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No. 6440.-Maner 25, 1884.].
The dosinuation of the wreck of the Palico | times heavier than the one now presented Chop, by means of torpedoes, which iad by Frence. Chine will do wisely if she Icon arranged to take place this afternoon follows the example of har troops at Boc. at three o'clock, has been postponed until ninh-exccuts a strategic movement to the to-morrow. The torpedo boat of the Royal tour. Enginoets, with the necessary appliances for
THE CHINA MAIL.
Tux Sydney Morning Herald records a feat honorary post. In the former eventuality, went as an envoy from the Khedive, is very interested in this question, for, if any Chi mandarins will utilize it to block or stop accomplished at the Liverpool paper mills the goromment would learn, to its own amusing, and shows the perfect sang-fraid noen port in to bu attaelsed and bicskaded trade and intercourse with other nations.
which evidently never forsakes thia extra by the French, it is likely to be the first. (New South Wales) in the manufacture of cut, the foolishness of taking the advice of ordinary: ms.
This coolness of was Bat let me go on my visit to the great the news painting paper, a manufacture of the Macas press, knowing, da every one often most conspicuous in action; for southern capital of China with its population HAES, who has been abroad, describes his he would suddenly appear in the midst variously estimated at from 1,000,000 to experience of shipboard as follows:-You considerable importance to the press in docs, that the papers lure, with only no Australia in casos of energoney. An order oxception, that of the Cary, which is under greatest couidance in his man, who be empire containing 250 to 800 million. Thero going up, up, up, and then down, down
of the thickest site, thus inspiring the 2,000,000 of souls, not unworthy of an see it is very rough. The stormer kopt ve spor sensuring over 300 miles for the editorship of Mr. Hart-Milner, the over thot to let a co strengthening this He under expressed in flongkong as to so after a while my stomach staged up and lass than 24 hours from the time the order English Professor of the Commercial Behov, belief. Ho wont about unarmed, carrying the crowdedstreets of Canton, and inspecting of paper In
two narrow catapon also the prudeness of strangers passing through the stauner went down. was given the first instalment was made in have no influenes and do not represent stick with which he directed the fire of sights among Buss fow rannths ago WITH pleading eyes she looked up from reels of four and a half miles lengil, and public opinion at all, being, edited by hianan, and, with the superstition as natural stirred beyond control against foreignore the piano and sang
to the Chinese, this stick soon resolved itself (the foreign devils as they call them again. But ha refused as there word placed in the railway tracks for delivery.
clique of offico-seekers and time-servers, their eyes into a magic wand. Amidst all and still very excited over the war beyond witnesses around, and there is no telling who so much abound in this place.
the dangers through which he has passed he their border and the evidence of military At the request of Senhor Rozs, your then he would not leave the battic field but warned especially not to allow our guida has only been wounded enco, and ovenpreparations around them. We wero
A BELE-ACTING BOfs, just enough for two, by main force.
to take us on the walls of the town. Con- has been invented. If properly wound up,
to
the operation, and the Police launch for à son description of a patont dredgar kasping the neighbourhood clear of craft, which has just been put together, and act were ready in the neighbourhood of the work in connection with works at the Dow wreck before three o'clock, when orders Admiralty Dock now being constructed at were fazred by Captain Dempster, Superin-Hung Hom, may prove of some interest to tondent of Polics, for the boata to return to the greater number of our readers, who are the shore, as the operation had beca probably unacquainted with the nature of
a
a
*Call me your darling
when a man will be introduced to a broach of promisu suit in these days.
postponed Wo have been unable to learn tho mashine, which was only quite rocentiy American correspondent in the "Algeme Chief Justice has consented to tako the was dragged oape, where he was placed manication between Hongkong and Cantou (it will begin to ring a warning bell just
far East.
iron. This bucket is semi-circular in shops, It is suspended by a chain running bre: the jib. of an ordinary steam crane.
oworing into the earth or mud, the bucket
Before
Not far distant stands a hill, which, we are
told, is honeyounbed with calls of various sizes, all ent out of the soild rock. They are level, and the walls are adorned with fantas tie shapes and ayanbols,
withont, windows, several are on the same
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ACCORDING to a correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herold the life of soute Government and bak employés in the hot districts of New South Wales is not a
By
CHINESE GORDON. The Story of Chinese Gordon
Egmont Elake, Anthor of Paris Ori ginals,' 'Flattering Tales," afc. two portraits and two maps. London, Remington & Co., 134, Now Bond Etcost, W., 1884, pp. 407.
