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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1891.

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damage had been done, chher to person or pre-exercise any infidence over the votes of perty; a few insignificant bruises and breakages the nation, and Gambetta himself would was the sum total. It never seemed to strike have been relegated to private life long rears tim, then or afterwards, that he merlied before his death, to say nothing of M. Thiers, any special praise or pay. Good old from whose married life Oulda took the plot I have not seen him for years, of her novel, "Mothe" In fact, a prominent He seems to have sailed away into the Frenchman is thought none the less of, bst unknown; perhaps he has crossed another river, rather the more, for his breaches of the seventh and beard the Master's Well done." After commandment, and he is apt to announce his this experience we passed and repassed Chang- love affairs of the left hand with much-blare of sha often, but troubled it no more; meanwblle trumpets and beating of drums, being even friend Mr. Lf thought he would try what willing to invent a fer little romances of the could be accomplished with the aid of the native kind with himself for the hero it there are none dress. He contrived to get laside the city-be really existent. The attitude of the English public only foreigner who has yet done soone evening is much more respectable, it is true, and tends at dusk undetected. But they discovered what far more to preserve the outward purity and he was next morning; and although pono sa decency which form the wide difference between bim ga is, there were plenty who saw her out the literature and foumalism of France and and they were by the gods of war and again he England. One has only to compare the success. that if he played them such a trick again he ful novels and plays of the past decade in the would not five to tell the tale.-N. C. Daily latter country with those of the former to per

ceive the wholesome check exercised by public opinion in the one land with the wholesale licence permitted in the other.

In the Settlement.' The case presented very | for a distance of 15 fi; the face presented ordinary features, and the only curious thing by the city. wall occupying about half that connected therewith was that, when the space in rear of the riverside street. The city is prisoners were arrested, one of them attempted almost square, and has fire gates, four of which to swallow some documents which he had con- open towards the diver. It is a place of consider. cealed on his person. Upon examination, these able trade, and the city is well filled with toany were found to be tickets of membership of the | fine streets, grand temples, and colleges, besides now notorious organization, which numbers the usual official buildings belonging to a capital. amongst its ranks the majority of the small Its grand peculiarity, however, is that, like the officials, military and civil, in North China, and forbidden city at Peking, and the Kingdom of which also includes many high provincial digni- Tibet, it is one of the few places now left in the taries amongst its sympathisers, at least, if not whole world which no foreigner may presume to its active agents. We are further enter. It is perhaps the most intensely anti-

that the main objects of the foreign city la China, a i

kept up by the organization commend themselves to even literart with the full sympathy of the officinis the better class of Chinese, who are in a state Here are the headquarters of that villainous of incipient revolt against the allen dynasty press whose unspeakably fitby sull-foreign In Peking. Mr. Playfair, who sat sa Ae productions, Intely drawn attention to by Mr. sessor in the Mixed Court, avalled himself Richard, are widely, circulated in all the pro- of his position to obtain possession of one of vinces, and have given zise to numerous anil the cards, of which we give an exact repre- foreign riots resulting in much suffering, and sentation, except that the original ticket was destruction of property. Hero also, strange to printed on a piece of linen or calleo, 6 inches say, are the headquarters of not a few officials by 3 inches. This document is apparently a who have held high office in foreign countries, very innocent article, and no one reading it or in connection with foreign affairs. Perhaps. would suspect that its allegorical context con- more officials who have been abroad could be cealed anything more serious than an attempt to found in Changsha thần in any other city in the render fato Chinese some of the formulas of central provinces. Freemasonry. In fact, the Kolachwei originally very much resembled Masons at first and only thirteen years ago, Just on the back of gradually changed its nature so as to embrace the issue of the Margary proclamation. all kinds of illegal, iniquitous and treasonable We got into the river and as far as the capital | Queca's Road, and Duddell Street. acts-Some years-ago the Kolao drew the anger--unobserved and one, bright artıma moming. of the Imperial Government upon themselves in | we stepped ashore at the landing in front of the consequence of the evil tendency of their great west gate, in company with a native helper, organization, which was then forbidden. But we and hopeful of being able to accomplish some 'know how futile the attempts of the Central work before the authorities came on the scene. Government to suppress such societies always Our stay was brick. Almost immediately a great have been, and the Kolas-bwel, instead of being shout of "foreign devil come, beat him," weaker for its official denunciation, is actually { "kill him," etc., was raised, There was n strong enough to threaten the most powerful grand rush of people from all quarters, a good Viceroy of the Empire, and to aim at over deal of hustling, tugging, and throwing of things, turning the very Throne Itself. As in the and before we could recover from our bewilder esse of many other similar societies, the ment we were in the hands of a dozen origin of the Kolap-hwel la involved in sturdy soldiers, being taken back to our doubt, though it is generally believed to boat to give an account of ourselves. We have had its origia în Hanan, the birth-

