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THE return of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended' January 28th, 1883, were:- European 332, Chinese 2,836; total 3,068.

wickets.

NVITE INSPECTION OF A WELL of Spaniards, and where the Italian Im-WE note that the great cricket match played in migration is now going on at a more rapid Melbourne between the Hon.. Ivo Bligh's Eng. rate than the French. If they do not colo-lish team and the Australian Eleven, ended in nise at their own doors they are not likely the victory of the latter by two runs and hine to colonise such a country as Tonquin, Indeed, the length of time during which they have been supreme in Annam

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We read that the ex-Empress Eugénie has gener- ously made a present to the city of Marseilles of the Phard Chateau and Park, her right to which was recently upheld by law. The property is said to be worth three million francs.

Wa observe that the project for rendering the Weser navigable for sea-going vessels from Bremerhaven to Bremen is at length to be car- ried out, the preliminary preparations 'being

already finished. The cost is estimated at thirty

LA CRICKETE

H.K. C. C. v. Racquet Court. A match between the above named teams was-

commenced on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in a draw greatly in favor of the Club. The Club won the toas and elected to take first in, nings, Rice and Hodder facing the deliveries of Bunbury and Shepherd. Along stand was made, no less than eight of the players reaching double figures. Gordon headed the poll with a grandly hit 71, which included one eight, one seven, a quartette of fours, six threes, and five twos. Dor mer played brilliantly for 55 before being run out, and Dobson (not out 41); Bird (27); Briggs (37) Rice (24) and Hodder (17) all assisted to swell the grand total, which eventually reached 287. runs. With the exception of D'Acth, who trun died very successfully, taking four wickets for 39 runs, the bowling of the Racqueters was a long

ORDINARY,

1st Class—1, Cheung Yuk-tong, Merit. 1st Class,—-3, Ho Shing-hon, Pocket Compass. ́and Class.—1, Mok Un-ki, Merit.

2nd Class.-2, Ho Kam-on, Merit.

and Class.—3, Fok Un-man, Pocket Compass. 3rd Class-1, To Kon-man, Pencil Case. ⠀ 3rd Class.-2, Ho Yui-taun, Reading Glass, 4th Class.-1, Lai Hin-tat, Penell Chus, 2) 5th Class, Kwan Chiu-kit, Pencil Case.. oth Class-1, Chu Man-kal, Pencil Case. TAMAAN ANGLO-CHINESE:

1st Division, S. Raman, Sleeve Links. 1st Division, S. Mootian, Sleeve Links. and Division.—1, Kristuazami, Pocket Knife. 3rd Division.1, T. Cordeiro, Pocket Knife.

NEWS BY THE French MAIL.

The Messageries Maritimes Co.'s steamer An- dyr, Capt. De la Marcelle, with the London. mails of the zand ulto, arrived in harbour yester day forenoon. We take the annexed telegrams

SAMOAN NATAL, December 22nd.

financial houses will be established, French capital will construct, whatever public works are to be built, and French trade, it is hoped, will be extended. It is a pity deepening the Weser will probably occupy six way from "first chop.". The poverty in this de- from our Indiab exchanges:—

years.

to see a great people carried away with a

million marks, and the work of broadening and

.

A portion of the British troops stationed at

notion of this kind when there is so much I the Cologne Gazette appears a letter calling source; and wonderful to relate they actually. Pietermaritzburg have been ordered by the Home

to be done at home. If the material re- sources of France were fully developed, we could understand the present desire for diverting enterprise to distant countries. But this is notoriously not the case. Except in those special manufactures which are rather articles of luxury and taste than of necessity, France yields the palm and the profit to several of her neighbours....:

TELEGR. A M S.

LONDON, January 26th. DEFEAT OF THE MINISTERIAL CAN- DIDATE FOR MALLOW. O'Brien, a Nationalist, has been elected for Mallow, defeating the Ministerial candidate,

January 27th,

FRENCH POLITICS.

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HONGKONG, MONDay, January 29, 1883.

Ir appears after all, says the Daily News, that France is resolved upon pursuing an annexion policy in Tong. King. It was hoped, as the Cabinet did not bring for ward at the time expected the vote for the

́LOCAL AND GENERAL:

A REGULAR CONVOCATION of Victoria Chapter, No, 525, will be held in Freemasons' Hall this. evening at 9 p.m. precisely.

We are informed by the Agent of the P. & O. S. N. Co., that the steamship Pekin with the next English mail left Singapore for Hongkong on the 28th instant at 8 am

THE hoúst properties in Praya Central and Wing Lak Street put up to public auction by Mt. J. M. Guedes this afternoon realised the hand some of $13,000, the purchaser being a Chinese gentleman from Canton.

