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HONGKONG. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1882.

THE British steamship Morag went round to Aberdeen Dock this afternoon."

WE learn that the Royal Italian Opera Company will be assisted in their opening performance on Saturday evening next by some Portuguese amateurs.

We have received private advices from Yokohama announcing the sale arrival at that port on the 1st inst. of the U.s.s. flagship Richmond, lately reported lost.

INFORMATION has been received by the Agent of the Messageries. Maritimes that the steamer Natal, with the next outward French thail, left saigon for Hongkong yesteriny, at 4 p.

COLONET. MOSBY ON AMERICAN SEAMEN.

Colonel Mosby, the United States Consul at Hongkong, long since made himself prominers. by his realous efforts to purify the service of which ho is a member. He still perseveres task of reform, and not long since addressed a although in the face of many difficulties, in bis

of state, on the subject of the iniquitous law letter to Mr. W. Blaine, Third Assistant secretary which compels 2 shipmaster discharging an Ame rican scamian in a foreign port to pay three month's extra wages into the Consulate.

these things are matters of common know of late in exposing abuses in the Provinces, and "Trovatore" at the Theatre Royal, Cily Hall. Mesby's own words,

ledge; and it is also perfectly well known that His Excellency's greatly maligned pro-Chinese measures have been carried out in obedience to the express commands of the Secretary of State.

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Administrator.

THE Censors at Peking are becoming very active

We would call attention to the performance of

we now hear that complaints have been preferred to-row evening, which is announced to take against Li Hung-chang and his brother Li Ilan-place under the patronage of Itis Excellency the chang, the Viceroys of Fakien, and Kwangtung, and the Governors of Henan and Keangsu. Li hung-chang, has had sufficient influence to have the memorial adverse to himself shelved, but Tso-tsung-tang is ordered to enquire into the charges brought against Li's brother, the Viceroy of Hunan and Hurpch, while special Commission ers are coming south to investigate the charges made against the otherhigh Provincial mandarins. together things appear to be pretty much mixed at Peking, and the year cannot he said to have opened very promisingly, from a political aspect, for China.

Accoming to the Englishman, there seems some probability of a new and important tract of the great Aftican Continent being opened out under French auspices. On the 4th eltime Dr. Bozol and M. Moirot, says the Academy," landed on their return from an expedition into the little- known region, called Futta Djalo, which lies at the back of Senegambia. They started from Belair, on the River Nunez, last May; and they November. In the meantime, they had traversed arrived at Medine, on the Upper senegal, in a large-extent of country of which Timbo is the capital. They describe the climate as salubrious. and the soil as fuitful. Gold and iron are worked, and copper abounds. They bring back with them not only a treaty signed by the chief, the Almamy Sory, but also his First Minister and several other natives; and they report that "the

SURGEON-MAJOR Murray, Army Medical De- partment and for some time Acting superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, leaves for England to-morrow by the steamship Diomed, having completed his term of service at this station. This is Dr. Murray's second tour of service in China, he having formerly served with the Both Regiment here. Dr. stockwell succeeds Dr. Murray at the Civil Hospital.

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Colonel Musby gives some instances of the working of the law which are well worthy of care. Fol attention, and supply excellent arguments for the removal of what appears a most outrageous imposition. He draws the attention of Mr. Elaine to the fact that the law of extra wages as interpreted by the Department is, to use Colonel positive discrimination against American seamen in favour of foreigners," and apparently among the many causes, and not a remote one either, of the steady decline in the mercantile marine of the United states. An American Consul is forbidden by the law now in force to otherwise discharge a sailor who is of a vessel ships an American at Yokohama to an American citizen, and thus if, the Master navigate his ship to Hongkong, three month's extra wages are exacted at the Consulate upon discharge. Thus the shipowner actually pays work, white if a foreigner had been engaged four months' wages for about ane month's the cost of a discharge would be only St. working of the law in actual practise may be imagined, and is thus forcibly stated by Colonel Mosby-For this reason no ship-inaster will THE Italian Opera Company held a dress re-imposes a penalty for doing it. The regulations employ Americans as sailors, because the law hearsal of Trovatore" at the City Hall last say that it is the policy of the law to discourage night, the result of which fully bears out the high the discharge abroad of seamen: I am unable to see why it is so. It might have been so eighty character the Company has received from the

years ago, when American ships were navigated Shanghai press. We have little doubt that the by American sailors, and when the laws were public performance of Verdi's grand Opera to-cuacted, which we are now administering to se morrow evening will prove an almost unpre

cure their return home. But an American sailor is certainly now a rara avis in terris. At least cedented success, as every available means have nine-tenths of the sailors discharge are fo been adopted to make the orchestral effects, reigners, who sail indifferently under the flags of choruses, and mise en salue as complete as cir- different nationalities. An idea seems to prevail cumstances will permit.

