No. 6478.-Arntt. 23, 1984.).
SKORTLY before 20von o'clock on Sunday morning, a slight shock of earthquake was felt at Manila and some of the provinces I was about three seconds' duration.
Ar a meeting of the Trustees of St. John's Cathedral, held on Thursday Inat, the offer-
Christmas, ware divided as follows:-
Sanday School Library .........................
Diocesan Home
Cathedral Funde..... Missions...
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THE CHINA MATL.
Carpets are things of primary importance Gray, this nine days' quoen, and a thousand
In a country where winter lasts eight months of the year, where the grey, dull, dirty damnpress, that the Englishma is fond of calling host anal weather, filis you with the spleen, it was imperative to seek for happiness at home.
Commercial.
A SWATOW correspondent informs the Amoy glossy face" popular in some quarters sold in zony skops and noticed in the barracks bad bein filled by a large number Gazette that a grand Bowling Match took while it is well-known me all over the of merly every stront. of spectators, who had obtained admission in England. Every door and staircase, in other precious lustorical relics: All these world, how freely they would, and do. We were taken to the stores of cloth by tickets, sold at the door at nonas and even the simplest houses, are covered with warders in fifteenth century costomes here. place at the Kialat Club on Saturday even adulterato, if left, to themselves. Experte workare, weavers (some with such curious 4 annaa respectively. The procession, them. We any in France, that provided corridors those portcullises and monte, plast ariel Baron Von Seckendorff, Ger- among Europeats, however, your lad is little inchines), carrers, Bilder, por mucho! the piatforms, and after some singing and ton she is happy. These two things are while you spend two or three delightful which was handed by a baul, marched to an Englishwoman has her catput nud, liur ¦ carry you back in thought hundreds of year, man Acting Vice-Consal, carried off the cap most profitable to give thoir attention pipe-atakers including opium-pipes mado which was given as a prizo with a scure of chiefly to really superior cntfully prepared from ordinary bambus) draggista, but prayer Mrs Tacker discoursed on the text, indeed inlieponable to her happiness; two fura, in this unique old place. Just op upwards of 800 made, in 4 gatcies. and highly-flavoured, teas as affording the ofiers and greengrovovi stores were very Every wine woman: buildeth ber hones." primary cestarien of life. I cua Bay from posite the Tower of London is the To wor most chance of a profitable return. In munozaur wo were taken to where eats Afterwards Major Tucker congratulated the experience that when I am in Franco, it Sub-way, aniron tute, avven feet in diameter, tory funds which had nocamulated since Ma Fawcett for the past threy wooks has / Canton, tops aro artificially favoured by; and doga, duly drossed, nor exposed for bride and bridegrooma and questioned them; never enters tny niind to ask for ten, but in forming a foot-path through the bed of the
Sowers gathered from a variety of jasmine sale; black cat served hot was one us follows:
England Innot do without it; the clianto Thames between Great Tower Hill and been engaged in woll-nigh daily consulta prodacing the white fragrant blisse fami- Jabel: prepared dacks flattened and dried Q. Do yon, Captain Hawthorne, and dewands it. In Beatland," a Scotchinen Vino Streat. Mr Charles Dickens advisce A layer of tea is in the sun and alf kinds of poultry were you Mrs Hawthom, solemnly declare that will tell you, I could not exist withoot one but the very briefest of Fler Majesty's Organ fund (Easter Ollertory)...... 8300.38 tion at the Post-Office with the leading liar to us in Ceylan. Sundry expenBES..........
+officials on the burning question of the placed in the bottom of a nuge baskot qud must plentifully repezented; two or three you do not seek this marriage simply to my, glass of whisky;" and he adds, "but in lieges to attempt the passage in high heeled 100.00 Parcela Fest, and the conclusions he has for flowers scattend upon it, then montrer cesta sin tilastot were noted face- plense yourselves, but in order that it England, I can do without it," which I an: boots or with a hat to which he attaches Seamen's Church
20. arrived at will ko asted upon in the contre layer of tea and another layer of Howers, tacles" of all aizos and wakas wore ro- might enable you the batter to serve and quite ready to believe, although I never saw any particular value.
and so on until the basket is fall. The uarked as plentiful, and they were over the please God, and to work in the interests of it. dowers are gouerally placed in the ten in eyes of young lads as well as old people, the Salvation Army.