Ar astounding discovery is reported by an invented. Although it is already exten-Zeitung. He states that in the virgin forcats
avidence of the officers of the Hankow in His visit to the the reason of the delay,
sively used at home, this machine is the of Sonora, a province of Western Marion the case of that unfortunate man Diss. in a false position, nut the episode in his life (as also the Portuguese town of Macao) is before ten o'clock, a minute after ton it
near Magdalona, a pyramid luas been found
when the late Governor General of the maintained for passengers (and much freight splits apart, and while one half sarries tho hear that the evidence is being taken in Soudan metal as privato arretary to Lord too) by enormous river atoamers built on daughter of the house upstairs, the other EVERY encouragerient is still being givoa first of its kind that has evor travelled so
'menauring 4,300ft. at its base, and rising to our volunters tostimulate their enthusiasm.
Its construction is very the height of 750ft. A carrings road winds fohambers before the Registras, Mr Ackroyd, Ripon, are alt tuucted upon; nor is thetho American plan, which make the run of half kicks her young man out of doors. utor disregard of promotion, the dospising 10 miles in from 7 to 8 hours according They will come high, but people must have A prizo bas just been offered by the officers and ingenious The dielging apparate about this enormous structure from baso to and will last a fow days mors. The Viceroy of all the porps and frivolities of this work, to the tide, which hera rises to & feat. then, of the Royal Artillery to be computed for consists of a bucket, the sholl, sido frames summit. The face consists of granite blocks of Canten lins sent a host of witnesses to and his utter half abnegation forgotten. The Canton river, known to the Chine
The following passage, as showing Gorby a different naine in each of its reaches, fishuries in the world, this singlo industry The United States has the biggest oyster. by the averal subdivisions of the Corps, and shafts of which are made of wrought carefully eut and parfectly tilted together: Hoogkeng to give evidence,
don's opinion of the Chinese, is interesting: doboucles. into the sea in a number and the competition in to take place on
What I think is this, if we try to drive widely separatet zouths or branches oysters to the value of 1:1,500,000del. Those employing over 50,600 peoplo, ond yiciding Saturday next. The competition is one
Chinese into sudden reforms, they will rated by lowlying delta huds cultivated of France come next, with an annual yield etrike and rusins with the greatcat obati with rice, gugatcaric, bananda, o which will show very oflinctively how much
Anacy, and will rolapso back again into old coast line, however, is bounded by great for the most part obtained front artificial The valued at 18,000,000f. French oysters are or how little the men know of their duties,
Ibits when the pressure is rooved; but if la divided into two halves by munts of
With We lead them, we alull find them willing to /ses of hare, rocky hills such as those of breeding gounds or 4. The conditions are: Double 50 yachains attached to a denus lized in the side
pares," while the so that the Ort appearance u Hongkong, degree, and inora nagy te maunge. Thertise Flowery band is singularly aninviting natural bede, where they are to be had for
of American molluses aro got from extensive. action rear, dismount gun and carriage,
like to have an option, and linte having a file that outside King George's Sound, the dredging.. mount gun and carzinge, fire or round frames and connected with weights placed
course struck out for them, as if they were Sydney, or it so many other points of the friction tube, front limber up. The sub-in a box beside the boiler of the crane,
The appearance of this book is opportuno of no account in the matter. They also like Australian conet. We left Hongkong at 8
Lorrie was crying very hard. What cach half of the bunket being drawn close
at that present juncture of affairs in Egypt to have the reasons for the same explained Bonning, & pucka American himself and in
to see the utility of the course proposed, and an in the 8.5. Kinhiang, Captain is the matter?" asked one of her fathur's division which performs these operations
when General Gordon is coming to the
friends. "I have lost two halfpennice that thoroughly in the shortest time will be the to different sides of the sido-frames. The happy one in the summer time. Ha aska front gain in the land of the Nile, and over and over again, and they are also quick commard of a boat which, with its high inamma garo me." "That is not a diff- mmith of the bucket barjpg been thus it Do Government effoers at head of Router is telegraphing to us fresh victories what we have tried to do is to fores them with the Mississippi. The roominees and
in vecicy advantages and disadvantages walking beamngine everhead,onesociates culona to repur," replied the friend verted, it is lowered on to the earth, the departments, or bank directors, take into the hour is dedicated to all admirers of into a certain cours, making them pay for atendiness of saloon, fore upper deck and afterwards Lottie was Drying harder than here are two halfpenales." An instant Is the Polico Court to-day the only case of chains connected with the weight box aro consideration the ozhaustivo and life- Chinese Gordon, one of the most ardent of the same, and thinking it not worth while cabins are delightful. Your passage tiketed the gentleman.I am crying,”
"What are you still crying for discussing the matter with them at all 13 dollars; breakfast and titin, most liberally end the artful baby, because it I hnd set in motion, and the bucket again a shortening slewing which has to be borne whom is the author himself.
