No. 4371-JULY 5, 1377)
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CORRESPONDENCE.
It is rumoured that the establishment of a steamboat service la contemplated, between Shanghai and the Southern ports.
THE DHOBIES. From what we hear we should judge that
To the Editor of the "CHINA MATE." the China Merchants' Company is likely to
5th July, 1877. feel any competition that may be brought
BIB-The excitement over the "Night against it. We have plenty of money,
Pass." and "Flogging" controversy seems Baid the Viceroy-tacording to report the for the present to have subsided in favour other day: what we want it management. The second part of Li's remark is undonl- of the Laundry question, which is now forced upon the attention of the public, ably most true. The first assertion in Some appear to dispute the qualifications gratifying, considering the rates at which of the Chinese as washermen, and it may the Company carrie freight, therefore interest your read are to learn that
We deeply regret to hear that rumours. are in circulation pointing to the possible quite recently H. E. Bir Arthur Kennedy stoppage of the Woosung railway at the specially engaged several Ohinese dhobias to go to Queensland at high rates of wages, expiration of the present term. It is most Thle circumstance certainly speaks well devoutly to be hoped that these are without good foundation. There is no doubt, how. for the Chinose washermen, ever, we believe, that an active cor respondence la nor being carried on upon the subject between the British Legation and the Viceroys of Chilli and Nanking, and we can only trust that their negotia. tions may result in the aversion of any step so rainous to the interests of both for. eigners and Uhlame aa that which is now Bald to be in contemplation.
Police Intelligence. (Before James Russell, Esq.) July 5, 1877.
OUR LICENSED CHAIR SYSTEM.
Yours truly,
SHIRT BUTTONS.
Uhina.
SHANGHAL,.
(Newv.)
We hear a report that the Chinese are about to establish Revenue Stations in the interior, for the collection of Junk and Boat Dues from all vessels carrying goods going into the country, or coming ont, under a transit pass. If this is the case, it can scarcely be regarded as other than an indirect way of levying lekin on foreign imports and native goods intended for export.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
Is more they somewhat firmly believe that NORTH-COUNTRY FISHERMEN: they have only to go North to get them-Day after day you may see him lounging This again may possibly correct itself listlessly in thick blue jersey and sou'wester N. 0. D. News,
fixed on the skaten and stood erect like a barber's polo.
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with such astonishing vigour that nothing but precipitate flight at the earliest possible opportunity saved him from destruction. Feeling that his character was gone he followed its example, for, of course, no ono would believe in the innocence of his in- tent: and this is where the moral would come in, if it had only been decided which moral would be most generally appreciated.
Miscellaneous.
THAT'S HOW HE KNEW.-A boy's way
Encouraged at the sight of some ladies liat, with hands plunged in the pockets of on the bridge looking at the skaters, we the woolly pantaloons, that are thrust in struck out. A slant to the right with the ACCIDENT TO THE FRENCH MAIL their turn into the well-oilled boots, But right foot slant to the left with the left
STEAMER "HOOGLY,"