at the Department that there is class of for. cign seaman who have acquired the character of American seamen by habitual service on Ame- A PARIS telegram to an Indian paper, dated Jan-rican ships. If there are any such they have M. Freycient has submitted his programme to uary 31st states that the new French Premier

the Chambers, in which he states that it will be his endeavour to preserve peace at home and people. The reform of the constitution will be post- abroad, and allow. the fullest liberties to the

poned until the expiry of the present Chamber. The reduction of service with the colours to three years is proposed. With regard to education the present policy will be continued. The purchase

ther is the conversion of Rentes. In conclusion, of the railways by the State is not intended, nei-

the programme states that every effort will be made to solve the tariff question.

And refusing to shut our eyes to facts, which were within our own knowledge. we have from the beginning staunchly advocated principles of polity, which we considered then, and still believe, in every way deserved support. We absolutely refused to follow the lead of the older established journals in their crusade of personal vindictiveness, 'and as a conse- quence drew upon ourselves a system of opposition unrivalled for malignancy and bad taste, in the history of journalism.

The Chin Mal has for several years constituted itself the special advocate of Governor HESMessy's political opponents and personal enemies, and has displayed | its own rancourons hatred towards His Excellency in a fashion happily rare in modern days, even amongst the very lowest type of public newspapers. The furious ravings of the evening print in any thing that had reference to the Governor either socially or politically, have become a byeword, the jeer and scorn of all classes Tuis journal has frequently been blamed of society. If the M is satisfied with its for the part it has taken in upholding the special mission we have no cause to com- public arts of Governor HENNESSY, and plain; but now that Sir Jons Port HEN. covertly accused by those whose interests NESSY has left these shores we venture to were presumed to be imperilled by the exist-suggest that it is possible to descend too Wi: are informed that it is become quite practice ence of an honest and impartial newspaper low even in the matter of vulgar abuse, in Hongkong, of being nothing more or less We submit that a paragraph published in their vehicles full speed down the hill in Welling with jinricksha coolies, night after night, to rush than a subsidised Government organ. Such Wednesday night's paper, supposed to

ton street, to the great danger of the limbs both charges --although there can be little doubt emanate from a correspondent-a thin, of occupants and foot passengers-the former MATTERS do not seem much improved with jour- the industrious manner in which they flimsy disguise for the irrepressible gentle amounting sometimes to as many as three in onenalists in some parts of America since Mr. Beck have been circulated by the honorable man with the numerous aliases, which can jimicksha-and to the annoyance of people living edited the Clearville Roarer in the energetic persons whose oilium we have incurred | deceive no one -is the most contemptible in the street, whose peaceful slumbers are fre-

imanner mentioned in The Golden Butterfly." for venturing, to speak the truth has in production ever published in any news-quently disturbed by the noise and shouting Mr. Kichard F. Beirne, editor of the Richmond many respects materially injured the com- paper in the Far East. We reproduce it which take place when one of the machines State met senator H. H. Riddleberger on the TREATY PORTS IN CHINA AND mercial prosperity of the Telegraph-have as a final example of the degrading depths than five jinrickshas have been upset through satisfaction for some editorials he had published happens to come to grief. We hear that no fewer 22nd of last October with pistols, to give him JAPAN.

