No. 6474-APEIL 24, 1084.}.
THE CHINA MAIL.
A PROCESSION of sandwichmon" says, tho
anos the similitudo of a baby clothed in a glaring scarlet cloak, and with a white hood and rail, could hardly fail to attract attention in the Strand during the busy hours of Saturday afternoon. Some of the paseers-by fancied that the directors of a foandling hospital had taken advantage of the sunshine to air their changes and incite the charitably Inclined; but it was only the inspiration of a theatrical_manager, the plot of whose play turned upon ruysterious baby. The cabman grinned and the gamins fashed their wit as the unitaponaive aandwichraen slowy paced alons, but the aim of the advertising genius
was attained.
GENEVAL Gordon has not, as yet, says
SUPREME COURT.
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Thursday, April 24.
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General. He is brave, heneussect tanance of the maintitie, although several beat make, fitted with a number of small gay Lotharios. The dress circle was full of thoro is no uninence in the town-Although gagster ran before us singing loudly and clond. Had the collisim beon delayed for
powders he made up. I thought a few Thus one of the most important constitu. the top and crash the marauders bolow. In the hall of ancestors" where worship is almost together Jost before us was the Pall Mall Gazette, each carrying in his (Before the Hon. • James, Russell, Fuisse more would as me good and requested agencies of the Kingdom kas passed a sween overy village, and even in Canto ordinary The first question put by ons, of the bro-Almost nork and neck the mosters fueled thekopt up on each family birth or fete day. pilo lighthouse, which marks the channel. pawnshopa tower for above the ascond supply. These I notical did not ing vote of conauro on the Government buildinga, rivalling the temples and pagodas thers through our guide was "What news past the light with not more than 200 yards readily melt in water and produced an Bolieving the Government guilty of incon-in eminence. On the sides of the hill we had we brought of the French war? show-between them. From this point the med almost milky liquor, while the fret scarcely sistency and vacillation, ho resigned his most occasionally noticed Chinese graves, some of ing the interest taken by this Chinese gen- was a splendid spectacle. The passengers thom known by an elaborate piece of mason- tleman in his retirement in the threatened and crew crowded on the decks, and Mr E. Mackem, instructed by Messrs showed in the water. I took them in and in order to allow the cloctors of Brightonry in the shape of a horsu-shon, but macet of war. Possibly this interest arose from the anxious faces were to be seen at the port- Sharp., Teller, and Johnson, appeared for he admitted that some of his drugs were the chance of sanding him drift if he had them marked only by single short slabs or probability of further taxation, or rather holos Choers and coanter cheers reas the The pieces of stone. In going round the Hong. equoozes of rich men like himself in air. The larger portion of the noise cane the plaintiffs; and Mr A. G. Wise, instructed vary inforior, having been supplied. by a not rightly intrepreted their vors.
kong Posk towards "Aberdeen" village orier to dofray the cost of military pre-from the New Zealand boat, which had a by Messrs Brereton, Wotton, and Descon, friend of his in the wholesale line result in crushing.
and dockyard, was came on a very extensive parations.
more numerous company of steerage pea represented defendants.
A cleverly executed scheme, decalving Ohiness gravayard, covering two sides of a We arrived at the Honam temple at the songers, but the altcuting, chafing, and In this case, the plaintiffs are said to be This was rather a weak statement, and, as a the sons of Taz Kai Tun. deceased, by customer, I iar lost for over.
large number of goutlemen, has been con valley, with thousands of such slabs and not timer (6-15 p.m.) for worship, and the scone
howling was not confined to pasor the other. Taz Kai
a few of the more phaborate "hero-shoes." was to ma a strangely interesting one. The steamers ware now in the channel, the his first wife, Chi Mak Seo,
Wears reminded of the near release of summated at the Haymarket Theatre. Perhaps the most important event to a secrmod transforved back from all the novel Adelaide or the eastern, and the Wairaraja Tan, who was a native of the province of
Neither vessel could Fakten, was formerly a merchant carrying the Claimant by a visit this unfortunate About ten days back, each roseived a mis- Chinniaan (although not in his life is his town and street scenes I had been watching. on the westera side on bositosa in Hongkong. He died into nobleman reerived this wook from the sivo, in a lady's handwriting, which ran as tioned how he hul stopped an epidemie of to a Caylon Euddhist temple. There were race was for one on other of the captains burial, and my Deli planting friend mon- and from the universal, ubiquitous "pigtail, turn aside, and the only vacapo from the isto on the 3rd September, 1887, leaving three wives, Plaintifs affem that Ohi Makassee of the Royal Star Thesirs, Stuck follows: The writer of this is anxious suloides (following on a visitation of small- the big grotoque iasges in sitting or to give a command to singkens meed. Right Son was the first wife of the deceased, but ton on Tees. The enterprising gentleman to have the pleasure of meeting you.
