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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1882.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A REGULAR Lodge of Victoria No. 1,026, will be held at Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Tuesday, evening next, the 22nd instant, at 8.30 for 9 o'clack, precisely.

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FOOCHOW

We note that the steamship Radnorshire

Gilead shipped for Melbourne 531,497 lbs. of 487,000 lbs. of tea. The Norwegian barqu tea.

of the birthday of Ilis Majesty the Emperor of Yesterday, August 9th, being the anniversary China, the whole of the Banks in Foochow were closed to public business. The I. M. Customs also suspended business in recognition of the

event.

We read that the California Chinese Freema- A CONTEMPORARY relates how a cranky China- sons, or Ghee Kung Tong Society, has com-

man in Ballarat recently slipped unobserved intu Through the TIE steamship Gaelic went into the Cosmopo Oriler of Chinese Freemasons in America, asking Master's chair, and went to sleep serenely. bliss. which left here for London yesterday, took

menced a suit against the Second Independent a Masonte todge-room, took up his seat in the litan Dock to-day.

that an injunction be granted to restrain the de-ful, leaving his bamboo pole and trade-baskets fendant society from giving theatrical or dramatic performances or entertainments in the name or discovered. His baskets and pole reached the on the floor. When the lodge assembled he was under the auspices of the Tuk Kung Tong or ground through the upper floor window, while his Ge Hing Kung Sze Society, or from using such "bread-basket" kissed the stairs coming down, By an advertisement in another column, it will be

names or titles in connection with any theatrical owing to a sudden propulsion from behind and a seen that the Criminal Sessions, announced to be performances. The complaint alleges that the letting go of the queue. He took the cue and left. held to-morrow, the 18th instant, have been defendant, for the sum of $280, paid by the plainc is the only Chinaman in the world who knows postponed till Tuesday, the 22nd at 10 am. pretif, agreed that it would not transact any busi- exactly where a man has to be branded when he cisely. Jurors summoned to attend need not ap

ness in the name of the Tak Kung Tong Society, becomes a Freemason. as the use of that name is calculated to deceive pear until the later date named.

the Chinese inhabitants, and has misled many into becoming members of the defendant society. They have now threatened to give a series of performances under that name, and to stop then from so doing is the purport of the instituted proceedings. Davis Louderback is the plaintiff's attorney.

necting Canton, the great capital of Southern China, by telegraph with the Colony of Hongkong. energy of one of these Chinese gentlemen --a gentleman who is well known for the lively interest he takes in the pro- gress of his countrymen, and in the com- mercial welfare of this Colony-the com- pany succeeded, after some trouble, in ob taining the necessary concession to con- struct the line, from the high Provincial Authorities in Canton; and then, naturally, applied to the Hongkong Government for permission to lay a sub-murine cable across the harbour, never for one moment believFROM a notier in our advertising columns, signed ing that they would experience the slightest by the Registrar General, it will be observed that difficulty in obtaining the requisite authority the Crown Rents for the year ended 24th June to carry through what appears to us to be last, and the police, lighting, water, and fire almost an indispensable portion of the brigade rates for the third quarter of the current entire undertaking. And now to their utter Defaulters after that date will be proceeded year, must be paid on or before the 31st instant. surprise, and to the astonishment, we against in the Supreme Court. should imagine, of all sensible men, difficulties which could never have been ABOUT six o'clock this morning, Sikh constable Veer Singh found the dead body of a Chinaman, anticipated are thrown in the way by the inexplicable decision of a fivera geil about 30, under a verandah in Queen's Road West. There was some red-colored-oint ment which has always professed the ment on the deceased's chest, but there were no most liberal ideas in regard to everything marks of violence on the body, which was sent connected with, and likely to facilitate, Chi-to the Civil Hospital. A post mortem examina nese progress, and the development of tion has been ordered by the Coroner. trade. The Chinese Company looked to & CHINAMAN, aged about 10, a passenger who the British Goverment for enchuragement had arrived by the Carrisbrookt, was found and support, and they have met with oldead in his berth on board the steamer yester day morning. The Health Officer, Dr. Adams, { examined the body, and reported that he had no reason to suppose the deceased had died from other than natural causes. The body was sent the Civil Hospital, and upon a post-mortem

of fatty degeneration of the heart.

