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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-FRIDAY,

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SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1881.

NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

Bowen :-

measures, and turned a deaf ear to The Goueral Agent of the Pacific Li's repeated memorials on the sub-Mail S. S. Co: has received a telegram ject. However as the two greatest stating that the City of Paking left living Chinamen, Li and Tso, San Francisco on the 6th instant.

We take the following lato telo- have apparently come to some un- We are informed by Messrs. Butter-grams from our Australian files to hand derstanding on the subject which is fid & Swire that the Ocean Stoam by the E. & A. S. Company's steamer of paramount importance to their allip Company's steamer Toucer, loft country's welfare, as well as on other Singapore for this port on the forenoon matters relating to the political, of the 7th instant. social, and commercial future of China, we are disposed to believe that before long we shall hear that active steps have been taken to inaugurate a system of railways, which will in time intersect the em-- pire in every direction.

As will be seen by an advertisenient in another column a meeting of the mombers of the Hongkong Cricket Club will be held in the Pavilion on Thurs- day next the 15th inst. at 5 p.m.

Another weather telegram was

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London, August 9. Last night the House of Commons amendments introduced by the Poors was further engaged in considering the

changes involving the sacrifice of prin ciple were finally rejected by the

in the Irish Land Bill. Most of those

Commons.

It is generally expected the Lords will prove obdurate, and that the bill will consequently be lost for the pre-

New York, August 9. The members of an Irish revolution.

sent session.

The Congress failed to come to an understanding with regard to fluancial questions involved in the scheme.

Later,

We are informed by the Super- intendent that the P. & O. S. N. Co.'s We are the more favorably dis- steamer Rosetta, with the next English posed to look hopefully on the pros-mail, left Singapore for this port at pects of railways, and other modern cight o'clock yesterday morning. inventions, as future factors in the existence of China as a great power, ceived in town at noon yesterday, bntary Congress are sitting at Chicago from the events of the past two years. reached us too late for publication; it

and a dynamite (?) programme was We have seen the Chinese Govern-runs thus:-Amoy; 8th inst., noon.--

adopted on Monday last. ment striving to form an army Since eight, this morning weather im- and navy after European models, proving. Gale not very sovera. armed with European weapons; we end of a typhoon. Begun yesterday in have seen the substitution of steamers N.E., veered round gradually to S.E. for the old fashioned junks, fostered, Lowest reading of barometer 29.40. encouraged, and materially assisted by the greatest of Chinese statesmen, Li Hung Chang; we have seen in- tercourse with foreign nations at last looked on with some degree of favor by the mighty ones of Peking; and the construction of a telegraph line tended for insertion, not necessarily for publication, from Shanghai to Tientsin on account of the Chinese Government has naturally, and on good grounds, given us hope to believe that Impe- rial obstruction, and mandarin ter- rorism are on their last legs.

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HONGKONG, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1881.

With reference to the telegraph lines, a recent number of the North China Daily News gives the following interesting particulars :-----

The steamship Suez will be docked at Aberdeen; and the American ship Mary L. Stone at Sam-shui-po this after- | noon. The Australian barque Kate Tuhm is expected to come off the Patent Slip at Belchior's Bay in the course of the day, and the British burque Yarrow will probably be hauled up to-morrow.

The prisoner Wong Afuk, who some timo ago assaulted Mr. M. S. Tonnochy, Superintendent of the Victoria Gaol,

was tried for the offence yesterday afternoon, by two Justices of the Peace, Messrs. Ryrie and McEuen, in the gaul. We are unable to give autho ritatively the result of the trial con. The constraction of the Chinese Govern.sequent on the exclusion of the re- porters, but it is rumoured that the ment telegraph lino from Shanghai to

prisonor was sentenced to receive 36 Tientsin is making satisfactory progress,

lashes. the work being carried on by an engineer- THAT the more prominent officials of ing staff supplied by the Great Northern the Chinese Government are fully Telegraph Company, and under the person-Darke, which arrived here from Syd- The British steamer Bowen, Captain alive to the absolute necessity of al supervision of Chinese officials. How-

ever much astonished the natives along ney this morning, reports-Left Syd- moving onwards with the times, if the independence and high position have feelings of hostility towards such an

the route may be, and though they may noy August 21st, and arrived at Towns. villo at 5.54 pm. 25th ultimo; left of the vast empire are to be main innovation, the presence of Government again same night and arrived at Cook- tained, has lately been practically officials, and the stamp of Government pro-town at 9 p.m. of the 26th; left Cook- demonstrated in various ways. Howperty on the work, are au effectual bar to any opposition which such an enterprise ever averse the great mandarins may would have otherwise had to encounter. be, for interested motives, to the in-