we must hasten to add that on these foot and just then we saw something on An accident, alerthing in its nature but occasions he is thrown back upon idleness in the ice and stooped to plok It up. On our happily not so disastrous in its results as spite of himself. A rattling gale is blowing feat again-two slants to the right and one was from time to time threatened, occurred on shore; the laden steam-vessels of the to the left, accompanied with a loss of con yesterday (Jane 28th) to the French Mail northern coal fleet are lying storm-bound in fidence. Another slide. with the right foot steamer Hoogly. She was stationed, as is the mouths of the rivers; the waves are and we sat down with fearful rapidity, but enstomary for the M.M. Company's steamers rolling landwards in tumbling banks of with very little, if any, elegance. What a then receiving their export cargoes, at the foaming water, and breaking in sheets of got down it was, for we made a dent in the of stating things, thongh often inelegant, Company's broy, in the centre of the river, spray over the reefs on that rugged coast. ice not unlike an old-fashioned Connecticut is generally nervous. Example:-A lad at immediately opposite the China Navigation Then the fisherman compromises with the butter-bow! Just then one of the ladies Raston, Pennsylvania, entered a drag store Company forest pontoon in the French elements. He does not sit solitary in his remarked-Oh look, Mary, that feller with bottle in hand, and said he wanted 10 cente Bund. Shortly after half-past five o'clock cottage, moping over the fire; but though he the white hat ain't got his skeets on the worth of "armakymony." The druggist in the morning, while she was athwart the exposes himself in the open, he is as careful right place! Ditto, thought we. Just told him to repeat the word, and said, "What is it" river, swung to the ebb tide, she broke from to be sheltered from the blast as if he were then a ragged little devil sung out as he "Don't you mean arnica or ammonia ?" her moorings, and tailed in the direction of afraid of its taking the bloom off his delicate passed us, 'Hello; old timber legs!" and "I dunno," was the reply,
We rose anddenly and put after him. for "asks druggist. Can't tell," said the C. N. Co.'s pontoon, where the river complexion. Nothing on well be more Three slides to the right, two to the boy, starting slowly out. When near the steamer Hanko was moored, but preparing ludicrous than these groupe of sturdy men, to leave. The Hoogly apparently was under. with figures that seem half as broad as they left, and away went our legs, one to the door a bright idea illumined him, and he east and another to the west, causing an turned and asked the druggiet, "If your ne control, and to these who witnessed the are long, stepping the quarterdeck under the immense Essure in our pants, and another wife hit you on the head with a chair log occurrence the Hankow appeared in certain lee of some shed that allows them about a danger of being crashed between her and couple of strides either way. Now and again picture of a batter-dish in the cold-oh! which of these medicines would you git the pontoon, a result which would have one of them who constitutes himself the how cold-ice. The lady we know she to take the swellin' down ?** Arnica." look-out will show his head cautiously was one by the remark she made-again"Then fill her in 10 cents' worth," replied undoubtedly been most damaging to the round the corner and take a dircular observ. spoke, and said, 'Oh, look, Mary, that chap the boy and he gazed lovingly at a big comparatively weakly built river steamer. Fortunately, when the Hongly was within ation seaward, drawing back the moment with the white bat on has sat down on his stick of liquorice as the arnica was being. A CORRESPONDENT, wilting from Paris,: eighteen or twenty feet of the Hankow, her the duty is discharged. To be sure, there, handkercher to keep him from taking cold!" bottled. Harper's Monthly. stern stuck in the fand. It was, however, ie nothing in the world to note. The odds We rose about as graceful as a saw horse,
when Mary said, Guess 'taint a handker says:-Some astonishment was expressed only conjecture what position she would are, with the wind in that quarter, that it chief, Jane, and Mary was right. It wasn't here when it was seen that the Turkish take; and all was activity and excitement may go on blowing great guns for days; and A PETTY THEFT.
