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8. Mr. PRICE had doubtless his owo reasons for causing this delay, one of which may be, that the observations made by Sir Joux COODE on the project prepared by Mr. PRICE, were not at all of a flattering character; indeed, if report speaks truly, quite the contrary. The delay in carrying out the project would of course facilitate the suppression of these adverse com- ments.

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We are informed by the agents, Messrs. Adam- son, Bell & Co, that the steamship Stirling Carte, from London, will leave Singapore to- morrow for Hongkong.

We hear from Macao that the auction of the Salt Monopoly for the ensuing year took place on Saturday last, the rath inst. The monopoly re- alised $11,500, being an advance of $1,000 on the price paid last year.

15, 1882.

A CELESTIAL fortune-teller, known to the police

objection. For it is a matter of world-wide note- ricky. Have you not seen the principal English; journals of the past few years? Have you not read the Parliamentary and other State papers in which this subject has been treated by His Ex- geltency Governor Pope. Hennessy, Earl Kimber Icy and others? Have you not read the letters to the English newspapers, on the question, by Mr. Peter A. Taylor, M., and others? Perhaps, however, in your distant part of the world, you have not seen, or read, these statements. Agal even if you have, you might, and perhaps nat altogether unreasonably, object, that general statements in the public press are not a sufficient or upon any community. Well, let us at once authority for grave inputations upon any system,

paper correspondence and stateir cats and confine the matter to official reports.

5- should, however, mention, that during a critical period of the monsoon, from June to September, 1879, when the houses fronting the sea were still exposed to destruction by a typhoon, by reason of the incomplete state of the Praya embankment, and at a juncture, therefore, when the entire attention of Mr. Bowdler, the executive officer of the Public Works Department, was mono- polised by this particular work, the Govemar having called for detailed plans of the proposed new Central School, I replied in a letter to Dr. Stewart, Acting Colonial Secretary, requesting that the preparation of the Central School, pital, and Gaol plans night be.deferred for a brief CARBOLIC DISINFECTANTS, jeriod of three months, when the probability of a typhoon would have passed away, and when the temporary pressure on the Department weld ject. The foregoing are substantial facts sighted the wreck of a barque sunk in about 9tion, some five feet long and two fect broad, is assume this to be se, and set nsile all the news- therefore, have subsided. My request referred to these plans specially, and it is, therefore, not with- out surprise that I now find it transferred by the Hea of the Traja Work is advanced by His is cellency on my behalf, as the sole reason why alid not proveed with the breakwater when, as a matter of fact, no authority whatsoever, for the commencement of the latter ever issued from the Governor's Office.

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6-As I gather furthermore, from the printed correspondence, that in previous despatches His Excellency has reported to Your Lordship the same professed inability on my part to under take other works besides the breakwater during the entire continuance of the Praya reconstruc tion, extending over two years, I have to obserre that such an allegation, if it was made, would be

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WE learn that the steamship Penedo, while on We need not dwell further on the sub- the passage from Hollo to Saigon, on July 31st which cannot be controverted. What then fathoms of water, on the bank at the S.E. end must every honest-minded man think of of Comeeran Island, in the Balabar Strakts. The the audacious statements made in Mr. sunken vessel had white mast-beads; her lower PRICE's letter to Eari KIMBERLEY, disyands were under the water. From all appear claiming any responsibility in causing the

ances the vessel had only recently been sunk, as delay in the construction of the Causeway was fine and clear, it was supposed the crew had the sails were still on the yards. As the weather Bay Breakwater?

landed on Balabar Island, which was distant about 8 miles from the wreck.

TELEGRAMS.

LONDON, 12th August.

THE ARREARS OF RENT BILL. The House of Lords has adopted the Com- mons' amendments to the Arrears Bill.

The Czar of all the Russias, says the Overland Jail, is a most unhappy man, and one who is seriously and deeply to be pitied. He cannot be crowned in Moscow, the ancient capital of the Empire, for it is reported that the whole town is absolutely undermined, and that his advent in

CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS ipally based on a misconception. 5 of my A WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.the. city would cause his immediate death.

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HONGKONG.

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tion to divert the attention of the cfficers Department to any large undertaking was limited to the short and critical period of the monsoon, na will be clearly seen by a perusal of my letter to Dr. Stewart of which I attach, hereto, a copy of the paragraph referring to the subject.

