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Intimations.

A S. WATSON & CO.

AND DISPENSING

FAMILY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1883.

and seamen, ship-loads of missionaries were sent to China, Europeans were per mitted to land unmolested, and the opium

"trade, was Fenewed., Rule Britanniat. We

are ruled by the Bible, and the Bible is.

We would remind our readers that the annual meeting of subscribers to the Hongkong Race Fund will be held in the Hongkong Club at 4-30

this allemaan

Tuż new Russian frigate Dimitri Donskoi, of as everybody knows, the secret of Eng-3,789 tons, and armoured with Messrs. Brown

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LONDON, October 11th. FRANCE AND SPAIN.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE French gunboat Lutin arrived from Canton this morning. POUSHKIN, the Russian poet, says St. Petersburg HE SHANGHAI PHARMACY is unsuited for lovers, the nights being too cold

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY;<

ESTABLISHED AD. 1841,

34, NANKIN ROAD, SHANGHAI

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 12, 1883.

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in winter and too clear in Summer.

Z LORD DUFFERIN predicts that before the close will have a population of 40,000,000 souls. If the United States would increase its population in an equal ratio, it would have 500,000,co by the end of the twentieth century. ONE of those libeling American exchanges con- tains the following "The Mexican dollar is worth only ninety cents in Canada, but our ninety-cent dollar passes at par. Our money in worth more because of the picture of the Phila delphia girl which goes with it to every sub-

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scriber."

We are indebted to our plain spoken and independent contemporary the Sydney

HE'D been waltzing with his host's ugly elder Brille in for the subjoined article, which is daughter, and was in a corner repairing dama ges. Here he was espied by his would-be papa one of the keenest, satires on the abuse of in-law. "She is the flower of my family, sir," power and the reign of humbug and cant said the latter. #So it seems," answered the we have seen for many a long day. Its young man. "Pay she comes off so, ain't it?" perusal will do several of our local he continued, as he essayed another vigorous Pharisees who are bound up within the rub at the white spots on his coat sleeve., narrow confines of their own self conceit THE Impending troubles between France and a world of good. The "able-men-at--China-says-a-contemporary, have brought to present administering the government of light the fact that the Chinese Government is Hongkong can also obtain a few wrinkles greatly in need of money. "It is stated that the which, in view of the coming by and bye, resources of the country have been overtaxed by the Emperor's household expenses." The Em- peror must have a large family and set an ex- pensive table, if his household-expenses have overtaxed the resources of a nation of 400,000,005 people.

WAS the destruction of the Spanish Armada all respectable quadruped, the British Lion, has already succeeded in working himself into a state of blue funk concerning the attempted perpetration of the Channel. tunnel. The news that the Spaniards propose to run à tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar, and debouch within the precincts of that once-thought impregnable strong hold, will convert the existing state of funk into one of panic."

in vain The Toronto Globe says: "That

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SOME amendments have been made in the law of divorce in the State of Maine. For many years past the law stating the grounds of divorce has been that it may be declared when the Judge decrees it reasonable and proper con duciye to domestic harmony, and consistent with the peace and morality of society. Under the loose terms of this enactment, and the liberal interpretation, given it, the action of the Court was invoked so often and so successfully that one divorce, it is stated, was granted for every eight marriages contracted in the State. The amendments alluded to-have-restricted in many respects the cause for which, a divorce may be granted, and is future all decrees of divorce will in the first instance be decrees pisi, to become absolute after the expiration of six toontes. It is also enacted that after a divorce the party on whose petition the divorce is granted shall not marry again within two years of the entry of the final decree, except on petition grant ed by the Court Again, the person against whom the divorce is granted is not only not allowed to marry for two years after the decree absolute has been made, but is not allowed to

