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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1889.

In France the doctor's cisim on the estate of a deceased patient has precedence of all others.

A RATHER cynical toast runs thus: Woman She requires no eulogy; she speaks for herself." LAWYER'S Clerk - Will you take a chair, misa?, Boston Girl No, thank you, I wouldn't know what to do with it, But I'll sit down if I may.

HIGHLY antiseptic and meat agreeable and ANAN found in possession of five balls of raw opium without a permit, was to-day fined by Mr. H. E. Wodehouse $100 or three months hard labour.

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(Telephone No. 60.) Hongkong, 7th October, 1889.

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ACCORDING to the analyst, the worst enemies of the human race are the doctors, who, trying to prolong our 'miserable existence in a world full of death-traps, simply add one pitfall to the

number.

THE experience of the Electric Light Committee in Leeds has been that incandescent lamps be- come useless after a life of 85a to goo hauTS, though the filaments have a nominal life of 1,000 hours.

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"My dear Julia,” said one of the fascinating creatures, "how beautiful your complexion in in this dim light !" "Oh, thank you,” sweetly responded Julia; "and how lovely you look in the dark

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A REGULAR meeting of Perseverance Lodge, No. 1165, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Wednesday, the 16th instant, at 8.30 for 9 pm. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

A REGULAR meeling of the Eothen Mark Lodge of Hongkong, No. 264, will be held in Free. masons Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.

THREE generations of one family are now serving in the Royal Engineers. They are General Sir Alexandes Cunningham, Colorel Cunningham, and Lieutenant Cunningham. General Cunning hata was gazetted in 1831.

MISS PAULINE FRANCAIS, in' default of any attempt at Have 'is carcass, will begin her Via deleresa to Melbourne by the Afghan, to-morrow.

She swears she will never be taken back alive. Well, don't make a mess, Polly,

A STATEMENT that the Order of Foresters was the wealthiest friendly society in the world, possessing a capital of 3.821,163, is contradicted by another, that the Manchester Unity of Odd- fellows has a capital of £4,806,736.

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Ir is now alleged in England against Zola'r works that they familiarise the democracy with the crimes of the aristocracy.

In defence of the fashion of flirting with grooms English society girls urge that they are impelled to this course by "the shameless manner in which the married women mop up the young

men,"

armed lukongs, pulled off to the junke indicated, and found four men on board. They were Arrested, and on the bat being searched a lot of very antiquated guns, several revolvers and daggen, some stink-pots, a lot of powder and ball, a fowl, and kitten were found, and annexed. The prisoners were locked up, and the police went out again to see if any more of the same ilk were loose. THE full moon last night so affected a Chinaman They saw a small boat, built for two people, rowing off with five men in it, who, on being who had just returned from Salgon that he jumped off a wharf and awam about for a couple caught, turned out to have a lot more rusty old muzile leaders with them. They also were of hours, with a view to tiring himself out till he arrested, and when the station was reached were naturally drowned, Alach picked him thrust into a cell, preparatory to being searched. and he asked to be put asnore handy to some

This turned out an injudicious course, for, when shop where he could buy opium and finish him-

a lamp was obtained and the cell-door was self. M. Wodehouse sent him to the Tung-ware-opened, one of the prisoners fired from within, Hospital.

smashing one of Hanson's fingers. The men simultaneously dashed out, and got into the THE Band of the Argyll and Sutherland High-street, the police following. The difficulties of landers will play the following programme at

the chase were increased by the similarity in dress the Barrack Square to-morrow evening, com

between the plain clothes lukongs and the mencing at 7.30 o'clock:-

pirates, bat Bryan kept bis eye on one of the March......Charia Roy..Panne Lancom ...

"Faust up to dre"

inen, and Brought him down with a ballet: Vaha... Tout en Ras

Another jumped into the wharf, followed by a Tukong, and was recaptured, by. Hanson, who did not step to consider his injuries. Three other men were surrounded in barber's shop, and after a struggle two were again incarcerated, the third escaping. The eight men were brought before Mr. Wodehouse this morning, and remanded. 1

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ABOUT 4-30 this morning a copper-smith's shop at Yau-ma-ti caught fire. Some of the inmates jumped out of the windows, and one or two were slightly hurt. Inspector Bremner was in prompt | attendance with a manual, and Sergeant Harkins, with the floating fire-engine, followed, A missionary school at the back was in danger for some time, but in the end all damage was confined to the copper-smith's.