The preface is one of the briefest, only have got on by proposing to them a course supplio, in collits moru,
We very Boan boatman named Fung Akum was charged
sumes its originat form, closing as it does by those who do duty in the outpost containing eight Bues, the other evidently fuction in such a way as to give them a had ovidence of the riske run even int
not lost two halfpennies I should now have. so all the mud or sand within its radius. free to an cudurance rendered doubly believing in the evolutionary system which curtain option na to whether they will follow tafting passage at Canton. The hold and four with attempting to obtain from another
It is then aised to the necessary height sanitary precautions in the way of mitigat. has reduced, in our modern days, proface: it or not, and have always endeavoured to mildle desk of tho ateamer were filled with
hard by an almost entiro neglect of those
THE total averago strength of the British boatman, and Mak Wan I, the sura of
the to mero formalities-n-dimentary indi- comment nothing which would clash Chinese returning hema, almost to excess.ariny on the first day of January, 1885, 50 cents by falas pretences and also within inverted, the contents droppinging heat, which would be enjoyce by
eations of functions now foregono. The utterly with their prejudices; by this means In the hold they squatted with their was 189,99) of all ranks, the auralige antually obtaining the sums of 20 cents by/mto a barge, or other receptacle. The poorest of dwellers within the tempera natural tendency, however, of such a course I have led them on to change any things, property, bandle or box, as closely packed of officers being+7,386. Almost any
image of cur coast olimata In one interior drudger is prected on the wooden staging town not long since, the thermometer wont into the toy of the book felf, Rud the first coing if I had tried to fures thear to do all class occupied a deck above. I anspose we anti of the 94,20 in the Elnited King in to throw an epost of the scope of a book which I should never have succeeded in is hearings in a barrel. A moro respectable moiety of the force was in service abord, falso pretences from the auto saan, Tho defendant, who is cexswain to the spector used for driving the piles composing the up to 114deg. in the shade
at once. can say that few mon have so had some 1,890 Chinese passagers on dean 01,32) were quarred in England, of junks at the Harbour Mastor's Depart 'cotterdam, and is to be need in excavating crasivo days; reading on one occasion two or three pages of the tovi proper much faith put in them by the Chinese 25 board, and two steamers a day are at this 3,500 in Scotland, and 20,361 in Ireland.
the dock.
When worked under the 120deg, the great hoat not being confined might have been more naturally placed in
to the car alone. Ne vort holes, in ane au introductory part. These pages though Eyself. I have always considered the great time equally erorced, incase of the Out of every thousand nica 756 are returu- to those data alone. No thigh, my will pretnbly und more rundern as it is: for fliculty the mandarine have to cumend approach of the Chinese New Year and the ed as if superior education, 180 as able passenger boats which were supposed to baremering 500 tons of mud or 300 tons of sufficient (by those at hand quarters) the reatiess hurrying spirit of the prompt with: they may perfectly agree in every-stream hastening home to partako in the read and writu, 28 who rund but not writ
home their subartinetts in lustily curted age desires short introductivas whether thing that may be urged on then by us, but preparations nad festivities. This turned und 10 who cats mithur rend aus write- cannot carry it out; and we must confess fortunate circumstance for us as Twenty years ago 541 ontol very thomaans). carrying cargo. Dufondant stated that tho slay in ten hours. The machinery is all premises of wood and irun, a single story liay be to individuels or to bolta. Mr Hako, that it is far onsior to Bay, "go and do | visitors, because the New Year so očenpiod | ccarld just read and write, and whorens 134 accusation-was brought against hire simply direct acting and its movement is very high, so that it is impossible, after bearing Informs as shat it has not been dis only this or ther' than to do it."
the intense heat of the day, to escapo up. gather together an the various battle stated by one who fought with him against | Well, we (a party of 7 or 8 Europants, Scotsmen and Irishmen in the army are the minds of the Cautoneso ts to divent could reither read nor write, tay 52 wate The reasons for Gorton's success, as their minds from foreigners for the time. of superior education. To mumber of because he was the man appointed by the rapid. Government to measure juaks for licens
the Tai-inge, are as follow: They are, besides the American captain and 3 or 4 decreasing, while the increase of English- The case was committed for trial at the Supreme Court.