7.-The history of the delay in the construction of the breakwater is briefly told. In 1878, Mir Michael licks-Beach having authorised the Co· fonial Government to set the work in hand with-

It is requested that all communications relaut father reference to Downing Strect, provated ting to Subscriptions, Advertisements, &c, be ad- the cost did not exceed eighty thousand dolias, dressedto the Manager, Hongkong Telegraph" the Minister's despatch was transmitted to me by and not to the Editor.

the Governor, unaccompanied by any authority or instructions to begin operations, but simply with a view to obtaining from me, as a prelimia ary step, a statement of the cost of the structure as proposed to be now modified by Sir John Code The estimate was calculated, and found to be under the sum stipulated by Sir Michael Hicks Beach, and accordingly in a Schedule of the Estimate of Cost of the various larger public works in contemplation for Hongkong, which prepared for the Governor and furnished to Mr. Marsh, the Colonial Secretary, the item of the

Communications intraded for publication must be accompanied by the name styl address of the writers, ut necessarily for publication; but as evidence of good faith.

Whatst the columns of the Hongkong Telt grek will always be open for the bar discussion by correspondents of allquestions affecting public interest, it must be distinctly understand that the Editor does not in any way hotel himself res ponsible for opinions thus expressed.

TO, ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are requested to forward all notices interated for insertion in that day's issue not later than Tuts ofČLock so as not to reland, the early publication of the paper

breakwater was included.

Parliament will be prorogued on the 18th inst. and will reassemble at the end of October.

AFFAIRS IN EGYPT.

All is quiet at Alexandria.

AGITATION IN SYRIA, An Anti-Christian agitation has commenced in Syria.

as a harmless lunatic, proved himself not ako gether lamb-like this morning by giving a coolie a slight stab with a knife, possibly to ascertain if the coolic belonged to the pachydermata. Mr. Wodehouse signifiel his readiness to discharge the insane vaticinator if the Tung Wa Hospital would take charge of him, and directed a letter to be written making the enquiry. THE Chinese authorities on the mainland appearts bejust now considembly exercised over the doings of the Secret Societies. A huge official proclama posted up both in Canton and Kowloon City, stating that in places along the sea coast of the south-east of the Sun On district and its de pendencies (cwloon City is in this district), Law- less characters have lately assembled in great they hold meetings once or twice a month, assen- crowds to bind themselves together by oath; that

bling at night and dispersing at day-break; that their proceedings are very cunning and mysterious, and that they are awaiting an opportunity to raise a disturbance. The proclamation goes on to say that they ought to be expelled as soon as possible, in onder that they may not delede the minds of others and make mischief. Instruc tions are then given to certain officials to make arrests in accordance with the secret dispatch Lately lie ler Gatchina for Peterhof. Now at parties of soldiers and police to be at once sent sent by the Acting Viceroy of the Two Kwang,

the former he was most closely and carefully to the places to make arrests, and informers also guarded; every visitor was searched; there were

to be engaged to institute strict enquiries into triple walls surrounding the castle, and the sen- the machinations of the Secret Societies. The tries were numbered by thousands. But, in spite leading men are directed to be apprehended, of all these precautions, a mine artistically dug in order that they may be tried and dealt with, under, the private apartments of His Majesty which may be taken to mean, in order that their has been discovered. It is curious to note heads may be chopped off. In our issue of the that the architect of this last infernal plot 7th inst., we mentioned that we had heard the is the son of an old and trusted palace Colonel in command of the troops in Kowloon oficial, who, in spite of the gifts lavished on his City had applied to Canton for re-inforcements, father and himself, has been "got at" by the as a precautionary measure against a rising of Nihilists, and made the instrument of a most the members of the Triad Society there. A diabolical attempt; since the idea was not only spirit of rebellion against consituted authority to kill the Emperor, but to murder at the sante would appear to be abroad on the mainland, with time the Empress and her.newly-bom infant, as what object it would be difficult to say. We pity well as all the other members of the Imperial the unfortunate conspirators who may happen family, who were at Gatschina. Though wo Eng- to fall into the hands of the inerciless mandarins, ishman can sympathise with the peculiar and whose relentless methods of stamping out rehel- tyrannical form of Government which is existention are only too well known. in Russia, yet every true man must deprecate horrors of this kind. The Czar is not directly responsible for what goes on throughout his dominions; and every attempt to obtain reforms THE recognizance of a hicksha coolie who had by murders cannot be too sternly put down. bound himself in $5 to appear yesterday at the