struction and ill-will,

We cannot comprehend on what justifi- able grounds, even under ordinary circum- stances, the Secretary of State refused the concession solicited by the Chinese Com

THE promoters of our local Tramway Company

SAYS the Foochow Herald:-The Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph having been found guilty by a jury, which he was debarred from chal- lenging, of libelling an artiste of other as well as theatrical notoriety, has been awarded two months incarceration. In Rome you must do as

an accused must abide by any verdict that a jury Rome docs, in China, no ready means of ap- peal against criminal convictions being afforded,

selected out of a small foreign community may arrive at. As the privileges of the Press appear to be suddenly curtailed, we dare not even ven- ture remarks upon the conduct of the proceedings in the case of Bandmann . Smith throughout the trial. From time immemorial, however, has

justing grievances and, by its influence, keeping the Press been the means of redressing and ad-

in subjection unscrupulous individuals inclined to conunit breaches against the order of good society with impunity. Precedent is apparently

patiently argued and settled by our judges sitting now discarded, and cases which have been

in Bance, literally over-ruled by a minor tribunal administering justice in à foreign country.Sic transit gloria muiedi !

As No. 6 Chinesegenboat was entering Taiwan, on the ad instant, she encountered the typhoon, and dropped two of her anchors. These managed to hold the vessel for a short time, but the wind increasing caused the cables to part, and both anchors, with a considerable amount of chain were lost; the gunbat itself sustaining only very slight damage.

in the early part of last week, a Chinese boat During the slight gale experienced in Foochow used for conveying in to the Arscual at the Anchorage, broke her swiew and, becoming

surface a little below the Ice house on Monday unmanageable, quickly capsized. Out of a crew of six mica, four lost their lives. The body of one of the unfortunate Chinamen came to the water's

last, and was recovered and removed for inter- incnt.

may be interested to know that steam transways have pravedan utter failure in Paris. The Builder states that the Paris Tramway Company wished to give steam a thorough trial, and as they have had five years' experience of it, and have tried every system they could find-the number was no less than twenty-one-they have every reason to consider that their acquaintance with the merits and defects of steam power is pretty ex- haustive. The end has been that they have totally abandoned steam and reverted to the old prolonged trials has been to show that steam is system of employing horecs. The result of the

dearer than horse power. The engine requires a driver and stoker, whose pay is greater than two of the old drivers or coachmen. Then the fuct and maintenance of the engines in order were.

the same as that required to keep up the requisite sturd of horses. Moreover, hardly a week, ofica mand of the Triad Society at Kowloon, was this den pulls of wind so indicative of an approaching

cilent on the steam line, which proved very way, robbery committed on a mat-packer at To- who as a rule are the worst sufferers, had been not a day in the week, passed without sonic sening committed for trial at the Supreme typhoon, and the former, following in quicker Court, by Mr. Wodehouse, on the charge of high-succession, attained sufficient violence as to come costly to the company, and led to complaints kwa wan on the 12th July, when the knight of on the qui vive some hours previously, a fact under the denomination of typhoon. The natives, being addressed from various quauiers to the the scissors, pretending he wanted to purchase fully illustrated by the unusual care bestowed in authorities. Hence the authorities at last issued

some mats, edged round behind the mat-packer, securing bamboo-matted shelters for their san- steam, and in this the company acquiesced with

probibition against the further employment of seized him suddenly by the neck with both hands, pans. Between eight and ten o'clock the typhoon perfect readiness.

appeared at its zenith, but still was ofinsullicient to unmoor the larger craft of either peared again serene; the innumerable craft had

of such lamentable results as were recorded during the first typhoon of the season leaves no traces taken their exit from their havens uninjured, and

the tornado season last year.-fferald.