prizo wiener.
any pabio interest we ono in which a
ment, appears to have taken advantage of
his position to lovy a squeeze upon certain most favourable conditions it is capable of
THE telegraphio announcement of the cap- ture of Bacniah appears to hav's nearly knocked our Saigon contemporaries of thoir mental balance. The editor of the Saigonnaie, on receiving the news, brought
Operations on the worke at the new dock are being actively pushed forward by the energetic surveyor, Mr J. R. Mulis. The cofferdam is nearly completed, a sea wall of a massive character luns been constructed on
the Eat aide of the Dock, and the work of cutting away the hill at the back has ad- aulas considerable distance. A good deal of boring and blasting has hind to bo
five ante.
stairs at night to a cooler atmosphere than that pervaded by the intense heat of the still scorching ground.
Macao.
·24th March 1884
(From a Correspondent, }
Since may last, exchange of official visits has been the order of the day. On the 4th instant, Sir George Bowen and Sir William
to
book
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account of the glorious
ever.
with an enthusiasm and firstly his military genius, officers) had scarcely ceased to watch. thenon is comparatively large,
bave
exploits and trophies from folds of his hare, and parads them in a grand tricraphal procession, as it went, befaro the admiring gaze of his follow without
his character and qualities, livemilied beauty of Hongkong harbour countrymen ; but
which were sunt se tu saues all brought and its surroundings, the winding approach in contact with or serving under him to to the river through rocky islets and pro unbounded faith in his capacity, and truding mountain masses, and Chinese fish- disposal would be used to the bass purposo.' stations with steen launches and cutters to feel druty that the best trans at hising villages in sheltered inlats, and customs
The chapter of his life when he was ready to pounce ons Commanding Royal Fangineer at Gravesend or other genes from the free por
Freeport in the hopa tha was one in which-be did much good in nu of gaming it on to a quiet spot on ubostontatione manner. He waz
mainland, before out attention was attracted to the atrout Arab, many of whom he res to certain precautions taken on the steamer And though he itself. From our quarterdeck, a narrow
worthy of a biographer he holds the man, Charles Gordion, up as an example of as perfect a life as mortal man may live.
Gordon comes of a history-making family on both lis father's and mother's
side. Tro of his maternal grandfather's ships conveyed. the tea to Huston which the Mohawks pitched into the sea, thus starting the War of Independence; and the whalers of his
írior.d
out his paper two days earlier than usual. Performed, but a good deal of the pauno Dowell came over in the Vigilant on a visit grandfather, amidst other memorabledoings,eret fran the gutter. After quoting the telegram sent from the kind of work stillremains to be done. to Senhor Roza Their Excellencies landed for an account of which we must refer the doubtless fully believed in tilat much stauronse led to the hold, in which the! front to the Governor of Cochin-Chins, our The work has been greatly delayed by the privately and stayed at Government House, reader to the book itself were the first busud adage that charity should begin at Chinese could bo seen and heard.
worthy but slightly aroited contemporary action of the contractors, who have failed vxclaims in French of course-'Sach is to fulfil the conditions of their contract, the brilliant Icat of arma which has distin-Greater progress, however, is expected to guished the new Commander-in-chiefmut his bonude with this gigantic undertaking Heutenants. They have deserved well of shortly.
where a Statu Dinner was given in their honour, on the same day, to which the prin. cipal heads of departments were invited The illustrious visitors, is they are termed here, embarked in tho.Pigilunt, and left for
the 21st, came the French Admiral in the
batch
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90 days' sight,
4 months' sight, are
to attempt the whale fishery Japaneso
This WYAB waters; and they did their best to open one, he did not by virtus of tha: belief, as now closed by an iron grating secured by a Ranit, trade with the Middle Kingdom; and many do, decline to assist in any good heavy lock, and over it a smart looking
work cowhere. Though
author Our
Macao Portuguese, drawn sword, stood they took it to Botany Bay the fret not mention the fact, Gerdon's boys are not try their way of toe sy stuur convicta ever settled on Australia only to be found in England; one, whom he we found the same guard over the means of of shores.