his Chinese coolien by making recunboat postures, the incense, the highly ahead in the channel is a shifting and Bhe Fox) mong Watts the workmen at Mosers Gill & thin is denied by the defendant, Lum Tan, offered the true and only Roger Charles will be at the Haymarket Theatre on Tace-most, or, worse still, burn the remaine up all the priests all shave and shorn talu complains that he was driven by the it known he would try all such land down coloured drawings on the walls, and, above knell which had to be avoided. Each cap- Son's shipbuilding yard, Rochester, were who says Chi Bak Ses was only a concubine, engaged in sawing a portion of an old ship's end claims to be the first wife herself. The Doughty Tichborne an engagement Doubt day, 11th March. If you will be in the and allow the ashes to be blown by the four tails for then with the yellow robes, over other on to the butt was driven by the theless an haavy father' ho would sline or stalls you will not fail to recognise her hanging followed after this announcement, however, as the priests had another (grey) Wairarapa; but I do know that we were defondant further contenda that
winds of heaven. Not a single attempt at one shoulder, the other not being bare, can be ampported by the captain of tho mainmast; formerly belonging to a man-of-plaintiffs, being the children of the cor
bright particular star. Possibly the but to show that this meeting is agreeable though suicides had risen to a dozen a weak garaent, it being their winter time, under napoded by finding ourselves on the sandy war, at Chatham, a 38-pounder iron shot cubine, are not the legitimate of Claimant doubts his capacity, fears the will you wear a buttcu bole of violats and before.*
the yellow robe. There were 24 priests bottom two or three times. Of couran, wo was discovered embedded in the misst, the Taz Kai Fong under English law."
At length, a head in the river, more present, all on their knues on mata scattered might have retired, but as the rule of the stated provincial boards might fail to support his lilies of the valley, and she will wear scarlet fortifications, camps and flags, on cash idea at diferent points about the temple, all with road enjoins that the slower must andor the plaintiffs pakilion it was The aparture baving heen plugged up
that letters of administration of the estate
About eight o'clock the forest of masts and columns of anoke in their lande in Aduration, and all repeating such circumstances give mast in question had been lying for a cum-
vay to the is bolióred to have belonged to Nelson'say the Supremo Court to the defendant Lum turning s ponny on his retense, for he has firat victim appeared on the scure. Gallant, the distance, and we became aware of the the same two or three words for half-an-hour quicker vorsal, it was clearly the duty of siderable time at Chatham Dockyard, and and effects of Tez Kni Tan were granted panderous frams, or has better views for geraniums.
od to have belonged to that 33 Tan, the ontate being sworn under the sum declined, the offer. In these days of really, yet caationely, he looked round for the with its suburbs, cannot have less than two the templa in processing and then back to did not acknowledge herself beaton. proximity of a great town--a town which, together, after which they matched round the beaton vessel to retire, but she evidente Victory. pounder sket was the largest is uso for firing in Hongkong with the two plaintiffs, ing after any excitement a touting four fair unknown, when, to his dismay, he millions of Chinese--a tuwin richer, better thvir rooms. Moram temple is said to be far captain, kopt stemming on. I any naval variate during Nelson's time. It is who were aged and 3 respectively; and throughout Eagland should yield something noticed other mon dropping in, one by ono, buils, with a greater variety of industries, one of this most richly-endowed in China; the head of the Wairoa tumed toward not long since the Fictory's tainasil was
all bearing the floral sign. Man came from les sud chops, than rost owns in the j nur guide said they drew £14,000 a year.) us, and a collision seemed invitablo. 'I discovered safely stowed away at Chatham that she died or the 9th May 1885. handsome to support his dealining years.
"Middle Kingdom, and yat
Fiskding to from rents. There are 200 monks altogether; thought her captain must be ind, for it I was further stated in the petition Dockyard, where it had been lying for that before she died zhe naked for and
Weston has completed his 4,000 miles Aldershot, fixom Brighton, and from the none in ita thoroughly Chinese characteris- the different buildings, gardens, &c., all acomed as though he would strike us on number of years unnoticed. The sail WOLN
I drew ay wife away riddled with shot fred during the battle of oxecuted, in the presence of three witneswalk. Fifty miles a day he has done upon eeuntry, many of them wearing scarlet tice, so that to see Canton and pass through wallad xcurd, cover an immense sproot be our starboard bow.
bo hor will. In this paper she entrusted the nothing stronger than water, and he has geraniums in place of the Parina violeta, afford has always been acknowledged to trees, sony of theni vary venerable-looking, to the other aide, that she might have hold aed, a certain paper purporting to Trafalger.