Tho southern end of the line has already troduction of European innovations, been constructed over a distanco 140 miles, the necessities of the country have or about 40 miles on the other side of Soo- made it apparent that the good old cliow; and from the northern oud. Tient days of Chinese exclusiveness are gradually but surely drawing to a close. The energy and intelligence displayed in all matters concerning the welfare of their country, by men of princely rank like Li Hung Chang and Tso Tsung-tang, may be ac- cepted as good omens of a prosperous

ain, the line has been carried as far south

as Lin-tsing. Service messages only have been sent between Shanghai and Soochow, with the exception of a congratulatory tele- gram sent by the Futai to the General Agent of the Great Northern Company, Mr. Goo. J. Holland. Business will not be opened by sections; the whole line will be opened at once, and the inauguration is expected to take place at the end of this year, by which time a staff of operators

the Great Northern Company to work the line.

town at 4 p.m. on the 27th ultimo and anchored in Junk Bay at 2.23 a.m. this morning, Experienced moderate to fresh winds and fine weather to lat. 9.30 $, long 133.28, E, thence to lat. 2.30 N., loug. 124.44 E.

had moderate SE. trades and fine

weather also light variable winds. and fine weather until the after- noon of the 7th instant, when experi- euced a strong brooze and aqually wea ther with heavy N.E. seas. On the forenoon of the Sth had a strong wes- torly gale with heavy squalls and rain, thence to port variable winds and fine weather. Stopped on the afternoon

The Irish Congross at Chicago has been characterized by much wrangling and high words,

Paris, Angust 9. Jules Favre is visiting the provinces. In a spooch at Nancy to-day ho vehe- montly denounced the party. of Irrecon. cilablos.

Constantinople, August 9.

In accordance with instructions given to Lord Dufferin when assuming the post of Ambassador to the Porto, he is using his influence with the Sultan to induce him to initiate the reforms in Armenia stipulated for by the Anglo-Turkish Convention. Up to the present. however, the Sultan has shown little inclination to take the required action.

Further pressure is being brought to

bear on the Sultan.

London, August 13.-The House of Lords insists upon the amendments it has made in the Irish Land Bill.

Lord Salisbury, who has maintained a firm attitude, in a speech on the sub- ject affirmed that the objections of the Upper House had not been met in a fair spirit by the Government and their supporters in the Elouse of Commons. Ho advocated an appeal to the country, and expressed himself confident that the people would endorse the action taken by the House of Lords in con- nection with the Bill. A special meet- ing of the Cabinet has been called to consider what steps should be taken

Hugh Law, Attorney-General for Ire- in the emergency. The Right Hon. land, was specially summoned to attend the meeting and assist with his advice as to the course to ee pursued. After mature deliberation, the Cabinet ro- solved that the amendments made in the Bill by the House of Lords should be firmly resisted..

trip to tho seaside in order to recruit his heatth, which lately has not been good.

August 15.-The physicians attond- ing General Garfield have issued a bulletin, which states that alarming symptoms of a rolapso had set in, and. and the President is in serious danger. The same bulletin states that the Pre- mach, but is constantly vomiting, sident does not retain food on his sto-

ganding the condition of the President August 16.-The latest advicos re-

are very discouraging. The patient has had a serious relapse, and very lit tle hope is now entertained of his

recovery,

Mr. Gladstone has proposed to con- sider the amendments made by the House of Lords seriatim, and is willing, and has accepted, the amendment rola- tive to the Ulster Tenant Right, but be states he does not wish the term "com. promise" applied to any of the con- cessions which the Government may make.

The Bill has been passed by the House of Commons, with some of the amendments of the House of Lords agreed to, but tho more material alter- ations were not accepted. The Bill was then returned to the House of Lords, and the Marquis of Salisbury aunounced that he would not ask the House to insist further upon its amend- ments. The Bill was then passed.

The Imperial Parliament is to be prorogued on the 22nd instant. Gen- cral satisfaction is expressed at the passing of the Irish Land Bill by the House of Lords,

No hopes are now entortained of President Garfield recovering from the wound he received from the assassin Gaitean, on the 2nd July. The last bulletin issued by the President's phy sicians states that the patient is sink- ing. His death is now hourly expected.

The Treasurer of the Irish Land

League, in Dublin, has received a dona- tion of £500 from Irishmen in Austra- lia, towards the funds.

On the Irish Land Bill being received. from the House of Commons in the House of Lords, Lord Salisbury stated that, in consideration of the fact that some of the amendments of the Upper House had bees concurred in, he would not take any further action towards in- sisting on the amendments.

The dangerous provisions had, he thought, benefits expected from the measure been removed, and he hoped that the

would be realised. The Bill could, ho said, do little harm to the laudlords, and would probably do good" to the tenants. The Bill, as altered by the Lower House, was then agreed to, and passed.

The New York "Bulletin " antici

future, and now that the absurd pre will have been brought from Europe by of the 8th instant, and communicatod sion of the Imperial Parliament will patos that the American harvest this

judices which have so long existed in the Middle Kingdom against the introduction of the scientific and use- ful inventions of Europe and Ame- rica are dying out, there is every likelihood of a prosperous future for a nation which is practically still a sealed book to the outside world.