Of Gordon's boyhood there seems to have picked up from the ditches after a Taiping communication aloft, while the wheelhouse Credits, been little worthy of record; hut it is no
raid and educated in England, oconpics at contained quito on their country and of the Republic. Weser THE Czar has decided to have a Russian Hongkong on the morning of the 10. On wonder that, born of a family of soldiers, the present moment a position of trust in zerolvers ier themoury of rifles and } Documentary 4 months' sight,.
ac, if necessary, India, Win,-** officers and massangers. The danger arises liant soldiers, and the oxpression et une American pattern. Ile has ordered 200,000 | Latin, memmpanied by the Commander of sion for which he has shown himself so well his religion has not beau one for the Sun Chinese on the mainland, or who leave their Gold Lest 94 fino
he should instinctively turn to that profce this Colony
Gordon is deeply religious man, and not from the vast mass of peace-loving Shanghai, demand,
30 days' sight, private 73 the Volter Admiral Lapos was brought i adapted; aud chce in servico his kaleidos-day only, нad uno which he kopt perfectly village homes to Gad a living in Hongkong
$5,41
our warmest congratulations to our vaaraty with repeating rits of the latest sympathy to all those among them whone of these arms through London firms.
blood has run in a just and patriotic cause.
May this testimony sofion their sufferings. This brilliant victory of our arms assures us the possession of Tonquin, and randers powerless. var enemies and those jealous of us!
هنا
Vive la France!
Vivo la Republique!
Vive Indo-Chino Erucaise."
We do not wish to throw cold water
T Full Mull Gasite has the following paragraph in reference to Mrs Bernard, well known hore:At the Olympic Theatre on February 28, Mrs Philip Bernard w make her debut on the stage as Lady Leute, The lady hails from Hongkong,'
RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ending 23rd March, 1864--
Chinese 763 235
European.
13.
24
283
38
459
29
474
305
Sunday
Totals 175 Grand total 2,494,
on the glowing patriotism of our es-Bonday, Tuesday, teemed contemporary at Saigno, but we Wednesday, must say this effusion smacks of the gor Thursday," geous Bat-the extreme East, in fact, Friday, whore romance flourishes, and the sun bus powerful effects on the brain. The French force at Bacuit would no doubt have fought bravely and well, but they hadn't
Vasto.
wo suppose, 'be heavily squeezed, but the
bulk of the money will have to come,
either directly or indirectly, from the mass
of the people. Most likely if the people
Saturday,
Sunday,
ashore in the launch Macao, and landed at Government wharf, where he was received by the Governor's dide-de-Camp and the Consal for France, Baron do Cereal, and onducted to Government House. At the wharf guard of honour was posted and sa huted the Admiral on his landing. The French officials were also entertained at a State Dinner, to which the elite of Macao Society were invitel. The Instin left for Hongkong on the following day at 8 in the
morning.
The minds of the residents here are very
tude for war,” and was decorated with the
dewand,
... $27.60
Temperature
to
copie life mickly passet in the Crimea, Bes sarabia and Armenia in the first of which distinct from his ordinary life, but one or farther off; bal from the Boating river Sovereigns,
hig he distinguished himself by a special apti. which has given a tone and character to population, as hardy, reckless, daredevil
whole being. Legion of Honour in the two latter he
Such is a rupil skotch of the main facts one of an aubitious class of human (Takes at Mesars Falconer & Co.'s Premis beings as could be desired, born mengglera, proved himself a valuable man in the culi, which ara narrated in this book. The book pitates and rowdies generally, who scent does not go into the subjects in an exhaustive trenaure afloat as a vulture floes its prey and notion of boundaries conaoyuent on war,
Bat the part in which the China rosidenting to the general reader; it is more rapid A few years ag, a number of such men, manner, and is consequently more interest would dars heavy risks to seeuro the priza. will take the greatest interest is that com- taining & history of Gorden in China; and survey of the events which have followed scattered among the hold
passengers, ros Each other so quickly in Gordon's eventfalana. with the arrived in China at the life bitherto, and whisis seam destund still murdured the captain (of the S. 3. Spark on a procuncurled signal, rushed on docks, and some of his officers and passengers, and secured and uads off with a lot of
врного
takes
nemt
rable time when Bir Harry Farkes and his companions were taken prisoners; and was
Summer Pa present at the burning of the laco that Vandal-like destruction, which hs describes in a home letter as wretchedly seas of atter destruction which passes my demoralizing work for an army,' and 'á
Sunday under very exceptional circumstances. One
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much exercised by the arrest of a citizen with the rebela was in May,
in
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present.