into the Ele of the occupy every courtyard. We saw sacred of one of the stanchions when the bump I as good gained i plaintiffs to the mix of Oha Shi, the delivered a lecture on temperance in every which made them the more compinou. It lowery Land. Approaching Canton, wore woven round wires in the gardens after I noted that he had altered, his helm. The
people as could be
in any part of the piys Poultry
and birds. Flowers and trees came. Looking back as I crossed the deck third wife, or concubine, of Taz Kai Tun town ho touched at. Extraordinary feats was not long before there were at least
we were reminded at several points of the the most grotesque patterns. We saw where point of the Wairarapa awing found from Truth, proved a success at Kharicum. He After letters of, administration had been always lind visitors and a man has started sixty victims, many of whom wore acute Thames and its lowlying banks, and the priests' romains wore creamiated, and won-as, her steru swung toward 118, and in
granted, Lum Tun entrasted the adminis
to walk a similar course apon beer and enough to hide thoir dower in their hats, delusion was fostered as we passed the little dored again at the rat difcrence between another secund a low thad ran through the may, but, if so, it will surprise me. Judg-ization of the estate to Ow Shing Chow,
English cemetery surrounded by a log wall the practice of the people with tlioir tails ahip, tolling us too plainly there had been ing from the extracts from his works which Yup Pin and Chu Pin On, all rosiding at brandy!
to be assured if the fair waster of scarlet on the side of a slight eminence above the and their anxiety about the burial of their
a collision in the after part of the vessel. the Yi Yik, 47 Bonhams Strand West, and the Pall Mall Gazette has published, his then loft for Amoy. Prior to the death of
should be discerned. Before the end of river bank, and also where we caught a unmaimed bodies, and that of their shaven, Instantly our captain stopped, and seemed
further on of the English settlement-crumaling religious teachers. But here, as wind upon many points is in such a condi- Chi Blak See these administrators paid her
the first act it was very patent that a sight
to me to reverse his engines, and the Shameen-with a row of aplendid mansions in so many landa-our own in many places Wairarapa passed on ahead. The excito- tion that Dr Forbes Winslow would have $30 a month fer the maintenance of herself
sell of the first water had boon perpe-embowered in shady trece, chiefly of the no excepted, wide gulf separates the mantras intenso. Women screamed and no compunction in siguing a certificate to and children and alas paid the ront of the
trated, two noble lords, the chief character Ficus species and closely allied to the bay.
and the people. The Chinese went into hysteries. The confusion was confine him in a Lunatic Asylum, for the hones she lived in; and, after her death,
along a grassy
bund flanked by a wall seem to have lost all respect for the Budd- terrible, Lut, is gradually calmed down as ranks and oddities of Mr Weldon were paid the doctor's and burial expenses
in an Irial breach of proative case, and
against the river side. But beyond this, alihiet temples-in Canton, at loush: the only the engines got to work nothing in comparison with those of the Since her death (9th May, 1833) however,
others equally well known being among the resemblance consed. Croton lies very low altendants at the worship were boya and slowly to pass on into a douse mist, which again. Wa began and, in
have not paid anything for the nusin
lads looking on out of curiosity. One suddenly so before us like a wall of many things, adinicable. But
not far behind it rises the range of man who, having received lotters thom-known as White Clouds," a favorito resort turning somersaults right into the temple, another thres mistes the race would hire
hills selves, had compared notes, and detecting in more peaceful times of the foreign Formerly, the women game in numbers to been terminated by the two bouts entering the joke, accurat this coin of vantage to The must prominent building tou in all provoked one guild of Canton tradeswen-anchor, and so had the other optain: pro merchants for picnica and other outings, worship, but certain discoveries, which into the fog. As it was our captain had ti enjoy the scene.