soon convinced that we had better place of many similar powerful organizations. | take our departure, and attempt to carry This province, through the bravery of its on operations elsewhere. Next time we tried troops and the natural energy and force of the plan of staying in our boat for a while in character of its people, has come prominently to midstream opposite the city, in order to receive the front in the late years. It is generally stated, visitors; plan which had answered well is too, that the inte Viceroy of Nanking, Treng other hostile places. Out here it was a complete Kwo-chuan, was one of the most active fattere, for no one came near us; and after three organizers of the society, and we may also infer days spent in doing nothing we came away that the present occupant of the Viceregal defeated again. In those days, with the scare Yamen in the ancient capital, who is also a of the Margary matter fresh upon their minds, Hunan man, was likewise once a member of the to be a British subject was to be somebody, so brotherhood, from the fact that be has recently on a third visit, accompanied by a friend, Mr. beza denounced by the Koiso-hwelana renegade, Wa, the authorities proposed that we might and has been menaced with three distinct threats

come to the great landing and sell books from -the first of which is assassination; the second, our boat, provided we did not seek to

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ashore. rebellion; and the third, the destruction of We agreed, but even for this they required thres Foreign property in his dominions, for the pur days in which to make the necessary strange. pose of involving him with the Central Governments. These mainly consisted in covering the ment, and through him the Central Government city with placards, some being very elaborate, with the Treaty Powers. We have seen a serious some brief and pithy, but all to the same effect, commencement winde with the last threat, and namely that on the morning of the 13th two unless the Kolno-hwel are broken up there is foreign devils would come to the great matou, little doubt that they will put the remaining and every man must bring bricks and stones to threats into execution when an opportune time beat them to death. arrives. Their daring is simply astounding, and As the fateful day approached we discovered as an instance, we must remember that very that it was not in the programme we should shortly after the death of the late Viceroy they cross the river at all Our boatmen had been broke into the Viceregal Yamén and stole many scared, bribed, and nothing would induce Important documents, as well as the Viceregal them to leave the quiet place we were anchored seal, which however has been recovered, we in on any such errand. As to getting another believe, by a gond stiff price being paid for it | bost, the authorities laughed at the very ides, to the thieves by the Acting Viceroy. The samuting us that no one there would risk life and weak point of the organization la that it property in such a venture. boat, now

have no head or leader, unless it be standing, was placed at our disposal, and that in appears to some lage Hampden, away in the wilds of such s remarkable way as convinced us it wRE Hunan, some obscure country gentleman, of the Master's will that we should see this thatas the literati, probably, who directs the movement through. Our men were ashore endeavouring generally from a distance, and gives them the to engage a boat of any kind, but the attempt while he keeps behind the scents. The appeared to be bopleicas, for all had been warned present Viceroy might have been the chief of officially to have nothing to do with us, when organization, but like holders of office all they met with an old Christian who had several the world over, he is temporarily on the side on times tried to pay us a visit, but had been which his bread is buttered, and his interests turned back-au all non-official visitors always are opposed to the Kolao-bwel, who represent were at Changsha-by the numerous guards the great body of "Have Nota" in China. The who were watching us. His name was milltary element furnishes its chief supporters 1, a boatman connected with the L.M.S., and and the framense number of pensioned generals known to us by report. Happening to be there and officers who are kept hanging on to the tail of the Government by a ridiculously small business, and knowing the dificulty we were monthly stipend, and who are kept alive, like Mr. Micawber, mainly by the hopes of some thing turning up, which will necessitate the Government requisitioning their services in soms profitable, but not necessarily military field, The gentry, whose capacity for mischief and influence through their relatives in various parts of the empire must be considerable, have been turned into implacable foes by the Viceroys du at Nasking, and Chang at Wuchang, dismissing them and stopping their pay roll, and make the trouble and cause the ramifications of the Kola: hwel to stretch out with such strength through at least five provinces. The ticket of membership of the society may be rendered as follows:-

