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"Maiden of Morven
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Old Highland Melody.
Mr. ALEC Marsh.
"Husheen"
Mrs. Lowson.
* Manuelita"
Mr. E. E. HILL.
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Maying"
Needham
Trotère.
Alice Mary Smith. Mrs. MUDIK and Mr. ALEC MARSH.
Part Second.
Duet for 2 Pianofortes (8 hands),
"L'invitation a la Valse" Weber. Misses SHELTON HOOPER and SHAW, and Messrs. GRIMBLE and WARD. Prologue from "Pagliacci," (by request)
Mr. ALEC Marsh.
Leoncavallo.
Prison scene from Il Trovatore" Leonora... Mrs MUDIE. Manrico... Mr. E. E. HILL.
Assisted by a Chorus.
Verdi.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PŘESS AND
The masterpieces of the evening were un- doubtedly the piano duets (eight hands) at the beginning of each part by Misses Shelton Hooper and Shaw, and Messrs. Grimble and Ward-Gurlitt's very difficult overture to Comedietta" and Weber's Invitation à la Valse" being performed in an excellent man- ner, and with great precision as regards time. We may mention that this was the début in public of Misses Shelton Hooper and Shaw, who for a first appearance gave a faultless
account of themselves. Mrs. Mudie, who was greeted with loud applause, appealed to the hearts of her audience by the feeling manner in which she sang the well known Irish ballad, Kathleen Mavourneen." In reply to a hearty recall, Mrs. Mudie gave "Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes. Mrs. Lowson, who has a very sweet voice and knows how to use it, rendered "Husheen" (Needham) in very taking style. The cello solo by Mr. J. H. Moir, "Menuet (Squire), was very successful, the tone, especi. ally in the lower notes, being brought out in & telling manner.
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Mr. Alec Marsh added to his recognised re- putation as a vocalist by the masterly manner in which he rendered his solos. In the prologue to "Pagliacoi" he was at his best, his pronun ciation, tone, and style being perfect. In an- swer to a storm of applause he returned and sang "The Owl" (Stephen Adams), the humor- ous rendering of which showed how varied are his accomplishments. In "Serenata" and "Maid- en of Morven," Mr. Marsh sang with great expression and feeling, especially so in the lat ter song, which is an old Highland melody re- presenting the lament of an Ossianic hero for the death of his lady love, accidentally lost in a storm.
Not the least important piece on the pro- gramme was the duet, Gounod's "Barcarola," by Mrs. Lowson and Mr. Marsh, the audience insisting on an encore, when the piece was re- peated.
Mr. Hill, who is possessed of a robust tenor voice of good quality, sang his two solos, "Queen of the Earth and "
Manuelita," in a very agreeable manner, the high notes especially being of excellent tone.
Mrs. Mudie and Mr. Marsh gave a capital representation of the duet, "Maying" (Smith), their voices blending splendidly.
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The prison scene from "Il Trovatore" (Verdi) was rendered in a manner that left nothing to be desired. This scene is de- picted on the stage as taking place outside the prison in which Manrico, the lover of Leonora, in frantic grief, vainly endeavours to effect an entrance to enable her lover to escape. The solemn strains of the *Miserere" and Manrico's despairing song are heard in the dis- tance. This was very effectively represented from the side room by Mr. Hill, as Manrico, and a chorus, with organ accompaniment; while Mrs. Mudie, as Leonora, occupied the stage, singing her part with her usual taste and expression. Mr. Hill is deserving of great commendation as he was asked to take the part of Manrico at the last minute, owing to Mr. Lammert being in ill health.
December 1, 1900.
We must not omit to mention that the Hongkong-many people were not even aware Robinson Piano Company had carried out the that such a personage existed-was business arrangements in their usual tho-speaker, accustomed as he had been rough manner. general excellence of the two concert grands supplied by this firm, Mr. Ward, who was in the best position to judge, took occasion to thank the Company for the great help the excellent instruments gave him, and also to Dongratulate them on their perfect tune and regulation.
With regard to the pitch and easy-going mainland type of clergyma the
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The concert all round was a splendid succosS, and Messrs. Marsh and Ward deserve great praise for their unremitting care and attention. The musical community of Hongkong will no doubt look forward to the third concert of the series with pleasurable anticipation.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The annual conference of the Church Mis- sionary Society was held at St. Paul's College yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. Bishop Hoare presided, and was accompanied on the platform by the Rev. W. Banister, Church Mis- sionary Church, West Point; the Revs. R. F. Cobbold and F. T. Johnson. There was a good attendance of workers.
The Rev. F. T. JOHNSON read the minutos of last year's annual meeting of the Society, after which
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The Rev. W. BANISTER addressed the meeting on the subject of missionary work in China, deal- ing more especially with its aspect in Hongkong. The work in the colony was difficult of execu- tion, owing principally to the entire absence of that very necessary factor in the success of missionary work--the Chinese scholar. Chinese society in Hongkong consisted of three classes, the mercantile class,
working class, and lowest of all, the coolie class, and these people, by the intense materialism of their nature, rendered the soil of Hong. kong an unkindly soil. The work, however was not carried on entirely without reward. There were seven Chinese places of worship in the colony, three of them belonging to the Church Missionary Society, and they were well filled every Sunday. What was more, continued Mr. Banister, it was a question in his mind whether there were not every Sunday more Chinese Christians at church than there were European Christians. was not a substantiated fact, but it was certainly a belief. It was the intention to extend the scope of the native church at West Point and place it on a self-supporting basis. The one thing needed in the teaching of the Chinese, concluded Mr. Banister, was patience, and the gift of patience and sympathy was a supreme one to missionary work among the Chinese.