"BANIAN," the author of the irresponsible chatter l'olice Court to further answer to a charge of which appears weekly in the Daily Press under toitering in Queen's Road central with his vehicle, the very appropriate title "Chit-Chat, has evi- was estreated this morning by Mr. Wodehouse, the cry into or the own wisdom and in default of payment the street obstructionist and experience. He is, no doubt, a devilish clever was sent le gaol for 14 days with hard labour. A dog; but might we be allowed to suggest that he stomach ache which he pleaded in excuse for not

has yet something to leam, even about China. shewing up, failed to move the Magistrate's pity. UNTER the heading Troubled Sea Tramps,'

In his latest contributions he says "Truly wonderful are the tales travellers tell. Some the San Francisco Chronith of July 7th says:- gifted genius has contributed to the, magazine Assistant Surveyor of the l'ort Brown filed in known as Temple Bar a paper on Manners formation with the Collector of the Port yesterday, and Customs of the Chinese,; in the course of stating that the berths on the Serapis are con- which he calmly asserts that it is no rare thing structed contrary to law, they not being parti- to see basketfuls of babies (female. Chinese) sent tioned off as is provided, though they run parallel down from Canton to Hongkong for sale, at to the sides of the vessel. For this light derelic-prices ranging from two to five dollars. There tion on the part of the Hongkong carpenter,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Olympia came out of the Cosmopolitan Dock, and the Rajaniliannhar docked at Aber deen to-day.

THE visitors in the City Hall Museum for the week endel 13th August, were :—Europan, 154; Chinese, 1633; total, 1987.

AN unemployed Chinaman, who receivedasimilar dose for larceny in July 1880, was sentenced to From the time that this Estimate was supplied six months' hard labour this morning by Captain to Governer Hennessy, until 1 left the Colony, Thornsett, for burglariously entering the house' His Excellency, did not favour me with any No. 15, Sai Wo Lane, and stealing therefrom a further communication on the subject, and pend-jacket, the property of a mat packer. ing His Excellency's arrival at some decision, favourable or unfavorable to the inauguration of the work, the despatch of Sir Michael Hicks TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Beach, containing the professional report of Sir Arrangements have been made to publish John Conde, and the plan of the structural modi- The Hongkong Telegraph daily at 4 p.st. Sub-fications recommended by the consulting Engi scribers in the central districts who do not receive nger, cominued to remain among the documents their cupies before Five O'CLOCK will oblige by of my Department for reference on technical at once communicating with the Manager.

The Hongkong Telegraph

Hesakond, TurstaÝ, August 15, 1882.

We stated in our leader of the 12th inst, when disenssing the business brought before the Legislative Council at the meeting held the previous afternoon, that a discrepancy existed between the respective statements of His Excellency the Governor and Mr. J. M. Pater, with regard to the delay in com- mencing the work on the Breakwater at Causeway Bay, which outsiders were not in a position to explain satisfactorily. Strange to say, our contemporaries have almost quite ignored the extraordinary letter sem by Mr. Pick to the Secretary of State, and which, in fairness to the Surveyor General, and at that officer's request, Earl KIMBERLEY desired should be read before

the Council. As our old established journals have, as usual, shirked the respon- 'sibility, we claim the Indulgence of our readers while we endeavor to throw some light on this vexed subject, with the hope of fixing the blame for the delay in com- mencing the Breakwater on the proper

person.

On May 1st, 1882, Mr. J. M. PRICE wrote to Earl KIMBERLEY as follows:-

In Your Lordship's published despatch of the gth of December, 1881, addressed to Governor Hennessy, Your Lordship alluding to the break- water at Hongkong says:-

"I am compelled to observe that I am inuch clissatisfied with the long delay which has pccurred in connexion with this work and

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5. As I am, therefore, unable to accept the buiten of the responsibility for the delay which the Governor transfers to my shoulders. I are very respectfully to beg that Your Lordship will, as a matter of justice to myself, allow the cones- dence that has been printed and laid before the Legislative Council to be completed by the addition of this letter, and that Your Lordship will be pleased to instruct is Excellency the Administrator, to lay a copy of it or the Council Table.