PIERRE JEAN, an old soldier, believed to be oldest SOME years back, the publisher of the Wist living member of the Legion of Honour, has Australian Times (now the West Australian) lately died in Paris at the tipe age of ninety-four. had an information laid against him by the Bom in the year of the great scuoluting he scred Money Gaumal for publishing a letter "comial under Napoleon in the Austrian campaign of minting upon a case sent on for trial. As the 1809, survived the terrible march from Moscow matter was a trifling one (merely the committal of in 1812, and was taken prisoner in 18:3 before a civilian for not assisting a policeman inamète) Dresden. It was on the 17th of March, 1815, and the letter had crept in in error, an apology during the "hundred days" of Napoleon's rule, settled it. Chief Justice Burt, however, informed after the return from Elba, that he received the the court that the case was one to be proceeded coveted decoration. At the battle of Waterloo with before a jury, and the penalty allowable was lie was sergeant-major in the 35th Regiment of two years in the local Bastille.. the line. Pierre Jean, whose destiny it was after AT Cooktown, only one undertaker, Mr. Beasley, mate of the Invalides, twice received wounds,

one at Koningstejn, in 1813, the ether at Namur pital. Not so long ago, in England, it was during the retreat after Waterloo, both wounds noticed as a very curious fact that the longest being by a curious chance in the right leg.

corpse from a charitable institution nearly always found lying room in a four-foot,coffin. | THE Spanish revolution has, remarks a San. It was not till the undertaker had made a for- Francisco contemporary, become a much-mixed tune, turned religious and built a terrace of affair. It is next to impossible jo tell who is bouses, that the truth leaked out. He used to who and what is what. The King appears to chop the cadavers off at the knees, and stow be a puppet in the hands of his Ministers-one the lower extremities under their arms. He was day a "Conservative," the next a "Liberal" a cheery fellow, and called the process multum The leading Ministers are scheming, against in parvo. The trick has not reached Cook each other. The Cabinet cannot agree on a town yet, but they are not behind there. The

IT has, been, affirmed by the highest military authority that so popular is the British service that it could be supplied with officers for "ab,

CANTON

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)'

af but I trust you will accord me sufficient space to here state the views of a considerable number of the public of Hongkong who have expressed their assimilated opinions to me on the broad questioning affecting the Government, and whi desire to have such opinions generally known Before going further, it will be necessary to k answer in a footnote to this letter "What is the following queries, which 1 must' you ill the Press of Hongkong of what does it consist what are its rights, and how are they defined and governed? ledge resident in the Far East, and have interested I have for the past ten or more years been

myself in the general state of affairs in China, have read both of your contemporaries, during -and more particularly in those of Hongkong,

However, I shall only deal since its first issue. with the Telegraph and its policy in regard to the Government of Hongkong.

From the very outset, from its first issue, the Telegraph has undoubtedly been the determined opponent of all actions on the part of the Gay- crament of Hongkong which did not seem to be in accordance with what was considered a sound · administrative policy, or what seemed at all likely to eventually cast discredit upon the Colony itself. There is not the slightest doubt that the Telegraph, as well as any other public newspaper, bad and still has the right and is privileged to discuss, and very freely discuss all matters relating to the administration of the

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Of these necessity investigations, it will suffice

marry at all, except on permission granted Bolufely-nothing." In-the-face of this state, the shed of the Custom House at one o'clock to. The Hongkong Government, has, I take it,

the Court

& Co's 44-inch and 6-inch plates, which was lately launched from the new Admiralty yard on the Neva, has 306ft, 6in. of full length, is syöt. 8in. long at the water-line, gaft. wide, and 25ft. deep at the stern, with a displacement of 5,800 tons, and will carry two 3-inch and 14-6-inch The French Government having declined to guns, besides other artillery of small calibre, and all to die peacefully in the truckle-bed of an intendered for the "coffin".contract for the hos that period, and have perused your own paper make any further reparation the Spanish Minis-apparatus for discharging Whitehead torpedoes. try falling to agree upon its future action has re- The launch was witnessed by the Grand Duke Alexis, the Minister of Marine, the French and signed.