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on board) and the ter
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whole plot is said to have hoou carried out imprisonment, but it is widely known that with remarkable skill and ingenuity,
no judge ordered it; and the enquiry had not to pay these extra millions into the A Goop deal of talk is taking place anent whether we have returned to the days of of that list chapter in the modern history Water, fortunately, is procurable in suffi. proper, bugu meaning mouth. The old continues high. Gradiente indicate light
treasury at Peking they would expel then Professor Morse's device for utilising the in trade. France would, wo immagine, beman's rays, both for warming and ventilating glad to settle the difficulty and accept half houses. This is not a theory-it is a scien-
HONGKONG. (Come!rded), Hongkong is splendidly eerved with and smugglers are believed to have disposed Mr Sampaio, on leaving his house the other 1863, when they were booming troublesome police picked, stalwart English poolere; of them and secured what to them, will be in the neighbourhood of Shanghai, Is Sikhs even more stalwart and picturesquely
immensa bouty
Since the case of the day, was accosted by an officer of Police, drove them from their strongholds and dressed, red turban, blue cloth, high boota, park, precautions are always taken on the Canton atentaers; bat in our case no trouble a chance of doing anything of the kind. It A HEXTRA of burglaries in London having who requested that gentleman to accom.ared a radius of thirty miles round the scruiting like so many heavy dragons, yet
Settleinent. We cannat, however,
ocenived-all was paco below; and
Pery was practically a walk over for thon, and being investigated, it was found that in any him, intimating, at the sarap time, give a trecis of the stirring events of that glo envogh, and great lumps of Chiuwen soon, a professional singer struck up with
with a third variety of head drums and cus that, if the order was not complied with, period, which threw Gordon prominantly into tunne, many of them crying swords as the expansive sympathy of the Editor of each no one of the servants in the house force would be resorted to. Mr Sampaio position as a leader amonger men; but we well as batons, and looking like so many in by the applauss following each, wers
serice Chiasse songs or recitals in means unpleasing monotones, which judy. inst refer the reader to our author in the the Saigennaio which flowed out to those į at the time is received a character from had to other sitereative but to obey the account he gives of the origin and pricefighters, but with more flesh than m whose blood ran in this just and patriotic what purported to be her last place.'
"bobbies" at their best 1 sprenduscle. Ceylon
utach apprecatud. Iam not sure that he Manila 29.8788.043 SE cause will, we fear, run very largely to This place was always the same; it was and, and he was forthwith conducted of the Taiping rebellion, of the Second could not be shown alongside of the Hong was hot provided on board, to keep the Hongkong 2D,342.495 4
to the gaol and imprisoned without knowing orige of the movement, and of the state of are ine-king men, some 1,500 in all, in fun! Is is not stated in the books that he Shanghai 36.0052.687 NE
Celestial Brother,'
who was the fone et kong force. The military here just new crowded gathering in good humour, Who Amy 39.9864078 NE the house of a lady and gentlemen who
saya a Chinenen lius no sense of humour or Foochow 30.1255.081 NE what crime he was charged with or by whose circumstances, which furthered this ad view of warlike eventualities, while naval apparently lived in good style at the West Ir China pays up the 20,000,000 promptly, End, and whose names were in the Post-
arity he was arrested. After bis in enthusiast who nevertheless had a method crews also abound, adding piquancy to the aver laughs How different the reality Nagasaki 20.91 NW which is not likely, and her own warlike/Office Directory. The establishment was prisonment a search was instituted in for the ousting of the Manelico. All this edly dirty enough in many parts of the a beady clucsic or laugh! No doubt
las madness, in his visionary schemes
Wostock 29.80 20.0 E streat population.
cartily children, servara, villa- Hongkong is undoubt gers and citizens all appreciate any acusion
Blangkong Obiavatory, March 25, 1884. preparations cost her another £2,000,000, at a scraper the purpose of plant residence, and all private papera, &c., were is told in a most interesting style. The structs netipind cloly by the Chinese and fur
AT 10A-2TH MARCH, ing an accomplice in likely houres. In
Manila...30.0230.000. W the very considerable sum of £8,000,000, como sacca the accumplice was actually a taken charge of by the Police. Such an bold successful feats of the hero are narrated storit the wharver: but by mangs one fresh the struggle for oxistence makes them as a will have to be got in some way by the mere her of the household at the time of arbitrary and informal arrest casts all our with gusto and spirit; how he struck terror from Indian and Ceylon towns, eren in its people thoughtful and preoccupied, the little Hongkong 300662.090 E
ohildren beginning to help in earning some-Azao. 10.0360.088 NE 1 into the hearts of the Tai-ping how he Peking Government.. A fow rich inen vill, arrangements such as leaving the windows
the robbery, and made all the necessary constitutional guarantees to the wind.
