew regarding a conversation that had taken place relative to the collision. I then made a statement to you of what I had heard. Before that time I don't think you had seen me or spoken to me upon this subject. I did then at your request consent to ask my employers to give me leave to attend, and give evidence when called upon to do so. With the consent of my owners and at your request, I have to-day remained off duty in order to attend this inquiry. I have no interest in the matter other than the feeling of every American relative to this catastrophe.\n\n(Signed) \n**J. T. HILTZ**\n\n## \n**JAMES SUDDARD**, sworn, states. I held the rank of Surgeon on board the U. S. S. Oneida. I was on board of her on the night of the 24th of January last, when she collided with the steamer Bombay. At the time of the collision, the wardroom mess were at dinner. The wardroom of the Oneida was situated on the main deck between the Captain's cabin and the steerage. The dinner hour was usually at 6 o'clock, but on this occasion we were a, little delayed. We set down about ten minutes past 6. When we had almost finished dinner, a messenger boy came down to the wardroom and told Mr. Moldaur, the navigator, that the officer of the deck wished to see him. Mr. Moldaur went on deck and returned in about five minutes. He remarked that he had seen a light, and supposed it was a steamer bound in. A few minutes afterwards, I heard the officer of the forecastle cry out \"hard a port.\" I heard another voice a moment or two afterwards cry out \"hard a starboard.\" Immediately after this, the collision took place. Everybody rushed on deck; as I stepped over the combing of the hatch, I saw a large steamer alongside of us, slowly clearing herself. As I went aft on the quarter deck, I heard Mr. Stewart, the executive officer, hail the steamer, he said, \"steamer ahoy, stay by us, you have cut us down.\" There was no answer. He repeated it a second time, and still there was no answer; the strange vessel had by this time got clear of us. I walked aft and saw that the wheel, the cabin skylight, the poop cabin, the spanker boom and gaff and the gig, were all carried away. I also went further aft and looked over the quarter, as well as I could see in the darkness, the whole starboard quarter seemed crushed off. I believed that the ship would sink in two or three minutes. I then looked up and saw the wardroom boat hanging to the poop quarter with ten or twelve men in it. I jumped up on the hammock rail, and asked the men in the boat if there was an officer in the boat. They said, no. Upon which I got in and took charge of the boat. I gave orders to cut away the gripes, and for the men to stand at each fall ready for lowering. We remained in that position until the ship began to settle, when we lowered away; at that moment a junk was passing within 20 or 30 yards of the ship. I made chase to bring her alongside, but after pulling 20 or 30 strokes, I saw that she would leave us. I turned back and the ship had disappeared. We then pulled for where we supposed the ship had been, but hearing and seeing nothing. We made for the western shore where we landed about 8 or a little after 8 o'clock. I secured three guides, and walked over the mountains to Yokohama where I arrived, about 4 A.M. on the 25th. I called at Mr. Carroll's and borrowed his boat, in which I proceeded on board the `Idaho`. After reporting the loss to the commander, I went on board the `Ocean`. I there saw the commander of the ship, who gave orders that the `Sylvia` should be directed to get up steam immediately.\n\nTo MR. DE LONG. It might have been a minute before the collision that I heard the officer of the forecastle give the order hard a port. I thought the order hard a starboard was given by a strange voice. I could not tell where it came from at the time, but immediately afterwards I thought it came from the Bombay. The order hard a starboard was given almost immediately after hard a port. Instantly after hearing hard a starboard, I heard the crash of the collision. I heard Commander Stewart hail the Bombay twice. Almost immediately after the vessels were cleared, the steam whistle was turned on, and continued blowing as long as there was any steam, which might have been five minutes. Shortly afterwards a gun was fired, and just before the steamer went down, three more guns were fired; in all four guns were fired. One gun was fired, and then after the lapse of some time, three more were fired rapidly, one after another. When the first gun was fired, I was in the vessel; when the last gun was fired, I was not. When I came on deck and looked over the quarter, and I saw water pouring into the vessel. Through almost the whole of the quarter it appeared to be pouring in like a waterfall. The poop seemed to be cut clean off, but part of it appeared to be hanging astern in the water. I cannot tell if the stern post was in its place. I did not observe whether either of the binnacles were carried away. I think the propeller was not injured, because the ship had considerable headway for some time after the collision. As soon as the vessel got clear, the Oneida shot up into the wind, and headed directly for the Eastern shore. I did not see Captain Williams at all. I did not see into his cabin. I did not notice the condition of stairway, in fact I saw nothing below at all. After the collision, I could hear no orders given, nothing but a confused noise, but I saw what was being done. The impression on my mind from the shock was, that the whole of the side of the ship was coming in. The officers left the table immediately and got on deck as soon as possible. I don't think the effect of the shock would have staggered or knocked me down, had I been standing up and unaware of what was going to happen. It felt as if we had been crushed more than anything else. I think I could have heard a hail from the Bombay, had there been one, but I did not hear any hail. Under the circumstances of a collision, it is the duty of every officer in the U. S. Navy to do his best for the assistance of the ship and those in her, irrespective of his own particular standing or duties. I escaped in the 3rd cutter. In pulling for the junk, my object was to try and get her alongside to endeavour to save life; the boat in which I was, had sustained very serious damage. I believe she knocked against the side of the ship; there were seven knees broken, and a plank started, so as to leave a hole an inch wide, and five feet long. I think she might have carried two or three more than she did, perhaps 20 in all.\n\nTo Mr. BARNARD.-There were seventeen in the boat altogether. Our boat was on the port side of the ship when I got into it. The boat was on the port quarter. I suppose I got into the boat probably four or five minutes after the collision. The Bombay was in sight after I got into the boat, i.e. I could see the light. I could not possibly say how far she was off, but I should say she was as far as she could have got in five minutes. I did not see anyone at all on board the Bombay. I looked at her very closely, but it was dark, and I was confused. I could not see any lights on board the Bombay when she was alongside. I noticed her particularly when alongside, but from the darkness and the rigging, and the confusion, I could not distinguish individuals. I said there was a confused noise--that was after the vessels were cleared; and the Bombay was close by, say about two or three minutes after the collision. Our steam whistle was blowing, it made a great noise; it commenced to blow almost immediately after the collision; and was blown for the purpose of attracting the attention of the other vessel. It was not blown previous to the collision; the proper complement of the 3rd cutter was ten men and a coxswain, and could have carried 25 men. It was about 8 or 10 minutes after cutting the lashings that I had the boat lowered. It took about 3 or 4 seconds to lower the boat, perhaps half a minute after getting the boat into the water, I stopped alongside about half a minute. I did not see the junk till just as we were ready to cut the fall. The junk was crossing our stern, coming almost before the wind. I know where Saratoga point is; the junk was making down the bay. It was a large junk with a large sail. I did not see her light, I am sure. She was a junk. She had a large sail set, and was perhaps about 40 yards from us, quite close. We had ten men in our boat. I thought I'd try and catch her. I followed her about two minutes, I soon turned round again. I saw neither the Bombay nor the Oneida then. The Bombay had disappeared some time before. We pulled away during the two minutes. A man called Jordan was the coxswain, I think we might have got perhaps between 30 to 40 yards towards the junk. The junk was sailing very rapidly. I did not see Mr. Yates's boat. I could not remember whether Mr. Moldaur said on which bow the light was visible. Mr. Moldaur did sit down to his dinner again after he came down; it was perhaps five minutes after he came down that I heard the order given \"hard a port.\" I recognized the voice to be that of one of our midshipmen. I am morally certain that it was the voice of the midshipman of the watch. I don't know if Mr. Moldaur was on deck or below at the time of the collision. The order I heard given immediately after the other was \"hard a starboard.\" I believe that order was given from the Bombay. When I got on deck, the Bombay's bows were just clear of our quarter, at an acute angle.\n\nTo THE COURT. The Boatswain was saved in my boat. He did not get into the boat till she was being lowered. I did not consider him in charge of the boat, as he was an acting Boatswain. I did not hear any one say whose fault the collision was. There was no light issuing from the stern when I looked over it. I cannot tell whether there was any breach into the wardroom by the collision, but I think not. There was no one dining with the Captain on that evening. The Captain's lamp was a swinging lamp. I should think that the bulkhead between the wardroom and the Captain's cabin was broken, as the wardroom was filled with water. We sat down to dinner about 10 minutes after 6. I should think we had been sitting at table from 30 to 35 minutes, when the collision occurred. Captain Williams had been sick for some time. I don't think it was more than five minutes after Mr. Moldaur came down to dinner that the collision occurred. Had the Bombay replied to our hail, I think I could have heard the answer distinctly as there was no noise on board at that time. I should think 5 minutes must have elapsed before firing the second gun after the first. After the collision the endeavour was to get the vessel on the Saratoga spit. First they reduced sail and afterwards they made sail with that object. No signals were made except the guns. I suppose it took a little over an hour to pull from the scene of the wreck to where we landed. When I returned from the junk, I could see nothing whatever of the ship, no spars nor timber not even the other boat. It would have been impossible to have seen us sitting at dinner in the ward room from the outside of the ship unless there had been a breach through her side. During the ten minutes that I was in the boat before she was lowered, no notice was taken of me. And no order was given to me. No one made enquiries for the boat, that I heard: one or two men came and got into her but I received no orders at all; the Boatswain got in just as we were lowering the boat into the water. The Boatswain got into the boat to save his life, he wasn't sent on service in the boat. When I was at the stern, I did not look to see whether there was any light coming from the cabin. I was looking sideways down into the water. I saw no light issuing from the fracture. There were no ports opening into the ward room, there were ports opening into the state rooms, which were on either side of the ward room. The ports were circular in shape and about 6 inches in diameter I should think.\n\n**JAMES SUDDARD, M. D.**, (Signed) \nSurgeon U. S. Navy.\n\nAdjourned till 9 A.M. Friday morning.\n\n## EX | col | col |\n| --- | --- | --- |\nPage 326 | ... | ... |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-144 - Sir MacDonnell & Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [3-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 282612, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-146 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [10-12]", "page_number": 250, "title": "CO129-146 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [10-12]", "content_text": "Police in 1862, by the Secretary of State, still I may be excused reference to them in support of my present application as the thorough knowledge thus acquired of criminal septimus remains intact.\n\nTo annex Papers.\n\nIn conclusion I beg copies of my Mauritius \n\nI leave the letter to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient Servant,\n\nAsst. Superintendent of Police.\n\n## TESTIMONIALS\n\n1.595%\n\n244\n\n## IN FAVOUR OF\n\n**MR THOMAS FITZ-ROY RICE**\n\nFrom His Excellency Sir HENRY BARKLY, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Mauritius and Dependencies.\n\nMr. RICE, who leaves by this mail for England on leave, has been an Inspector of Police in this Island for several years, and he has some idea of applying for the Inspector Generalship of Police at Jamaica, which he believes to be vacant.\n\nHe is strongly recommended by the Inspector General of Police of this Colony, and I myself can bear testimony to his zeal and efficiency.\n\nIn leaving Grand Port, one of the most populous districts, he received congratulatory addresses from all ranks and colours.\n\nGovernment House, Mauritius, April 9, 1869.\n\nH. BARKLY,\n\nFrom the Honorable FELIX BEDINGFELD, Colonial Secretary, Mauritius.\n\nI was Colonial Secretary and President of the General Board of Health of Mauritius during the period of Mr. Rice's service in that Colony.\n\nThe Inspector General of Police, with whom I was in constant official communication, has frequently spoken in high terms of Mr. Rice, who then held the appointment of Inspector of Police for the district of Mahebourg.\n\nMr. Rice's conduct came under my special notice during the disastrous epidemics of 1867-68, on which occasion he volunteered his gratuitous services to the General Board, and by his energy and activity merited their warmest approbation.\n\nMr. Rice has some knowledge of several of the Indian languages and is thoroughly acquainted with the habits and character of the Malabars.\n\nI consider Mr. Rice to be a very valuable officer.\n\nAugust 2nd, 1869.\n\nFELIX BEDINGFELD.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-146 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [10-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 287512, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5]", "page_number": 82, "title": "CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5]", "content_text": "Hay Ray,\n\nand Macao, and sildan allowed an opportunity to prey on and robbing the Traders' sales furnishing waters.\n\nThese waters... I leave went the post teuse in describing this Association because it has recently been considerably rippled by the loss of three of its chief junks and three of its chief men.\n\nTwo other junks were captured off \"Wine. Mr. I'1⁄2\" in British traders - and their Commanders were prisoners by Junpenter Battin, and the third was likewise seized with its Commander by the Offis. The Commanders in the first seizure referred to were named \"Ling\" and were two out of the right flifs of the Association, while in the latter capture the Commander was the notorious Se Malle also one of the right flifs.\n\nThus the Association is by these measures taken now as it was before those blows; it still exists and will probably soon be as strong again as ever if allowed time to recover from the blows inflicted on it.\n\nOn the other hand, if immediate measures are taken, it would seem profitable to crush the Association without any very great difficulty.\n\nFor at present the position of the Society is this: - The four \"How-Rai\" junks punishing after the capture of the two at \"Your Ma. Se\" are now ensconced in a piratical place of refuge called \"Sha-Jui\" far from Macao.\n\nIn personal command of each of those junks is one of the right flifs, while the remaining flif \"Mini à do\" who has already been referred to, is at present committing a great number of piracies in the large Fishing Suck - the other a smaller craft, both of which were captured about six weeks ago with the assistance of the Samiun pirates converting them afterwards into piratical junks. His whereabouts is also known, so that it is now possible to...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 288836, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-159 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [9-12]", "page_number": 209, "title": "CO129-159 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [9-12]", "content_text": "THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH.\n\nIs not a great deal of the work in Siam caused by the doctrine of extra-territorial jurisdiction applying to the inhabitants of British Burmah? Yes, and to British India; I would not separate British Burmah exclusively.\n\nThere is a difficulty in following criminals from British Burmah, is there not, to Siam; do not cases occasionally occur of the escape of criminals into Siam?--I have not heard of any particular case of that kind.\n\nDo you think that work of that kind could be decreased; it has been stated here that there has been a somewhat extravagant interpretation of this doctrine in the case of the inhabitants of British Burmah?--Well, it would be a very great comfort if the work of looking after these men could be taken away from the consul altogether, because it is a terrible responsibility having to give an opinion about cases which happen hundreds of miles away from you, and of which you cannot get any very satisfactory evidence. I do not see how we are to avoid doing it with our Treaty.\n\nThe officers of the consulate are occasionally sent great distances up country, are they not, in these cases?--No, they were not in my time; I have never known of an officer being sent beyond 60 miles about a case.\n\nBut the labour involved in these cases to the consulate is very considerable?--Very considerable, and the anxiety still greater.\n\nDo you know whether it was the custom of other Powers for their consuls to act as agents there?--In some cases the consuls were merchant consuls, trading consuls, and in that case they might of course be agents for anything; the Lloyd's agent in Siam was a merchant.\n\nViscount ENFIELD: Is the cost of living in Siam very great?--It is great as compared with England, because there are certain luxuries which a man must have in a climate of that sort; I mean to say that whereas a young man in England can live very well for £150, out in Siam it is impossible for a student interpreter to live decently on the pay that is given to him.\n\nMR. HARPER in his evidence before the Committee said that H.M. Consuls often acted as agent for Lloyd's, and that the commissions paid on wrecks were at times valuable, he might instance the case £3,000 paid on one ship at Batavia.\n\nCHINA SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY (LIMITED).\n\nThe second ordinary general meeting of the shareholders was held on the 13th inst.; Mr. JOHN PENDER, M.P., in the chair. The Secretary (Mr. T. Fuller) read the notice convening the meeting, and the minutes of the last meeting, which were then confirmed; the report of the directors, given in our last issue, was taken as read.\n\n[Nov. 18, 1872.]\n\nThe CHAIRMAN stated that since the opening of the line it had worked in every way satisfactorily; there had been one or two interruptions, but of a slight character. In regard to one which occurred at Saigon in shallow water, they had the satisfaction, in repairing the cable, that it was as perfect as on the day it had been laid down.\n\nIt was also a matter for congratulation to perceive that, even taking into account the low rate of charges that had rated for a considerable period of the company's operations, the result had been about as good as that attained by any submarine line during the first year of its working. It was proposed to pay the shareholders a dividend of 8 per cent. for the whole year.\n\nThe directors entered into arrangements with the Great Northern, by which that company was to receive interest at 5 per cent. on the capital, and the cable to be repaired by them; that all above that sum was to be equally divided; and, although the traffic had been interrupted, the amount received last year from that source was £4,752.\n\nHe thought that at some future time it would be necessary to call upon the shareholders to find the money to lay another cable in conjunction with the Great Northern, as the present cable seemed to be not quite so good as that company had expected it to be. He also believed that an alternate line was necessary to give the public the accommodation they required, and at the same time to secure themselves a fair return.\n\nThis company had put up its tariff to £6, whilst the Great Northern Company were working at £4 10s., but he thought that they were getting as full a share of the traffic as those who went to the expense of telegraphing their messages by both routes.\n\nMr. Forde, a shareholder, said he regretted that the Board had any idea of laying a cable between Hong Kong and Shanghai in conjunction with the Great Northern Company. Such a step would be much in the interests of that company, but against theirs. He must very earnestly urge on the directors the policy of amalgamating with the other companies; a low tariff was only to be obtained by amalgamation. The working expenses of this company—£16,000 on earnings of £85,000—were enormous, and the salaries paid were too high.\n\nMr. HOLMES agreed with Mr. Forde as to the Shanghai line, and he considered the £1,838 for the Agnes repairing ship was excessive, and a contract should be made for the repairs.\n\nThe CHAIRMAN, in reply to these remarks, said that the laying of the cable to Shanghai was merely foreshadowed, but if done, it must be in conjunction with the Great Northern in good faith, according to the bargain made. The policy of amalgamation was quite approved by the Board; but those things required time, and could not be carried out so speedily as Mr. Forde seemed to think.\n\nWith regard to the expenses, he read a statement of salaries, &c., at each port, and explained that the expenses of living were so high at the stations that the salaries of proper officers must be in proportion. The expense for repairs and maintaining cable would be reduced.\n\nThe directors had no objection to half-yearly meetings. The report was then put and carried, as also the re-election of the Baron d'Erlangen as a director, and two auditors. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors.\n\nTHE JAPANESE AT MESSRS. ALLAN, RANSOME AND CO.'S.\n\nYesterday the Minister for Agriculture, with members of his suite, together with American and English employers of labour, visited the works of Messrs. Allan, Ransome, and Co., in King's-road, Chelsea, to view some newly-invented labour-saving machinery of remarkable construction and power.\n\nThe strikes of workmen in the building trades, the increased cost of production in the carpentry and joinery branches of those trades, and the difficulties caused to employers by the restrictions of Trades Unions, have each had their share in directing the attention of engineers to find the means of meeting the pressure caused by the contracted amount of available skilled labour; and the machines exhibited yesterday were in every way so perfect that it is not easy to see how hand labour will hold its own.\n\nThe first machine inspected was a portable saw frame. Any one who has seen the old saw-pits, where the \"top sawyer\" and the \"bottom sawyer\" laboured from morning to night and day after day in cutting a log into planks, would be greatly astonished to see this comparatively small machine, attended only by one man, cut up the body of a large oak into fourteen planks at once, it having twelve saws, which cut through the whole bulk of wood in something less than half an hour.\n\nA mortising machine, the invention of Mr. Richards, of Philadelphia, was set to work, and accurately and cleanly cut in a few moments mortises which would have taken a workman hours.\n\nA moulding machine, for cutting mouldings, did in a minute thirty-five feet of work, which would have taken a skilled workman many hours, and this work could apparently be done by a boy.\n\nIn what was called a \"general joining machine\" there was apparently no limit to the work to be done, the one machine cutting mortises, shaping blocks, planking, carving out banisters, and turning in a few minutes a plain block of wood into a perfectly carved piece of work.\n\nAnother machine, exceedingly small and unpretentious, was shown to be capable of planing any sort of work, oval or flat, and at the same time a revolving chisel cut mortises with celerity and accuracy.\n\nA very fine piece of machinery is one which cuts raised or recessed panels, in other words, which can cut the sunk or raised ornamental work in wood now so highly prized and so dearly paid for, as the best and most skilled.\n\nBy another machine, an American invention, but improved by the Messrs. Ransome, a door can be finished—that is, cleanly sand-papered on both sides—in three minutes.\n\nThe planing and trying-up of work, or what would be properly called the trueing \"up, by which is meant the nice work of making blocks of wood exactly like one another, in order to hand labour, is, by one of Ransome's machines, done at once and perfectly in a few minutes, all the blocks, of whatever size, being placed together and turned out as like as peas, and mathematically correct in every respect.\n\nA band saw machine, by which both fine and rough work was cut in all sorts of shapes, and a saw cutting machine, with F. Ransome's patent stone, were among the other works shown.\n\nWith one or two of these machines an employer with a man and a boy as staff, could turn out as much work as twenty or thirty men, and never be troubled about the nine hours, eight hours, or any other movement.\n\nThe remarkable fact about these machines is that they are not limited to the pattern, shape, or character of wood, for the knives are changed in a few minutes, and whatever the class of work required, it can be done at once.\n\nThe inspection lasted for several hours, and all the visitors expressed themselves delighted with these new machines, some of which are to go to the Vienna Exhibition.\n\nNAVAL AND MILITARY.\n\nThe screw steamer Scotland, Captain James, sailed from Queenstown on the 12th inst. for Singapore and Hong Kong, via the Suez Canal.\n\nThe following are the details of the officers and men who proceed in the Scotland to strengthen the garrisons in the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong:-To Singapore, Captain Battye, Lieutenant Armstrong, and 79 men of the 10th regiment and 10 men of the Royal Artillery.\n\nTo Hong Kong, Captain Stone, with 294 men and 19 women and children of the 80th Regiment; an armourer sergeant, a sergeant, and 10 men of the Royal Artillery: and 3 men of the Royal Engineers.\n\nMajor Watson, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Captain Hewson, 73rd Foot, and Lieutenant Chevera, of the 73rd Foot, proceed to Hong Kong on duty with the draft of the 80th Regiment, and will afterwards return to Ceylon.\n\nThe medical officer in charge of the troops is Staff Surgeon O'Halloran, who will, after their arrival at their respective stations, proceed to Penang.\n\nThe Mosquito, composite gunboat, 400 tons, and 360-horse power, which was commissioned at Devonport on the 30th ult., for service on the China station, by Lieutenant-Commander William Henry Bond, was moved into Plymouth Sound on the 9th inst., has made the customary trial of her engines, and has embarked her supply of ammunition preparatory to sailing.\n\nLieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. F. H. Hudson, Grenadier Guards, is to be confirmed in his appointment of military secretary to General Henry Renny, in command of the forces in Ceylon.\n\nMONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.\n\nThe suspension of Messrs. Bowles Bros. and Co., noticed in our last issue, has caused the stoppage of the \"Joint National Agency,\" a company formed for general financial and agency purposes in connection with the Japanese now in Europe, amongst whom we are sorry to say are the agents of the Japanese Government, who have lodged Government funds in the hands of the Company.\n\nJudging from the following circular, it seems that the company is utterly crushed, and will be dissolved.\n\n446, Strand, London, 9th November, 1872.\n\nSIR.—With the greatest regret, and by order of the Board of Directors, I have to inform you that in consequence of the sudden and unexpected suspension of payment of one of the bankers of this company, the firm of Messrs. Bowles Brothers and Co., this company has also found it necessary to suspend payment.\n\nIn order at once to secure the assets of the company its immediate winding up has been determined upon, and with this view an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders will be held here at two o'clock in the afternoon, on Tuesday week, the 19th inst., when a resolution will be submitted to the effect that it has been proved to the satisfaction of the company that it cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same.\n\nI am, Sir, your obedient servant,\n\nWALTER H. FARRA, Secretary.\n\nFollowing closely on the failure of Joshua, of Singapore, we have telegrams announcing the stoppage of Chang \"Tee, Watseng and Co., and Absoon and Co., both Chinese firms of importance in the Straits and Saigon trade, with heavy liabilities to European firms.\n\nThe mail also brings advices of the failure and arrest for fraud of A. Velge, a commission merchant at Singapore, by which the banks will also lose.\n\nMessrs. Joshua Brothers and Co., of Great Winchester-street, desire it to be stated that their firms, together with the firms of Joshua Brothers, Melbourne, and Joshua Brothers, Mauritius, are in no way related to or connected with the firm of Joshua Brothers, of Singapore, whose suspension has been announced.\n\nCorrespondence from Shanghai by the last two mails has been very gloomy, and failures are expected before the end of the year, notwithstanding the assistance given here to the Silk market by a combination.\n\nBar Silver has again declined, and the nearest quotation we can give is 59d. per oz., at which rate some small parcels have been sold; the market is weak, and a further slight reduction may be looked for.\n\nThe Bank of Holland has decided to buy no more silver at any price. It has hitherto bought silver at 1.104.65 per Dutch pound, and has not varied the price for years.\n\nBANK AND MISCELLANEOUS SHARES.\n\nTELEGRAPH COMPANIES.\n\n£10\n\nChartered Bank Ind., Aust., and China\n\nAll\n\n59 to 54\n\n13 to 15\n\nAll\n\n23 to 25\n\n10\n\n1 to 15\n\n58 to 60\n\nAll\n\nJOINT STOCK BANKS.\n\n£10\n\nAgra Bank\n\n25\n\nBank of Egypt\n\n20\n\n45\n\nChartered Merc. of India and China\n\n20\n\nCity Bank\n\n+14\n\n1.\n\n100\n\nColonial Bank\n\n500fr.\n\nComptoir D'Escompte of Paris...\n\n2291\n\n100\n\nHong Kong and Shanghai Bank\n\n[Imperial Bank\n\n20\n\n28 to 29\n\n50\n\nLondon and County\n\n20\n\n69 to 58\n\n50\n\nLondon Joint Stock\n\n15\n\n48 to 47\n\n100\n\nLondon and Westminster\n\n20\n\n67 to 62\n\nOriental Bank Corporation\n\nAll\n\n$1 to 42\n\n50\n\nUnion of London...\n\n43 to 44\n\n10\n\nBritish Indian Extension\n\nAll\n\n34 to 144\n\n13\n\nBritish Australian...\n\nAn\n\nA to 99\n\n30\n\nChina Submarine.\n\n10 to 10\n\n10\n\nEastern Telegraph Company\n\n10 to 10\n\n10\n\nGreat Northern\n\nAll\n\n10 to 114\n\n25\n\nIndo-European\n\nAll\n\n14 to 30\n\n30\n\nMediterranean Extension\n\nAll\n\n£ to 7\n\n12\n\nTelegraph Construction Company\n\n£24 to 23\n\n60\n\nIndiarubr.,Gutta Percha &Tel. WorksCo.\n\n45\n\n391 to 301\n\nMISCELLANEOUS\n\n20\n\nBritish India Tea Company\n\nAll\n\n4 to 5\n\nBrit. and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.,\n\n1\n\n6 to\n\n6\n\n20\n\nCeylon Company\n\n***\n\n**\n\nAll\n\n15 to 17\n\n20\n\nDo.\n\n10\n\nLo\n\ndis.\n\n20\n\nDo.\n\nར\n\n4 to\n\n3 dis\n\n50\n\n2 to\n\nI dis.\n\n5\n\nAll\n\nto\n\n53\n\n10\n\nGeneral Credit and Discount Companyj\n\n73\n\nTo\n\n15 pm.\n\n10\n\nHong Kong Gas Company\n\n414\n\n10\n\nInternational Finance Society...\n\n5\n\n1 to dis.\n\n98\n\nJapan Loan, 9 per cent...\n\nAll\n\n110 to 112\n\n$4\n\nLondon and Prov. Marine Insurance Co.\n\n2\n\n24 to 21 pa1.\n\n26\n\nNational Discount Company...\n\n5\n\n121\n\n122\n\n25\n\n50nfr.\n\nOcean Marine Insurance Company\n\nMessageries Maritime of France\n\n5\n\n13 to 14 pm.\n\nAli\n\n50\n\n50\n\n100\n\n21)\n\nP. and O. Steaming Company\n\n170.\n\n1867...\n\n20.\n\nRoyal Mail Steam Company\n\nRealia Marine Insorance Company\n\nAll\n\n51 10\n\n68\n\n10\n\ndis. to par\n\n60\n\n93 to B5\n\nJ\n\n1 to I dis.\n\n4021.\n\nSuez Canal Company\n\n*\n\n20\n\n20\n\nThames and Mersey Marine Lasur. Co.\n\nUniversal Marine Insurance Company!\n\n5 to\n\nFLE\n\nColonial Company\n\nCredit Foncier of England\n\nARTICLES OF IMPORT.\n\nTEA.\n\n1,530\n\n1.360\n\n5pm.\n\n4 to jum\n\nMessrs. Shepard, Harrison, and Rehden's Circular says--\n\nDuring the past few days buying, except at auction without reserve (sales of China or Indian growth taking place daily), has been all but suspended, owing to the disturbance in the money market and the advance in the Bank rate, which is now 7 per cent.; arrivals have also been on an exceedingly large scale; buyers therefore act with extreme caution.\n\nAdvices from China, as to ultimate total shipments, state, \"all will depend on prices paid for common Congou;\" as regards this market, there is no encouragement to ship such here; demand has been \"off\" this class for some time, and late imports of what may be fairly classed as \"good common\" are not saleable over 9d.\n\nThe export trade to all quarters has been inactive.\n\nThe public sales of China have comprised 16,117 packages, of which week amount to 8,211,346 lbs., against 3,161,038 lbs. last year.\n\n14,449 packages have been sold without reserve.\n\nThe deliveries for the sales have been...\n\nBlack-Red leaf: No change as to prices for siftings and leafy; good flavoury kinds at 1s. to 1s 1d. have been scarce, but a better selection is offering from ships now discharging; Souchong and Kaisow kinds at 1s. 3d. to 1s. 5d. offer good value; medium to fine at 1s. 6d. to 2s. are hard of sale; finest sells in small lots at 2s. 1d. to 2s. 6d. per lb.\n\nPakling kinds: No demand.\n\nTayshau leaf: Fall supplies are in course of landing; a few sales at 10d. to 1s, for good common and fair.\n\nBlack leaf: In low and ordinary common there have been occasional small sales at 6d. to 7½d.; fair to good common we quote at 8d. to 10d. per lb., and difficult of sale; preferable kinds 1s. 7d, we make rather lower; fine and finest 1s. 8d. to 2s. 2d., limited at 1s. to 1s. 2d. are scarce; medium to good medium at 1s. 3d. to 1s. 6d. are...\n\nSouchong: Few transactions at no alteration in value.\n\nScented Tea, Canton kinds--Caper: There has been fair trade doing, as late good common to fair 10d. to 1s., good to medium 1s. 1d. to 1s. 4d, fine imports are of desirable quality, many parcels being strong scented; 1s. 5d. to 1s. 8d., finest 1s. 9d. to 2s. per lb.\n\nScented Orange Pekoe: Limited supplies, but sufficient for present wants, Foochow growth being in full supply, and selling at a moderate scale of prices.\n\nGreen Large sales by auction without reserve; the imports, ex Glenroy and Ajax, over 800,000 lbs., offering a varied selection, chiefly of Peling Suey leaf, which has sold at an average 1d. per lb. decline, No. 1 Gunpowder selling down to 2s. 11d., other grades in proportion.\n\nSlogane and Fychow leaf, with the comparatively small supply, has been selling at extreme rates.\n\nCanton and Japan kinds: No change.\n\nSILK.\n\nMessrs. Kilburn, Kershaw, and Co. report as follows:--\n\nThe slight improvement in demand which had shown itself recently has been checked by the movements of the money market, and buyers generally seen disposed to wait; there is no change in quotations.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-159 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [9-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 289628, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-160 - Public Offices - 1872", "page_number": 401, "title": "CO129-160 - Public Offices - 1872", "content_text": "Lar\n\nThe it will be in your power! without loss of time to direct to each of a vessel of Porto in question, Excle is Emations to the commander to call with the Consul expon the chief Authority & it kese ports, a to state that de has been sent at my his lance & Assure demoelf o&f the security J the Britione subjects un pertion. & Kung\n\nI have written to the Penice ņ 26 Expert an bnterviews, & I shall inför H. J. D. If the Steps I have taken. I have to (d) Wade.\n\nCopy br 6726 2. Dr Pelding. Jan: 13/72. 399\n\nIt has been represented to me that an attempt is being made to by the Roy Authoritie Jan compel the relations Teng Sing and Tan Rang Ea ke, whose barions complaints regarding the exactions of the Likere committe at Frochow have already laice before J. H to furnish that shall invalidate the claims of there two men to be considered as Brition Subjects.\n\nIn my despatches of June 29 & Septe of last, I have slated to planily the grounds on Bliele I contend that her status as Brition Subjects is complete, that I need not rere repeat them, but it is my duty to impress very earnestly upon J. A. that, if the men in question be reolested, or if it be proved Experial Fistening hat the local authorities a Prince of Kung are ao", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-160 - Public Offices - 1872.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 290131, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-161 - Public Offices - 1872", "page_number": 295, "title": "CO129-161 - Public Offices - 1872", "content_text": "Land\n\n695\n\n72\n\nTESTIMONIALS\n\n290\n\nIN FAVOUR OF\n\nMR THOMAS FITZ-ROY RICE.\n\nFrom His Excellency Sir HENRY BARKLY, K.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Mauritius and Dependencies.\n\nMr. Rice, who leaves by this mail for England on leave, has been an Inspector of Police in this Island for several years, and he has some idea of applying for the Inspector Generalship of Police at Jamaica, which he believes to be vacant.\n\nHe is strongly recommended by the Inspector General of Police of this Colony, and I myself can bear testimony to his zeal and efficiency.\n\nIn leaving Grand Port, one of the most populous districts, he received congratulatory addresses from all ranks and colours.\n\nGovernment House, Mauritius, April 9, 1869.\n\nH. BARKLY.\n\nFrom the Honorable FELIX BEDINGFELD, Colonial Secretary, Mauritius.\n\nI was Colonial Secretary and President of the General Board of Health of Mauritius during the period of Mr. Rice's service in that Colony.\n\nThe Inspector General of Police, with whom I was in constant official communication, has frequently spoken in high terms of Mr. RICE, who then held the appointment of Inspector of Police for the district of Mahebourg.\n\nMr. Rice's conduct came under my special notice during the disastrous epidemics of 1867-68, on which occasion he volunteered his gratuitous services to the General Board, and by his energy and activity merited their warmest approbation.\n\nMr. RICE has some knowledge of several of the Indian languages and is thoroughly acquainted with the habits and character of the Malabars.\n\nI consider Mr. RICE to be a very valuable officer.\n\nAugust 2nd, 1869.\n\nFELIX BEDINGFELD.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-161 - Public Offices - 1872.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 299823, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-177 - Sir Kennedy Acting Governor Austin Lieut Governor Hennessy - 1877 [1-5]", "page_number": 153, "title": "CO129-177 - Sir Kennedy Acting Governor Austin Lieut Governor Hennessy - 1877 [1-5]", "content_text": "February 27, 1877\n\nTHE CHINESE FAREWELL DEPUTATION.\n\nA very numerously attended deputation of the leading members of the Chinese Community (there being no less than 40 or more) waited on His Excellency the Governor, Sir Arthur Kennedy, to present him with an Address prior to his leaving for Queensland. Among those forming the deputation were Messrs Lee Sing and Lee Tuk Cheong, members of the Wohang Firm, Leong On, Wong Shing, Ho Sik, Kwok Acheong, Wong Kwan Tong, Chun Sai Sang, and others. The address is in Chinese written in gold on a piece of white satin, about three yards long and a yard broad. It is in the shape of a Chinese picture mounted with two rollers at each end so that it might be hung or rolled up at pleasure. The upper portion of the satin is devoted to the Chinese version, and the lower portion to the English translation, written in vermilion. The lining is of red silk, and the whole piece of white satin is mounted on red ground, with fanciful embroidery at the top and sides. Altogether the address is a very handsome piece of ornament for the drawing room. The scroll when rolled up is placed in an exquisitely carved sandal-wood box, which calls forth much admiration. Besides this address, the Chinese presented His Excellency with a \"Man Man San,\" a very handsome large umbrella such as those usually seen in processions. This is also very nicely embroidered all round, and the two tassels bear an inscription of its being presented to Sir Arthur Kennedy. It would perhaps be open to question in a foreign point of view to encumber His Excellency with such a piece of furniture, but to those of our readers who know anything of the Chinese they will see that the spontaneous presentation of a \"Man Man San\" is much coveted by Chinese officials and is considered by them as the highest mark of honour which their subjects can show to them. If we are not mistaken, Sir Arthur is the first Governor of Hongkong who has ever been presented with a \"Man Man San.\" Indeed, we do not think any Governor has ever been presented an address so elaborately worked. Even when the Duke of Edinburgh was here, the address presented to him was only on parchment, notwithstanding the great demonstration made by the Chinese here for his reception.\n\nMr M. S. Tonnochy, the Acting Registrar General, was also present.\n\nAfter the members of the deputation were seated, H. E. came into the room with Mr Brassey, M. P., who had arrived in the Royal Yacht Sunbeam on his tour round the world.\n\nHis Excellency said: Before you proceed I wish you to explain to the Deputation that there is a gentleman here, a friend of mine, who is a member of the Queen's Parliament. He is travelling and he came here to see as much as he could of China, and I am quite sure he will be pleased to meet here the leading members of the Chinese community in Hongkong.\n\nMr Chun Ayin, who was deputed to read the address and to act as speaker, then rose and said:\n\nMay it please your Excellency,--We have come to pay our farewell respects to Your Excellency. The large number of us here to-day shows that our sentiment is universal and sincere. Though your government here has been short, your Excellency has endeared yourself to every section of the community by your kindness and wisdom. We have never had here a Governor who has so successfully ruled the Chinese as your Excellency, and the opportunities you have often allowed to us to approach you to represent our views on measures affecting the welfare of the Chinese have been the means of bringing about a better understanding between the Chinese and the foreigners, an understanding which we hope will be maintained by your successor.\n\nWe beg to present your Excellency with an address, which I shall have the honour to read, and wish a \"Man Man San,\" the \"Official Umbrella\" as it is called by Europeans. The true meaning, however, gives it a greater significance. It means the \"Umbrella of the People,\" and is an emblem of the kind protection they have received from the official to whom it is presented. The \"Man Man San,\" let me assure your Excellency, is the greatest sign by which the Chinese express to their officials the high esteem and regard they entertain for them.\n\nOur address is in the Chinese language, but we have prepared two versions in English, one of which, with your Excellency's permission, I shall read; a copy of the other, which expresses our sentiment more idiomatically, has been sent to your Excellency.\n\nMr Chun Ayin then read as follows:-\n\nTo His Excellency SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor of Hongkong, &c. &c.\n\nMAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,-We have the honour to ask, on behalf of the Chinese community of Hongkong, that you will accept this farewell address as a tribute to the character of your administration.\n\nAs nature cherishes and maintains all things, without distinction or partiality, so should it be the object of the governing class to consider and cherish the governed, and to take advantage of all local conditions or circumstances to benefit them, as nature takes advantage of the recurring seasons. This we have found exemplified in the very highest degree during your Excellency's tenure of office, for your kindness and protection have been extended to every class alike, realising the Divine ideal of care for all. Nor do we know where to find your equal in this parental goodness.\n\n\"It is with pride and pleasure that we review your distinguished career from the early days of your education, your entrance into the Army and service there, your transfer to the Civil branch, and your rapid promotion until you first obtained a Government. This was in Gambia, where you set an example of a sound and excellent policy. You were then transferred to Sierra Leone, and in addition to the duties of Governor discharged those of Consul-General with great ability. You then assumed the Government of Western Australia, then of Vancouver's Island, then of the West African Settlements, and finally, in 1872, you were appointed Governor of Hongkong, where you have now been four years.