A.We do the afternoon and allowed to remain there Not many beggars were seun, and the overnight, when it is found that the tea has wore chiolly blind, On the whole, the The stress, capacially those of the better class, absorbed most of their fragrance. flowers are removed by sitting, and the ree were wonderfully clean, the scavenging then reared to expel any meistore gathered being done daily and all utilized for the from the blossoms. Both black and green vegetable gardens and fields surrounding Do you, each and soverally, promise that teas are thus scented into the varieties Canten. But there were certain filthy you will never try to prevent the other Pokos" which are largely used in England prison and its poighbourhood. The wiser-hor power so do or to give to help thu
Merchants in China able shed or hulo for the prisonors was Army? for mixing purposes. have grast aid from their intelligent Chi- crowded to oxcess, each man having a large
We do. nese nasistants, many of whom are excup square board round his neck, while some Do you also praise to use all your in tionally reliable, while always bost and in- were handcuffed or chained is a truly hortuence with each other to promote con- dustrious. So with house servants. In a rible manner, the crimes hoing chiefly staat and entira self-terifice for the alra. well ordered household the attendance is thufte, highway-robbery and attempt to tion of the world perfection, though the dress of each in escape. Miss Ourpatur, ur other jail re-
Wo do. baggy and heavy transers, toga or blouse, neva: put off,-skull cap and pigtail, looks rather umbrous, though picturesque non file of survants pass into the room and sur round the table with a gravity, duftness and intelligence excelling that of our Indian or Ceylon scrvant.
60,00 of a few weeks. A great roduction in the 10000 new expenditure created by the mugura 108.73 tion of the Panels Post system is to be speedily carried out, the saving in the items 8917.58
of horse hire bong the largest, that is to effected. At present, as the observant eye part will have noticed, the diamal-looking postal wasulo to be only about a quarter full. So it introduced for Patcola Pust purposes; they are often three parts empty.-Figaro.
THEVUR aimisunderstanding on the
vaus that crawl about our streets seam as a
Do you promise novor to allow your marriage to lessen in any way your devotion to God and the Army
Wo do.
clipped from the Linton & China Exprca, is with the enormous bags and baskets known f" Scented Caper" and "Flowery ↑ Plness por ræcellerne, and one of these was a doing or giving any thing that lies in his or what wenith and luxury arn hidden belludi fluctuated, and at the close, a weak, fecking
of the printers, a pasagraph, which
appeared in our London Correspondent's letter last night. It related the hoax per- patrated fat the Haymarket Theatre. Our Loudou Correspondent sent us tha marie paragraph, but he introduced it by saying that it was originally written by him for the Globe nowspaper, in which journal it appeared in the first instance. Ove priniera having the London and Chinn Expres account of the affair already in type substituted it for our correspondent's paragraph, and overlocked his introductory remarks. We mention the mattor in fair ness to our Londen Correspondent.
founded.
tions. The prezent case did not come within any of the exceptions. His Lord- skip was of opinion that Mr Moore was in the position of a lottery keeper and not a stakeholder, that there was a distinct con- taob between Mr Fraser-Smith and Mr
Moore, that that contract was illegal, and that therefore the Court could not give the plaintiff the help has asked for. The Paisne Judge expressed his nasent with the Chief
Justice's views.
ट्रे
rod in Hongkong in 1881 are still being painfully felt by some of the speculators. This foreroon, His Lordship tho Chief Jus-
ena of the most lufatuated of the many Tockloss persons who ruined themselves in the mania, came up for his last examination in the Bankruptcy Court. The Official As signee (Mc Ackroyd) reported on the state of the bankrupt's affairs. He stated that when
Tax statement that we are now about to make may seem incredible to many people, The London but it is true all, the same, School Board employs 4,000 teachers.
£0.
The average salary of--
The hoad-masters' 202 15 0 The head-mistress 182 9 0 -The zistant-masters 117 67
Police Intelligence. (Before A. G. Wise, Ben.) Friday, April 25.
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former, would have sunk under the one- Do you promise always to regard and mity of this treatment of human beings, arrange your home in every way as a Sai for it was torture of the most trying hindration Aame soldier'n (or ulicur'a) quar bat our guils explained the torture in other are, and to train every one in it to faith- and worse forma which is kept up in the ful service in the Salvation Army?
We do. courts and prisusta of so-called civiliand China No wonder thagh the Chinese in On the oroning of our first day in Can-Hongkong and the Straits sold prize ton, plans were formed for auxt day's ex their privileges, as British subjects. The ploration of the new and old city of Canton. Buddhist temple of the 500 geait (who in Ah Kan, our guida, was to have chairs slude a forator Emperor of China and and cuclies ready on the other side of the Marco Polo na the first European who river to meet us after an early breakfast, visited China), rauged (in sitting figures of and wo wore to be carried to the different wand bronzed over) nil around the walls of a great hall, was one of the sights: other sights all day long.
toples auri pagudas ware too uumerous to mention; an opium-sucking shop was in cinder; it was clean and pcctable-lonk ing enough and we wore sailingly invited to upstairs, where
The noise of tentons, gings and watch. mon's crics lasted all night, and prevented much rest being obtained at the little "Canton Hotel," but early morning af
A
OPIUM REPORT.
April 24th, With the earlier despatch of the mail, but On the outside, the private mansions | a sutall byteinces has prissed in the interval have nothing remarkable about them; but in Bengal Opium. The rates for all kinda
their bigh dark walls! This, however, is las prevailed. With heavy stocks, and nothing to compare with the grant country the threatening aspect of political relations sents, the ancient homes of Old England; between the Chincee and French, the futura royal domains are they, Picture to your courge of the nearket can hardly be conjec self a counter studded with Chateaux de tured. The day's intes are X2 to 3622 Fontainebleau...
|for Patrin, $625 for Now and $620 for Old
Benares.