Canton--ecrtainly as seen from the river-is the workers in jadestone-to pull down agress was impossible. Overload the stars the Roman Catholic Cathedral with its Buddhist temple in their rage, put a stop were visible, to the Qaversed light was double spires, aul it is perhaps no wonder on tho part of Chinted householders to their completely inidden. therefore thus the Chinese should regard it wouen buing allowed to enter the temples, Mr. Turabull, the secretary of the a standing insult, and danger because it and so the priests in many cases have now Adelaide Steamship Company who was on interrupts the good winds which their the worship to themselves. The case in no board, age the damage is very slight, and Fabiats would otherwin send them? doubt different among the more aupersti-that throughout there was not the alightest
Fussing to our anchorage, we noted options and detout country people;
is; but danger." posite Shameon one or two mus-of-war and annidst all the phiksophy, higher customs gants--an English, Goran, French and religious practices, the only religion and a specially smart-looking American ves which really sus to have a hold on the set. One English gunboat, the "Lively," bulk of the Chiuess is the worship of z What a change has come over the Aqua
Curious that the universal and charms passed us on its way down the river. Re- custore. rin since the ameking was introduced. for the dwellor of the City and its yond Shameen, we came to a stop at a point precious pigtail only came into me with a The company has thickoned and so has the absence bas at any rate pleased me. The where the river was simply blocked up by certain imperial dynasty about 200 years the most crowded, extraordinary and ago, just about the time. I suppose, the atmosphere. I stood looking down on the promise of spring, with its young joys, heterogeneous collection of beats and water-Sinhalese were induced to tie up their hair scone below; the thousands of tiny amps, is upon us. Last night, dining out, I found vessels of every degree it has ever been may and use octals. the fountains playing, the moving mass of the boss docked with ransses of priorcscs. private junks big and little, rafte, country luck tu seo. Chinose war and merchant or
(To be continued). people; all were visible through a thick And casting our eyes forward visions of the and heavy sea-boats, passenger and freight haze of tobacco smoke. The proprietors Parks in their full splendour, of Piccadillyampans, telescopic boats, canoes, lodging- house boats, lower-boats," of forting have covered the whole surface of the floor full, the Academy opan and of the Derby music-halls for the entertainment of below with dark red coir matting which and other pleasant race-meetings, of Lords allows of little sound of the promenading and luncheons, of the river and long lovely thousands. The expense of the entertain lazy days in sua and shade, the summer ment is reduced greatly, the Guards band glories deep in the heart of the country all and one or two “singers taking the place of come like a happy dream, that, please the Wong Akin, a tinsmith, who was com.all the varied programme of jugglora, pige, will come true. An English summier mitted for trial last month on a charge of acrobats, portrait sketchers, peamerists, is very enjoyable and may I last to chewuicle being on the complainant's promises for au Greek uoblemen, missing links, porforming the doings of tasny of them, unlawful purpose, on the 29th March, was horses, guinte, dwarfs and the kindred and brought before the Court, the case having been sent back
be dealt with by the
one attractions which failed to make the Police Magistrate. From the evidence it place a paying venture. Now, a little music On Tuesday, (March 18th) the fourth Eng-appeared that the defendant was found by land-bound teain of Australian arickotore a district watchmau at 2.30 am, on the and a cigar, American and other drinks at sailed from. Melbourne by the steam-ship staircase of the house of one Chan Aho, hal, shows that Mr Willings knows the
He had a nail, a knife, a piece of string public taste and studies it. Sutlej. Five of the thirteen playars now and a box of matcles in his possession. on their way to England are visiting us for Defendant told the watchman that he
lived the fourth Linte. Chief of theso is W. Lin the house bat this was proved to be Murdoch (the captain), who is perhaps one false. Five previous convictions were, of the best batsmen liring, and whose spores proved against the prisoner, who, though of 153, not out, against England, and 286, only 10 years of age, was a confirmed not ont, against Sussex, made in 1880 and criminal. He was now sentenced to six 1882 respectively, have been recoutly sup-months' imprisonment with hard labour.- plemented by his grand innings of 321, nude while playing for New South Wales against Victoria. The other four are A. C. Bannera, J. M. Blackhans, II. F. Boyle,
is hardly in accordance with his approval of our attacking the Mandi's lieutenant,
Orman Digna
that be entirely over-estimated his in-applications have been made to them. In enco with the Sudanese. His Baggcation to make gebeur, the chief of the slave we in got state of want and deafitution. says the petition, plaintiffs dislers, Governor of the Smudau, coupled They therefors pray the Court to grant with his proclamation legalising slavery, them their share of the cetate and have the cuamends itself to few, and his appoint estate properly administered. mont of the Mahdi as Sultan of Kürdofan
Defendant, in her rawer, in addition to denying that Chi Mak See was the first wife, said that Chi Mak So, before she died, signed a dand whereby she appointed Ow Shing Chow, Yun Pin and Chu Pin On “W” writes to the St. James'a Gazette inns proper guardians of her sons; and that favour of serving out revolvers to our these persons, though desirous of carrying out their trast, were prevented from so troops when engaged in such operatione as doing by the wrongful act of Chu Shi, the the present in the Sondan. These weapons third concubine, in taking the children arn light, and could easily be carried in the way
Evidence was led during the day to sup belt, and many a man would have a chanseport plaintiffs' assertions. of saving the life of a hard-proved com- panion-in arms who now as his slaugh- Eared under his eyes. Officers who have been in these rushor appreciate thoroughly the deadly efficiency of the revolver. In his Good Word for the Bayonet," writea a correspondent, "Me Archibald Forbes insisted on the superiority of that weapon an appointment. to the spear or sword stone, but did ant touch the question of its being matched against the spear or award plus the shield, a with the Zulus. As far back as 1853 trial of the weapon under these conditions was held, six prirates of the Guards boing armed with the bayonet ngaint six amned In every case the with sword and shield. sword and shield won easily, and in two casos the bayonet failed to score a single point. It was the more remarkable is, though all the men were proficient with the hayopet and sword, none had ever triod to manage the target before."