The Rev. F. T. JOHNSON, at the request of the Chairman, submitted a statement of accounts for the year. Owing to the illness of the trea- surer, explained Mr. Johnson, it was not pos- sible to put before the meeting a statement of income and expenditure. Roughly speaking, it was as follows:-Exponses during last year amount to $549.83. Of this amount $199.83 was spent in local printing and in the purchase of magazines from the Church Mis- sionary Society. Something like $350 had been On the other hand, disposed of in grants. the receipts amounted to $636, but it had to be remembered that by far the greater part of this amount was carried over from the previous year. In fact, the subscriptions and donations for 1900 amounted to only $171.59. The balance in hand was $86.53. Several bills, however, remained to be paid, so that the balance will be considerably reduced before the end of the year.
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The election of a committee for 1901 was then proceeded with. On the motion of the Rev. F. T. JOHNSON, seconded by the Rev. W. Banistae, that of 1900 was re-elected. The names of those composing it were:-Mrs. France, Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Goodman, Miss Hamper, Mrs. Hipwell, Mrs. Hoare Miss Johnstone, Miss Pakley, Sir Thomas Jackson, Hon. W. M. Goodman, Hon. R. D. Ormsby, and Messrs. A. Bryer, W. E. Hipwell, and G. Piercy.
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quite a revelation in energy and seal, and his was being more honoured great work day after day. Enthusiasm that was what they wanted to give missionary work the im potus it needed. The progress made, however, was very satisfactory, and the speaker's ex- perience of missionary work in China led him to be very thankful indeed for the steady
that - work had made and advance
They had a telling proof of making, this in the North. Owing to the rising there, the European missionaries had been withdrawn from almost all the up-country stations, which were left in charge of native | missionaries. And what was the result? Did the people revert to their old heathen practices ? No, the work had gone steadily on, and he was confident that if every European went out of China to-morrow, the church already planted was strong enough to go forward entirely unsupported, and to grow and spread.
The proceedings then terminated.
BURGLARY AT THE AMERICAN CONSULATE.
Towards the beginning of the present month Mr. Rounsevelle Wildman, the U.S. Consul General, thinking he had no further use for his night watchman, dismissed him. He now per- haps regrets the step he then took, for on Tuesday night or early on Wednesday morning the Consulate was broken into and silver trinkets and curios to the value of $400 were carried away.
On Tuesday night Mr. and Mrs. Wildman At that gave a dinner party, and consequently it was somewhat late when they retired. time everything in the house appeared to be in good order. Early yesterday morning, however, when the Consul came downstairs, he was surprised to find everything in confusion. one of the drawing-room windows had evi- dently been the means of egress from the premises. The burglars-for there is every reason to believe that there were more than one
-had got a chair from the verandah and by means of a diamond glass-cutter had made a hole in one of the upper panes sufficiently large to allow of the entrance of a hand, and in this way the catch had been slipped aside and the window opened. A candle had then evidently been lighted, as the carpets were streaked with tallow, and a thorough investigation of A table in the the downstairs rooms made. centre of the drawing-room had been relieved of a great many small silver ornaments, and a cup recently won by Mr. Wildman's horse Thistle taken away. Some fancy bottles placed on brackets had been deprived of their silver stoppers, and some of the smaller pieces of a couple of silver tea sets in the drawing-room had been stolen. From the drawing-room mantelshelf a couple of valuable silver vases were missing, and a gold bracelet inadver- tently left behind had been appropriated. Mr. Wildman's desk had also been ransacked, but as it only contained a few small coins the thieves had not much of a haul. A Filipino sword in a gold scabbard was also taken away.
The burglars satisfied themselves with pur- loining only small articles which they could conceal about their persons, leaving a number of larger and more valuable ones behind.
The police are investigating the affair, but we understand that up to the present no clue as to the depredators has been found. Quite a number of cases of this character have occurred in the colony recently.
The Secretary of the Treasury at Washing. ton, acting on the decision of the solicitor of the Treasury, has held that the wife of a Chi- nese native-born citizen of the United States is entitled to admission into the United States regardless of the provisions of section 1994 Revised Statutes. Such right to land does not depend on, the status of her husband as a mer- The CHAIRMAN delivered a short address chant, even if it is held that the exclusion laws Of: Mr. Ward's accompanying nothing but He dilated on the necessity for the appoint-apply to a Chinese merchant who is native-born, praise can be said, the very difficult piano part ment of native clergymen if the work of but rather on her higher right not to be separ- to make sted from her husband, who is legally entitled in "Barcarola" (Gounod) being played with | Christianising the Chinese great skill.
material progress. The native clergyman of" to live in the country of his birth.
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