Anvariably been treated with, the contempt | to which personal spite will at times des-

this practice during the present week, the occu-reflecting on the senator's veracity. The seconds their meanness merited. We were con- cend-

pants being more or less injured, and in one case forgot to provide caps for the firearms, and after tunted to wait, feeling assured that the "A Correspondent, who appears to be the howls of the jinricksha coolie, which made waiting from 4 am. till 8 a., and then failing general public would not misunderstand fairly well versed in such matters, forwards night hiedous for a considerable distance around,

to obtain them, the duel was postponed, as the nur views, or believe the vile misrepresents the following remarks concerning the proclaimed that he had not escaped damage.

senator had to hasten away to shoot at another tations of interested partisans, and that in Address recently presented by the Chinese We trust the Police authorities will take steps to 'man, with whom he had an engagement for time even those whose political opinions residents to HE, the Governor HESSESSY;put an end to a practice fraught with so much

4 p.m. of the same day. In the latter aflair four IE HONGKONG DIRECTORY were directly antagonistie to our own,The adress presented by the Chinese danger to the public, and which has become a

rounds were fired, but nobody hurt. source of considerable annoyance to residents in would understand thoroughly the indepen- to IE, the Governor was not in accord- WILL CONTAIN THE CONDITIONS OF TRADE W77H7} dent position we have ever maintained, as ance with Chinese official etiquette. Many

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never been to Hongkong. Those I discharge are always ready to go on the first ship that offers shore. It is all right and proper that a fund a chance, as soon as they have had a spree on should be raised and appropriated to the relief far more equitable to levy it ratably on the ton of American seamen in distress; but it would be

nage of all ships than to collect it in the hap hazard way it is now done. It should also be collected at home ports and not by Consuls abroad,"

Nor does there appear any more adequate rea son for making a ship that discharges a crew contribute to the relief found than one that does kong is concerned, most discharges are by mutual not, for the simple reason that, as far as Hong consent, with a waiver of the two months' pay.

from the extra wages, which go to support sea- belonging to the sailor. This, then, is the result.. "The sailors who are discharged get no benefit

men from some other ship, probably deserters."

But worse than almost anything else is the disgraceful peculation which the administration, for bas, says Colonci Mosby; been dealt of the seamen's Relief Fund gives opportunity with "in the interests of sailors' boarding master it. During the two years and eight sponths that who have been the principal beneficiaries from I have had charge of this Consulate, I have col- sury $4,733.13. and have only expended for relief lected in extra wages, and turned into the Trea- $100.00, which was paid into the Government Civil Hospital here for sick acamen. My pre- decessor in the eight years preceding rue ex- his stool-pigeon, a sailor's boarding-master, for pended, or rather furnished vouchers signed by

$8,103.52, for relief of seamen," The allusion in this paragraph is so painted as to admit of no misconstruction, and there is reason to fear that the experience of Hongkong is by no means singular.

HE HONGKONG DIRECTOR/ anticipations were not badly founded, that only the bong mark, and etiquette demands / Tokio, a process of adulteration referred to by station yesterday, and asked the constable for modified. There is abundant and indisputable

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As there are several inilk dairies, conducted by Japanese in the neighbourhood of Yokuhama and the Kobe Shimpo, and verified by the Hingy the confidence we had in the eyes of the that on an address, not a petition, the sig Ass in its issue of the 18th instant, may be general body of the community being in nature of each individual shall also be instructive if not interesting.... time opened as to the true character of our written underneath the chop. We are in-tleman brought us during the afternoon a sample mission, and the actual value of the so- formed that no Chinaman would venture to of milk-supplied to him in the ordinary course. commit such a breach of official étiquette unless there were a want of respect for the party who was to receive the address. It

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GEORGE CANNOs, 36, of England, a seaman, un- morning by Mr. H. E. Wodehouse, as a rogue the question of this payment of three months' employed, was sent to a month's hard labour this Congress is, we believe, to be asked to consider and vagabond. The prisoner went to No. 7 wages, and it seems manifest that the law muit then be either altogether repealed or considerably something to eat, stating he had had nothing to evidence of the necessity of a change, and that eat all day, being at the time in liquor. The the sooner the alteration takes place the better last month. Representing that he had a chance letter to Mr. Blaine on the subject of the "A constable had seen him leafing about during the for American shipowners and the future prospe rity of the American mercantile marine. In bis

the captain having promised hint a passage, the lonel Mosby calls attention to two cases of great of going to Sydney by the steamship Menmuir, Consular Regulations of the United states, Co- Magistrate directed the constable to take him on hardship which recently occurred there in con- board to ascertain if his statement were true,

