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general community. This is a good op- portunity for our excellent friend Mr. F. BULEELEY JOHNSON to air his eloquence on a-matter of real public welfare, and to pose, as the champion of a suffering or injured class; and we will only assure him that if he adopts this platform and convinces us of his sincerity in the matter, we will give him our support towards obtain ing the coveted 3rd class ribbon of St. Michael and St. George, numbers of which, it is currently reported, will be shortly flying about. But of course the prior claim of our senior respected rc- presentative must be first properly recog- nized,before our powerful.advocacy can be counted upon in support of Mr. F. BUCHALEY JOHNSON's claim,

THE Rev. J. C. Enor has been opening himself out, at à public breakfast held at St. Leonards, Sussex, on September 24th in connection with the London Missionary Society, upon his work in Hongkong. Mr. Enoz described our favored isle as a dot in the ocean," but he apparently forgot to say that he borrowed this rather original ex- pression from the late Chief Justice Sir JOHN THE CANTON DISPENSARY, CANTON. SALE. Mr. Edge also said that after the

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TELEGRAMS.

LONDON, November 3rd. SUPPOSED FENIAN OUTRAGE IN LONDON.

WE note from El Comercio that the German haique Hermann has changed bands at Cebu. She will change her flag and run as a coaster in the Philippines.

"A CONCERT in aid of the sufferers by the late Two explosions have taken place in the Un-disastrous volcanic eruptions in the Straits of derground Railway, injuring several persons; the Sunda was being organised in Manila, according cutrage is attributed to Fenians. A reward of to our latest advices from that port one thousand pounds has been offered for the apprehension of the culprits. FRANCE AND THE TONQUIN QUESTION. The French Government will ask next week a supplementary credit of 10,000,000 francs for the expendition to Tonquin.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ended 4th October, were:-European 232, Chinese 2,535; total 2,767.

A REGULAR Lodge of United Service, No. 1341, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursday evening next, the 8th instant, at 8 o'clock precisely.

THE British steamers Oceanic and Arratson Apcar left the Cosmopolitan and Kowloon Docks this forenoon, the German steamer Elec tra and the Madras filling the respective vacant places this afternoon.

WE observe from the Government Gazelle that the Opium Dross Farm has been sold to Mr. Un Ling of the Ming Man Shang shop, No. 1 Wing-lok Street, for the year commencing March 1st 1884 and ending on the last day of February 1885, for the sum of $12,600. A FINE of £10, or 3 months hard labor, was imposed this morning by Mr. Wodehouse on the coolic whom sergeant Baker found carrying a quantity of dynamite in a basket on the Stanley Road on the 28th ulto., said explosive having been stolen from the magazine at the Tytam

draw commenced under the immediate auspices of the Clerk of the Course. The name of the genial MacOniodds was the first drawn from the Tucky bag, and No. 14, a sturdy grey, with black spots on his quarters and black legs, fell to his share. Mr. Paul's was the next are drawn out, and a spotted animal, lengthy and racing like, but in rather poor condition, was set aside as a future bearer of the "yellow jacket and

white cap." Our latest addition to the list of Stewards, Mr. Noble, was the next recipient of A HAWKER was rewarded with six months' hard fortune's favors, and the big, upstanding grey labor at the Police Court this morning for with the flea-bitten face should prove a more snatching a string of 600 cash from a chair coolie interests than the weedy Bas de Soie. Another uscful representative of this capital sportsman's in the employ of Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. yesterraember of our racing executive, the cheery day.