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When, the case was adjourned, in die, His Lordship suggested that Mr Mackensi should consider whether it was any use taking further evidence to prove that Chi Mak See mude a will appointing Obu Shi guardian of her children, es under the statuta a widow had no power to wake such
Police Intelligence. (Before B. Macken, Esq.). Thursday, April 24,
ENTERING A HOUSE FOR AN UNLAWFUL FURFOSE.
ROGLE AND VAGABOND
Thonza Callan, a beachcomber, was sent to gal for seven days as a rogie and vage and F. R. Spofforth; the "damon bawlor bond. Defendant was found sleeping last having been paranadod to join the team at right in a stroot chair and told the con the cloreth hour. Three others of the stablo that he had no place to sleep in. tcam--namely, Palmer, Donzell, and Bonnor-zre on their third visit, and three more arn on their second. It is noticeable that every member of the eleven is a really good butamsu, while
(Before A. G. Wise, Esq.)
ILLEGAL TRESPASS, Wong Aping was sent to guol for fourteen Defendant was found on the top floor of
Lord. Shrewsbury held a panado of the thirty Forders in front of his residence in Brook 86. I have made mention before of the enterprising effort of this young nobleman to improve the cab service of the metropolis. Kask of his cabs am of the
conveniences inside, and all having the patent india-rubber tyred wheels, the latest luzary for London travelling. The parade was entirely airisfactory and encouraging to the drivers, whose vehicles were all turned out in the pink of perfection. Homeward bounders, if you are going down to the Star and Garter at Richmond, to the Derby, to the Boat Race, or to any of the sporting meetings round and about London, there are many wores modes of going that in a corafortable caL,
it is now late enough to brag about the weather we have had this winter without fear of paying for the bosst. The sun in March has too much power for any conti nuad amount of frost. Although the gen- eral mugginess has often been depressing, wo baro had acarcely a fog; and we have had a very fair proportion of bright
Soow has no sunshiny daya.
"Young China" at night, etc. One-half
The
RACE BETWEEN OCEAN STEAMERS.
(Arguin.)-
carl
Quotations. HoseKONG, April 24, OPIUM-New Patna, cash,.3620/221
ок New Bonares, cash. (27 Old 23 cash,... G25 New Malwa, credit. 660. Allowance, Trels
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24
Old Malwa, credit.... 555
Allowance, Theis... 40
Exchange
13
Bank, Wire, i
Demand,
17
30 days' sight,
4 months' sight,
Credits,
322
of them were lying still, bat the other half the Union Steamship Company's & Wais On Wednesday afternoon, 29th February, were darting across or up and downstream, rupes, for New Zealand, vid Hobart, and 110 perfectly callous of being run over indeed Adelaide Steamship Company's c. Adelaide, Documentary 4 months' sight, 3/0 we were toll rather desirous of such a fats, for. Adelaide, left the Queen's wharf. The Judia, Wire,
221 because of the profit pretty certain to ocenę | Wairarapa was best out of the river, but she demand, through compensation from the Steamboat was still off Williamstown when the Ade Shanghai, demand,..
72 30 days sight, private 79 Company-so that our steamer had twice laide reached that place. They headed for to atop rather than incur the risk of run- the West Channel together, and appeared Gold Leaf 99 ino...
... 827.55 ping down boats, that ought to have kept from the shore to be racing to the Heads. Sovereigns,
... 85.43 out of her way. Leaving the steamer, we The contest was very exciting, as may be Miss Fortescue has come out again and made for the "Canton Hotel" close by on judged from the particulars given
below,
Temperature. the other side of the rivera poor to king and terminated in a collision, in which the (Takes of Mesara Falconer & Chi's Premises, has been seen in Dorothy Drice and has not; conquered. Eer reception was warm enough had inside as it looked outside.
place, the only one of the kind, and not so Wairarapa was slightly damaged. Captain!