It is to the country you must go if you would ace John Bull in all his glory. With further receipts, the importation for Sportsman to the back-bone, there ho is in the month stands at 3,000 cheats. During his slemont. The foreigner who would the interval some 350 chests have hegn. form
na correct opinion of the English obarac- taken by the local, consumers against 160 ter," says Washington Irving, must not cheats at the corresponding period Inst your candine his observations to the metropolis, This, with the esportations, leaves the It is in the country that the available supply computed at 3,500 shosts, of Do you proning, whether together or Englishman given seage to his natural fool-aguinst that of 2,059 Ulisste laat voer. apart, always to do your utmost for things. He gladly breaks loose from the cold this last incutioned quantity 800 chests. Salvation Army, and never to allow it to formntities, and negative civilities of town, were Benures, of which kind the present Atock compriece 1,150 cheata; 400 chezta be injured or hired by mytely with throws off his habits of shy reserve, and
and freehearted. He being old drug. cut doing your best to prevent or over- becomes joyous
inanges to collect round him all the on- PERSIAN-This description is uauch Jess. come such injury or madrance?
We do.
veniences and elegancios of polito life, and thought of for investing in, with the pre- barish its restraints. Jis, country sent sent critical state of political aff-irs. There abounds with every requisite, either for has bera no inquiry for the drug. With studions retirement, tasteful gratifiextir further receipts the stock is given at sore or rural exercise, Books, painting, music, 600 chests, against a similar quantity, last
brees, dogs, and sporting implements of all year. kinds are at hand. He puts no constraint, either upon his guests, or himself, hat in the true spirit of hospitality, provides the to partake according to his own inclina-
Should either of you come to be an efficient soldier through sickness or death or any other cause, do you engage that the remaining one shall continue to the best of his or her ability to fulfil all these promises?
We do.
tion.
But what most delighta mo is the creative talent with which the English decorate the mostentatious, boof mist dle life. The rudest Fahitation the most promising and scrnty portion of buri in the hands of an Englishprin of tasts be comes a little paradise. The great charm, henever, of Buglish scenery, is the ural
Wong Thing Yau, hovschicider, of No. 4, I short stumpy frames, bronzed faces, bare clusion, save on the ver a Kopt in a from the Rev. C. P. Hard, the service nasoriatod in the mind with idens of order.
BREACH OF REGISTRATION ORDINANUY.
hard labour.
A CONFIRMED THIEF.
POUKET FICKING.
2
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ciples,
the names of serem unimportant once.
FREIGHTS.
for the unil of Friday, April 26th, saya
since date of last report owing to the altern- A shorter interval than usual has vinpred tion in the time of departure of the mail: during the period under review business in seade, only one utilement having been chartering us again been on est lisuited effesta laurewards, while the found for sailing vesela muting is extremely doll and there has been next to nahing dong
Bangkok
little or no money of his own, and yut he spe- me and tɔok out à do complainant's unboats umuned by six or eight oursmen sun or wil.. Pork, too, in every form, is the four hundred and two muses which have d'you do?" which is equivalent to Lerve 162, Whninou to Tientsin, $1,200; 44 culated to the extent of over $600,000. This:inant's evidence was corroborated by ing over, our party of four soon found sedan chars, in charge of the ayans, to that loss of life for which shipowners are apset every one of these luxury-surfelfed chwang and back, $2,700; 30 lay daya
hand labour.
PUNCI CAMBĻI50.
French rig Hatier, 280, to Cebu and back, $1,673; 20 lay days.
British barque Allee Muir, 480, to Bassg- Rok and back, $2,500; 35 lay days.
British steamet Pimbrokeshira, 1717; Saigon to Hongkong, 103 cents per picul 14 lay days.
British stoamer Ocean, 1033, Saigon to Hongkong (Re-charter); 11 conte per picul.
British
Stonnor Enzine, 976, Saigon to Hongkong, 101 cents per pioul; & lay days.
British steamer Bentedi, 1000, Saigon to
The assistant-mistressos 94 03 These salaries are undoubtedly good, and a hand-masto whip under the Bourd is one of the prizes of the teaching profession, There are 3001 houd-mastata, 53 head mistresses, and in all about 3,600 assistants For the financial year which ends with this lobasant was delivered in the Fraser-month the anionnt estimated by the Board to be paid for teachers' salaries is £580,000, Smith v. Boore appeal caso this afternoon. but wo imagine that the estimate is rather Bis Lordship the Chief Justice went over high. Take the surount at £550,000, and the grounds on which the appeal was the teaching staff have an enormous aiment it will be seen that the persons who appoint Ho said the oase had been of patronage at their disposal Evory post, forded compensation in the interest unter here (as.at all other stops and estab
The taper thon said that he was very argued as if the rule of law was that whore that falls vacant is eagerly sought after, watulling life on the rizer"-one of thaishments) and asked to like the com- glad to inform tha spectators that Mrs. menus of enjoyment, and leaves everyono essas STEIL & LANKS's Freight Circular
af ivane, separated money was lodged with a stakeholder it and we have no doubt that, if an advertise Jivalist, busiest and most picture of a series
mant, woro issted to-day inviting applea so the buzz coming up to our windows partments of an old-fashioned London eat- Hawthorne had in this case dispensed with:
, euch for a pair of strokera, Wert could be recovered by the party lodging itons for the mastership of any given school that of a great multitude.