donor of the Farewell Cup, was next man out, and a white, with capital facing shapes but in- clined to be vicious and rather on the small side, was passed over to the Bayan stable, to do battle for the Fatherland The bay which fell to Mr. St. Andrew is promising enough, if anything slightly deficient in length, but well put together and with what look a capital set of legs and feet. Mr. Woodin's grey and Mr. Mat. Dawson's white are both fine looking ponies, and I was struck with the great length of a sort of creamy grey which will bear Mr. John Peci's dark blue main for what I fancy will clip out a creain and silver banner. McOniodds threw a second colored racer, and a new addition to the Tanks of our local "sports," in the person of Mr. Eça da Silva, was fortunate (or unfor- tunate as it may turn out hereafter) in drawing very handsome mouse or dun colored moke, with several capital racing points. Mr. F. D. Sassoon's iron grey is big and powerful enough for any thing, and Mr. Woodin's second trick resulted in a black, lengthy and racing like, which ought to gallop. A big grey, with dark markings, fell to Mr. John Peel, and then a good looking war between England and China, some forly

chesant was set aside for Mr. E. Sassoon. To

and most promising ponies in the mob was king. They found a few scattered houses, and tifies, that under the provisions of Ordinance

my way of thinking, one of the best looking No. 11 of 1844, a special sessions of the Justices

a powerful dark grey, with good length On the 22nd October, 1883, at H.M.'s Resi- there was no vegetation, no trees, and no roads of the peace will be held to-morrow at the Ma-H.M.S. Flying Fish, which arrived in port the veteran Mr. W. M. Morgan, and which, and great power behind, which was allotted to dency, Taiping, Pezak, by the Rev. Mc. Courtury. Now ships from every nation under the sun gistracy at 11 am., for the purpose of consider from Shanghai on Saturday afternoon, brought with any sort of luck, should carry the "scarlet Captain C. A. SCHULTZ, Secretary for Chinese sailed into the harbour, and round the islanding applications for licenses for the sale of in news that the steamship Ningpo had run and gold" well to the fore both in the Valley Affairs to the Perak Govemment, to CAMILLA LOUISA, daughter of the late Major Walker, was a magnificent wall of granite, which has spirituous and fermented liquors during the year down a junk off Tamteo Point in the Ly-ec Stakes and German Cup Mr. St. Andrew's R.A

[832 been found on the island. When the missionarier | commencing on the 1st December next.

moon Pass, and it was rumoured that all hands second venture was a spotted one with nothing very particular about his appearance, but I BIRTH.

went there the entire population numbered one

on board the Chinese craft had been lost. On rather like the shape of the dark grey which thousand. There were now 150,000 Chinese

the arrival of the Ningpe later in the evening fell to the lot of Mr. Stiebel. Mr. S. Hughes was residing there in peace and contentment, protected

we were glad to find that the rumours as to loss of the last name drawn out, and the remaining life were unfounded. Captain Cass reports cut-pony was a light bay or a dun, No. 11, rather a by British, rule, and lizing in harmony with

on his legs, and not badly put together, Europians. Hongking was now a picture of

ting the junk in two, and having towed one of ragged soit, but long in the barrel, standing rue beauty, a pleasant home, and a fine field for missionary labour. Having spoken of the laborers of the early missionaries the reverend

14, ESCOLTA, MANILA

A PROCLAMATION by the Governor appears in Saturday's Gazette announcing that the Tram ways Drdinance (No. 6 of 1883), and the Order and Cleanliness Amendment Ordinance (No. 7 of 1883), have been confirmed and allowed by Her Majesty, through the Secretary of State for

the Colonies.

water works, in the wall of which a hole was

THE DISPENSARY, FOOCHOW. 13 | years ago, sinne missionaries landed in Hong. MR. H. E. WODEHOUSE, police magistrate, no-made, through which two whole boxes of

MARRIAGE.

On the 19th September, at Dover, the wife of Captain OMMANNEY, the Buffs, of a daughter.

DEATH.

On the 21st September, at Wiesbaden, of scarlatina, SASCHA CICUTH, aged seven years, daughter of Dr. Carl Clouth, of Hongkong.

oughong Telegraph constemon britty gave sianatics recently com-

HONGKONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1883.