We hear that the Silk Market was opened to remove the Hankow out of danger. By when the wind has fallen it must be many handkerchief-not a bit of it! Just then Foreign Minister, in replying to the Mr Hormusjeo Rustomjee, residing in
Fung Afat a carpenter, was charged by late on Wednesday evening; but it scema to dint of skilful manipulations and hard work hours more before the waves follow its friend came along and proffered us ble portocol, made use of the same ternis se Hollywood Road, with stealing a ball. I have closed again yesterday, at noon, as on the part of Captain McQueen, master of example: That stolid resignation to the coat-tall as a steadier. We accepted the those employed by M. Jules Favre when was taken from bis office, and was worth holders were unwilling to continue selling the Hankow, and his officers, she was inevitable is a triumph of patience, and continuation of his garment, and up the the Germans were marching on Paris, and $3 or $3. The defendant was seen to have at the moderate prices given, in face of auch successfully unmoored and stearod round the savours in some degree of Mahommedan river we went about ten roda, when a shy talked of not yielding "ax fuch of our an advance as that quoted by Reuter of Hoogly, only a few feet, we are assured, fatalism. For all the time the bread-win-to the right by the leader caused us, the territory or a stone of our fortresses." It picked up the bell by Mr Fakeers Me
the Emperor Alexander, who, when the homed who appeared to be standing at Mrd. alb. on Red Peacock on a fiat market, being at times between the two vessels. Ding is in suspense, and no one has a better wheel horse, to scoot,off on a tangent, heals appears that the original phrase was due to We tried it again. A glide one way-a war of 1870 commenced, wrote to his dear The settlements have been, therefore, re- The Hankow thus got safely away without notion of the worth of a day's wage than! But the los is very cold this season. Rustomjee's hours. When at the Station,
ciroumstances. But, thanks to strong the defendant made a bold attempt to get stricted to within 100 bales, including No. 2 the least damage whatever; and the Hoogly, these, unemotional victims of uncontrollable glide and a half the other, when whack brother, Napoleon III., and assured him away from custody and was not recaptured Buffalo, No. 2 Beautiful Woman, and No. 2 with her stern still fast in the mud, gradually until he had reached the corner of Cock- Dancing Bear, at 417), equal to 19s. 2d laid swung round, her bow down river, as if she tobacco and short pipes, they tide over the came our bump of philcprogenitiveness on that, no matter what the issue of the waAE, down in London; 856 dollars varionaly re- were going to moor alongside the French interval in seeming contentment; and even the ice, and we saw a million of stara danola France ne perdraft af un pouce de son rane Street. He was identified as having perted from Tle. 386 to 400, and chop No. Bund, a little below the pontoon, and scarcely when the long-looked-for time comes at ing around our eyes, like ballet girls at the territoire ni une pierre de sea forteresses. been in gaol before for larceny. He was
Kahing Tayeaam at Tls. 420.-Dollars have more than twenty yards from the shore. last they are not furried out of their Bowery Theatre, How that shock went M. Jules Favre found the phrase sonorous, now cont to four months' hard labour.
advanced, and numerous orders for purchas- The depth of water at the place was thirteen constitutional deliberation. The wind, that through our system, and up and down our and had some idea that it would remind the ing have been sent up-country. Silkmen feet, while she was drawing between seven has been whistling through the chimneypots spinal column! Lightning couldn't have Czar of his promise. The Turks also are appear rather astonished at the opening teen and eighteen feet. There she remained more fitfully, sank fairly down with the orkcorewed it down a greased sapling with said to have used it with malice preponse, rates; but large holders are not sellers, as until after the flood tide made at noon. An sun; and the whole of the village is afoot at greater speed and more exhilarating effect. to remind Alexander of broken engage. THE works at Kalafat, from which su the improvement in prices at home, which anchor was then laid out, and two ropes daybreak, with everything carefully pre-Boarding-house butter nor a warranty deed ments.-Pall Mall Gazette, seems at present known only in specially from her bows fixed to the upper buoy be pared beforehand. The lines are knotted couldn't have stuck stronger than we did
with the fortress of Widdin, are situated advised quarters, persuades them that the longing to the P. & 0. Company; and then and coiled, the supplies of bait laid in, and and a dozen ladies looking at us-and our artillery combat has lately been carried on long-looked for advance is at hand, and that the tug-boat Sampson attempted to tow her the boats all ready for launching One fissured pants.
after another they are hoisted upon wheels
"Helle, old cook ! sung out that rag. upon a hill about 2,700 yards from that buyors generally will quickly respond to the into deep water. Just when her how floated and run down the shelving beach by dozens god imp, again, and we were helpless place, on the opposite, or left, and they signal given.