Turkish Ambassadors, and large crowds of spectators collected on both sides of the river." THE British Consul at Fernambuco, in his report, writes - A strong agitation is now in movement towards the more prompt abolition of slavery in this and the northern provinces, that of Ceará taking the most prominent position. It is, however, expected that the planters and others in this province will offer a strong op- of the twentieth-century the Dominion of Canada Position, appealing to the law of the 28th of policy. The War Minister has managed to hospital chairman-Mr. Cameron-sald, with governmentesen WALKING IN KAN ALUM September, 1871, promulgated during the Minis-disorganize the army. The army is in revolt some warmth, that "the coffins supplied should In various issues of the Telegraph the polley of our local government has been commented try of the late Viscount Rio Branco, and the The civil authorities lay all blame on the mill-in future be of the proper shape and size, and upon severely criticised and even strongly emancipation fund established by the Imperial tary and the military insist in keeping the not merely square boxes made out of old censured. Yet, notwithstanding all this, these Govemment to protect their interests, declaring capital in a state of scige, admitting that the A. V. H. cases as before." Fossessing people criticisms and censures have never been rabutted, that any other action at present will ruin the trouble is more in the demoralization of the as smart as this, it's no wonder the Queens nor has there ever been anything put forward to -show that such were either unjust" or, "what is agricultural interests of the province. So far, army than in the people at large. Marshal landers want New Guinea for a further display more important, unnecessary. There must have however, the abolitionist societies do not appear Serrano asserts that it is Liberalism "moving of their talents,

undoubtedly been some truth In, what the Telegraph baï so often salt in regard to the to have flagged in their endeavours, and the in defence of the monarchy against democracy,

policy of our Government, otherwise such severe agitation is without doubt on the increase. The and that the King must choose between liberal-

criticisms would never bave passed unnoticed or number of slaves existing in the province on theism and revolution." Military movements" are

without someone taking up the cudgels on behalf - of the Goverment, if that body were in the right. 30th of June, 1882, was stated at 85,091, and mentioned at Madrid in the same sentence with toward their freedom the sum of 200,000,000 reis, "royalist counter-movements," the people look-

·CANTON, October 11th, 1883. Even your local contemporaries have maintained or facs, was allotted from the emancipationing on in silence and stolidity. Meanwhile Since my few lines of yesterday the Shamien a sort of dogged inactivity or apathy in the fund. This is the fourth allotment made from "the republic and Constitution of 1869" are has been in a state of excitement don't get matter, bordering upon sycophancy. This is not the above fund. It is at the rate of about 2,350 proclaimed by circulars emanating from secret alarmed, it was only an excitement of the right desirable state of affairs.

kind-1′mean the "Shamien Athletic Sports"

Gross abuses and ill-advised and misapplied reis per slave."

organizations at Seville, Barcelona and else which took place place yesterday amidan bomense political doctrines have been shown up to the where, and "the news from Andalusia and concourse of people. All the Europeans, includ-public for their express delectation; demonstra- the South is very disquieting" French specuing the official element and a great number of tions, palpable in themselves, of misjudged or lators are said to be "corrupting the army Chinese, were present to witness the sports, and misguided lavish expenditure of the public funds, it was really a pleasure to behold the apparent have been made, and many other items, too with a fund put as high as $135,000 at the friendly feeling displayed by the latter to- nummous to mention in the compass of a letter, capital; and though the press is either silent or wards the former, as though there had been no have been published expressive of public thought compelled to say the revolution is at an end, the such things as a head of the Cabinet, Sagasta, says it will soon Shamlen Logan trial or the burning, of and unopposed sentiment on govemment affalte without -avifil,- Investigations, which, even 'to break out again unless the King gives in to the The programme, of which I send you a copy, the dullest dotard appeared absolutely necessary, demand for general reform and liberal govern consisted of sa events, via-100 yard fat mce, were called for, but, as far as the public are cons ment. What is demanded seems to be a separ- so yards 3 legged race, roo yards hurdle race, cerned, have never been made. ation of Church and State, religious liberty, Long Jump, Suck race, 150 yards flak race, judicial reconstruction, an increase of the Straight-tape race, Tug-of-war for sailors, to mention the one case in connection with powers of municipalities, with an underlying Tug-of-war for Naval officere vs. Canton Club the one dollar shipping fee at the Harbor it may be well to take advantage of.