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In, he wished to tell I us that his boat was at our service. Before the cocksure authorities knew what was on foot we had Lt's boat alongside, and Li himself, beaming with pleasure, engaged in having our belongings transferred to it. Not a single stipulation did he make as to what we might or might not do with his boat, nor as to what he would receive for the service; and yel like a certain poor widow we read of, he seemed to be casting away "all the living that he had,"

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News.

(To be continued.)

KOREA.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.).

Soul, June 5th.

No more important. tople just now to dilate upon than the all absorbing weather; the crops and the health of the people, and therefore their welfare depend upon it. The weather was very nice, but too dry, and the farmers were beginning to feel very anxious about it. However on the 24th ult. we had a downpour of 3 inches in 16 hours, and again on the 3rd lustant x inch in 6 hours; there is now a good prospect of a fine Korea, and the prospects of commerce and trade rice crop, which is of the utmost importance to in general.. However, the oats may have suffered to some extent by drought. Mr. Reinsdorff has relieved Mr. Krien at the German Consulate, where he is ably susisted by Mr. Doncke, the

On the 30th ult, the German steamship Signal arrived from Ping-yang with 400 regulares board, in charge of a big mandarin; they tramped to the catal; the fellows were well armed, and well clad in handsome uniforms of femi-za dzepi sundel also appeared well fed and disciplined, and fairly well drilled,

Our sea port Chemulpo has been somewhat neglected hy men-of-war of late; since the 7th of May, when the Chinese transport Mergus leit, only the Japanese gun-boat Chokat kon has been in port, and the yarn about Li Hung-chang paying us a flying visit with the united Peiyang and Nanyang squadrons in all bosh. He had | better mind his own business.

On the 3rd Inst. the French cruiser Villars arrived, and the Italian war ship Volturno, the latter with the Minister, Cavaliere Pansa, and Signora Pansa, on board, and the treaty con- cluded with Korea by Count di Luca will now be ratified; the distinguished party arrived in Sual on the 4th inst.

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But, and here comes the rub, there is nothing on earth much more inconsistent than British prudery, Mr. Parnell, and before him Slr Charles Dilke, have been hooted and bunted from pable life for conduct not one whit theWING to the COMPANY'S REMOVAL worse than that of most of the princes of the royal family. That exquisitely sensitive flower, English public opinion, can endure with hard hood the fragrant and countless Haisons of the Prince of Wales, while smitten as with a sudden frost at any revelations of Radical misdemeanors Duchesses can sunt their lovers and Countessen their legitimate children in the very face of society, and society will accord them not one invitation or one visiting card the less. British and go travelling around the world with those of aristocrats may leave their wedded wives at home other people and British prudery closes its eyes, Ice House Road are suitably lighted to and stops its cars against all revelations concern produce all styles of Portraiture in any weather. ing their proceedings. In fact, the present code of CABINETS from $5 a dozen... murality of Zagdish society seems to be "Princes

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LIFE SIZED BUSTS in Colour, or Black & muy as they like, but the rest of the com munity must respect appearances."

White,

"Consistency, thou art a jewel," is a proverb that has a good deal of truth is it, but that gem is certainly net found adorning the British Tics- sury. Even Queen Victoris, that most severely proper of all old ladies, and the chief of that sternly virtuous class, the British matron, did not besitate to welcome to her home a few months ago one of the most immoral women tu all Europe, simply because that women was a Queen. She has refused to receive at her drawing-rooms far more respectable women than Isabella of Spain.

However, I must confess that I prefer even these partial demonstrations of English propriety to the asif indifference to all such matters that sometimes characterizes the actions of French functionaries.