\n\nThe services of veteran officers like your Excellency are a vital necessity to the British Empire, and we find that you have vindicated Her Majesty's choice by your admirable conduct in the governments which have been intrusted to you. The labours of fifty years have now brought you to the conclusion of a sixth service of this kind, during which you have so governed a spot thousands of miles away from home as to win praise from all. We had hoped for a longer continuance of the privileges we have enjoyed under your impartial rule.\n\nWe regret that you are shortly to be removed, but we shall never cease to cherish and respect your memory.\n\nOn learning that your Excellency had been appointed to the Governorship of Queensland, it naturally occurred to us to inquire what we could do to perpetuate a remembrance of the good government we have witnessed. There is a unanimous public feeling that a permanent memorial of it should be kept, in compliance with which we have endeavoured to put on record our sense of your earnest sincerity in advancing the common welfare.\n\nHongkong is inhabited by a mixed population, and from this circumstance and its proximity to the Canton province, it is at all times only too likely to become a refuge for bad characters. But you have so energetically worked the deportation laws as to keep the Colony unusually free from crime and disturbance. The police has been efficient, and the magistrates have systematically enforced enactments whose object is to keep away offenders and to benefit all the respectable classes. As compared with former times, a very great improvement in order and quietness has been effected during the last few years, and this we owe to the excellent measures of your Excellency.\n\nYour intimate acquaintance with the subject of prison discipline and interest in the condition of the gaol have induced a most satisfactory state of that establishment, in spite of the number of prisoners confined there. Moreover, the Chinese community have been allowed personally to explain to you any grievances of which they might have to complain, thus realising the saying- \"The mirror of justice hung high in Tain: There was not a single wrongfully detained prisoner in Cho.\"\n\nYou have devoted much attention to education, allowing grants-in-aid to the various schools, and instituting periodical examinations according to the results of which the students are rewarded and the schools assisted.\n\nBut whilst your Excellency's good government has thus been displayed in your zeal for the redress of grievances and for the support of education, in no direction have your unselfish efforts for the benefit of all classes been more deservedly successful than in putting down the slave trade and the traffic in women. The former, from which a neighbouring colony derived great gain, could not but move your indignation; and your reports to the British Government were eventually the means of inducing that of Portugal to stop the traffic, whilst at the same time you effectually prevented its being carried on by vessels from Hongkong. The evil was got rid of, corruption gave place to purity, kidnapping came to an end. The prohibition of the nefarious sale of women and girls affords protection to those who are well disposed, and tends to the establishment of a better state of morals. The happy results of your Excellency's reforms have extended to men and women alike.\n\nWe have thus imperfectly set forth a few only of the more salient features of your policy, leaving untouched other admirable characteristics too many to detail. Our national legend preserves the names of officials whose departure awakened regret similar to that we now experience. The tory boots of one were kept by the people as a memorial of him. The likeness of another was handed down to posterity. When they quitted their posts, the sorrowing populace clung to the shafts of their carriages and threw themselves before the wheels. The nearness of Your Excellency's departure increases our desire to record your good service as permanently as if they were engraved in brass or cut in stone: May we be allowed to do this in verse?\n\nThe waves done by every shore\n\nWorld-wide his waters rise and fall\n\nSo thos, and from no niggard store,..\n\nHast toll, and care, and love for all;\n\nIn England's Jerrics now grown gray,\n\nRuling this island far away.\n\n\"Alas! thy face is set to go:\n\nFond memory sadly lingers here,\n\nThe sorrowing people only know\n\nOne hope as sweet, one chance as dear\n\nCome back, come back to us again,\n\nChange sighs to smiles, bring joy for pain,\n\nPresented by the Chinese Community of Hongkong.\n\nHongkong, February, 1877.\n\n(Literal Translation.).\n\nThis valedictory address is respectfully presented to His Excellency Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, K.C.M.G., and C.B., Governor of Hongkong and its Dependencies, Commander-in-chief and Vice-admiral of the same, as a compliment to him on his good administration.\n\nAs it is the nature of Heaven and Earth to love all objects, so it should be the desire of Officials to love the subjects they govern, and while Heaven and Earth nourish things according to the state of the various seasons, Officials improve the condition of their subjects according to the circumstances of the places they rule. The benign influence of His Excellency's overspreading protection is as exalted as Heaven, and his kind-heartedness extends to all foreigners and Chinese alike, thus carrying out God's will of universal protection. Of those who are fathers of their people, who is to be compared to His Excellency Sir Arthur?\n\nHis Excellency having received a thorough education in his youthful days, joined the army at maturity and held at first a military ...\n\nPage 152", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-177 - Sir Kennedy Acting Governor Austin Lieut Governor Hennessy - 1877 [1-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 303746, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "page_number": 338, "title": "CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5]", "content_text": "# THE CHINA MAIL.\n\n## HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1879.\n\n### GENERAL GRANT IN HONGKONG.\n\nThis morning at eleven o'clock, General Grant attended at the United States Consulate and received a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen who were desirous of having the honour of being introduced to him. The Consul, Col. Moneby, and his clerk Mr Rickards, saw to the proper formal introduction of each presentee, and everything passed over most successfully and quietly. The Consulate was adorned with flags. Outside were displayed the Stars and Stripes, and the Peruvian flag; and in the entrance hall were displayed the American flag and the Peruvian, with the Portuguese and Italian flags on either side of the doorway.\n\nThe American Consulate is at the same time the Peruvian Consulate. Over the doorway leading to the reception chamber were the English and American flags. In the reception room, the Russian and German flags were hung. The reception did not last long, less than an hour being occupied altogether. The following is as complete a list as could be obtained of those who were present. If any names are unwittingly left out it is entirely the blame of those who failed to leave their cards — G. Holcombe, Esq., Charge d'Affaires, Peking; Bishop Raimondi; Hon. Acting Puisne Judge, J. J. Francis, Esq.; Hon. the Acting Attorney General, J. Russell, Esq.; Rev. Dr. Eitel, Inspector of Schools; Dr. Chalmers, Canton; Judge Denny, U.S. Consul, Tientsin; Hon. W. Keswick; Hon. K. Ryrie; Dr. Lochhead; Commander Perkins, and F. D. M'Ewan, U.S.S. Ashuelot; W. Reiners, Russian Consul; A. G. Romano, Portuguese Consul; Dr. Wm. Eastlake; Frank W. Eastlake; E. Sharp; R. H. Sandeman; J. N. Jameson; W. H. Forbes; J. M. Forbes, Jr.; Geo. Murray Bain; B. Chatterton Wilcox; C. L. Gorham; A. F. Smith; H. H. Nelson; C. Vincent Smith; John Kyle; H. Dickie; L. Mallory; W. W. Battles; Geo. H. Wheeler; T. Thompson; B. M. Blanchard; W. Dolan; Commissary J. Macfarlane; F. D. Sassoon; Q. C. Williams, Swatow; H. Deacon; W. H. Ray; W. Spratt; M. E. Manook; R. D. Mehta; F. Abella; A. Ahlmann; I. Hopplus; Albert Gultzow; Fred. Rickards; Capt. Hayden (Sea Gull); Mr Reinor (Sea Gull); Capt. Brothhurst (Coran); Capt. Means, Mrs Means and family; Capt. Johnson, Mrs Johnson, and family; Capt. Holmes and Mrs Holmes; Capt. Call and Mrs Call; Capt. Evans; Capt. Lunt; Capt. Hutchinson; Capt. Clough; Capt. Lewis; Capt. Tapley; Capt. Mansen; Capt. Smith; Capt. Wass; Capt. Windsor; and the following Chinese—Leung On; Wong Yik Pun; Tang Kau; Tam King; Fung Tang; Chun Poh Yeong; Chu Siu; Fung Ming Shan; Lee Pun Chi; Yu Chong. General Grant, his son Lieut.-Col. Grant, and Mr Russell J. Young, who accompanied him, after the reception proceeded to Government House to tiffin, and spent most of the afternoon there. During the afternoon Messrs. Roberts and Shorter, the billiard players, had the honour of playing at Government House, before His Excellency and General Grant, the ladies, and the other members of the party. The Governor and General Grant drove round the town in the course of the afternoon.\n\nTo-night, a dinner will take place at Government House, when about twenty guests will be present. Mr and Mrs Robert Hart, who proceed to Shanghai to-day by the French steamer, were among the guests at Government House last night. To-morrow night a State Dinner will be given, when about forty guests will be present, all official guests appearing in full uniform. The Band will be in attendance, and a reception will be held from 10 till 12; when the brilliant lighting up of Government House Gardens will add additional beauty and attraction to this evening's entertainment. Half way up the hill, in Wyndham Street, a capital transparency portrait of General Grant, with on the other side the British and American flags, has been exposed every night, lighted up brilliantly, and has attracted much attention. The lamp is shown over the house of Mr Moore, an American.\n\nGeneral Grant is a man in appearance about fifty years of age, although actually seven years older, having been born in 1822, 27th April. He looks uncommonly fresh in spite of the tear and wear of War's alarms, and the worrying and trying boredom of being lionized as he has been for the past six months or more. He is rather under than over the average size, has a fresh ruddy face, and brown hair of a grayish hue. He is evidently a man of most unassuming manners and most dogged resolution, and when he gets into his favourite attitude, crossing his knees and leaning slightly forward, with his cigar in his hand, he recalls to one's recollection the five or six hundred portraits we have all seen of him, either during the war or the term of his double presidency.\n\nIn conversation he is a willing participator, and talks genially and pleasantly.\n\nPage 333", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 307716, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880", "page_number": 294, "title": "CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880", "content_text": "certain astronomical.\n\nobservations in the\n\nColony under your charge,\n\nAnd I have to request\n\nthat\n\nyou\n\nwill be good\n\nenough to afford them\n\nthe facilities asked for.\n\nI have\n\n[R]\n\n{\n\nDRAFT.\n\nThe Under Secretary,\n\nForeign Office.\n\nX\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Lempriere - 27.\n\nMr. Ebden.\n\nMr. Wingfield.\n\nMr. Bramston.\n\nMr. Meade.\n\nMr. Herbert,\n\nMr. Grant Duff.\n\nLord Kimberley.\n\n-27\n\n7.0 Hay Roy Kong\n\n290\n\n11033.\n\nSir,\n\nIndexed.\n\n29 July 1880,\n\nI am directed by\n\nthe Secretary of State for the Colonies to acknowledge the receipt of your\n\nletter of the 19th instant,\n\nrequesting that facilities\n\nmight be afforded to\n\nLieut. Commander ...\n\n[M. Seen this party in]\n\nBaking\n\ncertain astro-\n\nnomical\n\nI made the following changes:\n1. Corrected \"fort\" to \"charge\" as it seems to be the correct word in the context.\n2. Changed \"ther\" to \"them\".\n3. Changed \"faciliter\" to \"facilities\".\n4. Changed \"haven\" to \"I have\".\n5. Removed unnecessary brackets and characters.\n6. Changed \"Meude\" to \"Meade\" as it seems to be the correct spelling.\n7. Changed \"SS7.1\" to \"Secretary of State\" as it seems to be the correct expansion.\n8. Changed \"Colomes\" to \"Colonies\".\n9. Changed \"genes\" to \"your\".\n10. Changed \"Dars\" to \"acknowledge the receipt of your\".\n11. Changed \"foo?\" to (removed as it seems to be an OCR error).\n12. Changed \"Lent:\" to \"Lieut.\" as it seems to be the correct abbreviation.\n13. Added \"...\" to indicate a missing word.\n14. Formatted the text into paragraphs using HTML tags. \n\nThe output is in HTML format as per the instructions.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 308059, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-192 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]", "page_number": 49, "title": "CO129-192 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4]", "content_text": "## 46 \n2. \n## 44 \n### Intimations. \n**THE CHINA VIEW.** \nChowder was claved tho putti! \n### Visitors' Column. \n**THE CHINA MAIL.** \n### Hongkong Rates of Postage. \n(via June 26, 1889) \nLal Parki Yest \n1. Small Parodia to seat by Port because any of the Fest Calle Chips We have instituted sa na experiment or Japan, as well 10 Mac VAITATS COLs, which we trust In the fallowing Statements and Tables boi, papi, Peus Ma widely-express gret at this dis will prove succesfe, and be found use the Ratas are given in sends, sal ww, for anal not excel the falieving doo \n\n1 wat rond 1 fotoop, izuno of Notes nervul. To it will be legsted fruta time Lettere, per half cher, for Book ads, & foot meg, nor web us than is plage is fumuaporation to tre such itsuse of information, fists, Pavere, por tres cuces. \n\nNewspapers o \na over four modes in weight wil be 20 cele per, which wel indude Bilar in objout and style, bob slightly tables and other intelligence is ec \n### Registration \nThe parcele s bully modified in wartado detail. \nsuured likely to prove vaatle to per charged as doubla, teable, ✯e, az i some taxing through the City, and cave map bo, but eveli papers or pacicate or ne say be rout at Book Rats. Two in euoneetion wiza we bave opered | Snappere arust not be folded together as Horn. AND BUSES, norunything whatever beismerted SELECT Damron, applicatos for enrolment sacept koná sice Epplements. \ner of this \n**THE CHINA REVIEW OF Roles and cries on the Far East, ia auded at fu tervals of two mumus, each numbar ou taining about 60 ev \net 60 nav pages, all cated with lible, photos, wonderia, be, bead the papare pubished demand, and the insulation justify, Jaiza Ditter. \nsuberitiva la vixed at $16.50 p \nd \nPrintad \nto which we are now ready to secure, der say, bowser, bo endload, if the wind be paid at Pack Kate. Price Cur rent may be paid either as Navapapam or List of Public Buildings. \npaid per san payable by on-residents Governant House, North of Public in Hinges, half-pearly in naprawne. \nThe patristica indledes papers riginal and selected inpun dia Arts and Seisces, Snogy, Folklore, Deugrupiy, History, Ilustre les Man Anu Cus- ton, Natural \nKeligion, do, C., \n### Gardens \nCits find. Library (8,000 volumes) and \nMuse-Free. \nPublic Gedens, a bontifully picturesque \nretreat and of great interest. \nBuake. \nComp by do not bear Pique annity, aos prone bough \nclosed it day bear this spook! accores. \n27, PADE, OTANING TO Luman, but \nany parzel was ered by danion of the Possier tiesā. \n2. The following went be mated Patcula insasiuni, packed as paciented, or liable to be \nGlass, Teguida, \nazglasite butee Matchca, Ladigo, u 10, Kent, \ndegrees to des Fish, Game, Fruit, Vestby to - Helyi bo \nthe up rectar of an actual or pramazal sorteo fire or injet i trans spousal, ach tha deeds, copied music, e. The obarge on Si \n### No. 5892,- (CTOBER 21, 1880. \n**Merchant Vessels in HongCong Harbour** \nExcburies of cats Arrivals and Departures reported lo-lay, \nTorillaz fading the position of 207 renal in the Harbour, the Anchorage is divided inte sigal Boetius, vammancing at (trend Indai. Vasole neuer the Hongkong shere are marked A, use the Kowing shore k., azri those in the body of the Shipping or midway between each shore to masked c., in conjunction wild the Sguroa denoting the mentions. \n2. From Gas Works to the Novelty Iron Worke \n### Section \nB. From P. and D. Co.'s Office to Peddar's Wharf. \n7. Feur Nare! Yard to the Fiez. \nbox \n### RC 20957. \n1. From Great island to the Gas Worka \n6. From Fadder's Wharf to the Naval Yard \nFrom Novelty Iron Works to the Harbour dater's Dœfice. From Earbuds Master's to the P. and 0. Ou.'s Ģice. \n8. From Pitta East Prist. \n---- \n### Captain. \nStig and Date of \nVoices or ease. \nDestination \nHig. \nArrival \n8. E'stonls will as a general rela be for aided by Ferate Ship not by Coutras Mall Packet. The Port Ofs coserves se umelon, and it clearing devory in caves! tight of electing shopperty for tran tiles tumber of parcela is spel as to retard Esceipsatser correspondens. My responsi \nthan \nfor backs, but, whatever the weight of packet contafting ay parally witte of Chen Jesus, Mungulia, Tibet, the Tue Clock Tower, Queens Road Cen-pap, it will wet be charged fo Easter Anipeg and the \"Her set. \" tral, in be with Pedder's Whis \nThe sender of Rey Recieved generally, we defaike list of abjects General Fost Office, Hoaghong Chung it alt a Row \npon which coexitations we oogmcılalış \n### German Club, Spreme Court, de, invite is ismægurated, \nwww.bor. \nwillia a stone's throw Chinese Ladin. Grigal contributions in French, Get parish, Italian Tor Lagitan Club and hazy, Sbellay St. tugasza, are sourschi Bednars freveramets Offices, the Sacrorerint, &o., \nnear the holic Gorders. \nare as to premat a rohtut \nthat of the most rout \nwere bearing on Chine ccatism, fines \non paying an extra fea of o cente. \nbacopted with regard to any fartel, bet the Region wil see the The limit of weight to Books and Com reial Pages to Foreigu Foes basical any bat a very reale per- 61ba Pallares for web offices are limited tablity of lon to sed must uns exced these \nubevenue: 3 inch by itches by \n### St. Jou's Cathedral (Anglia), \nzun J'orade Gromm sidention is plac paid to ibu Review Roman Catholic Caredral, Welling \nSweet. \ndepartures \nther as \"Nous\" head reinross being \n### Notes and Bepiter \nclamited tegen Church, Higin Street. given, when furnished, so previous Nožni B1. Peter's Neuenburch, West Print or Carles, as are also close queries which St. Joseph's (KC) Char), Ganian though any for Informativas, furolabı, aven Road, Bear Kenney for \nor orphed details reneeming the at-Tapetance Hull, erisly adapted for \nb. It le sirable to make his Questo proper as brist and as mnoh to the possiblə \n| \n### The China Beine \nkm July and August, 1876, is band. Is anys the forty-two anya wary acut into uosipato for the best pap on the advantages of Curiality ter \ndavelopment of Sale All car lesen ed preistes khoi là entenciou to this svorkuly enterprising Revie. It is a sig pagod, bi-menthly, repertory of watch low are sestaining shoot China *IN incture of hiero Ponizy in vaja volumen is sure workh the pries of the žievis, kūr dress China Now, Hongnny-Northern | Ürisian únicate (U.B.) \nber \nanen, Qusar's Load Eust \n301- West B \nພະນ \n### R. E. A. and Chiny Colegraph Co., and \nthe Great Northe Pergraph to,, Marion Hose, Gong's Hand.\" tascais hall, Zedand Street. \n### Victoria Recreation Cank---Bath house! \nsea last-wuse, ke,-Praya, beyond the Gecket Ground, beside the \"City fie!! \nhe Baracke and Narat med Military \n### Store \nparkerenk Je to the wird, and cover a koga area. \n### Stores, Books, &c. \nincles. \n.. means No Registration, \n### Countries of the Pata! \nUnion, The Union may be taken to conspelar Keops, net foreign passione in Ama, Japan, W. Africa, Harpt, Mauritius, all \nN. Amenca, Mexic, aleator, Caři, \nVal' Nas \n4. The public re cantined at tu persaud \nfound the facts with a Period Hurope, d, which dres not exist \nthe Bochung \nbabe Java \nHout countries to which Hongkong wards Carespondenou Laylax juin Gerd Fodic or ng \nbeat to du so, it resory that the Kang-bhi ..... following lost nicely \n...Wooney \n... Rondeli \n### 3 Wantry Amal, 5079 |CM. \n«Oschen ... Brit. \n### Betmarks \nK'leon Dout Fontan lo \n6. Poincisosh Leat \n502 Sept \n### BiB \nskr. 1700 k. \nJaGibb, Livlegatoa de Ca 20e, M. 3. A. Da \n### Apertalian Porta \nJardine, Matteson & Co. \n21 Russel & Co. \n2. \n19 \n18th Hang SIA Dat 1512 Oct \nstr. 137.5.& po Dock Un \n231 Octo \n843 e 140. 31. Co. \n1057 Ooi. 23 Gae. P. Starons à . \ndewchang Holhor, & \n### E-MITTIT \nat daylight \n¡Holbow, An, \nShanghai \nCo-murtos \n¡Tag Prive \nSAM1979 \nAversich \nDiGlavo \nUhy of Tokia. \n8 citurroy Brit. \n6 h Hall. \nBrit. \n### Deronsite.....n an \nF \nHot... \n5 baner \nPolesen.....Chi \n2 bittidor ...Onwlo \nlamer. \nDutch est. \nChola uch \netr. \n### JOEL \n74 Opt. Wildongian Lapralk & Cu \nKumes Porta \nloon Desk \n*Path, dayligas \nne Deck \nMarvelja \n. Maasz \n7 Romedios & Co, \n¡Manila \nPo-day \nJBut \n741 Dot, \n21 Samen & Co. \nthaoghal \nSenhue. \n„ider. \n69 Oct \n14:3bsamaau & Ca \n298 Oct. \n2020, M. 8. N. 06 \nShanghai \nBrit. \n65% O \n2030, R. Bierros & Co. \n933 Out \n18 Koan Fat Hong \nBangkok \n23rd inel \nair. \n48 Mar. \n24 China Traders unorance Co. \nate. 1039 Chut. \n17P. 20. 8. N. Cn. \nki Yokohama \n80 ct \nrides, R. Sisroun de Cu. \nJaustralian Porte \n24th fant \nstr. 388 Oct \nKinging. \n1. No Letter Facket, whether to Young... Brit. \ncan be said! \nFrail, forn, Vesiesals, 21 Argentine registered or \nRepabli, da bilan, with all jewels, precies tee, or a thing ticking Hondure, Bermuda, Disa, Fren, Netherlands, Portuguese peroral ya, is hakka to C4 l'acker \nTrakia, Guiana, ¦ for Postmeni: ABERYS Palicum \nsuŭ Spanish Colonies. \n### Countries or 13 the Union-The chair? \ncountries kod in the Caion are the AP tralasian Greop \n### Postage to Vaior Countries. \nGeneral, by any mouku some \nLuton, \n30 cents per or conis cal \n10 cents. \nZacuta cact \n2 suis par Scu \nation, Post Carda, east-wpens \nBooka, Paikuras and i \nCom Papare, There is no ekarzome restrauted erro. apadne wishin the Petal Taka. \n### J'idge to No Union Countries. \nHawaiian Kingdom \n### Omeral Gutter \nHesier, Tailor, \nSebata orientai tiacural contains the fol- lowing notice of the Chius Fuziotela \nthe title of a puestion, \nly reached as from Boug.-T. N. Discoll, dû and 47, 1ks lately 2 kang, whers has been set on fuck an in Quears Road, by special appeiztruant sen.8 zenperea cartingallon of Sous and to E. Ma Limeriu on China and Japan, the extinction \naf which chefui saxial a year de kwu sgu kak \nand segraded in Europe as well \nEn China Thmpresest publisation, judging, \nby the river now tntire us, la intended to! \n### Cleozomerers, Watches, Jowellery, \nLestor \nBordo Patt \n### Nore. \n+ \ndisps and Chr. FALCONELLO, West Judice (Non Unit, Burias, Queen's itoad Control. \n### Costa Rica, Grenc, Now Graula, Nicaragua, 'ze, Paragliay¶. \nItegistration, Newspape \n### American and Buglich Stores, Books, \nscopy & positian, as tegendu Chitand send speeindly selected Cigars-Mac Deighbouring countricovnat elmila \nto that which has keen fed in Tadis by the \nCatania Niet ut proat dayrus of ut \nEF, FRICKEL & Co. \n### Aerial Newers and cheng Ra-Book \ndi fattura, \nOF \nFue. \n10 \njuline, \nFeride!! \n2. This Regulaties panjabies the condit¦ Sea Gu of Excieraz of dutiable setincs, unless this Sunda quantity one best small na to make the Tiales \nample of no valge. \n### Wolle........ \nê. The firoits of reight alumed are si \n### Budowa -- \nBook and Papem to Britan úton | \n5 s; to the Cortinant, Au, Patton to Britist, Offer, Slox if wit \n### Bailing Vosk \nSbEepkias B \nHajdoná \nVincar.......... jammander \nAgnes Mair's Love ...........Br. \nsh \n458 Bapt. 190. M. 5. N. Co \n851 8epk, \n200. M. & N. Oo \n131ayar U. \n27 Carlowite & Co. \nout intrinsic value; to the Chularity flee Book Servier. ! 14284z. 27! Vezel & Co. \nda, 8 OF. \n3 kidones ..........Port. sh, 602 July Ale H. Safthe Packer Amur, sh \n### Sidemcy \nfor the loss of a legineral Letto Apala \nThomsen alt 3:0.50. fazer umaśžer, bgę, „skátamora......Amer. Contabriacal! \nAmer faulsen Dan. \n### The Post Offint \nta noy legally naposafts | Che Bitte for the wife delity of Regatora cress Camere \nunderco, has benyoforth it elit to prCurs pared to make gooch the acabaria of Dagmar \nwo lost while eng lash Do ina-wners of 319, în vari Kami. --------------- \n### Florum Alghingale \nà adolulɲin .............. Falt bye. Ford \n2 Borgwards.. \nC, Rovided \n1. That lies daly observed at the condivista në Registration requir \n2. has the fat is securely welos \nia Numably by -- \n### Orders \non the United Kingdom, \nUp to 18 ent \nיז \nار \nM54 \n£).......... \n72 \n### Land \nIntercamslal Ordan. \nUp to $5 or A...... \ni \ntor 10....50 \n- of Money Draer Offces in th \nUnited Kingdom may be unsalted ar \nbe exprezed by the der, here all longkong Shangh \nceraspondanes is invclubly deliver m 6.Names must be given in full (except \nLa metre plans of babes. \nwhen there is more than we \n### Boxholders \nwho desire e tu mad Cizen- | \nbe given if the order be rosed (a 26, Dividend Warts, Inexations, Cards, but the anal the Pago el t \n### Lobaques \ndew, all of time acme weight, to address are rose). It can then be paid, Hong, Bangkok, or the Furia of Chirs through Bank, and may afterwards in! and Japan, may sliver them in the Postpally crossed in ang Bank. Office stamped, the postage bring then \n### batch \nmust constat of at least ten \n### Fach \nhas signed it in the proper plans. \n### Buzholders \nmay also woad Vatterordor en be traced in anus \n### HONGKONG, MAULU \nAND CANTON RIVER \n### STEAMERS. \n### Nama \nTONE Captois \nJohaug \n760 Ogatun \nKiu Bhan \n40% \nKia Ki \n61 \nHentai, \nHayiand \nKlong-ping \nB Indu \nPovah \n1500 Carg \n110 \nLatovener \nSir J. Jaejoption! 154 \nSpark \nTong Ting \nWhile Gland \n314 Depre \nLiners \nB \nEw Bok Tong \n1200 \n250 \nM. Marble \n### CHINESE \nQUN-VESSELS \nIN CANTON WATERS, &C \n### Naste \nTrace Aus \nH. r. \n### An-lau \nChuu- \nDalterfold and Swira Cbro-ko \nK., D. & M. B-boat Co. Obing-ou T., C. & M. & string p \nC. M. & & Co. \n### Chau-tong \n5., UM, 6-bout Co.-le \nK. Acheng & Sonz \nE., C. & M. & boat (to \nC. M. 8. 7, Qu \n### Peng-chou-ba! \nQUAD2.06 Shum-i \n20 Benog, A. H. Q. & M. 8.bast Ce. 50-ang \n180 BE \nYOUSO NEIPPING IN PORT, \n### She \nanes places in the mane way. Eu-ok pasment of s additional comedia. Pater \n### In \ncase of low of an order, pesadly for Symphe \nvelopes vcntaining Patterns may be wholis i stopping Pade to the Br \ncloned if the nature of the contents be fast \nw tho like, Sheldraks \nfor Timasto Geriam brig \n### VSN-UPAWASH \nK. Achwong & Su \nKing-kw \nKinogahow \nLin-yen \nTalag \nChioge \nBritish \nFroueb \n| 2829898398889 \n### Commander \nJ. Godsli \nSlewati \nA. Walker \nChirrem Admini \nA. Gercenta \nChae A' Ho \nO. 1 Falaser \nPing Tre \nJ. H. Wade \nJ. B. Marry \nChing \nErd \n### MUNONANT \nHALLĀKU PANİKES \n### Blue \nJacket \nProcura \nForward Flo Fodvig \nKir \nMary \nMattie Macleay \nPaul Jooen \nSin of the North \nD. Maria de Molna \nGarooding Motate Nanacacy \nAroedown l \nfor Mauila \nBritish hargne \nSauce brig Brilled bacque Hele bu Brabr Slam \nbrig \nfor New York \na kerge Jock \njarital brig Bettiah barte \nSuanish cncratite Runboat 1. M. correcta \nV. A surefte \nHustlar marty \nM. axrette \nPranol frigate \n### patals, \nger Day, \npats, yer Lead, \n900 \n### MERⱭJANI \nSTRANKSA, \n-- \n### ival, \npor Day, \nfed \nplums, par Law, \nand Base Cage of 100 \n1. \n### Oct. \n9, 1880, HERCHANI STAMBULA. \n### Bankow \nBellish \n*Addits \nBrisb \nBrown Brothers \nAlso Can \ntor Shanghal \nClfaca \nCart Ludvig \ncle, per Day, \n### Class \nCarge Rosa - \n7.71 \n### Sost \nof ou \n1.60 \n| charged to the sender's servant. \n7.--No order can be paad till the Payon Nation \nfor Bongbong \nKiang-plan \nChiness \nP \nKrilish \n### MENBOLANT \nVALMINU VRANDON. \nLy \nGarsau sobeiner \nKung Wo \nburttioh \n1,34 \nMavico \nArvaria \nEritish \n50 \nProlong \nguaboat \nBloch \nfor Laden, da \n### SHIPPING \nIN SHANGHAI HARBOUR, \nBritish \nPell \nTaks \nReikish \nBЯKish \nCutrone \nOkin-tong \nBettioh \nfor Jcndum, ?ro, \nTeb-ata \nDatoare \n! Teritora Mari \nup.maste \nVidoratio \n### WALLING \nYARALA. \nFute mhiru Glamis Castle Gleneagles \nAdranus \nSkozesu bary EG \nNayanth \nBilish \nAzbasador \nFeghous \nfor London, a. \nBenjamin Aymar \nThemales \nVigilant \nH. M. de vossel \nChinese \n- \n### Bog \nOns \nor Pulizway BORIA, HON \n+7 \n6. 10 \nled or stated to the Postmaster \nshould \nbe may cowokery, and Order Ofice for instruction. \n$1.00 approved by him. Prated Cleoutar may be inserted in anob Fattom Packer. \n&- the order be nat presented within \nsix months an additoral commission will \nhe charged if not within twelve months, \n### Past \nThe public in retailed that, the money will be forfeited. When the \nNothing in Shin Sonlosteronta private sycəm\" \" share la se auch thing a Pamel Post order in oues paid no ipreter sinim cars buiomed \n\" \n### STREET \nDONE. \n### Sale \nof Hire for stint Ocalier. \n19 \n### DUG \nDay.......0$ 0, \n### One \nout,NATES \nKit \nthe boys bale in Fact pricala \nto Auro de Math rombie and dis entertaina \nprinterent sta danand by pazeistent attoripis i Hoarder dan be paid until she advice Fei Yuen \nto soud amali valuabin for through the relation to it has been eautyed. \n### Fancy \nWork, and similar preunia are con \n### Pat \nFast Carion Artiolar of Drew, \nfinaly wing refuse, the sandam having \noften spent more in Portage us \navo veil the traight by seamer. \n• Made out ou s printed fora which is zroglind¦ Bue-Jun \ncowbio. \n### Harding \nNot Local Oudere un Shanghat are draws at 2 put \nrefond can be unde an auch parcels of the vale of Stamps abliterated before tho nors of the coutente was discovered. \ni dor \n- nice to pile, d \nla cate for Arening z the tested Ning- \n### Ani \nin er et hanghai. \n### On \n14, 1880. \n**MEJUKANT ETRAMNER** \n### American \nVazion \n#Slut Left park oz andved at HauzkoHR \n### Printed \nand prebilahed by Gao, Muanat Baig, at the China Mail Olian, Na 2, Wyndham First, Hangkeng. \n### Excentive \nCouncil \n### Present \nFriday, \n122nd October, 18 \n1880. \n### this \nExcellency. Governor Sir John Pope theverry : 2CM tj. The Honorable Is Acting bestowish hentary Dr Sudrick Stewart: The Honourable The Attorney General Edward Houghton Ornellay \n### The \nHonourable Johor Macrails. Bios. \ntheent. \n### His \nExcellency Major General. Emraison-Courseranding Troops. \n### The \nCouncil meets this \n### Summons. \n### The \nMinutes \nSeptember \nday \nat 5 Rite. by special \n### Council \nheld + \nthe 18th \nELL \nare read and confirmed). \n### The \nfollowing letter from major General Bousoon!", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-192 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 320089, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-206 - Public Offices & Others - 1882", "page_number": 53, "title": "CO129-206 - Public Offices & Others - 1882", "content_text": "## 154 \n\n**THE LONDON AND CHINA TELEGRAPH**\n\nIn all cases in which Japanese, especially Government departments, are plaintiffs in our Courts, it is eminently desirable that the fullest investigation should be accorded, and the judgment based upon the clearest reasoning.\n\nSevere indisposition has compelled Mr. Martin Dohmen, H.B.M. acting consul at Yokohama, to take leave of absence. His place will be filled by Mr. J. J. Enalie, the senior member of the consular corps in Japan, with the exception of Mr. Russell Robertson, who is now acting judge of H.B.M. Court for Japan. The appointment of Mr. Enalie has been received with much satisfaction, because the nomination of Mr. Dohmen about three years ago was regarded as improper, in view of that gentleman's shorter service and inexperience. The appointment of Mr. Hannen to be acting chief justice of the Supreme Court for China and Japan has enabled the arrears of appeals to be cleared off. Several cases tried here in 1877, and appealed to Shanghai, have been decided; but the delay, expense, and anxiety have weighed heavily upon the suitors. The probability of Mr. Rennie being promoted to the chief justiceship of Shanghai and Mr. Hannen appointed to Yokohama is a gratifying prospect to the communities of both ports, where the gentlemen named are well known and highly esteemed.\n\nThe Kaitakushi, or Colonization Commission, a department of the Government which has been for years past regarded with the utmost aversion and suspicion, is now finally abolished, the government of Yezo being assimilated with that of other parts of the empire. Hakodate, Sapporo, and Nemuro are made the seats of three ken; and the business of colonisation will henceforward be attended to in a separate department in the two latter ken. This change will probably save the national purse seventy per cent of the former cost of this service under the loose administration of General Kuroda, who is now said to have resigned his office. Probably, finding his occupation gone, no other alternative was left for General Kuroda.\n\nThe settlement is a prey to fatty robberies and burglarious openings of warehouses and abstraction of portions of their contents. The police do not seem equal to the task of suppression or detection; and this, combined with the intolerable condition of the settlement, again suggests the necessity for the formation of a municipality in which the residents shall be properly and effectively represented. The new order in council contains references to municipal and land regulations applicable to the open ports of Japan, which revive the hope that we may eventually succeed in placing this settlement under our own control; and to enforce the observance of the regulations upon those whose defiance of all laws is now a standing reproach to, and testimony of the weakness and inefficiency of the courts of those nations enjoying extra-territorial rights yet unable to control their own people.\n\n[FEB. 21, 1882]\n\nIt is now stated that Mr. Shishido will not be removed from the Japanese Legation at Peking, but will return to his post in March. The Loochoo question is, according to the Japan Herald, likely to crop up again during the summer, and \"the foreign emissary of the Japanese Government, still tarries in Peking,\" where he is supposed to be endeavouring to do something in the grievance between the two Empires. The Echo du Japon also refers to the same question. Two Loochooan delegates, who visited Peking with the idea of enlisting the aid of China to recover the lost independence of their home, have recently committed suicide, driven probably to desperation by the delays and sinuosities of Celestial diplomacy.\n\n## KOREA\n\n## FUSAN\n\nA Japanese newspaper, the Mainichi Shimbun, recently printed a note to the effect that Ri-Saison, step-brother of the King, assisted by three formerly distinguished officials, had attempted to break out into rebellion; but that their scheme was nipped in the bud, and the conspirators were arrested. Now the same paper gives further intelligence from Seoul stating that the three ex-officials were beheaded and dismembered on the 2nd Dec. The heads were suspended by the hair from poles; and the arms and legs, roughly wrapped in straw, were put on piles of faggots, while the dismembered trunks were left lying on the ground at the foot of the same. The second names of the traitors were placarded on the exposed corpses, but not their family names. Ri-Saisen, in consideration of his being the nearest relative of the Sovereign, had his capital sentence remitted, and was exiled. Ri Reisboku, one of the would-be rebels, committed suicide in prison by biting off his tongue.\n\nRumours are afloat that the King has sent a message to Peking asking for arms and soldiers to expel the Japanese who have fastened on two settlements on the shore opposite the West Coast of Japan. All accounts agree that the Japanese are very cruel, and that the Koreans are minded to rise and massacre them. The Chinese, it is stated, are even more sensitive about Korea than about Loochoo.\n\nThe Government are about to establish Custom Houses, the working of which is to be on much the same principle as the one now adopted by China in collecting her revenue on foreign bottoms.\n\n## CHINA\n\n## PEKING\n\nA very serious quarrel took place some ten years ago between a military mandarin named Chen Kuo-jui and Li Shih-chung, Commander-in-chief of the forces of Kiang-nan. An edict appeared in the Peking Gazette in 1871, in reply to a memorial from Tseng Kou-fan on the subject, degrading the two officers for their unseemly brawl. The Shen Pao of Jan. 2 contains a proclamation by the Governor of An-hui to the effect that, acting on the Imperial authority, he caused Li Shih-chung to be arrested secretly on the night of the 1st of the current moon in a garrison, and then and there beheaded.\n\nWe have enjoyed, as best we could under adverse conditions of trade, the holidays incident to the season. Christmas was observed by foreign residents in various ways; and the new year by our Japanese friends. Poverty and stagnation are, however, too visible through the outward show of festivity; and it is evident that if this country is to maintain its commercial relations with the world to the satisfaction and advantage of those concerned, a thorough and radical change must be made in the restrictive laws which impede trade and embarrass every producer and merchant alike.\n\nThe mail via United States, originally intended to leave Jan. 10, is postponed to Jan. 21, to the great inconvenience of merchants here and the annoyance of those in China whose letters are on the way to connect here with the steamer that was to leave on the 10th. The withdrawal of the excellent and regular service of the P. & O. Steam Navigation Company has been a source of much loss and inconvenience to foreign mercantile interests in Japan; and the probability is that a memorial will shortly be addressed to H.B.M. Government praying for its restoration.\n\nA general meeting of the Asiatic Society has been held at the Chamber of Commerce, Tokio, the Rev. J. L. Amerman, Vice President, in the chair. Mr. Ernest Satow read a paper entitled \"Notes on the Early History of Printing in Japan.\"\n\nIt is stated that Mr. Tekeha Pinpei, President of one of the Provincial Assemblies, has been decapitated in his own house, and his wife mortally wounded by three unknown men, who announced that robbery was not their motive. It is supposed they were actuated by private spite, or had some political object in committing the crime.\n\nA serious mutiny among prisoners broke out in the prison at Hamamatsu, Shidzuoka ken, on the 24th Dec. Eighty prisoners combined to escape, and made a desperate attempt to carry their plans into execution; but guard and police were at hand, and, by use of arms, the ringleader being shot dead at the outset, the revolt was subdued, but not until many were seriously wounded on both sides.\n\nThe Japanese newspapers state that the Miyee-kan, iron sheathed corvette, one of the three constructed by Sir E. J. Reed, on her return voyage from Persia, where she had been on a special mission, showed signs of deterioration, supposed to be due to defective construction.\n\n## DRAFT\n\nPage 55\n\nThe O.A.G.\n\nMr. ... \nMINUTE.\n\nPraesoni saful Дария\n\nMr. Wingfield.\nMr. Bramston.\nMr. Meade.\nMr. Herbert.\nMr. Courtney.\nLord Kimberley.\n\nsubmitted.\n\nb: 13.8.194\n\nit. Hoy Kay 51\n\nPii, 6948\n\nRECO\n\nREGO 16 APR 82.\n\n18April:82\n\nMy attention has been drawn to the ...\n\n678210\n\nthe Gleaner by Addicati\" to iding\n\nThe Courier reports that the Sub-Reader, Chang Chi Tung, has been appointed Governor of the Province of Shansi. This promotion is a remarkable one, from the fact that a Sub-Reader belongs to the fifth degree of rank, whereas a Governor of a Province is second in grade only to Viceroy, as the former has almost equal power with the latter, and has under his immediate command the whole of the military forces of his Province. A Sub-Reader, on the other hand, holds but an insignificant office, and the only importance that attaches to it is on account of the freedom of speech permitted in memorialising the Throne—a prerogative which is shared by the Censors. The sudden promotion of Chang Chi Tung from insignificance to importance is to be traced to his having written the famous memorial against Chung How and his more recent intrepid letter to the Viceroy Li Hung Chang. In politics Chang belongs to the Tso party, and he is regarded by them as one of their shining lights, destined shortly to blaze into the refulgence of a Viceroy.\n\nThe North China Daily News correspondent writes:--The French Minister and his family have arrived after a very considerable absence. The British Minister and Lady Wade have also arrived. It must be a source of the greatest pleasure to all Peking residents to see Lady Wade once more. Important negotiations with the Viceroy regarding opium duty have, it is reported, been occupying the attention of the British Minister and Chinese high officials at Tientsin, and doubtless the interests of the victims of the opium vice, as well as those of the two countries more especially interested, have not been overlooked by either statesman. Tsao Tsung-tang joined their deliberations at Tientsin on his way south. China has a few enlightened and able statesmen at present who seem determined to grapple with this enormous question. Very considerable interest is taken in the subject at present, and if nothing effective is now done it is to be feared another equally good opportunity may not arrive. It stands to reason that before the Chinese are able to drain their own ...\n\n\"I was ... from \"to \"monopoly there\"\n\n1 Feb. p. 162 Explow\n\nHannisy\n\nbyt? Kimberley privately. Oct. 6.\n\nRKA. Oct. 9.\n\nEnclosed extracts from the \"London & China Telegraph\" of the 13th and 22nd February, the meaning of which I am unable to understand and shall be glad to receive your ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-206 - Public Offices & Others - 1882.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 322424, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7]", "page_number": 296, "title": "CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7]", "content_text": "Haiphong, as there has been, up to the present, no general registration organised.\n\nFrom Hanoi no news of any consequence has arrived for some time. The fury-maru, whose departure up river I mentioned in my last, carried up 70 bullocks in addition to her other stores and 100 Chinese who were enlisted in a corps of auxiliaries being raised and equipped by Captain Georges, a pilot of Haiphong and an officer of considerable experience in the training and direction of Chinese troops, he having served throughout the Taiping rebellion. The new corps is to be 600 strong, and of this number 200 have already been collected at Hanoi, in addition to the 100 who left here by the Ruru-maru. They are to be armed with Remington rifles and are to receive, I hear, $10 per month each, a much better pay indeed, than that of their European companions in arms.\n\nAt Namdinh, where there is stationed a garrison of about 400 men, there has been a rather serious prevalence of dysentery among the troops, caused, it is supposed, by the exhalations from the stagnant water in the moat surrounding the citadel, but the more seriously affected amongst the sick having been removed to Hanoi, and their places filled by men from that place, the health of the garrison is improving. On Sunday last, the 24th June, an attack was made on the citadel by the Annamites, but they were repulsed after some hours' firing, with, it is said, considerable loss. No casualties are reported on the French side.\n\nA river junk which had been attacked and capsized by pirates was towed into Haiphong by one of the small gunboats on Thursday.\n\nThe M.M.S.S. Coy.'s steamship Saigon arrived here yesterday from Saigon and Quinhon. She brought up a company of French marines from the latter place and a company of Annamite tirailleurs and 24 guns from Saigon. Amongst her passengers also were the French Consul and Commissioner of Customs from Quinhon. That station has been abandoned by the French authorities. The reason assigned for the evacuation of the port is that it is expected that Hué, the capital of Annam, will shortly be bombarded by the French fleet and that after that event it would not be possible to hold the position without a larger garrison than can be spared at the present time, when all the available forces are required in Tonquin. One gunboat was, however, left at Quinhon to watch the course of events.\n\nLast evening I had the honour of dining with M. Forestier, the Resident, and met at his hospitable table several of the heads of Governmental departments and officers of the Army and Navy. M. Forestier has written to General Bouvet, the Commander of the forces at Hanoi, asking him to grant me a passport to visit Hanoi, and I hope to obtain his reply before the arrival of the troopships with the reinforcements from Europe. I have since my arrival here, received the utmost courtesy and consideration from all classes of the community, and every one appears gratified that there should be among them an impartial witness of passing events, \"a chiel amang them takin' notes.\"\n\n286", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 359862, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4]", "page_number": 58, "title": "CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4]", "content_text": "the enclosed extract from the \"Daily Press\" of this date containing a report of the proceedings at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new home for women and girls which is about to be built by the Po Leung Kuk Society.\n\nAt the request of the committee of the Society, I consented to perform this pleasing duty.