--Extracts.
A DLESJING.
A little child bath blessed me;
I wonder what it meane
I reems a brightar blessing
Thun a bishop's or a quvon'e ;
Tu her snowy nightgown dressol,
Standing up to be caressed,
Softly liaping in my chr
Tretty words" God bless you, dear." They fill my heart with wonder;
Of God whatcan she know ?.
She cannot teli zãe meaning.
Of the words that plense ma an.
Like the church's silver bell,
Widhing soule to heaven frou' bell, Knowing not what glory fires
Is the brossage that it gives,
It in so aweet to hear her
Her By meath to see
For the pretty syllables
That give such joy to ma
Like a little mooking bird,
Deftly ebe repeats sach word;
But they sink fato,
my breat
And know that I am blest,
Good Words.
A NATURAL LINGUIST.
A MAN WHO KNEW ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LAFGUAGESA PASSION Fon
LEARNING.
THE DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 22ND, 1879.
mor twilights, the bright moonlight when bat the pain of two deadly wounds had some- elvos would show themselves, the O'Donoghue what softened its boughty trite and made. come up from his lake-dwelling to the rip it tender as that of a woman. The hande pling top of the more, the merrow.comb her which wore white and patrician in outline; flowing hair in the mooth sca-bays, the wet-wore clenched tightly, and the limbs were folk trip it round the rath and in the green distorted by the agony which was fast over- glammering gladea of the wood, such seasons whelming the life that had evidently been are now as much things of the past in strong and activo. A surgeon canto lovard Ireland as potatoes without blight-Saint and knelt by the hat, as he was laid upon a
mattress hurriedly brought from the vase
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All lands bury the dead! A solemn anmoons! The ship's boll tolls solemnly. The courses are all hauled up the maintop- sail is braced aback, the frigate's way is
You see, Herr Hauptmann," said a huge deadened as much as may be, and then the silence is broken only by the hollow beas of soldier with a shock of hair and a bandaged waves, Bad the subdued, murmurous sound arm, to his captain, "you see that when I of mea muotoring by hundreds, slowly and ventured outside the lines, and got this gravely though it be. The officers in glit. cursed Chassepot bullet through my wing, taring uniforms, are grouped on the lee side is made mie angry; and I determined to have of the quarter-deck; the marines are drawn a crack at something. So I hid in a little in full dress; the brew, in their pile of brash that the pioneers had thrown up opposite,
lino frooks," cluster about the up, the other day, just in the edge of the
and I lay booine" and gangways. The body of the wood
tura up next, and whether in his little hammock, and placed ag arm would suffer from being bound so sewed up upon a rude bier, is borns from bolow on the tightly, when alt on a sudden a singula feel-2 Hongkong. 22nd- shoulders of his mosemates how neatly rig-ing comes over me, and I looked right ahead IPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY god those pall-ban rers, and what softness in into the edge of the wood, a little way of HenuCTION IN THE RATES OF PREMIUM,
TNTIL farther notice the following Annia! those weather-beaten faces!-and is rested draw my breath hard, and I swear that I asé gently on the ship's midside. The chaplain, max's head come up out of the ground, in his robes, approaches; all uncover. I close to the base of a huge tree, and then tem the Resurrection and the Life, said the pop back again like lighting." Lord: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall be live!" The words fall upon the ear and heart-in that presence unstarchable sea," dork, not
Tour sailor hoy-bow sad his fate!-cicely 14 what kind of shiver, wonde
MOTO
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Gaiseppe Mozzolinti was, without doubt, the greatest muster of languages who ever lived. He was burs in Bologna in the year 1774, and his father, a carpenter, destined him for the same calling. He worked at a bench standing within bearing of the recita tions of come schoolboys in Greek and Latin,
*And you see, Herr Hauptmann, it flashed and without knowing the Greek alphabet, or on the " but from vastness--l like are through my mind that it must be a spy--the even looking into a Greek, or Latin book, he
Over the boy are spy of course or a ghost. While I aux de picked by
ear a up a considerable knowledge of alation newly heard. both languages, thus discovering to himself alars of his country in pall-the stars of Im-cuding which, un comer the head again, and others his wonderful aptitude for mortality in assurance! A light cloud passes, slowly and cautionely, and I jumped out and linguistic studies; and attracted the notice of there is a soft sprinkle of rain. Those drops ran towards it. But I am brought up stand- whó: arranged for hie education. In the last touches of freshness in vital air, ing within ten feet of the hole, for there is a priest, w
"We therefore commit this an arm pointing & revolver at me, and I ge to the liftal, and the
the spangled
angled drapery is down on all fours. Then I come up again drop with a thrilling splash, and to sink the hole and running for the thicket. I am ghastly gammering into the salt depths. The afraid I shall lose him in the mist, so I call ariaus are three vollays an honour-ae-out once, and, sacrament! I fire, for he carded to the humblest of those who wear doesn't stop. Just as I fire some one their country's livery-the ship and ship's from the other side. And in the bole there Avoca China life move guily on, and the rest of grief is for were all the papers hid why one would kiyibwoode hardly suspect in the middle of a huge Craigforth them who are far away.
