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MORE ABOUT THE PIRACY.

FURTHER NEWS THE LEADERS.

There is now po further doubt that the three

"MY DAUGHTER," said the forlog father, with indemnity for the unjustly treated owners and crews.

perhaps a shade of barshness is bis voice, After this exposit may his solicitude for the Chinese Customs" He hasn'etermined yet, father, replied the what does that young man who calls on you vety vening in a dress suit do for a living ?" interests is somewhat misplaced and fair girl, with a glad look in her eyes, "but he we would suggest that as his very is thinking something rf getting a position as leaders of the recent piratical outrage near handsome salary

out of the life companion to a young lady,” Dockets of the ratepayers and aring public targets, 11 must be distinctly undanood that representative of the Chamber of Com- Chinese Customs. It would be just as wett Coasting steamer came to light "in the Police thereby the more easily able to deceive the Macao were at one time employed by the Silt from the coffers of the Imperial ANOTHER eisure of ammunition on board Commissioner as informers and that they were if he would study this important Blockade Hadden charged an intending passenger by the they told a cock-and-bull story about Court thle morning, when Detective Sergeant Commissioner's agent at Tangchow, to whom question in his spare moments, and focus Louglas" steamer Fokies with smuggling on the direction of a solution for a most caps yesterday and with using abusive language missioner's launch the "informers" soon pointed his great administrative experience in board that vessel twenty-five boxes of percussion

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Hongkong. ThuRSDAY, MAY 26, 1793,"

THE BLOCKADE OF HONGKONG. We propose in this article to briefly discuss the question whether the colony of Hongkong is a British free-trade port or Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs. To simply a dependency and appanage of the the ordinary official mind and to many of the public who are contented to takes proposition will probably appear foollak merely superficial view of the situation our

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merce, must be thoroughly posted up on the subject; at the annual meeting of the Chamber Mr. BELILIOs distinguished bira- self by violent denunciation of this very espionage; yet not one of these represent atives of public interests raised his voice more fully with this question in a future calprit urged that the caps belonged to the Chle Inunch drawn alongside the junk than upwards

against an assumption that, if allowed, will place Hongkong's commercial system at the disposal of a Chinese authority whick. so far as this colony is concerned, has no legal status whatever. It is of course, a matter for general regret that Governor Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON should have for his advisers half-a-dozen gentle- men, who are entirely ignorant of the significance of the very important questions that have lately been under discussion in the local parliament, and so far as the Unofficials are concerned, the vacant chair of PHINKAS RYKIE has never been so prominent. He was acquainted with this Chinese Customs bogi In all its details, and no diplomatic considerations would have prevented his exposing the foolish assump-

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TELEGRAMS.

WAR'ALARMS,

LONDON, May 24th.

France and Germany are increasing the strength of the active portion of their armles,

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS. The general election for the United Kingdom is almost certain to take place at the beginning of Jaly.

ORME SCRATCHED.

Steward of the Fokits, for whom he was only I fob The Sergeant stated that the Chief Steward of twenty armed men boarded her.. overpowered personally denied that he was the owner of the the crew (not killing any, sa si firat stated, but contrabard parcel, and swore at the accused and went on their way towards Macao, after seriously wounding the Captain and two others) when he tried to throw the caus of the seizure onwards meeting three Hongkong junks which they him. The magistrate promptly fard the prisone pirated as before reported.. $15 with the alternative of two weeks “hard.”

From several ofthe Salt Commissioner's men, A RETURN recently issued by Mr. Hayter, Go pirates or their booty, we gather that when the who are down here on the look out for the vernment statlat of Victoria, gives the following pirates drew alongside the Halex (the first Jank results as the population of the Colonies for attacked) they presented the pirate chief, who 1891 :-New South Wales, total 1,165,300, being wore the uniform of the launch captain, to be a total 1,357,803, being 506,918 miles and $50,886 criminal for whose head a reward of $5,000 was 630,870 males and 534,430 females, Victoria petty mandarin sent to search for noteriens females Queensland, total 410,146, being offered. The junk skipper bowed and in 232,568 males and 127,778 females; South accordance with the request of the "mandaria " Austalia, total 320,723, being

males

and 155,730 females | Northern Territory, total ordered his rien below in order that they might The Duke of Westminster's Orme has been 43, being 4,711 males and 332 females West As soon as, the men were below the pirates. be carefully examined for life-marks, etc. Australia, total, 53,785, being 32,218 males and mailed down the batches and then "skine 21,057 females; Tamania, total 152,610, being ned the skipper's money chest. In a very 80,917 males and 71,702 females; New Zealand, similar manner the other wo Jenks were total 634,058, being 336,174 males and 297,884 looted, after which the desperadocs left the females. The grand total is given 21,3,899,178, launch to its own resources and with their made up of 2,089,379 males and 1,809,799 plunder cleared away in their own junk to enjoy, In the uttermost parts of Kwangtung, the fruits of honest labouring

tion of the Colonial Secretary, had the scratched for the Derby. kong's rights been in his accustomed honest and fearless old advocate of Hong place.