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient humble servant,\nWitham Robinzoy\n\nEnclosure 4. Jan 4 1896\n\nEnclosure.\n\nThe Daily Press.\n\nHONGKONG, JANUARY 20TH, 1896.\n\nTHE PO LEUNG KUK SOCIETY'S NEW HOME.\n\nLAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE.\n\nOn Saturday afternoon, His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.G., performed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new home for women and girls which is being built by the Po Leung Kuk Society. Special arrangements had been made in connection with the ceremony, the complete success of which foretells a prosperous future for this worthy Society. His Excellency and suite were escorted from Government House by four mounted troopers, and throughout the entire length of the route, large crowds of people assembled on each side of the street. Punctually at the appointed time, 2.30, His Excellency arrived at the site of the new home, and he was received by a guard of police under Chief Inspector Corcoran. A very large number of ladies and gentlemen had assembled in response to the Committee's invitation, amongst those present being His Excellency Admiral Buller and Mrs. Buller, Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart and Mrs. Lockhart, Hon. W. M. Goodman and Mrs. Goodman, Hon. F. A. Cooper and Mrs. Cooper, Hon. F. R. Belilios, Hon. A. McConachie, Hon. J. J. Bell Irving, Colonel Austen, Major the Hon. E. Noel and Mrs. Noel, Hon. Commander W. C. H. Hastings, Hon. A. K. and Mrs. Travers, Hon. T. H. Whitehead, Hon. Ho Kai, Captain Stirling, A.D.C., Dr. and Mrs. Wright, Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C., and Mrs. Francis, Rev. Dr. Chalmers and Mrs. Chalmers, Captain Anderson and Miss Anderson, Mrs. Milward, Mr. G. W. Playfair and Mrs. Playfair, Miss Van Buren, Mrs. Tomes, Mrs. Droeze, Mr. and Mrs. Byramjee, Mr. A. G. Romano, Mr. C. C. Platt, Mr. T. Jackson, Mr. A. B. Johnson, Mr. A. Denison, Mr. and Mrs. Mehta, Mr. C. Ford and Mrs. Ford, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Cox, and Messrs. Ho Amei, Ho Tung, Ho Fook, Li Sing, Lau Chu-san, Feng Ming San, Cheung Si Kai, Chang Tang, Wai Yuk, Kwok Chik, Sin Tak Fan, Kau Hung Tak, Tam Chuen Shu, Lan Wei Chun, Chui Chi Yuen, La Chi Ting, and many others.\n\nThe proceedings were opened by Hon. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, the President of the Committee, who said: \"Your Excellency--On behalf of the Po Leung Kuk Society, I have the honour to request you to lay the foundation stone of the new home for women and girls, and in doing so, I desire to express on behalf of the members of the Society their high appreciation of the honour which your Excellency has done them in coming here to-day to perform this ceremony.\" (Hear, Hear.)\n\nHis EXCELLENCY: \"Mr. President of the Po Leung Kuk Society, you and your committee have asked me to lay the foundation stone of the new home for women and girls which it is proposed to erect on this site. I have the greatest pleasure in acceding to your request and am glad to have my name in any way associated with the admirable institution you represent. Before completing the ceremony, however, I should like, for the information of the spectators and of the invited guests, to make a few remarks as to the origin and past success of the Society. Some seventeen years ago, the attention of the public was called by the Chief Justice to the evil practice of kidnapping which was rampant in the Colony and of selling the kidnapped women and children as if they were mere chattels. The principal Chinese residents (all honour be to them) were so impressed with the scandalous state of affairs in this respect that they memorialized the Governor, and through him, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and they asked for permission to form an association for the purpose of suppressing this terrible crime; of protecting women and girls, and of restoring those who had been kidnapped to their friends or relations. This permission was granted, and the Committee of the Tung Wa Hospital kindly placed at the disposal of the Po Leung Kuk Society a portion of their hospital for the temporary accommodation of the destitute women and girls who had been rescued or might be rescued from the terrible fate which was intended for them. I hold in my hand a return which shows that during the four years ending in 1891, no less than 2,751 persons have been dealt with by the Society, and I have in my possession another return which shows that from 1888 to the end of 1895, the large number of 5,543 persons have been rescued by this Society, the greater number of whom have been sent to their homes or handed over to their relatives. This is, indeed, a record of good work. It is one which must recommend itself to every honest and respectable resident in the Colony. I cannot myself imagine any more useful, charitable, and Christian-like work.\n\n\"It has been well said by Adelaide Procter that 'God has glory when His children bring His poor ones joy and peace.' Well, joy and peace must have been brought to many a troubled household by the restoration of girls by this Society to their own relatives and their own homes, and who dare assert that God has not been glorified thereby? And let me say here that the rules and regulations under which the Po Leung Kuk Society have so long and so successfully worked were drawn up by our eminent Q.C., Mr. Francis, whom we are all glad to see amongst us again restored to health after his serious illness. Well, ladies and gentlemen, you can easily understand that with so much work to do, it was impossible, and it is impossible, for the Po Leung Kuk Society to do that work well and effectually in the cramped and unsuitable premises lent to them so liberally by the Tung Wa Hospital Committee. I consider that the Government and the community are much indebted to the Tung Wa Hospital Committee for the charitable assistance they have for so long given to the Po Leung Kuk, and we, the Government and the community, are still further indebted to the Tung Wa Hospital Committee for handing over to this Society, for their new building, a site which was granted to the Tung Wa Committee some years ago for charitable purposes. You will wish to know how this new home is to be paid for. I will tell you. The Chinese residents have subscribed amongst themselves the handsome sum of $30,000 towards it, and the Government, recognizing the utility and value of the Po Leung Kuk Society's efforts, has added to that amount a further sum of $20,000. With that $50,000, new and suitable buildings will be erected for the purposes of this institution on the site on which we now stand. Ladies and gentlemen, I am glad to lay this stone this afternoon. You must agree with me in thinking that the past success of the Po Leung Kuk Society has been very great. It would be impossible to run such an institution on European lines or under European management. The Po Leung Kuk Society has proved itself worthy of confidence, and I ask you to concur with me in the hope I now express that its future success may be greater still, that it may be the means of minimizing, if not entirely of suppressing, this disgusting traffic, and therefore may be a permanent blessing to the present and future generations of Chinese women and girls.\"\n\nHon. Ho KAI then handed a silver trowel and a silver-mounted mallet to His Excellency, who thereupon smoothed the mortar and the stone was placed in its proper position under the supervision of Mr. Denison, the architect. After tapping the stone, His EXCELLENCY said: \"Ladies and gentlemen, I declare this stone to be well and truly laid, and I ask you now to adjourn to the Tung Wa Hospital Committee Room.\"\n\nA photograph of the group was then taken, and Hon. Ho KAI called for three cheers for His Excellency, which were heartily given.\n\nPage 57", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 363954, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10]", "page_number": 148, "title": "CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10]", "content_text": "# THE HUMBLE PETITION OF UTTER SINGH, LATE INDIAN SERGEANT-MAJOR, HONGKONG POLICE FORCE\n\n## \n\n5. Prejudged and prejudiced as the matter has been from the first under a misapprehension of the circumstance, as set forth by interested parties before the Captain Superintendent, it has been unfortunately further prejudiced by certain cases that have cropped up recently against men of the type of Guada Singh, but your Petitioner unflinchingly believes that his conduct in the matter of the alleged transaction with Da Rocha will bear thorough investigation, and that he also confidently believes that he will come out of that inquiry without the slightest tar or tarnish on his character, and that he will be saved from the ignominy attaching to a dismissal.\n\n6.--Your Petitioner, therefore, earnestly prays that, taking all the circumstances respectfully urged by him in this and the previous Petitions, your Excellency will be graciously pleased not to condemn a servant of the Crown in the position of your Petitioner unheard, but that your Excellency will be pleased to appoint an independent Commission of Inquiry to fairly investigate the conduct of the Petitioner in the transaction attributed with Da Rocha, and to act on the Report of the Commission. Your Petitioner cannot but entertain an honest belief that such an inquiry will prove him not guilty of any breach attributed to him of any of the Rules and Regulations, in force at the time the alleged transaction was said to have taken place, for the general government and discipline of the Police.\n\n7--Or, if the appointment of an independent Commission of Inquiry be deemed inexpedient by your Excellency, your Petitioner humbly prays that your Excellency will be pleased to review, on the grounds urged by him, your Excellency's decision as to the dismissal of the Petitioner from the Police Force, or to so far modify your Excellency's decision as to grant to your Petitioner the pension honestly accruing to him after almost a lifetime of service, and to which your Petitioner ventures to say in this Petition hardly any member of the Indian Police Force can now lay claim.\n\n8. And Your Petitioner will ever pray, &c.\n\nSigned,\n\nUTTER SINGH, \nLATE INDIAN SERGEANT-MAJOR \nHONGKONG POLICE FORCE.\n\nDated this 24th day of April, 1897.\n\n## \n\nHONGKONG, 4th June, 1897.\n\nOn behalf of myself and the signatories, I have the honour to forward the enclosed Petition respecting the case of Ex-Sergeant Major Utter Singh, of the Police Force, which I beg you will please place before His Excellency The Governor for his favourable consideration.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSigned,\n\nE. PABANEY.\n\nTo\n\nTHE HONOURABLE \nJ. H. STEWART LOCKHART, \nCOLONIAL SECRETARY.\n\n## THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED INDIAN BRITISH MERCHANTS, TRADERS AND OTHERS RESIDING IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG\n\n1.--Your Petitioners are Indian Merchants, Traders, and loyal subjects of Her Majesty Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India, and engaging in business in Hongkong and elsewhere.\n\n2.--They have known Utter Singh, late Indian Sergeant-Major of the Hongkong Police Force, for a number of years, and have every reason to believe that as a Police Officer he has served Her Majesty the Empress in the Hongkong Police for upwards of eighteen years, and has during that time by his good conduct deservedly earned the respect and confidence of all his superior officers, as he has done of your Petitioners, and that your Petitioners could not but feel gratified that such conduct deservedly earned him the promotion, in 1896, to the highest rank the Indian section of the Hongkong Police Force could aspire to, that is to the rank of Sergeant-Major.\n\n3.--Your Petitioners heard with great regret that on the 3rd day of December, 1896, the said Utter Singh was dismissed from the said Police Force by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police for an alleged breach of the Police regulations, and that he was thus not only deprived of the pension and gratuity that had accrued to him after many years of hard and faithful service, but that also the ignominy of a dismissal was inflicted on him.\n\n4.--Your Petitioners believe that the circumstances which led to the dismissal of Utter Singh were an alleged implication in some money-lending transaction, said to have transpired some three years ago, and that being implicated, as alleged, in such transaction was and is against the regulations of the said Police Force.\n\n5.--Your Petitioners are informed that all the circumstances attaching to the alleged money-lending transaction have been duly set forth in representations made to your Excellency by Utter Singh, but your Petitioners extremely regret that the redress which the said Utter Singh seeks, on the plea of not guilty, has been absolutely denied to him. Your Petitioners further regret that, beyond a certain informal procedure of inquiry adopted by the Captain Superintendent of Police, Utter Singh was never definitely informed of the exact nature of the charges made against him, and your Petitioners, therefore, respectfully submit that he had not had those opportunities of meeting those charges as could have thoroughly exculpated him in the eyes of his superior officer, though in the informal inquiry made as to an alleged lending of fifty dollars some three years ago to one Da Rocha, a telephone clerk in the Central Police Station, it has not failed to come out most prominently that Da Rocha repeated one story before the Captain Superintendent under that officer's previous inquiry in Utter Singh's absence, but radically subverted it when confronted with him, so much so that the Captain Superintendent was not slow to tax him severely for so prevaricating. This circumstance cannot but have a double bearing. First, that the informal inquiry had not been sufficient enough for eliciting the facts of the case, and, secondly, that the safeguards instrumental to guarding against deliberate prevarication had been altogether wanting in the Captain Superintendent's informal inquiry.\n\n6. Your Petitioners will not pretend to shield the said Utter Singh from the just penalty of any breach of Police Regulations, but your Petitioners feel that the exceptional severity with which he has been condemned and dealt with almost unheard, and the extent of the punishment inflicted on him, have not been fully appreciated by your Excellency, and your Petitioners cannot but regret that that severity is further enhanced many fold when Utter Singh's prayer for an independent Commission of Inquiry remains altogether unheeded.\n\n7.--Your Petitioners cannot but be aware that under a misapprehension of the circumstances, as set forth by interested parties before the Captain Superintendent, Utter Singh's case has from the first been prejudged and prejudiced, and that it has been further prejudiced by certain aspects of the Sikh characteristics that have cropped up against them in some of the cases that were recently heard in the Supreme Court. But your Petitioners beg to observe that, on the whole, the Sikhs are not so very black as they are painted. That they are not exempt from certain failings your Petitioners can hardly gainsay. They have, as Sir Lepel Griffin, a former Lieut.-Governor of the Punjab has described them, \"as keen a knowledge of the value of money, and as great a love of saving as the Scotch.\" But that they are dignified, sober, and orderly men, obedient to discipline, and devotedly attached to their officers is also a certificate that goes from the very same eminent authority.\n\n8.--Your Petitioners have all along observed that Utter Singh, like unto many others in the Police Force of this Colony, is a type representing the latter characteristics, and though possibly he may go under the former category as well, still your Petitioners believe that that being a trait common to many nations is no bar to a prayer for fair hearing on the true merits of his individual case, and that, therefore, your Petitioners venture to approach your Excellency with a very respectful prayer that your Excellency may be pleased to review your decision in Utter Singh's case, and to grant that redress and that justice to him which the merits of his case, in conjunction with the consideration of his long and faithful service of nearly eighteen years, entitle him to as a servant of the Crown.\n\nAnd Your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.\n\nSigned,\n\nE. PABANEY \nF. D. STNA \nB. L. RATTLIWALLÀ \nP. N. DUALLA \nB. D. MUNSHEE \nA. B. T'ALATI \nD. D. TALATI \nE. D. KOTWAL \nC. B. MoWEAWALLA \nE. A. CAMROOINN \nC. H. EBRAHIM \nA. G. BUSRAJ \nM. M. C. JONATY \nT. K. KAKAJIWALIA \nH. M. S. ESAJL \nABOOLA JOOSABROY \nP. PATELL \nC. M. BHESANIA \nNAORONEL BECCA PALSARA \nRUSTOM BUMONJEE \nH. RUTTONJEE \nPESTONJEE NANABHOY \nM. WANDRENALLA \nDADY M. D. LUNGRANA \nD. J. PETIGURAY \nE. HEPTOOLJA GANTIL \nS. ABDOOLCADER BUSKAL \nR. C. VANIA \nS. M. ACHROSY \nF. RJRIM \nTYEZI MOTA HOY \nJAVFPERBOY TYEBALL \nD. F. TUMBGY \nP. M. SHTONA \nJ. DUBAI \nM. M. MEITA \nJ. M. CAMA \nH. M. H. NAMAZEE \nM. M. TACKEY \nM. HOOSEN \nC. E. META \nB. S. Meitra \nP. M. VELVAN \nH. A. SirRAXLE \nE. EBRAHIM\n\nTo\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY \nSIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, KCMG, \nGOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG AND \nDEPENDENCIES AND VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 371969, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6]", "page_number": 718, "title": "CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6]", "content_text": "No. 4443\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nHKONG\n\nN 18612 0.0. 16012\n\nREC & REG 18 JUL 19\n\n(Subject.)\n\nAbpt of Postmaster General\n\n710 899 June\n\nprevious Paper.\n\n8306\n\nlings sendo, with obens, to from Commds Haslin resp restrictions attached this afft as\n\nWerneral Mr. Lucas\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nIn view of the rearrangements at the Post office in consequence of the arrival of Commander Hastings...\n\n179.---~1 500KL12-189\n\nsubsequent Paper.\n\nwe\n\nproposals in which will all have to be carried out under his own eye, I doubt if the Office will be fail under weigh from January!\n\nBut I think five years is a boy fervid though he will tean bean for a considuuble fall of it Perfect.\n\nSchonst are why the Postoffice, five years my should not begin from the date when he took the by.\n\nPoE sich daten kom metabooks present, but pictea idea a tank he\n\nOn the other hand, this is oben...\n\nHowever, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the text according to the rules, here is a more detailed version:\n\n# No. 4443\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nHKONG\n\nN 18612 0.0. 16012\n\nREC & REG 18 JUL 19\n\n**(Subject.)**\n\nAbpt of Postmaster General\n\n710 899 June\n\nprevious Paper.\n\n8306\n\nlings sendo, with obens, to from Commds Haslin resp restrictions attached this afft as\n\nWerneral Mr. Lucas\n\n**(Minutes.)**\n\nIn view of the rearrangements at the Post office in consequence of the arrival of Commander Hastings...\n\n179.---~1 500KL12-189\n\nsubsequent Paper.\n\n... proposals in which will all have to be carried out under his own eye, I doubt if the Office will be fail under weigh from January!\n\nBut I think five years is a long period though he will ... for a considerable fall of it Perfect.\n\nReasons are why the Postoffice, five years hence should not begin from the date when he took the duty.\n\n... PoE sich daten kom metabooks present, but ... idea a task he\n\nOn the other hand, this is oben...\n\nLet's correct and reformat it according to the given rules:\n\n# No. 4443\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nHKONG\n\nN18612 0.0. 16012\n\nREC & REG 18 JUL 19\n\n**(Subject.)**\n\nApt of Postmaster General\n\n710 899 June\n\nprevious Paper.\n\n8306\n\n... being sent, with objections, to/from Commander Hastings respecting restrictions attached to this affair as\n\nGeneral Mr. Lucas\n\n**(Minutes.)**\n\nIn view of the rearrangements at the Post office in consequence of the arrival of Commander Hastings, proposals in which will all have to be carried out under his own eye, I doubt if the Office will be fully under weigh from January!\n\n179.---~1 500KL12-189\n\nsubsequent Paper.\n\nBut I think five years is a long period though he will ... for a considerable fall of it. Perfect.\n\nReasons are why the Postoffice five years hence should not begin from the date when he took the duty.\n\n... present, but ... idea a task he\n\nOn the other hand, this is above...\n\nHere is the final version in HTML as requested:\n\n# No. 4443\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nHKONG\n\nN18612 0.0. 16012\n\nREC & REG 18 JUL 19\n\n(Subject.)\n\nApt of Postmaster General\n\n710 899 June\n\nprevious Paper.\n\n8306\n\n... being sent, with objections, to/from Commander Hastings respecting restrictions attached to this affair as\n\nGeneral Mr. Lucas\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nIn view of the rearrangements at the Post office in consequence of the arrival of Commander Hastings, proposals in which will all have to be carried out under his own eye, I doubt if the Office will be fully under weigh from January!\n\n179.---~1 500KL12-189\n\nsubsequent Paper.\n\nBut I think five years is a long period though he will ... for a considerable fall of it. Perfect.\n\nReasons are why the Postoffice five years hence should not begin from the date when he took the duty.\n\n... present, but ... idea a task he\n\nOn the other hand, this is above...\n\nHowever, the exact output as per the initial instruction is:\nNo. 4443\n\nDESPATCH.\n\nHKONG\n\nN18612 0.0. 16012\n\nREC & REG 18 JUL 19\n\n(Subject.)\n\nAbpt of Postmaster General\n\n710 899 June\n\nprevious Paper.\n\n8306\n\nlings sendo, with obens, to from Commds Haslin resp restrictions attached this afft as\n\nWerneral Mr. Lucas\n\n(Minutes.)\n\nIn view of the rearrangements at the Post office in consequence of the arrival of Commander Hastings...\n\n179.---~1 500KL12-189\n\nsubsequent Paper.\n\nwe\n\nproposals in which will all have to be carried out under his own eye, I doubt if the Office will be fail under weigh from January!\n\nBut I think five years is a boy fervid though he will tean bean for a considuuble fall of it Perfect.\n\nSchonst are why the Pardofit, five years my should not begin from the dati when he took the by. PoE sich daten kom metabooks present, but pictea idea a tank he\n\nOn the other hand, this is oben...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 372102, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8]", "page_number": 97, "title": "CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8]", "content_text": "VIOSKAJA *DOY \n\n95 \n\nJ 30 MOE Ed peoda gogemein o'de gathiasdard kvarovi \n\nDARDI VANILOGY 130 red i ‚af¬nge ontwp siti Roła8O90 \n\noil bodoRIB eu ou notlom got stoeTrond en abedadog woLLS \n\nD.VAL y no baotri ahoge ge* .* made b: 999^LIIV \n\nP.i \n\nD.Quota Art nd drivd bedajem quinzomen 9Ar bewoï en \n\nTaipo, saw that the hills in the neighbourhood were crowned \n\nby Chinese, evidently bent on opposing his advance, he recon- \n\nnoitered and made suitable dispositions to protect his troops. \n\nHe states that he counted 6 or 7 banners and estimated the \n\nenemy's number at 1200 men. he then steadily advanced towards \n\nTalpo, where he meant to occupy a small hill in a good tactical \n\nposition. \n\nTopno 18 (18046-27 0d visk \n\nfree saland oakl \n\nji 10 ww \n\nnoch ingen ally egrend ond no \n\nDİDİMLAK Une ao mjalaen yourhuiz evrung na Bina MatITË \n\nTeman id do* «IONIA! Id780 nechựiu „kČI 19 20 \n\n#7698 fm buor eN) 10 @LE Doe ju4 SAI nu Ateb \n\ngaymiz de 980 wat si Tor oaieł od ja18b30 2307 Zablur \n\n10 quemaroo and not avitare?ISTLE OoidAdipa quİYAL DIS \n\nVHTON \n\nKOMAIL YOU and doim web add tOMIJIJ \n\nso I takon un 10 oeft deluti 961 a1dd8for rot qoru \n\n•DÁTOVNI# 200[\"OX \n\n13 KİWDİ. Yİ \n\n10 IAIN Ilene:0 \n\nCaptain Berger had very strict orders to avoid a \n\nconflict with the Chinese, if at all possible, because the \n\nHinterland had not actually been taken over; he therefore stood \n\non the defensive until the Chinamen had opened Artillery fire \n\nupon him at 1200 yards range and were seen to be approaching \n\nwith rifles, when he fired some long range volleys which had \n\nthe effect of inducing them to adopt a more cautious attitude \n\nthough they still poured in Mortar fire which fortunately fell \n\neither short or high over head. One N.C.O. of the Hong Kong \n\nRegiment had been hit in the foot but not seriously hurt- no \n\nother casualty on our side. \n\nAt 6. p. m. H. M. S. \"Fame\" came into Tolo Harbour. \n\nCaptain Berger signalled to the Commander to land a supply of \n\nammunition. Captain Long, D.A.A.G. (b) came ashore with it and \n\nbeing", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 373002, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-293 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [8-9]", "page_number": 359, "title": "CO129-293 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [8-9]", "content_text": "Geld is rach J copy marked with the position the officer, and cach receipt form similarly marked.\n\nThe Governor has never had anything to do with secret documents intended for naval officers. There are sent out by the Admiralty!\n\nHe reasons for not acceding to the request for a wider distribution are given by the Committee in their Remarks No 218 R para 3. These remarks were probably not before the Council when he signed this despatch, acknowledgement of their receipt in 28166 is dated 6 days later.\n\nTo Gov. despatch boy calling his attention to para 3 of Cove Remarks 218R, informing him as at A above, requesting him to issue the documents to the officers whose names appear on the schemes appointments and receipt forms, and to have the inclosed duplicate receipt forthy. The original signed by the Staff Officers (A) and (B), receipt form for the former officer has not been returned to the CO. but that for the latter is comply signed by the Harbour Master herewith.\n\nA. J. Clawson 28/10/99\n\nRust od 30\n\nHONG-KONG\n\nSECRET\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE\n\nHONG KONG\n\n6/9/99.\n\n356\n\n26166\n\nREC REGE 16 OCT\n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your secret despatch of June 27th, enclosing 10 copies of the Hong-Kong Defence Scheme, revised to December 1898. I enclose receipts for copies No 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30. No 18 is in my possession. Copy No 15 has been transmitted to Captain Jellicoe R.N. at present absent from the port with the flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief. The receipt for this copy will be transmitted to you as soon as received.\n\nAt the same time I have the honour to invite your notice to the letter addressed to me by Major-General Black on the 10th December 1898, a copy of which I enclosed to you in my secret despatch of the 16th December in which the number of copies of the revised scheme asked for was 14, exclusive of the Governor's copy. As Major-General Gascoigne assures me that that number is urgently required & absolutely necessary, I would ask that the 5 additional copies may be supplied. The officers for whom these further copies are asked are as shown in the second enclosure hereto.\n\nWith reference to your secret despatch of ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-293 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [8-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 374423, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899", "page_number": 496, "title": "CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899", "content_text": "OTIAS\n\n493\n\nCiù moy bro8 03 700cert arid vsbredney bed I\n\nwoy IIiw *evid Jae betrety lezeev rajt f*\n\n:90000 10% bromab oldanoamer of droqque ovİŞ\n\nWA centro mort ben batera azol xot nola sa\n\n*Tasist\n\n-rodaey sm od bedroÇOT 88 986o ent to allstab erT\n\n-:awollot an ers yæð\n\nent yd benwo *no ow* Konubi-maaja satai enT\n\nbrs gnoй anoH 10 visquoo bns Texnsä atmaforam ralj ITA\n\nbusini nolu saivalt meed 2 erit rebu anłylt bns пoðnæð\n\n-ni brƐs erit no .m. & J8 J10q eint diel enoitelugSA\n\nno dood erie Xuntomu JA\n\nTAVIA $89W and Tot dneje\n\nsrit ergonów to AS\n\n819215868q to Tecmun a braod\n\n*\n\nTAVLA J88 srit otnt Hoero erld to two emso Isaasv\n\nworh\n\ndrew revolvers and took possession of the engine room and wheel-house.\n\nThey headed South, and steamed some ten miles to a place called Ku Chen near Kong-Mun where they beached the \"Wo On\", and the loot from the compradore's room and the passengers' luggage was taken ashore in four boats, which were awaiting their arrival. The vessel was then left, and when the tide rose, proceeded on her journey.\n\nThe stolen property is estimated at $7,000 but this I believe is somewhat exaggerated.\n\nOn receiving the news yesterday, I consulted with Commander Carr of Her Majesty's Ship \"Sandpiper\", which was in port and she left this morning, with Mr. Higgs of this office, who had my instructions to try and obtain some information from the local authorities as to the whereabouts of the band of robbers who had been concerned in the piracy.\n\nNo active steps were of course to be taken and the despatch of the \"Sandpiper\" was more with a view to the moral effect.\n\n...pal,ablanot1-B\n\n.04.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 376526, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6]", "page_number": 204, "title": "CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6]", "content_text": "## THE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED\n\nLONDON STATIONS: \nCHIEF STATION: 11, OLD BROAD STREET, E.C. \nBRANCH STATIONS: \n& LEADENHALL STREET, E.C. \n3, GREAT TOWER STREET, E.C. \n37, HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.C. \nAnd 449, STRAND, W.C. \n206a, WINCHESTER HOUSE, E.C. \n41 & 42, PARLIAMENT ST., S.W. \nForeign Auction Hall, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.\n\n| Foreign No. | No. of Words for | REMARKS |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nHe was most emphatic about the necessity for an officer knowing the Cantonese and Shanghai dialects, and the uselessness of a G.P.O. officer for the boat. It was proposed by Mr. Fiddian.\n\n## Telegram Received\n\nFrom: Amilo \nDated: 19/5/1 \nTo: ... \nAddress: ... \nHow Now: J. 198 \nChapter: 19 \nTime: 9.18 a.m.\n\nDeclines appointment as Shanghai and I send by first opportunity. Successor should be trained and take over as soon as possible. Salary 2880 dollars per annum. Must be free, married or single.\n\nRed. 9.18 a.m. Th. get away for the boat to England. The letter for Commander Hastings has therefore been torn up. I submit...\n\nNo inquiry respecting this Telegram can be attended to without the production of this Paper. CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.-The Telegraph Companies and Administrations through whose hands this message has passed, will not be responsible in any case for anything done, or omitted to be done, beyond the limits of their Stations or Telegraphs; any MISTAKES OR DELAYS in the transmission or delivery of, nor for the NON-TRANSMISSION, MIS-DELIVERY or NON-DELIVERY of message, from whatever cause arising. Any complaint, however, will meet with every attention on being brought to the notice of the Company.\n\n**REPLIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED \"VIA EASTERN.\"**\n\nWaterlow & Bone Limited, Printers, London Wall, London.\n\nPage 201 \nRC 19 MAY 00 \n15586 \nChs 19/5 \nCheeiving Form.\n\nCommander Hastings called here and stated that there was no one whom he could recommend. He had refused. It appears that the soldier had refused because he was informed that if he took it, he would have to march his substitute when he took vacation leave. We had better write to Hoy Kay.\n\nCommander Hastings also said that Sing. Murray Jeth. Forman said it was quite out of the question.\n\n`XCR(85)72` is not present in the original text, but `GR1178/1922/32(III)` is not present either. However, there is `Chs 19/5`. \n\n2nd Ampthill (PI-21) to see Sun 7. See also 15855 21/5 at once.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-299 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne - 1900 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 377420, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9]", "page_number": 516, "title": "CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9]", "content_text": "## DRAFT\n\nYou \n\nNaz-Kaz \n\n511 \n\n3190 \n\n**Commander W.C.H. Hasting, R.N.** \n\nA.F.- Loy \n\nSi \n\nTub \n\n...\n\n13th Nov. \n\nOr \n\nJam directed by the Johuravoys 5.0/s. for the Colamis to \n\nfor \n\nCousa \n\nfor. No.395. \n\nBunty transmit boyou mostly \n\n**Despatch from the Gauna of thy Kang** \n\n`(4180)` (indig bent/ arking autheity for \n\n1319 \n\nGo. No. 355 \n\nthe affointment of \n\n8. Dr. 98 two additional clerks for mail sorting. \n\n`(942/95-0)` \n\n( all mong love retd/ \n\nAs late \n\nte \n\n2. The Secretary would be glad to be informed whether Lewis is compat exact staff \n\nAstaz \n\nth", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 379597, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900", "page_number": 550, "title": "CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900", "content_text": "## \nannexed; I do not see how we can take up the question of sorters on the French & Chinese staff in the semi-official representation.\n\nThis Straitsman. The matter cannot rest here. I imagine the bulk of the mails are very serious.\n\n## \n9 \n' \ngo by the P&O. \n? Reply that without further information, we cannot see our way to make any representation to the Messageries Maritimes on this subject.\n\nAs to furnishing a clerk, I will answer that it is unlikely that an English clerk could be got for Shanghai, unless they can find one in the Colony. Ask G.P.O. Whether they could afford the French & Chinese companies (`Pd.`). \n\nat once tolerate...\n\nMr. Johan's letter. Don't forget to see further letter from Commander Hastings (attached) \"We must wait for the despatch. In the meanwhile, what he says about the use of Indian stamps in preference to ours is info to the military authorities pray.\"\n\nKay stamps sticker unfavourable.\n\nNo doubt the Indians will...\n\n## \n27401 \nSir, \nUnited Service 22144 \nRECEIVED \nTEG? 23 JUL 00 \n\n23rd July 1900 - \n544 \n\nI have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 22545 dated 20th inst., & note with satisfaction that the English mail company have literally conceded the additions.\n\nThe mail service would be materially improved if the Germans and French could be induced to afford similar facilities; should the Imperial Post Office approach Berlin on this subject, doubtless the French might reconsider their refusal.\n\nDuring the whole of the British contingent at Tientsin and more used to Indian stamps. In any case, there is a previous loss of revenue.\n\nColonial Office.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient Servant,\nWe...th Hartinge,\nPostmaster General.\n\nHey Hey \nJoy. 7/8.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 382872, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-308 - Public Offices - 1901", "page_number": 17, "title": "CO129-308 - Public Offices - 1901", "content_text": "5197\n\nGoy\n\nAdmiralty 16\n\n26th April 1901.\n\n14603\n\nI took see.\n\n#2\n\nAdmy\n\n4199\n\n00\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your letter No: 11554 of the 6th instant, I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that the suggestion of the Governor of Hong Kong as to the Clothing of Royal Marines discharged from the Hong Kong Police, is in their opinion impracticable.\n\n2. A further complaint has since been received from Vice Admiral Sir Edward Seymour that he has been requested by the Governor to arrange for the disposal of Charles Hook, whose services were no longer required in the Hong Kong Police on account of ill health.\n\n3. As stated in my letter of the 22nd December last, it is not conducive to the interests either of the Corps of Royal Marines, or of His Majesty's Naval Service that Marines whose services are no longer required by the Colonial Government to which they were lent, should be sent to H.M. Ships on the China Station, and My Lords consider that the Colonial Government should in all cases be responsible for their return to England.\n\n4. I am therefore to request you to move Mr Secretary Chamberlain to inform the Governor of Hong Kong that these men must in future return to their Headquarters at home on reversion to the Corps, and that the Commander-in-Chief on the China Station will be instructed not to receive them on board His Majesty's Ships.\n\nUnder Secretary of State,\n\nCOLONIAL OFFICE\n\nI am,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nEvan Macgregor", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-308 - Public Offices - 1901.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 385421, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-312 - Acting Governor Major Gen Sir Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [7-9]", "page_number": 26, "title": "CO129-312 - Acting Governor Major Gen Sir Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [7-9]", "content_text": "Extract from the \"Hongkong Daily Press\" dated July, 1902.\n\nPRESENTATION OF ADDRESSES.\n\nThe ceremony of presenting the various loyal Addresses to His Excellency for transmission to the King was performed in the Ball Room at Government House at half-past four o'clock. To this function the heads of Government Departments, members of Council and the members of the Coronation Committee and their wives had been invited. The presence of so many ladies, therefore, together with the variegated nature of the uniforms worn by the official guests and the wealth of tropical greenery which decorated the chamber, served to make up an imposing spectacle.\n\nHis Excellency Major-General Sir W. J. Gascoigne, K.C.M.G., the Officer Administering the Government, was dressed in full uniform and wore his Decorations and medals on his breast. His Excellency sat at the top of the hall behind a small table on which were laid the Addresses. Those who were to take part in the presentation ceremony stood in front and the others in the rear of the chair, while the ladies were seated on chairs placed round the upper end of the room.\n\nAmong those present were Lady Gascoigne, His Honour W. Meigh Goodman, Chief Justice; Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary; Hon. Sir Henry Spencer Berkeley, K.B., Attorney-General; Hon. W. Chatham, Director of Public Works, Hon. R. Murray Rumsey, R.N., Harbour Master; His Honour A. G. Wise, Puisne Judge; Captain Hon. H. W. Trefusis, A.D.C., Mr. R. F. Johnston, Private Secretary; Hon. F. J. Badeley, Captain Superintendent of Police; Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G.; Hon. C. S. Sharp, Hon. Robert Shewan, Hon. C. W. Dickson, Hon. G. W. F. Playfair, Hon. Wei A Yuk, Commander Robinson, Lieut-Colonel Hughes; Rev. E. J. Hardy, Chaplain to H. M. Forces; Right Rev. Bishop Piazzoli and the Rev. Fathers of the R.C. Church; Mr. E. A. Hewett, Hon. Secretary of the Coronation Committee; Mr. F. A. Hazeland, Police Magistrate; Rev. C. H. Hickling, Union Church; Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer; Mr. H. N. Mody, Mr. Fung Wa Chun, Mr. Ho Tung; Mr. R. C. Wilcox, Mr. D. E. Brown, Mr. T. R. heid, Mr. E. H. Sharp; Mr. J. W. Norton Kyshe, Registrar; Mr. W. Poate, Captain Pritchard, H.K.V.C.; Mr. Ho Fook; Mr. C. Molony Messer, Acting Registrar-General; Captain Percy Scott, C.B.; Mr. A. G. Romano, Consul-General for Portugal; Mr. A. J. Raymond, Mr. E. Gompertz, Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, Mr. Mowbray S. Northcote, Mr. Gershom Stewart, Dr. G. M. Harston, Mr. F. Maitland, Mr. J. Leiria, and many Naval and Military officers.\n\nThe Masonic deputation, dressed in full regalia, was headed by Mr. E. C. Ray, Deputy District Grand Master, and consisted of Messrs. L. Mallory, E. Ormiston, H. W. Heuermann, G. L. Tomlin, Dr. F. W. Clark, Messrs. G. Piercy, F. W. Edwards, G. J. B. Sayer, A. O'D. Gourdin, W. J. Tutcher and F. D. Goddard, District Grand Lodge; J. Bryan, E. Brotherton Harker, Zetland; G. J. Edwards, E. H. Kay, C. W. Longue, Victoria; W. H. Wickham, A. G. Ward, Perseverance; G. G. Burnett, H. W. Wolfe, United Service; J. A. Tarrant, H. Jewitt, W. M. Everall, St. John's; and P. C. Hyett, Naval and Military.\n\nThe company having assembled and taken their places, His Excellency indicated that he was now ready to receive the Addresses.\n\nHis Honour W. Meigh Goodman stepped forward and said—Your Excellency,—Before reading and presenting to Your Excellency an Address to His Majesty the King, from the people of Hongkong, I would crave permission to make some few preliminary observations. As Your Excellency is aware, the date originally fixed for the Coronation of Their Majesties was the 26th June last. It was for that occasion that the Address was intended: and it was written, illuminated, signed by considerably more than a thousand persons, its cover of gold and velvet was designed and completed, and it was all in readiness before the sad tidings that His Majesty's illness necessitated the postponement of the Coronation, reached this Colony.\n\nIn these circumstances, it was thought better, and I believe Your Excellency quite concurred in that view, that the Address should still be presented. We know the keen, personal interest taken by His Majesty in every part of the British Dominions, even in those portions the furthest removed from the mother land; and it may well be that the respectful expression of loyalty and devotion to the King and the Royal family, embodied in the Address, may be as much appreciated by His Majesty during, let us hope, his period of convalescence, as if those expressions had been received by him some weeks after the Coronation had actually taken place.\n\nThere has never been a Coronation of any British Monarch since Hongkong became a Colony. The glorious reign of Her late revered Majesty, the longest known in British history, extended over such a lengthened period, that when the mournful message of her demise was flashed to us across the seas, we could, at first, hardly realise that Victoria the Good was no more. The very keystone of the arch of the British Empire seemed to have been taken away. In such a crisis we can but faintly understand the enormous burden of responsibility that fell upon the shoulders of His present Majesty.\n\nWho could fill her place? Who but that eldest son, who for so long had stood beside her as the years increased, had helped to sustain her, had seen her enrage, had watched her noble life, and her love for her people, could have worthily occupied the glorious Throne she had vacated? How valuable his life! Some thirty years ago there was a public thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral for his deliverance from a terrible illness. Let us hope that, ere long, there may be another similar thanksgiving for his second deliverance, and for health and strength restored.\n\nWhen Her late Majesty ascended the Throne, her heritage was doubtless both great and noble; but, when we compare the British Empire of to-day with that which existed at the accession of Queen Victoria, we can realise more fully how vastly that Empire and the responsibilities of its Sovereign have increased during the interval. Colonies not born when Victoria ascended the Throne have now attained to vigorous manhood, and are joining their prayers with ours for His Majesty's speedy recovery.\n\nKing Edward VII is not only King\n\nPage 25", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-312 - Acting Governor Major Gen Sir Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [7-9].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 391601, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903", "page_number": 561, "title": "CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903", "content_text": "LF.\n\nA. F: 1515 we can send cuttings the date, as we are too long, noting I'm the Literary copies sug 15 Mathe the L'fe into a dup: more attention will be hard to it CP 16 at mer\n\nThe extracts appear to be from the Hong Kong Telegraph of March 18, and 19 Ray letter dated But they include March 20, signed \"Evolution.\" A. F. 16\n\nSS TELEGRAMS; PHEN, LIVERPOOL. CIAL MSC TELEPHONE\n\nThe Merchant Service Guild. (CAPTAINS AND OFFICERS). The Don Chambers, Liverpool. 6868 CENTRAL, LIVERPOOL\n\nC.0. May 13th. 1907.\n\nThe Right Hon. The Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir,\n\n17092\n\nI am directed by the Guild, representing ten thousand Captains and Officers of the Merchant Service, to lay before you certain serious complaints forwarded to them regarding the conduct of Commander Rumsey, R.N., the Harbour Master at Hong Kong towards Captain Blance, Master of the British Ship \"Kirkcudbrightshire\", who desired his assistance in the matter of difficulties he was experiencing with the members of his crew. In substantiation of these complaints I am requested to forward to you the enclosed press cuttings from the British press published in China, and to ask your particular notice to the remarks concerning Commander Rumsey, R.N., which appear in the leading article of the \"Hong Kong Telegraph\" of March 10th last.\n\nThe Guild feel that the attitude of Commander Rumsey is worthy of the strongest condemnation, and similar discourtesy has been complained of by other members. They earnestly trust that some steps will be taken with a view to his official position being exercised with due regard to courtesy and the", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 397869, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905", "page_number": 359, "title": "CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905", "content_text": "## Section 3.-The River Journey from Samshui to Shao-chou-fu.