Cargo 120
ing-house,
She heatlanishi custom of a wedding ring, if it was not paid over. The rule of law under the Board, the Committee would portion of the population hare au other discovered. There were but two smokers Mrs. Tucker had also given up the use of prosent, young men, and they were ap her wedding ring Turning to the bride www the very opposite with certain excep receive at least four hundred applications homes than their bunts. A boat-ownorstly ouly beginning their evening'e da
during next week,
and bridegroom and joining their lande. pretty well like a landed or plectatien. But, of all sights, that of the the Major said, Goil bless you both. prietor. Many of them go ashore to work during the day, leaving wife and family people themselves in their everyday life in pronounce you both, in the umms of God, home in the boat with the chance of their those narrow streets and back lanes was the in the name of the General, and in the A low nape of the Salvation Army, to be man carning something. On the river, certainly most intereating and curious to us. the women de hore work than die met specimens of the women with taubled-up and wife." (Vilky.") After suns fur. but ther singing and prayer, and a few words
that scons to pervade it. It in for Many of them reminded one of the fish fest, miserable abortions, were visible,
Homewards, the retrograde movement wives on the north-east coast of Scotland; very few, Chiness worten being
in its neigh concluded.
of quiet, of eaber, well-established peineous to continue and the trade generally of hoary usage and revered chstoremain in a most depressed state, thero Aberduen Street, was charged, on a sun-foot short trousers and blouses of blue bourhood, where the wives and families of
Everything scoms to be the growth of ages being scarcely any enquiry for tonnage. sons, with neglecting to report change of cotton, with muscles that show the effect this sturdy class fan about and worked with
UNSEAWORTHY SAILORS. of regular and ponzeful existence.
Coastwise, a few charters of sailing vessels tenancy of the second floor of his house. of constant hard work. Very often the cut having undergone any such torture in
And the clubs, those Pall Mall palaces have been effected as stated below, but there (Standar, March 17.) The premises had boon occapie i by a school-mother standing up to the pole which chudience to fashion. After bidding fare mistress nained Pan Yuk Fury for two works the boat, has her infant tied to her well to our friends at Shamsen, we got on
ia no regular business as in former years, The Prince of Wales rendered a public The Atheneum Club, for the celebrities of repreboard the large civer steamer-the "Powan'
difficult to elicit proves extremely although the change had not been back, while three generations aro repre- monte,
Chikiren-which was to taho us back to Can-servico when ho consented to preside at the tray and acientific world; the Deton, and it reported in the tenaney. The second floor sented in some of the beats.
Conservative party; the Reform, for those rates from Saigon continue rule minor- THE effects of the land mania which occur days' since. Dafondant admitted the charge ing or propelling the boat, and little things traordinary and heterogenious mass of cargo Lifoboat Intitution. The value of the of the Liberal party; the Oxford und Cam- ably low notwithstanding the fact that at was declared to be a licensed brothel two scarealy able to walk take a hand in sculton during the night, and watched the ex-meeting, on Saturday, of the National for the most important mouikers of the offers from Native Charter Ser
being frauded with from work done by this Society made no demonbridge, for members of the two and was fined $5.