The Army and Navy Gazette has "good tentons for believing" that copies of a suppressed despatch of Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hamley to Lord Wolseley, announcing the capture of Tel-el Kebir, have been furnished to the Commander-in-Chief and the Secretary fo Wat

attention to extraordinary activity in the con- struction of railways towards the Western Fron- tier of Russia. These, it is maintained, are for military purposes, whether offensive or defensive the writer undertakes not to say, but he urges that neighbouring Governments ought to take precautionary measures for protection promptly

and without hesitation.

partment may be Imagined when Hedley's cele- brated lobs had to be requisitioned as a last re-

accounted for three wickets.

D'Aeth and Hedley were the first pair of bats-Government to be present at the reinstatement of Cetewayo as King of the Zulus, and they have men for the Racquet Court, Dobson and Dr. Briggs bowling for the Club. Five runs were accordingly staited for Zululand, made off the Doctor's first over, and as eight were scored of the next two he was shunted in favor of Rice. No great opposition was offered by any of the Racquet Court cracks, Dauglish standing top scorer with 23 when the stumpa were drawn, the telegraph board then showing 85 runs for eight wickets. As the Racqueters were in a minority of 20a runs and had only two

ARTED, LONDON, January and Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, vire Dilke, Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice has been appointed Lord Enfield has resigned the Secretary-ship for India, and a commoner will be appointed in his place.

Obituary, The Earl of Wemyss. Martial law has been proclaimed at Erzeroum,

THE St. Petersburg Novve Premya states that wickets to fall, the call of time alone saved them. 300 Armenians, members of a secret society,

representations having been made to the Chinese Government by the Russian Minister at Peking, in regard to the action of Chinese soldier's in plundering Russian subjects in the Semirels chensk territory, the Legation at St. Petersburg has been officially informed from Peking that the Chinese Government has no knowledge of such proceedings, but that inquiry will be made into the matter.

On the departure of last mail rumours were in circulation in Paris that Admiral Jaureguiberry

had tendered his resignation of the Ministry of Marine, in consequence of a disagreement with President Grévy and his colleagues on the subject of the Tong King Expedition. These reports, however, have been semi-officially contradicted; though there seems little doubt that the Admiral, displeased at the opposition to the Tong King Expedition, did contemplate retirement from the Ministry.

WE regret to find, says the Shanghai Mercury of the 22nd inst., that we were in error about Mr. Chu Yu-zun on Friday. He says he owed Th. 100,000 and paid his creditors Tis. 80,000. The man attacked was a broker connected with a silk hong (perhaps the same) whose proceedings about money matters had embarrassed them. It was him for whom the two eminent Chinese

merchants went security. The total of the debts of Chinese failed amounts to Tia. 1,500,000, of which half is expected to be recovered. WE regret to learn that the Norwegian steamer Odin, well-known in this port, has been wrecked on Tung-Ying Island. The Agents of the vessel here, received a tele gram from Amoy yesterday afternoon to the effect that the Odis had run on Tung-Ying in a fog, and afterwards gone down, the whole, of the crew being saved. No further news of the disaster have come to hand. The Odin was saber ded by Capt. Dorcash, and left Hong kong on the 11th inst. for Nagasaki. When she was wrecked she was returning from that port burthen.

dealing with almost every branch of snore Lexpedition, that on further consideration it heavy teak logs that have ever been landed at coal laden. She was a steamer of 958 tong

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from a crushing defeat. Dobson and Rice both bowled in capital form, the former sending down 11 overs, 5 maidens for 23 runs and 3 wickets, whilst Rice trundled 13 overs; 6 maidens, taking wickets at a cost of 30 runs. Hodder had a

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wickets for 17 runs.

The following are the scores *--

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB," - Mr. H. G. Ries, b D'Anth

Mr. R. Codder, R.N., ↳ St. Croix.

Rev. II. P. Harper, R.N., & Hate, D'Ach.......

Dr. Briggs, at. Hedley, b Shepherd.....

Mr. C. Darmer, R.N., rug dat

Capt, Cordon (Bud), bltelloy

1. G. Smld, and Helloy..

• May (1,9, Keman; b D'Arth-ame

Mr, H. Doirot, not fall adient_are

Heut. 5. D. Browne, R,A,, at, Banbury, & Haley o Mr. S. G. Bird, e sub,, b D'Auch..