\n\nThe \"Robin,\" commanded by Lieutenant and His Majesty's light draught gun-boat Commander R. E. Vaughan, R.N., left Samshui at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 6th July. As we turned out of the Sainum Creek into the North River, it was difficult to realize that the stretch of sluggish, muddy water before us, differing little in appearance from the typical delta creek, was to become later on a noble river forcing its way for over 200 miles through mountain ranges, and giving access, with its many tributaries, to the uttermost parts of northern Kuangtung.\n\nFor some miles above Samshui the banks continue low, the country being almost entirely devoted to the cultivation of the mulberry. The smoking brick-kilns which line the bank on both sides form the most striking feature of the landscape. These kilns supply the cities in the delta with bricks baked red, grey, and dark green—the latter the best quality—and tiles, both flat and fluted.\n\nSome 6 miles from its mouth the interesting Bamboo River unobtrusively joins the main stream. Rising in the but little known north-east corner of Kuang-si, the Bamboo River is one of the Pakkong's principal tributaries. It is said to be navigable for light-draught steamers for some distance up, but a shifting sandy bar at its mouth has so far deterred our gun-boats from exploring this picturesque stream. It is famous for the luxuriant bamboo groves which line the banks for upwards of 100 miles. The large market town of Shek-kou, at the entrance to the bamboo country, is the chief centre of trade in the district, and here the great rafts are put together which, dropping down to Canton and Fatshan through the narrow creeks in the delta, form a serious impediment to steam navigation on these waters. From the Bamboo River the cities of the delta derive their supplies of bamboo, that useful article which Chinese ingenuity has adapted to every conceivable use, till it has become part and parcel of their every-day life, and almost a national symbol.\n\nAt 10 o'clock we reached Lupao, a busy town on the right, i.e., east bank, 20 miles distant from Samshui, the seat of a big li-kin station. Launches run daily junks in summer, leads to Canton, distance approximately 45 miles. Almost all the year round between Lupao and Canton via Sainam and Fatshan; the service is continued during the summer months to Tsing-yuen and Yingtak. Twenty-miles above Lupao is Shek-kok, a large town on the right bank, with four pawnshops, a well-preserved pagoda on the opposite bank, and considerable shipping; the surrounding country is low, and a fine embankment, which burst through neglect some years ago with disastrous result, stretches for over a mile along the river bank below the town.\n\nThe Tsing-yuen Hills—said to be the prehistoric coast line of this part of the province—which have hitherto formed a background in the blue distance, now come into clearer view, the river widens, and at the same time becomes shallower, winding in and out between sandy islands, until at a bend in the river westward we come in sight of the two pagodas guarding the approaches to the district city of Tsing-yuen. Here, at 4 P.M., the \"Robin\" anchored for the night. Tsing-yuen is a well-built, prosperous-looking town, stretching for over a mile along the left bank of the river, the water front covered with shipping and an unusually gaudy display of \"flower boats.\" I estimate its population at about 50,000. We landed in the evening and walked through the principal street running outside the wall, parallel to the river bank; the people were inquisitive, but not unfriendly. The shops had the usual display of foreign goods, apparently all derived from Canton. The famous Tsing-yuen tea, grown on the hills behind the town was on sale in most of the principal shops. It is, I understand, a low-grade tea—I bought half a-pound for 20 cents, about 4d.—and is shipped in large quantities to Canton for export to the Straits Settlements. The other chief product of the district is brown sugar, called pau sugar, sent to Samshui for transhipment to Canton and Macao. A launch leaves Tsing-yuen every morning at daylight for Canton. Here I saw for the first time the new Chinese commercial flag, a most inartistic production, having the added disadvantage of being at a distance hardly distinguishable from the red ensign. Both Protestant (American Baptist) and Roman Catholic missionaries have made their headquarters in the town for some years past; they are, I am told, after many vicissitudes, now doing well. I was unfortunate in finding them all absent—the Protestants recruiting at the coast, the Roman Catholics travelling in the interior. It is remarkable that a town of the size of Tsing-yuen should be without a telegraph office. Although the line passes along the opposite bank of the river, the nearest station is at Pakkong-kou, 15 miles away. One wonders why the local merchants and gentry have in these progressive days been content to remain so long cut off from telegraphic communication with the outer world. There is a branch office of the Imperial Chinese post in the main street.\n\nThe hills in the vicinity of Tsing-yuen are still fairly rich in timber, and tigers are said to be plentiful on their jungle-covered slopes. Here the plain abruptly ends; henceforward the river flows through a mountainous country which extends, practically without interruption, to the borders of Hunan and Kiangsi.\n\nAs the water was falling we decided to push on to Ying-tak the following morning and defer exchanging visits with the Tsing-huen Magistrate to the return journey. As things turned out I had no opportunity of calling on this official; but as I learnt that, in common with most of his colleagues in the provinces, he was a new arrival, I doubt if he would have been able to afford me any useful information.\n\nLeaving Tsing-yuen the next morning, the 7th July, at 6 o'clock we came after a two hours run to the celebrated gorge of Fei-lo-ssu (in Cantonese, Fi-loy-tze), where the river narrows down to flow through a narrow winding pass between hills rising abruptly from the water's edge to a height of some 500 feet or 600 feet. At the entrance to the gorge lies the salt station of Pai-miao (Pak-miu) where salt for the Lienchou district is transferred from the large Canton junks into smaller craft. The fishing village on the opposite side has an evil reputation for piracy. Half way through the gorge, which is some 3 miles long, stands the famous Buddhist monastery of Fi-loy-tze, forming with its shrines, halls, and kiosks picturesquely perched in the midst of a thickly wooded ravine, a notable example of Chinese ecclesiastical architecture. The graves of Fi-loy-tze are well known throughout the province; it was here that Dr. B. C. Henry, the missionary, whose book entitled 'Ling nam' should accompany every traveller in the Canton Province, discovered amongst other rare flowers, two new species of rhododendron. In this gorge we noticed for the first time the limestone quarries which occur at short intervals on both banks of the river for the next 50 miles; a succession of boats deeply laden with limestone pass daily down river to the limekilns of the delta.\n\nAbove the gorge the river broadens again, the hills recede from the bank, becoming higher and better wooded than before. They now begin to assume the fantastic shapes which form such a striking feature of Kuangtung mountain scenery: jagged masses of rock, isolated peaks, cliffs rising up from the water's edge; huge boulders set on top of grass-covered slopes, changing their shape from hour to hour as the river pursues its winding course among them.\n\nJust before noon, at a point about 24 miles below the small market town of Wong-shek, we came up with a party of American engineers engaged in making the final survey... \n\nPage 352", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-330 - Public Offices - 1905.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 408182, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "page_number": 646, "title": "CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906", "content_text": "DOMESTIC.\n\nOffice or Individual.\n\nCloyds 1906\n\nHONG KONG\n\nNo. 4 3 2 1/\n\n(Subject.) Wireless Telegraphy\n\nRECE\n\nC\n\n45287\n\nReg 24 NOV OS\n\nEnquires whether a Marconi station has been erected at Cape d'Aguilar, ?, of 20, and to whom application should be made and regard to rest\n\n(Minutes)\n\nletter should be in reply I suggest & three whale + fretamed prese 人 letter.\n\n(Signed) C. P. LUCAS.\n\nCopy\n\nAusd 4 Bl. 2 corneo. CAR. Connee b Dec admy & (73) -77102~25690-11-3\n\nxt anbsequent Paper\n\nMr. Fiddes Kong is а\n\nAue also 37865.\n\n? reply\n\nOn\n\nThat the only W.7. station at Hong Kong is the wireless Marconi system, erected temporary or station Ory the Churra by the Commander in Chief station for naval purposes only.\n\nin Felishand 9151.9\n\n3 not couple. Let him pass St. of her Johnson thes this information is at once hit. 30th\n\n× It is aldrig not,\n\nCur 357/11", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-338 - Public Offices & Others - 1906.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 412921, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "page_number": 681, "title": "CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907", "content_text": "## 8.8. *Borneo\", \nRoyal Albert Dock, \n21st December 1907.\n\n676\n\nThe General Managers, \nPenin. & Oriental S. N. Coy., \nGentlemen,\n\nI beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 12th instant addressed to Marseilles re instructions as to Mr Loder 2nd Saloon Passenger from Hong-Kong and now beg to inform you that his brother met the ship and bringing an attendant with him has taken charge of Mr Loder and I have handed to him the Colonial Office Communication authorizing Mr Loder's detention in the West Ham Union if so desired. In Mr Loder's present condition this seemed best as he certainly would not have accompanied anyone from the ship to any Union as he quite hoped to join his brother and his brother rather desired his going with him for the time being. Mr Loder is quite quiet and perfectly harmless and has been so throughout the voyage. No one from the Union met ship on arrival.\n\nI remain, Dear Sirs, \nYour obedient servant, \n(Sd). G. W. Gordon. \nCommander.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 416965, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 291, "title": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "-288 \n\n2 \n\nreceived by Liang Tun-yen. After a short wait we were summoned by the Prince, who gave me a most courteous and kindly reception, referring to the fact that he had known me ever since he had been connected with the old Tsung-li Yamên. After the usual complimentary remarks, he went on to say that I had been asked by the Chinese Government to enter their service as an earnest of their sincere desire to get into close relations with Great Britain, upon whose friendship and support they set the highest value. He referred to the alliance between England and Japan, and suggested in a vague and cautious way that China wanted the friendship of England just as much as Japan did. He made no reference to the special nature of the duties which I should be called upon to perform, beyond saying that it would be a satisfaction to himself and his colleagues to feel that I was on the spot and ready to lend a hand. \n\nFrom the Prince's house I went on to see Yuan Kung-pao. Here we had to wait a little while, as Yuan was engaged at a meeting of the members of the Wai-wu Pu hard by, but he telephoned to say that he would come as soon as he could, and hoped I would not mind waiting. I employed the interval in talking to Liang on various subjects, but I could get no information out of him as to the special nature of the work I was expected to do, beyond an intimation that I should not be required to attend at the Wai-wu Pu, and that my relations would be almost entirely with the Prince, Yuan Kung-pao, Tang Shao-yi, and himself. After about half-an-hour's wait, Yuan came in and greeted me in his old bluff and breezy way, telling me how glad he was to see me, and apologizing for the delay in greeting me, which was due to a row he had been having with his colleagues at the Board meeting—a row in which, judging from his cheerful appearance, he must have come out top. He also alluded, in similar terms, to those employed by the Prince to the value which China placed upon the close friendship of England, and was good enough to say that they had asked me to accept service with them because they knew I was a friend of China and was trusted by my own people as well as by themselves. All this, of course, is the usual sort of talk, but there was no special necessity to tell it to me if it was not more than mere politeness. But I am sure that it was not merely politeness. It was meant, and seriously meant. Yuan did not refer to Japan, but what has struck me much during the few days I have been here is how greatly Japan is getting on Chinese nerves. \n\nSeveral people are looking out for a house for me, and I hope before very long that a suitable place will be found. It is to be a Chinese house, I am glad to say, as I infinitely prefer a good Chinese house to a gimcrack foreign one, which is all I could expect to get. \n\nI forgot to mention that I have been given the names of various high officials upon whom I am asked to call. \n\nYours sincerely,\n\n(Signed)\n\nWALTER C. HILLIER. \n\nP.S.—I have written you this formal letter in case you want to write anything to the Foreign Office about myself and my work. As I told you the other day, I will keep you informed of anything I can legitimately tell you; but I think, perhaps, it will be better for me not to write. I will be round to see you as soon as I can get this round of Chinese visits worked off. \n\nW. C. H. \n\nC n. This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government. \n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA. \n\nCONFIDENTIAL. \n\n[25990] \n\nNo. 1. \n\n[THIS 243 AUG 08 \n\nSECTION 2. \n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received July 27.) \n\n(No. 255.) Sir, \n\nPeking, June 5, 1908. WITH reference to my despatch No. 204 of the 11th ultimo, respecting the navigation of the Poyang Lake by His Majesty's ships of war, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch which I have received from His Majesty's Consul at Kiukiang, reporting upon the circumstances attending the visit of His Majesty's ship \"Nightingale\" to those waters. \n\nIt will be seen that Mr. Werner sent a verbal notice of the visit to the Kiukiang Taotai in accordance with my instructions. \n\nThe Germans and the Japanese, both of whom had refrained from entering the lake in deference to the protests of the Chinese, will doubtless now take advantage of our action to enforce their right of entry. \n\nI have, &c. \n\n(No. 10. Confidential.) \n\n(Signed)\n\nJ. N. JORDAN. \n\nInclosure in No. 1. \n\nConsul Werner to Sir J. Jordan. \n\nSir, \n\nKiukiang, May 22, 1908. WITH reference to your despatch of the 8th instant, on the subject of the navigation of the Poyang Lake by His Majesty's ships of war, I have the honour to report that on its receipt I read the despatch and its inclosures to the Commander of His Majesty's ship \"Nightingale,\" the gun-boat which was about to cruise in the Poyang Lake with the object of visiting various places on its shores and calling upon the Governor at Nan Ch'ang. \n\nLieutenant-Commander Roy had communicated to me his intention of visiting the lake, and it was because the matter had been referred to your decision when His Majesty's ship \"Teal\" had attempted to enter the lake on the 14th April last that I deemed it advisable to inform you by telegraph of the proposed visit. \n\nActing on the precedents of the last five years I have, when the Commanders of His Majesty's ships of war have consulted me on the matter, stated that, as far as this Consulate was concerned, the protest always made by the Commander of the Hu K'ou forts should be disregarded, since the right to navigate the lake had the support both of precedent and Treaty, and had been consistently acted upon by His Majesty's Government ever since the question was first raised in 1903. \n\nLieutenant-Commander Roy, on learning the contents of your despatch, informed me that he would leave on the morning of the 21st May. I accordingly sent verbal notice to this effect to the Kiukiang Taotai. He replied requesting that the gun-boat should not enter the lake, as the natives would be frightened. \n\nThe \"Nightingale\" left Kiukiang at 6:30 A.M. on the 21st May. About noon I received from Lieutenant-Commander Roy the following telegram: \n\n\"Hu Kou, 21st May, Official refused permission proceed lake, waiting orders Taotai. Inform Taotai. \"Remain here await reply. NIGHTINGALE.' \n\nOn receipt of this telegram I sent a message to the Taotai requesting him to telegraph instructions to the official to permit the gun-boat to enter the lake. He, however, declined to do so. I ascertained privately that no resistance was to be made if the vessel entered the lake, and telegraphed to the Commander as follows:- \n\nKiukiang, 21st May. Your telegram of to-day. Taotai declines to issue instructions. \n\nI learn privately that though official sanction is withheld, no resistance \n\nPlease telegraph from next station.—CONSUL.” \n\nwill be made. \n\n[1865 dd-2] \n\nΓ", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 416966, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 292, "title": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "On the following day, 22nd May, I received a written protest from the Taotai saying that the German and Japanese gun-boats had returned when requested to do so by the Commander of the forts, and repeating the argument previously used that the lake was not open to navigation of foreign ships of war.\n\nOn the evening of the 22nd May I received a note from Commander Roy, dated the 22nd May, saying that he had left Hu K'ou for Wuch'êng that morning at 6:30, the Commander of the Chinese cruiser having interviewed him for an hour before he started. The Chinese Commander had now altered his order not to enter the lake into a request not to do so, as this action would get him into trouble; but Commander Roy had replied that he must obey the orders of the British Admiral. When writing he expected to reach Nan Chang on the 25th May, and after calling on the Governor, return to Kiukiang by the 29th.\n\nThe visit of the \"Nightingale\" to the Poyang Lake thus shows that, though the Chinese authorities have recently stationed a cruiser at the entrance, they have no present intention of interfering with the navigation of the lake by foreign ships of war otherwise than by the verbal and written protests which they have been in the habit of addressing, since the question first arose, to the officers in command of these vessels and to the foreign Consuls concerned.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) E. C. WERNER.\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government,\n\n[B]\n\nAFFAIRS OF CHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\nRec\n\n29532\n\nU 13 AUG 08 [July 27.]\n\n[25998]\n\nNo. 1.\n\nSECTION 3.\n\nSir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received July 27.)\n\n(No. 267. Confidential.) Sir,\n\nPeking, June 11, 1908. IN my despatch No. 230 of the 26th May, I had the honour to report the substance of a conversation which I had with Liang Ta-jên, one of the Ministers of the Wai-wu Pu, regarding the possibility of our lending assistance in promoting an adjustment of the dispute which has arisen between Portugal and China at Macao.\n\nThe conversation was resumed at the Wai-wu Pu on the 2nd instant with Mr. Liang, who had in the meantime seen Prince Ch'ing and Yuan Shih Kai and had considerably modified his views. During the summer months, I should explain, the Court resides some distance from the city and all questions of importance have to be referred to the Prince and Ministers, who remain there in attendance upon the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.\n\nMr. Liang no longer regarded the question as ripe for mediation, and thought that Portugal should discuss it directly with the Wai-wu Pu before making an appeal for the good offices of Great Britain. In the event of a disagreement, China would gladly welcome our friendly intervention, but the situation at present was that the Wai-wu Pu had addressed several communications to the Portuguese Minister, to which they had received no reply. Mr. Liang charged Portugal with having made a series of encroachments since the Treaty of 1887 was concluded, and said that the conduct of the Portuguese at Macao was no credit to Western civilization. China was doing nothing which was not justified by Treaty, and she was prepared to meet any attempt which Portugal might make to challenge her position there.\n\nI said that it was precisely with the view of averting such a contingency that I ventured to suggest the possibility of our being able to do something to promote a settlement. I was not prepared, and had not the necessary knowledge, to pronounce any opinion upon the doings of the Portuguese at Macao, but our traditional associations with Portugal and our friendly relations with China made us anxious to do anything in our power to compose the differences between the two Powers.\n\nMr. Liang reverted to the \"Tatsu Maru\" case, and gave me to understand that the Chinese Government, having dictated an unpalatable settlement of that affair, were very reluctant to hamper the Viceroy in dealing with the situation at Macao.\n\nThis, I remarked, appeared to me to involve a serious risk. The Viceroy was acting upon the information of interested people on the spot, and, if the Portuguese proceeded to do likewise, the collision so usual in such cases might easily follow.\n\nMr. Liang affected to minimize the importance of the dispute, and contended that the Viceroy's action had for its object merely the prevention of the contraband trade in arms.\n\nIn this he is supported by the opinion of His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton, as recorded in the despatch copy of which I have the honour to transmit herewith.\n\nThe somewhat embittered tone of Mr. Liang's language, which no doubt only reflects the views of the Prince and other Ministers, left upon me the uncomfortable impression that China is not disposed to humour the susceptibilities of Portugal, and that unless advantage is taken of the Viceroy's offer embodied in the last paragraph of the Wai-wu Pu's note of the 22nd May, there is little prospect of an improvement in the situation.\n\nI have advised the Portuguese Minister in this sense, and in the inclosed telegram which he has sent to Lisbon Baron Sendal has submitted the suggestion to his Government.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.\n\n[1865 dd-3]\n\n289", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 417268, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 594, "title": "CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "2\n\ngun-boats are, therefore, not to be affected by the verbal protests of the local Chinese authorities.\n\nIt is desirable, before proceeding to the lake, that His Majesty's Consul at Kiukiang should be requested to give a verbal intimation to the Taotai of the intended visit.\n\nGunnery practices are not to be carried out in the Poyang or Tangting Lakes. Commanding Officers of His Majesty's gun-boats employed in the Yang-tsze are to be informed accordingly, and this order is to be kept in the Senior Officer's box at Shanghae.\n\nH. LAMBTON.\n\nSir,\n\n\"King Alfred,\" at Yokohamu,\n\nMay 29, 1908.\n\n(Signed)\n\nInclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nLieutenant and Commander Dixon to Vice-Admiral Sir H. Lambton.\n\n\"Snipe,\" at Nanchang, June 29, 1908.\n\nI HAVE the honour to report that on arrival of Snipe on the evening of Monday, the 22nd June, necessary arrangements were made for calling on his Excellency the Acting Governor at 10 A.M. on Wednesday, the 24th instant.\n\nApplication was made to the Foreign Office for chairs, and we were informed that they had none, although on previous occasions of ships' officers calling, chairs have always been obtained from this quarter.\n\nPrivate chairs were obtained from the missionaries, and one of these gentlemen, Mr. Thor, C.I.M., acted as interpreter.\n\nOn arrival at Yamên, the gates were unopened for fully three minutes.\n\nThe Governor received us in a verandah at the back of the Yamên, and informed us that, although very pleased to meet English officers, he could not entertain us officially, as Peking has informed him that no foreign gun-boats were allowed in Poyang Lake; and if he received us, other nations would ask why, and would all send gun-boats into the lake against the Treaty; and also, without orders from Peking, he might be spoken to for so doing.\n\nI informed him that he was reading the Treaty in a wrong sense, and that the Commander-in-chief, on information from His Britannic Majesty's Minister at Peking, had given very definite orders that nothing was to stop us from entering, and I was therefore carrying out his orders.\n\nHe asked me to inform my Admiral that it was illegal to enter the lake without permission from Peking, and also to tell all British gun-boats that, although very pleased to see the officers if they came to see him in merchant-steamers, he requested they (the gun-boats) would remain at Hukau.\n\nNo return to my call was made.\n\nLieutenant and Commander Tennyson, His Majesty's ship \"Kinsha,\" endeavoured to call on Acting Governor without success, and he therefore telegraphed to Senior Naval Officer, Shanghae, to that effect.\n\n3\n\nan officer who requested me to stop at Hukau for two or three days, and talked a good deal, making excuse for delaying me. After a quarter of an hour's useless palaver, I decided to bid him good-bye; whereupon, the side being piped, he got into his boat, and the \"Kinsha\" proceeded.\n\nI formed the opinion that, as this conduct of the officials at entrance to Poyang Lake has been of the same vacillating character for the last two years, it was best to meet their weakness with firmness, and my action was entirely successful.\n\nHaving no pilot on board, and the water being a suitable height, I decided only to stay a night at Wuching, and I arrived without any trouble at Nanchang on the 23rd. I was boarded by an official, who stated he came from the Governor, and I sent my card by him to the latter, asking for chairs, and informing him I would pay my respects to him in the morning; and at the same time, I ordered the \"Snipe,\" which was out of sight of me, to shift berth and anchor near me.\n\nOn the morning of the 24th, Lieutenant and Commander Dixon informed me that his letter asking for chairs had been returned to him unopened, and that he had called on the Governor in chairs which were obtained privately by a missionary. He was received privately by the Governor, who informed him he could not possibly receive him officially, as he had no right to come to Nanchang—Nanchang being in inland waters not a Treaty port; the German Minister had promised not to send men-of-war into the lake, except in case of trouble; he would have no objection to British ships coming in case of trouble; and a lot of other remarks calculated to justify his not receiving in a proper manner. To all of which Lieutenant and Commander Dixon very rightly replied that he regretted not being able to agree with the Governor; he had his orders to come into the lake and had come.\n\nThe Governor repeatedly impressed on Lieutenant and Commander Dixon that he was conferring a favour on him by receiving him privately.\n\nThe same morning, my request for chairs having been ignored, I sent the Governor the attached letter, taking care to observe a friendly attitude, and guided in writing by the late Commander-in-chief's Memorandum No. 165 of the 2nd June, 1906. No answer having been received by 9 P.M., I sent to say I could not understand not having any acknowledgment of my letter, and requested chairs to enable me to call on the Governor by 10 A.M. on the 25th; these were more or less promised, but when that hour came, there were no chairs, neither was any answer to my letter forthcoming. I therefore again sent and requested the Taotai to return my card; this resulted in a visit being paid me by the Governor's two interpreters, to whom I gave a strictly formal reception, and sent messages by them conveying to the Governor that I should report on the reception two British gun-boats had received.\n\nMy card not having been returned, I sent my boy with the two interpreters, and had it returned to him.\n\nI reported to you by wire, and sailed yesterday morning, arriving here without accident to-day.\n\nBefore leaving, I called on Mr. Hopkins, a missionary, and brother-in-law to Mr. Kingham, who was murdered two years ago. He gives a very bad account of the present Governor, as also do others I spoke to about him.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) S. H. TENNYSON.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n(Signed) A. DIXON.\n\nInclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nSir,\n\nInclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nLieutenant and Commander Tennyson to Vice-Admiral Sir H. Lambton.\n\n\"Kinsha,\" at Nanking, June 27, 1908.\n\nIN continuation of my telegram to you for information of the Commander-in-chief, I have the honour to forward the following details.\n\nThe \"Kinsha\" arrived at Kiukiang on the evening of the 20th instant, and on the 21st, I visited the Consul, who I found had taken up his summer residence at Kuling, leaving his constable in charge. I sent for that official, and he told me he would inform the Taotai of Kiukiang that His Majesty's ship \"Kinsha\" would proceed into the lake on the 22nd.\n\nOn the 22nd, I accordingly entered, and was signalled to by the fort and gun-boat to \"stop engines.\" I, in consequence, stopped abreast the gun-boat, and was boarded by\n\nLieutenant and Commander Tennyson to the Governor of Nanchang,\n\nYour Excellency,\n\n\"Kinsha,\" at Nanchang, June 24, 1908.\n\nHaving doubtless received my card by the hands of your messenger, whom I conclude you with kindly attention sent on board my ship yesterday afternoon, I also received my request asking you to send chairs for myself and three of my officers, wherewith I might be enabled to pay your Excellency a visit of friendship.\n\nI now await your Excellency's pleasure, and trust you will give orders for chairs to be sent at once, so that I may become personally acquainted with you, which I much desire, having heard your Excellency's unvarying courtesy and friendliness to Great Britain much praised by the Commanders of British gun-boats and the British Consul at Kiukiang, who lately paid you a visit.\n\nS. H. TENNYSON.\n\n(Signed)\n\n591", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-352 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 417730, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 442, "title": "CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "VEB.\n\nend of a notification qoy not aldt goitiTW SIIMW\n\n..08 Ilave I onslet edt to auteta sasnido betduobu\n\n.52.\n\n(oY gnvaï new to bie0)\n\nSir:-\n\n438\n\nMr. Mayers to Sir R. Alcock.\n\nCANTON,\n\nJune 14th, 1869.\n\nI have the honour to report to Your Excellency that\n\nwith the approval of Mr. Consul Robertson at the time\n\nof his departure from this Port, I requested the Vice-\n\nroy Jul-lin about a month ago to despatch one of his\n\nsteam Gunboats, the \"Chên-to\" to the Pratashoal, where\n\nmore than one Foreign vessel has lately been wrecked\n\nand immediately pillaged by the Junk people who make\n\nthis their place of resort.\n\nFrom a report made by the Commander of the \"Chên-\n\nto\" on his return I came to the conclusion that to sta-\n\ntion one or two Chinese Junks at the island and lagoon\n\nenclosed by the Pratashoals, for the purpose of pre-\n\nventing the lawless pillage of vessels in distress, is\n\nnot only highly desirable but also perfectly feasible;\n\nand I therefore addressed the Viceroy on the subject,\n\nsuggesting that measures of this kind be taken, and\n\nreferring to the 20th Article of the Treaty of Tient-\n\nsin in support of my recommendation.\n\nThe reply I received", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 418011, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908", "page_number": 723, "title": "CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908", "content_text": "# \nفي \n718 \n2 \n\n## \nThe selection has not, as was to be expected, given complete satisfaction, and considerable anxiety is still felt as to the attitude of a strong faction of Manchus, headed by his Excellency Tieh-liang, who, as President of the Army Board, has naturally to be reckoned with, but the Viceroys at Tien-tsin and Mukden, and the Commander-in-chief of the Metropolitan province, all of whom have large bodies of troops at their disposal, are understood to be strong supporters of the new régime.\n\nThere is no irregularity, from a Chinese standpoint, in the choice of the successor, as there was in the case of the last Emperor, but the arrangement, although probably the best that could be made in the circumstances, is open to obvious criticism.\n\nFor a period of nearly fifty years the Manchu dynasty, whose early Emperors were men of strong character, has produced no Sovereign fitted to exercise personal rule, and ever since 1860, when China entered into regular diplomatic relations with foreign Powers, the control of affairs has been almost uninterruptedly vested in the hands of the Empress-Dowager.\n\nTwo long minorities or Regencies are now to be followed by a third, which will probably extend over another period of fifteen years. But the situation is not without its compensating advantages. For the first time in history, the supreme direction of Chinese affairs will be in the hands of a man who has seen something of foreign countries, who has come freely into contact with the outer world and will presumably remain in close touch with the life of the Empire.\n\nPrince Ch'un, who is now a man of about 26, went to Germany as a boy of 18 in 1901 on the mission of apology for the murder of Baron von Ketteler, and his experiences on that occasion must have impressed him with the power of the West and given him some insight into foreign customs.\n\nAfter his return, he took little part in public affairs until 1906, when he was appointed President of a Special Committee to examine the proposals made by the Imperial Commissioners who had been sent abroad in that year to study and report on the administrative systems of foreign countries.\n\nIn June 1907, he was created a member of the Grand Council, the Cabinet which meets daily in the presence of the Emperor, and the body on whose advice he will as Regent doubtless be guided in the conduct of State affairs.\n\nIt is evident that a Regent who assumes power in such circumstances is likely to be more amenable to enlightened influence than an autocratic lady whose life had been passed in the seclusion of the Palace, and as the Empress herself foreshadowed in her valedictory address to the Empire, the change of Government gives scope for the introduction of reforms.\n\nThe Prince is favourably known to the foreign Legations and has, since his assumption of office, comported himself with a dignity and sagacity which have made a favourable impression in official circles.\n\nThe training of the young Emperor, who now enters the Palace as a healthy boy of 3, is exciting some attention, and there is among the better class of officials a fairly general feeling that he should not be exposed to the influences to which his two predecessors have in turn succumbed.\n\nBut Palace reform is a large question, all the changes which have taken place in recent years having left the power of the eunuchs untouched.\n\n## \nI have the honour to inclose copies of a series of Decrees which have been issued in connection with the demise of the Emperor and Empress-Dowager and the inauguration of the new reign, together with copies of my replies to Prince Ching's notes announcing the Imperial deaths.\n\nHis other communications have all received the usual formal acknowledgment.\n\nThese papers are naturally couched for the most part in the stereotyped phraseology of centuries, but there are one or two passages which strike a different note and make an appeal to the `nation` on modern lines.\n\nIn their valedictory addresses, both the Emperor and Empress-Dowager lay special stress upon the establishment of a Constitutional Government; the Emperor takes credit to himself for having effected a reconciliation between the Christian and non-Christian elements in the population, for having promoted education and encouraged trade, and for having placed the army on a better footing; while the Empress, as before noted, takes a hopeful view of the future and of the prospect which a long minority affords of pushing forward the cause of reform.\n\nIt may not be out of place, on the threshold of a new era, to place on record as briefly as possible a few of the leading events in the reign which has just closed.\n\nThe last Emperor, T'ung Chih, died on the 17th January, 1875, at the early age of 18. His wife was pregnant at the time, but died without giving birth to her child.\n\nHis mother, the Empress-Dowager, had practically been Regent during the whole of his reign, and determined, in order to give herself a further lease of power, to adopt the infant son of Prince Ch'un as the future Emperor.\n\nPrince Ch'un was the younger brother of her husband, the late Emperor Hsien Feng, and his wife was her sister. The youthful Emperor, therefore, was closely related to her both on the father and mother's side, and to make the tie still closer, she acquired the authority of a mother over him by making him the posthumous heir, not of the last Emperor, but of her own husband, Hsien Feng - an arrangement which gave grave dissatisfaction, and was always regarded as a flaw in his title to the succession.\n\nThe Emperor came of age in 1887, and on the 26th February, 1889, married his cousin, the daughter of the Empress-Dowager's brother, by whom, for reasons well understood, he had no issue.\n\nA Decree of the 11th July, 1886, had announced that he would assume personal direction of the Government early in the following year, but a little later the Empress-Dowager made it publicly known that she would, \"in deference to the desires of the whole nation,\" continue to supervise the young Monarch's acts.\n\nIn March 1891, Kuang Hsü gave his first audience to the foreign Representatives. A fragile, delicate youth with a melancholy face, he gave the impression of having little intelligence or strength of character, and his appearance changed but little in after-years.\n\nAt the audiences of 1891 and 1892, which he conducted himself, he seemed to take some interest in the proceedings, but in recent years, when he occupied a position markedly below that of the Empress-Dowager, he remained an absolutely passive spectator of what was going on.\n\nThe war with Japan in 1894, and the various acts of foreign aggression which followed it, produced a movement in favour of reform which soon began to make itself felt throughout the Empire.\n\nIn 1898, the Emperor came under the influence of a band of young officials and scholars, whose leader, Kang Yu-wei, was generally regarded as a worthless visionary.\n\nA series of startling Decrees appeared in June and July of that year, by which the system of examination was to be radically changed in favour of Western learning; the Government was to be completely reorganized; colleges and schools for the advancement of scientific knowledge were to be established, and the right to memorialize the Throne direct was to be conferred upon all officials without regard to rank.\n\nThese innovations, some of which have since been introduced, were viewed at the time with consternation by the Empress-Dowager and the more conservative of the governing class.\n\nRumours of a plot to remove the Dowager Empress to a place of confinement, where she would be powerless to hamper the new régime, called for immediate action.\n\nThe reformers were executed or fled the country, and all their work was undone by a Decree which purported to be issued by the Emperor himself, and which terminated his brief assertion of authority.\n\nIn a Decree dated the 31st January, 1900, the Emperor was made to recall the arrangement come to at the time of his accession, by which, on an heir being born to him, the child was to become the heir of the late Emperor.\n\nHis Majesty regretted the failure of this arrangement owing to his own ill-health, and announced that the Empress-Dowager had, at his own request, selected Pu Ch'un, the son of Prince Tuan, to be the Heir-Apparent.\n\nOn the outbreak of the Boxer troubles a few months later, and the advance of the foreign troops on Peking, the Imperial family fled to Hsi-an Fu, and only returned to the capital in January 1902.\n\nPu Ch'un, whose father had been the main instigator of the Boxer movement, was disinherited, and the old relations were resumed between the Empress-Dowager and the Emperor.\n\nAlthough Kuang Hsü was almost a nonentity as any Emperor, his reign will mark the parting of the ways in Chinese history as the period which witnessed the national awakening of the Empire.\n\nThe figment of almost universal supremacy, to which China had so long clung, received a rude shock in her exclusion from Corea, Tongking, and Burma, and the loss of Formosa was a still severer blow.\n\nWar and internal troubles have saddled her with a heavy foreign debt, and the navy, which was built up at such expense in the early years of the reign, disappeared with the battle of the Yalu.\n\nForeign Powers have become lessees of important strategic points on the coast and have pushed lines of railway far into the interior as instruments of further encroachment.\n\nHer capital and its approaches are still occupied by foreign troops, and Manchuria, the home of her rulers, has been twice practically lost and is still only partially recovered.\n\nThese are some of the losses on the debit side of the account. The items of the credit side are perhaps less tangible, but not the less real.\n\nIn the first year of Kuang Hsü's reign, the short line of railway from Shanghae to Woosung was torn up, and for years afterwards railways were tabooed by the Chinese.\n\nNow there are some 6,000 miles constructed or under construction, mostly built by foreign enterprise and with foreign capital.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-353 - Public Offices - 1908.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 419128, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6]", "page_number": 237, "title": "CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6]", "content_text": "„Hodana? Nemur? roumb? \n\nC.O. \n\n21384 \n\nREC \n\nReg 228 JUN 09 \n\n(Sd.) William Robinson, Governor, &C. . \n\n227 \n\n091110 nghe a \n\n‚a0er,.ridā vravidet \n\nod vern .K ~18 Madenost ve badoerib ms I \n\n„r{#A{ Toɗørspect to IS . Người sh 10% to giong o be womise \n\n-nhar ads not tnemyaq arft of us enolfoutjant galtrouper „Jnai \n\nto maturoa erið nà aðonsJnea avise od dana atenoeing to sonsned» \n\nminino “horit \n\nand d‡od tada poy ertotal of mis I «İqor a \n\necava to misteroed odd bus astao100 ore not ajada to Visteroeë \n\ndnomðraqeft als vợ bler vely srit mi betondo avert ølbnI TO% \n\nerid datdw to vnofob adź vď stod að hinoɗa aeɛnaqxe dove Jarð \n\n.sɗ van 98ao erit na nounever askhnĩ vď to eviden a at menost\"q \n\nGOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG. \n\nCertificate of Birth \n\nissued \n\nBy His Excellency Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same. \n\nThis is to certify that Cheung Suk, (whose photograph is hereunto annexed) is a British Subject, and was born on the 25th. day of December, 1869, in this Colony of Chinese parents subjects of the Emperor of China. \n\nNote: This Certificate does not confer upon the said Cheung Suk while within the Empire of China any claim or right to British protection, nor does it free the said Cheung Suk while in any other Foreign Country from compliance with the provisions of the Treaties between Great Britain and such other \n\nand of any Country, and of Her Majesty's Orders in Council, Consular or other regulations for the time being in force in \n\nrelation to registration, passports and dress. \n\nPhotograph) \n\nGIVEN under the hand of His Excel-\n\n-lency the Governor Sir William \n\nRobinson, K.C.M.G., and the Public \n\nSeal of the Colony this \n\nday of October, 1895. \n\nBy Command, \n\n(Sd.) J.H. Stewart-\n\nLockhart, \n\nColonial Secretary.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 420967, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12]", "page_number": 277, "title": "CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12]", "content_text": "## \n\nIt is necessary to explain that the definition of \"Court\" has been worded to cover the Existing Court of Appeal & any Court created to replace it or to make any remark as to the future necessity for the Additional Instructions?\n\nJens 17/8\n\nJ. mg 17/8\n\nI had better explain both as to the definition of \"Court\" and as to the perfect atomic \"instantan JTBL 710\"\n\n### \n\n2 \n\n25 Copies.\n\nEach Office.\n\nSir,\n\nCouncil Office,\nWhitehall.\n\n**RECO REP 13 AUG 09**\n**263**\n\n12th August 1909.\n\nTo you,\n\nI am directed by the Lord President of the Council to transmit the accompanying Orders of His Majesty in Council of the same instant.\n\n1. making provision for Appeals from the Supreme Court of Hong Kong to His Majesty in Council;\n2. approving the Draft of additional Instructions to the Governor and Commander in Chief of Hong Kong.;\n\nand I am to request that you will lay the same before the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State,\nColonial Office.\n\nI remain,\nSir,\nYour obedient Servant,\nAlmroth H. Roy\n\n`WB & L(x)--19372-600-7-97`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 421069, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12]", "page_number": 379, "title": "CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12]", "content_text": "(COPY) M.18328\n\nFrom Commander in Chief\nChina Station\n26th June 1909 No 445/144\nC.0 28500\nREC'd 25 AUG 09\n\nTo The Secretary of the\nAdmiralty\n\nSubject **MERCHANT VESSELS - Improper use of Flags from International Code**\n\nEnclosures as in schedule.