THE END OF THE RAINHILL MURDERER.

The murderer Deeming has been executed at females."; Melbourne,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It will doubtless enlighten and may the Legislative Council to know that possibly interest the official members of for many years past the pet grievance of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce has been what is commonly described as harbour." The revenue cruisers of the will be no isme of the Hongkong Telegraph "the Chinese blockade of this "port and ** TO-MORROW being a public holiday, there and meaningless; but we intend to show / Chinese official who is popularly known THE German gunboat Wolf arrived to-day from

Swalow.

de St, arrived here from Micso this afternoon. Tire Portuguero gunboat Banjo, Captain J. M.

sath that tea buying was going on actively at NEWS was received by wire in Shanghai on the Hankow.

CORRESPONDENCE for Macao may be posted in the Night Bex up to a p.m. to-morrow (17th inst) when a supplementary mail will be closed,

that it is neither one nor the other, Europeans, were some twenty years ago as the Hoppo of Canton, officered by but 2 importance that in some respects must outlets from the port-such as Fu-tal

matter of very considerable stationed at the various entrances to and

dangerous precedent, and which requires, general right of search as regards be regarded as a serious grievance and mun, Cap-sing-mun, Lamma channel and Cheung chow- and exercised a without further delay, decided action on the all Chinese craft entering or leaving. part of the Government. If the trade of Although considerable discretion was the colony is practically controlled by the almost invariably exercised by the officers Tire Chefoo, having broken her crank shaft, Chinese Customs authorities, or made in command of these cruisers in the 'bas had to be towed back to Shanghai by the entirely subservient to their interests, we disagreeable and difficult, and although it

performance of dulles that were allke Tungchow. cannot see any necessity why the rate could not be fairly disputed thatthe Chinese. THE Po Leung Kule Commission held its first payers should be called upon to support Government was entitled

to exercise meeting this afternoon. We hope to deal with an expensive Government that is only an certain indisputable rights in protecting

the subject fully on Saturday: amusing fiction; and on the other hand, ta revenue by all available legitimate H.E. the Governor, the Hon. the Director of If the Chinese Customs have no legal prevailed fo

means, a very strong feeling nevertheless Public Works, and a select party went out to status in Hongkong and no power or cordon of Chinese gunboats was a direct

Hongkong that this Gap Rock in the Fams to-day,` authority of any kind whatsoever.over menace to the boasted freedom of the 0,60 British subjects and their affairs, or any port and a gross infringement of treaty claim or right by International law, treaty, rights. Matters reached a crisis on the or otherwise to interfere with the legitimate meeting by requisition to the Sheriff Mr. Tax Mamnen is dun from Sandakan to-morrow. 14th September. 1874, when a public commerce of a free port that flies the C. V. CREAOK, lately Governor of British Unless prevented by some unforeseen circum- British flag. we must insist that the time North Borneo was held at the City Hall. stance, the Criminal Sessions will be re-opened has arrived when the peculiarly anomalous The requisition was signed by ninety-at ten o'clock on Monday morning next. position now existing must be clearly the merchants, bankers and traders in the seven persons, representing the whole of defined and steps taken to put a stop to colony, and the meeting was largely and the constant and ever-recurring encroach-Influentially attended. Mr. H. Lowcock, of ments on national privileges that are Messrs. GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., presided, 3.25 irritating, inconvenient, and costly, and and the speakers included the late Hon. Per which may even become threatening and RowETT, Messrs. GRANVILLE SHARP, JOHN P. RTIZ, Hon. J. WHITTALL; Hon. R. i doz, a standing menace to British Interests in S. LAPRAIX, E. R. BELILIOS, JAS. GRIIG, Pints. this colony.