GREATER advance seems to have been made in Russia in the displacement of wood and coal as

· fuel than in almost any other part of the world, Naphtha dregs are used everywhere, and the railroads and manufactories have adopted the new fuel to the exclusion of the usual articles, It is fully 35 per cent cheaper than either and or conl, occupies much less space in storagé, and can be handled more readily. Its use has already become common for domestic purposes, and it is rapidly supplanting all other means of furnish- ing heat.

& CURIOUS manuscript, preserved in a Devon- shire family, throws some interesting light on school life at Eron in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It is a record of the school expenses of the sons of Sir William Cavendish of Chats- worth, and includes the following items: "A breast of mutton, jodi; a small chicken, 48; a week's baard, 5s, each, besides the wood burned in their chamber: an old woman for sweeping and cleaning, ad.; mending a shoe, id.; three candles, gd.; a book, "Esop's Fables,' 4d; two pairs of shoes. 15. 40.; two bunches of wax lights, 1d." The total expenses of an ordinary scholar in the year 1514 were about £s per annum. The Cavendish boys would cost a larger sum, for they had, among other luxuries, a mun-servant to wait upon them.

Another and more successful case of piracy is also engaging the autention of the police just now. About a fortnight ago a junk which sailed out of Hongkong was captured by pirates about ten miles away. Instead of following the usual piratical routine, packing the crew below, with big stones, piled on the hatch, and sailing off with all the cargo, the freebooters appraised its value at $80, and agreed to release the boat on payment of that amount. As there was not so much money on board one of the junk'a.crew was taken away as a hostage and the boats parted. The hostage got away a day or two ago, He said that he was taken off to a hut on the hills around Cape Collinson, on this island, and guarded by four men night and day. As there was no sign of his being ransomed, his captors got tired of the situation, and released him. The other night Detective Inspector Stanton, with a small force, and searching the hillside dawn there when they saw a junk, apparently derelict; and on boarding it found that it was the piratica!

boat. It had been deserted.

THE PRAYA RECLAMATION

SCHEME,

ACCORDING to recent statistics 653 people were killed in France from 1852 to 1882 by lightning. Of these, 487 were men and 166 women. The majority of the deaths occurred in the open field, UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF interest. At they point out, it may be several and not in the mountainous regions, as might be supposed.

AN acute American observer has recorded that

The only indication of the advanced years of the actress is in the appearance of her elbows, which show the wrinkles of age "So like Achilles, even-the-tough-old-hena of the colonial-stage have- a vulnerable spot.

MRS. JONES (Clerk-If possible, sir, I should like to go to my grandmother's funeral to-day, Head of firm-Certainly. But I hope for propilety's kake, Jones, that you won't go in that white Bannel tennis suit I saw you sneak in behind your desk this morning.

DETECTIVE INSPECTOR Quincey made another raid on a gambling Club (†) last night on Gough Street, and succeeded in arresting three of the Inmates. Mr. Wodehouse ordered them to prison fare for three months with bard labor, to produce a healthy appetite,

CANTON.

The sixteenth ordinary meeting of the share holders in this Society was held at the offices to-dy. The Hon. P. Ryrie presided, and among those present were:-Hon. J. J. Keswick, Hon. B Layton, Messrs. H. L. Dalrymple, E. A. Solano, N. A. Sic bs, J. F. Holliday, (Director) W. H. Cox, F. Henderson, G. Murray Bain, R. K. Leigh, R. Lyall, W. Bunder, Capt. Burnie, and N J. Ede (Secretary).