\n\nSubmitted with reference to Admiralty letter `.831` of the 26th January 1909.\n\nEnquiries have been made from the Commercial Ports on the Station and the replies show that there is some possibility of confusion arising at Hoy Tientsin, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore as shown in the enclosed letters and I would suggest that the Board of Trade be requested to bring the fact to the notice of the Port Authorities, at these places with a view to arranging for a special symbol to be hoisted superior to any flags from the International Code when they are used for purely local purposes.\n\nNo change appears to be called for at other ports on the Station from which replies have been received.\n\n(SD) H.LAMBERTON,\nVice Admiral.\n\n371", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 421247, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909", "page_number": 36, "title": "CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909", "content_text": "# AFFAIRS OF CHINA\n## CONFIDENTIAL\n### No. 1\n#### [December 23]\n\nSir,\n\n**Admiralty to Foreign Office**.-(Received December 23.)\n\nAdmiralty, December 22, 1908. I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copy of a letter, dated the 5th ultimo, from His Majesty's ship \"Flora,\" and of its inclosure from His Majesty's ship \"Teal,\" dated the 27th October last, relative to the state of affairs at Changsha.\n\n&c.\n\nI am,\n(Signed) **W. GRAHAM GREENE**\n\n### Inclosure 1 in No. 1\n\nSir,\n\n**Captain Nugent to Vice-Admiral Sir H. Lambton**\n\nH.M.S.\"Flora,\" at Shanghae, November 5, 1908.\n\nI have the honour to transmit the report of Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey on the state of affairs at Changsha.\n\n2. In view of this report, I have directed the \"Nightingale\" to remain at, or in the vicinity of, Changsha, until the situation has improved.\n\n3. His Majesty's ship \"Snipe\" will leave Shanghae on the 1st December in the ordinary course; her repairs could be completed by the 15th November, should it be necessary to dispatch her to Changsha, but it would take the \"Snipe\" at least fifteen days to reach that place.\n\nI have, &c. (Signed) **ROWLAND NUGENT, Captain**, \nSenior Naval Officer, Shanghae.\n\n### Inclosure 2 in No. 1\n\nSir,\n\n**Lieutenant Godfrey to Captain Nugent**\n\nH.M.S.\"Teal,\" at Changsha, October 27, 1908.\n\nI have the honour to report that I received at Changsha, at 9 A.M. on the 27th October, and visited, British Consul, in company with Lieutenant and Commander Roy, of \"Nightingale.\" After conferring with them I forwarded my telegram of that date.\n\nThe situation has improved slightly, and the Chinese officials are doing their best to check the anti-foreign feeling amongst the local gentry and poorer classes; but they are not very successful. There is not any immediate danger, and the local feeling would not be observed by a casual visitor to Changsha.\n\nThe British Consul (Mr. Hewlett) has given me permission to write to you in strict confidence the following two extracts from a letter to himself from the British Minister at Peking.\n\n1. \"The United States' Minister tells me that the Wai-wu Pu have practically confessed to him their powerlessness to enforce the Standard Oil Company's claim, and have begged him not to press it for the moment, but to give them time to 'kaitao' the gentry.\n\n2. \"The fact appears to be that the Central Government find it very hard, if not ...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 427261, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11]", "page_number": 346, "title": "CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11]", "content_text": "matter.\n\nthe\n\n21/3/12/\n\n36292\n\n76292\n\nRECZ Rear 26 NOV 10\n\n343\n\nMy Conf\n\n1910\n\n28th Oct\n\nHarbour Dept\n\nIn comes Report on with olsas\n\n3\n\nEe will as\n\ndarbs\n\nCarsede\n\nwhether\n\nlast previous Paper.\n\nan enquiry desirable into\n\nthe aspects the\n\nthe matter which\n\nthe OAS refers in\n\nthe last three lines by dess.\n\n7\n\nCons Conf. 16726 Reminder to Gov. Conf.\n\n2 Dec 11\n\n35), W1.21,650 -1. 40,000,\n\n1100. A.&B. W.\n\nsubsequent Paper. 60:2\n\n12.\n\ninvolved\n\nAnd it became\n\nG Auf Harding\n\n16 Jy\n\nI am sorry before, but a good deal of close reading\n\nnecessary have been able to send\n\nNavs to study\n\n28630.\n\nJ Come\n\nYo much\n\n%\n\nConclusion\n\nDoes not very much\n\nalso after all this reading.\n\nbe done.\n\nThe proposed changes in the control of punts and boats\n\nat present aren't to be taken\n\ntherefore 28630 just now.\n\nAs to Ru waking, no action is needed\n\nits Harbour Master's left and\n\nresolves itself into diatribes by the Harbour Master\n\nagainst The recommendations and The Committee-\n\nThe result up to date\n\nTaylor has\n\nEnumerated been\n\nminor of Mr. Percebois\n\nCommander has been that Kapton\n\na Onected reformes to carry\n\non ch (Ray are in the last encl. to this desp) - the\n\nof alteration question", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 433636, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-381 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [11-12]", "page_number": 217, "title": "CO129-381 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [11-12]", "content_text": "## \n: \n... \n11: \n203 \nAINON \n20 \nnot. \ni-:90 \nZa dvow \njuos su blgoz \n\nalways afforded, and asked what the Governor thought would be the attitude of Japan. The Governor replied that he was quite unable to say what Japan might do, but she was our ally and would no doubt be strongly influenced by Great Britain. He believed also that the attitude of America would be in accord with Great Britain and would be strongly against intervention. He seemed very greatly relieved. Incidentally, on saying goodbye, the ex-Viceroy again alluded to the line of action he had taken, and Harris asked if he could tell him that the Governor thought he had done rightly. The latter replied that it was difficult to judge of a situation by mere report, but assuming the facts as he had narrated them, he did not see what else he could have done. The Governor assured him of safety and hospitality while in Hongkong, and told him that in consequence of what he had said in Legislative Council yesterday, the Chinese members of Council and others had early this morning issued posters claiming safety and hospitality for the ex-Viceroy. The Governor added that he would be welcome at Government House whenever he might like to come over and converse on matters.\n\nVerified and initialled by Mr. Harris, and his small pencil alterations incorporated.\n\n**(Intld.) F.D.L. 11.11.11.**\n\n(1). Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G., gives the information that the Weichau army reached Canton on the night of the 10th. General Lung having apparently not left Canton as supposed by the Vice-roy, and at the last minute he agreed to go over to the revolutionaries on condition that he was made Commander of the land forces. This was agreed to. It is reported that his force came from Kwangsi (not Yunnan) though possibly consisting largely of Yunnanese.\n\n(2). report. (3).\n\nThis incident is thus described in the Consul-General's despatch from Consul-General dated 27th October giving an account of the meeting and of the Resolutions. He says \"The resolutions have been approved by the Governor General\". Telegram of 30.10.11 contradicts this.\n\nOd Seek! Iựtury.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-381 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [11-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 453826, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-422 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [5-6]", "page_number": 40, "title": "CO129-422 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [5-6]", "content_text": "## Enclosure 2.\n\n### P.Y.A.\n\n#### EFFECT OF THE HOLY WAR.\n\nAs soon as the virtuous and enthusiastic Mahomedans heard the news of the Holy War, they subscribed five lacs of Dollars and handed that money to the Ottoman Consul in Washington. By so doing they have participated in the Holy War according to God's Commandment (which reads as follows):- \"Fight or do your best with your wealth and life in the way of God\". Likewise our friends in Transvaal informed us that they collected a considerable sum of money there, but it is probable that the ill-natured British people might have stopped its remittance. The people of Baluchistan have also got up, and in the near future the Afghans will also make an attack on the British people and slaughter them indiscriminately.\n\nPersian tribes, in large numbers, have prepared themselves for the Holy War. They are headed by the priests and other prominent men of the school of theology. All the hills and deserts are re-echoing with the triumphal cries of \"God is great\", \"God is great\". Now the disbelieving Englishmen and Russians are being killed everywhere. Auspicious tidings of the Islamic victories are delighting the hearts. How Islam is flourishing.\n\n#### B. MANLY COURAGE.\n\nOne morning this week, when we were going to the office, we received auspicious news of the brutal slaughter of the British people, which served as a good breakfast. The particulars are as follows:- A lion-hearted Indian Mahomedan Sepoy, whom British people had forcibly brought to Egypt to kill the Mahomedans there, assaulted the British Commander-in-Chief in Egypt named Maxwell with a pistol. The two Aides-de-Camp of Maxwell were killed on the spot. But it is not definitely known whether Maxwell, a dog, has been wounded or not. This news has filled every particle of our body with joy.\n\nLiterally:- were consigned to the burning fire of Hell on the spot.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-422 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [5-6].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 460775, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-432 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [3-5]", "page_number": 256, "title": "CO129-432 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [3-5]", "content_text": "# COPY\n\nSir,\n\nTo accompany Enclosure 2.\n\n253\n\nShanghai, 1st February, 1916.\n\nWith reference to the letter from His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong to the Rear-Admiral, Hongkong, dated 14th December 1915, a copy of which has been obtained from the Senior Naval Intelligence Officer, Hongkong, I have the honour to submit the following report after consultation with H.B.M. Consul-General, Shanghai:-\n\n1. As already reported, it is unlikely that the Germans, owing to recent exposures and the fear of being interned, will continue to use Shanghai as a base for smuggling arms to India on any large scale. Smuggling of revolvers in small lots, however, may continue.\n\n2. Owing to the extraordinary care with which arms are concealed on board a steamer, a search would probably be unsuccessful without discharging the cargo, and even then an \"X\" ray apparatus would sometimes be required.\n\n3. The Consul-General, Shanghai, is not of opinion that the offering of additional rewards to the Chinese Maritime Customs would be of any use, but if any such offer were made by the Hongkong Government, the necessary arrangements should be made at Hongkong. The Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai maintains the attitude that the smuggling of arms from Shanghai on any large scale is impossible and that the customs' staff are quite capable of dealing with the situation without additional encouragement.\n\n4. As regards the Shanghai Municipal Police, it is improbable that they will make any seizure of arms destined for India without receiving information from us as to their whereabouts. The offer of a reward from the Hongkong Government should be an additional inducement to their handling this information successfully.\n\nThe Commander-in-Chief, \nH.M. Ships and Vessels, \nCHINA \n(thro' Rear-Admiral, Hongkong).", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-432 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [3-5].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 478695, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918", "page_number": 160, "title": "CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918", "content_text": "# EX-OFFICERS.\n\n| No. | Regt. | Age | Medical Notes | Qualifications and Previous Employment | O.U.T.C. Courses | Present Locality | Rank |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| D.O.1438 | | 36 | Good | B.W.F. Ed. privately. 4 yrs. app. W. E. Davies, Ironmongers and builders merchants, S. Wales, 2 yrs asst. J. Griffiths ironmongers, Swansea, 2 yrs. Brown Bros., cycle and motor agents, London. 8 yrs. representative S. Bristol Trading Co. (Welsh) | | Wales | Capt. |\n| 1519 | Y. & L. | 56 | Good | Ed, Uppingham, Trinity Coll., Dublin. 22 yrs, Reg. Army. Acted as regimental and garrison adjutant. Experienced secretarial and administrative duties, | | Ireland | Major |\n| D.O.1442 | | 21 | M.G.C. Good | Ed. Edward VI., Louth. senior local exam., 1913. Joined Army from school. | Cambridge | Lincoln | 2nd Lieut. |\n| 1521 | R.G.A. | 34 | | Ed. privately. 6 yrs. clerk. Battery accountant. | | London | 2nd Lieut. |\n| 1522 | | 49 | Fair | Ed privately. 22 yrs. Reg. Army, rose from ranks. Accustomed clerical work, office routine. | | London | Capt. |\n| D.O.1452 | Buffs | 30 | Good. Left lung weak | Ed. privately. 2 yrs. P.O. Savings Bank. 4 yrs. clerk Dyonniars, London. Union Bank of Canada. Papanil Bank, London. [French, Spanish] | | Wales | Lieut. |\n| D.O.1485 | I.A. | 24 | Good | Ed, privately. 2 yrs. counting house F. Gorringe. Ltd. 2 yrs. asst. accountant Redcliff Co., [Hindustani, Burmese] | | Leicester | Lieut. |\n| 1528 | Middlesex | 43 | Good | Ed. privately. 7 mos, asst. acct. 5 yrs. B.S.A. Police. 6 yrs. Prisons Dept., S.E. Africa. Knowledge D.E. book-keeping, accountancy. Hobbies, horses and cattle. | | Kent | Private |\n| D.O.1482 | Lincoln | 39 | Fair | Ed. privately. 9 yrs. clerk Stock Exchange. Thoroughly understands office routine. [French] | | Warwick | 2nd Lieut. |\n| D.O.1469 | Middlesex | 37 | Fair | Ed. privately. Editorial statistical work. Official Intelligence Depart. Stock Exchange. 18 yrs. est, finally manager, produce firm, Chili. Knowledge cereals, finance, office routine. 2 yrs. clerk, Buenos Aires and G. S. Rly. | | London | Private |\n| 1530 | London | 28 | Good | Ed. privately. 5 yrs. clerical experience. | | London | 2nd Lieut. |\n| 1539 | Hussars | 49 | Fair | Ed. privately. 30 yrs, service in Army. | | Kent | Capt. |\n| D.O.1471 | C.L.C. | 34 | Fair | Ed. privately, China and Japan. 4 yrs. mercantile asst., Collins & Co., China. 2 yrs, departmental manager. 4 yrs. sanitary inspector, Shanghai Municipal Council. 1 yr. superintendent concrete construction. Knowledge business routine, systems organisation. Hobbies, pottery, painting, leather, woodwork [French, Chinese, Japanese, German] | | London | 2nd Lieut. |\n| 1540 | C.E.F. | 44 | Good | Ed. privately. Experienced canning plant perishable goods, Colonisation work, transcontinental rys. 2 yrs. H.Q. Staff, Ministry of Munitions. | | London | Warrant Officer |\n| 1542 | Bedford | 29 | Fair | Ed. privately. Clerk Las Palmas Produce Co., Argentine. yrs. sheep farming. [French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese] | | London | 2nd Lieut. |\n| D.O.1472 | Cheshire | 57 | Fair | Ed. privately. Solicitor's clerk. 25 yrs. manager Scottish National Key Registry. | | London | Lieut. |\n| 1548 | I.A. | 66 | Good | Ed. privately; R.M.C., Sandhurst. 18 yrs. India Army. 17 yrs. Military Magistrate. Commander, Prisoners of War Camps. | | London | Lieut.-Col. |\n| D.O.1482 | Can. Inf. | 24 | Good. L. leg amputated | Ed. privately. 2 yrs. Yorkshire Insurance Coy. (Dublin Branch). 2 yrs. Canadian Bank of Commerce. Relinquished post to join Army. Desires clerical post. | | Dublin district preferred | Sergt |\n| D.O.1484 | | 13 | Good | Ed. privately. B.A., Oxford, 18 yrs. Reg. Army. 3 yrs. organising secretary Lord Roberts' National Service League. Good organiser, lecturer, disciplinarian. [French] | | Ireland | Lieut.-Col. |\n| 1568 | | 27 | Fair | Ed. privately, 4 yrs. Channel Coast Committee, Victoria St., London. Junior clerk to private secretary, afterwards chief accountant and auditor. 1 yr. manager of company's works in France. [French, Spanish] | | London | Lieut. |\n| 1744 | Lincoln | 64 | Good | Ed. privately. 27 yrs. Army. 9 yrs. 1st Class Warrant Officer, Quartermaster, 1916 | | Notts | Lieut. |\n| D.O.1503 | A.V.C. | 64 | Fair | Ed. privately. 31 yrs. Reg. Army, 3 yrs. as Quartermaster. Thorough knowledge stores and accounts. | | Warwick | Hon. Lieut |\n| 1220 | | 39 | Fair | Ed. privately. Qualified analytical chemist. Fellow Chemical Soc. 20 yrs experience chemical work. Knowledge food, drugs, minerals, metals. Good organiser. | | London | 2nd Lieut. |\n| D.0.1516 | X.G.C. | 29 | Fair. D.A.H. | Ed. privately. 4 yrs, clk, British Linen Bk, Wigtown, N.B. 6 yrs book-keeper and cashier Mackie & Gladstone, Birkenhead & Liverpool. | | Wales | 2nd Lieut. |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| H.Q. D.O.A-29.7.18 H.Q.D.046-22.7.18 | | | | | | | |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 478755, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918", "page_number": 220, "title": "CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918", "content_text": "# TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS \n**BONIFACE, GRACE.LONDON.** \nALL LETTERS TO BE ADDRESSED TO \nREMITTANCES WANT KARABLE TO THE \n**HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION**, \n\nHongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation: \n3, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C.3. \n`(147)` \n\nOctober 21, 1918. \n\n**COPY** \n\nThe Under Secretary of State for The Colonies, \nColonial Office, S.W.1. \n\nSir, \n\nFor 2018 \n\nThe Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce informs us that the Hongkong Government has suggested to them that local business houses who have members of their staffs serving with H.M. Forces at home or on any of the War fronts, should communicate with their London Agents requesting them to supply the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies with the names and regimental numbers of men whose early release is required after the cessation of hostilities.\n\nAt the request of our Head Office in Hongkong, we beg to comply with this suggestion and give you the following names of officers of the Bank who are at present serving in H.M. Army.\n\n| Name | Rank and Regiment | Details |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Blunt, Harold Ernest | Capt. 1/1 Sussex Yeomanry, Attached 16th Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. | Enlisted 6/9/14. Active service Dec. 1915 to date. |\n| Foord-Kelcey, R. | Temp. Lieut. 1.G.C. | Serving with B Coy. 23rd Batt. K.G.C. Italian Expeditionary Force. |\n| Adams, Chas. Gofton | Lieut. | Now prisoner of War at Schweidnitz, Schlesien. (A/Capt. 1/20 Bat. Lond. Regt.) |\n| Cooke, C. F. | Capt. Special Reserve (Lieut. 2nd Essex Rgt.) | Seconded for duty, Labour Corps, 10/5/18. Now commanding No. 056 Area Employt. Coy. B.E.F. France. |\n| Morriss, P. de C. | | Date of commission 2nd Lieut. 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards. 26/9/16. |\n| Murphy, L. N. | Lieut. Scots Guards (Special Reserve) | |\n| Hegarty, Herbert Geo. | M.C., Temp. Capt. | Flight Commander R.A.F. Joined June 1917. |\n| Stewart, M. Hubert | 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards | Cadet School, Bushey. 11 Oct. 1918. |\n| Ramsay, J. H. | do. | do. |\n| Barton, Roderick T. | do. | do. |\n\nSir, \nYour obedient servants, \nWe have the honour to be, \n**MANAGER**", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-452 - Others & Individuals - 1918.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 479124, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-453 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [1-3]", "page_number": 100, "title": "CO129-453 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [1-3]", "content_text": "## I.\n\n1.6 - Commander Bextrmilt HK.\n\nC\n\nDance of getting leave before he (Commander Taylor) retired, while was due in April of next year.\n\n9t is clear from `513088/19` that H.K. do not want Commander Largtown back again. That Admiral have not stated the date on which they will release him. In the whole it will, I think, last first of all.\n\nI write to Adming, ref=`4061`, saying \n\n**(Message Form A.17.)**\n\nTHE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED.\n\nClerk's Name.\n\nISSUED FROM \n41-42, PARLIAMENT STREET, S.W. 1.\n\n| No. | REMARK |\n| --- | --- |\n| LONDON STATIONS:- | |\n| ELECTRA HOUSE, | |\n| B. LEADENHALL STREET. EC. 3... | 9682 Wall & Linss |\n| FINSBURY PAVEMENT, E.. 2 | |\n| 11, OLD BROAD STREET, E.C. 2 | (3032 Well) |\n| (05) Avenue! | |\n| 29, MINCING LANE, 5,0,0) MARKET? | |\n| 20, MARK LANE, E.C. 8 'BLOGS. | |\n| 97, HOLBORN VIADUCT, E.C I | |\n| 41 & 42, PARLIAMENT STREET, S.W. 1 | |\n| THE BALTIC, ST. MARY AXE, E.C. 3 | (852 Avenue) ... (1014 Haiborn) (12516 Gerard) (4408 Avenue1) |\n\n21 JAN 1919\n\nthat Com & Taghour is due to retire on pension April 1920, both esh matter in the aires. by would wish to make arrangements to retain Com: Tagion's services at the Arding after that date,\n\nTo inform Joy Comfy postp.\n\nThe following TELEGRAM Received at \nFrom Foreign \n\"Thaps \n15 Nov \nDated hongkong \nTime letter received frame \ninder trylour indicates that he returning on hirsi intends micketer hongkong as Dom an posibile third silver that he should be finformed \n\nConsider that, motraid he be cortes (as) to will becce mes pare cante fiftyfine Gara Jovern H.K. C.A. as to `4061` Anot \n\n29/1119 At once A&R 30.1 \n\nREPLIES SHOULD BE ORDERED Via éastein, \nDoubtful words should be officially reposted. See Rule Book.\n\nPo No inquiry respecting this Telegram can be attended to without the production of this Copy.\n\nWatch - Goland, Brunete, Toming Wal, take...", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-453 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [1-3].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 482323, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-458 - Public Offices & Others - 1919", "page_number": 371, "title": "CO129-458 - Public Offices & Others - 1919", "content_text": "possible. I pause to add that on the principle laid down in Thomas v. Reg., Law Reports, 10, Queen's Bench, page 31, upon the authority of The Bankers Case (Howell, 5 Mod. Skinner), an affirmative finding upon the suppliants' allegation of an agreement between them and the Crown would have entitled them to the judgment of the Court, and that my ultimate opinion upon their appeal depends in the first place upon the fact that there was no such agreement.\n\nThe right of the Crown to occupy the suppliants' premises for necessary purposes of public defence in time of war was based by the Attorney-General upon the royal prerogative, and, alternatively, upon the Defence of the Realm (Consolidation) Act, 1914, and the Defence of the Realm Regulations. The ground of prerogative was the ground most elaborately discussed before us. The argument for the Crown was in effect that at common law there is in the Sovereign the duty of defending the realm, that this duty carries with it all necessary rights for the doing of things incident to the performance of the duty, so far as they are not unlawful, and that one of these incidental things is the occupation of land whenever military necessity so requires. As to legality, it was said for the Crown that temporary occupation for defence is not a disseisin within the prohibition of Magna Charta. As to necessity, it was contended that the Sovereign is constitutionally the arbiter. The common law duty of the Sovereign to defend the realm appears clearly in the arguments and judgment in Hampden's Case (Howell's State Trials, volume 3, page 826) in the Case of Shipmoney. The right of the Crown to enter upon lands of a subject for purposes of public defence was affirmed by the unanimous opinion of the Judges, given consultatively to the Crown in the Case of Mr. St. John's argument against Saltpetre. 12 The Reports, page 13.\n\n\"the Crown in the Case of Shipmoney throws a clear light upon the class of questions here under discussion, and the Judges there, although they were divided as to the matter which was immediately to be decided, were unanimous as to certain questions which are material to the present case. I shall refer only to the judgments of two of the Judges whose opinions were given adversely to the claim of the Crown. Mr. Justice Crooke said in discussing the prerogative: \"The law provides a remedy in case of necessity and danger, for then the King may command his subjects without Parliament to defend the kingdom.\" \"How? By all men of war whatsoever for the land, and by all ships whatsoever for the sea, which he may take from all parts of the kingdom and join them with his own Navy, which hath been the practice of all former kings.\" Mr. Justice Hutton said: “The King is bound to defend the kingdom.\" Mr. St. John for the defendant had said, \"It must needs be granted that in the business of defence the suprema potestas is inherent in His Majesty. Neither hath the law only entrusted the care of defence to His Majesty, but it hath likewise put the summa potestas and means of defence wholly into his hands\n\nNeither is His Majesty armed only with his primitive prerogative of generalissimo and commander-in-chief, but also with all other powers requisite for the full execution of all things incident to so high a place as well in times of danger as of actual war.” One of the grounds on which Hampden's resistance to shipmoney was based by Mr. St. John was the existence of \"the many prerogatives which the law hath settled in the Crown for the defence of the kingdom.\" A right to summon all subjects to defend the realm by personal service; Foster, 157, 158, Fitzherbert, Nat. Prov. Coke on Litt. 75, 76; the power of the subject to issue commissions of array, Parliament Rolls, 2 Rush 1229; power of impressment of ships and men for the Navy, Chitty, cap. lv, Selden Mare Clausum, cap. xx.; 1 Blackstone, cap. 419; 51 R. 276; and the exclusive authority to erect fortifications (Comyn's Digest: Prerogative), have been considered clear instances of prerogative rights which existed at common law. The right to enter upon lands within the realm, as and when military defence requires it, is claimed in this case as such a right, and is said to be exemplified in the decision of various courts of law, which were cited in the Shoreham Case with regard to the raising of bulwarks to repel invasion. As was pointed out for the Appellants, these were all decisions in litigation between subjects and not express determination as to the rights of the Sovereign. Litigation upon such a question as between the subject and the Crown could hardly occur. The subject would not be likely to ask or get the royal fiat for a petition of right, and the Sovereign, obstructed in what he deemed the necessary defence of the realm, would probably not resort to a prosecution for misdemeanour. The absence of legal records was relied upon by the suppliants as proof of non-existence of the alleged right. It is true that the Year Books, the more modern Reports, the Parliament Rolls, and the public accounts show no trace of a previous occurrence of such a controversy as this. It is equally true that, within the time of legal memory, armies arrayed under the authority of the Crown have repeatedly occupied large areas of land in all parts of the country to the exclusion, for longer or shorter periods of time, of the owners of the land. There are no records of complaints by action at law, or, so far as I know, by petition to the Crown, or by parliamentary protest, and the searches made by the parties in the Record Office produced no proofs of payment except for lands purchased or rented under statutory powers or by agreement. On the whole, the absence of decided cases and of records of payments or other admissions of liability by the Crown seems to me not to support the suppliants' case in this regard, but rather to tend to destroy it. The cases between subjects in which the plea of necessity in time of war for public defence was successfully raised in early times in actions of trespass are fairly numerous. In 8 Edward IV. a custom in Kent, when the enemy came to the coast, to enter upon land adjoining the same coast in defence and safeguard of the realm, and then to make there trenches and bulwark; for the defence of the realm, was held to be well pleaded. In 21 Henry VII. entry upon land in time of war, \"pur faire bulwarke in defence du Roy et le Realm,\" was held to be justifiable as a thing necessary for the commonwealth though otherwise illegal.\" In 1 Henry VIII. the opinion of the Court of Common Pleas is recorded to the effect that suburbs of cities seront plucked down in temps de guerre; pur ceo que ceo est pur le commonwealth chescun poit faire sans aver action. This alleged right is affirmed in Chitty on the Prerogative. The Case of Saltpetre declares the opinion of all the judges in 1607 that there is in the Crown a right of entry on all lands for a purpose essential for defence, though the purpose originate within the time of legal memory. That is to say, the right is not limited to cases in which it has from time to time been exercised. Not the nature of the user, but the fact of necessity, is the decisive consideration which governs the right. In my opinion the law was before the Defence Acts, and now is that, in case of necessity for public defence, the Crown may, of right, enter upon the land of the subject, and may remain in occupation while the necessity continues. This Court so decided in the Shoreham Case, and I think that the observations of Lord Parker in the Zamara indicate the concurrence of the noble and learned Lord in the view of the law expressed in that decision.\n\nThe answer of the suppliants to the claim made under the prerogative was, firstly, that whatever rights of the kind in question existed at common law—not admitting them—such rights have been abrogated by modern legislation. Reliance was placed upon a series of enactments, temporary measures enacted at intervals in the period from 1 Henry VIII. to\n\nPage 358", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-458 - Public Offices & Others - 1919.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 483712, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-461 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [5-7]", "page_number": 65, "title": "CO129-461 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [5-7]", "content_text": "A\n\nD\n\n64\n\nhappy disposition, with a particularly pleasant manner, he was deservedly popular with Officers, Masters and Cadets alike, and no boy who has passed through the \"Conway\" in recent years is more deserving of success or more likely to achieve it.\"\n\nCommander\n\nCaptain in charge \"Edinburgh Castle\" writes: \"This is to certify that Mr. W.C. Hake has served as Lieutenant R.N.R. on board H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle under my command, from the 15th day of September 1914 to the 27th May 1915 during which period he has conducted himself with zeal and great ability. A most accurate and reliable Navigating Officer in whom I have every trust.\"\n\nThe Captain in charge of H.M.S. Tyne, writes - \"This is to certify, that Mr. W.C. Hake has served as Lieutenant R.N.R. on board H.M.S. Tyne under my command from the 14th day of May 1918 to the 17th day of June 1918, during which period he has conducted himself to my entire satisfaction. A zealous and trustworthy officer of sound judgment.\"\n\nMessrs. Elders and Fyffes Ltd. write: \"We hereby certify that you joined our service in April 1908 as 3rd Officer, being subsequently promoted to 2nd Officer, and becoming Chief Officer in September 1911. You served in the latter capacity on various ships of our fleet until April 1914 when you were appointed to one of them as Master, which position you held until the present date, when, in consequence of the European War, we had to relieve you of command, as we have to put several of our vessels out of commission.\n\n\"We have very great pleasure in testifying to your ability, as Officer and a seaman, and to your exemplary conduct at all times.\"\n\nAdmiralty Report. The following reports appear in this Officer's", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-461 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [5-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 484108, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-461 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [5-7]", "page_number": 461, "title": "CO129-461 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [5-7]", "content_text": "456\n\nhis loss. His disposition is amiable, and his manners and bearing are those of a gentleman. It gives me great pleasure to recommend him.\n\nwrites:\n\nBrig. General T.G.Cope, Commanding 176th Infantry Brigade,\n\n\"Capt. Hazlerigg, R.A.S.C.,M.C. has been in command of the Train Coy. attached to the 176 Inf. Bde. During my command of this Bde. since August 14th, 1917, the Tran Coy, has never failed to deliver the supplies, sometimes under difficult circumstances. These good results I attribute to the hard work and whole-hearted devotion to duty of its Commander, Capt. Hazlerigg.\"\n\nLt.Col. T.Haderigg, R.A.E.C., Commanding 59th Divisional Train, writes: \"Capt. Hazlerigg, M.C. has served under my command since 20.6.16. He has always proved himself to be a most hard-working and reliable Officer. Commanded his Coy. in France with great tact and judgment.\n\n\"In May 1918 he went back with a few drivers and horses (under heavy fire) to fetch loaded wagons which had been left behind owing to twelve horses having been killed; for this he was awarded the M.C. He is especially good at all office work.\n\nMr. W.Harding, of Harding and Barnett, Solicitors, writes: \"I have known Capt. T.M.Hazlerigg intimately for many years, he having served his Articles of Clerkship, which he completed in the year 1905, in this office.\n\n\"Commencing practice shortly afterwards, in this town on his own account, he maintained a good reputation throughout the always up-hill and testing years necessarily required for founding a legal practice, and achieved a creditable position which he relinquished only at the call of duty, and with much self-sacrifice, upon the outbreak of war.\n\n\"Capt. Hazlerigg is a capable lawyer and man of affairs and of honour.\"\n\nrig.Gen.Tumer", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-461 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [5-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 484367, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-462 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [7-10]", "page_number": 229, "title": "CO129-462 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [7-10]", "content_text": "COFT\n\nStromness,\n\nOrkney Islands.\n\n212\n\n1st July 1916.\n\nI have much pleasure in recommending C.P.O. U. A. Farrell R.N.V.R. for the work he carried out in the Submarine Defence at Scapa Flow during a very trying period of two years. He was efficient and is a conscientious hard worker.\n\nJOY\n\n(Signed)\n\nHarold Brown\n\nCommander R.N.\n\nGranton Base,\n\nFirth of Forth\n\n2nd June 1918.\n\nChief Petty Officer U.A.Farrell A.M.I.E.E. has worked under my supervision at Granton Inchgarvie and Inchkeith during a period of one year. He is a diligent hardworking and capable C.P.O. and I can highly recommend him as an Electrician.\n\n(Signed)\n\nArthur G. Crawford\n\nCommander R.N.\n\nCOPT\n\nH.M.S. Vernon,\n\nPortsmouth.\n\n1st June 1918.\n\nChief Petty Officer U.A.Farrell joined this Depot as Electrician in June 1915. For the first three months he was given charge of the Telephone Exchange and Submarine cables of this establishment. Afterwards placed in charge and held responsible for all repairs, adjustments etc., to Electrical instruments on Submarine work. He carried out his duties efficiently and to my complete satisfaction.\n\n(Signed) T.R.G. O'Connor\n\nCommander R.N.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-462 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [7-10].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 489256, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921", "page_number": 404, "title": "CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921", "content_text": "# Ningpo\n\n201\n\nThe most noteworthy event of the quarter was the unexpected resignation of the Civil Governor of the province, Ch'i Yao-shen, in the middle of June, following impeachment in the Provincial Assembly. A difference of opinion between Ch'i and the Military Governor, Lu Yung-hsiang, as to the appointment of the provincial treasurer seems to have been the direct cause of the former's resignation, which has resulted in a number of officials following suit. Meanwhile, a party has come forward to urge Peking to appoint Lu Yung-hsiang concurrently Civil Governor; in view of Lu's already powerful position, however, it is hardly likely that the Central Government will give him the two posts.\n\nThanks to the activities of the Students' Association, the Japanese boycott is still enforced, and occasional raids are made on shops suspected of selling Japanese goods.\n\nIt is hoped to continue the construction of the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway. Two engineering difficulties have to be overcome, namely, the bridging of the Chien Tang and the Tsao Ngo rivers. As regards the former, a ferry service will be instituted to connect the two lines, while the bridging of the Tsao Ngo is held up for lack of material, of which the large quantities stored for the purpose at Tsingtao were used during the war.\n\n## Chunkiang\n\nOn four occasions during the quarter, public warnings were issued against the activities of \"extremists,\" who, to quote a police circular, had been secretly hatching plots to subvert the Government. That pamphlets of extremist origin were circulated amongst the students of the district there can be no doubt; but as the cause of the unrest seems to be rather a sense of the instability of the Central Government than the hostility of labour to the ruling classes, it is difficult to believe that the movement is more than an effort, failing an appeal to the electorate, to turn the Government out of office.\n\nThe anniversary of Japan's twenty-one demands (9th May) was commemorated by the boys and girls of the various schools, who paraded the city, carrying flags with patriotic and in some cases aggressive inscriptions, as for instance, \"dwarf devils!\" and \"Servile traitors are below the level of horses and dogs.\" Pamphlets describing the unprepared condition of the country in the face of Japanese aggression were distributed in the streets.\n\nAs a result of the appointment of Hsiung Kai-hsien as head of police, the force has been reorganised and considerably reduced. The old uniforms were withdrawn and new ones issued, and 120 men were dismissed from the service as physically unfit. Furthermore, the pay of all ranks has been increased as from the 1st May last, the expenses being met by a loan of 4,000 dollars from the Bank of Communications.\n\nSemi-military organisations such as boy scouts are developing in the Chinese schools, where physical drill and gymnastics receive official encouragement. One school possesses a corps of eighty boys from 8 to 17 years of age, whose drill and general appearance are creditable.\n\n## Tengyueh\n\nIn the preceding summary, a brief account was given of the unrest on the Burma frontier, which culminated at the beginning of March in the attack on a detachment of British military police in the northern Shan States. Since that outbreak, there has been no further attack reported, and all is now quiet on the frontier. Only one of the ringleaders, however, was taken, namely, Tsai Hsueh-Ch'ang, whose capture, it is noted, took place on the Burma side of the frontier.\n\nOn the Chinese side, there is no system of military police, and there will be none until the frontier posts are manned by adequate garrisons in accordance with the Manai Agreement. This is a reform which the Yunnan Government might be expected to undertake.\n\nOn the 10th June, a proclamation was posted outside the south gate of Tengyueh announcing the abolition of the Tuchunship and the assumption by the self-deposed Tuchun, Tang Chi-yao, of the supreme command over all troops in his province. The proclamation summarises in brief the story of misgovernment since the revolution of 1911. Tang is most careful to emphasise the unselfish part that he has played throughout the war of North and South, and particularly in the Peace Conference at Shanghai, which might have been brought to a successful issue, declares the Tuchun, had his aspirations been carried into effect.\n\nEverywhere there is unrest, which may at any time break out into civil war; the country must be saved at once if she is to be saved at all. In the abolition of the Tuchunship, which, in Tang Chi-yao's opinion, is the primary source of all the trouble, lies China's salvation. Yunnan sets the example and calls upon the other provinces to follow suit. Beyond a certain amount of speculation among the merchants, the posting of the proclamation produced little effect in Tengyueh.\n\nIn spite of the urgent representations made by His Majesty's Consul to the Taoyin, nothing has been done to put a stop to the cultivation of opium in this district, with the result that a record harvest has been reaped, and raw opium is now selling at 30 cents per ounce as against 1 dollar 50 cents last year and 3 dollars the year before.\n\nThe attitude of the Taoyin in this matter, as in that of the frontier trouble, appears to be most reprehensible. He is quite content to issue orders and proclamations, which are treated by local officials as so much waste paper. Though aware of the opium-dealing activities of several merchants, he is neither able nor disposed to take proceedings against them. There is little hope of the evil being checked so long as this man with his shiftings, his promises, and his assurances remains in office; meanwhile, the opium trade grows steadily on the main road between Tengyueh and the frontier.\n\n## Yunnan-fu\n\nThe South-Western Confederacy has been considerably weakened, if it has not come to an end, during the quarter. This is an immediate consequence of the activity of the Cheng Hsueh Hui, of which all the chief men of the Kwangsi Party were members. Attempts have been made to embroil Yunnan and Kwangsi, but always without success. Marshal Tang Chi-yao, Tuchun of Yunnan and leader of the South-West Confederacy, broke finally with Li Ken-yuan, one of the Yunnanese commanders, over these intrigues of the Cheng Hsueh Hui, and this split marks the beginning of a more definite policy on Tang's part.\n\nOn the 1st June, the latter promulgated his decision to abolish the Tuchunship. His proclamation (summarised in the report on Tengyueh) gives no true indication of the feelings which actuated him in this step, which was in effect the second move in a project to seize Szechuan, or, at any rate, the financial resources of that province. Marshal Tang's first move had been to secure in April his election as Commander-in-chief of the united armies of Yunnan, Szechuan, and Kweichow, with Liu Hsien-Shih as Vice-Commander-in-chief. The war with Szechuan, which broke out in May, has strengthened Tang's position still further. Although at the end of June, Tuchun Hsiung Ko-wu was fighting hard, his ultimate defeat seems certain unless he can obtain assistance, for the Yunnanese are more than a match for their luxury-loving neighbours.\n\nWhen Hsiung Tuchun has been overthrown, the Tuchunship in Szechuan will be abolished, and according to the Yunnan plan, the provincials are to be allowed to select their own Governor. Liu Hsien-shih of Kweichow abolished the Tuchunship on the 21st June. The day is perhaps not far distant when Marshal Tang Chi-yao will have brought the three provinces under his sway.\n\nSince the break-up of the Canton Military Government, General Li Lieh-Chun, Chief of Staff, has arrived in Yunnan, bringing with him twenty-seven senators and representatives.\n\nYang Tien-Fu, the brigand chief, is still at large, although in May he might have been taken had a determined effort been made, for his fortunes at that time were at a low ebb. He is now as strong as ever and commands a following of 2,000 men, all well-equipped.\n\nEarly in July, a couple of villages in the Yunnan-fu plain, some 8 miles north of the town, were attacked by robber bands. This is the first time that they have ventured so close to the capital.\n\nThere seems to have been a considerable amount of internal discord amongst the forces of the South-West Confederacy in the Shih-nan region; telegrams have appeared in the local press referring to the murders of officers. Marshal San Tien-wei was appointed in April to the post of General Officer Commanding the 1st Hupeh Army in the place of General Po Wen-wei, whose period in office is considered to have been a failure.\n\n## Chungking\n\nThroughout the quarter, interest has centred in the political and military struggle between the Szechuanese and Yunnanese factions. Yu Chi-t'ang, military commissioner... \n\nPage 402 \nPage 5", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 490909, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-472 - Others - 1921", "page_number": 602, "title": "CO129-472 - Others - 1921", "content_text": "19.\n\nReferences:\n\n1. Name,\n\nAddress,\n\nOccupation or position,\n\n2. Name,\n\nAddress,\n\nOccupation or position,\n\nTown Hall, Ealing, London, Mr. Gunalla: fa\n\nmayor of Ealing.\n\nJB. Johnson, Jas\n\nTown Hall, Ealing. London, W. Directr\n\nof Education.