current in favor of the restoration of the members, and three other events consisting Master's office to show what I mean. Surely -There are Chinese-in Victoria, observes

republic, The Strafford, the Mephistopheles of anal heats of the flat races. Mr. D. La that affair required some public, explanation our contemporary. They live as Chinamen:

of the court, is Martinez Campos, Secretary Montagne won the hurdle race and Mr. Lee, on the part of the Government. There is of War, whose ulterior designs have not yet come military chaplain at your port, won the long so necessity to bere enter upon the particu only can live-raising cabbages, gathering

out, but who is charged with such a disorganiza-jump with a leap of 16 feet 8 inches. The lars of this case as my meaning is too rags, peddling nick-knacks, fossicking

tion of the army as leaves the monarchy without steamer being about to leave, I am unable to palpable to be misunderstood. A public inves deserted diggings, swearing to lies, and

adequate defence against a popular rising should give you a full summary. The weather was tigation, or rather a searching Investigation for that occur. If the hands of the Carlists ox

all that could be desired; a trifle hat, the benefit of the public should have been forth cheating one another. Some of the inore

Montpensier are in the game they are nowhere but, considering that the sports did not coming. But such was not the policy of the ambitious put on an occasional spurt, and

visible as yet, though doubtless are active.

commence until 3 pm, the heat only served to government, which, as far as the public is con Those who so far stand to lose are the puppet warm the contestants up for the later sports comed, would appear to be to leave the comma. "scoop" & hen-roast or a clothes-line.

King and the Established Church; but what the during the cool of the evening As far as I could nity in the dark concerning those matters which Of late, the advanced ones have raised

indications. The only things assured are more himself The management of the sports was that it becomes a mere question of what next?"- outcome may be no man can tell from present judge, every one seemed to be thoroughly enjoying they have the best right to know while a #chosen few" so manipulate the reins of power themselves and their nation in public esti-

debt and severer taxes.

the hands of Messrs: T. Thomas) Judgar N; G. mation by turning insolvent, with large liabilities and no assets. In one instance,

Mitchell Innes, Clerk of the Course, G. Prate when those not in the magic circle want to Restaurantent; D. La Montagne,

Aknow what they are paying taxes for, and whi A.D.C.And von Pustan, Honorary Secretary benefit they are about to derive from such pay; Indeed-butthis happened in New Zealand

A most scandalous placard was posted up on

ment of taxes, deerstage design -a representative of the almond-eyed cleared at a bound the barrier separating | SAYS the Sydney Bulletin :-The, Judgment of

day, setting forth that the Chinese intend to kill so ignored the Press, that until, suiting its own ment, of course (remarks the Army and Navy all foreigners, white, Eurasian, or black, who ends it purposes to altogether annibliate jude. occidental from oriental civilization by ap- the Supreme Court in the recent contempt case Wz read in the Overland Mail that Russia, Gaseffe), it would be absurd for officers to ex- are in Canton. The placard did not remain up pendent Journalism in Hongkong through the pearing as co-respondent in a divorce suit. sounded like the burial-service read

over through the columns of the Moscow Gazette,pect an increase of pay; nay, more, the asser for more than a quarter of an hour before it was vexatious means of criminal prosecutions for al- But it is not with Chinese in the aggregate a corpseless coffin. The beginning and middle has taken the opportunity of saying she tion seems to be, to a great extent, borne out by discovered and immediately, torn down. The leged libels. 1, as well as many others, think and of it was more solemn than the sentence of will have nothing to do with France, nd of facts, inasmuch as the money of purchase of miscreant who posted it up has not yet been than the duty of the Hongkong Goverment to firmly believe that it would have been no more with two heathens who, taking a walk death; the end of it was as funny as a death-scoring the idea, Iately current, of a Franco-ficers, at present in the hands of a most grateful

have made the investigations asked for by the warrant read out to a shoulder of mutton. All Russian alliance as a counterpoise to the country, goes a long way towards paying the south of the Murray, saw a bridge, and along, the Chief Justice shavelled fire into the

- Telegraph, and afterwards to make the results Austro-German alliance. This, in the midst meagre yearly salary of subordinate officers. Let

of such investigations public, be they of evil or dawdled across it into New South Wales. furnace with one hand, and poured hot water of their complications abroad and their us take the pay of a non-purchase captain of the

of good result to those concerned and, if of the latter result, far, and only then it were: time The way was open, and there was nothing into the boiler with the other. And when be squabbles at home, will not tend to cheer Line. It is 1ts. 7. a day; yearly, it amounts to

|| enough for the adoption of the 'll-tell-my-big- to warn them to keep their own side of the came to pronounce the fine, the bottom of the Frenchmen, who have for so long hugged the 211 75. 11d.; every fourth year, of course, it is