from one to three years of age are left to the was
two great Un.. {themselves to toddle about if they can with
boats and whart Packages of tea and station, but the occasion of its sanivorary iversities; the day and Navy, or officere sent it is about the height of the season
the market closes wosk at 30 conte per picu), asuall cork life-buy tied to their breasts, Riik weru not so prominent as every de feulebrations may be neufully taken advant- of all baker's Almanack, which ouisend Randler have been ordered to thePhilip-
service; I fuil a list of uinety-nine
The Americanshipa Farragut, Leví C. Wado that, BU Cheung A Cheung, coolie, admitted
if they should fall overboard, which scription of edible for the supply of Longnge of to draw attention to the fact that t
pines under home charter, and the British roptcy, marked his sanse of the criminality valuo $1, the property of a farniture dealer picked up again, or it may be a string ties Cantor. cattle (very much like the red outtle while politicians are apeaking souch aloit These great clubs are so many princely hark Bitty Simpun procneils" tico (Sir Geo. Phillippo), sitting in Bank-charge of stealing two handles of planks, la vary seldom, they are sure to flcut til kong. A large number of small shaggy there would be much less for it to du if,
named Cheung Kwai, on the 26th instant. the youngster to a ringbelt we as to admit of the Scottish Highlands, but wanting Unseaworthy Stips, tu subject of Uneca habitations reserved for the noble and the muter citer lectoes so Bur of one of the speculator's dealings in a very Eight provious convictions for lacey were
of easy hurting-in! In a httle locleos at their brauching horns), crates of vegetables worthy Sailors were not completely forgt wealthy; entrance fee, forty pounds; ann
The in emphatic manter. On the 15th inetunt, admitted by the prisoner, who was don
one end of such boats, a brazier is kept for of every description, livestock in the shape ten. The shipowners are to be reformed
the meher-plum rather high. These great steamers not included. Ho Atin, who, judging by his dealings, was sontenced to six months' imprisonment with coking meals, and at that the busts, a bra- of poultry, ducks, etc., live fish too, for the for the benefit of the sailors, but the subscription, ten pouds. This is hold 4 to 12 vessels, registering 10,139 '
zier is kept for cooking meals, so that Cantonese food carp in artificial ponds and compensatory work of reforming the sailors clubs are magnificent and very imposing,
The following are the settlements I admit but the lackeys in kaes breeches, the boat-folk eat, sleep and bring up their tasks and these are taken down alive in for the benefit of the shipowners is
Yot the
the sound-killing carpets an inch or two
Germag barque Esmeralda, 786; to Lon Familica afloat. Janks burrying to Beng tanks. Sove of or party regretted not to be left alone for the present. A coulie named long ating was charged, kong, or aeriving from the seu, large beats have seen the nok incubating establish deepest interests of the country are thielt, the broad atairesses, the immenso don and Hamburg, £2,000; 45 lay days.
Fu one reform 4 in
American barque Martha 1. Tucker, 622, rooms that seem to be litiless in height, on remand from yesterday, with picking the laden with sugar or vegetables, family ments, a great institution with the Chinese, much involved
Unseaworthy ships are few width, and length, the mombra coming to Call £1, HF
British baru Martha, 853, to Victoria, pocket of oue Chan Kai, a cattle dealer, of boats lazily floating about, sunpans darting who are very nccessful in the rearing the other. one dollar, on the 23rd inst. Complainant hither and thither, an astoaza launch altitudes of this faronrits, which, when in amber; unseaworthy anilers are very and going without thinking of removing
German schoonar inna Deutschumann, was on the Recreation Ground at 3 pm, with a Chinese pandarit at the helm, et ready for the pot, they skin, take out the numerous and it is probable that if Mr. their hats, cach ignoring the orther of Culd, 26,000. when the defendant who was standing bo boat from one of the Chinese alphabetical bones, press fat like a fish, and dry in the Rothery had learned the whole truth about muttering through dosed teeth a "How the bankrupt commenced operations he had sido him, put his hand in
Complainant dressed
dressed in European nautical costume with favorite food with them, and the pigs hare new heroe 80 famous he would have been no alano, I have no time to talk to you days.
British bargus Tetuan, 438, to New- sized him and defendust then branded the their tails under their straw hats-il add a lively time of it about the New Year. A forced to tell us that incompetent seamen all his freesos mo, and I should strongly
we have som
something to do with a goat deal F to another aan, who ran away. intorest and variety to the scane. Crosa couple of Chinona baanties arrived in close
Htch of feeling terribly hured, I had not the Begistrar argued, was rash and hazardous
Their lords held responsible in the Wreck Commission
been thoroughly conviticed of it by having speculation and he opposed the granting of a coolic who saw the theft committed. De themselves in chairs, ouch carried by a take passago in the Powan,"
soon them yawning behind their Times the bankrupt's discharge on this ground feu ant was sent to goal for seven days colio fore and aft, between the poles, with and toastors saw the chaus opunal, auder's Court. Two haudred hungand men are
third added to scoure expedition. A then the insipid, absurdly overpainted faces now employed in British ships, and a large to put their jaw bones ont of joint. Kum led the way in a obair of his own, and waterfully got ap heads of hair be proportion of this vast expany insists The only club that does not strike mo Some of the reditors also objected to the
and we a once began to wind through the same visible; but the iniserably contorted of, persers who are useless, or waxe with a respect akin to awo, is the Sarage discharge being granted. To-ity, the
Wo than useless. The great "lines" are manned Clab. This somawint Bohenian frater. Chu Akwas, a carpenter, Kwan Ashun labyrinth of streets in this wonderful city, feet like stilts were painful to witness, Chief Justice delivered his judgment in
not altogether free found this steamer larger and tare purer- by sails of the old stamp, but orcing nity is composed of literary men; writers, and Chon Atin, luwkeza, were convicted of bp exploration was
The Prince of Wales the matter. He pointed out the facts as public gambling at No. 22 Gilman Street
from risk, for thora was a good deal of ex ful thru the "Kinking," registered to ear trading vessels, especially those employed artists, and actors,
was brave enough to be made a Sange hist related by the Registrar, and said. the on the 24th inst. The second defendant,citement still among the people, and they 2,189) passengers, with its spacious in the Atlantic nad Indian trades, often ge often put to us afterwards as is don dotted at intervals with stands of tosca with orere that would have nadle an
year, and has taken his after-dinner suurke kuld-fashioned ski
skipper apoplectic with wrath. who had a previous conviction for similar qucation
in the club like the humblest of his brother bankrupt must have positively known that offence recorded against him, was fined $15, whether we were able to go through the carbines and revolvers, a ticket uvor vaumetically speaking, the owners have no pro Savages. The varied talents of the avern- Hongkong, 11 cents per vicul: 9 lay days.