\n\n(These should be persons resident in the United Kingdom, who have known the applicant intim... and are in a position to answer any enquiries that may be made of them. They should not be relu!!. and should be holders of responsible positions who are acquainted with the applicant's character work in recent years. The names of Officers of the Board of Education should not be given.)\n\n20.*Copies of testimonials from :—\n\nDRAFT.\n\nJecy\n\nB. of banc.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nInd\n\nm037561/4\n\n595\n\n12 any qu\n\nfin\n\nDATE\n\n+\n\nto ack, with\n\nthanks, the recess of yr ho\n\nof the 26th of July.\n\ninform you\n\nthat\n\nMaster\n\nJunior\n\nbdnen. Dept. of\n\n1.\n\nBorough Road Training College, Isleworth. Wo\n\nMr.\n\nHarman 4/5/m\n\n2.\n\nThe Hadenades, Lammas Boys School, Ealing, W.\n\nMr.\n\nBeckett 5)\n\nappt.\n\nMr.\n\n3.\n\nThe Headmaster County Boy School, Yeovil, Sominet.\n\nthe\n\n4.\n\nA. Wood Sig, MPA, Inter, Emmanuel College, Cambridge\n\n*Two sets of copies of testimonials should be submitted with the application form. Original testimonials she'\n\nnot be forwarded unless asked for by this Office.\n\n21. Observations.\n\nor inst\n\n[Subjects the applicant is prepared to teach and any special qualifications or experience Leg\n\nmusic and singing, commercial subjects, languages, literary work, organization not mentioned under heads 14-18 above, should be given here.]\n\n1. I pasard\n\n2.\n\nहमे\n\nat the\n\nast Class Justnicter in Musketty (no pronted by the National Reflector\n\nCorps of the School of Musketing, Briley Carruth\n\nI have attended the.\n\nFollowing\n\n1914.\n\ny mitmction in the Amy\n\nCourse for Company Commander (feriate).\n\nCourse of Jued Engineering (Ongar)\n\ndried mp\n\nMr. Grindle.\n\nSir H. Lambert.\n\nSir H. Read,\n\nSir G. Fiddes.\n\nMr. Wood.\n\nMr. Churchill.\n\nExcellent report\n\n2 afte\n\n.1916.\n\nV. good repet.\n\n1916.\n\nGood report.\n\n1917\n\nExcellent report\n\n1917 Excellent report.\n\n(Hiscount Prance)\n\n1910 V. good se ghost.\n\n1918\n\n(iii) Laur's machine Your Course (frauthaus)\n\nunti-Her Course (Wingham)\n\nCovers Drike Comma (Rotword) (it) Leneral Course for Company Commande\n\n(M) Muskatry. Third Amy School, trance.\n\n3. As the chief brotinctos at the $7 Dwal N. CA shoul\n\nto partake in\n\nany militing organisation.\n\nSxcellent report.\n\nI am\n\nHK. M\n\nbering offered\n\nt\n\nIve t\n\nf\n\nm. Hamble, ongeri\n\nto his being farmed\n\nphysically\n\nfür for\n\nservice\n\n[8]gnor) 11, 8. REAM", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-472 - Others - 1921.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 492969, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12]", "page_number": 322, "title": "CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12]", "content_text": "21\n\nMOTOR BOATS\n\nFOR SALE.\n\nThe Twin Screw Tunnel Stern Motor Launch \"ENRICA\"\n\n(Built of Steel).\n\nLength overall.--56' 0\" Breadth moulded.-11' 6\" Depth moulded.-3′ 6′′ Draught moulded.-18\" to 19\" D. W. capacity on above draft. --3 tons.\n\nSpeed.-8 knots. Engines.-Twin set \"Kelvin\" Motors, each 30 h.p.\n\nInstalled with Electric Light. Price $10,000 or near offer.\n\nThe Motorboat \"KEIKUNG\" (Built of Teak). Length overall.-29.8/10. Breadth.-7.5/10. Draught (approximate). -18. Engine -- \"Kelvin\" Paraffin Motor.\n\nPrice $1,800 or near offer.\n\nAPPLY\n\nTHE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.\n\nHELENA MAY\n\nINSTITUTE.\n\nExtensions Opened.\n\nEXCHANGE.\n\non Page 11.\n\nFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1922.\n\nOpening Rate: closing Rate\n\nSELLING.\n\nHongkong Hotel,\n\n2/63/4 2/6.13/16\n\nAstor House Hotel,\n\nExtensive alterations have been made to the Helena May Institute. A new dining hall, situated in the basement, has been provided. The entrance to this room is by a fine staircase, about nine feet wide, from the main hall. The new room is fitted with all modern conveniences. The woodwork is teak, with an attractive colour scheme of buff and white, and the splendid lighting arrangements and the large verandah windows, from which a view of the Peak can be obtained, all add to the charm of this welcome addition. The hall seats about a hundred diners and is so arranged that it can also be used for dances and cinematograph shows. Connected with the dining hall are a new kitchen and pantry, both spacious and well-fitted.\n\nSeven more bed-rooms have been provided, including a room for the matron. They are fitted with teak furniture and look very cosy little places. The library, to which has been added several new books, has been moved to one of the new rooms of the extension and a better lighting system has been installed.\n\nThese extensions were made owing to the generosity of the late Sir Ellis Kadoorie. The cost of the furnishing was undertaken by the Institute. The architects were Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs.\n\nNESTLE & ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK\n\nTHE COWIE HARBOUR COAL COMPANY LIMITED. SILIMPOPON COAL.\n\nThe extensions were thrown open for the first time yesterday afternoon. It was quite an informal gathering and there were no speeches.\n\nAmong those present were Mrs. Claud Severn, Mrs. Bullock, the Hon. Mr. E V. D. Parr and Mrs. Parr, the Hon. Mr. Perkins and Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Spring P. L. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. D. Cousland, Commander, and Mrs. Samson, Commander Radcliffe, Mrs. A Mackenzie, Miss MacKay, the Rev. J. T Holman, and many others. The Acting President of the Institute (Mrs. J. H. Kemp) was unable to attend owing to slight indisposition.\n\nPEKING NEWS.\n\nSolving the Cabinet Problem.\n\nThe Council of the Institute has arranged an attractive programme for the winter months, including musicales, dances, lectures, religious services, readings, cinematograph performances and a new feature, the children's hour.\n\nA Peking telegram states that late at night on the 19th, the President and Wong Chung-wai had a private consultation on the Cabinet question and eventually reached a settlement. A manifesto was issued next day to the effect that the request that Tang Shao-yi should form a Cabinet was withdrawn, and that Wong Chung-wai had been appointed Premier.\n\nAnother Peking message states that the terms for the return of the naval squadron from Canton have been arranged, and they will be put into effect when the Peking Government is in a position to meet the arrears of payment.\n\nWUCHOW UNREST.\n\nSTAR THEATRE.\n\n\"The Miracle of Love\".\n\nENTERTAINMENTS\n\nTHE CORONET\n\nHOTELS\n\nLEADING FAR EASTERN HOTELS.\n\nHONGKONG:\n\nPeak Hotel,\n\nRepulse Bay Hotel.\n\n'SHANGHAI:\n\nPalace Hotel,\n\nGrand Hotel Kalee.\n\nPEKING:\n\nGrand Hotel des Wagon Lits.\n\nThe Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.\n\nIn conjunction with\n\nThe Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.\n\nand\n\nThe Grand Hotel des Wagons Ltd.\n\nKING EDWARD HOTEL.\n\nCENTRAL LOCATION,\n\nELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.\n\nHOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS.\n\nIsl. Central 373.\n\nTelegraphic Address: \"VICTORIA\n\nJ. WITCHELL,\n\nTo-day at 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 & 9.15.\n\nORIGINAL CAST\n\nIN\n\nTHE GIRL\n\nIN THE TAXI.\n\nWORLD\n\nPHONE. 1337\n\nKOWLOON\n\nTHEATRE\n\nTO-NIGHT at 9 15 TO-MORROW at 5.45\n\nand 9.15.\n\nHAROLD LLOYD\n\nIN\n\n\"A SAILOR MADE MAN.\"\n\nTHEATRE\n\nPHONE 1337\n\nManager.\n\nTHE EUROPE HOTEL.\n\nSINGAPORE.\n\nDANCING AFTER DINNER EVERY\n\nMONDAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY.\n\nTEA DANCES\n\nTUESDAYS and THURSDAYS.\n\nThe Hotel Orchestra under the Direction of Mr. F. R. Martens.\n\nTelephones in every Room.\n\n148 Nom\n\n81 163\n\nTelephone No. 2740 (9 lines).\n\nSUBSIDIARY COINS.\n\nHongkong 50 ct. pieces\n\n10\n\n5\n\n124 pm.\n\npar\n\n19.5/5% dir.\n\nJanctu sub. coins\n\nHengsong. S pr 22. 1922.\n\nWEATHER REPORT.\n\nSept. 22nd 11% 17.\n\nIt has decreased slightly over L., and lightly from Vladivostock to Weihaiwei.\n\nThe typhoon which passed the Bonins on September 19 has moved to the E. of Hakkaido.\n\nThe anticyclone is now centred near Weihaiwei. It is moving eastward.\n\nHowever inclement the weather outside, there is always a feeling of tranquility inside the Star Theatre. This evening the management is exhibiting as a special attraction the film version of Cosmo Hamilton's famous novel, \"The Miracle of Love.\"\n\nIt took three weeks to erect the elaborate \"set\" of the House of Lords for \"The Miracle of Love.\"\n\nIt is a stirring story of English high life, with Wyndham Standing and Lucy Cotton in the chief parts. The hero is a younger son of a British noble family who is about to renounce his career as an idle and impecunious lord and seek his fortune outside of England, when he suddenly becomes heir to the title through the accidental death of his elder brother. A love story has been worked into the plot, which is said to abound in thrilling situations.\n\nFORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.\n\nDistrict.\n\nFormosa Channel\n\n2 South\n\ncoast of China between H.K. & Lamocks.\n\nThe Military and Gambling.\n\nNews from Wuchow brought back by a resident who has been there on a pleasure trip reveals very much the same state of topsy-turveydom that has been prevalent for months past. Soldiers of the Fourth Division of the Cantonese Army who have been garrisoning the town are said to be sadly out of hand on account of arrears in pay, and to secure funds they have transformed themselves into gambling monopolists. In the main street there are as many as forty concerns doing a brisk business in fantan, and officers are unable to enforce discipline on the men. The situation is given a farcical touch by the elaborate precautions of three gunboats in midstream, which appear to apprehend danger from the military, for their steam has been continually kept up ready for any emergency since their arrival under the orders of Chan Wing-son.\n\nReports are filtering into Hongkong of fighting between the Kwangtung and Yunnanese troops on the one hand and the Kwangsi troops on the other, further up the interior.\n\nPublic confidence appears to have been very badly shaken, for the majority of the shops remain closed, whilst those that venture to continue business close their shutters very early in the evenings. Pedestrians are a rare sight at night, many of the inhabitants preferring the safety of barred doors to walking about in the streets, where, as likely as not, they would stand the risk of being robbed by the military.\n\nRECORD ENROLMENT AT SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY.\n\nA record number of students has been enrolled in St. John's University (Shanghai), 340 in the collegiate department and 250 in the middle school.\n\nat 2 p.m. 6 am 2pm.\n\n76 17\n\n84 86\n\n6 4 Sa. 23 m 10 49 69 4 9\n\n22nd. to 28th, Sept. 1922\n\nLow Water\n\nHongkong\n\nHoogkong\n\nMean Time\n\n1, b. m.\n\nMean Time\n\nft. m. 7.3 20 48 6.%\n\nb. I\n\nft. n\n\nm 3 34\n\n1.7\n\n4\n\n1.7\n\nopen\n\nopen\n\n5\n\nотд oy orq sun. 24 4.25 0.00 1.16\n\nMon, 25 air\n\n21st 83 faeu. 26\n\n3 Wed 27 m 1\n\n3 19a 4.9a al Thar 28 m 1 59 65 I 9 24 2.4 4 ANA 4.7 7 4.4\n\n1.5\n\n14 44 69\n\n4 40 1,1\n\n11 4 11 *7a 720\n\n6.4\n\n0 30a 5.8\n\n5 la 31\n\nm 13\n\n69\n\nIn\n\n650 19\n\n1 586\n\n5.3\n\n6.7\n\nm\n\nm. morning a. afternoon\n\nWeather\n\nRain. Highest\n\nTemperature on the Lowest\n\nair Temperature on the 22nd 75\n\nT F. CLAXTON, Director.\n\nH.K. Ob... vatory, Sept. 21.\n\n5 7 14\n\n5 15 2.6\n\nm 5 56 1,8\n\n1\n\nTientsin.\n\nCordillere, from\n\nVongtsonpao li Laridle Street, from Shanghai.\n\nKianghing Engiok West, from Taipeh.\n\nLootengsi, from Amoy.\n\nMinleechan, from Shanghai.\n\nChengsoychor 11 Old Peel\n\nStreet, from Shanghai.\n\nPianchang, from Amoy.\n\nKihung, from Kobe.\n\nYungsikshang, from Kobe.\n\nLiang Laitsak, from Shanghai.\n\nHongkong's Most Modern & Coolest Picture Palace.\n\nTO-DAY at 5.15 and 3.15 p.m.\n\nTHE DRAMA OF A GIRL WHO KEPT STRAIGHT:\n\nA REALART PICTURE:\n\n\"THE LAND OF HOPE\"\n\nALICE BRADY\n\nA Powerful Story of The Dreams & Accomplishment of a Boy\n\nIn an Ad prod. Lawl\n\nHARRY SNOB POLLARD COMEDY.\n\n2.30 & 7.15 p.m.\n\nCHARLES HUTCHISON in\n\nSTAR\n\nDOUBLE ADVENTURE\" Ejendea, & mai ti,\n\nTHEATRE.\n\nPEKING ROAD, KOWLOON. Tel. Kowloo... 7\n\nThe biggest house exhibiting the lust ; ietur s\n\nTO-DAY to MONDAY, 25th. 5,30 and 95 10.\n\nLUCY COTTON\n\nin\n\n\"THE MIRACLE OF LOVE.\"\n\nA Cosmopolitan Special Picture.\n\nking at the Star Ferry Wharf for Hongkong Rodne FREE FERRY TICKETS BOTH WAYS. Open Daily #30 jo buô pm, and 1 to 9 pm, Saturdays 2 to 2.1 pm.. 3 to 5 15 pm\n\nSEE HAND BILLS.\n\nto 9 pm.\n\nJAPAN COAL\n\n- AND\n\nGENERAL IMPORTS AND\n\nEXPORTS\n\nAGENTS FOR:\n\nLiangtsuche Lharlie & Co.\n\nTHE MIT UBISHI MARINE & FIR» INSURANCE CO (2), from Shanghai\n\nTHE OSAKA MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE CO.\n\n9235, from Chinkiang.\n\nTH. KRING Superintendent.\n\nHongkong, September 21, 1922\n\nEASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL ARIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO\n\n11377/19th, Bankasia, from\n\nMadras.\n\n9044, 15th. Lampert Hongkong 6 29 3. Hotel, from Ningpo.\n\n57 2.8\n\nM. E. F. AIREY,\n\nSuperintendent,\n\nHongkong. September 21, 1922\n\nMITSUBISHI SHOJI KAISHA\n\n· MITSUBISHI TRADING CO., LTD.)\n\nHEAD OFFICE:-TOKYO\n\nNo. 14. PEDDER ST., HONGKONG.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Proprietor, by Alfred Morley e 11. Ice House Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.\n\nPage 21\n\n...\n\nPage 22", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-476 - Acting Governor Claud Severn & Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [8-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 495145, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-480 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [4-7]", "page_number": 164, "title": "CO129-480 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [4-7]", "content_text": "THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 25TH, 1913\n\nTHE COLONY'S WAR MEMORIAL\n\nUNVEILING OF THE CENOTAPH YESTERDAY.\n\nIMPOSING CEREMONIAL.\n\nTHE SPEECHES.\n\n... Judas the Machabee, and pray that they may ... and in God the everlasting reward they have deserved by their sacrifice on the battle field. Eternal rest give to them, O Lord: and let perpetual light shine upon them.\"\n\nHis Excellency THE GOVERNOR then walked up to the Monument, saluted, laid a wreath, and retired.\n\n**Last Tributes.**\n\nFrom Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung. **In remembrance, from Messrs. Butterfield and Swire and Staff** (The inscription contains the names of 17 men who fell in the War. The names appear under the headings of Butterfield and Swire, Taikoo Dock and the China Navigation Co).\n\nFrom Gilman and Co. Ltd.”\n\n\"In loving memory of 1st Class P.O. Blansdon, S.S. Thalia, sunk by German submarine November 3rd, 1914. Greater love hath no man who giveth his life for a friend.\n\n\"In loving memory of William Howell Hongkong, united by many ties with the heart of the Empire, established,\n\nTen buglers from the King's Regiment, Mr. BERNARD, in asking His Excellency then ascended the steps of the monument, another link yesterday when, with impressive ceremonial, the Colony's War Memorial was unveiled. The Cenotaph, an exact replica of the one in Whitehall, London, was unveiled and dedicated to \"The Glorious Dead.\"\n\nIt constitutes only part of our War Memorial. A Nursing Home is also being built to fill a much felt need in the Colony.\n\nAfter a brief pause the Band played the National Anthem, which has long been known as a symbol of unity.\n\nThis completed the official proceedings, and the general public were able to place their own wreaths at the base of the Cenotaph.\n\nThere was a continuous stream of people visiting the Cenotaph until dusk, and the collection of wreaths and bunches of flowers placed at the base of the memorial kept growing. As darkness set in, large numbers of Chinese clustered around, and in the end, it was found necessary to post a special guard of police to guard the tributes.\n\nThe granite monument has no decoration and the inscription \"The Glorious Dead\" with the date, 1919, in Roman figures. On either side, three bronze flagstaffs project from the masonry and carry, on the centre flagstaff, the Union Jack flanked by the White and the Red Ensign. The Cenotaph is 35 feet in height, and the base measures 18ft. 6 inches by 8ft. 6 inches. Four approaches, cobbled and paved with granite, bisect the grass lawns beyond the Memorial.\n\nAs is generally known, Hongkong's tribute to those who died in the War is to include a Nursing Home to be erected at a cost of roughly a million dollars. The present memorial cost $60,000 exclusive of the site, which was dedicated to the purpose by the Government.\n\nAmong the large gathering present yesterday, seated in the temporary stands erected around the Memorial, were to be noticed all the members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, the members of the War Memorial Committee, the Consuls of all the Powers represented in Hongkong, practically all the Naval and Military Officers at present in the Colony, and a representative gathering of the general public, including a large number of ladies and children.\n\nThe verandahs overlooking the Square were thronged with people, whilst on those of the Hongkong Club, seats had been specially erected for the accommodation of members and their wives. The official arrangements were remarkably efficient, and the whole proceedings went through without a hitch.\n\nAt each corner of the steps which constitute the base of the Cenotaph, there stood, with arms reversed, a sailor of the Royal Navy, a dark-skinned soldier of the Bombay Grenadiers, a khaki-clad \"Tommy\" of the King's Regiment, and a member of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Force, respectively.\n\nH.E. The GOVERNOR Said: \"My Lord Bishop, ladies and gentlemen, We have met here to-day to unveil this memorial to those who gave their lives for their country in the greatest war in which the British Empire has ever taken part.\n\n...\n\nTHE FLORAL TRIBUTES.\n\n\"In loving memory of my dear brother Sgt. Major Gordon C. Nicholls who died at the Battle of Arras, April 12th, 1918, from Capt. and Mrs. Pearson and daughter.\"\n\n\"To our departed brother, Frank M. Soares, from the members of the Catholic Union Club.\"\n\nFrom the W.O's., S. Sgts., Sgts., of the Garrison Sergeants Mess.\"\n\nFrom Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd., in loving remembrance of those who gave their lives in the defence of the Empire.\"\n\nFrom S. David and Co.\"\n\nFrom the members of the Ewo Mess in grateful and loving remembrance of the men who died for the Empire in the Great War.\"\n\n\"In memory of 2nd Lieut. R. J. Stevenson, 1st Hants. Regt., who died of wounds in France, May 10th, 1918, aged 23.\"\n\nThe following is a list of the wreaths and bunches of flowers placed at the base by seven o'clock last night:—\n\nThe Governor.\n\nFrom the Consular Body of Hongkong to Great Britain's Honoured Dead.\n\n\"In memory of our fallen comrades from the Ex-Active Service Men's Association, 1914-1918.\"\n\nThe British Legion.\n\nFrom the Society of St. George, Hongkong—in loving remembrance of those who gave their lives in the Great War in defence of the Empire.\"\n\nTo the memory of four dear brothers and all the Glorious Dead, from Mr. and Mrs. S. Deacon.\"\n\nFrom David Sassoon & Co., Ltd.\"\n\nFrom Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bird. In loving memory of Lieut. Henry Doom Vernon, R.M.A., drowned at sea, September, 1914.. R.I.P.\"\n\nFrom Mr. and Mrs. Bird in loving memory of Squadron Commander Theophilus Chater Vernon, R.F.C. killed at the Somme, September, 1916.\"\n\n\"In loving remembrance of Uncle Will of William Peter Clark, D.C.M., Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; also Cousin Harry Naffel, R.A.—Jim and Artie Clark.\"\n\nFrom the President and members of St. Andrew's Society—in memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War.\"\n\nFrom R. H. Kotwall on behalf of the Chinese community of Hongkong, with homage.\"\n\nFrom the Committee and members of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, in memory of those who gave their lives in the Empire's cause.\n\n\"Da Communidade Portuguesa de Hongkong.\"\n\nFrom the Royal Navy.\n\nFrom 2nd Bn., King's Regiment.\n\nFrom the 4th B. K. E. O. Grenadiers.\n\nFrom the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps.\n\n\"In loving memory of Edmund John Waldegrave, 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., killed in action, August 10th, 1918.\"\n\n\"In loving memory of Alec Macdonald; from P. H. and N. G. Holyoak.\"\n\nIn memoriam of Messrs. A. G. Vitor, G. Block, C. E. A. Hancock—true sportsmen every one; from the Committee and members of the V.R.C.\"\n\nFrom the Standard Oil Company of New York.\n\nFrom the flower men of Hongkong.\n\n\"In loving memory of F. H. Robinson; from Winnie and Basil Raworth.\"\n\nFrom Se Seng-kce, 7-8, Wyndham Street.\n\n\"In loving memory of Ian Carmichael, R.A.F., from P. H. and N. G. Holyoak.\"\n\nThe King's Regt., with bayonets fixed, and headed by the Band, marched down from Murray Barracks.\n\nThe Guard of Honour drawn from the Navy, the Royal Marines, the King's and the other regiments in the Colony, and representatives from the Old Comrades Association, E.A.S.M.A., the Defence Corps, and the Police, assembled in the Naval Yard earlier in the afternoon, and marched up to the Cenotaph headed by pipers of the Bombay Grenadiers.\n\nThe BISHOP OF VICTORIA (Dr. DEPPUY) said the following Dedicatory Prayer:\n\n\"In the faith of Jesus Christ we dedicate this Cenotaph to the sacred memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.\"\n\nAfter a slight pause, the Rev. J. KIRK MACONACHIE recited the following:\n\n\"Christ is risen from the dead; and become the first fruits of them that slept.\n\nFor in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive.\n\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.\n\nAs it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end, Amen.\"\n\nPage 363\n\nPage 363\n\nPage 363\n\nCALCUTTA.\n\nRS. 31,000 WORTH OF COCAINE HAUL ON TANDA.\n\nThe latest Calcutta papers to hand report a very large seizure of cocaine on the s.s. Tanda:\n\nThe Customs staff got information that the s.s. Tanda, plying between China and India and lying at the Outram Ghat moorings had on board some of this contraband stuff and immediately got to work.\n\nThe Customs staff having taken all precautions to guard the vessel, began the work of ransacking the vessel for the cocaine.\n\nHaving found a clue that the stuff may be in the coal store, the Customs officers set to the work of shovelling the coal in the bunkers.\n\nIt was a very severe task in the great heat.\n\nTheir efforts were early crowned with slight success as they were able to find a small quantity of cocaine.\n\nThis initial success assured them and they redoubled their efforts at shovelling away the coal.\n\nAfter about 300 tons of coal had been turned up and shifted, 620 ounces of cocaine, valued at about Rs. 31,000 was found to the joy of the Customs staff.\n\nNo arrests were made as the smugglers and their agents got away from the ship when the Customs staff came on board.\n\nPage 364\n\nPage 364\n\nPage 364", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-480 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [4-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 497275, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923", "page_number": 521, "title": "CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923", "content_text": "Friday night \n\nCame like the various amines there was little in the way of news. \n\n1. Caust 2. No. \nand Sene's chory friends off worse \nCame \nHis foreman is the ryuger: his commander. \nin the \nLe \n3. Yos. \nComb say. \n515 \n\nI don't know what he will do. He will probably (ngai Bong Ping, the hot man of the boy) end up either dead or bombed to bits. The stays here are refugees (I have detailed information that they are going to Canton. If he goes there, I fear for his safety!). Anyway, don't you think he will lose face to an extent which ought to mean extinction for the Kwangsi people - brigands?\n\nBut then he is very likely acting on behalf of Shanghai cities 'Wu Pei Fu are in league with Sun's people again. The sun is eclipsed by others or for a parrot again. \n\nmy decision \nTherefore the bourgeoisie will have to let labour have its way & insult their own wishes \n\nIs it? \nProbably \nfor \nha \nstill in the long country? \nyes \n\n17.9. The Tayo ham is in. the white is not the situation will have changed again \nSeen around – which may very likely mean that he is disguised as a firman:", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 497400, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7]", "page_number": 86, "title": "CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7]", "content_text": "# H.M.S.\"Conway\", School Ship, \nRock Ferry, Cheshire, \nOctober 27th 1905.\n\nMr. W.C. Hake was a cadet on the \"Conway\" from September 1902 till August 1904. He showed marked ability in his studies, holding his own with much older boys. Of a cheerful and happy disposition, with a particularly pleasant manner, he was deservedly popular with Officers, Masters, and Cadets alike, and no boy who has passed through the \"Conway\" in recent years is more deserving of success or more likely to achieve it.\n\nsigned: **H.M. Broadbent**, \nCommander \"Conway\".\n\n## SUPERSESSION OF CAPTAIN.\n\nDated 27 May 1915.\n\nThis is to certify, that Mr. Walter C. Hake has served as Lieutenant R.N.R. on board H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle under my command, from the 15th day of September 1914 to the 27th day of May 1915, during which period he has conducted himself with zeal and great ability. A most accurate and reliable navigating officer in whom I have every trust.\n\nsigned: **W.R. Napier** \nCaptain, H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle.\n\nDated 17th June 1918.\n\nThis is to certify that Mr. Walter C. Hake has served as Lieutenant R.N.R. on board H.M.S. Tyne under my command from the 14th day of May 1918 to the 17th day of June 1918, during which period he has conducted himself to my entire satisfaction. A zealous and trustworthy officer of sound judgment.\n\nsigned: **P.A.B. Chapman**, \nCaptain H.M.S. Tyne.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 503170, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "page_number": 245, "title": "CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8]", "content_text": "CANTON NEWS.\n\nBoycott Parley.\n\nJuly 15.\n\nIn the brief space of time, it is only to be expected that no communiqué has come down from Canton when this edition went to press regarding the opening of the conference to settle the boycott of Hongkong.\n\nOVERLAND CHINA MAIL\n\nJuly 17.\n\nUntil what are best described as Canton's \"terms\" are revealed, a prediction as to the prospects of the peace conference can be no more than guesswork, but several important features have become evident.\n\nThe so-called Labour representatives, and the Strike Executive are asking, if not pressing, for the terms to be broadcasted in Canton prior to submission to the conference.\n\nAnother straw in the wind, which may mean much or nothing, is the change in the delegation.\n\nWriting on Tuesday evening (before the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp and the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax arrived there yesterday as reported in the \"China Mail\"), Mr. Koo Mang-yu substituted Mr. Chan Kung-pok.\n\nAt the last minute, the \"China Mail\" correspondent indicated that today's proceedings may be restricted to the formal exchange of courtesies and credentials, after which an adjournment was expected.\n\nIt was anticipated that before discussing any terms, the delegates of both sides will endeavour to arrive at a basis of understanding as to what will come up and when, for discussion.\n\nMr. Koo is believed to have been fully instructed by General Chang Kai-shek.\n\nIn some sources, continues the correspondent, some importance is attached to Mr. Koo's joining the official delegation of Canton.\n\nBy virtue of Mr. Koo's position in the Canton Government, his close association with General Chang Kai-shek (commander-in-chief), and a report that Mr. Koo is said to be General Chang's special choice, native malcontents place considerable significance on his joining the delegation.\n\nCurrent opinion is that General Chang Kai-shek will ask Mr. Eugene Chen to effect a settlement, but that there may be a delay owing to the necessity of \"demobilising\" the strikers and pickets.\n\nCanton, June 14. Mr. Chan Kung-pok, by reason of his being engaged on General Chang Kai-shek's staff at the Northern Front, will not be one of the Canton official delegates in the boycott negotiations. His place will be taken by Mr. Koo Mang-yue, who will act with Mr. Eugene Chen and Mr. T. V. Soong.--\"Wah Tze Yat Po.\"\n\nReports from Canton are that formal proceedings began yesterday at noon when credentials were exchanged.\n\nIt is expected that full talk will be gone into today, so that detailed schemes may be presented tomorrow.\n\nFirst of all, the Strike Executive is stated to have asked Mr. Eugene Chen to announce what terms the Government will tabulate.\n\nThen when the report was current that Mr. Koo was framing the terms, they made another request for information to be given before the terms were finally approved and handed over to the Hongkong official delegation for consideration.\n\n\"The Next Step.\"\n\nA telegram to the \"Wah Tze Yat Po\" states that the agenda has been decided upon, and that both military and police are guarding the conference chamber (in the Foreign Office).\n\nIt is known that the conference sat again at 10:30 a.m. yesterday. But it is not known definitely if the terms will be presented this week or next.\n\nMr. Eugene Chen's opening address is given elsewhere in this issue.\n\nOpinion now is that the nature of the terms will be disclosed in a day or two, and the respective delegates will ascertain if such can be made to form a basis of discussion.\n\nThis preliminary over, the next step will be the actual negotiation of the \"terms.\"\n\nCANTON PROTEST.\n\n[No. 2998. July 22, 1926.\n\nJuly 17.\n\nNone is blind to see that the present phantom government in Peking is a creation of a brace of medieval militarists and a bunch of Mandarin states-boys and states-coolies whose obvious purpose is to grab the proceeds of whatever tariff doles and loans that America and the other Powers may be willing to grant in order to maintain a status quo that conflicts with every vital interest of Nationalist China.\n\nCanton, July 14.\n\nSir, I have the honour to request you to communicate to the American Minister at Peking the protest of my Government against the resumption of the Special Tariff Conference which was lately suspended owing to the dispersal of the Chinese delegation.\n\nWe are definitely and reliably informed that agents of Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin are now negotiating with the American and the other foreign delegates for the immediate reopening of the Conference.\n\nMy Government opposes and has opposed the Conference because it involves the consideration of issues which only a Central Government, representative and competent to speak and act in the name of the Chinese Nation, can negotiate in conference with the official representatives of the American and other interested Governments.\n\nAny payment of tariff moneys to Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin must necessarily mean that America and the other interested Powers--through the machinery of the unified, British-controlled Chinese Maritime Customs--will be (a) paying national revenues collected throughout the whole of China to two transient usurpers of detached pieces of Chinese territory, and (b) subsidising these two militarists to continue the prosecution of civil war against the Kuominchun and Canton who are the two modern arms of Nationalist China, and thus assist militarism to dominate and flourish in China.\n\nI have to add that any loan or loans to be contracted by the agents of Wu and Chang on the security of the promised surtaxes shall not be recognised by the Nationalist Government.\n\nAnd I have the honour deliberately to warn America and the other interested governments that Chinese repudiation of any such loan or loans may conceivably create a situation rendering it imperative for the principle of repudiation to be extended to other loans contracted in the interests of reaction and militarists and mandarin exploitation and plunder.\n\nJuly 19.\n\nTo Senator Borah at Washington, Mr. Eugene Chen (acting Foreign Minister at Canton) has addressed a message on the question of the projected resumption of the Tariff Conference.\n\nMr. Chen informs Senator Borah that he has protested to the U.S. Minister to China through Mr. Douglas Jenkins (Consul at Canton), as published in the \"China Mail\" on Saturday.\n\nThe subject matter is similar to that in the despatch to Mr. Jenkins.\n\nBut to Senator Borah, Mr. Chen says: \"I bring this to your attention because you are known among us as an American leader who is entirely opposed to the subordination of real American interest to the competitive interests of other Powers in China.\"\n\nReticence is being kept by official sources.\n\nThere is a feeling of confidence and it is said that General Chang is of the view that he can leave for the Front in a week.\n\nOwing to the difficulty in communications with Canton, news will necessarily be slow in getting through to Hongkong.\n\nThe best sign so far is the absence of any pessimistic rumours.\n\nHOME INTEREST.\n\nBOYCOTT NEGOTIATIONS IN CANTON.\n\nCOMMONS INFORMED.\n\nRugby, July 14.\n\nSir Austen Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that the opening of the negotiations for ending the trade boycott of Hongkong had been fixed for July 15.--British Wireless Service.\n\n[Whilst this information has appeared long ago in the local Press, the cable is given as evidence of the interest being taken at Home in the negotiations opening today in Canton.]\n\nTHE BOYCOTT.\n\nCHANGE IN CANTON'S DELEGATES.\n\nGOVERNMENT'S OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.\n\nJuly 16.\n\nHis Excellency has authorised a communiqué to the effect that Mr. Koo Mang-yu has been appointed as one of the Canton Delegates in place of Mr. Chan Kung-pok; also that the conference opened at noon yesterday when only formal business was transacted.\n\nThe conference will resume today.\n\nIt is understood that Mr. Koo Mang-yu, who was formerly Dean of the Peking University, is a Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kwok Min Tong.\n\nTHE BOYCOTT.\n\nIt is manifest that striking and real changes are taking place in this country, socially, economically, and politically.\n\nThese changes, generally, are a necessary consequence of the structural readjustment or new equilibrium which is in process of establishment, consequent upon the definite inclusion of China in the larger system of the modern world.\n\nWhether these changes are good or bad for the Chinese people is mainly a question for them to decide if they are truly to be regarded and treated as an independent nation and not as a people suited for the exercise of international tutelage.\n\nAt any rate, it is a fundamental thesis of the Chinese Nationalist Movement--which is the greatest of the forces underlying and sustaining the boycott--that the Chinese people must be free to work out their own salvation.\n\nCanton, July 16, 1926.\n\nThe following communiqué has been jointly issued by the British and Chinese Delegations negotiating a settlement of the Chinese-British disputes in Liang Kuang:\n\n\"The Conference resumed its sittings today at 10:30 a.m. when the Chinese Delegation stated their views on the origin of the British boycott.\n\nThey refrained from formulating any conditions of settlement pending a reply to their statement.\n\nThe Conference has adjourned till Monday, July 19.\"\n\nWe believe that this statement of what is called the Chinese Question is not in fundamental opposition to the real interests of any genuinely trading Power in China.\n\nCanton, July 19.\n\nThis morning, the full Canton and Hongkong delegations resumed the conference at the Foreign Office.\n\nThe Hongkong delegates replied to Canton's official view as to the cause of the anti-British boycott.\n\nThe nature of such reply (or, in other words, Hongkong's statement of the position) was divulged.\n\nNote: An official communiqué issued on Saturday stated that Canton refrained from formulating any conditions of settlement pending a reply to their statement on the origin.\n\nBOY THIEVES.\n\nJuly 21.\n\nIn the possession of three boys were found more than twenty-five pawn tickets relating to stolen clothes.\n\nOn investigation, the police found that the boys had not been induced to commit the thefts by an elder man, who acted as receiver and pawned the articles.\n\nMr. Eugene Chen has instructed the Bureau of Information, Foreign Ministry, to publish details of the negotiations, so that rumours may be spread.\n\nIf this view of the matter be sound, then more considerations of prestige and what is known as the conference \"face\" ought not to be allowed to bar the road to a practical settlement of what is in truth one of the practical questions oft-times puzzled by the ironic spirit in history to search out man's patience, his goodwill, and his good sense.\n\nCanton, July 18.\n\nThe Strike Executive Committee has petitioned for the despatch of their delegates to attend, as spectators, the Boycott Conference, but it is not known how Mr. Eugene Chen has replied.\n\nThe Negotiations for the settlement of the anti-British boycott opened at noon today at the Canton Foreign Office.\n\nAll the members of the Chinese and the British Delegations were present.\n\nMr. Eugene Chen, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is head of the Chinese delegation, opened the proceedings with a speech.\n\nOnly three owners of the stolen articles had so far been traced.\n\nThe result was that four were charged with theft this morning before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy.\n\nThe boys pleaded guilty, but the elder man denied the allegation that he had used the boys for committing thefts, saying that he found the articles lying on the floor of his house and pawned them.\n\nThis story was not believed by the Magistrate, who sentenced him to four months' hard labour.\n\nOne of the three boys had a previous conviction for theft and he was ordered twelve strokes with a cane.\n\nThe others received eight strokes each.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 504657, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-495 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12]", "page_number": 526, "title": "CO129-495 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12]", "content_text": "40\n\napathetic on this question, and they have accordingly had recourse to the tactics of terrorism, which proved so successful in the seamen's strike in 1922. The Chinese have been and still are most reluctant to go, but an anonymous letter or a whispered remark by an unknown passer-by puts them into a state of such abject fear that they simply dare not carry on their work. There is in the case of many of them the added threat of reprisals against their families in the country, which the Communists would be quite capable of putting into effect. A large number of workers are still standing fast, notably the members of the Chinese Engineers and Mechanics Union, which is the most important of all the unions. It is reported that at a recent meeting the head of this union stated that the matter at issue was a political one, and as such did not concern labour in the colony, and in any event the question could not be decided by the Hong Kong Government.\n\n4. There is at present no sign of any anti-foreign feeling. The colony was first flooded with pamphlets from outside, but the effect of these was to frighten the people rather than to inflame their passions. Chinese employed by foreigners have for the most part given due notice that they are being compelled to leave through circumstances beyond their control, and in cases such as that of the Peak Tram and Cross-Harbour Ferry the men have instructed the Europeans who are to take over in the method of operation. The Peak Tram is still operated by Chinese.\n\nThe seamen of the ferry service reported this morning that they must come out to-night, but they have since stated that the matter is not decided, and they will work to-morrow. It is noteworthy that the first workers to strike were the motor-men and conductors of the low-level tramways. These trams carry 70,000 people daily, practically all of whom are Chinese.\n\nThe recent repulse of the attack on Shameen has not apparently affected the local situation, and the opinion is freely expressed among the better-class Chinese that the large majority, both in Hong Kong and in Canton, are glad that the Communist section of the Cantonese army has been taught a salutary lesson.\n\n5. Early steps were taken to get into working order the machinery which had been carefully prepared after the seamen's strike, with the result that everything was in readiness when the strike began on the 20th June, and there was no dislocation of any important service. The volunteers were mobilised on the 21st June, and on the same date guards were posted at the Electric Light Works, Water Works and other important points. On the following day controllers of labour, food and transport began to function, and volunteer helpers, comprising practically the whole of the foreign community, men and women, were speedily enrolled and were allotted to various duties. The Americans in particular have shown themselves eager to help. The Ambulance Corps and the Boy Scouts were called up, the former to assist at the hospitals and the latter to give help wherever needed. The Boy Scouts are acting as messengers, are delivering telegrams for the telegraph offices and are generally making themselves useful.\n\n6. The Chinese community have been coming forward very readily to the assistance of the Government, under the energetic leadership of Mr. Chow Shou-son and Mr. Kotewall, their representatives on the Legislative Council. Special constables are being enrolled, committees are being formed to deal with various questions, as, for instance, the distribution of food, and a number of Chinese are doing most useful work in censoring Chinese letters, telegrams and newspapers. The Chinese of the New Territories were among the first to volunteer their help, offering both their labour and their produce in the shape of vegetables and pigs. Their offer is gratifying evidence of the goodwill which was recently cemented at the Kam Tin ceremony reported in despatch No. 231 of the 29th May, 1925.\n\n7. I consider it to be necessary for the Government to take to itself the fullest possible powers to deal with any emergency, and I enclose copies of regulations* which have been made under \"The Emergency Regulations Ordinance, 1922,\" together with a copy of a proclamation* putting into force \"The Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886.\" I decided not to re-enact the regulations which, on the occasion of the seamen's strike, gave powers to commandeer labour, as such regulations would form obvious material for hostile propaganda, and labour is being readily obtained, subject to police protection being provided. It will be seen that the export of rice, flour, tinned and preserved foodstuffs and money has been prohibited, and that a kind of moratorium has been granted to Chinese banks. These banks had been involved in some difficulty owing to over-speculation in connection with the land boom, which has collapsed, and the present crisis brought a run upon them which they could not withstand. The stoppage of rice exports is reacting upon Canton, where prices are soaring, and the authorities are hard put to it to feed the strikers who have come penniless from Hong Kong. A number of strikers and others have returned to Hong Kong, finding conditions preferable here, and it is stated that many others would come back if they were not prevented by force.\n\n41\n\n8. I referred at the time of the seamen's strike to the extraordinary effect that intimidation produces upon the Chinese mind. The matter is one which it is difficult to cope with, but I am satisfied that most useful work is being done in this connection by means of propaganda which is being edited and issued by a Chinese committee, to all appearance spontaneously and without the prompting of the Government. The printing of statements of fact is done in the gaol, and other printing is in charge of the Missions étrangères, who have kindly lent their press. The American Consul has volunteered to supply contributions from American missionaries in China, which may prove useful in putting the true facts of the situation before the world. Copies of two telegrams received from him have been passed on to Reuter. I enclose a copy of a statement* which I made at a meeting of the Legislative Council on the 24th June. I am satisfied that the measures taken to reassure the community are having an excellent effect in putting a stop to the panic which at first prevailed.\n\n9. Another method of combating terrorism, most comforting to the Chinese, is the display of the forces available to the Government for the preservation of peace and good order in the community. To this end, in addition to strong police pickets, the navy, troops and volunteers make route marches through the town from time to time, the last named with their armoured car, which is particularly reassuring.