I remember the Indignation aroused, for instance, Inthe British mind by the action of one of M. Grevy's ministers, During my last stay in Chemulpo I observed man whose heme anduesit were openly presided who sent as ambassador to London a gentle the fine Roman Catholic Mission buildings in over by a lady who was the wife of another Koreatown progressing rapidly towards compleman. And the funniest part of the whole affait

was the amazement of the Minister aforesaid

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Dr. Land's dispensary (of Bishop Corfe's the objections raised by the English Government Mission) is also progressing favourably; he has to the reception of the new Ambassador, on his hands pretty full with native patients, account of the Irregularity of his private lie. among whom he has become wonderfully popular He could not imagine why his appointed, whom in a remarkably short time; he has become be knew to be a true patriot and brilliant states. quite an adept in the native language already, man, should have been held unacceptable for and it would appear there i beight future sa slight cause. However, the Ambassador before the Right Reverend Bishop's Mission. A was sent to Coventry so decidedly by London Arrival wishing to buy a plece of land in society that after a very short stay in the Belish Chemulpo, when I was there last, was asked the capital he resigned his position in disgust. modest sum of four hundred Mexicans for a strip in the so-called D, lots, to build a house upon, which the owner himself had bought, a couple of years ago, for $86.

Japanese houses are springing up in Chemulpo in all directions, like mushrooms overnight, continuing to poor inta the sons and daughters of bonny Dal Nippon the country by every steamer, and even by schooners and janks. I hear there have been riots: in the

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By the hour appointed we were ready. I shall never forget the scene. It was a brilliant sunny morning, with a brisk cool breeen blowing, the river. The whole frontage above and below the great matou had been cleared of the ordinary bosts, and a row of gunboats, with here and there's still larger craft fait of officials, occupied their places. The sloping bank was packed fall of a dense crowd of human belags there were thousands and thousands of them. The silk dresses of the students, the gay uniforms and banners of the soldiers and the sunlight Hasbing from their weapons, afforded, a play of colour wonderful to behold. Now at last Chang. sha was about to receive the gospel, and that in what is supposed to be the graad old orthodox fashion, The Bible was about to be blown into it by the cannon's mouth, and hammered hame with convincing blows of long-handled cleaver, broad-tood tridents, and other slaughtering tools peculiar to the Chinese. No doubt the hearts of the missionaries were palpitaling with very joy place, but no doubt your Chemulpo correspondent at the sight of such an abundant and unexpected answer to many earnest prayers. Not so. The has informed you of them already. They are of

purely local character. missionaries were as grieved as they could be

A family, quarrel over this display for which their share of the occurred between the Japanese cerga people and the native coolles, but this much is certain, the responsibility was simply the being there, and had it not seemed their duty to remain they accord the natives is downright bad, and may overweening, treatment which some of the Japs would gladly bave allowed the grand performance in due course of time lead to worse consequences to fall through for want of the principal actors, - We were at anchor on the other side of the

than the present, which has so far resulted only river right opposite, and the bour arranged for in a general strike of the coolies. There is

much of the rowdy element from Nagasaki, crossing was ten o'clock, Punctually to a minute L's anchor was lifted, the sail raised, and Tsusima and Fusan in the Chemulpe Japanese over we went, accompanied by our four escorting the peace of the port, and the Conmal had better community, which is anything but conducive to gunboats. As we drew near we hearda yetang keep the objectionable characters weil in hand, such as it falls to the lot of few to bear, a grand fostead of dealing goo leniently with them, or howl of exocration from ten thousand throats sof fellow men. It sounded like something unearthly. more serious trouble may ensue before long.