indicating lose
loaded." But there was not) if lie was rat successful in getting the pro- or three weeks' imprisonment, the other street showed that old residents appro-ind
bera form a special attraction of tas dinners desertion which prevails -іл знаку
this interesting on- perty off his hands he had no margin to fall two being fined $10 or fourteen days ciated the situation. The marvel to as was much need of caution an the ruthin a taction gallist the organised system of
imprisonment each.
that the people in the narrow crowded on the upward passage, the mamber of Chi-
Faciation. The cuteanne fee is sight. back on, no funds wherewith to pay his
fanes six to ten feet, for such they are, turke nese on beard being far less. Among the purta, after a captain has led on and other meetings
and the annasi subscription thre the passage of five chairs with their long fow at the saloon fallo, were a couple of crew, the men may really please themselves a
pounds, a desorter Iosner, Hie speculation was evidently of a
A volume would scarce sufico convey Before E. Mackcan, Esq.)
poles sa patiently and good-honouredly missionaries of the London Mission on their as to whether they sail or not. If a
a correct idea of the treasures contained in Pory rockleas description, and therefore ro
Only once was there any little distance. way to join a Conference in the North is caught by the runner," he may be saud It waa towards evening, when our coolies Dr. Chalwers, of this Mission, who has for damages in a Civil Court; but he is very the museums of London: the British quired to be visited with a mark of His
Young Akwai, desgribed as a farmer, got tired and bogus to carry unsteadily, been over thirty years in China, whose name hard to catch in the first place, and if he is Museum, the South Kensington Muecumu, Lordship's disapproval. A man was only was charged with stealing three silk coate, the shaft of the chair before ins struck the is abot a household word among Chris secured, his available property is not after the National Gallery, Hampton Court Pa supposed to be protected by the Bank-value $30, on the 23rd inst
shoulder of a tall manly-looking Chinese as a natives of all denominations, and who sufficient to pay the costs of a sus laco, the Tower of London, and I know not ruptcy Court if his misfortunes had been The complainant, prog, store straited along in a dignited way he has a large Chinese Clare under his care. The captain most either detain his vessel or how many more.
British Museum.--Reading room keeper at the Ko Shing Theatre, gare had already been annoyed by the equlics was the first man whose hand grasped kip substitutes who make the "dockhoad.) eaused by something also than his evidence to the effect that at 4.30 p.in. on who had passed, calling to him to move mins after the arrival of the Ausun" juup" and the direct and indirect opens rotunda form, with glass onpola, undoubt. Hongkong 29.9373.382 E
of detention are a heavy that russt captains edly the finest in the worlth. In the mid. Am. 29.0073.072, SE 3 own recklessVESS, His Landship was 3rd inst., he was its the dressing row of aside. He now gave a push to the shaft at named that the country had quiet- give in and necept the letra of sean as die of the runts are librarians, intelligent, Fouchow 30.07.06.084 WNW:1 bound to indicate his disapproval of the the theatre, dengut, these that with an angry exclamation, and folding up ed down a good deal, and, that though the inevitable. Tina, at Liverpoot and other obliging, and uniteless; in oirtles are ne- Shanghai 29.8872035
defendant, who was aleoves his the centre of bankrupt's action in this respect, sal algo employed at the theatre, came up, and took the paved lane in front of my chair, mat. Consal would tot geant
quite al for Tonives of places, they had passports,
chairs, every for reading and WPostock 20.8738 SE Ë creditors by running away to Canton"; and complainant had just placed them, and for the foreigner. Fortunately, my conlies their people on their own responsibu | Cuds vas the fraud when it is too late. Dar | 600,000 valmnes, The printed book section to take note of his having tried to evade his bundle of three coats off a shelf, suere toring evidently that he was not to go aside just to go out to the village and aconiter nest typs to ship with bought for fo gal) the core requieto los cantor ablo Narasaki, 30.10
diharges, and an unhappy counnander only study, including tranquillity; around you Hongkong Observatory, April 20, 1894, were judicious; they waited for the next There would not be annoh persecation, were
AT 10 AL-25TH APRIL Several witaosacs were called and the turn and then slipped past him, but the it not for the absurd superstiti.connected captain goes so far as to say that he lately contained, in 1852, more than 1,300,000 Manila 10 imprisonment. The sentence would have evidence given was conflicting, some stating angry feeling and threats continued to be with their good and bad winds and agasons slipped zix men who had never been at sea volumes. Oatalogues purisci. In Paris, Hongkong 23.9876.985 SE-
that they saw defendant take the coats and displayed, and the Iset of the party in the among the commen people: but, indeel, before, yet each of these photomenal to find a book, you must know the name of Ano 29.0571.0181 8 been hearios if it had not been that the others that there was no theft committed chair behind me zually foured he would be peaceably inclined were they, sans riots and a zaman was nippen with proper cert the author and the date of the first edition. Fechow transactions took place during a period but merely a quarrel between some of the stopped and a riot begir, No crowd disturbances could always be traced to at ficates. The full complem.nt of the crow
