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A. S, WATSON & Co. WHOLESALD AND BUT

• DRUGGISTS, GENERAL CHEMISTS,

AND

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 1882.

highly organised fire extinguish..sidents of all classes speak highly

with numerous appli- oummand, begets fulse in the [commungy, indi nséquenco, carelessness. This conclusion has been drawn from uropean and American experiences, particularly the latter the United States having gained an unemiable notoriety for big" fires-pointing out to us here the stringent necessity for the adoption of precautionary modaures, rondered all the more, ne- Deliveries in Town and Harbour fromcessary in an Astutic country.

Manafautarers of the following AERATED WATERS, vis: SODA, TONIC SARSAPARILLA, AND POTASH, LEMONADE, GINGERADE RASPBERRYADE, AND PHOSPHORIO CHAMPAGNE.

7 AM to 7 P.M.

METROPAGATHE China Mall's back-handed slap SHIPS MEDIOIENE CHESTS KEETTTED, at Governor Hennessy in Friday

PASSENGER Sutra SUPPLIED Prompt, Attention given to Coast

Orders no

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

HONGKONG.

SHANGHAI PHARMACY,

CANTON DISPENSARY,

THE DISPENSARY,

SHANGHAI.

CANTON.

FOOCHOW.

MARRIAGES. On the 10th inst., at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hongkong, by the Rev. Father Burghignoli, João João da Silva e Souza, to Maria Carmides, daughter of the late Lon

rençe Guttierrez, Esq., Consul for Spain in

Hongkong.

At the Cathedral, Shanghai, January 3rd 1882, by the Rev. W. L. Groves, Martin

Valentine Lancaster, to Cathariño Emma Harris, daughter of Thos, W. Harris, Esq.

THE

Hongkong Telegraph.

HONGKONG, 10TH JANUARY, 1882.

bath His Excellency's abilities and his general policy, while the Chinese

who form far and away the most. important section of the community

A proclamation confirming the Companies Ordinance of 1881 "ap- pears in Saturday's Gazette, **

We are glad to hear that the long talked of newspaper for Macao will shortly become un fait ascompls. The new venture will be named O Macaenes,

are unanimous in the opinion that Sir John Pope Hennessy is the best and most enlightened Governor ever sent to Hongkong. The opinion as to His Excellency's ability as a Go veruor which we quote from one of the first London newspapers in ano-seded. ther column-is worthy of attention

quar

The Governor of Timor, whoso rol with the priests we alluded to solas time ago, has, as is usual in such cages, gone to the wall. He has been super

The P.&O. 8, N. Og's steamer Bunda was undocked at Aberdeen on Saturday. The German steamer Claàs- sandra and the American ship Blus Jacket will come out of the Cosmopo liton Dook to-morrow. The steamship Namos will go over to Sam-shui-po at daylight to-morrow; to receive new boilers and undergo extensive altora tions and repairs.

after the latest effort of the Coylon from Shanghai by the steamship Chin Messrs, Lane, Crawford & Co. at noon

Observar and China Mail.

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The publication of the enlarged isano of the Hongkong Telegraph has un- avoidably been postponed for a day or two, owing to a slight difficulty with the now machinery M

The appointment of Mr. William Goulbourn to be third olerk in the Sur veyor-General's Office; has been ap.. proved by the Secretary of State for the Colonies..!

The steam yacht Wanderer, whose doings in a cruise round the world, have formed the subject of comment in the press, arrived bere from Japan yesterday afternoon.

We observe in a recent issue of El Comercio that the tobacco seeds sown in the different districts of the province of Cagayan, have suffered very serious. damage in consequence of heavy floods at the end of December.