a little, one of the ropes gave way and be-
Soon we got up and made another trial, Danube. The ground upon which they game entangled in the propeller of the tug of willing sims. The crews tumble in with better success. Perhaps we had skat stand is higher than and commande that boat, disabling it for the time being. The three or four men and a boy. The heavy ed, in our peculiar style, fifteen foot, when upon which the Turkish fortress is built. Hoogly, floated as the tide rose, and was ears are out, and away they labour through then carried with her stern bumping against the winding channel among the half-sub- blundering chap came up behind, when The fortifications of Widdin itself consist, the uprights, or staunchions, of the China merged rocks. It is no easy navigation even we sat down again, with our tired head on the land side, of two concentric lines of Navigation Company's pontoon. These up now, for the groundswell is chafing in the pillowed in his lap and he swearing at us, works, The outer one, which encloses the rights are strong wooden supports or pro- passage which contines it, and were the when it was all his own fault! How cool whole town, consists of a simple parapet of we made our debut on the ice-oh I how thickness of twelve, and ditches nine feet. teclione, over a foot square in thickness, weather-worn planks dashed against the the ice was there too! Every place where earth, having a command of nine fast, a
shiver like a walnut-shell. But strength the force of the stream osused one or two the overwhelming force of the steamer, juuks to drag for some distance. The mud which placed seven of them in a recumbent by one they are tossing in the offing. It is papers all say it's fun, and down came our yards apart, and intended to be armed with is so soft that under fofluences such as those position, one after the other, some of them pretty sight to any one looking down from Roman-Grecian nose on the cold julep six guns cach. The two extreme redoubts, now described, the anchors have but feeble spliting at the surface, while one or two the bluffs, the scattering of the little fisking material, and the Hitle drops of crimson ran known as Fort Jeldia and Fort Adjab, hold, and even in the caso of H.I.G.M.S. remained intact but were partially uprooted, fleet. The sun has been getting the better down our shirt bosom and on to the cold which rest upon the Danube, are stronger Cyclop gave way, without however causing The pontoon itself was strained and leaked of the breaking mist; he is shining brilliantly ice. Once more we tried skating, made for than the others, and have revetted escarps. more trouble than that involved by a berth after the occurrence. One of the port-holo on the white-created waves, and gilding the the shore, sat down, and counted damages. The inner enceinte is of a more formidable "Two shillings in cash thrown away, trace, consisting of seven bastioned, fronts further from the position that was at first doors on the stern of the Hoogly was forced brown patches of seaweed. The damp on
Seven lateral and fronteral bumps on the with revetted escarpe and counterscarps. off, and a portion of the scroll work torn the dark rooks, with their fluttering fringes taken up.
Apropos of the mud, a curlous fast was away; but this was the only damage she of weed, makes them glisten like polished ice. One immense fissure in as handsome Betwecu this inner and the outer line there noted by the Naval Offours whilst survey-sustained. After clearing the pontoon, she ebony. The looks of white-breasted sen- palt of ten dollar cassimeres as a mania a belt of considerable width, which is ing the Upper Anchorage. One of the was navigated into deep water and towed to gulls are stooping and screaming overhead, ever put his legs into. One rupture in the only partially built over, and which has boats happened to ground on a bank the upper buoy of the P. and O. Company, or gathering clamorously on the spits of knee extending to the bone. Four buttons frequently; in the absence of an outer girdle sand in search of materials for a voracions from our vent, a fragmented watch crystal, of detached forts, served the Turkish ar- formed. Just below an feland lying about where she is now lying. The mishap was
and a back-ache big enough to divide among mics as an entrenched camp. Of late, it is three quarters of the way across the river alarming enough in ite nature; but it is breakfast. The broad black boats are and, although the tide was running strong gratifying that it was not attended with dancing and disappearing like so many the children of Israel. If you catch us on stated, much energy has been displayed in ebb and the men pulling, still the beat more serious consequences than it was, for eorke, in a way that would be terribly try the smooth, glassy, chilly, freezing, treach- improving the outer enceinte. It being im- remained fast in the mud, and with it any material damage to the Hoogly would, ing to unseasoned diaphragms. But a day erous, silppers, and allp-uppery ice again, possible to construct a regular covered way, moved visibly up stream and against the of course, have delayed the outgoing like that, supposing the take to be success. you'll know it! If any one ever hears of owing to the absence of a glacis, which ful, is one of the white-letter days in the our skating again, they will please draw on again could not be thrown up by reason of
the low command of the parapet, a chemin rowars. This phenomenon, with others, is European mails.-N. C. D. Newt
fisherman's calendar. Bostrips his tarpaulin us at sight for the bivalves and accompany des rondes has been cut in the counterstarp
We have got through thought to indicate great uncertainty as to
coat and over-jersey, and he goes about his ing documents. the permanency of any channel that may
work luxuriously in the pleasant warmth.
