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Songhong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 19TH SEPTEMBER, 1851.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TM, 1881.

and with the too evident hope of injuring His Excellency here and elsewhere, Mr. Nelson was willing to run the gauntlet of public criti- cism, to show the public of this and other commanities. in, the Far East

ship with His Excellency The Governor of the Colony and that the Attorney General, The Hon'ble E. L. O'Malley, was aguest of His Excellency's, living at Government House, I, from feelings of delicacy, instructed iny Soliciter, Mr

ought in malice, we should still have considered his conduct desery- ing of the gravest censure. As, however, he has not merely gone far out of the ordinary course for the

The British steamer Chinkiang, Cap- tain Orr, which arrived this morning. from Shanghai reports.:-Left Shang- hai at 3.80 a.m. on the 15th with light SE. winds and heavy rain to Peshan Islands, thence to White Dogs. Island.

to what depths a person of his class A. B. Johnson, who was also Crown apparent purpose of injuring the po- had strong S.W, wind and heavy head

mall

can descend for iguoble ends, and what actual pretensions, as a and a gentleman holding the res- ponsible public position of a Justice of the Peace and Vice-Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, he pos- sessed to the esteem, respect, and

T. G. Hayllar, Q., to conduct the Solicitor, to engage the services of Mr.

prosecution.

6.-in due cours. Mr. Johnson ro-

quested the Attorney-General to direct the Registrar of the Supreme Court to summon a special jury, which Mr. O'Malley declined to do, Application was then made to His Ionone the Chief Justice, Sir John Saule, to order a special jury with view to having the case triod as intelligently as possible, but His Honour docliued, stating that

and smooth sea.

The Washington Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says:-Information

sitions of Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor of Hongkong:- Sir Johnsen, and to port had light S.W, winds, Smale, late Chief Justice; and the Hon. E. L. O'Malley, Attorney- General of the colony; but has imputed by mean inferences impro- per motives to the whole of these high officers in the performance, of their publie duties, we can find in the English language no terms of reprobation strong enough to express our contempt, abhorrence, and dis-

reaches here from Col. John S. Mosby, Consul-general at Hongkong, that ho has no intention of returning homo at an early date, as horotoforo reported, but will remain at his post for the prosont. It is known that President Garfield was always an admirer and a warm personal friend of Col. Mosby, being appointed to his present position.

confidence of his fellow citizens. Possibly Mr. Nelson reckoned on the complacent forbearance, the frien dly assistance of the local press, in "barking" anything like fair public criticism of his ill-judged course of though he could make such an order gustthat such men are allowed to take and was largely instrumental in his

action. In this respect he had evi- dently good reasons for believing that the Daily Press and China Mail would be glad to take every possible opportunity of abusing the Governor and vilfying his friends and adherents on the faintest pretence, at the same time screening, or at least refraining from holding up to contempt and ridicule, his own reprehensible con- duct, for, as a matter of fact, although fur the past week Mr. Nelson's letter has been severely and adversely dealt with in every section of intel- ligent society within Hongkong, neither one of the old established

ho was not bound to. (In this con- nection I would call your Lordship's notice to His Honour's remarks, report- ed on page 25 of the pamphlot, marked D.)

7.-Tho enso was concluded on the 9th June, 1880, and resulted in a ver diet of "guilty." His Honour the Chief Justice thereupon indicated to my coun sol, Me. Hayler, a wish that he might be relieved from the duty of passing sentence by the prosecution consenting to forego punishment. This I refused to do, and His Honour then sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of fifty dol- lars (550).

S.-In his summing up, and later on sentence, is Honour commented upon in explanation of the lonioney of his

a speech made by mo at a public meet- ing of the Hongkong Chamber of Com- merce, referred to in the libel (unarked E on page 31 of the pamphlet). I very respectfully call your Lordship's special attention to these remarks of inite and to the correspondence relat- ing thereto, printed on pages 47 to 49 of the pamphlet.

of the Members of the Club His Honour 12-Immediately after the wooting the Chief Justice, who was in the building when the meeting commenced, proceeded to bis Chambers and issued au injunction restraining the Committee from carrying out the resolution. This was done on an information sworn by Mr. John Pitman (the Defendant in the Libel case), Mr. J. J. Francis (A.C.D. to His Excellency the Governor), and Major Palmer, R.E. (for some years and until rocently A.D.C. and Private Secretary to His Excellency the Go- vernor).

advantage of their public positions for such discreditable purposes. Sæpe intereunt aliis meditantes necem, and we are inclined to believe that in this instance the injuries which Mr. Nelson devised against those whom he considered his enemies will, now that they are fully exposed, justly

recoil on himself.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. According to latest intelligence from Pekin, the new German Treaty was duly ratified there at the beginning of the prosent month.

It has been stated that during the ten years from 1870 to 1887 the sale of cigars in Manila réalized no less a sum than $25,200,584.25.

The United Club, as previous an- Saturday night, with a quadrille party nounced was formally inaugurated on which was exceedingly well patronised, a large number of the softer sex being tastefully decorated, and the gentlemen present. The Club Rooms were very

acting as stewards were more than usually attentive in providing for the wants of their guests. The Boud of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was in attendance, and discoursed some excellent selections of dance music during tho evoning.