A SHORrytime ago, in the furtherance of public interests, we called the attention of the powers that be for the moment to a case in which the lives of thirty Give human beings were jeopardised and at least two sacrificed, through what we were fain to

piled. There were 273 members of the salite | church, and the contributions from the Chinese -in 1882 amounted to upwards of 8800.

Until we read the above in a home pa- per we wore rather sceptical as to the truth of the general assertion that "the chosen of the Lord" can lie as glibly as crdinary mortals. The Reverend J. C. Ence would have some considerable amount of difficulty in showing his audi-

THE estimated total cost of the new Taitam

Water Works is set down by Mr. J. M. Price, at £113,500, which at three shillings and eight pence to the dollar, totals up the comfortable sum of $619,090.go. This is certainly a large amount

dynamite were abstracted on the morning of the 26th ultimo. The coolie went to gaol,

on board were fortunately saved.

of money to expend on this ridiculous underta-the halves of the vessel into harbour, but all king, and the Hongkong community will be ex- ceedingly lucky if the work is finally comple-A COOLIE named Chun-Achik, who fully ad ted without the above estimate being greatly

exceeded.

THE Lady Superior of the Italian Sisters of Charity informs us that an Italian Opera will be performed by the pupils of the Convent on behalf of the poor orphans under the charge of the same establishment, this afternoon, com- mencing at 5 o'clock. The Lady Superior, relying on the well-known generous support and kind Dess of the friends of the Institution, hopes that they will kindly attend, and begs to tender them in anticipation her most grateful thanks. A

.Of course, no man can write accurately of the appearance, soundness, or condition of Chinese race ponies until they are clipped and put into something like racing shape, and I

that the not pretend mitted the charge, seeing he could scarcely deformed after a hasty glance over the griffins and impressions otherwise, as the constable found one of the bristly jotted down above are of the least value. earrings in his hand upon arresting his hurried Later on, after the animals have been exercised flight, the widow who was dispossessed of the valu- for a time, I shall be in a position to speak more ables being at the time in hot pursuit of the thief, definitely. Meanwhile I am glad to be able was sentenced to a year's hard labour at the Police to write so favorably of the appearance of the

first batch of the Subscription Griffins of 1884. Court this morning for stealing a pair of earrings

AN OLD SPORTSMAN,. from Mrs. To I in Hollywood Road at half-

Hongkong, th November, 1883. past six yesterday evening. These long and richly deserved sentences will at least rid the colony for some time of a portion of the rascally earring snatchers who infest it. But then their

OUR POSTAL AGENCIES IN CHINA. Mr. A. K. Travers, our assistant postmastor

consider laches on the part of the immacu- tors at the bun banquet in fair Scollection on behalf of the poor orphans will be number is legion, and the meat that can be hop general, who has recently returned from a visit

made at the door.

ed for is to thin their ranks.

AND yet another fire alarm. Many, whose IT is rumoured that the "Wedding March," an amusing, farcical comedy, or comedy-farce, or slumbers, like our own, are none of the heaviest, whatever this kind of thing is designated must have heard the inevitable fire bell ring but modern playwrights, has been decided on for the about 430 yesterday morning. Happily it was next performance of the Hongkong Amateur not to announce a wide-spread, or even the Dramatic Corps. The representation will, of beginning of a wide-spread conflagration, but course, take place at the Theatre Royal, City simply that a chimney in No. 6 Wing-lok Street Hall, and or did that the leading, female role had caught fire, and was emitting a blaze. will be filed by one of our stately jeunesse dorde, The wide-awake Chinese watchman in the fire- who is said to combine in his accomplished alarm tower at No. 5 Station observed the person the requisite grace and effeminacy re-occurrence, and immediately rang the bell, quisite for the part.

which must have startled many, timid residents from-their-carly morning slumbers. An er THE following regulations for the issue of sub-tincteur from No. 5 quickly obviated all danger. sidiary silver coins, signed by Mr. Lister, the colonial treasurer, are published in the Gazette:

On the acrival of a shipincot of allver coins in the colony, orders to obtain such coins si thair par value will be inred by the Treasury to applicants in order of priority, subject to the following reactions.