Queen's Road, of the vessel, on reaching Hobart "Ah Kam,"
HONGKONG, April 24, . to bring the tsars to her eyes, but the truth well-known Conton Guide,
telegraphed to Mr. David Mills, agent of D tall, grave, rugged-looking Men the US.. Company in Melbourne, that BAROMETER must be told that she utterly failed to do
golian, not untiko Tamil re for his steamer was damaged by the coll sien, more than go through the part correctly and his drass and pigtail, talking very and that gentlemen at once formally in The Parcel Foat is not giving that satis-antomatically as she had evilently been four English, was waiting, and titrated the fact to Mr. J. F. Ogden, agent faction which was looked for, neither is it drilled to death to do. The management the sights of the town on that, the easterning telegram from our correspondent at we lost no time in following him on foot to for the Adeinide S. S. Company. The follow- anything but a heavy loss to the Post Office had rubbed the petites of a portion of air site of the river, namely, in the suburbs Adulaido gives a version of the incident, in these carly days. While it proves an space to make extra stalls, and theso load called Houam, which included a visit to furnished by one of the passengers on board
he Adelaide - the greas Buddhist temple of Honami, to enormous boon to distant places, remota voiced supporters of the drama. made their the residence and gardens of a Ühiness
ADELAIDE, Sunday. from good rail communication, round and discontent heard se plainly that the company gentleman, and to a "preserved ginger" The Adel rate was advertised to sait about London the carriers convey parcels was a little un-nersed by the demonstra. manufactory. The last had stopped work from Melbourne at 4 o'clock on the after- quicker and chopper. People are not slow tion. The managers are paying her hand it here is an account I have found of dates was altured to Wednesday, the 20th,
ing on account of the New Year holidays: noon of Taerday, 10th February to lud out and use the better horse. sontoly, doubtless not undercalculating the the process as given by an American eye-at o'clock in the evening. We did not
draw.' But chould her breach of promiss
witness-
know the reason of this until we gat aboard, when we learned that the airarups, base comte before a jury it will be patent to the jury that her profissional prospecte so far from having been injured have greatly improved.
The leat thing in room furniture in a very namental and wide fender, fitted with Į plush covered seata, a very excellent inven
tion.
in
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The ginger root, a large white varieich was also announced to mail on Tron
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eight of them are also vory effective) days' hari labour za a rogue and vagabond an undiscovered murder, has again been bowlers. Spofforth is a great gain to the od to learn that he has not persisted in his shop keeper's house comfortably taking, his been found murdered in her bed, but the tan minates of Ploendilly Circus and there! After this it is taken out, the rough edges and spent anme time in inspecting the Shanghai.29.93,62.5 72, ESR 14K team, and English cricketers will be pleas
refusal to join the steven. As bowlry bateman, and wicketkeeper respectively Spofforth, Murdoch, and Blackham are all unrivalled; and it is evident that the Australian team of 1884 will be an uncon-
complainant and had no right to be there. case on a bed. He was not known to the
LABGENY.
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is first dug and the outer skin scraped off. This is chiefly done in the country urday, bad determined to have a men with then shipped down to the city in boats, they found our boat had deferred its Ball- rounding Canton, where it is rated. It is the Adelaide, and that the agents, when Burton Crescent, not yet recovered from
carefully washed, and thrown into large ing for a day to avoid the encounter, had I was at Church last Sunday evening at kettles, where it is boiled for about twenty pustponed the sailing of the Waintrapa sa Manila 20.3700.250 E the scapo of a terrible crime. A girl has St. Anna's, Soho. This Charol is within thrown into salt water, and allowed to re-what was in the win, I took my plaus on
four hours. It is then taken out and
to bring about the contest, Innocent of Hongkong 29.97 74.758 E 18 Any... 29.0975.000 NE 2 maia there
about twenty-four hours rayre, board the Adslaide at atoué a quarter to 6, | Froebow .30.0566.0,73 ESE scoundrel who accompanied her home has is most perfect organ, playing and singing.
trimmed off with a a kaife, and brown upo escaped detection, taking with in the few The Magnificat and une dimistis were by tables, which are surrounded with opora- Wairarups getting up steam. Both vessels Wl'ostock 23. 85,36,8! SK beautiful vessel. Close by i was the Nagasaki, 29.99 N valuables she possessed. No clue has been Calkin, the anthem O Lord have mercy theirs,
in each hand a kind of three had a full complement of holding
Bongbong Observatory, April 24, 1884. Li Achuk, a seaman, admitted a charge. obtained by the police. Dead mou tell no upon me' by Pergolesi, Thero was a boya Font until it is thoroughly punctured rapa was the first to move off frem |
passengers. The pronged fork, with which they prick the of stealing two jackets, two shoppen, a
AT 10AM-24731 APRIL- only strong one. Their first match will towel the property of one Li Aduk at Yau- tales and the insecurity of life through voice worth going ten miles to hear, but through. It is then washed in fresh water she went up into the basin of the Yarra Hongkong 30.03 72.9:33 E
her moorings. She passed close to us as Manila 30.02 84.288 WNW1, be played against Lord Sheffield's eloven atma-fi yesterday, and was sent to gaol for every class becomes morè glaring as crime what was the greatcat treat to me was the and dried in the sun for a time, after which to turn roun Sheffield Park on the 12th of May.