turned enemies into friends; nid the worn, it would be pronounced comparathing almost as soon as they can todils, hut. Foochus 1-2
firmatively clean, unfastened, giving a signi," and keeping The utmost secrecy is maintained in promptitida with which he put
stop to the uther Burvanta out of the way. The governmental circles with regard to theming, which neenrred more than once important point to keep in mind rely intelligence in certainly a natural Shanghai./30.07 17.085 ESE c.
connection with Hongkong is thut so far
characteristic
Nagasaki 30.14 — ~ NW [2] disciplined masses which flocked to his anerned, the island is like a ship at sea! the Bogas Forts" commanding a com- Amongst the unruly and proviously unas providing for the wants of its people is The first point of interest we made wors WPostock 29.73 25.7 —— b
The barometer is steady. The tempera standard; all these and many other details Everything edible has to be brought in. paratively narrux entrance to the river bare har risen in the North. The humidity of Jaius are narrated in chapters 3, 4, 5, cient quantity from the hill gullies, the forts were demolished pretty well in 1860, winde. the inquisition is almost in every body's, and 7 of the present work. The de- runfall being plentiful (over 70 inches per but some bars heen repaired, and we mouth.
capitation of the rehal kings, who sabannum) and well distributed; but for rice found new fortifications, earthworks and Every act of Senhor Rozs is viewed with misted with the understanding that merey and meat, vegetables, firewood, cnd a thou walls or commanding points, bero and
should the sum asked. Six millions sterling must täfic fact, in active operation at the ingenious much distrust, and the Freas, after a lone be shown to then, is fully detailed gand other necessaries or luxuries of the nearer Canton, as we ran up the river
Gordon's and China One lesson count, warten immediately after the oe-Eestern Archipelago and Guine, propos, the thuis interest. The Chinese have currence, will bofound deserving of perusal Isuked to.. The trade between Canton wil that is to build their forts so as to the cost of the expedition. If China paid setts. The cout:ivance is so good and yet to a sense of is duty in severely criticising The hard task he had in Egypt, where he above and Hongkong in respect of city offer defence or attack on a sides and so much, France would get Touquin and all so simple that I need not apologise for giving H. E's policy in keeping the public and had to contend with many dificulties, is supplies for the latter and for the provi- not merely to run up open earthworks fac-
slso told at considerable length. the glory which she may be able to extract it to your restera in full. The outside wall of his own council in the dark even on the following extract from one of his lottura ring in harbour, is simply onoracus, not so, and, when the British book the Barometer. 20.04
The ioning of shipping calling at the port-oring the riser. Protions to 1800, it was out of the expedition for nothing. England the building where the plan has been adoptast insignificant questions of guvern-shows that his labours at that time were then again all the import rule of Southern Chinese positions in the rear, the latter
Herculean: I have written,' says he, to Chins in Manchester goods especially intended fighting then on the other side! Dition of wind
and said it was not fair, as they Humidity only got glory for her heavy fighting ined consists of a staty surface, painted black, mental details
protested eay that if anything happens to me the puses through Hongkong. and placed vertically on outside walls, with Governor Roza is simply showing himself Khedive is to be defended from all blanie, who sell their teas, to the extent of perhaps Chinese generale and sukliers are, Egypt, and she appears to be willing to keep Bues to conduct the warm air to the inside. to be a military man of the first water, and and the accident is not to be put down to the 20 milion lbs. annually, their silk and pro- over, not lost their love of tags: every Weather....
how. Furce her troops in the field at the same starving The stules ace inserted in groove, just an zate of payment.
glass is in its frame. Professur Marse if he takes the public here for his rank suppression of slavery. I have to contend served ginger, to the merchants at Canton, cacampert on hillside or plata in or out China will, in the end, pay a million or tibrary, which measured it, by 14ft, and will soon find out his mistake.