H. HOPPIUS, KARBERO, A. F. HEARD, R. WALKER, J. J. DOS REMEDIOS, S. D. SASSOON. H. L. DALRYMPLE, N. B. DENNTS, and A WELL known maiden fair recently ran up bilis other leading residents. The feeling of then skipped, turned up in. Busted Hongkong amounting to $4,000 in "Solvent Shanghai," the meeting was unanimous against the yesterday, where the police got on the scent. Chinese blockade, and a series of and made herself now ast ta-ding. Who is it? resolutions for its abolition were adopted, A lot of correspondence took place local Government, and the questions at between the Chamber of Commerce and the Issue were submitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies; but, so far as we can gather, without any practical effect, and the fact remains that, in spite of protests innumerable from the Chamber

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At a meeting of the Legislative Cound! held on the 16th inst. Mr. O'BRIEN, the Colonial Secretary, in opposing an amend ment to a certain clause in the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance of 1892, brought forward by Mr. T. H. WHITEHEAD, is reported to have said that "the effect of the amendment would be to allow all steam- Per launches under sixty tons, irrespective, of their class that was to say whether licensed to ply for hire or not to leave $1.20, the waters of the colony at any hour of the night without any notice to the Harbour Master and without having taken out any 1-75 permit in that behalf, and it was full, and he thought admitted by the hon. member himself 2.50 that the adoption of such an amendment might very reasonably le objected to by the Imperial Chinese Customs authoritier, and that the result of adopting it would be that these authoritie would have to take steps in protection of the 75 Chinese customs to watch the waters of the colony to a greater extent than they now felt it 75 meessary to do, although the extent to which they did feel it necessary had been made the source of frequent complaint. There were other objections, but he thought this one was conclusive and he,submitted that for 1.10 this reason as well as for some other minor reasons the amendment should not be adopted,"

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Miss SEDOWICK, & Young lady resident at No. was buried at the Happy Valley this morning. 13 Gage Street, died yesterday afternoon and The cause of death, we understand, was con- sumption.

Ar the Mixed Count in Shanghat on the 20th Hongker Creek, were charged with Ulegally ten soldier living on board beat in the arresting a hawker and carrying arms within the limits of the Foreten Settlements. The case

was referred to the Total

THE Sanitary Board will meet on Saturday, (18th);] at 3.15 p.m. Order of the day Estimates for 1893-way, the Salt Commissioner's men say, the Business, Letters from Hon, Colonial Secretary concerning :-

(a) Temporary Slaughter-house for Military

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(8) General consultant practice by Colonial

Veterinary Surgeon.

(c) Common Lodging-House bye-laws. 14th and 21st May, 1892.

2. Mortality Returns for weeks ended the

3. Reports-

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(a) Analyst, on samples of water drawn from Taltam and Pokfulam 'mains in May, 1893 (8) Surveyor, on condition of house drains at 17 to 35 (odd numbers) Lower Lascar Row, a to 8 (even numbers) East Street, 1 to 6, U Yam Lane, 6 to 66 (even numbers) Jervois Street and 235 to 241 (odd numbers) Queen's Road Central..

The name of the launch used in the attack Ching-on, (not the Lima.) She has since been recovered by the authorities and is now in Macao.

These facts prove conclusively that so far from the revence men being in the swim, us suggested by one of our Insane contemporaries not the Staff-they were the first victims, and ́acarly, lost their lives.

THE RECENT PIRATICAL

OUTRAGE.

The new departure in piratical adventures in' Eastern seas demonstrated by the outrage commited near Macao on the 17th instant should pat every one on guard-showing as it does that the enemies of law and civilization. are capable of carrying their nefarious schemes

successful hase despite the watchfulness of the Hongkong and Macao police for it in

Tus fortifications round Paris, or rather the military zone, comprise an area of 1,000 acres, since the discovery of long range artillery.. The In 1874 the Greyhound in 1885 and valued as a buliding site at 235 millions of france. The fortifications are totally useless daring marauders who seized the Spark abundantly evident that the kinsmen of the only foe they ever kept cut was the Government the Nama In 1890 and butchered their of 1871, whose head, Thiers, was the originator. manufacturing of which, in 1814, was the cause, check their reckless career. It was thought by of the big ring fence round the capital, the commanders in cold blood, are prepared to for Napoleon I asserted, of his defeats and any blog some sanguice nonentitles that the execution of ther challenge the Ingenuity of the authorities to the egre of Corsica, asthe Royalists called hima, recommended, was gospel for Thiers. The delay Kowloon of a score or so of Namas pirates la commencing the part demolition of the fort would effectually stop piracies in these sess for fications is really due to a doubt as to how

ever, providing a pop-guns and revolvers dispose of the site. In the way of private were placed on board outgoing vessels-how- companies there are no less than six Richmonds misplaced was their confidence the outrage on

purchase the land as it becomes vacant, and le too surely manifest. Pirates still swarm about in the field, but none absolutely exempt from three Hongkong Junks and the seizure of a objection. The Credit Fancier proposes to steam launch, recently reported in this issus, only erect thereos dwellings for artisans and labourers, with a certain proportion of houses for the lower they may devour-dond fida pirates, not Hongkong, Canton and Macao seeking what stratum of the middle classes.