After the first of the Herald were

Pages the Chinese Authorities having made certain re- printed, we were informed by Signor Agrati that presentations as to the actual safety of European inhabitants, and their property, in the event of

the Circus to come here. Signor Agrati at the Signor Chiarini visiting this fort, he declines to take the responsibility upon himself of allowing same time expresses his full determination to eventually come armed with such credentials from the Pekin Authorities as will justify his exhibiting his Circus at this, as well

as other Outports.

'A Typhoon, of comparative insignificance how. ever, with those experienced last year, burst over Foochow yesterday evening, the 9th inst the event confirming our prognostications, cited in the Courier of the previous day. Rain, the usual The tailor to whom we referred in our issue of the forerunner of these unwelcome events, had fallen with little intermission throughout the day, but

tingla Subscriptions, Advertisements, &c., be au-pany; but when we consider that inel examination, it was found the man had died costly, while the orignal outlay in capital is about 7th instant as being the reputed second in com-by six o'clock succumbed to those peculiarly sud-

Laters on Editorial enters to be sent to "The

It is requested that all communications rela- dressed to the Manager, Hongkong Telegraph" | KammerLey's refusal to allow this Company and not to the Editor.

land to lungkung was received by the morning om Fochow, made the run from to lay a sub-marine cable from the main-T steamship Killarney, which anived this Editor" and not to individual members of the

Pagoda Anchorage to Hongkong in 43 hours Chinese two or three days after the Eastern We are given to understand that this is a more stuff

Communications intended for publication must Extension Telegraph Company at this port than ordinarily gool run, and are very pleased be accompanied by the name and address of the had actually laid a cable from East l'oint to chronicle anything that sticks a feather in the writers, and necessarily for publication; but as evidence of god faith.

to Kowloon, the whole business secins cap of the O'Neill and, at the same time, shads

TO ADVERTISERS,

Advertisers are requested to forward all notices intended for insertion in that day's issue, not later than TuRE OCLOCK, so as not to retard the early publication of the paper.

TA SUBSCRIBERS.

of

Whilst the columns of the Hongkong Tele-wrapped in mystery, It certainly appears lustre on the clipper whose name is so suggestive graph will always be open for the air discussin as if it were the intention of the Secre-of "Quld Ireland," romance, unsurpassed sccn by correspondents of all questions affecting public interests, it must be distinctly understood that tary of State to favour the Eastern Ex-¦ery, and Eris Go Bragh,' the Editor does not in any way hold himself res-tension Company at the expense of its THERE is a gentleman now in London, says ponsible for opinions thus expressed.

rival, and to establish in this Colony that Figaro, who asserts that the voyage from detestable monopoly against which so England to. America, need never occupy more much has been said and written. Earl than five days when once the plan he has in his KIMBERLEY's decision in refusing the Chi- pocket has been carried out. It is merely a nuse permission to lay the cable, and con- question of building the proper craft, and his reding the privilege to an English Com-scheme involves the construction of a number

steainers which would have no masts, and the pany, also suggests the idea that the British decks of which would be "completely domed," Government wish the Chinese Company as he puts it, thus cuabling them to dash through to have no alternative but to join the lines any sea at a rate hitherto deemed impracticable. of the Eastern Extension Company, whe. His only other condition is that Milford Haver ther they wish it or not. This is certainly shall be made the starting point, and this about the meanest and most contemptible | interesting scheme now merely waits the neces- specimen of so-called British statesmanship | sary capital. we have come across for many a long day, and forces us to the conclusion that the Secretary of State is either as inconsistent as the majority of political nonentities who are favored by fortune, or is the blind tool

Arrangements have been male to publish The Hongkong Telegraph daily at 4 v.3. Sab- scribers, in the central districts who do not receive their copies before Five O'Clock will oblige by at once communicating with the Manager,

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and threw him to the ground, another man coming steners or natives, Early this morning all ap

THE ENGLISH MAIL.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Com- pany's steamer Pekín, Captain A. Symons, with the English mails, of the 14th. ult., arrived in

of July 14th: harbour this forenoon. We take the following items from the Loudon and China Expres

Sultan of SAMBAS (Borneo) has been appointed a Advices from The Hague announce that the

Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

up and seizing him by the feet, while the tailor SAYS 3 San Francisco contemporary:-The wound the mat-packer's queue round his neck so der, Captain Roper, has been in a great deal of his chest, the reputed Triad Society leader began steamer Anjer Head, whose cecentric comman tightly as to nearly choke him. Kneeling upon trouble recently, is under a Custom-house guard to search the mat-packer, and finding a bag con. constantly. The guard is divided into three taining 814 in silver round his waist, he promptly watches of four men each, one going on duty at drew a dagger from beneath his jacket and cut the five p.m., ending at midnight; the second going bagaway, he and his companion forthwith running on from that time till seven a.m., and the third off. From enquiries he made, Inspector Quincey, taking charge during the intervening hours of the accompanied by two other constabies, went to day. The guard is put over Captain Roper's Kowloon city on the 6th instant and had an ship to prevent the escape of the Chinese females interview with the Mandarin there, with the re- who are held on board, pending the habeas suit that the tailor'was handed over to him; the corpus decision, and to restrain Captain Roper's mat-packer picked him out from among nine disgust from inducing him to ship his anchor others next day in the gaol. The doughly tailor soune foggy night and putting to sea, prior to

is a man of aliout 45 years of age, rather stoutly decisions in all the cases in which he is involved, built, and with a fierce, determined expression of interesting developments are expected in the countenance; just such a one as one mightį WIVES must be searce commodities in Brazil, ov United States Court in reference to the infer imagine would be competent to lead the Triad the basun of a vessel hailing from its shores

Head during the coming week. It is said that or any other rascally Society; low, in fact, would not have to come to England in quest of in addition to the Chinese females brought over to judge by his appearance, equal to anything a helpmate. This really happened recently at

as passengers, there is another on board, who | from/pitch-and-toss to manslaughter. has not been accounted for, because she is an submittel for inspection both to the sailor and alleged employé, regularly articled as stewardess. Liverpool, and a great many local fair ones were

registry ofice, and by means of a few English is employed during a trip on which there were no factory the boatswain betook himself to a servants thus in Court, and also why a Chinese stewardess

words and many gestures contrived to make his female passengers shaft the wheelhouse wishes known. One of the young women, a

Apropos of the Captain's latest official trouble, On the 18th July, at 9, Cambridge-park,

buson wides of thirty; promptly accepted officer accused by Captain Roper of the zinjer Night Laspector E. T. McLean, the Custom-house Twickenham, WILLIAM ALFRED MALCOLM, formerly of Yokohama, fourth son of the late

and they were duly married on the following Head of having held a losing hand in a gaged laborers here for the slave-driving planters Siam to Western China, still nothing of a definite George Malcolm, of Calcuta and Liverpool, In the event of the Chinese Company morning. A few days later they sailed for the aged 40.

declining to be coercer in the manner in. Brazils, where the woman will act as housekeeper poker game on board the ship, and of having of the Islands, the wages to be paid being $12 a nature has been undertaken.

BIRTH

On the toth June, at Cailion Villas, Stone, Dantford, the wife of HERBERT LAURENCE, formerly of Hongkong, of a daughter.

DEATHS.

On the 12th July, Mrs. GEORGE ARCHIBALD Bision, third daughter of the late Apear Arra

George Archibald Bishop, late 19th Hussars, age 14 years.

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THE San Francisco Chronicle, writing on the

An official announcement that the honour of

knighthood has been conferred upon Mr. Richard Cayley, Chief Justice of Ceylon, appears in the Gazelle of the 7th instant.

Sir Joseph Pease's motion on the Opium Traffic in the House of Commons occupies the first place for this evening, but it is almost certain to be "crowded out," owing to the present state of

toon Apcar, of Calcutta, and wife of Captain of interested partisans at this site of the his caplain, bat as none of them prored satis. † Captain Roper is expected to explain why this is subject of "Hawaiian Servitude," is responsible public business...

On the 12th July, of acute bronchitis, at luns don Rectory (the residence of his son-in-law, Archdeacon Gray, D.D.), WILLIAM HENRY COX, of Brighton, aged 74.