All applicants must take the colas in the pervertages la which they arrive, vie. (nt present)

Twenty-cent pieces casino 93 per ocRE Ten-cent pieces.......

50 per cent. Five-cent pieces.png 33 per cent, 3-No requisiti: must axceed the fullowing Sailing

Public companies and large finna samasama Smaller firms manmamma 250 Private persons ge 100

•--Requisitions in excess of the above will be cut down.

500

When only (2,800 worth of coins mauint, was to the pulle will be suspendies, but all applicants often sich espension will be allowed priority on the of the next shipment. 4.-The Treasurer will refuse any application which he may suspect to be made with a view to hoarding these coins, trading then, exporting them, ar saing them in any way other than for legitimate circulation.

late Surveyor General's Department. It Leonards "the magnificient granite wall is true the matter only concerned the lives which encircles our island; "he would not of thirty five Chinese; nevertheless we made find it an easy task to show that "ships bold to give publicity to the affair, in the from every nation under the sun sailed hope that our fossilised Executive might into Hongkong harbour!” he would cer be moved to take action in the matter. tainly fail to prove that the missionaries We have yet to learn that this has had anything to do with the Chinese po- Leen done, and now, in accordance with pulation of Victoria increasing from one our interpretation of public duty, another to one hundred and fifty thousand; there equally grievous case has come under our mighteven be awkward obstacles in the way observation. This case is the second of the of his satisfactorily demonstrating to men same nature which has come under our of intelligence acquainted with the subject own notice within the last few weeks, so that the 150,000 Chinese he refers to are we conclude we shall be exonerated from living in peace, contentment, and harmony any indecent haste in exposing it or from with Europeans under British rule; but he any malicious intent in attacking the could certainly prove that Hongkong is a Honorable Surveyor General's Depart-picture of beauty, a pleasant home and a ment. Our readers may have observed | fine field--for missionaries. With from that considerable excavations are going four to five hundred pounds per annum, a on in the hill side where the new Roman nice house and grounds, a good climate, Catholic Cathedral is to be built, and from | pleaty of pleasant friends, lawn tennis, tea the information we have gleaned from the parties and cup and saucer scandal, and coolies employed, it would appear that next to nothing in the shape of work the Surveyor General's department, being to do, the ordinary missionary's life In want of the diiris excavated, has made in Hongkong certainly ought to be an arrangement to remove it to the a happy one. And from our personal Public Gardens, where it is utilised for filling in, free of expense. So far so good, but there is apparently no proper personeldedly say they are experts in the art. to superintend the excavations, and the of making things pleasant for themselves. result is that frequent dangerous land- No doubt the missionaries do a fair amount slips occur through the ignorance of the of good in a quiet way, but the results of coolies undermining the hill side. About their labors are quite inadequate to the a fortnight ago some half dozen coolies extraordinary pretensions they are so fond were swept down a height of about 30 feet of airing on every possible occasion. If in one of these landslips and buried for a Mr. EDGE and his reverend brethren must time, and when eventually recovered, were let loose their native eloquence before carried away in a pitiable condition; a few English audiences they ought to eschew days afterwards two men met a similar nonsense and stick strictly to the truth. In accident,-one, a youth, being dug out what way, we would ask, Is missionary in an almost lifeless state, and we under. Jabor amongst the Chinese in this Colony stand he has since died. We, therefore, enhanced by an assertion that the contribų- think it is high time that some more effect- tions from Celestials to the church presided -ive arrangements were made by which over by the genius of Mr. EDGE amounted the lives of the poor ignorant coolles en-in 1882 to upwards of $800? Taking the gaged in such work in the colony would be whole native population, who are said to properly protected. Indeed, we should be living in harmony, peace and content-in accordance with the regulations made by the not be afraid of entering the lists and ment with foreigners, this contribution challenging the practice generally follow-amounts to a trifle over half a cent per ed in this colony of permitting cuttings of head. If the London Missionary Society

experiences of our local apostles, la.. cluding Mr. Encs, we should most de-

THE following is from Punch 1—

Joas CHINAMAN's Song on tre SITUATION, "AIR,==" A£y Queen,"