night's issuq is even feebler, and more contemptible than usual. Com mencing with a deliberate falsehood for it is gris untruth to say that the Ceylon people are evidently. getting alarmed at the prospect pre- sented to them, of being blessed with a term of rule under Sir John Pope Hennossy "our contemporary re- prints. what is supposed to be a con versation which, ensued between the London correspondent of the Ceylon Observer and a high colonial official, on the subject of the future Governor for Ceylon. The high colonial official" had received his inspiration from no less a person than Sir Mi- chael Hicks Beach, late Secretary of State for the Colonies. Tho Ceylon Observer may possibly have a Lon lon correspondent, although we doubt it much; but granting the existence of The following short article from some needy hack who favors the a recent issue of the Times on the Ceylon journal with a fortnightly subject of the appointment to the rechauffe from the London news governorship of Natal of Mr. Sendail, papers at an annual atipend of late director of public instruction at five pounds sterling, we would ask Ceylou, may possess a certain amount: THE importance of the subject - our readers, and those of the Ching of interest for, the few rabid members Fires hardly needs an explanation Mail, if the reported conversation of ode community, who, for some for reverting to it once more in con- between the special correspondent special reasons better known to them- tinuation of the comments in our and the high colonial official" is solves than the pablia, have for such a long time past devoted themselves leader of Friday last. The frequency not rather too" thin" to be relied onto the hopeless task of misrepresenting of these occurrences in Hongkong It is not usual for "high colonial both here and at home the policy of induces us to ask again, why the officials" to permit literary hacks to our present Governor. The sentence procedure in operation as to investi-use the vulgarly familiar language referring to Sir John Pupe Hennessy gating the cause of every such disaster which this particular one asserts he is especially noteworthy, emanating as it doos, from a journal which can should not be locally introduced and usod, nor is it likely that any colonial adopted. This course would go far official, high or low, could so far politically have nothing in cominon towards prevention, as a correct forget himself as to use such an ex- with the Tory Governor of Hongkong : knowledge of the sources from which pression regarding Sir John Pope The Government have doubtless 5 the oft-recurring conflagrations. have Hennessy as Oh he is a regular reasonable explanation of the appoint. arisen in the past would be a safe pachyderm, and even if he loses all ment of Mr. Sendall as Governor of guide to act on as to the ways and his present cuticle he'll lay hold of Natal. It is true that little is known of that gentleman's capabilities, but the means necessary to overcome similar some one else's, and woar it, you will information does not quite bear opt the calamities in the future. In order to see," The London correspondent supposition that he is wholly incom- attain this desirable object, a regular then goes on to say. The news 30 petent. Mr. Sendall has not been Court of Inquiry should be constituted dejected me that I wore a regular merely a school inspector at Colombo, in the Colony for the purpose, with hang-dog appearance after it. You He was director of public instruction "full power" to receive, exact, and must be prepared for this distressing in Ceyloc, a position in which it would. collect information. It would be eventuality, it is to be feared. All have been easy for an incapable ad based on good precedents in other the evils Ceylon has ever suffered ministrator to give the widest possible countries, involve but little expense from will be nothing to having Go-offence to the various seote and com: and trouble, while the advantages vernor Hennessy among you, if he that would accrue to the various acts up to his previous reputation. interests concerned would be great. He has always been most unpopular and lasting outweighing, every wherever he has been, and it seams: to me that a regular protest to the other consideration."

Colonial Office, should be sent in, in advance. Surely no Secretary of State would appoint a Governor who

Three good-looking griffins arrived

king this forenoon, in charge of a ten known horseman, who has ridden many a good racer to victory at Wong- nei-ohong. The new candidates for Derby, honours will run under the famons."blue and silver" banner of the Princely House.

The British steainer Torne reports left Saigon on the 7th January, and from thence to arrival off Hongkong experienced very heavy weather with a tremendous high cross sea, shipped sea on the 11th instant carrying away passengers galley, closets, &c, split- ting rails forward and breaking several

iron stanchions:

The two Tientain race-ponies Tun- ored and Coningsby, having been weighed in the balance and found wanting, were sold by auction by

on Saturday. Tanored, a very smart looking grey, became the property of our worthy 0.0. at the moderate price of $42, the bay, Coningsby, being knocked down to Mr. Kennedy, noting, we are informed, for Mr. Grammont, for $58. The gentleman who sent these two racora from Tientsin. to Hongkong on "speo," can hardly have realised his expectations.