stone, which socied perfectly solid, but rig which had been sawn in two. Do you really Fateboy think it is
Flintekire is the right man ?" The captain
the papers, and Galley of Lords his face glowed with
This is jny.
perhaps Glenroy
lege be mastered Latin, Greek, Hebrew, er, at the feck is shot forward, to just in time to find that the mag is
Spanish, French, Swedish, German, Ambie, and Coptic, and at the age of twenty-three was appointed Professor of Arabic in the Univerets at Bologna. During the Napo leonic wars be was a constant visitor to the Lospitals, whither he went mainly for the purpose of learning the various languages spoken by the prisoners there, among whom ho found Russians, Bohemians, Walsobs, Serviaus
Hungaritas, Croats and Foles, aud from them he learned to speak fu
Suently all of their
Languages. Later in fo he went to Reme, first as For of the library of the Vatician, and after- as cardinal. Here he continued his linguistic studies
studies, milering Saxerit, Persian, Georgian, Walsh Chinese, and a number, Lappist, American, of other tongues, and when he died, in 1849, he could speak cor-
but
.
"mother, praying God will save
Thy sailor, while thy bead ia bowed His heavy-shotted bammock-abroad Diepa in ble vist and wondering grave!" -Harper'a New Monthly Magazina,
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a great victory," he said. "It probably Kinuhan THE EARLIEST NEWSPAPER.
saves many lives, but there is nothing de- Kiu-King
Kwangtung Authorities have differed widely as to the finite. We have this end of the underground
Hanimee ration and the city entitled to the honor of railroad to Versailles and to the French Gregor
For armies belex Orleyna,” and he hardly noticed Hibnelso having started the first newspaper.
, dying man. and fucntiyque hundred and fourteen many years it was supposed that the credit the vulsive shudder passed over the pale | Parana..
A England. It was that belonged to lugiau 143 14 ohm of the Eare part of the matter, however, was that he not earliest paper in its collection. It was called coon then koelt down beside the dring, and Payung
ly spoke these languages correlay at the English Mercurie, and printed July 22, gazed earnestly sud reverently. Suddenly Sir J. Ferjecbhoy Snow perfectly their peculiar idiome, and was erea familiar with the little local dialectic 1583; but it has been shown that this copy, the eyes unclosed and the hands were raised Sanda variations in cach Lord Byron, astonished like specimens of rare old coins, was springs to the neck, and one of them convulsively rate und
hidden at bis perfect mastery of good English; tested and gotten up for sale. Wats, the biblio-clutched a locket which had been
under the clothing. The spasmodic strength him with English long, au found the grapber of the Museum, who saw, on exam the fast failing man, tore the locicat from
ination, that the type and paper were of of Italian priest mors than a match
for himself in that, whoreupon be pronounced him a modern origin, and did not belong to the its chain, and the face was then lifted. The monster of Languages, a Briarsus of parts of sixteenth century, exposed the forgery. It eyes fell upon Cocoon, the hands beckoned spweeb, and walking polyglat. Another ingenious fabrication, pretending to to him, and tho. hoarse voice said, with an give news of the Spanish Armada, which indescribable agony and entreaty, this one
of Lisalnirers thought that if he had been
at Label he might have acted. ns interpreter for the confused host without any kind of Jifficully.
was destroyed in the English Channel by word in Fronch
Drake and Howard a day two previous to "Gire!"
30
Travancore
Tot-taug
the date of the sheet. There were several Cocoon- understood and took the locket. Auguste numbers of this spurious Mercurie printed-The eyes which were fastened on the AmeBoy Bondixen
rican with awfid intentness auddenly became Canton THE POETIC FOLK-LORE OF
four in wannserips, and three iu print..