skating. It's humbug. Its a vazation of to afford additional security against sur- now be laid down in the new charts.
spirit, of business, of flesh, and a tearer of prise. The powder magazines have been Ashore the fisherman is tolerably well off tronsors. It's a head-bumplug, back-aching, rendered bomb-proof by heaping up earth Although he does not pay much regard to leg-wearing, dangerous institution, and we upon them, and the terre-plein of both in the way of sanitary improvemente, the and shant be able to walk for a mouth possible against enfilade fire by the-con- thetic considerations and abhors anything warn people against skating. We tried it, enceintes has been protected as much as aspect of his village is decidedly picturesque. Skating clubs are a humbug, and all the struction of traverses. It is true that the architecture of the rascally youngsters wish to get the girls at cottages is of the simplest; but seen in the It, that they may see if they too don't say splendour of a sunny day, there are brilliant the ice is dreadful cold! It's nothing to offacts on the weather beaten tiling. On us, but the ladies will do well to lot skating loser inspection everything tells its tale of alone, unless they are younger and more a wild climate and dangerous seas. The elastic than we are. Oh how cold the ice low walls are of the most solid construction. iwe san feel it yet I' The supports of some bulging gable are often the barnacle-covered beams of some foundered ship. Shattered fragments of driftwood are piled up under the coal staak ready for
Four chair-coolies wore brought up for plying for hiro at night without providing lights to their chairs. Sergeant Bremner Akid he know there was a regulation re quiring licensed chair-coolies to carry lights, but he could not by his hands upon it present. The defendants were discharged.
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Yu Aki, runner to a boarding house, and Sin Alal, a boatman, were charged with Bince I last wrote we have been visited having gone on board the steamer Antey by ten days of incessant and heavy rain, before she was properly macred to her with the consequent freshets. The river anchorage. The and defendant's boat was rose considerably, and the current on certain attached to the steamer by a rope, and the days attained a speed of seren knots; but defendants were descending into the boat in no Instance have we heard of any loss of most securely fastened in the pontoon, but Jagged points the broad-bottomed boat would cold it was. Our bearskin drawers were no deep. This parapet is flanked by eloveri by the rope, but it gave way and they wore life or even damage, although in some dazes nevertheless they wore as nothing agaland akill run the gauntlet safely, and one protection at all. We tried again, for the redoubts, placed from five to six hundred
precipitated into the bost from a height of 6 or feet. The defendants were fined 62 sapti.
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LARCENY.
THE WRESTLERE IN TOKIO. The wrestling at Eko In, a few steps from Riogoku-bashi on the Honjo side of the river, has been the feature of the week's On Wednesday afternoon, when, following the fashion, we amusement calendar. attended the exhibition, a number of in. teresting contests took place. On this day eighty-six couples strove for victory, in
of the most celebrated athletes of the company. Beginning at an
The Captain and officers of the German ganboat, however, continue indefatigable in surveying from daylight to dark, and have comprehended between the Upper limit of nearly huisbed that portion of the river the port and Jar Point (lower anchorage.) We understand that the Cyclop will go on surveying until all the work has been com- ploted, or she receives orders to proceed aluding many
THE AMOROUS DEACON.
There is, the New York Times thinks, a
Quotations.