mere adventurers, such as the Daily Pra endeavoured to show in its Issue of yesterday, in

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that we should be slow to bellers though we have mad faith "Of course there is another explanation of the piracy, but in the virtue o respectability of some of the myrmidons of the realy ons ofthe Deet of anal crait by which these manapallets Hoppa or the Salt Comissioner. This is that the steam-kanch way the mitre sade of this port, and that thead in charge, Maritime Customs, Bervice is tog sharply looked after ford ruch de piratical vectors on Leis account. The Imperial thing to be possible in lu reiser, and they are geneally bond be milghened as to the true origin of this piracy beynd such suspicion. But i la secessary the Colony and the local toymament have the right so loslat that the this be done they, should declias to Ancord these unicalam pervective versals, not tinder the Foreign Customs, the stars of cas-a-war, and forbid them the use of the harbour. At prENY

haring nothing better to do is the interim, decided

shall behed in the bottoms. Unless and end,

Trade of every description is as dull as ditch present moment is in a state of utter collapse COMMERCIALLY this vaunted colony at the

water and there are no prospects of improvement in the near future. There has been some talk Intely of the Colony negotiating a hig lean in the local merket for Extraordinary Public Works, said to have expressed their determination of and the Governor and the official phalanx are carrying this measure through as afnit all opposi. tion, to order to make ample provision fas another and to permanently secure the payment of their possible collapse in the Optum Faim revenue

on the distinct understanding that it was salaries at the increased rate, which was voted temporary and tentative, and to be again discussed after year. A public loats might with advantage be raised at once to provided that granted hoopality, to these evacua-crolears they chow-chow, or employment on the proposes And, in this connection, it may pathaps be matine for speculation ́and not assisting -organized aƐanta to prey un pesonful praders,

livelih od have been taken away by thement has seldom appeared in print, and we have number of unemployed brokers and others, Akiore, steposterous and Il-founded indict extraordinary works, for " the

aa so which is the groepsr avli i dha opan sad nosonipulous pirate Tesy large

or the secret has equally wescrupulous black-maller in solform." i percicions effects of Karwith's Share Bill, for no hesitation la saying that there is not a taxpayers for many years, whose means of

must be held mainly responsible. which legal abortion the Hongkong Government vestige of truth in the allegations, for it is now

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS.

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LAST night Sergeant Hall bounced into a parlour of Commerce, the so-called Chinese party of gamblers, one of whom he haled up In West Street, much to the disgust of a select blockade has never been raised and before the magistrate this morning and had him exists in an aggravated form at the fined two hundred Mexican dollars, present day. Not only is our harbour tables, chairs and gambling paraphernalia were, crowded with gunboats and steam- * tirual, confiscated. cordon of Chinese so-called Imperial THE Queen's birthday parade to-morrow will launches flying the dragon flag, but s cruisers completely surrounds the island, take place in the Happy Valley (not the Parade and every passage is strictly guarded. In interesting feature will be the debut of a parition Ground, as in former years) at 4-45 pm. An ́ fact this Chinese Invasion of British waters of Our Very Own" Regiment, who, we under has become an intolerable nuisance, mand, have been putting in a lot of work drilling The espionage mentioned in his report by for the occasion every morning in the Valley, Mr. HASTINGS, the Acting Harbour Master, for which, or for other reasons, that WANTED-to know the whereabouts of an Opera Heistet official has been very roughly and very from public kent The Sydney Bullallsll be Wolf. unfairly criticised, does exist in a grateful for any information as to the where Bango

Company that would appear to bave disappeared McLaurin aggravating form, man acquainted with harbour business. Pemberton E. Willard, which some time aro abouts of the Opera Company managed by. must be Chinese guard vessels are to be found believe the combination referred to "bust up" thoroughly well &ware. left Australia for China and the East. We almost everywhere; outside Green Island, in Singapore, and that friend Willard, with all In the Capsul-moon, at Lamma, Cheung that was left of "em, including Man Vera Patry chow, Stanley, Fu-tai-mun, and Kowloon and Mr. Harry Hall, is now zooring somewhere city, the ubiquitous Castoms cruiser can in the interior of British India. always be found; 1 trading Junks from Hongkong are unceremoniously ovar- hauled, frequently enough in British waters, with results which are perfectly well] known. It is not long since a Hongkong Government launch, with the present Acting Colonial Treasurer on board, was forcibly stopped imide Cap-sul-moon; attempts have been made to compel British launches to stop and report. at the Customs station at Cheung-chow. es roule to and from Macao, and it was only

KNOW HIM?