Venice has also claimed the honor of lead-lifeless; the head fall back; the man was Cantacre IRELAND. Morrows, mermer, norvonen, mermaids, the way in giving newspapers to the dead. are to be included amongst the gracefal folk world. The Gradia, thus named because it small piece of money called gas. lors Fanna of Ireland. The most learned old for. ommentators on Celtic antiquities assure uszotta, it is asserted, was printed there that the Grst merman was named Pintan, 1570, and it is pretended that copies of this
“A locket-and-you can geo-there is Esperance
who came to Ireland before the Deluge, and paper of that date are in one or two coll only a woman's picture in it."Edward Fabins
was saved from drowning by being trans- sions in London. But late discoveries have only a
fish. He afterwards lived in apparently established the claim of the old
formed into
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Ferdinand Foldin F. H. Drew Fyen Georgina
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bovor of the first paper 13
in the sixteenté acce effected with the Office; such Return Hobezzollem Country Calway, is the figure of a mermanic
GIBB, LIVINGSTON of the erdinary pattern, except that the car-century. There is an ansiently
antedates all regulation book in her hard instead of the in the Libri collection which antal sheathing payablo on the base of the Policy.
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In port 12th May, 1873.
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865
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779
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331 408
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Cocoon closed the eyes, straightened the limbs and covered the face.
Conquest
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Saigon
What did be gire you?” said a soldier exspiciously.
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135
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303
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Agente, Imperial Fire Insurance Company.
tf 1169 Hongkong, 24th June, 1872.
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270
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567
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874 F. Degenner
768
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250
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326 Ed. Schelihaw & Ga
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260 186 612
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$49 Olyphant & Co
Brit. sh
450 D. Lapruik & Co
Minna Misti Neo Granada Nicoline Nuevo Constantö-
G. Tharen
E. Baner
Abloans
Ocean
Fabte Juuren
Oracle
Peito
G. Holdt.
Presto
Irgens
Duncan
Brit, bl
Jacq, spo
Fren. bk
Ger, ack Span. bk
Brit. bk
457 Chineas
Holcomb
Amr. sob
J. Andressan
Stam. bk
314
Chinese
J. Kaey
Brit, bk
W.Stoela Stannard
Brit. bk
279
Aur. bk
e others except the shoot of 1457 and the regalation locking-glass. Mr. Marcus House, Chronicle of Cologne. It is called the Nene in his Towers and Temples of Ancient Iro-Feilung aus Hispanien und Italion, and bears R: K. PHIV, OESTERREICH. VERSICHE. J. H. Jeasan tion between this county Galway mermaid the date of February, 1534, The British
land,” endeavours to trace a distinct connce-
Museum, it is said, has a duplicate of this
VIENNA, LIMITED.
MELCHERS & Co. 6m 3118 Hongkong, lat December, 1972.
UHINKE INSURANCE COMPANY,
· (LIMITED)..
NOTICE.
Laura Lanah Madeleine and Vishnu, as represented in the Matsya Avatar. A drawing of Vishau certainly car-sheet.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed Malay Thus to Germany belongs the houor not General Agents for the above Company, Mariano ries out Mr. Keane's curious suggestion, the Indian deity issuing from the month of a only of the first printers and first printing, are prepared to grant Marine Risks at current Mary Mildred
firates. newspaper. fish, the fials covering the lower portion of but also of the first printed the body, while the figure tears a book in has also another claim to distinction. Itt 1615 Egenolf Eurmel started Die Frankfur The Irish mermaid, in fact, Mr. her hand. Keane concludes, identical with the fatter rampis extung, the first daily paper
in the world This journal is still pub In god of Lidia, Babylon, and Carnen. the
Annals of the Four Masters" we are told: liahod; and the city of Frankfort is to erect "In this (568) was takes the mer- monument in honor of its founder and
year taid, ., Laban, the daughter of Eochaidh." But the annals of Ulster set down, this re markable capture ca having coeurred in 571,
According to legond, tais Liban the daughter of Focal, det vom Lach Eathach or Lough Neagh was named, and
editor, as the father of newspapers." News papers and Editors,” by B. C naat, in Durper's Magazine.