She turned round, and Amoy.....30.00 65.085 S fourteen days' hard labour.
marvellous organ accompaniment to the about an equal weight of sugar, and boiled
it is again placed in large kettles, containing went on her way down the river. It Fouchow-- us. I see that on Friday evenings Bach's for about twelve hours; it is then taken process, but as we had not the assis- Naguaki. 30. 16 ESE
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Passion Music daring Lant is being aang
from the kettles and put into large earthen tance of the tug, it took us a long Westock 29.83/30.0 BE Jare Tho syrup is penred over it, and it time to get our head toward the riser with full orchestral excompaniment, is allowed to remain therein for several mouth. Wesaw the Fairan making more
The Barameter has fallen, Gradients in- daya--sometirees weeks when it is boiled rapid progress, Long before we were dicate W winds, ap again for a short time, and is then ready abreast of the sugar works she was steaming
W. DOREECE, for packing. It is put ap in jars and half- towards Williamstown, Abreast of tho
Government Astronomer jars, such as all dealers are familiar with pier at Williamstown wo aw the other
Hongkong Obserwatory, April 24, 1884 and packed in caso containing six jars or stosmor not far off. She had evidently twelve balf jars. In all the various mani hero waiting for us at least half-an-hour.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, pulations the Chinese are particularly ex- Our captain might have gone down the bay tarous. The process of putting the net at half-speed, but it was more than flesh
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after arime undiscovered is added to the Li Atai, a coolie, Ng Aying, boatman, long list fresh on the memory of the publis. to seven days hard labour for petty inrrany, and Un. Apiu, coolie, were each sentenced
So many charges of drunkenness have clothes, shoes and being the articles stolen. been brought against Binne, the execn- Wong Afu, a servant employed in ono of tiener, so many juries sitting on the bodies the regimental cook houses of the Buffs of hanged men have censured this man of was charged with stealing thres pounds of beef, worth 30 cents, the property of the blood for similar misbehaviour, that the saves days' hard labour. Government, and was also sent to gual for Middlesex sheriffs have resolved to iustitute an official enquiry into the matter on their own motion, without instruction from the Home Olice. So Bartholomew Binos will
NOTES FROM THE METROPOLIS. (From our Correspondent).
London, March 20.
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A VISIT TO CANTON.
Mr Ferguson gives, in the Ceylon Observer, an interesting account of a visit he paid to Canton while on his journey round the world :----
January 26th, 1884.
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Tax bill that was introduced last year by Mr. Baraah, M. P., for the registration of firms is this year fathered by Mr. Norwood, MP. According to this proposal a firin would have to be registered whenever its name did not consist of the Full or usual partners without any addition. And every Damier of all the partners or all the soting person would have to register who carries on business under a fira nams coasting of or containing a name or addition other than his own full or usual name. When-
The approach to Canton is marked by a erer a firm or person is registered in this
find his lucrative occupation gons and rich low-fying delta on each side of the dif. are carried sud haudled, a workman would stood could stand to have such chal- another will reign in his stead, who does ferent brunches of its river-the Chenkiang rings just big enough to go over the top and accepted, sad the two vessels prepared Barometer... 20.07 way the name is to be used in all matters
scize 8. piece of rattan, twist it into two longe thrown down, and then refuse to take it up. Anyway, the challenge was givan connected with the business carried on.
and this data well repays the cultivation and bottom, and with another slender atrip for action. The Wairarapa was at least Temperaturo. 747 If all places weit as go-ahead as Brighton not require to deaden bis feelings and bestowed on it by the Chinese. Luediately would weave a network between thusa two four lengths ahead, and so she lay there, Humidity....... The
required to be registered particulare Bra(1) the fem-se; (2) the nature of the there would be little to complain of. The steady bia nervos with strong liquer. surrounding the city are market-gardens in business; (3) the place of business; (4) the latest improvement is the telephone which
Buined by doctors bills. And the cause umorable, not merely supplying the wants rings as quickly that one could hardly be she showed by the way in which her safety of wind full name, usual residence, and octer occupa to connect the queen of watering places will go bonus to many a married man. Athipraent to Hongkong. Eure and thero muaine, '
of the inhabitants, but affording supplies for lieve that it had been accomplished by an valves were
A steam, that she was Force individual, and not by some marvellous
ready.