I am not awillag halfway to mant hur,

Brt I row her goma, which I will not play. Whether she'd lick me, or I should beat her, I know not quico, but I shan't give way. La France is selfish, shi fle upon her 1

Sho'd take all Angion under her wing, And rob tie of all the suzerain honour

That I get from thee, Tre-king Tom-king! France has been going fị sefully lately,

Kicking up bobberies luft and right) But rather think she is omring greatly,

If the supposes I shall not fight.

not so humble as that, my Lady! By enlism, but I carry a silng : And if shindy cornas, it will find me ready

Te battle for thes, Ten-Ming Ton-king!

If France will be courteous, I'll be lowly. For dowary blandness I greatly love i But that aqutral song" means collaring," wholly,

And though I'm "chiidika,” Yes not a dove. bly sugrainy I am game for keaping 10.

Franco as sear pelybbous la not the thing, And men shall tall, and women go weeping,

Era i cesas to hold shoe, Tesking Tapking!

to the open ports of China, makes the following report of the working, &c, ofthe various postal agencies at these places:

I have the honour to report that I returned."

yesterday from a tour of inspection of the agen cles of this office on the coast of China.

2-During this tour I visited the post offices at the ports of Shanghai, Hankow, Ningpo, Foo chow, Amoy and Swatow.

3-At each port I called on the Consul, the Commissioner of Customs, and the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, with a view to ascertaining whether the postal arrangements were satisfactory or not, and I am happy to

report that the present arrangements are giving satisfaction to the coramunities concerned.

5-During the tea season at Hankow a large amount of correspondence is sent on board the tea steamers, and taken by the captains to Suez and there posted. If by some means we could arrange that this correspondence, should pass through our office, it would add considerably to our Postal Revenue.

—4—At Shanghai I had an opportunity of ob- serving the treatment of an incoming as well as an outgoing mail; everything worked smoothly SIL WALTER MEDHURST, one of the ancient

and regularly. I found the postal property in landmarks of English enterprise in China, left capital order, with the exception of the mail cart, the harbour on Saturday last in the steamship the bottom of which was rotten. I accordingly Thales, bound to Kudat and Sandakan, en route directed the Postmaster to have it repaired. for merric England, to pass the remainder of his The cost of the repairs will be about $22. Be- life in well and honorably earned rest and retire- sides our own office at this port, there are five other offices, viz.-French, American, Japanese, ment. Sir Walter may fairly be described as one | Local, and Customs. The number of home of our very oldest residents in the Far East, his letters, &c., going through the first is increasing,. connection with China commencing in 1839. owing to the fact that the postal rates are just A numerous company nesembled on board the half our own. The Local Office is a great con Thales to bid good-bye to the gallant veteranvenience to the public and is much used. For on big taking his last farewell of the country in 30 taels per annum any firm may transmit an which he has spent the best part of a vigorous unlimited quantity of correspondence. and eminently useful career. Amongst others we noticed the Hon. Phineas Ryrie, another gentleman who has spent nearly half a century in China, the Hon: E. L. O'Malley, the Hon. F. B. Johnson, the Hon. J. Russell, Messrs. H. L. Dal rymple, T. Jackson, J. S. Lapraik, F. Rickards, Do Lissa, Sachse, Captain Rowe, Dr. Von der Horck, &c., &c. Sir Walter's health and prosperity were

