BISHOP BURDON'S FAREWELL,
TEORII COAST (MA DIEVO KAKIND THE-HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS-AND-
present-Hồn. J. H. Stewart Lookharts (Co- lonial Secretary), Hons H.us E. Pollock (Acting Attorney General), Hon. F. A.-play Cooper (Director of Public Works), Hon. and F. H. May (Captain Superintendent of Police), Hong Hon: C. P Chater, Hon. E. R. Belilios, Hon. hear Ho Kai, Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving, and Mr. F. J. the foll Badeley (Acting Clerk of Councils).tre eling for the san
In the afternoon the following. Government | [thatỷ Gazette Extraordinary was issued :—“It is here- sym by notified that His Excellency, the Governor in whi and Commander-in-Chief, Sir William Robin-letter son, K.G.M.G having left the colony this day more th on leave of absence, His Excellency Majore.g., General Wilsone: Black, C.B., was thereafter duly sworn in by His Honour the Chief Justice in the presence of the Executive Council, and assumed the administration of the Govern ment.”
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MR. T. JACKSON'S TOM CAT.
A SAD TALE.
Right Rev: Bishop Bardon, at the of his sermon at St. John's Cathedral * {morning, › said :-As I shall not after to-day to address the Cathedral tion (agsint before leaving Hong- wish to say a few words of good- Very few men can come to the a long-continued period of work with- sin in the retrospect. Failures and mis- nd omissions loom then very large in the nd, and especially when, as in my case, they connected with the sacred work of the Church, These are matters, however, between this man's soul and God, and I need not nlarge:: My work, as you know, has been mainly connection with Chinese Missions in the two thernmost provinces of China, those in the a province having grown during the last mars so as to cover a large part of the equal to the half of England. I have done, what I could for our English con-
Two or three days ago Mr. Jackson's beauti- agations. I thank you with all my heart for
kind and generous responses which you ful Persian tom cat went missing. Its pro- and other residents in this colony not belong-longed absence from its customary place gave ing to, our Church-have invariably, year by rise to the suspicion that it was further away year, made to my appeals on behalf of local and than the top of the roof and Mr. Jackson con- (other objects; such as the Seamen's Mission, so oluded that, like the Chief Justice, this " mag- long and successfully served by Mr. Goldsmith. nificent specimen of the feline tribe" had got and now placed, as I hope, on a permanent basis; lost in its wanderings around the Peak. The the educational efforts connected with the Dio fears for its safety were increased when it dawned upon Mr. Jackson that the cat could not follow the excellent example of the Chief Justice under like difficulties and sit down on the hill side patiently waiting for the moon to get up, because the moon has not Then, again, poor shown itself of late. tom had no mariner's compass with him, and he was such an exclusive little fellow that there was no probability that he would meet a friendly member of his tribe who could show The police made commendable him home. efforts to find the missing one, and when at length they obtained traces, not by means of "footsteps in the snow" but from “informa- tion received," the discovery: was a most pathetic one. It seems that on Wednesday three coolies saw the cat up a tree, it having been chased there by a number of dogs. The men persuaded the cat to come down from its elevated position and they then ruthlessly slow it with bamboo and conveyed its body to a pot of boiling water. They scraped pussy's handsome fur off its body and concluded their gross cruelty by making a pie of Mr. Jackson's pet and then eating it. The man who actually administered the death blow got clear away, but the other two were arrested and yesterday the Magistrate sent them to gaol for forty-two days with hard labour,
School, one of the best schools in the colony; and the school opened in St. Paul's College for the education of our own English boys, which was unfortunately brought to an end after ten years of existence, five at least of which showed much successful work; and the missionary efforts among Chinese, as the erection of the hospital at Pakhoi. mpok remains to be done here, in Hong- ***Which from circumstances beyond my “dl T have not been able to accomplish. St. College," which has only at present a Anglo-Chinese day school, thould be turned, into a true missionary institution for Ining of men, whether Europeans or Chinese, to carry the knowledge of Christianity löse parts of the province that are yet ched the original object, be it remem- for, which, the building was erected. try to carry this object out at first, ailed. Earnest Christian efforts ought to be made among our own people of the bler class, to be found in yearly increasing born in Queen's Road and elsewhere. The “population makes another demand Christian charity, especially the young belonging to that class. I earnestly my successor will be able soon to and carry on these and other necessary ~ to make our Church a means of blessing to all classes among us. So you good-bye. God be with you in lawful undertakings, and in all your Korts to serve Him and enlarge His kingdom.
· DEPARTURE OF H.E. THE GOV- ERNOK FOR SHANGHAI,
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- On the 28th October His Excellenoy the Gov- sdrnor Bir William Robinson, K.C.M.G, left the colony in the Empress of China for Shang- ~fhak on lokve of absence. A large number of Tofoils and private residents. assembled on Pedder's Wharf to wish His Excellency good- bye, among those present being Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart (Colonial Secretary), Captain Sterling, A.D.C., Hon. F. H. May, all the un-
al@members of the Council, and zoveral cern of the garrison: On the arrival of His ney si guard of honour composed of a of the Rifle Brigadeju which was
the wharf, saluted and the band de played God Save the Queen.” noy, then proceeded to the Empress
a in his lannoh Victoria, being accompa-
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CRICKET.
RIFLE BRIGADE V. THE GARRISON. This match was played on the 27th October and resulted in a victory for the R.B. by 39 runs on the first innings. Scores:
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G. D. Campbell, H.K.R., b Green.. Q.MS. Blesse, R.A., Lib.w., Eccles Rev. G. R. Vallings, b Alexander...
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P. G. Davies, R.A., o Percival, b Green Sr.-Mjr. Johnston, A.M.S., o Percival, bGreen 10 Corp. Fraser, A.M.S., o Green, b Alexander. 0) Capt. Langhorne, R.A., not out..
A. D. Grayson, R.A., b Green
A. J. R. Green, R.A., b Green Capt. Woodcock, H.K.R., run out....... P. G. Anderson, H.K.R., b Alexander,
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Capt. Ferguson, b Blease
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Capt. Ecoles, b Blesse
A. D. Boden, o Campbelt, b Blease Capt. Baker Carr, c Johnston, b Vallings 8. H.-Hollond, o Langhorne, b Vallings
R. Alexander, b Fraser,
D. Power, o Campbell, b Blease...
Pte. Ridewood; not'ont ..... Pte Green, b Davies
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the Legislative Councils Captain Andresen of the Elisabeth Rickmers. In addition to Major Edied of dysentery off Bangkok, on the 19th
General Black and the Chief Justice there ware | October.
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