THE HONGKONG CLUBITA, brother," mode of argumentum ad hominam stream. They are now employed on a boiler fell out.

solion that Russia in their friend. With the 1. d, more. Now from this we must deduct

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Hoxazono·TEĽRERAFÍNGA it has now adopted in having recourse to the twelve months' job at pebble-fracturing, THE Chinese interpreter at the Police Court fell

North German Gaselle tendering advice, the the following stoppages and subscriptions, which for Wednesday afternoon took place but, owing and wholly belong to the Goverment issues to DEAR SIR-The meeting of members called law wherewith to fight the battles, which solely just to impress upon them that, wherever under Captain Thomiett's displeasure during the and uncertain for a single days with Prince what in most regiments has to be subscribedus were enjoying what exercise we could in the shield-its-own-defects, the Colonial Generat Moscow journals calling their Government shifty may be considered a very fair representation of to the hour being fixed at a time when most of thus adopting arbitrary and despotic measures to the Union Jack flies, men are free to come hearing of a case this morning. His Worship Bismarck and Count Kainoky in daily conference Band and mess, per annum, 11. 11. 8d.; regi. cool of the day, the attendance was so small that of Hongkong lays itself open to the contempt of and go. Let us give one more Hlustration spoke rather sharply to the Interpreter for not

at Salzburg; with the pleasant relations existing mental contingencies, papers, &c., 77. extra sub- it was decided to postpone the subject for a more other Gayeroments which have a single mark of of the superiority of Australian legislation. ] adhering strictly to the questions he wished to

between Germany and Spain, ude would, think scription to band, 47 47. mess guests (say, tions were discussed and the culisele men of those to whom is Intrusted the welfare of their fitting opportunity. Meanwhile, certain propost patriotism Bett deals with the official integrity A Victorian Chinese lost his way in the be put to the witness, and, told him that if he

that our neighbours had enough to deal yearly, 157); total; 37%. 155. 82; leaving a captioned in my previous letter were mentally country h bush, and crossed the Murray in his on- did not attend to this and display more intelli-with at home without seeking further troubles tain the gross annual income of 173%. 135. 34. adopted as the most probabis basis upon which

have read a great deal, heard a great dealmore, deavours to find it. The inevitable "bob-gence, he would have to get another interpreter, abroad. That they are conscious of the awk wherewith to feed, clothe, and equip himself in to purchase the Club from its present proprietors

I thought: miil, more than all my reading and and that be (the interpreter) must not put ques wardness of their position we bellever but the case of purchase captains, having, say,

Each member to become a shareholder and hearing, yet, I fail to remember anything which, by"-ever present when a half-drowned tions of his own to the witness. The interpreter that is not enough, France at the present invested in their commissions, their now inclined to modify my opinion regarding this, show that a prosecution like that lately instigated no member to hold more than ten shares."-I'am in the annals of history, ancient or modern, Kan Chinaman has to be "run in," ever absent appeared to be deeply impressed by his Wor-moment is like a weak-willed individual who actual-pay-from-the-State-a-1734-125, 34, as the sum required, vix, 8140,000 represents by the Goverment of Hongkong in regard to when a-larrikin is jumping on his mothership's strictures, and will, no doubt, lay the mat instead of grappling with worries, plays the role mints, the interest on 2,000, 4. 734. 124. 1,400 shares amongst about 200 realdent meme the Telegraph have been chosen as a mean

was walking for him, and, having warned ter duly to heart.