6.At Foochow the community are still very toasted in true English fashion, when a general anxious to have direct communication with hand-shaking and exchange of good byes took Hongkong, but this question has already been place. A steam launch, flying the British North dealt with by you. The community at this port Borneo Company's flag, accompanied the steamer at present suffer considerable inconvenience, to the Lyce-moon pass, when those on board gave which might be easily removed. The home- three lusty farewell cheers to the departing veter-ward mails are closed at 3.30 pm, as the only an. Few men who have been identified for such means of conveying them to the steamer at engthened period with China as Sir Walter Pages And by Messrs. Jardine, Medhurst, can look back with such plea Matheson & Co.'s launch, which leaves surable feelings on their work as Sir Walter chow at 4 o'clock. I therefore suggest the ex- can do. He leaves many friends and ao enemies. penditure of $r per mail in sampan bire, as the He has gained the respect of the entire British mail might then be closed at any hour, to the

past, community in China by his genial affability to great convertence of the community. all with whom he came in contact, and by his firmness and uprightness of character. We heartily wish him many long years of life to en joy the fruits of a well spent career, of which we, as fellow countrymen, are, as we ought to be, Justly proud.

AMOY.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

October 22nd, 1883. Another addition to our community, Miss- Moller, arrived on the 16th, the bride of cur harbour master Mr. Hummel; they were maredd

Koolangseu next day.

at

Duringlast week, the temperature has changed and it is warm again, the thermometer showing 85 deg, at noon; mornings and nights are, bow- ever, pleasant.

The shooting season may be taken as began, some gentlemen having been up river för a couple of hours and brought hone a considerable number of birds, chiefly curlews.

The Koolangscu Road fund held its annual meeting at the Club on the 13th. Mr. Forrest was voted to the chair. The same Committee being elected again, accounts passed, etc. The meeting closed with a proposal that a cordial vote of thanks, be given to Captain Cocker for the valuable chart of the Island and Roads of Koolangsen, presented by him to subscribers, which was carried by acclamation.

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The Ling Feng has been out to the Six Is- lands, I hear, and blown away successfully the last remains of the wreck of the steamship Hector she left again, with the Commissioner Mr. McLeavy Erown on board, for lighthouses and returned with him on the 20th. This morning she left for Formosa.

From the 16th, steamers are allowed again to carry Chinese passengers to the Straits on their weatherdecks. The steamer Galley of Lorne. left on this date and Strathleven on the 19th, both for New York via Straits. oux port on the 28th ultimo, for Cheloo, returned on the 16th instant, leaky: She will go into deck, after having discharged her sugar. Shanghai Mercury.

German Barque Hilda Maria which had left

SHANGHAI AUTUMN MEETING, 1883.

Stewards-J. M. Ringer, Esq.; W. Paterson, Esq.; A McLeod, Esq. St. Michaelsen, Esq. A. Myburgh, Esq.; W. Howie, Esq.; and F. D. Hitch, Esq.

(By Telegrama)

1.

THIRD DAY, SATURDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER

Tla. 5 each, with Tis. top added; for China. ponies that have never been raced previous the 1st January, 1883; weight for inches as per scale; winners of a race of one mile and a half or over, 7lbs, extra; two or more such races, 13lbs, extra. "One mile and a Half

The GRAND STAND STAKES, 4. Sweepstakes of

Mr. Paul's ch. Reefer, 11st. lb...(Mr. Nickels) The FLYAWAY FLATE, value, Tis 150; for China ponies; weight for inches as per svale; en- trance, Tis. 3. Seven Furlongs, Mr. Bill's b. Second Violin, 11st. 4lb.......

(Mr. Brandt) r The COSMOPOLITAN CUP, value, Tis. 2021 for

China ponies; weight for inches as per scale; winners at this meeting of one race pĺbs, extraj twa races, 12lbs. extra; three or more races, 15lbs. extra; entrance, Tls. 10

One and Three Quarters.

Mile

Mr. St. Vincent's b. Ambassador, 1st, 4lbe

(Mr. Hutchings) 1 Mr. Mat. Dawaon's ca. Newmarket, 11st. ib.

(Mr. Nickels) = Won easily after a dead heat.