AL Edinburgh, GEORGE MARSHALL, late of On the 8th July, at Brixton, JAMES SMITH, of the British India S. N. Co.'s Service, formerly of the P and O. Co.'s Service, formerly of the P. & O. Co.'s Service, in his zoch year.

Manila, in his 82nd year.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1881.

world. How Earl KIMBERLEY Can concile bis action in the matter of this Hongkong-Kowloon cable with his effu- sive advocacy of the principles of free trade at the recent banquet of the Cobden Club is far beyond our comprehension,

Captain's allegation is made out of the whole refused to settle his losings, states that the

which he is to give in the habeas corpus proceed cloth for the purpose of influencing the testimony ings on behalf of the two Chinese women,

for the following :-Manuel Wilson, a Chilean, who left this city two years ago, under contract Islands, returned to this city three weeks ago, to work on a sugar plantation at Hilo, Hawaiian

and is now employed on the steamer Josephine. one year with Welch & Co, the firm which en- Wilsch signed a contract in this city to work for

He confirmed all the statements made relative to

The Mosquito, 4, composite gun-boat, Com- mander the Hon. F. R. Sandilands, las arrived. arily detained at Suez, owing to the condition of at Suca from the China Station. She is tempor-

affairs in Egypt.

of communication through British Burmah and We hear that although the British Govern- ment have entertained and investigated the idea

1882, to Sheldrake, reappointed on promotion

The following appointments to vessels on the China Station are gazetted-Licut. W. De Sall,

on promotion; Lieut. G. A. Primrose, 1873, to Lieut. J. L. Lory, 1881, to fosquito, reappointed Cleopatra, vice Corry.

The semi-official Journal de St. Petersbourg, trustworthy source, sets of violence have been states that, according to telegrams received from committed by the Chinese against Rus sinn subjects in Kuldja. It is added that s Commission has now been appointed to inquire despatched from Peking with a view to the r into the matter, and strict instructions have been

establishment of order.

District, vice G. C. Murray, under orders to ent

dicated above, we shall have almost in our and her husband will remain on shore and assist

Chronicle reporter yesterday Wilson, who speaks and cook to the nobleman who owns the vessel,

month and board. In conversation with a midst the glaring anomaly of a telegraph in the management of his estate. tine of about 10 miles in length com- bride will shortly come into about 600, so the

experiences while in servitude at Hile. In nearly The trustful

English moderately well, related the story of his pelter to establish its terminal station at sailor did pretty well for himself.

every particular he corroborated the statements this end on the mainland opposite this im-st. RITTO, of the French Dispensary, charged | A RUMOR was current, on the streets yesterday. heretofore made in these columns relative to the portant Colony, unable to cross a few a chair coolie this morning before Mr. Wode says the San Francisco Alla of the 13th ulto, crueltics practised by the planters, and retold the miles of British sea-territory, and neces-house with using obscene and abusive language that the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Com sad story of Francisco Luna, who fell sick from sitating the forwarding of telegrams by towards him. The complainant said that last pany was about to institute a suit against the city humal treatment, was neglected, and, when no boat instead of using electricity the whole night about ten o'clock his little boy went to a for damages sustained by the detention in qua

longer of use to his heartless employer, was route; which means that, in addition to the cake-stall kept by an old woman near Murray rantine of the company's steamer Belgie. An

turned out to die. Wilson says he contracted to few minutes necessary for transmitting Barracks and bought some cakes. The lad Alla reporter accordingly called upon Colonel

work ten hours a day, but was compelled to labor twelve, for which he never received additional APTER going to press yesterday we learned telegrams between Canton and the ter-threw the rancy on the stall for the cakes, but Fred Crocker last night to ascertain if the rumor