Captain North may have to contribute about $1.170 to the United States Treasury. Henry Hoeber, Measurer of Vessels, was occupied in

Our Surveyor General is a capital advo. cate of his own interests, and it must be admitted that, if the above plausible state ments could be corroborated by reliable evidence of any description whatsoever. Mr. Price's case would be a good ons. the afternoon in neasuring the ship. The However, the explanation, clever as it is United States District-Alterncy has find a libel in many respects, has one overpowering against the Mujer Head, Captain Alfred Roper, defect, namely-its notable lack of accu- and all persons having or claiming to have an racy. Not even Mr. P'Rick's reckless auda-interest in her, in a cause of forfeiture for the city can stand a chance of success against amount of $4,040 ($5 for each of the 80t steerage a plain, unvarnished statement of facts; facts which cannot be controverted. Our readers have no doubt carefully studied

2-This authority reached Hongkong about five weeks after that date, say, May 19th, 1878.

recovery of penalties, civil and maritime, to the

passengers) for not having the bertha constructed according to law.

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the eight elaborate paragraphs in which learn that telegrams were received yesterday the Surveyor General tries to set up effect that His Excellency the Governor had. at Government House, and Jardine's, to the a defence

that will bring confusien obtained an additional six months leave of to his enemies. We now ask them to absence. This would appear to indicate that study as carefully, the site, number of the former arrangements have been set aside, paragraphs in which we hope to show how rendering Sir John Pope Hennessy's return to men become when Hongkong highly improbable. Although equally feeble, even clover fighting against the honest truth. The authoritative telegrams regarding Governor Hen- true version of the delay in commencingnessy have previously turned out mere canards, the Breakwater at Causeway Bay is as

we see no reason to doubt the authenticity of the follows;~~~

news received yesterday. Until definite informa- tion has been received on the subject, it would 1. The authority of the Secretary of be idle to speculate on the events which, have State to proceed with the work is dated 12th led to this new line of policy. We may observe, April, 1878.

however, that the assertion, which appears in one of our contemporaries, stating it was well known here more than a month ago that the Governor would never return to the Colony, is a deliberate, and at the same time a very foolish and altogether unnecessary lie. We have evi- dence at our disposal, which cannot be doubted, that at the departure of the last French mail from London, Sir John Pope Hennessy had arranged with the Colonial Office to leave for Hongkong at the end of the present month. AN extraordinary general meeting was held yesterday at the Club Lusitano to consider the Consul Loureiro has instituted against the Club, steps to be taken by the Committee in the action

The members were very excited throughout, so much so that the business before the meeting 6. Mr. Price had taken over temporar-was not even discussed, and the meeting termi ily the duties vacated by Mr. J. GARDINER nated with a vote of confidence in the Com- Austs; but within a few months the tale mittee, thus leaving the business entirely in their Mr. CHARLES MAY became Acting Colonial hands. At the commencement of the meeting Secretary, and Mr. PRICE returned to his the Committee for their conduct in not coming several members commented rather strongly on duties as Surveyor General.

are more things go on in Hongkong than are

dreamed of in my philosophy, no douts, but I think I may characterise this as an audacious invention." Would! Mr. Banian," who evidently wishes to be taken for a very old Hongkong. resident, be surprised to learn that the "gifted genins "who wrete the article in Temple Bar is perfectly correct in his assertions regarding the "Manners and Customs of the Chinese," and that his lamentable display of ignorance regarding a be (Banian has given himself clean away by matter which is thoroughly well, known to every person who has lived in Canton ar Hongkong for any length of time) So far from being “an audacious invention," the statement in Temple Bar about Chinese babies having been sent in baskets for sale in Hongkong, is an absolute fact. The custon is not so common as it used to be; supervision notwithstanding, is notorious. Se but it still existe. The trade in women, police

kong which "Banian's" philosophy has not yet there are actually things going on in Hong- dreamed of.