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RACQUET COURT. Fleur, G. G. D'Anh, ↳ Rise Leal, Helley, RE, Hodder, b Dobson,. Lieur, V. funbury, b Dobson dayanınd Lieu. G. V. Dangilah, e Dobson, hi Rica kir. A. Shepherd, not out as a Licut, C. P. Lloyd, did not satapansamant Mt. Wade Bt. Croix, a Hedder, b Dobson.. Mr. F. 8. C. Hara, & Hoddar Ligur, D. F. Holmą, æ, Cozen, bi

Hodder. Mr. S. Hughes, Hodder, b Rice is Mr. D. Jones, zot QUE J

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PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL· SCHOOL,

having arrived there,

BERLIN, January and The disastrous floods, continue, throughout Germany. Seven entire villages have been al-

LONDON, January 3rd most washed away in the Rhineland.

Obituary.—General George Brooke. The health of the British troops in Egypt is

greatly improving ahead

....

Nine out of twenty-one Bedouins concerned in the murder of Professor Palmer and party have been captured. Government have

dence for their prosecution.

The Inman line steamer City of Brussels has sunk after collision with the Häll Line stenmer Kirby Half in the river, Mersey. The City of Brussels lost ten souls, drowned. - The Kirby, Hall has put back to Liverpool, leaky

January 3rd. M. Gambetta was wounded while preventing his mistress shooting herself. She was prompted thereto by Gambetta's refusal to recognise, his natural son. Death was accelerated by an in- testinal disease of long standing. Hifpa

The convict who saw assassinate:

Judge Lawson in November last has been sen- fenced to ten years' penal servitude,

NS PARIS, January 6th. M. Gambetta's funeral was of a most imposing character, 350,000 people being present... Nume, Tous orations were delivered, in which the speakers emphasized Cambelta's affection for Alsace and his patriotic hopes for the future.

CAIRO, January 7th.

8th

to Great

Sir Evelyn Wood has appointed Colonel Tay The presentation of prizes at the Government for commander of the Egyptian Cavalry; Colo- Central School took place to-day, at 11 o'clock, nel Duncan commander of the Artillery, and Colonel Grenfell, of the 60th Rifles, commander when H.E. the Administrator, was present, ac of the Anglo-Egyptian Brigade,

LONDON, January companied by Mrs. Marsh, and attended by his Aide-de-Camp Major Hamilton of "The Buffs. According to the basis of an agreement be We also noticed amongst the visitors the Hon.teen, England and Portugal relative to the

Congo, the latter cedes F. B. Johnson, Mr. Justice Snowden, Dr. Stewart Britain, after page an and Mr. A. G. Romano. Mr. Wright, the head- master, in opening the proceedings stated that there had been no less than 572 boys on the roll throughout the year, and that 390 had been the daily average attendance. According to his reckoning go per cent of the scholars had passed the necessary examinations. During the year had entered the service of the Government, 181 boys had left the school and of these three

-two that of the Imperial-Maritime Customs, three had taken service in the offices of solicitors, and zz had gone as assistants in English and Chinese firms.

His Excellency, before presenting the prizes, said he was very well satisfied with the report of the School, and hoped soon, in a year or two perhaps, to see the new premises ready for the

scholars.

the following list.

The prizes were then presented according to

The Queen has appointed the Duke of Con naught her personal aide-de-camp in recognition of fils services in connection with the Egyptian campaign.

Obituary-General Vinoy.

9th January.

Ms. Gladstone is suffering from Insaninia; no thing alarming 10th January-

to postpone making a parallel Canal, and to pro- The Suez Canal Company has finally decided

ceed with works in connection with the con. -struction" of three great stations at Kantara

Timsha and Kilometric Station 133

Mga gaku CAIRO, January The English- Comptroller General and his secretary have resigned, the Khedive has accept- ed their resignations, p

The impending withdrawal of a portion of the of occupation" is authoritatively denied

The Khedive has issued a decree appointing jän Indemnity- Commission," the president and vice-presidents of which will be Egyptians. The Great Powers will bayc separate commissioners and the other Powers one collectively. Indire claims are not to be admitted.

