'A meeting of Chinese was held at the 'Tang-wal Hospital, on Sunday last, to con+ sider this question' of aiding in establishing the Prisoners' Aid Society, The meeting was attended by the Committee-men for th present and previous years; but the pro tion was received with that coldness an difference for which the Chinese are eminently celebrated, Such an absurd proposal could never be entertained; it would flood the Colony with rascals to overflowing, from all parts of the mainland, They wore perfectly willing, however, to favour and carry out any extension or amendment of the policing of the Colony. They would pay for extra watchmen, to be stationed at either and of every strect—the shop-people supplying the men and the Government recognising them. But for those chimerical suggestions of the Gov. ernor- 1 The result of the meeting was yesterday conveyed to the Board, in th form of a report from the Chinese members and nothing further has yet been heard of this remarkable though well-meaning move on the part of Mr. Jon Pope Hennessy, We learn that another meeting of the gentlemen appointed by the Governor to consider the practicability of establishing a Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society was held on Wednesday afternoon last. It seems that our article descriptive of the proceedings at the previous meeting, created some amount of consternation in the cabal, and one indignant gentleman promptly and voluntarily took upon himself the task of discovering the soulless member who had whispered the secrets, and admi tered to him a slight caution as to the pros fund ity of the secrecy required in the pro ceedings. We believe, however, that his investigations were fruitless. One Chinese member was, we know, written to by the gentleman in question ' with the view of ascertaining whether he imparted the information, or if he could throw any light upon the matter. This can only be regarded as exceedingly "small beer." Private individuals in the Colony are asked toassvoiate with certain officials and to consult with their countrymen with the object of establishing a public inatitution, which it is actually proposed shall be supported out of the pockets of the community, and because they have alluded to the matter abroad, somebody prepares to turn on_ them the full ylare of his displeasure. His Excel-louey has, of course, a perfect right to appoint certain officials and'private residents to consider the practicability of establishing a Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, or any other Society, without, in the first instance, con+ sulting the public on the subject, or notifying his intentions to the newspapers; the course taken has, in fact, its advantages, because if the scheme be found impracticable by the Committee, the public need not be troubled at all in the affair. In regard to this particular scheme, after the unfavourable reply received from the Chinese, we should say His Excel-Ienoy will do wisely to let the discharged prisoners alone for the present, or, rather, follow in the foot-steps of his predecessors and send the offenders out of the Colony as speedily as possible. {Ve have rascals enough in the Colony already without increasing the supply by offering comfortable situations to any "celestial" who likes to come here and prey upon the community for a while.
On the day the Committee last met, we had the Istest development of the reclaimed Chinee" brought to light. Father Vigano's "boy" had, to all intents and purposes, been thoroughly reclaimed from his morally torpid condition. And yet he backslided with and "other articles." The "boy" had not only been provided with a comfortable situation, @ fa Chun Afook, at $6 a month, Lut there is. every reason to believe that the revered FatheF had filled him up with goodness,
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