THE Overland Mail very pertinently aska- What are the French naval preparations intended for? To safeguard the commercial interests of France in the East assuredly requires no such formidable fleet as is now in course of concentra- tion in the Mediterranean. The Temps states that it is meant solely to control England, and to counteract the operations of her fleet. Fickle and untrustworthy though our Gallic brethren have shown themselves to be throughout the recent negotiations, there is little reason to fear thoir wilfully failing foul of England. The pre ponderance of British Interests in Egypt and the Suez Canal has been never disputed by our courteous rivals, yet all the same it is difficult to coincide the present preparations with a simple influence. "Possible contingencies" are the ex intention to aid England in suppressing Arabi's

cust made for this enormous mobilisation; but what, may we ask; are the "contingencies" in prospect? Whom has France to fear in the East? Not Germany, not Russia, but this country, it any; and it seems scarcely straining the inter- prelation of words to say that the "possible con. tingencies? alluded to by the Débats has in- direct reference to this nation. Any way, in the face of these preparations the country will do prepared to encounter all contingencies and all wisely to strain every nerve to place afloat a fleet

to an amicable settlement of the affair after repossible combinations. The news that reaches 7.-Mr. PRICE did not, even after receiving the conciliatory letter addressed to them turning to his duties, send the documents by Mr. Loureiro's xoliators.

us from Berlin about diplomatic semi-official This caused a suggestions having been made for the borrowing of German regiments is likewise not without some significance, especially when read between the lines in connection with the evidently waver-

the omission to furnish sufficient informa- tion to the Secretary of State in regard to it." -To these remarks of Your Lordship, Go- vernor Hennessy, in his despatch noted in the

3-At that time Mr. J. M. Price was Acting Colonial Secretary, margin January 24th, 1882, replies as follows —

"Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's despatch of the 4-Tho papers were handed to Mr. 12th of April, 1878, was given to Mr. Price PRICE in the ordinary way for action, i. to act upon on the 3rd of June, 1878, but it was found in his desk two years and a half to have them registered in the Colonial afterwards, with two brief pencil notes in Secretary's office, minuted by him. and his handwriting on the margin. When Mr. passed to the Acting Surveyor General

the despatch amongst Mr. Price's papers, undealt with, he retur "* | Mr. E. Bowpier,

retumed it to the Colonial Secretary, and looking to the

5-As a matter of fact, Mr. PRICE did in which Sir Michael Hicks-Beach passage

not cause the documents to be registered; should have no objection to the work says being proceeded with without further refer and he did not pass them to the Acting ence to me, at once directed Mr. Bowdler Surveyor General. to proceed with the work forth with, and he last no time in doing so." 16-For the previous long delay at which Your Lordship, not unjustly expresses some dissatisfaction, Mr. Price, the Surveyor Gen- eral, was solely responsible. His explana- tion of why he could not do any other work as in as he had the repairs of the Praya Wall in hand have been submitted to Your Lordship in former despatches." 3.This explanation of Governor Hennessy at once casts upon me the disagreeable duty of acquainting Your Lordship that I never at any time received from the Governor directly, or through the Colonial Secretary, any instructions, verbal or written, official or unofficial, to begin 4. have also to inform Your Lordship that, in the absence of any instructions from the Governor to this effect, I never at any time ex- pressed to His Excellency any inability to begin the breakwater until the Praya Works were finished.

the breakwater.

to the Colonial Secretary's Office for re- good deal of indignation, and accusations gistration and instructions, neither did he and recriminations were freely exchanged. A cause them to be registered in his own de proposal made to reinstate Mr. Loureiro as a partment; but in a surreptitious manner he member was received with shouts and hisses, retained possession of them, and nothing further was heard of their existence unii they were discovered amongst Mr. PRICE's papers two years and a halfafter they first camo Into his hands.

ing concord between France and this country. tion of the President that the costs of the legal ing sick of trying to work con auzore with our and was not even put to the vote. The declara-It looks very much as if Government weit grow- suit would be defrayed by a subscription of ten fickle ally; that the Anglo-French control was a cents from each of the members, any balance to thing of the past, and that, with a view to "con-

be made good by a select few who had offered tingencies" they are casting about for other their aid, was received with much applause. friendships.

THE HON. F. BULKELEY JOHNSON

AND THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION.