Horexone, July 5, 1877." OPIUM-New Patas, caah,...$5571
aredit,-
Old Patna, cash,... 562
credit,
New Benares, cash, 545
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Old Bonures, cash, 046
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credit,
New Malwa, cash, 675
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eradi, 580
Taois, 16 a 32
Old Malwa, ash, 595
Allowance
credit, 800
Taels, 24 a 48
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7.10 a 7.76
Yow Aho, a houxo-ocolie, was charged by his mistrem under the following circum stances:-Miss Augustus Curtis stated that she lived in Hollywood Road. The de- fendant was her house-coolie, had been so for 24 years. He was a chair coolle before he became house-coolie. On the night of the 2nd July, she placed a pair of dla mond earrings in the drawer of her dress ing table, and looked the drawer. She was not out of her room from the time she put away the ear-rings until Tuesday, keeping possession of the key of the drawer herself. There were other articles of jewellery in the drawer, diamond rings, do, &c. Tho look common one, which almost any key could open. She did not have occasion to open the drawer until yesterday evening, when she found that one of the diamond Bar-rings was lost. It was worth $1,250, offered $2,500 for the pair. She called the The pair cost $2,000, but she had been prisoner and taxed bins with the theft, maid he had not seen it, and commenced to search the room for the eat-ring. Com plainant asked him if he had been out on Tuesday, and the positively declared that he alsowhere.
Mr. Main arrived by the Conquest and early hour, from morn to noon they fell, had dat She had reason, however, to be- lieve that he had been out for two hours has, we believe, no hesitation in identifying from noon to dowy eve, a summer's day, yesterday evening. There was no servant the suspected lozcha as the Mandarin. This and at each fall the exaltement of the allowed into the room except the prisoner, makes the third European who expresses thousands of spectators broke ever into She did not keep an Amah. The prisoner himself confident as to her identity, which, noisy exclamations and hastily hurled gifts opportunities on Tuesday with the strong elroumstantial evidence for the conquerors. Two combata were of might have had six weeks ago, the valuable she lost from the same drawer an onyx papers, or even placalble account of how and Deshakayama, resulted in the latter dwellings there are oddly shaped cowls recesses of the story it tells of a Connecti- The sleeve button was worth $180, Thesion, and the suspiciously marked trouble beyond the line, a feat rewarded with loud bushes in the gardens keep their heads though the paper does not exactly see gold pin she did not know the price of, be that has been taken to disguise ber, would applause. The struggle between Musas: below the sheltering dykes; and the belt which moral is most apposite to the circum- cause it was of Japanese manufacture. She appear to put the question beyond a doubt, higata, the tallest and one of the strongest of stunted and distorted trees has a settled stances, and recommends readers according
in Japan and the redoubtable both HR.M. Sakaigawa, the leader on the eastern side, space is confined, there is plenty of good losing these things, she had suquiries made and referred to Peking by a private delective, but could not find Consul and the Tactal. It will be interent man alan axi Incident of prodigions interest, furniture, as you may see by glancing at strictly upon the result of their meditations CAMPHOR......
The SALTPETRE, them. The drawer from which they were ing to note how, in the event of her being The men were introduced with much the open doors. The biggest of the houses thereon, always supposing that the morals QUICKSILVER,...