The following dispatch from Lord Kimberley to the Governor is pab. lished in the Government Gazette- Downing-street, 30th November, 1881. Sir, I have the honour to ackowledge the reqsips of Mr. Tonnosby's Despatch No. 39 of the 15th of October, giving Information has been received by

an account of the destrotive typhoon the Agent that the Mesageries by which Hongkong was visited on the Maritimes steamer Peilo, with the next 14th of October, and I have learnt with outward French mail, left Saigon for much regret of the loss of life and pro- this port yesterday (Sunday) at 9 a.m.perty which was sustained. I have at and we are informed by the Superinten. the same time to express my high ap- dent of the Eastern Extension Tele- prealation of the many gallant services which were rendered on the occasion graph Company that the steamer

in the endeavour to save the lives and passed Cape St. James at one p.m. yesterday,

The Model Settlement has always heen famous for its poetical ganuises. On the subject of the recent Municipal elections some embryo laureate cirant- ated the following, which we take from

the Mercury

Vote for the Symmas and their Mammas,

Vote for Asthetics and thair Papas Vote for Land-grabbers and their fes Vote for the Country Cluband thall four Bees

Vote for the Engineers and their Hobbies! Vote for the rest and their Companies Vote for the Town Band, Drum-and all that.

Vote for the lot now white hat, p

We have received a List of the Bales, etc, of the Kioto Exhibition, to be held in the Imperial Park, from the lat March to 8th June, inclusivo, by permission of the Imperial Government. Foreigners are cordially invited to at- tend and bring bxhibits. Awards will be made and medals given to the most loserving of the Exhibitors; and it is hoped that all learned persons will advise and give information respecting ENO the articles on exhibition." Daily News.

The Government Gazetta for the Philippines of the 5th inst. containg the following notification signed by His Excellency the Governor General munities whose conflicting interests itWhereas antisfactory reports have was his business to reconcile. But Mr. Sendall was appointed to this office by toason to regret his choice, and it is not improbable that the present High Commissioner of the Cape Colony has recommended Mr. Sendall for the

Sir Harogles Robinson, who had no

been received from the Consuls at Adeu, Batoria, Hongkong, and Singa pore, and from our representative in places, the Sanitary Board has decided Japan referring to the health of these (in which I conour) that from this date all vessels arriving from these ports Extraordinary Regulations of the 12th September are hereby repealed.

properties of those in dangor.

the N. O. Dubly News of the 11th inst. Referring to the lost steamer Ash, saysWith referrence to the state- ment in our Retrospect of Wrecks for 1831 abunt the loss of the Ach, it has been pointed out to us that the Agonta of that steamer did. write to Mr. Hughes, HM's: Consul, suggesting search by a gunboat. Mr. Hughes immediately addressed the Commander of the only gunboat then in harbour- the Foxhound, wo believe-sending copy of the Agents letter. That officer, for reasons which are said to have been conclusive to any unprejudiced person, declined to proceed to sea. In fact, if a search had been likely to prove use- ful, it would certainly have been made, from the coast of Japan by one of the

numerous vessels there at the time.

under the orders of the Admiral.

What might have been a very serious

fire acarred at the residence of Mr Gatierres, No. 9, Pechili Terrace, about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. It appears that some extensive prepata- tions were being made in the culinary department for a marriage ceremonial, when the chimney of the cook-house took fire and commenced to blazo furiously. Fortunately Mr. E. Rose, overseer of the water works, happened to be superintending aoine work in Peel street, and seeing the flames burst out from the chimney, he immediately assistance of some coolies, succeeded by proceded to the spot, and with the the aid of a few buckets of water in pre- venting the fire from spreading and

done was only of a trifling description, but there can be no doubt that had Mr. Roso not luckily happened to be in the vidinity, we should have had to chronicle

This is a matter which cries loudly was known to be thoroughly unpo.governorship of Natal Bat it would will be considered clean; and that the eventually extinguished it. The damage

While on this subject we may add that one of the recent fires in the town has been attra

attributed to kerosene.