There has been but little delay in proceeding with the New Reclamation scheme since the passing of the Ordinance in May last. Two months had to be allowed for the assent of marine lot owners, and another month for signing the agreements. Many have already. signed, and the rest are only holding back pending the settlement of the question of years befo e the work in respect to their frontage is completed, and they will have to stand out of their money so long, so they want interest, Negociations with the Government are going on, and will probably rea it in an allowance of 5 per cent, on the $15,000 or so which is to be paid as a first instalment. When that is settled, and the whole of the money paid, that is to any sometime di ring this month, tenders will be applied for and discussed by the Executive, in conjunction with the representatives of the lot owners. In a month or six weeks the work will probably be commenced, and may beinaugurated publicly. Certainly the magnitude of the under- taking would justify a certain amount of festivity There are sevenstreets along the Prays, and each and orating. The work will be done in sections, will divide two sections. The owners on each section will pay their proportion of the cost of that partion, so that those with a deep water front will have considerably more to pay than those whose lots abut on the shallower water, About 500 feel by 160 are at present being reclaimed down at West Point by the Govern

consequence has greatly decreased. This state of affairs is difficult to put a stop to, owing to the British law legalizing bankruptcy. Amongst Westerners to be a bankrupt means the loss of "fate" whereas amongst a certain class, of hinese to declare bankruptcy means an endeavor to defraud. The Government has the means to investigate property and assets of Westerners, whilst the property and assets of a

law applying to Westerners should not obtain

truly to be the case that his business is not what it was before, and that there has been no attempt to defmud his creditors. The petitioners also pray that inaense of an absconding debtor, the Chinese. authorities, no matter in what part of China, should be asked by special despatches to them to arrest the offenders and rendite them to this colony for trial (1) or, that a new low should be made that whenever a shop is opened the owner

should give his bona fide name and surname, together with the amount of his capital to be registered at the Government offices for the coa venience of investigators; in this way the amount of capital in a certain shop being known such persons will not dare to defraud others, and their commercial friends' would not then be too. confiding in them. Bythese means the business of Hongkong will Increase and prosper daily and the hearts of the people will be glad and at peace. The petitioners pray that His Excellency will exert his best strength in protecting them. The petitlesers are also really the exponents of the commercial men of the colony, and now come in haste to the Honorable the Registrar-General, so that he may put their views before His Excellency the Governor, for him to decide whether what has been said in this petition be on the side of truth and right or not.

CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.

Chinese are known only to himself; hence the with the Chinese. The following instances may be cited to expose the frauds practised by Chinese bankrupta to obtain their ends, which since the numerous falures through speculations in lands and houses in former years have be- come daily on the increase by the votaries of treachery and fraud. There are those who, baving started business in thecolony, first remove their portable valuables, "placing them in other places, and then close their shop doors and declare themselves bankrupt. There are those who, having borrowed large amounts from others, convey this money to their own homes in their native, towns, and then declare themselves bankrupt. There are again those who first make good their own escape, leaving their forts (employés) to file a petition of bankruptcy for them. There are those who, owing more than they can pay, take the opportunity of being pressed for money to declare themselves bank- rupt. There are those who having transported all their ready cash to a safe place leave a lot POLYTHEISM; PANTHEISM; ATHEISM, of goods and chattels to be divided amongst

IT. their creditors when they have been adjudicated The polytheism and pantheism of the lower bankrupt. There are others who, having first classes of Chinese, are matched in the upper removed all their goods to another place, leave classes, by what appears to be pure atheism. only the forniture of shops to their creditors and Upon this point we are not prepared to speak then declare themselves bankrupt. Others with the same confidence as in regard to the open shops with the deliberate intention of prevalence of polytheism and pantheism, for the gaing into bankruptcy as soon as it suits their reason that opportunities for a satisfactory purpose. Others, seeing some one Into estimate of what the condition of mind of the bankruptcy with no reason in the world for such latively higher classes of China really is, have a step, also follow suit. There are again those not fallen to our lot. But from the testimony of who became bankrupt, as it were, to-day, and those who know most on this paint, and from not long afterwards we see them opening up a antecedent probability, we have no