THE Courier says that the steamship Bengler, which arrived in Shanghai on Sunday the 22nd, front Singapore, has brought the first cargo of the Associated Wharves from a steamer. Some of the logs are 35 feet long and weigh three and

half tons. There are 1,753 logs in all. Says the London and China Express of De cember 22nd inst:-His Excellency Sir George Bowen, the new Governor of Hongkong, proposes and O. steamer Kaisar-i-Hind, which is to leave of the medicines on sale at the Dispensary is to take his departure for that colony.by the P. Gravesend on Feb. 14, to assume the duties of appended. The border is profusely ornamented his post, Sir George will be accompanied by with Chinese figures, representing, gods, god- Lady Bowen, three Misses Bowen, and his Pri- desses, fairies and other inhabitants of that vale Secretary, Rochfort Maguire, Esq, MA world of which we know so little. Testimonials Fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford, and Bar as to the quality of the Dispensary's medicinos rister-at-law of the Inner Temple. Sir George from Li Hung Chang, Tao-tsung-tang, Shen-pao" and his party will, therefore, be due in Hongching and other Chinese celebrities also occupy

a prominent place on the card. THE St. James's Gaxefte has the following: The list of the persons whose names are laid before the Sacred Congregation at Rome each year as worthy of canonisation or the minor honour beatification is complied in the first fort-sented by the Second Master sent to every Archbishop and Bishop in the Ro night of December each year, and a copy of it is man Catholic world. The list for the presented by His Excellency the Administrator

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1st Class-2, Wat Pat-tai, Watch, presented the London and China Ext the doubtless reached most of the prelates of by Dr. Stewart

plained that the vote was postponed only because of a disagreement between the President and the Minister of Marine in respect to the way in which the expedition was to be carried on, and that on the prin- ciple involved there was no difference of opinion. Indeed, from the unanimity with which the Press of all shades urges what is called an active colonial policy, it would perhaps be difficult for the Government to recede from the position taken up by its agents In Tong King. A war between France and China then seems probable, A war between France and China is not akong on March ja is Printed on a superior quality of Paper formidable matter for the former, for vast with a NEW FOUNT of TYPE, specially ordered for the work, tron: THE PATENT TYPE as are the resources of which China FOUNDING COMPANY, Red Lion Square, Halbom, London, and bound in a fashion unsurpassed by any work of the kind ever published in the FAR EAST.

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MESSRS, Angier Brothers, owners of the steamer Tangier, which was recently arrested by the disposes, it still wants the organisation, Spanish authorities, write to the home papers: skill, and arms of precision, to fight We have received a telegram advising that the France with any chance of success. With Spanish authorities, having fabricated suitable more or loss of trouble, therefore, France, months imprisonment in a Spanish prison. We evidence, bave sentenced our captain to two will, doubtless be victorious. Neverthe-think it only right that these constantly recurring "THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND less, a war with China is a serious matter, outrages and the regular system of imposition HONG LIST FOR THE FAR EAST" will, in since it may provoke a massacre of Euro- on English ships should be well ventilated and this Colony, be published at a. POPULAR peans at any or all of the Chinese ports. kapi before the British public, and for that reason Europe. It contains the names of 207. "yenoted by the Hand Master. Her

In any case it is, one would think, not to beg you to publish this letter. We guarantee ables," as they are called, of whom eighty belong be lightly entered upon by France, when that our captain's account of the whole affair in to the Coren, forty-four to Tong-king, thirty-one her position in Algiers is so insecure, and perfectly correct-namely, that all his troubles, to Italy, twenty-three to France, ten to China, when, moreover, the condition of the Con- of our property, arose purely and simply from his one to Austria, and one to Poland. Nearly half the persecution he has suffered, and the detention ten to Cochin China, six to Spain, one to Portugal, tinent is such as the alarmist rumours now declining to give bribes to, and suffer imposition the names are those of persons belonging to circulating show it to be. The French, at, the hands of the Spanish Customs and other religious (particularly missionary) Orders, the however, have for the moment become in-officials.

Dominicans heading the list with twenty. ABOUT 8 o'clock this morning smoke was ob served asuing from the floor of the quarters of the Sergeant Major of the Royal Artillery In North Barracks, the room being immediately over the Sergeants' Mess on the ground floor. The smoke increasing rapidly in volume, orders were given to tear up the floor, when it was dis covered that a fire was in progress between the ceiling of the mess and the floor above, the

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fatuated in favour of an energetic colonial THE Italian Opera Company repeated their re- policy. Feeling that the war with Ger- presentation of Donizetti's famous opera "Maris many has extinguished their hopes of ex-di Rohan" at the Theatre Royal on Saturday pansion in Europe, they have turned to night for the benefit of Signor Cioccl, The Africa and Asia with the view of extending audience we regret to say was a very sparse one, the territories of France. Moreover, and and not at all commensurate to the merits of the this is a more important point with them, performance. The opera went remarkably well they believe that by extending French the whole of the artistes singing in capital style As we published a lengthy critique on the

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