certainly have been better for the for notice on the part of those in pular before the appointment was peace of that colony if the Govern- authority, as the storage of such made. Were a thorough-going and meat had appointed a better known man. So bitter is the feeling in. combustibles should be restricted by unanimous, protest to reach Her Ma- law. Its quality should be tested as jesty, I feel sure the sign manual Natul with regard to the Transvaal to inflammability or otherwise, and would never be affixed to his appoint-settlement that the colonies would pro the quantity to be kept by individualment." And after this farrago of vendors within the prescincts of the town curtailed within a reasonable limit, with such general conditions attached as have been found requi site to ensure safety under like conditions in other localities,

rubbish and rant, the China Mail hus the barefaced impudence to assert that the opinions of this London correspondent, who can know no thing whatever about Ceylon, are the views of people of that island.

bably find faalt with any appointment. As it is, their temper bodas ill for Me Sendall's success. The Legislative Council by voting supplies for eix months only, and offering to increase the salary of the

the services of any "to secure,

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d'expe- rienced officer, have made it well nigh We have no intention at present impossible for Mr. Sendall to retain either of defending Sir John Pope the offtop and vindicate his self-respect. Hennessy, or lis policy in Hong The action of the Legislative Council kong. We have said before, and we is a personal afront which he can repeat it, his policy in this Colony scarcely ignore, especially as it may be requires no defence, it will speak for followed by something still more offen- itself. We can say, however, that, sive if he is courageous enough to face, although Sir John Pape Hennessy has such bitter hostility, Nobody denies been consistently opposed in what that Sir John Pope Henoossy is an ever he has attempted by a certain excellent Governor of Hongkong, but faction of foreigners to whom the his unpopularity in his previous appointment was such that, although columns of our evening contemporary no great blame, attached to hire per have always been open, fer right orsonally, it was found expedient to wrong, any statement to the effect transfer his energics to another sphere. that he has been an unpopular Go- For the same reason the Goverument vernor is utterly devoid of truth. would be wies in persuading Mr. Even amongst the foreign com- Saudall to forego his claim to govern munity (outside the faction referred Natal, and accept honourable employ.

ment elsewhere, remembered that a to nineteen out of every twenty res

We are further of opinion that the Police and Inspectors of Nuisances might do a great deal towards the abatement of the number of fires, or raitigate the chronic state of things in this respect in the town. Any thing likely to endanger public life or property may be construed into a "nuisance;" and it is only necessary, we have good grounds for asserting, properly instruct the members of the services mentioned, and the exercise of vigilance on their part enforced, to secure at least partial immunity from the disasters under discussion by suppressing some of the causes from which they eman stor This is all the more necessary whon

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Referring to Mr. Dolan's new ap- paratus for the saving of life at sea, adverted to in our issue of Saturday last, we gladly reproduce the following communication which cannot fail to be of interest in such a vast trade centre as Hongkong, with a correspondingly large amount of shipping frequenting it Cornish's invention for immediate use in saving life from shipwreck, fire, collisions, or other disasters at sea, was recently exhibited before representa- tives of the National Life Boat Institu- tion in London. It is spokon of favourably, and its extrame simplicity will, doubtless, be a recommendation for adoption, The essential features, briefly summarised, consist in improyo, menta in the construction of mattresses, conches, dents, and life boys for general use on board abip designed so that they may be readily tied to- gether to form a safe and commodious: raft, with facilities attached for persons in the water to hold fast by and sup- port themselves. There are other ad. vantages claimed, which, however, don sist mainly to the extent of it useful application to a variety of for the most part in connection with military and naval operations.

another seriona fira.

Training operations were rather alow this morning, and the attendance of spectators was not large. The only special features, wore the first appear ance in the saddle of Mr. Hutchings, and the exuberant spirits displayed by Mr. Paul's cracks," Sanlight, Sham- rook, and Tajmahal. The palling pro- pensities of each, and all of these cele brities proved rather too much even for such air experienced rider as the "Horse, and the result was that they in turn overpowered this wily horse inan, and galloped for their own amuse- ment. Luckily they pulled up all right, and the exercise, no doubt did them a dual of good. Wild Eddy was

his impatience. also rather fractious, but "Harry

turday's " pow "* maanged to restr The recollection

pony a desire to doubtless gave the repeat the performance Whisper and Souter Johnny cantered & mile, Glon- garry and Lochiel, the latter with the sweaters on, going a similar distance. With the exception of a sharp burst by: Strathpeffer, the rest of the ponies at work were confined to trotting exercise,