Our idea is that emphyad bis plus first for warming his and file and the city for a big barrack, he with the abolition of, hundreds of Arnauba, pisse goods they continue to bug in Hung--was marked out by a brilliant display of with many rested interests, with fanatinism, buy nothing from them save tra lead. Their of forts and we passed by quite a zamber two and settle the master. The Franch was 10ft. high. By its means the library
Turks, oto,, now acting Bashi-Batouts,
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kong, because, indeed, as a freeport, itisbest wint kok outfortable timvugh the entire The Preashore, after inducing the autho- with ineficient Governors, with wild inde- fitted to be the depot and store of the Far though the yellow crinugalne may colours, can get; in fact she on have such little very coldest days. When the sun's rays
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seat-independent province fatoly house, bagiuring with Jardine, Matheson & stomach for the fight that we believe she rested on the slaty apparatus above men- and thereby placing the government in an under Sapher, the Black Pasha, at Bakir Co. whose commissions alone, report says, ancient town of Whampon, though on a bit and to the lave
Gazelle." would be willing to cry quite if China would toned, the sir passing through it had is anomalous position, is keeping a strict;
No wonder our author saysThe work However, Hongkong merchants, like their the direction of an English ongireer in the and tenths, Fahrenheit.
ato cqual to perhaps 4150,000 a year diterons branch of the river, whore, under 2. TEMPELTURE, is the shade in degrees, lower her front and assure the Kopablio | discharged uo less than 3,206 cubic feet of silence over the matter. Mr Loureiro, who he had begun and was bent on finishing neighbours all over the Fest, have put being created on kirgo wooden fries, some humidity of "eir farato with uvíztare being
tomperature raised about 30deg., and it
Crinces service, a bridge or barricade
is 8. HUMIDITY, in percentage of saturation, the she was welcome to Tonquin. Although air. This was in the morning at a quarter ought to have taken up his appointment in was fraught with peculiar purile. It cu a good time as our Acaerican gotta say, China has lost nothing but a small amount to 12 xzm, the air was raised 29deg; when Tokic months ago, is still unable to prossed manted a tact, az energy, and a force of of fate. Trado has been, and is, very 80 or 10 feet, with, I suppose. A sting 109,
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almost superkaman ** cubio fest of air were discharged at
It was depressed. From Japan the accounts just bridge being left in the middle for junka of prestige in withdrawing her troops from a quarter to 1 p.m., 29deg, and 4,010 cobicthis destination, not knowing who is his stupendous tack to give pesce ton country received in cauction, with the review of and stonere to pass through. This struc the Tonquin delta, although she is in as feet at ave minutes to 21p.m., 24dea, and successor in order to hand over the archives quot with war; to suppress alavary among 18:3 are very discouraging; white here it is tar is to be protected by torpedoss. Wo Bule good a position for fighting France at the 062 cubic feet; ab & quartor tops of the Consulate. In the end, I am con people to whom the trade in human flesh felt that, if troubles at the east ports arise | saw ths pilsa driven and being driven, and tached cloudi, d drizzling rain, fog, gloomy, 6 STATE OF Wzaruzz, dine sky, c de 30dag, and 1,892 cubic feet were recorded
was life and honour and fortune and the out of war between Freuee and China, it here most certainly we have evidences of present montent as she has been sines the and discharged. The general difference for Eident, the Consulate at Hongkong will be shifting, conflicting, dubious policy of the may be temporary rute to the import irade, the Chinese authorities being in earnest bad, lightning, o orotcast, p passing shower difficulty commented, yet, if a general war
five hours of a winter a day was 30dog. The re-established, if Mr. Romano, the fittest Covernment on the question of the legidity while perhaps for a time banditting ten about the defence of Canton against the rally, ram, s soon, hauder, visibility did enrut, there would, we fear, when it recent meeting of the American Association,
datrivanen elicited mock interest at the gentleman to represent our interests at your
of slavery hampered him sorely.
buyers and shippers by raising the European Farby while the chuiger is that, if theydew (well be letlers are repeated to indi, The account of an interview between price for an article to buy sold at an ever got an elician; barier or poted, their sy focuse over the average of theiz
signification. was all over, be a bill for Chinu to pay ten' where Professor Morse explained it,
port, cannot be convinced to take up the King John of Abyssinia and Gordon, who urceofitable rato, "Canton is peculiarly bigutted oonzervativo and foreigner-bating 7. Bam, in inches, tenths and hundredtla,
from both stand
The Chinese,
fing with the dragon was most conspiouone.
Station..
W. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer, Hongkong Observatory, March 25, 1884
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
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Temperature.
will be very glad to accept what they winter, with the excation of a few of the rities to suppress the Hongkong Consulate.pendent tribes of Bedouins, and with a East. Here we find a long list of primo Came to the point behind the belt, and to the lavel at the sea in faches, teaths
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1. BAROMETER, radnoed to 82 degreas Fahren-
A. DIRECTION OF WIND, toe polity.
5. FORCE OF WIJ According to Beaufert