In the ลงในเกล of 1879 there was published official correspondence between the Governor of Hongkong and the Colonial Office: In that cor respondence, Govenor Hennessy gave an ae. count of what had come under his personal ob servation and which indicated a very grave and objectionable state of things in the local penal system. For example, he found two prisoners, who had been flogged nine days previously, and who were still bleeding from the wounds Deca sioned by those floggings-one of the prisoners having eight, and the other twelve such wounds. It

further being dogged, were placed on a very weakening that prisoners, previously to appeared dict of rice and water, whereby their floggings were rendered still more penal. Also in about a year and a half, more than two hundred floggings were inflicted upon the prisoners in Hongkang gaol. Governor Hennessy reported tothe Secretary of State for the Colonics that "This is probably without a parallel in any part of the civilized globe of the same amount of population." in August 1881, it appears that the humane Go

From further official correspondence, published vernor's interference had already been followed by a material decrease, both in grave and in minor crimes, in spite of the decrease, or disuse of flogging.

The news from the Colony, received from time to time, has shown that much opposition, by some of the Colonists, has been manifested to tions. But here, in Great Britain, there appears the Governor's Christian and philanthropic exer- " to be a general concurrence of public opinion in support of the Governor's action, which is re- garded as that of a noble-hearted and courageous inan, and as a worthy representative of the illus- whose name, he administers the affairs of your trious and merciful Sovereign, for whom, and in Colony.

And it is to be hoped, that amongst the Euro- pean, as certainly amongst the Chinese popula- tion of Hongkong, there are many persons who cordially support and honour the Governor's wite and humane procedure; though it is evident that some, on the other hand, have endeavoured to thwart and discourage him.

this secured by a com.

Doubtless, neither Governor Hennessy, nor those who, in this country, admite his course of As Mr. Bulkeley Johnson appears so anxious

action, would desire to encourage crime, or to pamper prisoners. On the contrary, they would to attain notoriety, we think it only fair to give his promptly admit that it is no true humanity to correspondence with the Secretary of the Howard render prisons either attractive or insufficiently Association the widest publicity we can, as not only penal. The proper function of a prison

sto tend the colonists of Hongkong, but the whole of the permanently to empty itself. And all experiente foreigners in China ought to know what a deter bination of reformatory with deferrent, and of wind and accomplished defender they have in preventive with repressive, treatment, The the person of our icepressible Member of Council. prompt, but slothful, resort, to mere wholesale It is not our intention to attempt to criticise Mr. floggings, has, wherever it has been resorted to, tended to crush men into permanent shame and Johnson's so-called explanation, which is simply crime. They have had to be flogged again and a venomous attack on Sir John Pope Hennessy. again, and imprisoned time after time. I speak The honourable gentleman's extraordinary letter now of flogging as a general feature of any bears its own condemnation almost in every line.

system. Experienced criminal administrator, who do not wish to see fogging absolutely abo The Daily Press has already licked Mr. John-lished, but mainly held in terrorem, for resort son's boots; the China Afail will no doubt follow sull. We prefer to leave the community to judge for themselves between the Howard Association and Mr. Bulkeley Johrison' on the merits of the correspondence. We have, for some considerable time past, been upposed politically to Mr. F. Bulkeley Johnson; but we never doubted, in spite of our differences, that he was a thorough gentle- man. We doubt it very much now, and we have good grounds for to doing. Mr. Bulkeley John- son's uncalled for references, in his letter to Mr.

Tallack, to what he terms a late disgraceful Hayllar and Dr. Eitel were mixed up with cer- scandal-meaning the affair in which Mr. T. C.. tain private differences between Sir John and Lady Pope Hennessy at Government House-we consider ungentlemanly in the highest degree, and a flagrant outrage on good taste. The fol lowing letters speak for themselves - The Hon. F. Bulkeley Johnson to the Secretary of the Howard Association. Vit Naples.

HONGKONG, December 3rd, 1881. *WILLIAM TALLACK, Esq.,

HOWARD ASSOCIATION,

Secretary,

5, Bishopsgate Without, E.C., "London. StR-The following statement, purporting to have been extracted from the annual report of your Association, has been reproduced in one of our local newspapers

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"Another example of this" (cruel treatment of prisoners) was afforded by the barbarisms of criminal treatment.at Hongkong, until the noble. hearted Governor Pope Hennessy braved the op position of selfish and inhuman colonists, and effected a practically successful reform of the system."