difficulty in new line of business. There are those who concluding that there never was on this earth a having declared themselves bankrupts in Hong- body of educated and cultivated men so thoroughly kong keep on a thriving business in other agnostic and atheistic as the mass of Confucian places. Again, there are those who, failing in scholars. The phrase 'antecedent probability" their designs, produce a false balance sheet to refers to the known influence which has been get out of their frauds, and finding this device exerted over the literatiof China by the materi fail, say that a large amount of money is shortly aliastic commentators of the fung dynasty. The expected from some place or other in order to influence of Chu Hsi, the learned expoundet of the gala time, and, then when a favorable oppor Chinese Classics, has been sooverwhelming, that tunity offers, abscond with all,their belongings. to question any of his viewp has long been regarded So many and various are the devices resorted to as heresy. The effect has been to overlay the that it is hard for the pen to describe them in teachings of the Classics with an interpretation foto. Moreover, there is a numerous class of which is not only materialistic, but which, so men here, who transfer their business interests, far rs.we understand it, istotally atheistic. After shares and landed property to the names of the Yellow River emerges from the mountains their wives, concubines, sons daughters, or of Shanai and Shensi it continues its way for perhaps utilise the names of some intimate hundreds of miles to the sea, In successive friends or relatives for the purpose of nominally ages it has taken many different routes, ranging transferring their property, and then declare through six or seven degrees of fatitude, from the themselves bankrupts and hence. it follows mouth of the Yangtze-kiang, to that of the Peino, that these men turn out after bankruptcy But wherever it has flowed, it has carried ruin, to be richer than they were ever before. and has left.beblud ita barrenwaste of sand. Not In one instance not long ago there was a certain unlike this has been the materialistic current individual who, while filing a petition in bank introduced by the commentators of the Sung ruptcy in Hongkong, was building magnificent dynasty into the stream of Chinese thought, a houses in his own village, and it is a well-known current which baving flawed unchecked for seven and authenticated fact that he is worth at the centuries, has left behind it a moral waste of present time not far from a hundred thousand | ath ipfic sand, incapable of supporting the spir inels. There is again a class of man who,itual life of a nation. Tanism hns degenerated having defrauded others, board up this money is their native town and then make a clean thing. It has largely borrowed from Buddhism, to supple into a system of incantations against evil spirito. of it by absconding, leaving absolutely nothing ment its own innate deficiencies. Buddhism was for their creditors. When such frauds become itself introduced to provide for those inherent known, the distance placed by the defaulter

wants in the nature of man, which Confucianiem renders it dificult for the creditors to inquire feto did little or nothing to satisfy. Each of these his circumstances or to follow him. His where about being known, the Chinese officials are

forms of instruction has been grenity modified by the others, and as at present "found in Chiva, communicated with by the Hongkong Govern they may be likened to three serpents. The first ment asking them to take the matter in hand; serpent swallowed the second up to its head, but the eyes of the Chinese authorities view mandarins attend to the matter when they have extent. But the third serpent having a mouth beyond which it could not go. The second serpent monetary suits of law in a trivial light, and the In like manner swallowed the third to the same the leisure to do so, hence the difficulties of ofindefinite capacity, reached around and finding obtaining pecuniary redress which is a further the tall of the first, also swallowed this fervent incentive to such men for making Hongkong the basis of operations to perpetrate frauds, and

up to its head leaving only three heads visible, and an exceedingly intimate union between all then decamp with the fruits of their successful three of the bodies: Buddhism swallowed swindling.

"Tacism, Taoism swallowed Confucianism, but at The number of traders who have falled, com last the latter swallowed bath Buddhism and

sent date, is over forty, and the fatal amount of are one'! The practical relation of the Chiness their liabilities is considerably over two millions to their three religions, may be illustrated by of dollars. Some of them had really goods on the relations of an Anglo-Saxon to the materials their hands and credit outside, which taken together would have covered 'their liabilities; these defaulters begulled their creditors by the statement that as soon as they had collected their outstanding accounts and sold their goods they would be able to pay every cent, but once having turned everything into ready cash, these worthies immediately ab. sconded. By such conduct how can commerce be prosecuted? Moreover such shops a# ATO shaky, when inquired into by their creditors, answer that their affairs are not what they seem and in time all will be well, yet by such instances is it not sufficient for any one to tremble for the principles of commercial intercourse?

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TELEGRAMS.

THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.'

LONDON, October 8th. The elections have resulted as follows:-e Moderates.................................236 votes. Radical Republicans ........... ..126 Royalists........ Bonapartists............................................ 58 :47

Boulangists

..105.

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(From the Diario.)

MADRID, October and. The trouble between the Sultan of Morocco and the Spanish Government has terminated satisfactorily, the captives held by the Riffians -being released.