is an inn, licensed to retail ales and spirits American deacon is a variety of church
are good and appropriate ones." taken was locked. The prisoner at that undoubtedly proved to be the Mandarin, ceremony and had an umpire of fame as
as well as teas and tobaccos, and doubtless it warden. Most deacons aro good men, and time tras house coolie, but the complainant the Chinese Government will get out of the arbitrator. After many futile starts, in never suspected him at the time. She new phase set up by the utter absence of / which the wary and experienced champions does a good trade. And there is a grim wear black silk waistcoats, we are told; Bank, on demand,
while almost all suspected a small boy and dismissed him due diligence" indisputably proven by tied to get ah advantage in the hold a fair little shapel that is well frequented on weer bak Bilk, waistco No one but the defendant knew that the jew. the fact of her trading so long on their coast clinch was obtained and the battle begat. Sundays, for the fishermen have mtely been deacons are good, there's odds in deacons,"
Bach man was a gond specimen of his class, Credits, Adence in the prisoner and had trusted him that hars from time to time been made to Musashigsta being tall and muscular while have generally to depend on the ministration correct, and that there are some who will Documentary, months' sight,.. 4/123 with large sums of money at various times, them of her having been seen by various rakagawa runs are for it is of itinerant divines. As they seldom or show more frankness in selling a blind Bombay, demand Rapees, and nothing was over found wrong. There foreigners; and finally that as soon as It was, at a neighbor expressed it, & fight never walk when they can help it; they horse than others. This particular descon's Ohlautta, was a brass key found in a washstand in the foreigners get access to the port she has between length and breadth, duration is object to the pilgrimage to the parish morality would probably have induced him Shangbai, demand, room, and it was found to opan every lock been siways assumed to be trading to she when once begun was of short duration, the church, and besides, they neither intermarry were he selling on animal totally blind of In the dressing tab e, as well as her ward is at once recognised, and on B.B.M. digantio Sakaigawa hurling bis elongated nor have many dealinge with their agricul- both eyes, to mention that the left eye was Bar Bliver, 17, dato. B., zoba. She only discovered it this morning. Consul's representations neined. The com adversary beyond, the boundary, with ep taral neighbours. There is a lifeboat-house not all that could be wished, and offer to Mexicans, On Anding the loss of her earring last plication will not be simplified by the parent ease. This engagement concluded and a rocket shed supported by voluntary take a reduced price in consequance; but Gold Leaf, evening at 0.36, she gave the defendant strenuous denials hitherto given by the the first part, after which followed a contributions. Some hale and experienced what a man will do when he has a horse to English Sovereigne, into custody, P. C. No. 10, Sangster, Chinese to the foreign assertions, or the number of wrestles between lower class renfor nots as coxswain to the lifeboat crow, sell is no test of his average morality, and Australian Soversigue, .. proved taking the prisoner into custody, fact that her coming and goinge, as athletes, who, liorever, are by no means which is often under the direction of the the illustration is of Isas valus in the pre- Discount, and to finding a pawn ticket on his person patent to even chanos passats by on the high babes, and who went to work with erector or vicar. There is a telegraph too, sent case, inasmuch as it has nothing to do
Shares. strange as it may best to see the electric with the subject. The deacon, however, Hongkong Bank, 87 % prom. ring, but he had not time as yet to enybira to have been, equally well known to them measure, for their lack of weight, and some wire leading to nowhere in particular. But was seated in his pow at this meeting-house | Union Inss Boolety of Unaten, $900 which a lokong told him referred to a golden, must have been, or certainly ought The youngsters make up in agility, in a
The vessel is now smartely worth the of the hardest falls of the day ocated in the fact is that all the trade of the little blandly smiling approval of the lecture trouble of breaking up the causes that this part of the programme. The tedious place is carried on by electricity and when Later on in the day, the complafuant Lave lad to this great depreciation will no preparation, however, with its washing and the boats are bringing the catch ashore it is which was being delivered by his favourite China Traders' Ins. Co., 12,675 sppeared befor the Court and said she doubt bare weight in deciding the question salt sprinkling, its lib slapping, vain batgethed fat and told by telegram to con- pastor, when an angular female and two Chinese Insurance Co., #230 had found the missing diamond ear-ring, as to right for indemnity, sad be not the trouchings and falso starts, detracted
in vain for seats. The good deacon arose, Fire Ins. Co., $675 opened the door of his pow and showed China Fire Inn, Co., $150. le was discovered by a friend of hors to be less effective in rebutting ant ples that greatly from the pleasure of the spectators, tractors in the cities of the fuldlands.Fall all boys entered the house, and loolted Yangtze Ins, Assoojasion, Tls, 720 jying on the second landing of the stairs. may now be set up as to the non-res Bowever important it may be of seem, to
thism in, and then settled down to enjoy ... Dock Oo,, 27 % dis
HK, Q. & M. B.-boat-,7% din- himself, stretching out his left arm along It must have been placed there by some of ponsibility of a Government for the sets the combatante.