A friend of mine lately wrote to me, fram Shanghai, 29.84 60.552 S 26 when there was a regular mania in house actors and defendant on the stage. A them so quickly for so little cause, as
influx of notorions dity or river characters had to be made up, and the efficient sailors l'aris to ask me for a list of all the French Nagasaki 30.133 Chinese constable who was at the thontro, Clinese one, and we were very glad to ca
worka that treat of Shakespeare. In one Wostock 24,8835,4- or to the influence of higgotted anti-foreign wore obliged to take extra duty while the property and when everybody dabbled but not on duty, stated that he saw the oana from this crowded part and get back tuandarians. They quite bors out the fraudulent landsmen were Fring about, sisko in it,
defendans come out of the drawing room to the river. Bit to the streets. The character which our acquaintance, the er- and helpless. Another captain was icrood, at the British Museum, I obtained a complete list, Galleries of pictures; arobi- This sentence comes top late to remedy and he then had the clothes in his pos- Chinese are evidently first-rate stone-quar ginger in the service of the Chinese Gov- to leave Cardiff at three o'clock in the tesura; Kgyptian, Assyria, Greak, and dicate W winds, The Temperature and
userment, had given us of the people as the morning with cight hands short. riers, brick-makers and masons,
be Humidity have increased. Roman antiquities--among any part of the evil which has been wrought,
W. DOBERCK, Defendant stated that the constable did in Canton are nearly all of brick and are least offensive, most tractable and industrious hired a tug brought his vessel up seen the Mausoleum, one of the seven won- toders of the ancient world; Cleopatra's coffing
Gutermanent Astronomer but it will, unquestionably have the effect not spank the truth. The acters had given really very substantial. Most of the streets of all nations under the sun, in the mass, in the roads, and went aahoce
Howking Observatory, April 25, 1884. the Constable the cost. The weeks' of making some who would, otherwise, imprisonment with hard labour.
wo saw are only wide enough to allow two all their trouble both internecine and foreign seek for fresh are. With the assistance of the lgi soal (data 2060 b.c.); the mathtas chairs to pass; wheeled trafic is unknow; springing from bad government, corrupt the Board of True "ruser" he managed of the Parthenus; the bas-relies of Phitting speculate recklessly, think twice befors su
pavement is
adminutatur, pig-headed mandarins. Can to get away after fourteen hours' detention, and from the Temple of Aging; moummins is almost universal though far
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER. turing into a hazardous bargain. Some-
A VISIT TO CANTON.
from regular. The gruss lurjus are still qar ton merchants were agreed that a good but the defection of the men cost the owners from the Temple of Diana at Ephesus; tho twenty pounds. The name of this ship ispitaph of the Athenians killed at Potidea thing of this sort was necessary; but we
.(Cincluded.)
i and shops are generally | Joking" in some way would do the latter the Brawdaile, and the facts have beenThese treasures were bought from Lord Pho
honges though
world of good. To take away their alpha- think. Ho Atin in the present cases when compared with Foochow and is n upstairs. Tho milum and miles of .betical gunboats, for instance, of which they laid fally enouśli before the shippingrnblc | Elgin, who obtained them iri exchange for
Canton is not the seat of a great trade in only a ground-floor,
clock that may still be soon in the Bizaar deserving pity rather than blame. He was Hankew, but as much as 18 to 20 milion shops, open to the street, with gavs, merry, are inordinately beastful, and to teach thou
at Athens. Then thereare bas-reliefs from | Barometer..... led away by the example of others.
bs are exported in rome years, and we had or openly jocative Chinese at their counters that they harp no right to hamper concores
the Temple of apolle, carved tablets from Temperature the opportunity of seeing a great many selling cloth, winding silk, displaying their to the detriesent of their own people as
Nineveh and Babylon, etc. I repeat, it Humidity...... goods, writing in their books, formed ar-wall as of foreign merchants in the absurd THE steamier Don Jon har last trip to raugetients for testing, sampling,
Bamples of fine teas with very oomplote artesa source of interest. But what struck way they do.. One good thing the fear t
If nothing is more and and gloomy than id be idle to attempt to enumerate here Di'tion of wind
All priceless treasures Marvellous Force Manila from Hongkong and Amoy, had da I now nothing of tea culture, it being forme most was the apparently complete ab. wat with Franse is doing in the Soath, board $20,000 in silver.
hidden to Europeany to gn ints the country souce of English or European goods. Herensinely in giving a start to the telegraph. out-of-door life in the large English towns, natural history collections, comprising part Weather.... without passports from the Consul, which was great variety of shops
communication with Hongkong, and it is than the futurier of a well-kept English of
manuscripts, wing, ugravings, impress of the
It is a patadise of studied comfort botanical unaoum; a geological museum at Cebu from Saigos, audl strict quarantine The tea lani is the same pretty well all over Chinese themselves. Save a stom with expected that a railway down the river-sido anuse.