LOCAL AND GENERÁL,

M. PIQUET, Governor-General of Tonquin, who arrived by the last French mail, left for Balgon this morning, by the man-of-wat Sendra,

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the other day that there were seventeen different tribes of microbes located in the human month, by means of which kissing often communicated disease. So you see, in spite of his protestations, the parson is a dangerous man in society. THE hawker who the day before yesterday charged a young man named Li, at the Police Court with having fired a pepper box" at him last December for refusing to lend him five dollars without security, told a very nice story, and would probably have managed his case ao successfully as to have sent the defendant into "limbe," had it not turned out that this same hawker accused another mian last December of the identical offence for

very which the accused had to go to gaol for six months The whole charge being false on the face of it, the presiding Magistrate, Mr. Wedehouse, dismissed the case and released the prisoner this morning.

The Chairman said:Gentlemen, the report which I have the pleasure to present to you to day haar been in your possession since last Saturday and unless any shareholder particularly wishes me to read it 1 will with your permission consider it as read. I am happy to be able to point out that the increase in nett premium for 1888 amounts $126,201 over the premium collected for 1887, and that the profit for 1888 is $103,535 50 more than fr 1887. The year 1887 was, as I said on this day last year, one of those comparatively less, profitable ones which must but you will be glad to observe that the account for 1848 shows a return towards the more satisfactory figures which were for many years the good fortune of this old established society. The increase in premium is particularly encourag- ing for I consider it denotes that the shareholders are giving the society their su, port and I hope they will continue to do so. You will notice that the Board declared for 1888 an interim bonus of 20 per cent. on contributions, which was paid last April, and they now propose for your considera. per share as dividend tion the payment of and the passing of $36,000 to the Reserve, which will bring that fund up to $712,500. As regards the out turn of 1879 it is impossible to say any thing positive, the figures given in the body of the report being of course purely estimates. I have however every reason to believe that if our risks run off with no more than the usual pro- portion of losses the prospects for the year are. very good. With these few observations I have the pleasure to move the adoption of the report In America Judge Ridley recently had before and accounts and I shall be happy to answer him a young man charged with the heinous any questions that you may wish to ask.

Mr. Henderson seconded, and they were crime of kissing a young woman against her will. As to what constitutes "consent" in a adopted. case of this kind the bachelor Judge delivered The Chairman mentioned that the Hon. B. the following able and exhaustive opinion-Layton and Mr. Solomon retired from the Board, | "Il a man kiss a woman without her consent, but were eligible for re-election.

expressed or implied, he would be guilty of a

Mr. Murray Bain moved their re-election. battery. By expressed consent I mean a declared Ms. Lyall seconded. Carried. willingness to be kissed, and by implied consent The Chairman proposed that Messrs. Cox and war- she wished to be kissed and then and there rante would be issued to-morrow, and the desired him to comply with her wishes."

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greater Reclamation will probably begin connection therewith, The way it will be begun will be that junks laden with large stones will be discharged to the outer edge, and a broad base of pierre perde-in some places 60 feet deep, and sloping at an angle of about forty-five degrees on each side, will be formed. This will reach to the surface, and then, next June and July, for about two hours each tide, the work of building the sea-wall will have to be pushed on, At the same time the enclosed space will be filled up with earth, probably excavated at Lap sap-wan. As each section approaches comple- tion another will be commenced, but the new portion will not be ready for building on for at least twelve months. It is almost settled that the Naval and Military Reclamation scheme will be carried on in co-operation, joining at the Recreation Club, so that new roads running cast and west will be constructed right along.

of which his language in composed, it gros and Norman and Dane are we," but even were it possible, to determine our remote origin, the choice of our words would not be influenced in the smallest degree by the extent to which we may happen to have. Saxon or Norman blood in our veins. Our selec- tion of words will be determined by our mental habits, and by the use to which we wish to pat wards, with liberal admixture of the Norman, terms: But in either case the Saxon is the base, while the farmer will use mostly plain Saxon

to which the other stocks are but additions. In China Confucianism is the base, and all Chinese are Confucians, as all English are Sazonk. To what extent Buddhist or Taoist ideas, phraseo logy and practices may be superimposed upon this base, will be determined by circumstances, But to the Chinese there is no more incongruity with a poor man's | or contradiction in the combination of the three

the words, The scholar will use many "Latin

In every commercial emporium the flow of 'money necessarily is unceasing, and those who declare themselves before the Registrar as CHINESE IDEAS ON THE BANK- this principle, the bankrupt's life and actions bankrupts are put down as "poor men," Following