THE SPY'S DEATH
FN conformity with the Special Resolutions Prospector 1 adopted and confirmed at the Extraor. Racine dinary Meetings of Shareholders held on the R. T. Robertson 23rd March and 13th April, altering Clauses. Ban Lorenzo. No 103, 1048103, 107, and 161 of the Articles Surab Watson of Association, (sach changes to take effect outland from 1st January, 1872), the Net Profits of the Seaman's Bride Company will, from that date, be distributed Sea Men
Thomas Brown Windward
The soldiem" were not especially agres who was drowned in its eruption (A.D. 00) able, and a sergeant lounged up and sullenly together with all his children, except his asked if we were "army followers." Cocoon daughter Liban and his sons Conaing and tarded his back upon him, and Kentucky as follows, Tiz. — Crm. The holy Liban from the waters. Loch Nesh Preserved explained. Wo entered the gateway and a full passed for a
through a long avente of queerly year in her prianon (or cave) under the lake, shaped trees into a kind of inner yard, where After this, at her own desire, she was one unwashed vetero was playing the ac & salmon, and continued to cortion, and another was crooning a little changed into traverse the seas nntil the time of St. melody in unison. There seemed some com Cugball, of Bangor." It would
motion
in the home; uniforms flashed to and seem as if St. Cumghall got mio communication with fro; rotand voice was earnestly giving the mermaid or salmon, for the legend pro what seemed to me a vivid description of ceeds to tell us that she or it addressed the some remarkable event, and a gutteral Sa caroy of the saint and told him that the had crament or Donneretter ejaculated from
Brown.... Hasbagon Hofman
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Harnehiem Ledesma MoDonald
239
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China
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Rug. 273
Brit, bg
A. Bertin
A Brynlage
Ger. bt
327 Wm. Pasta & Co
Fren. bk 432 J. Willaume Ger. bk 350 Ed, Schelhaes & Co Ger. bk 913 Arnhold, Karberg & Cof Span. bk 203 Carlovitz & Goal Ger. bk 287 E. Schellbass & Pero, ab 1199 Ger. bk
Ned. bk 420
Win. Půélát 3 Dà,
Jardine, Matheson & Cu
Ed. Bolallbass & Co
295 Gibb, Livingston & Co
432
Grun & Co"
918. Order
220 Remedios & Co
78B. F. Fielā
485 Vogel, Hagedorn &.Co
Archold, Karberg & Co 782 Muster.
RECEIVING VESSELS & JULII.
Eow, Mag 283 Harlor Master Kulk
1000 P. & 0..Oo.
818 Water Police
HM. S. SHIPS IN THE CHINA SQUADRON,
San Francisco
-Georges Alfredungoz
Kronprindaes
Sir Launcelot
Wilhelmine Koob Ziska
Chase Fort William, John Adams.
Welster Purobano Siread
Relk
Two-thirds (2/3rda) to all contributors, whe. ther shareholdere or not, in proportion to the net amount of premía contributed by esch. One-third (1/Srd) to be carried to the Reserve
Fond.
OLYPHANT & Co.,
General Agents 715 Hongkong, 17th April, 1879.
IMPERIAL FIRË INSURANCE CO.
UR Insuring Houses and other Buildings' Goode, Wares, Merchandise, Munafactür. bera in Rad auder the sea for 300 years, time to time, led me to conclude that the in- ing and Farming Stock, Ships in Port, Har adding that shu' would turn up at a place telligence was not of a pleasant character, bours, or Duck, sut the Uargoes of such Ships: called Lace on that day twelvemonth. Kentucky, who listened while he was talking also, Ships Brilling and Repairing; Barges When the time came the mermaid duly put with the sergeant, who was now very attan- and other Vessels ou Navigable Rivers and,
and allowed
owed herself to be tive to us, gave us a wink from time to time, Canals, and Goods on board auch Vessele, is an appearance taken tu net. Thousands of people wit- so signify that he caught the meaning, and throughout Great Britain and Ireland, and in nessed the wonder, and the next day two when we were left alone for a moment, he FORRIGE COUNTRIES, FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE A
BY FIRE. said, bastily: wild oven came to the spet, and, being yoked
The Undersigned, Agents for the above Com Davo Well, it seems that the
apy over whom Tore her to Leach
IEE to the extent of $80,000 on any one First
to the chariot on which she was plan was our friend, the maior, was so excited this pany, are prepared to grant Folivins against Dwarf
Combat, where she
by
they Taptistd
with the name Muir morning, has been seen in the lines to-day, Ciner Risk.