The MANCHU STAKES, A Sweepstakes of Tis. seach, with The 100 added; for China ponies that have run and not won a race"; ""first"pany" to receive 70 per cent; second popy, 20 per cent; third pony, 10 per cent weight for inches as per scale. One Mile and a Quarter. Mr. Arthur's gr. Billingsgate, 11st. 1lb......

(Mry Hutchings) |

The CHAU-SHANG-KIUK CUF, value, Tis 500.

Presented by the Employés of the C. M. S N. Co., of Shanghai; for China Ponies that have never run at any Meeting in China of Hongkong previous to date of entry at each Meeting; to be won at two consecutive Meetings by Ponies, the hona fide property of the same owner or owners; weight for inches as per scale; entrance, Tla 10; to be paid to the Winner until the Cup is finally *** won, when the Second Pony will receive the

entrance fees. One Mile.

Mr. Godolphin's gr. Nectar, 1ost. gib...........

(Mr. Duncan) I

The CONSOLATION CUP, value, Tis. 100. For Ponies that have run at this Meeting and not won a Race: weight for inches as per scale; entrance, Tls, 5. Once Round, Mr. St. Vincent's gr. Triumph, 11st. 4lb.......

(Mr. Hutchings) ↑

The CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKES, a forced entry for Winners optional for the Winner of the Hack Stakes, or the Consolation Cup, and all other Ponies that have run at this Meeting, not exceeding 14 hands in height." Weight for inches as per scale. Entrance, s. 1o. Winners of two Races, Ta, 15 extra of more ther two Races, Tla, 40 extra, One Mile and a Quarter,

Mr. Bill's b. Second Violin, 11st, 41b.

(Mr. Brandt)

The GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, value, Tls. Ioo, added to a Sweepstakes of TIES

tach For China Ponies. Weight for inches as per acale, with lbs, added. Twice Round, 'a Courso selected by the Stewards, Mr. Weed's gr. Capitaine, 11st, 1xib

SHANGHAI

Bir Harry Parkes arrived at Chefoo on the aard, por steamer Sin Narsing me t

We hear from a reliable source that some troops will shortly be despatched from Shan Hal Kwon (the Great Wall) to Tientsin,

7.The double office system at Amoy is work ing well. It is, however, a great pity that the Imperial Post Office will not allow an assistant, as to work both offices satisfactorily one is abso- The German barque Chloris, which was put up lutely necessary. I would strongly recommend for auction by Mr. Alex. Bielfeld to day, was not that this agency be supplied with a four-cared sold. A bịe of Tis. 3,150 was made, and wo gig in place of the present dingy. It frequently understand this offer has been submitted to the

happens that a steamer slows down about three owners, member the German

Our readers will

this loosesoil at an angle but little removed { can find a qulet corner in Central Africa Government can scarcely look for a great nedy's Horse. Repository, where I had an oppor-ure of the ly half an hour before the depart the agent for the underwriters at Nicolajevs

rainfall.

from the perpendicular. Under the cir-for the Rev. J. C. EDGE, where the blacks cumstances, it is not surprising to us to are open to religious conversion, our find landslips dangerous to the public safe-worthy brother in the work of progress ty occurring at every period of unusual may achieve something tangible in the good cause. But in Hongkong missionary The matter we refer to is one which the effort is a mere sham. The Chinese are Executive of the Colony should take notice not quite the savage heathens rabid reviva- of without any delay; but we presume it is lists and their followers are so fond of next to hopeless to expect anything like painting them. We eschew the discussion energy from that effete body, so we of purely religious topics in these columns would earnestly appeal to our inde or we might feel inclined to traverse the pendent representatives in the Legis-nonsense spouted by Mr. Exax by quoting lative Council to insist on better pro- some of the grand truths associated with tection being afforded to the lives of the faith of the followers of Buddha and deserving though humble class of the e believers in Confucius,

steamer.