A room with Etruscza vases, etc. was imposed on ber. The steamers Romeo China, unless it be in the south-westora number of lamps, finest hanging lamps es. I will shortly follow to keep up ready commu- and well-understood luxury.
How sensibly these Eaglial peuple under British Museumi is open to the public on and Killarney, on their arrival at Manila districts in and bordering on Yünnau, The perially, another with slocks, and another nition with the different cumps as well as
[for tratha
stand comfort with what ingenious fore-overy day, except Sunday, of course, Be los of confectionery. Scotch great tea-producing districts are however with bottles of from Saigon, word placed in quarantine for farther north, bordering in the Xangtare, fits, there was nothing foreign that caught f
Lought are the smallest needs anticipated, that une never misals with worken or period of ten days each.
kiang and exCanding far into the interior. my attention. Most brilliant was the sigat
SALVATIONIST WEDDING IN what ease and study are expended upon others of the lower class. At the Louvre,
BOMBAY The small garden proprietora and farmers in some streets. The Chinoco castom of
avery convenience of life! Sofas for coay you ses more workmen than well-dressed
A coin two thousand years sid TEE following charters were effected incultivate, gather the loaf and prepars it hanging their signboards at right angles to Monday was a gala day with the Salva- ohats, eary-chairs with book rests, for read-
people, Amoy during the fortnight ending 19th sufficiently for transport to the coast by rather than above their doors, the said tiorisle in Bombay, two of their number, ing in sm king-chairs of hot; overy sent once overheard a worthy peasant fellow nativo dealers, who go round buying up the boards being gally painted, gave rovelty to Captain Hawthorne (familiarly called the the room looks as though it kaboon exclaim; "that's a good joke! We're vuly April
produce on the spot. At the Treaty Parts, the outlook from the end of each street. Irish Captain) and Captain Miss Wood, invented to satisfy a pecial need: Draw in 1868 now Oscar Mooyer, 8,500 picule, Takao, Yoko the Europeat merchant buys from large Preparations for the New Year festivities, being married between 6 and 7p.m. according-zoon, parlour, library, smoking-roun, The Tower of Laders the banks of kama, Chefoo and Amoy, 30 lay days, 47 dealers, who refire the tes, sort it into tou, gave a gay, not to say gaudy, air to ing to the legal form by the Rev. George each has its special use. Every Englishman the Thames, in the nicet of the City par cents per bag Sugar.
grades and otherwise
manipulation is sup and decorations were numerous Ayads the bride and bridegroom and a few men etymol.gical sense), that is to say, his little fortress
Built by William the Conqueror, hail, lightning, daverest, pazing showers, posed to be the most important part of the chaffering over pretty things for their bers of the Army, headed by Major Tasker functum, when the vulgat are excluded, and partly, tradition rays, by Julius Cresor, squadly. I rain, snow, Saanics: Visibility Occident, 6,000 pienis, Munthly charter ben preparation, different tavaks being charges at bome could be noted. Great (sttired is a fake and willions his chees), and where he can take refuge when he it is to this day perfectly intact. Here are so dew (wol)-The latiors are repeated to indie produced at will, while the Chinese as to fans or screens with all the colours of the marched round the Fort in procession, re- wishes to work or rest le cults this plase kept the crown jewels, a collection of fire cale any increase over the average of their
now are experts at adding colouring mat rainbow, artificial pescock tails and other tarting at 8 pm, to their barracks near the his growlery, a name having, as you see, arus and the finest retour, the axe, and signification. tars in order to give tax the handsome suntrivancos of the gayest description were Crawford Market. By that hour the the same meaning at our boudoir.
block used at the execution of Lady Jang *"*7. Baix, in igehen, tenths mad bandredila,
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1. BAROMETER, roduced to 82 degrees l'oluen- hult, and to the level of the sea in ipches, isnths
And hundredthe
2. TEMNERATURE, in the shade in degrees, and tents, Peironders
3. Hranite, in perdetilago of saturation, jo hamidity of sir tabarated with moledare
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6. STATE OF WEATHER. ble sky, c đo-
Wagrien, 4,600 pinala, Bangkok and foot the redown "Manipulate it.. In many parts. Servants carrying home toys Boyan, at their head-quarters. At 7 pm. bas his bouttoir (I use the word in ita rounded by a mont, stone this auciont tached doors, d dryzing rain, log, gloom,
back, 20 lay days, $1,800.
at 8100 per month tuin, 18 lay days, $2,475.
Bird, 3,200 pizuis, Taiwanton to lien-