of the aggrieved; the step from the sophistry of 34. In their case, it may be confidently as up their 6700 worth of shares. It would therefore and seemingly impartial and well intended crit

bers, many of whom would not be able to take by which to screen govemment from independent him to "bution your undther lip," kept a firm grip of the hungry wretch till the THE Sydney Bulletin ways that if some latter martyrdom at the wakening to that of shifty, serted, taking compound interest since aboli-be better to allow a larger number at a lower cisms, especially when such criticisms are solely watchhouse was reached, when he was day. Shakspeare would rewrite the play of misrepresentation is a not unusual one; and Mr. tion of purchase into consideration, that the rate and instead of the suggested 3100 per thats made in the public interest. Why even in China, "Hamlet," so that swords could be done away Shaw's statement, that something more than any is supplied with officers of this rank for make them $25 or so and limile the number to a so called semi-civilized nation, when any por made comfortable for the night with a kick with and the fighting be done with boxing gloves, illness has caused Admiral Pierre's sudden retire absolutely nothing. Now let us tum to the con. As there are many business mea in the Colony for Imperial, is but barely accused of not acting any one member to TOO, SCtion of the govemment either local, provincial and a curse. He, also, got twelve months the interest in this play, which is gradually ment, throws as much light on the moral phase sideration of the pay and emolument of the who use the Club almost entirely for business in accordance with its set policy, an investigation for endeavouring to save his life by crawl-wearing off, would be intensified. The spectacle through which France is passing as does the British subalterns, a stage of existence through purposes and effect purchases and sales within of the most searching naturels held, the results of ing,up the wrong side of the river..

which every aspirant to the higher grades has, te precincts, there should be an “exchange such investigation are publicly made known in the of Booth or Irving or-Bandmand coming on the

antedated Treaty of Huế.

of course, to pass. : His average pay is 6r. 6d, a room" where business may be transacted and Peking Careffe, the Imperial official organ; and stage with a pair of boxing-gloves and having a A CHINAMAN, with a most repulsive, hang-dog day; annually, 1181-16, minus deductions, viz. for a small monthly subscription. These gentle the pubile made thoroughly aware of the steps act-to with his stepfather, while the ghost acted casi of countenance, was brought before Captain 26 127 (annually) regimental subscription papers, tables and their own locken for books and papers any such incguistitical Now it cannot be said masa guests, 157.1 mess subscription, eight days, men might be accommodated with brivate writing taken by the Government, when dealing with as referee, would be well worth the price, of ad- mission; and if he should have a quarrel with the Thomsett this morning at the Police Court light,.7%) regimental subscription to band, and have all the advantages of an exchange that such a practice, not @accordance with“,

the most enlightened views, as it is well known gravedigger, and put on the glove with him and charged with being found in a but at Telm-sha41 r. (contrary to regulation); totai, 281. 161. This might be commenced in the room whit

that all i civilized a government adopt similar knock him into the grave, and Laertes should sul in the small hours of the morning under Balance, gol, per annum clear, for clothing, equip was used last year as a

aatlercle, hence, obvious that Hongkong throw up the sponge, it would bring the hous circumstances of a highly suspicious character, ment, and messing We take no account of the

charges on appointment,"exchange, or

aya to take a lessen from China In officia primary

key and not? allow Its Government to: down. The lines could be changed so that The owner of the hut, who had been buried in incidental expenses, such as carrying the col

4 up to ridiculdas belug powerless, Hamlet would pick up, the skull af Yorick and profound slumber from 5 o'clock the previous ours, drill sergeant, first guard, &c. Now, sup- pose a subaltern pays his tailor 306, a year, no

malded, to fight her own battles, pomáh say," Alas, poor Yerick. I knocked him cut in night, was recalled to consciousness about s'am.

From the present siste of Denmark" fin changes" in dress which take place annually,

formi to other belief than that the best and three rounds. There is where I fractured his skull noise in the interior of his domicile exorbitant sum when one considers the

Opening his gyes he observed that his the British subaltern has 60%, a year to sui

bigbear, towers?t of the Govemment hayo not and knocked him silly."

light was extinguished, and in the “dimport himself en, a good deal less than parents Jameson, otherwise Anne Murphy, has scine, been aroused, but on the contrary, not only in its bestwhole being Jarred, but from its want of self obscure saw the pelsoner, making acau of ordinary means pay for their sons educa-here fald "Conflict, which souschtup

tion at a decent school. These are, facts and highest power in some charicens other confidence, its whole faculties are paraly dous retreat to the kitchen. He immediately which speaks for themselves, and go some way not only far the whole being, peop