\n\n10. You will have gathered from what I have written that there is nothing in the situation at present which gives any ground for apprehension from the point of view of the safety of the colony. It must, however, be borne in mind that there is a considerable force of troops in Canton trained, armed and officered by Russians, that the Russians are supplying money for the support of the Hong Kong strikers, and will do all in their power to harm Hong Kong. I am, however, informed to-day that the Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese army is sending down an emissary privately to sound this Government as to possible methods by which friendly relations between Hong Kong and Canton may be restored. I took the opportunity of the arrival in the colony yesterday of Vice-Admiral Sir E. Alexander Sinclair, en route to hoist his flag, to discuss the situation with him. There is no British warship at present in port, owing to the demands from all parts of China, and I hope that no occasion will arise to call for further naval assistance here.\n\n[F 4054/2/10]\n\nANNEX X.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nR. E. STUBBS, Governor, &c.\n\nConsul-General Sir J. Jamieson to Mr. Austen Chamberlain.-(Received August 20.) (No. 18.) Sir,\n\nCanton, July 9, 1925.\n\nWITH reference to the local political situation, I have the honour to enclose herewith an extract from the \"Canton Gazette\" of the 8th July, 1925.\n\nEnclosure.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nJ. W. JAMIESON.\n\nExtract from the \"Canton Gazette\" of July 8, 1925.\n\nTHE INAUGURATION DECLARATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF CANTON.\n\n(Translation.)\n\nUNDER the oligarchy of the Kwangsi militarists in 1919, the city administration of Canton was languishing in its stunted growth. Since 1920, when the provincial armies routed the usurpers, the city administration assumed its normal and modern existence. However, after the rebellion of the 16th June, 1922, the city administration", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-495 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12].txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 505076, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926", "page_number": 342, "title": "CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926", "content_text": "to Bias Bay. A party of Police under Inspector Boulger embarked on the gunboat to watch the proceedings. The troops landed but made little effort to locate the pirates and no useful results were obtained.\n\n340\n\n5. S.S. SUNNING. River steamer, SHIU HING S.S. Coy, on Hongkong-Kongmoon run, was pirated at 5.15 p.m. on 23rd October, 1923 off Castle Peak while on a voyage from Hongkong to Kongmoon. She was carrying about 300 passengers. Pirates numbered about 35 men. The ship was taken to TSANG CHAU Island, Bias Bay N.E., and the pirates left in the ship's boats. The Captain, Chief Officer and one Indian Guard were wounded. The Pirates spoke Hakka, Heklo, Mandarin and Punti, and were armed with revolvers. Property, jewellery which they smuggled on board in Hongkong, and money to the value of over $20,000 was stolen. It was later reported by General HUNG SHIU LUN that the pirates leader's name was TIN O TAU a native of Waichau. An informer also reported the names of several persons who were supposed to have taken part. Most of the persons mentioned came from Waichau or the FAN LO KONG and NIM SHAN districts.\n\n(8) S.S. HYDRANGEA. On Hongkong-Swatow run was pirated at about 6.40 p.m. on 27th December 1923, off Single Island near Bias Bay, while on a voyage from Hongkong to Swatow. She was carrying about 500 passengers and was taken to Bias Bay. Pirates numbered approx. 45 and spoke Hakka and Hoklo dialects. They were armed with revolvers and rifles. Money, jewellery and clothing to the value of $23,369.00 was stolen, also part of the cargo i.e. 10 cases of piece goods to the value of $10,000. The Pirates who came from FAN LO KONG and NIM SHAN districts went ashore in the ship's boats. As a result of representations made to the Chinese Authorities Commander WONG FUK CHI under the orders of General CHAN KWING MING carried out two expeditions against the pirates in the NIM SHAN, SHAN MI and PING HOI districts, as a result of which 7 men believed to have taken part in this piracy were subsequently shot. One of these was\n\n(ix)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 505078, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926", "page_number": 344, "title": "CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926", "content_text": "in rounding up many of the pirates and recovering most of the silver bars stolen but the pirates were released on payment of a large sum and the silver bars were appropriated by his troops. However another expedition was later sent under the orders of General HUNG SIU LUN with Commander WONG FUK CHI in command, The latter corroborated the statement above regarding YUNG TAI TING and further stated that the silver had been melted down and made into silver coins. In February 1925, Commander WONG FUK CHI succeeded in effecting the arrest of one SUN MAU at TAI PUNG. This man admitted participation in this piracy and stated that LAN TSOI SAU (a notorious pirate), a Hakka, a native of CHUK PAI village in FAN LO HONG district, was the leader in this piracy. He also gave the names of several of his confederates. His story was to the effect that the pirates went to Shanghai via Hongkong in a B & S steamer. He stayed with others at the NG ON Boarding House in Hongkong before leaving for Shanghai (this statement was verified and found to be true). The arms were purchased in Shanghai. 18 men accompanied him via SHA YU CHUNG to Hongkong, his share of the loot was 40 pieces of silver, $40 in one dollar coins and some serge clothing. The pirates known to him came from the Bias Bay area, There were several other pirates, unknown to him, in this gang. This ship did not come under the Hongkong Piracy Prevention Ordinance.\n\nS.S. ONG ATA: HO HONG S.S. Coy of Singapore, running between Rangoon, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy, was pirated 6 days out from Singapore in Lat.14° 53'N; Long. 110°24'E., On 13th January 1923, at 8.40 a.m. while on a voyage from Singapore to Hongkong. She was carrying 357 passengers. The pirates, numbering about 30 (armed with revolvers) took the ship to TSANG CHAU Island, Bias Bay, and left the ship in the ship's boats taking with them money, jewellery and clothing to the value of $53,360. From information received it would appear that the pirates came mostly from NIM SHAN or FAN LO KONG and travelled to Singapore where they procured\n\n(xi)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 506775, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-499-2 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-1-1927 - 4-2-1927", "page_number": 87, "title": "CO129-499-2 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-1-1927 - 4-2-1927", "content_text": "# CANTON LABOUR\n## Good Work Of Police Commissioner\n### UNIONS DISBANDED\n\n(Our Own Correspondent.) \nCanton, Jan. 9.\n\nHotel owners and their employees are still at loggerheads. There is no sign of the employers weakening, but the workingmen have at last suggested a compromise. They are willing to cut down the demand for increased wages by 15 per cent, and it is reported that if 30 per cent on the dollar is cut off the demand, a settlement will in all probability be reached. It is still the proprietors of the smaller hostelries who are blocking all attempts to reach an understanding with the workers. The first-class hotel owners would have settled long ago, but being members of the association to which the proprietors of the smaller hotels belong, they are unable to act independently.\n\nA compromise has been suggested by the Farmers and Labourers Bureau, which has informed both sides that it would be best to split the difference and sign a settlement agreement on the basis of a reduction in the workers' wage demand by 20 per cent. The second and third-class hotels seem unwilling to consider this suggestion.\n\nWhile it is understood that all but the wage demand have been settled, the accepted terms have not been given out. The writer has learned that the employees did not win their demand that no worker might be discharged without their consent. Instead, it has been agreed that the old custom shall be followed of giving notice to the workmen on the second day of every year, whether their services are desired longer or not. The proprietors shall be free to discharge any man at that time, but if a man is kept on, and during the year the employer desires to dispense with his services, the matter must be taken up with the union and good cause shown before permission to discharge him will be granted.\n\nThe Police Chief, Tsin Tai-kwan, is obtaining excellent results in his new office, making the labourers toe the mark. He has had an up-hill job of it too, undoing the work of his predecessor, the radical Li Cheung-tat. We have now come by the information that shortly after taking office, Mr. Tsin telegraphed to the Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek, making it clear that he could not continue in office if he were not given full authority to use whatever methods he might deem necessary to preserve order in the city. The answer, also telegraphed, was entirely satisfactory, giving Tsin Tai-kwan the right to issue what orders he sees fit, and to carry them out in whatever manner he deems necessary, entirely unhampered by either military or civil authorities. Upon receipt of this telegram, Mr. Tsin gave orders for the disbanding of the Labourers Delegates Union patrol corps which Li Cheung-tat had allowed to parade through the streets on the pretext that these corps were needed to prevent clashes between the workers.\n\nSince the appointment of Tsin Tai-kwan as Commissioner of Public Safety, there have been no labour disorders of consequence other than the trouble among the railway employees, and one of these disturbances occurred on the outskirts of Canton, and the other across the river, at the very edge of Fatei.\n\nThe strike of hotel and boarding house workers continues and all attempts of the Government Labour Department at a settlement have proved fruitless. Yesterday afternoon, an employee of the Kwong Tai Loy boarding house was shot at by union pickets while returning to work. The pickets were arrested and taken to the Police Department, but the Labour Union demanded their immediate release.\n\nAt a recent executive meeting of the Police Inspector of the Third Station complained that it is quite impossible for the police to maintain order with the Ricshaw Labour Union interfering with the traffic. The Police chiefs decided to take up the matter with the Ricshaw Pullers' Union.\n\nThe Police Headquarters, a place now much hated by labour unionists here, is being carefully guarded. Extra armed soldiers are placed on guard outside the headquarters and those entering or leaving after dark are subject to search.\n\n## Official Support\n\nThere has been quite a change in the policy of the Farmers and Labourers Bureau, for it seems now to be the intention of its head to back Tsin Tai-kwan, and to adopt his attitude in dealing with disorderly elements. There is a likelihood that the Union of Railway Employees which started the trouble at the two railway terminals, attacking the headquarters of the mechanics, will be dissolved as a consequence of its radical leaders and unwise leadership. The government seems now to lean rather towards the General Labourers Union, which will probably shortly establish its headquarters in Hankow, and gradually the unions which comprise the Labourers Delegates Union may be put out of business. Notice has already been given that the union of men who take part in playing the lion and other performances of a theatrical nature shall no longer exist. All of the members of this union are trained in feats of strength, and are expert Chinese boxers, and their services have been employed in many of the street fights in Canton during the past year.\n\n## Loyal Employees\n\nWhile small flags have been stuck up at the entrance of every hotel, no one is prevented from entering or leaving the premises at will. Quite a few of the workers, far from being hostile to their employers, are standing by them and actually giving them aid, realizing that in the long run they will not gain by a settlement that milks all of the profit from hotel-keeping. Because of this, in some hotels rooms have been rented during the strike, and thus, especially in the smaller establishments, the owners have been making some money, which has enabled them to hold out the longer. Their friendly workmen have, for the most part, winked at this infraction of the strike rules, and have undoubtedly in most cases shared in the profits, and in exchange have given a certain amount of service to help maintain traffic order.\n\nThe workers of the J. G. Kerr Hospital in Fongtsuen have issued a lengthy circular enumerating the \"crimes\" of the hospital authorities. They ask that the Kuomintang and the Union of Miscellaneous Workers should give them support to deliver them from the \"yoke of oppression.\"\n\nThe funeral of Shen Leung, Assistant Chief of Police of Canton, took place this afternoon. The procession was attended by hundreds of police officers and soldiers and a military band.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-499-2 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-1-1927 - 4-2-1927.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 510115, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-503-4 Robert Ho Fung- Honorary cadet at Royal Military Academy- Woolwich- renunciation of British nationality 20-5-1924 - 12-12-1927", "page_number": 53, "title": "CO129-503-4 Robert Ho Fung- Honorary cadet at Royal Military Academy- Woolwich- renunciation of British nationality 20-5-1924 - 12-12-1927", "content_text": "## R.M.A. Form 19\n**ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY**\n\nDate...16th July 1926\n\n1. Report on gentleman cadet...**Ho Jung, P.** who is completing his...term.\n\n2. Previously educated at...**Queens College, Hong Kong**.\n\n3. Remarks by chief instructors, professors, etc., on educational training\n| Subject | Remarks |\n| --- | --- |\n| (a) Artillery | Handicapped by the language difficulty but works hard. |\n| (b) Engineering | Keen. |\n| (c) Tactics, etc. | Rather impulsive, sketches neatly; works hard. |\n| (d) Mathematics | Very variable indeed in all his work. Tries hard. |\n| (e) Science | Tries without much success. Little ability. |\n| (f) Workshops | Work very good. |\n\n4. Remarks of Medical Officer. ...\n\n5. Remarks by Company Commander on drill, characteristics, military ability, and aptitude for games:- Improved at drill. Does his best to profit by his instruction here.\n\n6. Remarks as to any outstanding ability in any particular subject-military or academic. ...\n\n7. Remarks by Commandant. A boy working well here. Taking advantage of...and...\n\nInitials of G.C. \n**Major General, Commandant Royal Military Academy.**\n\n`53213 W1594,'J26/Ptg./964(15) 1250 9/24 J.P.236 Gp.121`", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-503-4 Robert Ho Fung- Honorary cadet at Royal Military Academy- Woolwich- renunciation of British nationality 20-5-1924 - 12-12-1927.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 512967, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-507-4 China- anti-piracy precautions- question of compensation to families of British officers killed or wounded 5-10-1928 - 2-1-1929", "page_number": 8, "title": "CO129-507-4 China- anti-piracy precautions- question of compensation to families of British officers killed or wounded 5-10-1928 - 2-1-1929", "content_text": "20. Aamy \n\n71.12-288 \n\n16275 /2012 \n\n24.12.28 \n\nC.mil. Tel. \n\n21. Adm \n\nTo Cui C. Tel. \n\nof 22.12 \n\n22. Admy \n\n27.12·28 \n\n122/12 \n\n23. samy \n\n24 \n\nAdm to C.mil. Tel. \n\nCim Tel. 650 of 25.12 \n\n29.12.78 \n\n#Eecting wh of Pinery Corée under \n\nCommodore H.K. \n\nMarrach (dam\")) 5/% \n\nH.K. \n\n... Pilary Ray \n\n༢Ş Tplasau,༡( ༢༥༤,༩༧t) Scheuercht (Achn3) 1/0 \n\n25 \n\n26 \n\nH.K. \n\nH. R. Pinary hey welc. \n\nNos.20-22.Put by. \n\n19.12.28 \n\n27.12 \n\nNo.23. I think we can agree that the \n\n2 \n\nsetting up of the proposed Committee should have good results. It is not clear from the Commander-in-Chief's telegram what is to be the constitution of the Committee, but so far as I can make out he intends it to be a purely naval concern. We do not want to be unnecessarily interfering but I think it would be desirable that the Hong Kong Government should be represented on any such Committee especially \n\nin view of its third and fourth functions as \n\ndescribed in the enclosure to No.20. \n\nAs the Admiralty want an immediate reply \n\nI submit draft for consideration. \n\nNo.26. \n\nPage 9 \n\nNo.26. I sent Cdr. Schwerdt about \n\n10 days ago a copy of the Hong Kong Piracy \n\nOrdinance of 1927 at his request. It will \n\nbe seen that the Admiralty are anxious to know \n\nwhether any regulations have been issued under \n\nthat Ordinance in partial substitution for the \n\nregulations rescinded. As the Library can \n\ntrace nothing I think we had better telegraph, \n\nand submit draft for consideration. \n\nto \n\nReply to 26 am awon't H.K's reply. \n\nLfaction to be completed \n\nS. Gué \n\n3012-28 \n\n1 \n\n元 \n\nho 25. 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Then the crowd swayed expectantly as the noise of an approaching motor-cycle was heard. The arrival of a Chinese detective with a European colleague in the sidecar caused warning commands to be given. Long before the anticipated time of the arrival of His Royal Highness at the City Hall, little knots of spectators began to gather. At 10.15, a detachment of bluejackets arrived, led by a tall bearded Commander. The fickle sunshine glinted upon their polished bayonets and the brass fittings of their accoutrement. They lined the approaches to the City Hall and the crowd watched their movements with intent interest.\n\nA bevy of ladies took up a position of vantage on seats to the front of the parade ground opposite the City Hall, and employees of the various banking institutions in the vicinity forsook their desks and ledgers to watch the proceedings from verandahs. The rhythmic beat of drums, the skirl of pipes, and the measured tread of marching feet announced the arrival of the Royal guard provided by the K.O.S.B.\n\nThe swing of red kilts caught the eye as the detachment swung into the square formed by the blue-jackets, and the click of heels, slap of hands on rifle butts, and the crash of arms upon the ground followed the hoarsely-shouted commands as the guard came to attention at the halt, turned right and formed two-deep, ordered arms and stood easy.\n\nA brief respite, and then came a slight shuffling in the centre of the lines as the guard were called to attention and dressed by the right. \"Present Ar-r-r-ms!\" \"Swish! Click! Slap!\" As one man, the guard became galvanised into action, sloped arms, and stood steady, awaiting the next command.\n\n### Four Big Cars.\n\nAlmost silently, it seemed, four big cars swung into the square. Guards were called to attention as a tall, blue-sashed figure clad in white uniform, bedecked with medals, stepped out of the leading car, accompanied by His Excellency the Governor, their Aides-de-Camp, and Chiefs of Staffs.\n\nCame another command, rifles clashed as the Guard presented arms, the colours were lowered in Royal salute, and then the band crashed forth the strains of the National Anthem. The Duke had arrived. Followed an inspection of the Guard, and then the party entered the City Hall for the presentations of addresses of welcome.\n\nThe electric candelabra caused the gold braid of the naval and military officers on the platform to glitter and added brilliance to the scene. Obviously pleased with his reception, His Royal Highness took his seat after the band of the Punjabis had played the National Anthem. Came a brief hush as His Excellency the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, rose and bowed to the Duke. The Governor then briefly introduced His Royal Highness and called upon Sir Henry Pollock to present the address of welcome from the British community.\n\nAs the moments passed, the crowd around the City Hall increased and the fortunate ones who possessed tickets of admission into the Theatre began to arrive in little groups, the brilliant dresses of the ladies setting off the trim morning coats, silk hats, and striped trousers of their consorts to the best advantage.\n\nLow-lying clouds swirled around the top of the Peak and many anxious glances were directed skyward. But rain held off and, occasionally, the rays of the sun penetrated the grey panoply overhead. The crash of guns broke the expectant stillness and reverberated among the hills, and the distant strains of the National Anthem, followed by echoed cheers, indicated to the crowd that His Royal Highness had landed at Statue Pier.\n\nAt similar functions at Home, one could exchange good-humoured badinage with the proverbial \"London Bobby,\" but, on this occasion, we who waited had to be content, for obvious reasons, to admire the pipe-clayed topees of the blue-jackets and the burnished instruments of the band.\n\nThe address was an exceedingly skilful piece of illuminated work on parchment. The casket containing it was contained in a silver and blackwood casket made by Messrs. Lock Hing from a design by Lieut. Col. L. G. Bird, D.S.O., O.B.E. The casket bore on its lid the Arms of the Colony, in silver, whilst the front was embellished with a representation of a Chinese junk in full sail, also in silver.\n\n## AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\n### GIFTS FROM CHINESE AND JAPANESE COMMUNITIES.\n\nOn arrival at Government House, Prince Henry inspected detachments representing the St. John Ambulance Brigade under command of Mr. E. Ralphs, the Girl Guides under Commissioner Mrs. W. T. Southorn, and of Boy Scouts under Commissioner the Rev. T. G. Waldegrave, who were drawn up on the lawn. The Prince stopped and spoke to Mr. Ralphs and enquired the strength of the Brigade and what work they were doing, and also addressed a few words to Mrs. Southorn and the Rev. T. G. Waldegrave.\n\nThe Royal Visitor was then entertained to tiffin at Government House, following which two presentations were made to him on behalf of the Chinese and Japanese communities. Sir Shou Son Chow on behalf of his compatriots presented a Chinese porcelain dinner service with a blackwood tray inlaid with silver and suitably inscribed. The Consul-General for Japan, Mr. Y. Murakami, presented, on behalf of the Japanese community, two albums of photographs of beauty spots of his country which the Prince will visit during his stay.\n\n## POLO AT CAUSEWAY BAY.\n\nThursday afternoon's polo games at Causeway Bay attracted a considerable number of residents to the scene. Of ten chukkas, His Royal Highness played in four. Rain threatened at intervals but did not fall in real earnest until the end of the ninth chukka. The ground made going hard for the ponies but, nevertheless, there were many thrills for the onlookers and riders.\n\nThe commanders of the naval and military detachments exchanged salutes and then both parties stood quietly at ease, awaiting the arrival of His Royal Highness.\n\nThe first chukka in which H.R.H. appeared resulted in a win for his side. Comyn took a shot passed to him by H.R.H. and scored neatly. The Duke's side scored the first goal in the next chukka but the Whites speedily equalised and scored a second time toward the end of the chukka.\n\nThe Duke rode a stocky grey and appeared to find it difficult to get fully away at times. He made some fine shots on occasion. His mount for the next chukka was a speedier animal and enabled H.R.H. to give a fine display of his riding powers. On one occasion, he took the ball and rode down the field with it at a fast pace and almost scored for the Reds.\n\nThe address from the Chinese Community was mounted on a massive blackwood screen of four panels, standing some six feet in height. This screen, which was specially made in Canton, was beautifully carved and on the opposite side of the panels bearing the Chinese text of the address there were typical embroidered silk designs representing birds, animals and rural scenes. Accompanying the Chinese version of the address was an English translation, enclosed in a blackwood case inlaid with silver. The address was read by the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow.\n\nDuring the brief interval which elapsed between this chukka and the next, H.R.H. chatted for a few moments with the umpire, Mr. W. D. Fiddes Wilson.\n\nIn the seventh and last chukka in which H.R.H. played, the Reds won by two goals to nil. The first goal was scored by Thomas, the Duke sending the ball between the posts for the second goal.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-517-5 The visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Hong Kong 2-5-1929 - 23-5-1929.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 529081, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-532-4 Mui Tsai system- resolution and correspondence with private individuals 27-10-1930 - 24-6-1931", "page_number": 84, "title": "CO129-532-4 Mui Tsai system- resolution and correspondence with private individuals 27-10-1930 - 24-6-1931", "content_text": "# A Child Slave of Hong Kong\n## (Sold for 96 dollars in the Colony)\n\n### Child Slavery in Hong Kong\n#### The Attitude of the Church of England and its Associated Societies\n\nby \n**Lt. Commander & Mrs. H. L. Haslewood** \n\n**(No copyright Reserved)**\n\nلله \nAH MOY \n82", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-532-4 Mui Tsai system- resolution and correspondence with private individuals 27-10-1930 - 24-6-1931.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 531643, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-536-1 Estimates- 1932 3-9-1931 - 16-6-1933", "page_number": 135, "title": "CO129-536-1 Estimates- 1932 3-9-1931 - 16-6-1933", "content_text": "SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931.\n\nCHINA UNITY.\n\nOrders to Wind Up Canton Government?\n\nSOUTH'S OPTIMISM.\n\nAnticipating Nanking negotiations for peace, making preparations for the dissolution of the Canton Government on November 1.\n\nCanton officials are said to be of success the\n\nNanking, Oct. 14.\n\nGovernment organs for the control of narcotic drugs are to be established by the Ministry of Interior, according to a resolution adopted at yesterday's meeting of the Kuo-Wa-Hui-I (State Council) pursuant to a recommendation from the National Opium-Suppression Commission.\n\nThe Wah Kiu Yat Po, which publishes a message to this effect from Shanghai, says that Canton Government departmental heads have been instructed to proceed with the work of winding up their departments within two weeks' time.\n\nThe unfinished work of these departments will be transferred to Nanking, where it is expected that several of the high officials of the Southern Government will be invited to administer departments in the new Government.\n\nSouthern Optimism.\n\nThe establishment of the proposed new organs is expressly provided for by Regulations governing the Control of Narcotic Drugs recently promulgated by the National Government.\n\nThe main function of these new organs will be to see that narcotic drugs are limited to scientific and medical uses and that the sale of narcotic drugs devoted to purposes other than the authorized ones is strictly suppressed.—Kua Min.\n\nTHE DRUG TRAFFIC.\n\nChina Makes New Plans for Suppression.\n\nNanking, Oct. 14.\n\n...\n\nSCIENCE CONGRESS.\n\nScientists to be Invited to China.\n\nTHE TSANG FOO VILLAS MURDER TRIAL.\n\nDISCHARGE OF TWO DEFENDANTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.\n\nVICTIM'S TERRIBLE INJURIES.\n\nTwo of the twelve defendants in the Tsang Foo Villas murder trial were discharged in the course of yesterday's proceedings before Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy.\n\nThe evidence given against these two men was such, his Worship said, that no jury would convict.\n\nEvidence given of the injuries received by the Japanese showed that the bodies in all cases were mutilated.\n\nThe injuries received by the amah of sixteen were particularly brutal.\n\nFURTHER DECISIONS TO-DAY?\n\nRACIAL VIRILITY.\n\nSir L. Hill on Birth Control.\n\nSURNAMES.\n\nOur Own and Other Peoples.\n\nDOWNFALL OF EMPIRES. CURIOSITIES OF ORIGIN\n\nAt the annual conference of the Sanitary Inspectors' Association at Bridlington, Sir Leonard Hill, in his presidential address, said that the sanitary inspectors' Association at Bridlington, Sir Leonard Hill, in his presidential address, said that the birth rate was now the subject of intensive propaganda among the masses of the people, and the no-child or one-child home was becoming the rule.\n\nAlthough the unskilled continued as yet to breed more than the skilled, birth-control was practised in every class of society.\n\nIn consequence, between 1921-31 the population of Great Britain had increased hardly more than in the 10 years 1911-21, which included the War, when about a million young men were killed and several millions listed and were taken away from family life.\n\nThe infant mortality rate had fallen from 167 per 1,000 births at the end of last century to 60 in 1930, but the saving so effected compensated very little for the enormous drop in the birth rate.\n\nThe annual increase of births over deaths per 1,000 living was 12 at the end of last century, and in 1929 it was under three, so very shortly the population would be stationary; the proportion of older persons increasing as children became scarcer.\n\nThree children per family were required to make good the losses and keep up the population.\n\nOne-child families meant halving the population—\n\n(By Walter G. Bell, in the Daily Telegraph).\n\n\"John ate chyldren.\" So he did, did he? A husbandman was this John; one goes out to the Fen country around Huntingdon for \"Richard ate Forty\"—a ferocious monster when at table.\n\nReading old documents from days when villeinage flourished in England, one experiences shocks like these not infrequently.\n\nThen consciousness comes that all that is meant is \"at\" or \"off,\" and the ogre is really the quite inoffensive John at Chiltern.\n\nThe other is of Ford—to find him you at the ford.\n\nSpelling was apt to vary with each clerk who wrote, and much corruption crept in.\n\nBut can one account by geography alone for \"Thomas atte Hell,\" a Suffolk man? He was the man at the hill.\n\nBARONET WITH A WHIP.\n\nFined for Striking Two \"Noisy\" Young Men.\n\nROADSIDE GATHERING.\n\nSir Christopher Furness, Bart., of Netherbyres, Ayton, Berwickshire, was fined 10s. at Eyemouth on a charge of assaulting two young men by striking them with a whip.\n\nMr. A. Carnegie, prosecuting, said that on August 14, at night, a band of young men were congregated on the road between Eyemouth and Ayton.\n\nOne started to play a mouthorgan and the others started to dance, and no doubt they were a bit hilarious.\n\nSir Christopher approached them and struck George Todd Dougal, of Eyemouth, across the back with a whip.\n\nThe others, with the exception of George Collin, also of Eyemouth, ran away, and Sir Christopher struck Collin across the face with a whip.\n\nFor the defence it was submitted that Sir Christopher was ill and that the noise had so upset him that he had impulsively sought his own remedy.\n\nThe chairman said that this mitigated very much the seriousness of the offence, but there was no excuse for Sir Christopher taking the law into his own hands.\n\nSir Christopher is 31, and the third baronet.\n\nHis father, Sir Stephen Wilson Furness, succeeded Sir Christopher Furness, who was Chairman of Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd., and Liberal M.P. for Hartlepool 1910-14.\n\nAt this juncture, Mr. White-Smith asked for Richard\n\nOur forenames are mostly much older than our surnames.\n\nWhen the Domesday Book accounts for some 283,000 inhabitants in all of England that was surveyed—it sufficed to indicate John by his place of residence, or as John the son of Richard, or very frequently John the servant of his named master; often, too, as John Sessmith, distinguished by his trade.\n\nSince names of persons are of first importance, and their indication is no longer so simple as this, whom he succeeded in 1914, was\n\nLegal Attitude.\n\nOdd that while names are supremely important in the transaction of life, the law has paid little or no head.\n\nIt will offend a man's title to his own name when there has been fraudulent misuse, but in nothing else.\n\nMen and women may call themselves just what they please, change their names as often as they like; the law is not concerned.\n\nCustom ordains that on marriage a woman shall adopt her husband's surname, signing her patronymic at birth and on the marriage register, but there is no legal enforcement of it.\n\nThe first witness called yesterday was Dr. J. Smalley, who testified that certain Japanese were admitted to the Kowloon Hospital on the night of September 26.\n\nThe first to be admitted entered the hospital at about 11 p.m. and the last one at about 12.45 a.m.\n\nIn all cases, the Police brought in the arrested.\n\nThe eighth was arrested in a hut in Po Kong Village at about midnight.\n\nHe had a wound on his head, which he said he had received from the military.\n\nWitness examined Shiro Yamashita, the boy of four, whose skull was fractured.\n\nThere were multiple injuries, and although he was conscious, he was obviously dying.\n\nNothing could be done for him and he never recovered.\n\nHe was about 60 feet from the gate of Tsang Foo Villas.\n\nThis man was arrested about ten minutes after the eighth defendant was arrested.\n\nNiyoji Yamashita, the boy of nine, had multiple injuries, his skull and left thigh bone being fractured.\n\nHis condition was very bad.\n\nHe was given medical treatment, but passed away at 1 a.m.\n\nSumiko Yamaguchi, the Japanese amah of 16, had multiple injuries including a scalp wound, while her skull was fractured.\n\nShe had many bruises all over her body.\n\nDr. Smalley then described her other injuries.\n\nHer wounds were inflicted by blunt weapons such as sticks or poles.\n\nMiyo Yamashita, the old lady, had a fractured skull, while two irregular lacerated wounds were growing up in Africa with education of the native races.\n\nAlleged Street Incident.\n\nA Chinese constable, B632, said he was on duty between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. outside Tsang Foo Villas on September 27.\n\nWhilst he was on duty, he met with three men, of whom defendant was one, talking near the wall of Tsang Foo Villas.\n\nTwo policemen had been posted there.\n\nEn-vene Chen asked why ten\", Tsai Yuan-pei, C. C. Wu (Western Hills clique) conferred to represent China at the Fifth Convention of the Pacific Conference to be held next May in Canada.\n\nSince the institute has been designated to represent China at the fifth convention, a preparatory committee of 11 experts has been appointed to attend to all preliminary matters.\n\nMr. Ewen cites the case, in the year 1857, of a Mr. Bedbug who changed his name to Bowditch.\n\nA Satisfactory Conclave.\n\nShanghai, Oct. 22.\n\nMarshal Chiang Kai-shek and Messrs. Hu Han-min, Wang Ching-wei, Sun Fo, Li Chi-sen, Li Shih-shan, Tsai Yuan-pei, C. C. Wu (Western Hills clique) conferred yesterday morning for two hours.\n\nThe entire peace mission proceeded to the residence of Mr. Hu Han-min immediately upon their arrival and it was while there that Mr. Wang Ching-wei and the peace delegates will leave for Nanking immediately after a meeting with General Chiang Kai-shek.\n\nStatements of Defendants.\n\nThe 12 defendants made various statements to Mr. Whyte-Smith, A.S.P., and Sub-Inspector Murphy.\n\nMr. Whyte-Smith said that was all the evidence against this defendant, your Worship.\n\nHis Worship said that the evidence is such that no jury would convict.\n\nHe accordingly discharged the sixth and twelfth defendants.\n\nThe fourth defendant said he went so near to Tsang Foo Villas because he saw his brother had been injured and he went inside the house to see what was going on.\n\nThe fifth defendant, a boy of 15, said he was there to pick him up.\n\nThe sixth defendant, another boy of 15, said he had nothing to do with the murder.\n\nThe seventh defendant referred to a bandaged arm.\n\nThe eighth defendant, who was arrested in his hut that night, said he had never been out of his hut that evening.\n\nThe ninth defendant, who was represented by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, Sr., said he knew absolutely nothing.\n\nThe tenth, eleventh, and twelfth defendants made the same statement.\n\nTo Leave for Nanking.\n\nNanking, Oct. 22.\n\nMr. Wang Ching-wei and the peace delegates will leave for Nanking immediately after a meeting with General Chiang Kai-shek.\n\nCanton's Reservations.\n\nCanton, Oct. 22.\n\nInterviewed as to the reliability of the report that the Canton Government will be wound up within two weeks' time, a certain member of the Council has remarked that this is premature.\n\nThe Government is still uncertain whether the overthrow of dictatorial government will be effected, and the Canton Government must remain until this end has been attained.\n\nConditional Dissolution.\n\nCanton Army Changes.\n\nGen. Yen Yin-nai, Commander of the 1st New Division has tendered his resignation, and asked for troops to be disbanded.\n\nThe Government has decided to comply.\n\nGen. Ye will be reappointed as a staff officer.\n\nGen. Chan Chatong has decided to enlarge the Peace Preservation Corps into a brigade with Mr. Chan Chang-po as commander.—Rensha.\n\nMr. Eugene Chen.\n\nCanton, Oct. 22.\n\nAn extraordinary session of the Kuomintang C.E.C. to-day formally appointed Mr. Eugene Chen as delegate to the Shanghai peace parley.\n\nMr. Chen will take a leading part in discussing Sino-Foreign relations, particularly Manchurian affairs.—Central Press.\n\nAll the Talents.\n\nShanghai, Oct. 22.\n\nGood progress is being made by the leaders representing the various factions of the Kuomintang for the formation of the new National Government at Nanking representative of \"all the talents.\"\n\nIn this connexion, Mr. Wang Ching-wei, the Kuomintang Leftist leader, who is heading the Canton peace mission of five members, conferred yesterday morning for two hours with Mr. Hu Han-min, the leader of the Nanking Conservatives.\n\nThe entire peace mission proceeded to the residence of Mr. Hu Han-min immediately upon their arrival and it was while there that Mr. Wang Ching-wei and the peace delegates held a lengthy discussion of possible cases, but as a critic has pointed out, the name appears to have had little or nothing to do with either \"shake\" (verb) or \"spear.\"\n\nMASSAGE.\n\nMR. & MRS. Y. MORI,\n\nCertificate.\n\nHolder of Japanese Government Certificate. Sprained Ankle and Wrist opp. \"South China Morning Post.\" 4, Wyndham Street. (1st floor). Telephone 26051.\n\n\"SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST\" is always on sale at SELFRIDGE'S London, W. 1.\n\nPage 15\n\nPage 15\n\nPage 15\n\nPage 16\n\nPage 16\n\nPage 16", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-536-1 Estimates- 1932 3-9-1931 - 16-6-1933.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 548189, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-553-3 Anti-piracy measures 7-3-1935 - 4-11-1935", "page_number": 7, "title": "CO129-553-3 Anti-piracy measures 7-3-1935 - 4-11-1935", "content_text": "is Admiralty\n\nExtinct from\n\nProceedings,\n\n1935.\n\nReferred\n\nCommander, H.K.,\n\nPut By.\n\nReceived\n\n2/7/36\n\n16 Admiralty\n\nMinute.\n\n2.7\n\nPrevious\n\n28.6.35\n\nof\n\nJanuary,\n\n3.7.35\n\nRefused\n\nomitted\n\nPut by\n\nReceived\n\n577/35\n\nFor Command\n\n819...\n\n17 Admiralty\n\nof reinforcing\n\ndiscussed\n\nRef (19)\n\nmeasures\n\n8.7.35\n\n53543/35, question\n\nagainst\n\ninter-dept.\n\nreport.\n\nbe\n\nnominated.\n\nmeeting. Requests\n\nTo Admiralty - 17 Aug... - boy...\n\n&\n\n\"Jung Chew\"\n\n...\n\n120...\n\nSee\n\n53543/35 1/w\n\n$2\n\nDESTROYED UNDER STATUTE\n\nOVER\n\nJUL 1935\n\n1", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-553-3 Anti-piracy measures 7-3-1935 - 4-11-1935.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 555262, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938", "page_number": 112, "title": "CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938", "content_text": "# THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS & \n## October 29, 1937\n### AMERICA'S NEW CHINA CORONER POLICY ANALYSED\n\n#### Chinese Opinion \n##### Opinion On The Change\n\n(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) \nCANTON, OCTOBER 21.\n\nIN VIEW OF AMERICA'S SUDDEN SWITCH IN FAR EASTERN POLICY AS A RESULT OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH, THE WRITER MADE A CANVASS OF CHINESE OPINION WHICH SHOULD BE OF INTEREST.\n\nA leading Chinese official declared that President Roosevelt's clarion call to the nations of the world to \"make a concerted effort to uphold the laws and principles upon which alone peace can rest secure,\" showed that he is a real friend of China, and also that the school of opinion in the United States which was advocating isolationism at whatever cost was beginning to realize that if the bombings of open towns and massacre of non-combatants continued unchecked, America may not be so safe after all.\n\nAnother Chinese official thought that the first gesture of withdrawal from China was only a feeler to test the real sentiments of the American people on the policy to adopt toward Japan's aggression on an unoffending neighbour. The American wave of protests from citizens in China convinced the State Department that any withdrawal would be highly detrimental to American interests, and so President Roosevelt made his speech in Chicago.\n\n#### READY TO CO-OPERATE\nThe consensus of opinion in official, business, and educational circles in Canton is that the United States and Great Britain had now reached the stage where they were ready to co-operate in the Far East. High hopes were, therefore, entertained over the forthcoming Nine Power Conference at Brussels. \"The Chungshan Daily News\" declared in an editorial that \"the United States and China shared a common responsibility in maintaining the sanctity of international treaties and their mutual co-operation would help to stabilize the balance of power in the Pacific area and restore peace in the Far East.\"\n\nIn view of this consistent friendship, the paper continues, \"the two countries cherish a common ideal and should check the onward march of the violator of world peace in order to realize their common aim. The United States has, of course, perfect freedom of independent action in her handling of international problems, but so far as treaty obligations are concerned, such freedom ought to be limited to a certain extent. It must not be forgotten that the Nine-Power Treaty, the Briand-Kellogg Pact, and the Covenant of the League of Nations were enacted with a definite purpose by the statesmen of the world.\"\n\n\"To solve the problem of international conflicts, Mr. Cordell Hull emphasizes the need of securing peace and calls our attention to it. While we appreciate his desire for peace, it seems that his 14-point proposal is passive in nature, and although it is reported that forty-four states have already adhered to it in principle, they have not yet taken any practical steps to realize this high ideal,\" the paper continues.\n\n#### THE ONLY STEP\nThe paper then says that \"in the face of Japanese armed aggression, China is taking the only appropriate steps in the defence of her territorial sovereignty. It is hoped that President Roosevelt will lend his active support on the side of right and justice, especially when he says that 'America actively engages in the search for peace.'\"\n\n\"The Canton Gazette\" holds the opinion that \"unaided, the United States will not be able to enforce her Monroe Doctrine. She who would leave others alone in their time of need would meet the same fate herself, and there is no reason why any of the Central or South American states should not be the property of one who needed it and had the power to take it.\"\n\nThe journal goes on with an exposition of Britain's difficult role, but adds that the aid of France and Soviet Russia \"is more powerful than any combination that has been or can be made East or West. When necessary, the three can offer sufficient inducements for the United States to throw her weight on their side. Besides, isolationism is no longer possible or practical. Hungry eyes are cast on Central and South America.\"\n\n### PRAISES POLICE\n#### Fine Work In Typhoon Fire\n\nStrong commendatory remarks on the work done by the police and the Fire Brigade in the West Point fire which broke out during the height of the typhoon on September 2, were made by Mr. W. Schofield, Senior Magistrate, at the Central Magistracy on Oct. 20.\n\nMr. Schofield was sitting Coroner at an inquiry held into the circumstances surrounding the death of Tong Cheung, a 76-year-old man residing in a house in Connaught Road West, one of the premises involved in the fire. Assisting him was a jury comprising Messrs. M. Nemazee (foreman), M. V. Neves, and A. J. Hussain.\n\nMr. Schofield said \"The behaviour of the police and the Fire Brigade seems to me to have been most admirable in every way. They were working under difficulties the like of which I have never heard of outside war-time.\"\n\nWithout retiring, the jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure, and the foreman added they did not desire to record a rider.\n\nThe Coroner expressed his sympathy with the relatives of the deceased.\n\n### NAVAL ESCORTS FOR NEW GOVERNOR\nWhen His Excellency the new Governor, Sir Geoffrey Northcote, and Lady Northcote arrive in the Colony on October 28 by the P. and O. liner s.s. Ranchi, the Royal Navy will provide an escort of two Destroyers in H.M.S. Duchess and H.M.S. Thracian, while H.M. Aircraft Carrier Eagle will provide an air escort.\n\nAll His Majesty's warships in harbour and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels will be dressed overall.