The British steamship Thales reports left Fonchow on the 14th inst., Amoy on the 16th, and Swatow on the 17th. From Foochow to Amoy experienced a heavy galo with high confused sea, We learn that the steamphip Wycliffe S.W., lowest reading of barometer wind shifting froin the by S. to has changed owners, Messrs. Morris &29.60. From Amoy to Swalow mode. Co. and her new commander, Captain rato winds and fine weather. From Boswell, being the purchasers.

Swatow to port experienced a strong

An Emergency Lodge of St. John set to the Northward, and light South No. 618 S. O. will be held this evening orly winds and showery weather. The siting brothern will be cordially wel. Coast Ports on the 16th. half-past eight o'clock precisely, Vi-steamship Kwangiang left Amoy for In Foochow the steamship Namoa. In Amoy H.M.S. Sheldrakc. In Swatow the steamships See-wo, Chin-tang, and Tam-

comed.

We hear from Shanghai that Senhor Pinto Basto, the Portuguesa Consul at that port, will shortly leave for London, General. where he will occupy the post of Consul

sui.

tendent for insertion, not reessarily for publication, so-called representatives of public opinion has had the honesty, the fair- ness, the decency, to deprecate the writing, and, what is far worse, the publication of letters which are an insult to our most respected citizens, a disgrace to the age we live in. On the contrary, the China Mail, in pursuance of its traditional policy, thought the occasion a fitting one for one of its usual coarse, scurrilous, and abusive effusions for the express purpose of throwing mud, in connee tion with the "$15,000 bonus" ques- tion, at Sir John Pope Hennessy and Mr. John Pitman. Mr. Nelson's anti- cipations would have been realised to the letter had a new factor in Hong kong politics not been in existence. The late bumptious Justice of the Peace either forgot all about the Telegraph, or never heard of its exist ence. However, we do exist, we are not amenable to bribes in any shape or form, whether offered in the shape. We need not dwell on the exact value of potaccas, or so-called social patron of the insinuations contained in the age, and we have much satisfaction above extracts. They speak for in performing what is unquestion themselves. The Hongkong public ably the public duty of thoroughly who knew Sir John Smale's rigid exposing such "shoddy," would-be uprightness, who respected and ho- autocrats as this Mr. Nelson has noured him for his stubborn honesty

fused it. scan- proved himself to be, and in defend-of purpose, even when his short tem- ing gentlemen, residents of this co-per and disagreeable eccentricities of lony, and officers of Her Majesty's manger made him exceedingly offen- Government who have been most sive, will know to what extent Mr. disgracefully and most unjustly at Nelson's covert imputations were jus-We (N. C. Daily News) hear that Herr tacked and maligned.

von Brandt has been compelled to defor his proposed tour of inspection to the Gernian Consulates on account of some unforeseen difficulty with the Taung-li Yamén regarding transit dues.

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In our issue of the 15th instant, we commented at some length on the extraordinary letter addressed by Mr. H. H. Nelson to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, which was published in the China Mail of Sa- turday week last. Our observations on that occasion were confined princi- pally to Mr. Nelson's mean, spiteful, and unjustifiable references to Mr. John Pitman. We now propose to devote some attention to another flagrant instance of the execrable taste and vindictive motives displayed by the late Justice of the Peace and Vice-Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, in his slanderous mani- festo, which still more intimately concerns the Hongkong public. We refer to the cowardly and dalous imputations Mr. Nelson's letter contains against Sir John Smale, late Chief Justice of this colony, and the Hon. E. L. O'Malley, our present Attorney-General. Not

tified so far as the Chief Justice was to put too fiue a point on the matter, Sir John Smalo and Mr. E. L. concerned. Those who know Mr. the only reasonable inference to be O'Malley will probably have no op. O'Malley's thoroughly independent gathered from his remarks relating portunity of vindicating their conduct spirit and high public character, to these two high Government offi- which has been questioned and sus- will doubtless decide that Mr. Nelson cials is, that they had been "got at";pected by Mr. H. II. Nelson. As was ill-advised to go out of his way in fact, bribed by some means or officers of the Government they must to show his petty spite in back-biting other, to obstruct Mr. Nelson in his rest contented with the rebuff admi-

an estimable and deservedly popular prosecution of Mr. John Pitman.