This statement, to injurious to the good name true, and, as I feel sure that it would not have of Her Majesty's subjects in this Colony, is un- found a place in the report of your eminent and useful Association, unless it had been supported by, what you deemed, adequate testimony, the authority or authorities upon which you venture to request that you will farish me with adopted it as the deliberate expression of your belief.

It is my intention to avail myscif of the earliest opportunity to bring the passage in your report which I have quoted above, to the formal notice of the Legislative Council of the Colony, but the meetings of that Body are held at such irregular intervals, and the facilities afforded to unofficial members for the discussion of such questions are so limited, that some time may clapse before) shall be able to do so."

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, (Signed) F. BULKELEY JOHNSON, Member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong Secretary of the Howard Association to the Hon. F. Bulkclcy Johnson,

THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION,

5. Bishopsgate Without,

⚫ London, E.C.,

Januay 10th, 1881, December 3rd, reached me yesterday, and I have DEAR SIR-Your letter from Hongkong, dated at once looked up various paper and authorities on the subject, so as to be able to reply promptly, But, in the first place, it may be remarked that

under an apparent impression that the penal it is matter for surprise that we should have re- ceived any letter at all from Hongkong, (written system ofthat Colony had not been open to serious

in extreme cases, have repeatedly stated their conviction that, in this sparing infliction, and on rare occasions, consists its only merit. But even the recent official statistics of your own Colony now prove the failure of the former flogging system, and the more repressive as well as pre- ventive efficacy of Governor Hennessy's wiser substitute,

1 shall lay this correspondence before our Committee, and, meanwhile, I remain, Sir,

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Yours very respectfully,

WILLIAM TALLACK, Secretary of the Howard Association,

Member of Legislative Council

HULKELEY JOHNSON, Esq.

Secretary of the Howard Association to the Hon. F. Bulkeley Johnson

THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION,

5. Bishopsgate Without, London, E.C., 28th January, 1883. DEAR SIR,--Since I wrote to you, I have made further inquiry about Hongkong from several gentlemen who have been there, including per sons in responsible oficial positions and ther oughly acquainted, from personal knowledge and observation, with what has occurred there of into years.

They quite confirm our previous information and impressions.

We have, therefore, nothing to qualify in, and nothing to withdraw from, the expressions in the three lines of our Report which relate to Hong- kong,

But it is to be hoped that the British inhabitants of that Colony will increasingly mai fost thele "superiority of race by a Christian spirit to wards the Astatic races, and by a generous and gentlemanly appreciation of such a practically wise and humane Governor as Sir John Pope Hennessy.

I remain, Sir, with good wishes for yourself and all other Hongkong Colonists,

Yours very respectfully,

WM. TALLACK, Sco., H. A.

F. BULKELEY JOHNSON, Esq. The Hon. F. Bulkeley Johnson to the Secretary of the Howard Association,

Hongkong, June 14th, 1882, SIR-The pressure of numerous engagements, and, doing the past two months, absence from the Colony, have accessitated considerable delay in the transmission of my reply to your letters dated roth and 25th January last

It has been with no little surprise i have learned that simultaneously with the despatch of your letter of the 10th January to me, you forwarded, a copy of it to the London Press without the ac companiment of a copy of my own communi cation, to the contents of which you professed reply. The terms of your letter caused it to ap pear that you were repelling an attack made by me defense of which you have hastily rushed with an upon the policy of the Governor of Hongkong, with

regard to the treatment of criminals, to the ardour doubtless very pleasing to Sir John Hen nessy, but unfortunately entirely out of place in connexion with the question I raised, and to which I must beg to recall your attention.

The request I made to you in my letter of the 3rd December was that you would be so good as.

report, has riot hesitated to brand publicly the to furnish me with your authority, upon the strength of which your Society, in its latest colonists of Hongkong with being

selfish and inhuman," in having offered an opposition, which it was necessary for a "noble-hearted" Governor

mentary Blue Books on the subject, or have had "to brave," to reforms in prison discipline.

In reply you ask me if I have read the Parlin under iny notice the expression of opinion on