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SUPPLEMENT TO No. 67.

HONG-KONG, THURSDAY, JUNE 29rm, 1843.

(To the Editor of Friend of China.) MY DEAR ME EDITOR-As you have been so often troubled by various correspondents about the perform ance at the Koulangsoo Theatre, and have each time bean told that they were excellent, allow me through the medium of your extensively circulated publication to give an account of the last performance, with a slight estimate of the capabilities of the different actors, to enable our Hong kong friends to judge of what sort the performance really is, and let me commence by taking the characters in the two last Plays:-

The characters in the "Lawyer's Clerk," as the first Play on the evening of the 26th of May comes first under my notice Wormwood," the Lawyer's Clerk, by Mr Martin. This difficult part was tolerably well sustained by that gentleman, but, in consequence of his having happy knack of appropriating the principal chamotere in the Plays to himself, he was unable to pay sufficient attention to this particular

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and therefore it was not so well acted as it might part, have been were he less ambitions, he is one of the best Comedy actors at Koolangsoo, but unfortunately, from the above named little weakness of appropriation, he spoils himself. Next on the list is Lawyer Capias," by Mr Hamer: this gentleman was excellent as the Lawyer, and sustained his character better than any other person in that play be was inimitable, and from a habit of taking snuff, which he has in private life, he did the "Old English Lawyer" to perfection; as an actor I should say, from his understanding his part so well, that he is the best at Koolangsoo. Now we

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Mr. Hillier was beautifully dreshed Lord Aubrey's behind him looking like a most accomplished black- Servant," and Mr Martin with his boards before and guard, and fully coming up to my idea of a "Man about town" Between the Plays there were three Songs sung-two by Mr Graves, and one by Mr Bloomfield; those by Mr Graves were well and feelingly sung, but that by Mr Bloomfield which was called resembling a Cherokee war song] was a total failure ** Jem Crow,” but in reality as far as sound went, the first verse went off well, but after the action-accom breath was all over too, so that he gasped out the rest panying the first chorus, was all over, the gentleman's of the song by lines, with an interval of some seconds between each, also with a delightful variation of the tune and a few extraordinary motions of his legs and arms, =

we come to Charles," by Capt. Call, Jun; this part was feelingly sustained, and consequently was very good; but as it was his first appearance on any Stage, he is entitled to the more credit for the able manner in which he performed it. So much for the males, now for the females, (I beg their pardons for not putting them firsty but it is the fault of the printers of the play book where they are put last) and first, Mrs Corset," by Mr Ward; this gentleman made an excellent “mithner, a sort of fat fair and forty- three': I thought I saw her trying to excel in her part by blushing, but would advise her in future to beware

at Koolangsoo Theatre, on the night of the 16th May, So much for the performances of the Amateur Corps 1948, and hoping that the Gentlemen herein mentioned will take it in as good humour as it is written.

Allow me to remain Mr Editor,

Your obedient Servant,

AN OBSERVER.

Koolangsoo, May, 1843. L

visited the Admiral on board the Flag-Ship, On Sunday afternoon, the Mandarins and on their leaving it, were saluted with Junks in the bay were dressed out in their fifteen p guns. During the day, all the War Colours, and fired several guns, both when the Mandarins left the land, and returned to it. On Monday, they visited His Excel- lency; on Tuesday, they sailed round the Island, in the steamer, and went off at an early hour on Wedesday morning.

me columns that announce the European comforts of solicitor, we meet with notices that suddenly remind us soap, candles, claro, champagne, an hotel, and a of the strange and distant land in which they are now to be used. In one instance there is a singular combi- nation of objects, whose description mark their outre character, with one which we are accustomed to asociate peculiarly the sale of a Manila horse, an Amoy Mare and every day life. The same advertisement announcem

our own age, and our own

colt, and an Omnibus.” |

DARING HOUR BREAKING AND ROBBERY,On Mr Marzetti, and Mr Tideman was broken into, off. The thieves effected an entrance, by taking and property to the amount of 800 dollars carried the bricks out of the wall, and although three Europeans, two Chinese, and four Lascars were asleep in the house, they conducted their

| opera- tions with such secrecy and silence, that they must have been more than an hour on the pre- mises before an English gentleman was awakened. On his giving the alarm, they instantly made off, and although fired upon were enabled to escape.

announcement of an embryo theatre, -

But the cream of those advertisements is the following

** ADVANCE HONG-KONG !!! *THEATRE ROYAL..

and opulent colony, that their Theatre is advancing most rapidly of announcing to the bobility, gentry, and clergy of this flourishing " Mosers. Durkonquor, & Co., have at length the satisfaction

wwards completion, &c. &c."

As we may trace the beauties of ELLENBOROUGH to the Arabian Nights, so the "Proclamation of Dorson- ququ seems to be a neccessary emanation from that of ELLENDORÕUGH. Indeed, the style of more than one Indian Governor has gone to forming that of the Hong Kong manager and it may be said that DUTRONQUOT has learned to clothe the thoughts of ELLENBOROUGH in the grammar of TWEEDDALM.

-Chronicle.

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nary (ie, an officer who has no confidence what- Advertisement(Extraordinary), —CHINA War, 1894-44.--Wanted, an Envoy Extraordi ever in the promises of the Chinese Government) he will be required to proceed to Pekin forthwith, and his duty there will const in obtaining prompt compliance with the following demands --No. Great Britain and China, and the consequ The establishment of diplomatic relations between

per reception by the Emperor of a resident Ambasador at the Court of Pekin.” No equitable adjustment of the Chinese tarif stration before that city being inevitable) or required at that capital. The troops on no ac- Pekin, should the presence of the British forces be count to quit their positions until these matters are finally settled. Memorandum. The Envoy, af desirous of avoiding the errors of his predeces sors, will do well to omit the extreme attention hitherto paid, to tea, dollars and corrupt local Government of Canton; he must also bear in November until March) when the northern coast mind, that during the north-east monsoon (from

of the books and eyes they might give. Next, and Sunday morning, about one o'clock the house of elected either at Nankin (a second hostile demon- lastly is * Susan Wheately by Mr. Collingwood; this part of the "Maid of all Work was well attempted, but In consequence of the dificulty there must be in changing manners as well as dresses in imitating the fair sex, there was a great want nergy about it. Mr Collingwood is the best per Ther of the fair sex on the Island, but I regret to bad is the best.

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Besides the robbery above noticed, there have been several others on the Island, last week, in particular The house of Mr Prendergast, which 19 situated within sight of the Magistrate's own door, was first broken into during the night, and the servants being discharged by the Court, so little had they the fear of the law before them, that they returned, and in open day light, under the noses of police, broken down the door, entered the carried off what they wanted. The

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team vessels, the cabinet of Pekin, do nothing but China is unapproachable, except by powerful bluster and shuffle their periodical disposition to negotiate invariably re-commences with the south- West monsoon, as the winds and fine weather them prevalent enable the British fleet to rescaly every port on the coast of China, from Canton to within an uneasy distance of the at Pekin. ---- Applications decision of character) addres will be immediately atten Elliots

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