nistered by the Secretary of State for officer of the Crown. The references We have already said that we con- the Colonies to their accuser. Mr. to Major Palmer and Mr. John J. sider Mr. Horace Harrington Nelson's Pitman could, and probably would Francis are equally objectionable; in letter to Lord Kimberley one of the have availed himself of the first fa- fact the names of these gentlemen grossest and most unjustifiable out-vourable opportunity of cowhiding were dragged in simply to gratify rages on good taste we ever heard of. his traducer within an inch of his private malice, as we cannot see how We further expressed our satisfac life had the ignoble bearer of a any action they may have taken in tion that the Secretary of State had mighty name not taken the precau- connection with the injunction issued treated the communication with the tion to place ten thousand miles of to restrain the Hongkong Club Com- scornful contempt which it richly ocean between himself and his victimmittee from carrying into effect the merited. It appears to us that what- before rushing into print. We are resolution passed to expel Mr. Pitman, ever claims a letter of this kind may not, it will be observed, treating Mr. could in the slightest degree affect Mr. originally have had to be considered Nelson to anything approaching kid- Nelson, as this matter had nothing, a privileged communication were glove courtesy. We consider he has or ought to have had nothing, to do forfeited immediately it was publish acted so disgracefully as a public with him; nor could it have had the ed in a newspaper. There can be man, as to place himself outside the slightest interest for the Earl of very little doubt that the China pale of consideration both socially Kimberley. However, as Major Pal- Mail printed the letters at the and politically, and therefore we treat mer and Mr. Francis are quite com- request, or in accordance with the him according to, what we consider,petent to take up the cudgels in wish, directly or indirectly conveyed his deserts.. of Mr. H. H. Nelson. There can be no possible doubt that the only reasons why the letters were ever brought under the notice of the pub- lic, are plainly set out in the con- cluding paragraph of Mr. Secretary Brainston's reply to Mr. Nelson. For the gratification of a petty spite against Governor Hennessy,

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So that our roaders may quite understand the strength and motives of Mr. Nelson's allusions to Sir John Smale and Mr. E. L. O'Malloy we reproduce the passages from the let ter sent to Lord Kimberley :-

5.-Owing to the fact that the de- fondant cortainly was, as in the Libol he claims to be, ou terms of close frend

their own defence against this some-. what ignorant, prejudiced, and un- scrupulous champion of his own pretensions, if they consider him worthy of so much recognition, we contentedly leave him to their ten

der mercies.

If Mr. Nelson had fairly stated his case to the Colonial Secretary, no- thing extenuating, nor setting down

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deen to-morrow.

The Chinese stoamer Tung-ting, which arrived yesterday, reports:--Loft Pakloi 8th, Hoihow 13th; anchored The Messageries Maritimes Co.'s outside Macao at 1.30 p.m. on the 14th, steamship Volga goes to the Cosmopo- arrived in Macao at 4.30 p.m. same litan Dock this afternoon. The British day. The steamer was obliged to an ship Geraldine Paget will dock at Aber-chor about 3 miles outside the Macao light house and about 6 miles from the the fact could have possibly reached inner anchorage. Before any notice of the shore the Harbour Master, Captain Sinatte, on sooing her, immediately dispatched a steam-lauuch to ascertain if she required assistance; none, how. over, was required, and on being offer.. ed compensation Captain Sinatte re-

We (Shanghai Courier) are requested to correct the shifting of the Cooper Island Light in consequence of the washing away of the Chinkiang river embankment. The bearings are N. 25° W. instead of S. 25o E.

The British steamship Oaklands re- ports left Saigou on the 13th instant, and had fine weather throughout. A Chinese fireman died du board on the morning of the 17th, it is supposed from dropsy.

The Danish steamer Norden, Captain instant, at Turnabout Island, she pass- Rasmussen, reports that on the 8th

THE MACAO ELECTION.

MACAO, Monday Morning, The election of a Deputy for Macao

Our special correspondent writes :-----

which took place yesterday morning,

resulted as follows:-

Captain Scarnichia.. Doctor Lucio da Silva Mr. Poixoto ..............................Yarı Blank

VOTES.

284

104

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ed the throe-masted schooner Almatia,

Total Votes............ 391 bound to Amoy. Although she had Senhor Scarnichia was therefore pro- lost both anchors, she did not wish any claimed dopaty for Macao for the third assistance, but only asked to be roport-time, and as usual a Te Deum was sung o-N. O. Daily News.

The steamship Castello left here for Yokokama on Sunday, and when fifty miles outside the Saddles she was dis- covered to be on fire; the fire was

supposed to be in the two foro com-

partments. Soon after the fire was

discovered, she turned and pat bacle to Shanghai. Every offort was made to put it out, by pumping water into the fore-hold. It must have got a hold below, as the sides of the hatches are quite hot, and the pitch of the seans in her deck is boiling. Nothing is known as to how it originated, as the hatches had been battoned down since the fire was discovered, but it is sup. posed that it had its origin in some old rags which we hear she had on board. She is now lying below Powder Creek, On coming up, she had the following signals flying--Ship on fire, assist ance wanted, tugboat wanted--Nothing oame to her assistanco. She came up in the afternoon, and we have not time to get further particulars. Mercury.

in the Cathedral after the election.

-MACAO.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT].

Macao, 17th September. Your article of the 14th instant has created quite a sensation in Macao. I read it with much pleasure and entirely sympathise with your views, which are heartily endorsed by scores of poople here, who are unable to give expres- sion to their feslinge because they have no journalistic organ. It is sincerely to be hoped that the Telegraph will con- 'tinuo to Touse public opinion, and call attention to the great necessitios which exist for reform in this degraded place. What are supposed to be the "Upper Ton" of Macao are unfortunately desti- tute of sufficient learning to enable them to advocate their own cause effi ciently through the medium of tho Press; but I am in a position to say that they also coincide with your views, and approve of the principles advanced