from Hobart says she Weather.. ation (if any), of the perscus 'who carry it
The pasting of the papers over was only one length ahead at the start. Rai.. pa; and (6) where a business is commenced with the metropolis. It will 1000 be a Dudley County Court, Mr George Gilbors coming up the river, a village nestling in a the in the future, or a newplace of business nata-
f work. One end of a long strip of the ly as we went down the bay that distance mandarin's or headrian's residence in an is first stuck to the edge of the jar, and
lengths at the minimun distance," Graduał- blished, the date of both these events is to ple matter to find out by word of mouth stated that his failure was due to the pay stove of trees, often wailed round, with the of top of the jars is also a curious peo This is certainly not true. I mention four be registered. These particulars era to
at any club or other place where the teloment of over £2,000 to different physicians endloss of its own, is noted. The houses strip is then twisted ovor, each time began to diminish. This incrassed the ex- written out by the parsuri registering in the phone is laid on what sort of weather is and other medical agencies during the lang are often stonsbuilt, but the only big house, giving a little dab of paste, until the jar citamment, and both Posseis began to strah presence of a justice of the peace or a solio-
almost towor, in cach village is the pawn is hermetically sealed, and all this is done every
The elastrio Itor, &o., by whom his signature is in ha! being experienced, or being down there to illness of his wife. One item was £84 paid shop. which rises to three or four storeys, at iyith much exceeding quickness and detURE TOI turned of on boardị hẹit, and to the level of the sea in luchas, tenth sttested. And whe ever there is a change gira directions for the carrying on of busi. to a London physician for one visit to Bir square rongly-built and fire-proci, i tions of the operator's hands. Mr. How ullirod. The clocirio lights on the othes and-toński, Fahrenbait.
off that the pres like an old Highland or tarity that you can hardly follow the m in the constitution of a Bra or in its nameness in London without the abbreviationgham,
Ears of avery pound of steam might be there is to be a re-registration. For default
It is impossible to deny that tho ro. / with flat or even open roof. I had not real-Qua was glad to ago is in his house, or ship also went a Dose clouds of in registration the penalty is to be a fine stary in using the telegraph wire.
ited before the great importance of
of pawn net exoseding £1: for excl: day during which Sixpenny telegrams are still in the womb tom of Mr Marriott for Brighton by a shope among the Chinese; how the villagers rather the wide-extending, wall-surrounded amchy from both tossuls were to be sech, humidity of air saturated with moisture beitsg the default continues. Maxing false return of the future. The parcel post is to have majority vastly greater than ever was
pawn their winter-clothes in return for their dens in which he and his teethren with their the Adelaide even thames lens. At first sories of buildings balls, temples and get mingled with sparks, and from the funnel of is to be a misdemeanour for which the prin
cheaper sumber gennants and often families, resided. Salutations wore on Hghter, Assment maybe inmeisontent with hard intermediate reductions, Abs. 43d,; 4lbs, before polled Les given a shock to the for tote sowing-need; how the pawnshop is changed very depraodely the little elit but if increased as the distance betwem the
the speed was about fourteen knots an hour, Sealo. labour for
The person with 3d 6ibe, Loid, and there is talk of still far credit and authority of Mr Gladstone's Ge- often their only safe store as Welled baik, druth is the arms of their sons Chinese vessels diminished until both steaners were teshed clouds, & drizzling rain, fog, a gloomy, whom a registration is to be effected in the
being built to offer a stout defence, and i vernment. This is what the leading therefore lined round its walls with clothes were particularly ready to shake handawowers in the wide area in the middle party squally, rain, snow, thunder, u visibility ayahs (uot unlike many Singhaless syahs) asking along et sixteen knots. As long as hail, fiyatning ogvercast, p peng showers, registrar of joint atpok companies, and hother bringing down this soful syilem. is directed to transmit abstracts of registras Be very careful in England to entrust the Liberal journal of the day days. Mir and property of ell descriptions, de escb tions to the County Court registrus The making up of prescriptions to a Food Marriott, who lately resigned his seat as a starty, carefully numbered, the centre chinchin; but we were most interested in of the bag there was plenty of ten-room, daw (wat)The letters are repeated to inc #tatements thus rogistered are to be open chemist. I took a physician's prescription bars and stool again as Conservative, has make the attempt to break in, one uwans of of stopping suishies by inserting in pueral ur the arrow passage of the West Channel, iguals, in
boing kept open, so that, when robbers do
but we all know that we should soon enter cate my increase over the avenge of their *Orders will roti Nepoison's axpedient to anyone's inspection on the payment of a
7. Rax in inclas, truths and hundred this, and it was evident that we should enter it i mall fee.
*** to a newly established man and used the been returned by an overwhelming majority. I defence is to hurl heavy stones down from ders Desarind to the sacuy.”- EP, 0.0
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W. DOUBOR,
Government Astronomer.
Hongkong Observatóry, April 11, 1884. 1. HAMMETER, reduced to 83 degrees Fahren
sad lundredths.
2. TEMPURATUZ in the shade in degrees,
3. HUY, in percentage of saisralian, the
4. DIRECTION OF Wix, to two polita.
G. FORCE OF ID, according to Benatort
U. STATE OF WEATHER. blas sky, a do-