Rumours have lately been afloat in Peking, that some understanding has been arrived at between the Viceroy of Chihli and Tso Tsung- tang on the proposed introduction of railways. It is to be, hoped that there is some truth in these rumours, as a railway system is the only means by which the interior of this great empire can be opened out to foreign intercourse and trade. Li Hung- chang memorialised the Throne some time ago, warmly advocating the in- troduction of railways, and it was then stated that the Viceroy of the Liang Kiang had energetically sup- ported the proposed innovation, al though that estimable and enlight ened statesman, Liu K'un-yi (who by the way has lately been ordered to hand over his seals of office as Governor-General of the Two Kiang and Superintendent of Trade for the Southern Ports to Admiral Peng Yu- lin, and report himself at Peking) afterwards repudiated the part as- signed to him, and vehemently de- nounced railways and all other fo- reign introductions. The Empress, it appears, was not favorably disposed towards the Viceroy of Chili's radical

As the Chinese Government has so far recognised the usefulness of European inventions as to construct a telegraph line of the importance of this Shanghai-Tientsin undertaking, it is reasonable enough to infer that they are not blinded to the advan tages to be derived from a wide ex- tension of the principle, which they have so tardily recognised and adopted. Railways will undoubtedly follow the telegraph, and with their introduction will commence a new era in Chinese history.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. The British steaner Danube left this port for Bangkok this morning,

By tolographic news from London we learn that, numerous collisions are

occurring in Ireland between the police and the people.

The enquiry as to the causes which led to the destruction of H. M. S. Dotterel has resalted in a finding that the explosion had its origin in the coal

bunkers.

The telegram published the other day to the effect that Licut General

Carr and 117 officers and mon of the United States army had been killed by the Arizona Indians was apparently a gross exaggeration. By latost wire Liout. General Care is reported safe, and the total loss is stated as 11 killed.

with the Peruvian ship Elvira Dorale from Callao to Hongkong, she was 81. days out and wished to be towed to Hongkong as they were short of provi.

sions.

An inquest was held yesterday after noon at the Civil Hospital before Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, Coroner, and a jury Melntosh, and F. M. Luz, on the body composed of Mossrs. E. Georg, G. of a Chinese female child named Chan Chou To, aged 7 years. Dr. Marques said that the body of the deceased was brought to the hospital at 8 o'clock p.m. on the 6th instant, he made a post mortem examination and found both lungs inflamed, but there were no marks of violence on the body. It ap. peared from the evidence takon that the deceased on the morning of the 3rd inst. about 9 o'clock complained that she did not feel well; some medicine were given to her by her adopted fa. ther and subsequently when she got worse & doctor was sent for, on the night of the 5th, and on the following morning another was sent for as she did not appear to get better, who pro- soribed for her, but she would not take the medicino, and died about 7 o'clock that morning. The mattor was then reported at the Shaukivan Station. The jury retarned a verdict of death from natural causes.

A young gentleman was accusing another of having a big mouth, Tos," said the other, "but naturo had to make yours small, so as to give you plenty of cheek,”

It is rumoured that an Autumn Ses.

be held in the event of the Irish Land Bill being lost this session through the action of the House of Lords. The Ministry and their followers are can-

fident that they will be supported in the course they have pursued by the

will of the nation.

year will show a heavy reduction in the yield of wheat, and that there will in consequence be but a small proportion available for export.

Intelligence has been received to the effect that the French camp at Cabes, in Tunis, has been surprised by a forco of Arabs, and that considerable loss was sustained before the attack was

An informal conference of Liberals held to consider the situation, and a repulsed. of both Houses of Parliament has been

consensus of opinion was taken as to the course the Government should pursue with regard to the Irish Land Bill. The feeling was decidedly op posed to the action of the House of

Lords.

The Press of the United Kingdom is generally unfavourable to the House of Lords in insisting on its amendments in the Irish Land Bill.

M. Gambetta has delivered an im

portant political speech at Belleville, in which he repudiated the charge made against him that he has been: aiming at a dictatorship. He advocat. ed reformas in the army and in the ma- gistracy, and also in reference to church revenues. He claimed that the foreign policy of France was dignified and firm.

The relations between Egypt and Abyssinia are strained.

Stops are being taken by the German. Government to put a stop to the per- secution of Jews within German terri- tory:

Mr. Gladstone is to be entertained at a banquet by the Liberal purty after the parliamentary session closes.

Mr. Charles Bradlaugh has taken a

Mr. Herbert Gladstone, member of the House of Commons for Leeds, and son of the Prime Minister, has been appointed one of the Junior Lords of Treasury, without salary.

M. Gambetta essayed to address a public meeting at Belleville, but was refused a hearing. The crowd hooted, and sang revolutionary songs.

Nihilism in Russia is reported to be spreading at an alarming rate. Num bors of the nobility, dissatisfied with the Czar's rule, are known to be join- ing in Nihilistic plots for the destruc tion of the Czar and the Grand Dake Vladimir, his brother.

ABSTRACT FROM ** PEKING GĀZETTES.”

August 2nd. (1 and 2). Decrees accepting the decision of the Board of Revenue as to the manner in which the deficits in the collection of the two Superintendents of live stock and house duty for Peking (reported in an earlier issue) shall be dealt with. The". Tis: 65 collected by the Superintendont