Assistant Commissary-General of Ordnance T. compensation, and that he was fed upon stuff Sparkes, on arriving in England from Ceylon, with considerable surprise that the Canton. minal station, a delay of more than one

the old woman did not notice it, and demanded was based on facts, and learned from that gen- but little better than such material as a humane has been appointed to the staff of Major-General Hongkong Wa-Hop Telegraph Company hour is put on every message. Whether The defendant came up and abused them desirous of having the alleged cases of small-pox the brutal dispositions of the overseers and of bark for China to relieve Assistant Commissary payment, but afterwards found the money. tleman that the O. and O. Company were simply rancher in California would feed his swine with. W. C. Cameron, C.B., commanding the Northem had been officially informed by the Serre- this would be regarded as a satisfactory (complainant and his son), using most filthy discovered on board the Belgic examined by com their conduct in whipping and beating the Chi-General of Ordnance G. E. March, whose peried tary of State for the Colonies, that their telegraphic communication by the piercan expressions, and calling out "Ta," so he gave petent physicians to decide the disputed ques- namen and Kanakas bound to them under con- of foreign service upon the Staff of Major-Gene- application to be permitted to bring in tile work, here and elsewhere, is ques-him in charge. The defendant said the old tion. Mr. Crocker claimed that the weight of tract. Wilson says his inclination to fight, he ral Sergeant, C.B., at Hongkong, has expired. their line to Hongkong, by laying a sub-

tionable, and we think it not improbable woman was his mamma, and boys were con-evidence tended to prove that not a single case of having made several attempts to whlp his over- marine cable from the mainland at Kow, that serious complaints would quickly be stantly in the habit of taking the okl lady's cakes small-pox had been found on the Belgie, and seer, was all that protected hins from similar In reply to our inquiries at the General Fost loon across the harbour, could not be made about this barefaced attempt to and not paying for them. Resenting such un- gave as a reason for his belief the statements to his father was a Norwegian. He came to Cali-arranged, the outward and homeward India and treatment. Wilson is a native of Chile, though Office, we are informed that, as at present granted, As the official despatch, which cause Inconvenience to the inajority by an worthy treatment of his maternal parent, he went that effect by the two docters on board the vessel,fornia but a few days prior to signing the contract canal. Instean of by rail' between Alexandria

China

mails will be conveyed through the Sues up last night to the stall, upon hearing a noise, backed by a concurring opinion from Health with Welch & Co., and at that time spoke litila we understand was only received yester.unwise desire to favor an Interested few.

and Suez. We may add that all the English day, does not appear to state the grounds There must ho some persons in Hong-annexers" of his mother's cakes, but was set alleged patients taken from the vessel to the

and began to expostulate with the supposed Officer Meares, and the fact that the twenty-two English. He lo not over as years of age.

engine drivers and conductors on the railways. on which Earl KIMBERLEY considers it kong who are in a position to afford the upon by several nien.-Inspector Lindsay said Twenty-sixth-street Hospital had been all dis,

have left, by order of the British Consul The P. and O. steamers will merely call off Alexandria necessary to decline to accede to the public sume Information as to the grounds that about nine o'clock last night he was charged from that institution last Saturday,

and land and embark despatches for the fleet application of the Chinese Company, we on which Earl KERLEY has been ad- near Murray Barracks enjoying the dulcet which, he held, was proof positive that they had

and the local malls. are not in a position to discuss the vised to refuse the concession solicited by strains of the Bard of the Buffs under the not been sick, else they could not have been motives which may have led to the the Chinese TelegraphCompany! Frankly able leadership of Mr. Harry Quinn, knowing cured in so brief a time, while the seventeen course of action adopted. There are,

confessing our own inability to fathom his that "music hath charms to sooth the savage "suspected cases left on board the vessel, had however, several curious features, con. Lordship's reasons for deciding as he has breast," and feeling just then in a particularly proven innocent of any disease. As to the re- nected with this matter which are of public done, we shall be glad for our own sake, he had met with, when he was suddenly woke up cabin, passengers were in a fit mood to institute savage mood over some grievous disappointment ported suit, he believed that the quarantined interest, and which justify us in briefly and for the sake and in the interests of from a reverie by a great nose which was going such proceedings, and that considerable corres commenting on what we cannot but con- our readers, to give publicity to any re- on between several Portuguese and an old woman pondence on this subject had passed between Sir sider a most unfair and impolitic act of marks on the subject with which we may who was selling cakes and other delicacies. His William Eden, one of the quarantined passen high-handed injustice.