RUPTCY LAW,

I mean such conduct on her part as would lead | Ly¤ll be re-appointed auditors, and it was agreed from the machinations of their defauling close their shop doors and declare themselves antiquity of all three religions is clearly pointed:

a man with whom she coquetting to suppose that to. He then announced that the dividend

IN making mention of the unfortunate destruction

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THE “MARABOUT" CASE,

A curious example of the Confucian way of looking at the other religions of China Is found in the Chapter on Heresies of the Sacred Edicts composed by the Emperor K'ang Hal, and annotated, by Yung, Cheng. The

oat, but Chu Het is quoted against the doctrines of the Buddhist, and of the Taciais, la away which might imply the entire condemnation of those sects. Yet in the commentary the langdage is such, that one might infer that after all it is not the doctrines of the real Buddhists and the

should be in accordance these very men religions” In one ceremony, than there is to our circumstances, and yet we We have before us a printed pamphlet in dress and eat as rich men do, moving about in thought in the interweaving of words of diverse Chinese, being the draft of a petition which was mate in private sedan chairs. This proves the national origin in the same sentence. signed by a number of Chinese merchants cunning and slippery ways of such men to the in this colony, in which the Government detriment of the good and honest. They have is requested to devise some special methods no way of adapting themselves to their redaced for the protection of Chinese merchants circumstances, and so as soon as they find trade to be bad and not as Aourishing as before they countrymen. The pamphlet in question is a very Indifferent specimen of Chinese literary.

bankrupts, Taking the whole circumstances pro-composition, and the sentiments expressed in lato consideration, therefore, it is right to predict

that such men while using the name of bank the first part of the petition, alleging that some ruptcy, in reality turn it into an opportunity for Chinese are in the habit of making bankruptcy defrauding others of their bard earned gains. the means of acquiring wealth, and inferring The practice of harming others to benefit them- that this is a habit peculiar to Chinese, are in our opinion unjustified, one-sided; and unfair. selves may be likened to the act of setting fire real Taoists to which exception is taken, but The nauseous nattery in the assertion that to one's house in order to obtain the money of the abuse of those doctrices by designing bankruptcy, speaks for itself. We give a liberal the occurrences of such cases. Of late there doctrines are or are not true, was in the westerners are never (sic) guilty of fraudulent his asurance policy. Unless, therefore, stringent priests for their own, ende, There is no

methods be adopted, many and frequent will be indication that the question whether these: translation of this petition and propose at an early date to have something to say on a subject have been certain persons who have endeavored the mind of the writers at all. They that has a wide public interest -

to enrich themselves substantially by first running | simply recognise them as in existence, and point

debtors and the difficulty of having justice done, class have freely bribed some of their own for other alleged virtuous purposes. In the man- Owing to the recent frequent absconding of away and then asking their brothers or relatives outtheidexpediency of allowing men and women, it is proposed to draw up a petition to be signed creditors to use their names to help to put through daris expantion of the Sacred Edicts, these to report bankruptcy on their behalf,"Stil another to assemble promiscuously to burn lucense, and

by the entire (Chinese) community of Hongkong, their bankruptcy. The minds that have concocted objections are developed at great length, and by which being done, Mr. Ho Kai, barrister-at-law, will be asked to bring, the matter before His such schemes bear the same relation in point of writer who was evidently bitterly, hostile le Excellency, the Governor, and ask him to devise fact to the brains that scheme the perfection of Buddhism, and to Taolam, The practice of

taking one of the sons of a family, and making - some remedy for the present evil state of affairs. any kind of piracy and highway robbery. The petition having been drawn up, printed