A CLERK is required for the Government Civil Hospital, and a competitive examination for the post will be held in the Council Chamber, Gov- ernment Offices, at a p.m., on the 13th instant,

THE SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS.

miles outside Amoy, simply to drop the mails, and in rough weather the dingy is absolutely The first contingent of the subscription, griffins unsafer in point of fact, the Ageur almost always Governor in Council. The salary of this in for the next Hongkong Race Meeting arrived uses the Consular gig on these occasions, portant position is $240 per annum-that is, ao from Shanghai by the Indo-China S. N. Co's B. The new sce at Swatow is much appre per month-rising to $360 per annum. The steamer fooksang yesterday afternoon, and elated by the community there, as mails are

were quickly landed, and stabled at Mr. Kon- now closed deal of ability, or anything in the shape of tunity of cursorily examining them this morning. honesty, at such a miserable stipend as this. As Numbering 18 in all, the lot must be pronounced, Shanghai and Amoy offices. I think it would The only offices possessing safes are the there are numbers of fat sinecures in various of so far as appearance in the rough goes, fairly be advisable to supply each agency with a small officials drawing handsome monthly allowances log from recollection of previous batches of sub letters, as the opportunity whilst at Anity the Government departments, certain farra good looking and promising all round. Speak one for the safe keeping of stamps, registered for doing next to nothing, it is certainly anonscription ponies, I should certainly say that 10-I took the lous that the Executive can sanction and support the present crowd, taking them as a whole, this miserable polley of paying a clerk, whose is generally superior to any I have yet inspected office requires a certain amount of education, in Hongkong. I might even go further and ability and trustworthiness, a salary about state my opinion, that if the remaining 17, which equal to that of an enterprising street coolic. are expected by the steamer Posang in a few It is perfectly certain that no European or Ma- days, are equal in looks to those already here, caense who has to dress decently, can support and if the galloping abilities of the ponies are himself honestly on $20 per month. The "good equal to their formations and racing shapes, it is things" of the Hongkong Government service not very long odds against the winner of the are carefully preserved for a certain privileged Hongkong Derby springing for once from the section; the general staff of the departments, subscription griffins.... the men who do the work, are allowed to live from hand to mouth or to stave, so far as our paternal Executive cares. We say most amphati- | cally, these things should not be

steamer Augustas, which was wrecked some time ago in the Amour in sight of Nicolajevsk, The insurance value of the cargo was £150,000 and the vessel, which was only three years old, was insured forocco Mr. Paul Noebet,

represented to the agency at Hamburg that the it was impossible to get her off with the local steamer was a total wreck and considered that means procurable at Nicolajevsk The Augustus

was bought by Mr. Noebel, the agent, whe was consequently bold, said to have represented an invoice value of 19,000, for £1,400. She and Swatow of thanking Messrs. Elles & Co. after pumping her out with little expense and and Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, for allowing us with map, which he got in Nicolajeva, to use their offices for postal purposes. || doated her and made her, with trifling ex- 1.-The foreign communities at the ports | penses, a sea-going vessel. Baron Lübdosít, visited complain of the inconvenience of the the agent for Lloyds at the East Siberian present system of issuing money orders from the ports, visited Nicolajeval in April last, with offices in Hongkong and Shanghai alone. They the view to investigate the sale and repurchase would regard as a great boon any arrangements of the degrees, and the Baron's action resulted which would enable them to obtain money or in the steamer being handed over to the under- ders at the Postal Agencies of their own ports, witers. We hear now from Nicolajevsk that the as they would thus save much time and trouble. Russian authorities who investigated the matter, Shortly before noow a few of our local "sports” 12. Before concluding my report, 1 must put | charge Mr. Noebel with fraud; he la consequent- commenced to show up at the Horse Repository, on record my sincere thanks to H. B. M. Con ly under the supervision of the police, not being and after five minutes grace to give the absent suls at the various ports I visited for their kind | allowed to leave Nicolajevsk. Mr. Nockel is de subscribers an opportunity of being present; the | assistance in helping me to execute my work." || well-to-do mejchant.——Mercury,