The wrestling will probably dontlode into her ernte, during her absence in the of individuals, beyond twing due diligence in
THE I LEASURES OF SKATING.
the back of the pow. It happened, we learn, Shanghai Steam Navigation, Tis. 28 Court, because she had brushed the stairs the apprehension of offenders, making sincers the coming week, though as this will depend
The following pen-and-ink portrait of that this outstretched arm had a hand at Hongkong Gas Co., $70. twice, and nothing was found. She would fforts to restore as much of the stolen pro. somewhat on the weather, we shall not now withdraw the sharge against the defen-perty as possible, and to take such steps as prognosticate the exact length of the skating, is by the local" of a Milwaukee its extremity, and this hand came softly in Hongkong Hotel Co., 166
collision with another and much smaller Ohinese Importal Loan, £108 dant who was then di charged with Amay seem necessary for preventing such season. If the opportunity does hoid, we paper is by local of a
advise those who wish to see this "national Bight beneath ous of our windows, hand. The deacon thought that the latter
Temperature, caution,
primes in future."
Trade is much as before. We notice the game" exhibited in good style, to visit Eko from more till midnight, we see youngsters had belonged to one of the small boys, and Conducet takes about $50,000 away with In. Admittance is one chi (a quarter of a and oldaters twisting their logs all concely in the overflowing goodness of his heart he Taken at Asiere #alsaner & Co.'s Premises,
Queen's Road,) her, it is to be prelated to be laid out in ) and a further charge of a bu for eachable shapes. We cannot pick up a paper took the hand in his, and gently and Choung Akew, a married woman 15 the purchase of goods or to pay for that person is made if a balcony box is desired. but a skating article meets the eye. Every affectionately squeezed it. A sudden shriek charged by a woman named Lum Tal Mui, already imported, Arit all goes to Ningpo, The programmes vary so greatly that we body says its fun, and that's all everybody allenced the preacher and appalled the con residing at Treung Kwan O, in Chinese. It looks as though the Chinese, with custad saprot advise as to the most desirable times knows about it, for we have tried it. Last gregation, most of whom thought that BAROMETEE territory. It appeared that the complainant terletto conservatism, doptintle to buy their for attendanos, but at althost any hour in-night, about gas-light time after reading a somebody had sat down upon a cracked pin, and defendant had been good friends before, merebandiae through Ningpo, merely sub-teresting contests are likely to be in glowing description of life on skates, we while others feared that the meeting-house sailed forth to join the merry crowd. We had taken fire. The tree state of the case and the defendant asked permission of the stituting #teamer for junk transport. This progressTokto Times,
bad on a pair of stags boots, trouser legs was, however, soon made manifest. The complainant to take her child to Showke
"Thess is one thing about babies," ways tucked inside, a Robert-tailed oust and angular female rose up, and, laserating the wan for a few days. The complainant likely to speedily remedy itself by appeal agreed to this and the defendant took the to that most sensitive part of the Celestial a late traveller, they never change We white hat. We went down on the los and intervening small boys with her kneeps, child sway, But she never brought the merchant, his pocket.
have girls of the period, men of the world, gave a boy two shilings in good coin of the smote the astonished deacon in the face, child back, and when she was asked about Upwards of 200 chests of tes go up to but the baby is the same self possessed realm for the use of his implements. We while the loudly exclaimed Squeeze it, she said she did not know. Remanded the Shanghai market. The Teamen here are fearless, laughing, verscious Betis heathen have confidence, even as great as Peter's my hand, will you'f1'll let you know, you | faith, Wej with the assistages of a friend, singer" "And the “let him know! till the Ogb ipaisut,*:
asking the most ridiculous prises, and what | in all ages and is all ovunteles,"
at the pawn-shop. Remanded till the 9th Instant
ALLEGED KIDNAPPING.
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