There are persistent rumours here that one or When we cams within range down' came the missiles, stones, bricks, broken implements, and

more steamers are building in Shanghal for our domeatle alenalis; everything throwable in river traffic. It is about time they were coming fact. We were under this shower about as there a room and profitable employment for long as one might count twenty, and then the several of them, if suitably bulit. performance had gone up far as it was futended it should. We were bundled into the escorting bonta alongalde, and carried out of range in a moment. Old Li never let go the rudder, but ended his boat out after us, as he and sailed her in, as calmly as if such showera were a matter of shily experience with him. There was nothing asose to be done or said, so we willingly left one of the grandest theatrical entertainments: ever got up at Changsha sayhow. The scenery mil real, and on a colossal scale, · Such ancient battle-scarred walls, towers, and temple roofs never appeared on any stage. The From Slangylo to Changsha, the capital, is a dresses were splendid, the actors countless distance of 135 & up the Slang river, a noble and, all in garnest, the object of the play pondent of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, at the THE Sale by Auction of Inland Lots 518 and stream about half a mile broad white minimum was to show the farge angovernable disposition amusement expressed by the Parisian new, comprising Nos, 188, 190, 192, 164, depth of six or seven feet. By the aid of a good at the Human people when they smelled the blood papers at the issue of the Parnell affair. None 106, 198, 200, 200, 204, 206, and 208, and two worth wind we soon ran the distance, besides of foreign mes, and the gigantic efforts their of the French journalists can comprehend why, houses annumbered Beaiad Now301 and 208, La epending a while in the half way town of Ching authorities were prepared to make in discharge the Immorality in private life of pahile par Queen's Read West, has been POSTPONED -kang, famous for its good zles. And bad morals,, of their treaty obligations:

Changaba occupies a fine situation, “tische. Li shovelled the rabbish out of his boat butonage should be held as an obstacle to the | until THURSDAY, the and July, 1891, as the 1991/ADAUERA BAT EDO ROZARION

career of that personage. "It is not so in France, 'premises at 3 OʻULOCK. Light bank of the river, along which it extendi i baghel, and it was found that natonishingly-little ' else would General-Boulanger have failed to

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We are like the Sun We are like Heaven and Moon which give and Earth which re- fight for ever. main Eternally firm.

The seal, set obliquely across the middle of the ticker, is in red in the original, and bears the stamp of the quperintendent of Lang Husi

HUNAN.

A RICORD OF A SIX WEEKS' TRIP.:

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THE CO

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FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI.

HE Company's Steamship

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MANGESHEWAN & Cổ. Hongkong, 24th June, 1891;--

NOTICE

From Pingrang and several southern ports 1 hear that trade in being carried on clandestinely, as briskly as ever, which is due to keeping the closed lastead of opening them to legitimate commenre, by which emision no one suffers more severely than the Government of Korea, They ought to understand the Interests of their revenue better by this time, and not remaind, Inactive, as they do-Mercury,

IMMORAL PUBLIC MEN: :

I am very much amused, says the Paris corres-

Hongkong Jude,"

1897

kiry and comfortably

Traniway Tickets will be supplied to Visitors Fat Reduced Rates,

For terms apply to the Secretary at- the Company's Office, 38 and 40, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.

Hongkong, ut June, 1891.

$174

BAY VIEW HOTEL. Mvenient half-way House on Shas-kel

OSBORNE begs to announce that this was Road is now open.

The HOTEL commands a beautiful View, and is situated in a cool and breezy spot.

There is a conventont Landing Jetty opposite

the Hotel for launches.

"The best Brands of WINES, LIQUORS,, CIGARS, &c, always on Stock. MEALS CAS be served at any how Prompt attendance

"Hongkong, 14th May, 1891,

commanding an admirable view facing the

THE BOA VISTA, ALGARA BISHOP'S BAY, MACAO. THIS House, struated on the sea shore in one The Bed-rooms aDO

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of the best and healthiest paris DE MUONO, 1 fofara hed, and the spacious Dining Room, Sitting and

Rooms, and accommodation generally will be Sath was OPENED A HOTEL on the Thes Table D'Hote is supplied with every Every comfort will be provided for visitors, with found equal to the best Hotels in the Far East, 1 Julyage dilat, 1% empy in sexson, and the cuisine is in experie mossent cuisine and choice Wines wheed, hands, pakopa Middagene borge Thot, Cold) Shower and Sea Water Baths, Wines, Spirita, Malt Liquors, etc, of the best Large and well Ventilated Dining, Ballard, and quality outs

AAA SANT ANT Reading Rooms, and well supplied Barga 35

A mobil dairy is attached to the premlamatioł Managere

MRE MARIA B, DOR REMEDIOS,

Hongkong, 4th November, algië