sequence of the application of the rule laid down in j paragraph 231. The first was that of a young he manifested great unwillingness to go, and capacity of a foremast hand, but being highly upon being confronted with the captain, the recommended by the Master of his ship, was the latter said he had never seen the man before, offered the position of third officer on another is pounded up, mixed with water, and then fur-Defendant, in explanation of his statement to the but when Colonel Mosby informed the Master American vessel. He went to the Consulate and that he had not promised any one a passage. to be discharged by consent of the Master, nishes a white, creamy-looking fluid, admirably Magistrate, said he must have made a mistake, adapted for the rascally purpose intended. This that the man who promised him a passage said

that he would have to pay one month's oxtra wages to the Government (which is the pen- mixture is no doubt preferable to using the brains he was the captain of the fenmuir, an explana.alty, imposed by the Consular Regulations for of animals and the other disgustingly filthy com-

shipping an American in preference to a foreigner) patinds favoured by Western adulterators, but

Governor HxSNESSY has many able op. is not hard to see why the leading Chinese imagined, the addition of a little diluted sulphuric When being taken to the steamer by the constable, American citizen who arrived in Hongkong in the

should have presented an address. Any

one who is at all conversant with the na-

The appearance of the fluid showed clearly that some foreign substance had been mixed with the milk, but that it was not chalk, as our friend

making inquiries we ascertained that the favourite acid established beyond any question. "Upon adulterant employed by Japanese milk-dealers is the root of the kudzu (Dolichos Hubasus), which

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ponents, and probably a few bitter enemies in this Colony. Amongst these are un- doubtedly a number of men who have not tive mind knows perfectly well that they scrupled in the past, who will not hesitate regard the presentation of such an address, in the future, to use the most unfair and simply and purely, as an ordinary matter dishonorable means to blacken, vilify, and of business. An address would have been THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY bring into general disfavor the policy of presented equally to, a Governor whom our absent ruler. We admit frankly they they hated and despised. That those who

tion Mr. Wodehouse failed to see the force of

Master declined to pay it, and then the sea have some cause for feeling rather sore at signed it did not have any great regard for

inan offered and was anxious to pay it out of his the practise is sufficiently vile to make the re certain acts carried out during the present the departed is proved by the absence at

WILLARDY'S Wanderers seem to have but fared arr

arrears of wages. The Consul read him the ported action of the sanitary Board very well in the Model settlement, and the same system régime, acts which are unique in our history the embarkation of many of the most pro- come."-Japen Mail.

paragraph above referred to, which forbids to allow seaman to pay under such of local government. Sir Jous Pore HEN-minent Chinese whose names figured on the

of criticism seems to have been adopted by a HE HONGKONG DIRECTORY NESSY has never allowed private interests document. The idea of presenting His A RETURN published at New York on the 1st of tain papers in Hongkong. On this subject a for the amount he would have paid the Govern Circumstances, although it was for his advan portion of the shanghai Press as obtains in cortage and the increase of wages he would

gct to interfere with the privileges of the Excellency with two, or more, red umbrellas January estimated the total immigration at all correspondent writes in the Mercury of the 7th ment. The young man was obliged to return to would, in one month, more than Indemnify tim British Crown, the rights of the Hongkong was dropped, as it was thought by the wily the American ports during last year at nearly inst."I notice that Monday's, issues of the his ship, and thus lost the opportunity of promo public. Social status, long residence in Chinamen to be fraught with very bitter six hundred thousand souls. The total for New North-China Herald and Shanghai Courier tion. The other was a case of a Japanese shipped che Cutony, or overpowering commercial and painful reminiscences. The present York during the year was about 446,000, against, contain very different criticisms of the perform in New York, who did not want to return to the influence, may all have carried weight usually selected for a Governor should be 377,371 for the previous year. The New York ance at the Lyceum Theatre on Saturday night, United States. The Master of the ship (which with past rulers, and been a ready road to a coat embroidered with the names of the arrivals for the year divided in round numbers whilst your paper preserves a respectful silence discharge him without expense to the ship

was going to south America) was willing. exclusive advantages tendered sub rosa by donors. The next in point of honours is

as follows:-Germany, over 189,000; Ireland, As the above-named papers give canßleting re- while the Japanese was willing and anxious Government favor: but to his credit be it the red umbrella, such as that presented to nearly 65,000; England nearly 41,000; Scotland, ports, one or the other must either have com to pay the extra wages himself, in order to recorded, to the many advances of this Dr. STEWART in 1878. Anything else is 13,000; Italy, 14,090; Switzerland, nearly 12,003; guilty of wilful misrepresentation. Concerning Japanese will desert and leave all his wages in

