The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

CHINA.

Our Hong Kong advices are to the 15th March.
The chief event of the fortnight has been the
retirement from the Government of Hong Kong of
Sir Hercules Robinson, who has administered the
affairs of that colony during the last six years. His
excellency was to depart at once for Ceylon, as he
has accepted the governorship of the colony. He
leaves Hong Kong universally respected, as various
complimentary demonstrations in his honour suffi-
ciently evidence.

The Overland China Mail of the 15th says :
" In military matters two cases which have lately
occurred in China demand more than a passing
notice. The first is that of a Beloochee regiment
being sent from Shanghae to Bombay. There were
800 men, and the lowest allowance of space at two
and a half tons per man required a vessel of 2,000
tons, or vessels aggregating that amount. Notwith-
standing this, the men were sent home from Shang-
hae in two vessels, the Caroline Coventry, 888 tons
.register, and the Shakspeare, 656 tons register. The
men had served well in China ; they had never
engaged to leave Tndia ; and very many of
them are likely to die on the passage, even
should it be a short one, which it cannot well be
in this season when the monsoon has abated. The
other case is that of the Oaris of 1,116 tons register,
chartered here to convey 600 men of the 22d Bengal
Light Infantry. A medical board examined the
vessel and reported that she would take no more
than 500 men, being rather more than the number
of Chinese Coolies allowed by the emigration rules,
and a little below what an African slaver of such
tonnage might carry. Yet the general commanding
in China has ignored the medical report, and sent
on the men to Bombay as stated. Should fatalities
occur, the medical board will be exonerated ; but
what position has General Guy placed himself in ?
The general is understood to be a strict red-tape
officer, which renders the affair more surprising.
A spirit of mutiny in India would seem to demand
encouragement rather than repression if such acts
are to be sanctioned and approved. We record the
case for the future guidance of the authorities at
the Horse Guards. The facts are only too true,
and it would be useless to supplement them with
any comment of ours. Such an irregularity could
never have occurred in India, and it is disgraceful
to all concerned."

From Japan the only intelligence refers to a
rumour that the port of Hiogo is to be opened to
foreign trade, should certain negotiations having
that object in view prove successful.

The Alleged Abduction of Three Children,

At the Southwark Police-court yesterday, at a
late hour, and at the close of the business, a very
respectable-looking man entered the witness-box,
with a newspaper in his hand, to complain of a re-
port extensively circulated in that morning's PaPers
.
respecting the abduction of three children by their
father and the Brompton Oratorians. He said that
there was not the least foundation for any allusion
to the who knew nothing
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He therefore attended to give a flat contradiction to
the report, so that
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justice might be done.
Mr. Woolrych told him that he did not particu-
larly understand that anything disrespectful
was
mentioned of the Brompton Oratory, and that it
was pointedly alluded to. He mentioned the woman
coming to him crying, and informing him that her
husband was a Roman Catholic, that she was a
Protestant, and that he had taken away her three
children. After hearing her story he merely told
her how to proceed in a legal manner to recover
them.
Applicant--Then I now attend before you, Sir, to
deny that the Brompton
Oratorians have had any-
thing to do with the children. I took them away,
and had good reasons for doing so.
Mr. Woolrych—Then you are her husband ?
Applicant—Yes, Sir, and I have a pitiable tale to
tell of her conduct, when I assure you that she is
incapable of taking care of her children for several
reasons. She is an incorrigible drunkard, having
been in Horsemonger-lane and other prisons. She
has ruined my home, my peace of mind, and de-
stroyed all happiness through her intemperate
1 habits.

Mr. Woolrych—She did not look like such a
woman ; but that I do not say anything about.
What is your object here to-day ?
Applicant—To contradict the statement sent forth
that the children are under the protection of the
Brompton Oratorians. They know nothing about
them. I have the children ; they are taken care of.
Mr. Woolrych—l suppose your object is to have
your statement in the papers ?
Applicant—Yes, Sir, as a justification to a body
of holy men.
• Mr. Woolrych—No doubt the papers will act in
their discretion by inserting your statement.
Applicant then withdrew.