be favored, Great Britain has always peace-preserving instincts led him to imme-gers, and the British Consul, W. Lane Booker. been the eloquent advocate of Chinese diately enquire what was up. He found it The white cabin passengers also signified their progress; surely Lord KIMBERLEY's latest was some dispute about the payment of willingness to assist in such a presentation of the act is not the inauguration of an era of money. The defendant wat vecin, and was city, while the Chinese Consul, as a representa

expostulating. He was not abusive and appeared tive of the coolic passengers, is highly indignant obstruction!

to him (Lindsay, whose savage mood before re-at their detention in quarantine. An unsuccess. ferred to had entirely vanished under the soulful attempt was made yesterday to get the Board subduing influence of heavenly music) to be of Health together in order that some measure behaving remarkably well for a chair coolic, all might be adopted looking to the settlement of the his efforts being directed to explain matters. He question, but it is believed that a meeting will be (the Inspector) quieted the coolics, and then the effected to-day. If, as is claimed, no signs of Portuguese went at them again and behaved in a small-pox were evident upon the persons of the very noisy manner. The mait was not arrested twenty-two Chinese passengers removed to the Noles," while he was there.The defendant was dis- Hospital, then certainly an injustice has been

done to the company and the passengers.

As we stated in our leader of yesterday, the history of this Chinese Company con- tains no mysterious elements of political chicanery, which could possibly engender suspicions that the project was intended to be something vastly, different to the pub- lished intentions of its promoters. This can be made clear in a few words. Some time ago a certain number of Chinese capitalists in Canton and Hongkong--the great majority in this Colony-started a private company with the Intention of con-

TELEGRAM S.

LONDON, isth August. THE WAR IN EGYPT. Arabis vigorously enticaching,

The Marines have repulsed the Arabs at Mcks. | charged.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily endorse the opiatonę zaprosiód by Correspondenta in chia cùluase.)

To run Eorrin or the “Honakosa TeledrANG"

The largest sailing vessel afloat has been launched from the hip-building yard of Messrs. SIR-Allow me to suggest a proposition to the Harland, Wolf and Co., of fielfast. She is Government of Hongkong, which I think will be named Walter H. Wilson, after one of the partners of the firm of builders, and is the pro- of great use to the public. Let them engage the fail, alias the "Oracle of truth," on the peak She will be classed too As at Lloyd's, is built of services of the well known cditor of the China perty of Mr. Samuel Lawther, of Belfast. Her measurement is 300 feet by 421 feet by 25 feet. at the flag staff to signal arrivals of steamers

service with the greatest zeal. in Hongkong, as I know he will perform the iron, has four masts, three of which are aquare rigged, and is capable of carrying (4,000" tons following in his issue:"The English mail is

Last night I was greatly surprised to see the dead-weight. signaled as we go to press. Being very im- appointed second in command of the Mediter Rear-Admiral A. H. Hoskini, C.B., the newly- patient for my letters, I sent my coolic, as usual, rancan Squadron, has seen much active service. to the Post Office to fetch them. I waited about á He was awarded the Kaffir medal for his sel quarter of an hour for the clumn of the coolie with Vices with, the Naval Brigade de se ins benoidl unfortunately without letters, and after at the forcing of the Peiho River in May, 1858, letters. The coolic did arrive, but lot and Kafir war, and was in command of the Slanty asking him the reason for not bringing me

and was commended in despatches. For his se my letters, I was answered that the mail, which was vices at the memorable relief of Lucknow he was visible only to the eyes of the editor of the "Oracle specially proinoted Subsequently he was award- of truth," had not arrived. Having nothing more ed the China medal and the Canton clasp for gal vising the editor of the evening print to go to-day to suggest at present, I must conclude by ad- lantry, at the capture of Canton. to the peak and announce the arrival of the mail to his readers, and to shut up with his Editorial

Yours, &c,

Hongkong, 17th August, 1884.

VERITAS.

A company has been formed at Glasgow for the purpose of improving and extending steam communication between Bangkok and the cont of China. The capital is for the present limited to £159,000, and has been subscribed at once by a few individuals, Mr. William Pearce (John Elder and Co.), the celebrated shipbuilder ship