11,000; Wales, 4,000; Sweden, 37,000; Norway, misted an error of judgment, or else have been

remain at home. Again the rulo intervened, and the result, says the Consul, will be that "the character made to the present Governor, a regarded as unsuitable for presentation to Russia, to,000; Austria, 4,500; France, 4,400; the true, state of the case I think there can be the hands of the Master: In other words, the deaf ear has invariably been turned, And Governors or high Civil Officials. Flags spain, 1,600. The character of the immigrants very little doubt. I was at the Theatre on the Government refuses to allow him to forfelt a what has been the consequence of this in- (two of which His Excellency received) has been unusually satisfactory. Fewer disabled night in question and can honestly say that I was tion of his wagca in order to leave the ship, but dependence, this unexpected honesty? Is it are usually given to Military and Naval persons, mentally or physically, have come than thoroughly disgusted with a great deal of what I anomalous condition of affairs which Congress

docs allow lins to forfeit the whole." This is not well known in every circle of society in Officers of secondary rank, such as Cap. usual. During the year too have been sent back saw on the stage, as well as with the conduct of will assuredly remedy now that attention has Hongkong Persons upon whose corns tains, etc., in our service,"

as too old to work and suffering from chronic a large portion of the audience. Mr. Willard and been forcibly directed to the evil affects it pro His Excellency has unexpectedly trodden, With what object the above extraordi- estimated the amount of money brought by the well, but neither that nor anything else will com

discases. The Commissioners of Immigration one or two others, I admit, played their parts Mosby, "permits a seaman to waive his fight to ducés. “Paragraph" 230,” continues Colonel unsuccessful claimants for privileges and nary effusion was penned and published immigrants at 1,000,000 dollars, and the agent pensate for the slovenly manner in which the why he is not equally competent to pay ong the two months' extra wages; I am unable to seg advantages at the public expense to which we cannot pretend to know, we would of one trunk line of railway estimates the amount piece was put on the stage. The moming paper month's wages to the Government, especially they had not a tittle of claim, became rather not attempt to guess; but we do paid by them for transportation south and west has mentioned two or three defects. There are when it is obviously for his advantage to do 10. his pronounced political opponents, his venture to hope that if our evening con- at 5,000,000 more. The most destitute arrivals others concerning which he is mercifully silent, to protect American sailors and to encourage This is said to be a law, or rather a regulation, malignant personal enemies. All these temporary has lost all the self respect it are sclavonians and Italians. The latter.ar- I will be the same. The Courier says the line Americans to go to sea. I have never been able things are quite true; they cannot be dis-ever passessed, the recollection that it is rived in great numbers, during Novemlier and of criticism pursued by the North China is likely to see the protection in it."-diego News. guised, and as a matter of fact they are, to some, extent a public institution, and December, and found little work. Nearly all the, to deter similar companícs from visiting shang- -in-spite-of-anything that may be said to supposed to represent the views of a sec

new comers-have-yone west and south Only thai. Hope and trust it may, for the entertain. the contrary, perfectly well understood tion of the community of this Colony, will about twenty thousand remained in New York, ments given by the Wanderers have been such throughout the Colony. Governor Hux-effectually prevent the future publication state. All persons connected with immigration and not more than fifty thousand in the whole NESSY'S policy--dictated in most important of such frightful cutrages on decency and say the indications are that the arrivals this year particulars from Downing Street-has good taste,

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daughters. Ladies, it is well known, have been conspicuous by their absence' at each perform ance which has been given by the troupe."

to winch no man would care to take his wife or

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My lord," said the foreman of a Welsh jury, when giving in their verdict, "we find the man husband: "His nose was hooked-indicative that stole the mare not guilty."

Widow, to sculptor making a bust of her of goodness, so make it larger if you please, to

mark well that virtue."

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