Thanking you for the impace, and; alarmed his household, ten in number, but towards proving that the British regimental faculties

This lady neither he nor any of them had the pluck to officer, if he is an idle good-for-nothing, bas at human nature and were she how bring

Iremain, Dear Sir enter the kitchen and grapple with the intruder. least this argument--he is not overpaid, for he Yong, he died in 1860-the An Indian constable was called, who went for has to support himself and keep up a position on truth of her words fully and literally

kitchen with a chopper lying by his side. The worthy of his hire," we are told. If therefore, you and your reader (Sir the prisoner and found him aquatting in the amount of remuneration which any skilled in the present attitude of our local

mechanic would despise. "The labourer is in this Colony in all its ways and Sikh promptly collared his quarry and marched cases have arisen in which men have been understand that in quoting the him off to the station. The prisoners defence found to take little interest in their work, we mean to apply them to our pre was of a most feeble, character. He said must not lose sight of the fact that the pay taking the proverbi "Chailly, ber

they draw is not such as to as they can help The Government that seeing a constable approaching, and being ment to them to do more than they can help.

disinterestedly is beyond dispute ; but the fact of comprialog it,-in-par two planks of the but, squeered himself through their doing so redounds greatly to their credit, bod of dfficials the sperttire thus formed, and with intentions of for the figures we have given are sufficient to self open to hasal critician, the most honorable nature ensconced himself in prove to the strongest enemy of armies that the cens the public can we it- the kitchen. This would not "go down" with country does little on its part to make them re the Head of the Executive la his Worship, who relegated the timid one to gard the service as a profession, though mem- taken in regard to the prosecution "Hayward's Reposo for a calendar month, with be of Parliament have been arguing of late lately taken against your papers

years that the time has arrived for the introduce Telegraph,SANGGOOD instructions that he was to be profitably employed dion of Important changes, in the direction of in- Concerning the mefits

demerit in the public service during the terms

crossed work and less playasii

art, I do not desire to say one word,

we have now to deal. Our business is

found out.

CORRESPONDENCE,

We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondesis in this column}

as a temporary bar room, am, yours truly,

RA:CLUBMAN.

· Hongkong, fath October, 1883,

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„TO THE ESTION OF THE " HONGKONG SKIRORAPIAME THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRESS

DEAR SIR,That talented aulboress, Mrs,

Some years ago, the Chinese authorities concluded that the sale of oplum was destroying their people. The drug was imported in immense quantities from India, and severe morallats, dainty ladies, enter prising merchants, and high churchmen were battening on the cursed trade. Then, the Chinese Government said :-"No more of this; no more of the deadly drug that is emasculating our nation." Foolish Celestials Will you never understand European progress? Will you never SIGNOR UMBERTO CRISPINO, well known in learn that, when the necessity arises for a connection with both Mapleson's and Strakosch's million to rot in order that a score may American Italian Opera Companice, has arrived -revel-why-the___million_must_rot, and in the colony and proposes to give a grand there's an end of it. So, great ships vocal and instrumental concert in the 8t and big guns and trained men were.

Andrew's Hall, City Hall, during the course sont to bring this obstinate people to rather lengthy tour in various parts of the world,

of next week. Signor Crispino has been on reason. Now, a mud: hovel swarm and has performed with most distinguished Ing with inmates always gets the worst success before audiences of almost every nailon of it whom opposed to an eighty ality. As a skilled musician this gentleman four-pound shot. When a low thousand holds a bigh place in the artistic world, his per- Orientals had been knocked out of shape, formances having won high favor from the a stranger, he got.so. frightened that he removed That they do work, and work zealously and alluding personally the ports were opened, high English of musical critics of London, Paris, Naples, New ficials were carried in state to interview York and other great cities. Signor Crispino has the Emperor. They told him how the achieved wonderful success on a new musical instrument which is styled the xylophone, and hearts of the British Sovereign and people, which should prove a great attraction to our were sound, and how repugnant to them music loving community. Announcements of war, Then the people at home | the proposed concert, giving full details, will drank to the health of their brave soldiers | shonly be published.

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