Laws have been made for the benefit of the hini latos Buddhist priest, to the extinction of copies of it are now distributed for the informs people; hence, if laws are found to be applle his natural relations to his parents, excites the flon of the people that they may be prepared, able or otherwise, these have been sometimes fierce anger of the Confucianists. Some of the or shop seals, when requested to do so, to affix their algnatures, repealed. We have seen this dong in many Chinese virtue books containing lists of virtu

cases here, where certain laws were necessary to ous deeds for which merits marks are allowed, be altered for the good of the people of Hongkong. | 211lgo a hundred such marks to the woman who“ Forced by circumstances therefore, we, the unders never in her life goes once to a temple to burn The petition of the entire community of signed petitioners, tearfully present our grievances incense w Chinese merchants in the colony of Hongkong to the Honorable the Registrar General, begging It is always difficult to make a Chinese per.. bumbly prayeth that a benevolent exercise him to put them before His Excelle cy the ceive that two forms of bellef, are mutually, of the gubernatorial powers may be put forth for Governor, who knowing the difficulties attendant exclusive. He knows nothing about logical the purpose of restricting the action of bankrupts on commerce will surely devise somme method for contradictories, and cares even is. Ho has as a means of protecting the interests of com- the solution of the matter in question. And we learned by Instinct the art of reconciling proposi merce as a whole: The oldest amongst the pray that in any case of bankruptcy coming tons which are inherently reconcilable, by petitioners have traded in this colony for over before him he will order strict inquiries 10 be violently affirming each of them, paying no heedy forty years' and the youngest for twenty years made in the matter, or lay obstacles in the path whatever to thely mutual relations... He is thus . and upwards, and the happy state of their affairs of the would-be bankrupt, compelling the man prepared by all his intellecteal training to allow and their peaceful life have been mainly owing to come to a personal arrangement with his the most incongruous forms of bellel to unlie, as to the benevolent government they have lived creditors to return at least one half of his debts fluids: mingle) by Endocinosis and causmosis: under. There have bera of lato bankruptcles in liquidation, and also that the man cannot He has carried intellectual hospitalliy (, to the in daily increasing numbers, and business in a decinto hims.If a bankrupt unless It be found point of logical suicide, but he does not know ity

of the temples at Peking on the 18th ult. by lightning, we 'did not consider it necessary to describe the style of architecture, etc., of these The adjourned case in which Philip Strevett, structures; but since the Daily Prar hasthought AB, summoned Captain Ferguson, of the British St to publish a letter by an American mis-ship Marabout, for an assault committed a mile sionary, the Rev. Dr. Happer, which may outside Newcastle, N.S.W., came before Mr. mislead the public, we will give a short account Wodehouse again this morning. Mr. Bowies or Temple for prayers appeared for the defendant, and after a while, as of the Ch'tian flan, els building was bout 1, Webber and the coraplainant did not appear during the reign of the Emperor Jung Lu, of the asked for the case be dismissed. Mr. Wodehouse Ming dynasty, sometime in the fifteenth century refused, and after some delay Mr. Webber It contained elghly-one rooms with walls built, arrived. not of marble, as stated, but of jade stone ofthe Han

Mr. Wodehouse intimated that be wished to dynasty A.D). 800, and was the highest building hear Mr. Webber on the question of jurisdiction in China of this character. The principal wood to be shewn that he had jurisdiction, work of this costly temple consisted entirely of Mr. Webber cited several cases, and, in con- the "Chnan," a very expensive aromatic wood clusion, read sections 367-70 from Roscoe's much prized by the Chinese and supposed to

"Digest of Evidence in Criminal Cases," which have many miraculous powers, so that during laid down that a case could be heard in which the progress of the fire on the art ultimo, the air for miles around was laden with smell, caused through a strong aromatic the burning of the CA'i-nas wood-work. The cost of this temple is put down in certain historical works at not less than forty-three million taels, and was always considered to be the costliest edifice in the whole of the Chinese Empire, The only remains of this once costly temple now consist of a lot of cracked, begrimed white jade stone piled about promiscuously, and bite of half About nine'o'clock last night one of the well-to burat CAY non aromatic wood, which are do Chinamen at Shau-ki-wat went to the Police occasionally stolen by workmen occupied at Station and Informed Acting Inspector: Hanson present in clearing the site for a new edifice, that a suspicious boat was in the bay, and that and sold at high prices to Pekingese not she believed his house was going to be attacked, resvisirs of the late fire, but on account of their On the principle that prevention was better than Intrinsic value as aromatic wood

cure, Hanson, with PC. Bryan and four wall-

an offence was committed in a place other than Her Majesty's dominions. He submitted that that referred to offences on the high seas, or on B.itish dominions,

Mr. Wodch use decided to look the point up, and go on with the case, if he had jurisdiction, 10-mOITOW,

PIRACIES AROUND HONGKONG.

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DRAFT OF PETITION,