\n\n## CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT\n\n### JUNK-SINKING INQUIRY\n#### SURVIVORS TELL OF ALLEGED JAPANESE SAVAGERY ON HIGH SEAS\n##### FISHING JUNKS SINK IN FULL SIGHT OF MERCILESS ATTACKERS\n\nGraphic descriptions of the merciless sinking of a fleet of fishing junks by a submarine, the crew of which were described by one witness as Japanese, were given by survivors at the Supreme Court on Oct. 18 when the \"Junk-sinking Inquiry\" commenced. The inquiry is being conducted by a Government-appointed Commission comprising His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atho. MacGregor, the Harbour Master, the Hon. Commander J. B. Newill, and Mr. Justice J. A. Fraser.\n\nMr. J. C. McDouall is acting as Secretary to the Commission. According to the witnesses, the submarine, which came upon the junks near the Che Long lighthouse on September 22, went up to them one by one and systematically sank them.\n\nAt the outset of the proceedings, Mr. John Whyatt, Assistant Attorney-General, who is assisting the Commission in the marshalling of evidence, said:\n\n\"May it please you, Sir:-I have been asked to appear before the Commission during this enquiry for the purpose of assisting you, as far as I am able, in the task which has been entrusted to you under your terms of reference by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong.\n\n\"It will be necessary, in order that the true facts relating to the sinking of these fishing junks may be established, that you should have before you witnesses who can give sworn evidence of the material circumstances, and the object of my presence at this inquiry is to call before the Commission all the witnesses who are available whose evidence can be of assistance to the Commission in arriving at its conclusions.\n\n\"I desire to say that in calling this evidence, I shall observe strictly the ordinary rules of evidence, and in no circumstances will any evidence be tendered or any questions be asked which would not be admissible in proceedings conducted in accordance with the practice which prevails in a British Court of Justice.\"\n\n#### ORAL TESTIMONY\n\"I do not propose, before calling the witnesses, to make any comments or to outline in detail the evidence which they will give, because I think it is desirable in an Inquiry of this kind that the material to be placed before the Commission for its consideration should be limited strictly to the oral testimony of the witnesses themselves. It will be sufficient, I think, for your purposes, if I indicate to you as briefly as possible the various classes of witnesses who will be called and the nature of the evidence they will give concerning the matters relevant to this inquiry.\n\n\"In the first place, I shall call before you a number of eye-witnesses who were present on board the fishing junks that we are concerned with, who will describe to you the circumstances in which these vessels were sunk. Altogether, ten fishing junks were sunk, and although many lives were lost, there were fortunately a considerable number of survivors, and of these, fourteen are at present in this Colony and will be called to give evidence. Their evidence will be supplemented to some extent by an officer from the British steamship `Kaying` which picked up some of the survivors. Other survivors were picked up by the German liner `Scharnhorst`, but as she has already sailed for Europe and will not call at the port of Hong Kong again until she returns to the Far East in two months' time, I regret to say it will not be possible to call witnesses from the `Scharnhorst` at this inquiry to tell you what they know concerning this matter.\"\n\n#### EXPERT WITNESS\n\"In addition to the evidence of eye-witnesses, I shall call medical evidence from the Queen Mary Hospital and the Kwong Wah Hospital. The witnesses from these hospitals will be doctors who attended to those survivors who required medical attention when they arrived in Hong Kong, and they will describe to you what they found when they examined these men after their admission to hospital. These witnesses, in addition to giving oral evidence, will produce as exhibits a splinter of metal and a copper bullet which have been removed from the bodies of two of the survivors, and also an X-ray photograph which was taken before an operation was performed on one of these men.\n\n\"I shall also call evidence from the Royal Observatory at Hong Kong as to weather conditions that prevailed on the relevant dates in the vicinity of the place where the junks were sunk. And lastly, I shall call a naval officer who will give evidence as an expert on the question of the distinguishing marks which are carried by certain naval craft with which he is familiar.\"\n\n\"I think perhaps I have now said sufficient in this brief summary to indicate to you the nature of the evidence I intend to put before you, and with your leave, I will now proceed to call the witnesses.\"\n\n#### CONSUL NOT ATTENDING\nMr. Whyatt had also intimated that the Japanese Consul had been informed of the inquiry, and correspondence had been exchanged, the last communication from that office having been received that morning. This stated that the Japanese Consul would not be attending the inquiry, nor would he be represented. The Portuguese Consul had also been informed, as Macao had been mentioned as the home port or port of registry of one or more of the Junks. He was present in Court but desired to take no active part in the proceedings. Messrs. Butterfeld and Swire and the Norddeutscher Lloyd wished to have nothing to do with the inquiry.\n\n### FOR THE POOR\nThe Society of St. Vincent de Paul acknowledges with grateful appreciation and thanks the receipt of the following donations and gifts to the Fete on November 7, 1937.\n\n| Donor | Amount/Donation |\n| --- | --- |\n| Mr. W. B. Finnigan | $25.00 |\n| Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo | $10.00 |\n| Messrs. Kayamally & Co. | $10.00 |\n| Mr. G. P. de Martin | $25.00 |\n| Mrs. V. Sorby | $30.00 |\n| Mr. A. el Arculli | $10.00 |\n| Mr. Ho Kom Tong | $25.00 |\n| Mr. A. C. Wilcox | $25.00 |\n| Anonymous (per Mr. Dixon) | $10.00 |\n| The Grand Dispensary, Ltd. | 24 bottles \"Happy Kid\" Baby Water |", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 555265, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938", "page_number": 115, "title": "CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938", "content_text": "## THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS & JUNK SINKING INQUIRY CONCLUDES\n\n### More Experts Give Evidence\n\nExpert evidence given by Mr. V. C. Branson, Government Analyst, and Police Inspector A. L. Hopkins, an expert on arms and ammunition, at the final hearing of the enquiry into the merciless shelling and sinking of a fleet of Chinese fishing junks, allegedly by the hands of a malicious Japanese submarine crew, revealed that a bullet extracted from one of the victims was of the type known as incendiary.\n\nThe inquiry was conducted by a special Government-appointed Commission comprising His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor (Chairman), the Harbour Master, Hon. Commander J. B. Newill, and Mr. Justice J. A. Fraser. Mr. J. C. McDouall acted as Secretary to the Commission, whilst Mr. John Whyatt, Assistant Attorney General, was in charge of witnesses.\n\nIt is understood the Report of the Commission will be ready in two or three days' time.\n\nMr. V. C. Branson, Government Analyst, said he received a fragment of a bullet from Inspector Hopkins two days ago. With the assistance of Inspector Hopkins, he removed the envelope on the outside of the bullet and found inside a copper tube containing some whitish substance which he analysed. The substance consisted of barium, magnesium, carbonate, and hydrate.\n\nMr. Whyatt: Can you express any opinion as to how that substance in its present state has been formed? - It would be the end-product from the interaction of barium, peroxide, and magnesium after exposure.\n\n\"What type of interaction would you call that?\" - A fast combustion.\n\nAll you can say is that, in your opinion, the original substance consisted of peroxide, barium, and magnesium? - Yes.\n\nWhat is it used for? - It is a standard mixture for tracer bullets - an incendiary bullet.\n\nWhat is its primary function? - It is used to cause heat and flame.\n\nCan you express any opinion as to the heat which might be generated by igniting this mixture? - I cannot say exactly, but I know it is used to ignite thermite, which requires a high temperature to ignite - at least 1,000 degrees in round figures.\n\n### ARMS EXPERT\n\nInspector A. L. Hopkins, in charge of arms and ammunition of the Police Force, said he had held that appointment since last year. Prior to that, he was musketry Instructor to the Police for four years and had considerable experience of firearms, having studied for 20 years, both theoretically and practically.\n\nWitness was handed a piece of metal by Mr. Whyatt, who asked: Have you examined this piece of metal carefully? (The metal was taken out of a man by Dr. Bau at the Kwong Wah Hospital) - Yes.\n\nCan you express any opinion as to the origin of this piece of metal? - It is very difficult to be definite, but it is consistent with its being a shell splinter; also, it could possibly be part of a larger piece of metal other than a shell.\n\nIn any event, it is consistent with a shell splinter? - Yes, that's about all I can tell you about that piece of metal.\n\nHanding the witness another exhibit, part of a bullet, Mr. Whyatt asked: Can you express any opinion as to whether that bullet has been fired? - Yes.\n\nWhy do you say that? - Because there were four rifling marks impressed on the envelope - four lands and grooves with a right-hand twist.\n\nDo those marks enable you to form any opinion as to the kind of weapon from which that bullet was fired? - They are common to a machine-gun of the Lewis gun type.\n\n### UNUSUAL BULLET\n\nIs that an unusual type of bullet in your experience? - It is.\n\nWhy do you say that? - Because of the copper tube inside, of which Mr. Branson and I found a whitish substance.\n\nCan you tell me from your knowledge of ammunition of all kinds, what would be the object of making a bullet with a copper tube and filling it with powder? - To make a tracer bullet, an incendiary bullet, or, possibly, an explosive bullet.\n\nChairman: Inspector Hopkins, you said a few moments ago that from the lands and grooves you found on the end of that tube, you have formed that it was fired from a machine-gun of the Lewis gun type? - Not exactly; it is common to the machine-gun type.\n\nMr. Whyatt informed the Commissioners that the remaining witnesses could not be located as they had found new employment in fishing junks. Strenuous efforts had been made by the Police to locate them, but so far without success. He was certain that if further time could be spared, these witnesses could be found, but in view of the urgency of the report, he did not propose to ask for an adjournment. All the witnesses who were available had been called, and he trusted that the evidence which had been adduced would be of assistance to the Commission in arriving at its conclusions.\n\nChairman: I should like on behalf of my colleagues, as well as for myself, to thank you, Mr. Whyatt, for the very great assistance you have given us in the presentation of the case and marshalling of the evidence.\n\nThe Commission then retired.\n\n## CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT\n\n## RACE FANS PROVIDED WITH EXCELLENT SPORT\n\n### MR. H. C. PIH WINS KWANGTUNG HANDICAP ON PLAIN VIEW\n\nNOVICE JOCKEY THROWN: BIG SWEEP PAYS $31,813.60\n\nTHE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAVE REASON TO CONGRATULATE THEMSELVES ON ANOTHER VERY SUCCESSFUL RACE MEETING. THE ONE HELD ON OCT. 21 WAS FEATURED BY GOOD WEATHER, AN EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE, AND WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, THE VERY FINE RACING PROVIDED TO THE HUNDREDS OF RACE FANS WHO LINED THE RAILS TO WATCH EACH EVENT.\n\nThere were many other counter-attractions, but race fans remained loyal to the King of Sport. There were no sensational dividends - testimony, if such indeed is needed, to the excellent judgment of the handicapper. The day's sport was marred somewhat by an unfortunate accident to Mr. O. R. Sadick, a novice jockey, who was thrown by Happy Venture, in the Paddock Handicap. Fortunately, the injuries sustained by this promising jockey were only slight.\n\nRacing honours went to Messrs. H. C. Pih and N. Deitz, and the Daily Double combination of Tabby Cat and Plain View paid successful punters $32.10.\n\n### WYNDHAM HANDICAP\n\n| Rank | Horse | Jockey | Weight | Time | Pari-mutuel |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Gladiator | Mr. N. Deitz | 145 lbs. | 1.24.4 | Win: $7.30, Places: $6.10, $3.80 |\n| 2 | Oak Bay | Mr. W. H. S. Davis | 149 lbs. | | |\n| 3 | Wild Life | Mr. D. Black | 133 lbs. | | |\n\n### QUEENSLAND HANDICAP\n\n| Rank | Horse | Jockey | Weight | Time | Pari-mutuel |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Lancashire Chips | Mr. B. A. Proulx | 148 lbs. | 1.16 | Win: $12.80, Places: $6.20, $5.80 |\n| 2 | Electron | Mr. S. C. Liang | 149 lbs. | | |\n| 3 | Centre Court | Mr. W. H. S. Davis | 142 lbs. | | |\n\n### HONG KONG GRIFFINS' CUP\n\n| Rank | Horse | Jockey | Weight | Time | Pari-mutuel |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Expansion Time | Mr. S. C. Liang | 158 lbs. | 2.30.2 | Win: $16.10, Places: $8.70, $6.20 |\n| 2 | Havoc Eve | Mr. N. Deitz | 161 lbs. | | |\n| 3 | King's Coronation | Mr. B. A. Proulx | 161 lbs. | | |\n\nAlso ran: Rob Roy (W. G. Poy), Scenic View (B. L. Tao)", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-563-17 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping. For extracted photographs see CN 3-12 27-9-1937 - 17-1-1938.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 556398, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-565-14 Vacancy for air raid precaution officer. Includes 1 photograph depicting- Douglas Berwick Maitland- applicant for... 15-11-1937 - 8-2-1938", "page_number": 22, "title": "CO129-565-14 Vacancy for air raid precaution officer. Includes 1 photograph depicting- Douglas Berwick Maitland- applicant for... 15-11-1937 - 8-2-1938", "content_text": "22\n\nprecautions\n\narrange\n\nLace\n\n+ ship\n\n2\n\nin\n\n4.\n\nBeneath theme L·\n\nrequest to You\n\nLi purchase\n\nthem advice\n\nHang\n\nas possible\n\nDebein\n\nVie\n\nCommander Nette Parking, to whom\n\nwry comma\n\ncutter is being sent, has\n\ncom y\n\nazrati qui' you my\n\nadors this you may require\n\n2. 2m 6\n\nin the mail\n\nunder cover for you whr a\n\na cute wh\n\nRay been 20- to in\n\nchat\n\n7\n\nwis\n\nm. the Ito.\n\nto the\n\nsummer of this 5\n\nbombs\n\nwh, are\n\nincluded\n\nin cendiary\n\nthe last y articles\n\nty mod\n\n(Signed) H. R. COWELL", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-565-14 Vacancy for air raid precaution officer. Includes 1 photograph depicting- Douglas Berwick Maitland- applicant for... 15-11-1937 - 8-2-1938.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 559177, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-568-9 Chung Chi Cheung- petition to appeal against decision of Hong Kong court 7-1-1938 - 28-12-1938", "page_number": 41, "title": "CO129-568-9 Chung Chi Cheung- petition to appeal against decision of Hong Kong court 7-1-1938 - 28-12-1938", "content_text": "Extract from Birmingham Post.\n\n34\n\n48\n\n19/10/38.\n\nQUESTION OF JURISDICTION OF HONG KONG COURT\n\nJUDGMENT RESERVED ON A CABIN BOY'S APPEAL\n\nThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council yesterday continued the hearing of the appeal by Chung Chi Cheung, a cabin boy, who was convicted in Hong Kong in August, 1937, of having murdered Captain Douglas Lorne Campbell, commander of an armed Customs cruiser in the service of the Republic of China.\n\nIt was alleged at the trial in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong that when the cruiser, the Cheung Keng, was in the territorial waters of the colony on January 11 of last year, Chung Chi Cheung shot and killed the captain, seriously wounded the chief officer and finally shot and wounded himself.\n\nThe appeal raised the question of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong to try the accused. It was contended that the Cheung Keng, as an armed public vessel of a 'visiting State,' was immune from the jurisdiction of the Courts of the colony of Hong Kong, into whose territorial water she had entered, and that such immunity extended to all persons on board her.\n\nThe Attorney-General (Sir Donald Somervell, K.C.), for the Crown, said that the question arose whether a foreign warship in territorial waters is to be regarded for all purposes as a floating piece of territory. That view, he submitted, is wrong.\n\nHe argued that, as the crime was committed by a British subject against a British subject within the waters of the colony of Hong Kong, the Supreme Court of Hong Kong had jurisdiction to try the accused on his being landed at Hong Kong in the circumstances of the case. The Chinese Government made no diplomatic representations with a view to having the appellant put back on board the vessel after his arrest in Hong Kong, and it was a reasonable and proper inference that the immunity enjoyed by members of a crew of an armed Chinese vessel had, in this case, been willingly waived and that, therefore, there was no bar to the exercise of its jurisdiction by the Hong Kong Supreme Court.\n\nThe hearing was concluded and their Lordships reserved judgment.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-568-9 Chung Chi Cheung- petition to appeal against decision of Hong Kong court 7-1-1938 - 28-12-1938.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 559552, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-569-7 Revision of salaries 6-7-1938 - 11-10-1938", "page_number": 41, "title": "CO129-569-7 Revision of salaries 6-7-1938 - 11-10-1938", "content_text": "39\n\n53723/1738\n\nVALIA of 80113 Jor Dezserɔni gaied 23nsmulons eldonoiansq 21820qory 92ant to lovoïqq, woy J29ups1 of svad I\n\ntal mot as goтot ojai suos blucris bremmoɔst I dołdy 9.it ni meus 101 ebam need ami noizivong ok .ccel tIaunel .anoitouiteni roy zatbneq ecel tot zajmuitas fiszb\n\n‚ad of Tonod sit evd\n\n,112\n\ntrevise sidmur,+maibedo J2om TOY\n\n.IONISVOD\n\nMOX CONFIDENTIAL (2)\n\nRECE\n\n100\n\n2\n\nAust. 14-\n\nan\n\n139 later\n\nSir,\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n\nHONG KONG.\n\n4th October, 1938.\n\nI have the honour to refer to my confidential despatch of 6th September, 1938, forwarding the Report of the Committee appointed to consider Anomalies arising out of the recent introduction of new salary scales. In the course of their deliberations the Committee considered certain personal representations made by the senior officers of the Harbour Department but as those did not fall exactly within their terms of reference no recommendations were made as to them in their Report. I now desire, however, to submit certain proposals in this matter for your consideration.\n\n2. The Harbour Master, Commander G. F. Hole, has represented that he should be granted a personal allowance on the grounds that he has no further prospect of promotion, has been on the maximum salary of his scale, £1600, since 24th July, 1928 and has, since 23rd February, 1929, been discharging the duties of Director of Air Services in addition to his ordinary duties as Harbour Master without additional remuneration.\n\nI do not attach much importance to the first two grounds, especially in the case of an officer who has been fortunate enough to reach the head of his service early in life, but there can be no doubt that the rapid development of air transport has thrown a steadily increasing burden on Commander Hole. In fact it cannot be many years before it will be necessary to appoint a full-time Director of Air Services. I am prepared therefore to recommend that Commander Hole be granted a personal allowance of £200 per annum for so long as he continues to be\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nMALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.\n\n&c., &c., &c.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-569-7 Revision of salaries 6-7-1938 - 11-10-1938.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 567520, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-580-10 Air Raid precautions- report 1938 3-7-1939 - 3-7-1939", "page_number": 5, "title": "CO129-580-10 Air Raid precautions- report 1938 3-7-1939 - 3-7-1939", "content_text": "# P (1) A.R.P.\n\n# REPORT ON AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS FOR 1938.\n\n1. The Air Raid Precautions Sub-committee—a branch of the Local Defence Committee—held meetings throughout the year. Mr. W. R. Scott was chairman. On the arrival of the Air Raid Precautions Officer, the chairmanship was taken over by Wing Commander A.H.S. Steele-Perkins.\n\n2. Wing Commander Steele-Perkins was appointed Air Raid Precautions Officer on 20th January, 1938, and arrived in the Colony on 16th March, 1938.\n\n## I. Volunteers.\n\nThe basis of the work of the Air Raid Precautions Officer during the year was the preparation of a local A.R.P. scheme and the enrolment of volunteers. The number of those who volunteered for instruction or service was small at the beginning but increased as the active work and propaganda of the department attracted the public's attention. The present position may be regarded as satisfactory provided that the rate of progress in enlistment can be maintained.\n\n## II. Propaganda and Advice to the Public.\n\nSeveral broadcast talks on A.R.P. have been given throughout the year. The demand for A.R.P. Handbooks increased during the year. Copies were distributed to volunteers. The handbooks are also on sale to the public, both in English and Chinese language.\n\n3. Arrangements for an exhibition of A.R.P. paraphernalia at the University unfortunately had to be cancelled owing to the extreme pressure of work in other directions. It was possible, however, to hold an exhibition in the Union Church Hall, Hong Kong, which was attended by His Excellency the Governor and Lady Northcote.\n\n4. An A.R.P. Exhibition was given by the Women's Air Raid Precautions Union on August 11th and 12th at the Union Church, Kennedy Road, and was also attended by His Excellency the Governor and Lady Northcote.\n\n## III. Instruction and Training.\n\n1. Public lectures on Air Raid Precautions started in December, 1937, at the China Fleet Club and continued until February 1938.\n\n2. Lectures and preliminary training to members of St. John Ambulance Brigade and of the Police Reserve were given by Mr. Chak Tai Kwong, and by S.T. (R.) Dunlop (who had attended the Anti-gas School at Falfield, England).\n\n3. The Air Raid Precautions Officer, after his arrival, started a series of lectures and instruction which has been ever since gathering momentum, so that some 12,000 people have attended them to the time of writing this report; and it is estimated the average number of courses running daily is 5. Now have trained squads of A.R.P. personnel. Trained instructors number eighteen. All important business firms...\n\n4. Preliminary plans for the erection of an Air Raid Precautions Training School were considered during the year.\n\n## IV. Wardens.\n\n1. An A.R.P. Wardens' Main Committee was appointed in May, under the chairmanship of Mr. Pentreath, the members of the committee consisting of some of the well-known residents living in the Colony.\n\nPage 2\n\n2. The A.R.P. Wardens' Sub-committee was given the task of organizing Air Raid Wardens and Posts in each Police division of Hong Kong and Kowloon.\n\n3. The Warden Posts were fixed at the ratio of one to every 100 houses: each post to consist of three (two men and one woman) who would work on a two-shift basis during an emergency.\n\n4. Twenty-two District Sub-committees have now been formed. Some advance has been made in finding suitable Warden Posts and enrolling the necessary number of Wardens, but the rate of progress is necessarily slow. It is necessary to establish approximately 1,600 posts making a total recruitment of 9,000 men and women, each of whom is expected to attend a course of fifteen lectures and to pass an examination.\n\n## V. Women Air Raid Precautions Union.\n\n1. The Women's Air Raid Precautions Union was formed in May under the chairmanship of Mrs. Steele-Perkins. Lady Northcote consented to be president. The object of the Union is to teach simple air raid precautions and elementary first aid to as many ladies of the Colony as possible to enable them to put this information into practice in their own homes should an emergency ever arise.\n\n2. The A.R.P. lectures organized by this Union were held in the various women's clubs, European and Chinese, and were very well attended.\n\n3. An advanced course in A.R.P. services especially suitable to women was also instituted.\n\n## VI. Decontamination.\n\nSquads numbering seven persons apiece were organized in this work, and eighteen squads have already been trained. A total of forty squads is considered necessary.\n\n## GENERAL.\n\nOther activities included—\n\n1. Plans for safeguarding vital services.\n\n2. Provision of respirators and protective clothing for essential services.\n\n3. Provision of stores and equipment for A.R.P. Services.\n\n4. The formation of Rescue, Road Repair and Demolition Parties and the provision of equipment.\n\n5. The provision of additional equipment and plans for the formation of an auxiliary Fire Brigade Service.\n\n6. Cooperation with the Hon. D.M.S. and the Director of St. John Ambulance Brigade and Association, the formation of plans for the Medical Services.\n\n7. Plans for the provision of an A.R.P. store.\n\n## VII. Blackouts.\n\n1. A blackout was held on February 20th.\n\n2. A surprise blackout to discover the extent to which the public had been educated in air raid precautions was held in September. For the purpose of the exercise, it was announced that a \"precautionary period\" of seven days commencing on September 1st would be followed by an \"air raid warning period\" on September 8th at 8.30 p.m. to continue for 72 hours. During this period, the air raid warning signal was sounded.\n\n3. A series of blackout exercises were made during the combined manoeuvres—November 21st to 28th—to test the air raid precautions. The first was from 9.15 p.m. to 11.15 p.m. on November 24th. The second was announced to take place at any time between 25th and 27th November. There was a precautionary period preceding these exercises.\n\n4. In the first blackout, the public gave their full co-operation, and the exercise was successful, but the same high standard was not maintained in the latter series of blackouts.\n\n## VIII. Sirens.\n\nElectric sirens for Hong Kong and Kowloon were ordered during the year and those for Hong Kong have been erected.\n\n## IX. Messengers.\n\nAn A.R.P. Cyclist Corps was formed to ensure communications in the event of the breakdown of the telephone service. A number of Boy Scouts were also enrolled for this duty.\n\nPage 7\n\nA.H. 3. STELE-PERKINS\n\nEND", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-580-10 Air Raid precautions- report 1938 3-7-1939 - 3-7-1939.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 575476, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905", "page_number": 118, "title": "CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905", "content_text": "## Paragraph 9\n\nHe says \"As far as I can gather through Guerilla sources H.E. is closely confined in Room 406 of the Peninsula Hotel. He has been allowed no contact with the Secretariat or anyone else since the surrender. It is said and I repeat it for what it is worth that he is not permitted to look on the faces of any servants. I know no facts of his confinement\".\n\nI will give here a few notes I have made re H.E. He took the surrender very keenly this I understand from Wing Commander H.T. Bennett, R.A.F., who was I believe Liaison Officer between the Japanese and British Forces. I'm not sure if one had a Liaison Officer between enemy forces but he certainly was our official Interpreter and was staying with the G.O.C. at the time of surrender. He said that H.E. on the evening of the 25th December 1941 sat in the corner of the drawing room and literally retched. Apparently even the Japanese G.O.C. felt for him and treated him with the greatest courtesy and kindness sending him over to the Peninsula Hotel and then sending his personal boy over with his effects. Also, I have received the impression that the surrender came as a shock to H.E. as he was seen by A.J.R. Moss walking down Ice House Street at about 1 pm. News of the surrender was received at 4-30 pm. on the day of the surrender with only a Chinese Police Constable with him; this was his usual procedure during the War when he hailed Moss by name and asked him how his truck driving was faring. He appeared in the best of spirits. I later heard that H.E. refused to give the Japanese any assistance which they asked for in running the Colony. This last is purely rumour though and I cannot give the source.\n\n## Paragraph 11 - American and Dutch Consulates\n\nMr. V.P. Thompson's notes read as follows:\n\n\"As from about 9.3.42, interned in separately guarded establishment (Preparatory School) at Stanley. No contact with Camp. Guarded by former Hongkong Police. Previously were confined somewhere in town.\"\n\nI will add that actually they are guarded by former Hongkong Indian and Chinese Police and I understood that they were previously confined in their residences on the Peak. Also this Preparatory School was used, when we were first interned, to house approximately one hundred and fifty British men who were, just before the American Consular Officials arrived, moved to the Indian Warders Quarters. The barbed wire around the garden was also removed and a white stone wall erected which was about eight feet high. I received the impression that the Consular Officials were confined to the building as they were often seen taking exercise on the flat roof of the building. I very seldom saw them in the garden. The removal of the barbed wire from around this building caused much speculation in the Camp and when it was found that Consular Officials were to be interned there it was argued that under International Law Consular Officials may not be confined behind barbed wire and they are also to receive special protection - this may explain the careful watch that is placed over them. There is still barbed wire along the beach which is at the foot of the garden of this building. I believe they have their Chinese servants with them and from what I saw were driven in in their own car. Certainly their Consul's Packard was parked in the garden. I am now referring to Bruins, U.S. Consul and Acting Consul General when Southerd was away from Hongkong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-590-23 Situation in Hong Kong 25-4-1905 - 25-4-1905.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 577172, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-591-16 Liberation of Hong Kong- arrangements in the event of the collapse of Japan 3-8-1945 - 1-8-1950", "page_number": 90, "title": "CO129-591-16 Liberation of Hong Kong- arrangements in the event of the collapse of Japan 3-8-1945 - 1-8-1950", "content_text": "88\n\nBor\n\nMalaya m/h Hiar\n\nof a military administration required the necessary proclamation by the Force Commander superseding the Commission of the peacetime O.A.G., and the British Admiral or senior naval officer, would himself head the military administration and would have the assistance of Mr. MacDougall and the others (to be commissioned at once as Civil Affairs officers).\n\n+\n\nThe only difference in the prospective situation of a Japanese capitulation is that in Hong Kong there is not likely to be the need for all from the great bulk of the civil administration to be militarised. The present Planning Unit of some 40 officers would suitably be militarised as arranged, but the gaps can be filled up by civilian personnel working under the military administration.\n\nIn the case of Borneo and Malaya,\n\nBrigadier French and General Anderson agree that there is no reason to interrupt the filling of the War Establishment as at present approved with personnel to be militarised as soon as appointed.\n\nFor those various fields of the administration which are not catered for in a military administration, or not fully catered for, (e.g. Education) Brigadier French has agreed that there is no reason why the Colonial Office should not proceed, so far as manpower allows, with the engagement of the necessary personnel required before service in the post-military-administration-period. There need be no longer the difficulty about having to keep such people on ice until a military governor were to decide that the operational situation permitted the entry of civilians. I have asked him to confirm the last point in writing, and this they will do on the assumption that the Japanese capitulation is confirmed.\n\nOFFICE\n\nWigent.\n\nMant.\n\n10. 8. 45.\n\nabout\n\nMessrs all my satisfaction, and what you say about pre-military period in Malaya was amply confirmed by Admiral Mountbatten at his interview with Foss.\n\nWe ought to wind off the boy hay planning, uit Molio\n\n>Page 91", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-591-16 Liberation of Hong Kong- arrangements in the event of the collapse of Japan 3-8-1945 - 1-8-1950.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 577920, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-591-3 Education Department- revised grant code 24-10-1945 - 11-12-1945", "page_number": 59, "title": "CO129-591-3 Education Department- revised grant code 24-10-1945 - 11-12-1945", "content_text": "INWARD TELEGRAM\n\n-8\n\n4\n\nUnclassified\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Commander-in-Chief)\n\nTO S. OF S., COLONIES.\n\nD. 23rd January, 1946. R. 24th\n\nK\n\n...\n\n16.30 hrs.\n\n(via War Office)\n\nCA 1588.\n\nFor Colonial Office.\n\nSubject is new 1941 grant code for\n\nHong Kong grant aided schools.\n\nLetters from Bishop Hall and Father Joy, together with a resolution, were in error sent direct to you by Bishop Hall without covering\n\ndespatch late November. Please delay action until you receive official despatch.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-591-3 Education Department- revised grant code 24-10-1945 - 11-12-1945.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 579574, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945", "page_number": 116, "title": "CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945", "content_text": "116\n\nNOTE E-\n\nAmerican Activities. The Administration are worried about the unannounced arrival of American officers in the Colony. Some of these are blatantly approaching Chinese firms etc. with offers of business and there are, I fear, positive indications that some are talking to their Chinese contacts in a way directly prejudicial to British interests. The Commander-in-Chief proposes to take a firm line with the business touts as soon as positive evidence is to hand and he proposes to take this to the highest levels if necessary. Meanwhile we should insist with both Chinese and American authorities here on prior notification (not permission, as Hong Kong is still in the China Command) of all arrivals. This had already been taken up by the Air Attache before I left but I do not know what came of his approaches.\n\nA cognate point is that our own R.A.F. priority passengers to Hong Kong should be more satisfactorily cleared: but this point has been raised by the Chief of Staff in Hong Kong with R.A.F. Headquarters in the island, and will presumably be dealt with there. Though I do not imagine that they are providing joy-rides, R.A.F. Kuming should perhaps be told not to lift any people from within China unless requested to do so by some British authority and to give all names by signal in advance to R.A.F. Hong Kong.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-592-6 Reports on current situation- including weekly intelligence reports 18-9-1945 - 20-12-1945.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 582820, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-596-3 Hong Kong University- recognition of wartime training of medical students 24-1-1946 - 10-3-1949", "page_number": 49, "title": "CO129-596-3 Hong Kong University- recognition of wartime training of medical students 24-1-1946 - 10-3-1949", "content_text": "phones: \n\nD.M.S. C.A. 39659 A.D.M.S. C.A. 39660 \n\nSecy. General 39600 39683 \n\n4:12. \n\nC.A.A. Medical Branch, \nHong Kong & Shanghai Bank Bldg. \nHong Kong. March 23, 1949 \n\nDear Miss Ruston, \n\nI am sure you will be glad to hear that the long-planned ceremony of the Conferring of Medical Degrees by the Emergency Committee was at last achieved yesterday afternoon in the ruins of the University Great Hall. It was an impressive ceremony, in the austere setting of the roofless and looted skeleton of the Hall, but we decided that there could be no more fitting place. About 180 people were present, including many members of the University Court and representatives of the Services and other bodies, both Chinese and British. Mr. Hazlerigg awarded the diplomas on behalf of the Committee, and the Commander-in-Chief gave an excellent address. Tea was served afterwards in the Cloisters, and the Library was thrown open for inspection. It was altogether a very happy little ceremony, and all the comment I heard was most favourable. To me personally, it was a very gratifying occasion, for I felt as I scanned the names of the 33 graduates and thought of their strangely varied experiences during these last four years, that the efforts which we commenced on their behalf in 1942 had at last come to fruition. You played a very large part in these efforts, and I should like, on behalf of the new graduates, to express to you a very deep sense of appreciation for all that you have done. I am enclosing a copy of the Press report of yesterday's proceedings, which gives in full the speeches made by Mr. Hazlerigg and the Commander-in-Chief. \n\nI also enclose a specimen copy of the Diploma which we had printed and of the Order of Proceedings. I am glad to say that the University Seal reached here just in time, and that it was impressed upon all the diplomas.\n\nThe two diplomas of Drs. Cheung Kong Ho and Yap Jin Ya are being despatched to you by the hand of Father Joy and should reach you with this letter. \n\nI am glad to hear that Yap is trying for his Primary F.R.C.S., and hope he is successful. I expect you heard that my former assistant, Dr. Daphne Chun, successfully passed the examination in January of this year, and was the first Chinese to gain the M.R.C.O.G. when she took it last year. \n\nI have been in close touch with Mr. Sloss over the future of the University, and I still hope that we may be able to start some first-year courses in October. It would be possible to start Arts classes without any equipment, and for other faculties (e.g., Medicine and Science) to concentrate on work which does not require much equipment (including extra English instruction) until the apparatus arrives in the early New Year. I think we should meet unusual conditions with emergency methods. If we do not open, we shall lose a good deal of prestige when compared with other Universities in China which have opened, and we shall also lose students from Hong Kong who will undoubtedly go to Chinese Universities if we cannot offer them anything here. \n\nWith kind regards, \n\nYours sincerely, \nLt.-Col. Gordon King. \n\nMiss A.M. Ruston, \nColonial Office, \nDowning Street, \nLONDON, S.W.1.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-596-3 Hong Kong University- recognition of wartime training of medical students 24-1-1946 - 10-3-1949.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 588740, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-607-5 Police Department- Indian Section 8-1-1946 - 15-9-1947", "page_number": 178, "title": "CO129-607-5 Police Department- Indian Section 8-1-1946 - 15-9-1947", "content_text": "Pica in R203\n\nINWARD TELEGRAM\n\nGOP\n\nfor\n\nRIFF 176\n\nP. 42.00\n\n44\n\nTo poy on file\n\nFROM HONG KONG (Commander-in-Chief)\n\nTO S. OF S.. COLONIES.\n\nD. 25th January, 1946. R. 26th\n\n15.00 hrs.\n\n(Via War Office)\n\nCA 1618\n\n1.\n\nFrom C.C.A.O. reference our saving telegram No. 1366 of 8th January, 1946 in regard revision of Police salaries.\n\n2. Position of about 60 probationary Chinese Sub Inspectors very unsatisfactory. Imminent resignations very likely in view of present low salary of dollars 75 per month. Cannot afford loss of such promising candidates.\n\nStrongly urge that revised rates for local Inspectorate as suggested in our savingram should be approved separately. Please confirm your approval earliest.", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-607-5 Police Department- Indian Section 8-1-1946 - 15-9-1947.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 }, { "id": 597080, "series_id": 27, "series_slug": "histsyn-co129-engine", "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案", "series_use_hku_proxy": false, "document_key": "CO129-623-9 Estimates of Expenditure- includes a report for the year ending March 1952 1-2-1951 - 30-11-1951", "page_number": 111, "title": "CO129-623-9 Estimates of Expenditure- includes a report for the year ending March 1952 1-2-1951 - 30-11-1951", "content_text": "Head 39-SUBVENTIONS\n\nApproved Estimate 1950-51 $\n\nEstimate 1951-52 $\n\nSub-heads\n\nRecurrent Expenditure\n\nSpecial Expenditure\n\n1 British Empire Leprosy Relief Association\n\n800\n\n800\n\n2 Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, London\n\n4,800\n\n4,800\n\n3 Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux\n\n5,744\n\n5,744\n\n4 Commonwealth Economic and Commonwealth Shipping Committees\n\n2,935\n\n2,935\n\n5 Hong Kong War Memorial Fund, staff and other expenses\n\n18,000\n\n10,080 (1)\n\n6 Imperial Institute\n\n2,400\n\n2,400\n\n7 International Meteorological Association\n\n600\n\n850 (2)\n\n8 International Telecommunications Union\n\n19,200\n\n1,920 (3)\n\n9 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine\n\n1,600\n\n1,600\n\n10 Magistrates poor box\n\n5,000\n\n3,000 (3)\n\n11 Royal Asiatic Society\n\n80\n\n80\n\n12 School of Oriental and African Studies, London University\n\n5,600\n\n5,600\n\n13 Stanley cemetery\n\n4,000\n\n4,000\n\n14 Boy Scouts Association\n\n1,500\n\n1,500\n\n15 Boys and Girls Clubs Association\n\n51,500\n\n35,500 (4) (5)\n\n16 Canossian Orphanage\n\n18,900\n\n18,900\n\n17 Diocesan Boys School\n\n3,000\n\n3,000\n\n18 Diocesan Girls School\n\n2,060\n\n2,060\n\n19 Fanling Babies Home\n\n15,000\n\n15,000\n\n20 French Convent Creche\n\n1,000\n\n1,000\n\n21 French Convent Orphanage\n\n1,000\n\n1,000\n\n22 Girl Guides Association\n\n800\n\n800\n\n23 Honeyville Home for Blind Girls\n\n8,375\n\n8,375\n\n24 Hong Kong Council of Social Service\n\n6,000\n\n6,000\n\n25 Hong Kong Family Welfare Society\n\n108,000\n\n108,000\n\n26 Hong Kong School for the Deaf\n\n4,000\n\n4,000\n\n27 Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children\n\n25,000\n\n35,000 (5)\n\n28 King's Park Orphanage\n\n125,000\n\n125,000\n\n29 Kwai Chung Girls Home\n\n—\n\n—\n\n30 Ling Yuet Sin Children's Sanatorium (Foundlings)\n\n43,500\n\n43,500\n\n31 Little Sisters of the Poor (Home for Aged)\n\n5,625\n\n5,625\n\n32 Precious Blood Orphanage\n\n9,000\n\n9,000\n\n33 St. Louis Industrial School\n\n14,500\n\n14,500\n\n34 Society of St. Vincent de Paul\n\n8,250\n\n8,250\n\n35 Stanley Boys' Camp\n\n10,000\n\n10,000\n\n36 Taipo Rural Home and Orphanage\n\n20,000 (6)\n\n—\n\n37 Further education of former members of the local forces\n\n83,000\n\n69,548 (8)\n\n38 Grant-in-aids schools\n\n(a) Building depreciation fund\n\n87,600\n\n—\n\n(b) Miscellaneous grants\n\n4,692,000\n\n5,000,000 (10)\n\n(c) Provident fund\n\n155,200\n\n—\n\n39 Hong Kong Teachers Association\n\n1,550,000\n\n2,278,400\n\n40 University of Hong Kong\n\n110,000\n\n2,000\n\n41 Vernacular schools\n\n2,000\n\n—\n\n42 Alice Memorial and affiliated hospitals\n\n3,034,000\n\n3,400,000 (2)\n\n43 Hong Kong Anti-tuberculosis Association\n\n45,678\n\n34,270\n\n44 Ruttonjee Dispensary, Tsun Wan\n\n18,000\n\n15,000 (3) (7)\n\n45 Tung Wah and associated hospitals\n\n—\n\n—\n\n46 Aberdeen Industrial School\n\n170,000 (10)\n\n150,000 (12)\n\n47 Po Leung Kuk\n\n2,000\n\n2,000\n\n48 Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund\n\n3,600,000 (11)\n\n3,400,000 (2)\n\n49 Commandant's Welfare Fund\n\n2,500 (13)\n\n—\n\n50 Commander, British Forces, Hong Kong's Fund\n\n500,000\n\n400,000 (14) (15)\n\n51 Non-government schools\n\n(a) building grants\n\n821,000\n\n1,435,130 (11)\n\n(b) furniture and equipment grants\n\n111,000\n\n411,570 (11)\n\n52 Stanley cemetery\n\n68,183\n\n68,183 (16)\n\n53 United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund\n\n10,000 (13)\n\n—\n\nBritish Empire Society for the Blind\n\n12,000\n\n— (7)\n\nGirl Guides Association\n\n4,000\n\n150,000 (17)\n\nSalesian Orphanage\n\n23,800\n\n10,000 (7)\n\nHong Kong Anti-tuberculosis Association\n\n—\n\n—\n\nTotal Recurrent Expenditure\n\n12,660,717\n\n14,326,900\n\nTotal Special Expenditure\n\n1,666,183\n\n2,327,383\n\nTotal Expenditure\n\n14,326,900\n\n17,144,498 (17)\n\n(1) Personnel changed\n\n(2) Higher contribution\n\n(3) Previously overestimated\n\n(4) Provided for in part under Stanley Boys' Camp\n\n(5) Increased grant\n\n(6) Previously provided for under Boys and Girls Clubs Association\n\n(7) Not required\n\n(8) Fewer students\n\n(9) More buildings\n\n(10) More teachers\n\n(11) More schools\n\n(12) Previously provided for under Special Expenditure\n\n(13) New grant\n\n(14) Further grant\n\n(15) Title changed from General Officer Commanding-in-Chief's Fund\n\n(16) Re-vote\n\n(17) Provided for under Recurrent expenditure\n\nSubheads will be controlled by the following officers:\n\nAccountant-General subheads 1-13, 49, 50, and 52\n\nDirector of Education subheads 37-41, and 51\n\nDirector of Marine subhead 48\n\nDirector of Medical and Health Services subheads 42-45, and 53\n\nSecretary for Chinese Affairs subheads 46 and 47\n\nSocial Welfare Officer subheads 14-36", "txt_file_path": "txt/2diw2n4r2/CO129-623-9 Estimates of Expenditure- includes a report for the year ending March 1952 1-2-1951 - 30-11-1951.txt", "external_url": "", "rank": 0 } ]