He was a plain American, Qalle free from taint of gulle,

"I think the office should seek the man," Quoth be, with a gentle smile,

And then at the pasting of the trail, He called, with many a good stout nail, Where all the world might see,

This sign's...!!.

This way to ME.

Canton

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New York Swalow Mação:

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Doritaria Maria Teresa

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Aggregating 10,910 tons, register,

"THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAP CELEBRATIONS

0.75 Mr. O'BRIEN is a stranger to Hongkong and can know but little of its internal 1.00 affairs, otherwise he would scarcely have made such a gross blunder as to advance, as an argument against a proposal supporting a system in regard to the 1.00 regulation of locally owned steam-launches that has been an unqualified success for the past sixteen years, the ridiculous contention 450 040 that the Government of Hongkong I

under any obligation, either written 450 040 or implied, to force through the Legislative sas 50 Council against the voice of public opinion, an utterly uncalled for and most vexatious restriction for the express purpose the other day that two junks which had THAT the school-master is sadly needed in 300 of obliging or accommodating, in some compiled with all our port regulations certain select Oriental circles, the following way or other not explained, the Imperial were seized at Stanley in British waters specimen of the Queen's English doth clenly Chinese Customs. The Colonial Secretary and actually conveyed to Cheung-chow, demonstrate. We give it in its own salve mistake in concluding that the Hongkong where, in an investigation by the Kowloon gab, autamished by the effice quill or anything Government la under obilgallon to pass Commissioner of Customs, at which for clsch

Hongkong, 14th May, 1892. unreasonable and unfair towards the

or now is hot air You basket is meal, community, but are actually purposeless officiated, it was found that the weten was Fat into clothes in very shrivel to Please you feel Chinese Customs, in perhaps not to be have not yet heard that the Hongkong and washed is very well, I very much obligadas In their effects, In the interests of the illegal and the junks released we mixt time buy to new great basket put clothes, wondered at although it would have been Government has demanded any ampf just-as) wall-had that eloquent official apology for what was an act of something previously made himself acquainted with very like piracy, in addition to a substantial

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The Government zaturally saxieus to sea piracy.

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but they would likewise be glad to have the adcurs

well known that the pirater, by a simple trick well played, stols a launch and all its apparten ances, and thus for a brief period snared juoks without any trouble.

And because some of the desperadoes word the garb of mandarin's runners our contemporary Jumps to the conclusion they wore what he -raguely terms “Hoppo's!! nien l'a Tray, there le no limit to human credulity In these latter degenerate days.ANELENGKAPNENTE

But criticism aside, there is no doubt that the piracy was well organised and presents new and ominous issues which merit the, most serious consideration of those whose duty it is to protect the shipping trade of the third seaport in measures are necessary there can no longer brany the Brink Empire. That effectiva repressiva. doubt and the sooner the authorities show them- selves equal to the occasion show that villains of the depest dys cannot ser law and order sa naught whenever they please the better will be for all laterested in the shipping, affaim of this ill-governed colony.

AROUND THE WHARVES

SHIPPING ; CIRCTES. B & S Lin

It is said that the Chink Navigation Co.'s aleamer Sungkang,which has been trading to and from Hongkong and Manila recently, will continue to run in the Philippines trade until We are faformed that to-morrow (Friday), the of Meta, Botferield and Swire speciall

two new steamers, built in Glasgow to the order celebration of the birthday of Her Majesty, the the Malls service, anive here a few months 27th instant, being the day appointed for the Queen, the Royal Standard will be hosted so hence, when she ill take her berth, on the Head Quarter House, and the Union Jack ou board the Howpital ship Mesanse, OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF THE LAW

Company's Shanghal-Canton line A Royal sainte will be fired from the saluting The steamship Torrington, aber rukicating Battery at noon.png away down in the Quarantine. Ground; for, the

on Wednesary's parade, to fire world beter water the buramer, harjat last Khu Happy Valley by as paelotter astioides abilife, decorated with writs fand re ErwVh1

rounds of blank ammunition, all men to the to the Kowloon Docks where she be The Mountain Hattery will be provided with

actually passed into the heads of her new Townery, the

be: Host CP Chster. Yesterday The welshed anchor and steamed round ranks to carrying 3 rounds each.

The troops will be in full dress and answer to

thoroughly overksated prior to running under the toll calf in review order).

to the Charbonosges Cop

Chartreuse Dr. Siegert's "Angostur childish laws, which are not merely | reasons not quite obvious, the Registrar: Dear Hy Fore Erque the top The Troops la Garrison will be formed.un past three ykimui an, and being: shepherded by

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