Of genuine Un- and a party is now scouring the outposts and g, or Born of the Sea." dine legends there are not many in Ireland, even venturing between the lines in hopes of those to be auct with bearing distinct traces catching him. Those jabberers in the house of litomary artifice. It should be known that are members of a party that narrowly escaped there are as may mock fairy talos sad capture two hours ago venturing after him. *tories invented for Lourists on the Shannou at The sergeant says that it is lucky we didn't Killarney, in Connemara, a as there are sha
eham re- most any
of the exploring parties. They licasoldat Waterloo to credulous visitors: Bat might have treated us roughly before we the
could have explained."
I was just sitting down on a broken chair
gouaina folk-lors is easily the m
As a matter of fact, however, the
stories are rapidly lying out. Fairies are
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Flumer Hornet
Iron Bake
Meance Melville
Captain
San Francisco
Master.
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Bjuggren
BOOCHÓW.
Is port on 9th May, 1873.
343 Manter
270. Mater.
850 Jardine, Matheson & Co Shanghai
253 John Bilverlock & Co
SHANGHAI,
In port on 10th May, 1873.
The names of the numerous steamers, jugs, small craft, and receiving hulka employed on the Yang-laze are not included in this tuble:
Amr. bk
Brit. bk
Morris, Lewis & Ou Master
178 P. Tellente
510 † Cuapman, King & Co
J. H. Mackie
319 391 Brit-bl 411 Brit. bk 315 Brit. bk
Ww, Pustad & Co Mastor
W. Pustau & Co.
415 | Mustar
Brit sh 840
Brit, bk
Jarding, Matheson à Col
423 | Murrie, Lovie & Co.
917 Aug. Hot & Co 837 Frazar & Co
300 Morrie, Lewis & Co 913 Frazar & Co
411 | Olyphant & Co
Admiral
Argonaut
Britain's Prile
Smith Sauderson Berry
Amr.azb
Brit. bk Brit bk
263 316
B. Amar
Slocurg
Chieftain
Mackie
Amr. bt
Nichols Ratsey
F
Cara Jackson Konball
Brit, al
Where At.
Stania
Fuat
Britsk
Yeata
Percy
Amr. bk
Verulam
Cock
Brit bk
Shanghai
Zobrab
Payan
Brit. bk
4 120 Cour. Patterson
2100 Com. Hon. A. Denison Hongkong
Capt. Wm. H. Wayte Shanghai
doubi so izon ab. 14 860 ROO-FALAel
Eaglet
3.Whistlington
Harmon Kim-kis-keo
Lord Macaulay
Salacia
Thermopyla
YOKOHAMA..
87%
P. M. Co
3
J. L. O. Byton
130 E. Grauert
Brit. bk
Brit, bi
Hulk
Brit, sob
In port on 29th April, 1878,
199
Smith, Baker & Cɔ
Brit, bki 624 P. M. Co
Store sh 1016 Walsh, Hall & Co 400 M. J. B. N. Hegt.
Namie,
Rig.
Á vou
Adventure
Qurlew
donk so. gun r se. st. transport Steam Corvette doub, so. gun v). gun-bost
14 400
3.
160
Comdr. E. J. Church Trentain
3
60 To be Seld
Shangbai
donk so gun vi
I doub, so, gan vl.
Hospital
20 Comdr. B. W. Bax. 410 Comr. J. B. Barnett
Hongkong
Foodbow
Hongkong
doub, c. gun l."
4 120
www.
ordered to Hongkong
3
Capt. W. Arthur 80 Tobe Bold
Awoy
Shanghai
Albyn's Jale
Browa
Military Hospital
Hongkong
Alexandra Amoy Trader
A chia
Naval Hospital
Dr, Laser.
Hongkong
doab. en gun vl.
120
Comdr. Grant
Singapore
Dilposaund
Kubi Schulze DILY
gan boat
4 60 Lieut. Comdr. Bond
Hongkong
Ellen Hood
Abbutt
.3 60 Lieut. Cour, Fairlie
Bongbong
Emelle
Biother
Pr. Halk
Receiving ebip
16 -
Commodore Shorit
Hongkong
Janet Holt
MURTU
Brit. bk
341 Chinese
7
200 Comr, Parsona
Yokohama
Land worst
Becker
387
Order
Manjla
2230
Hon. A C. Littleton
Maria Las
Ovaka
Parmeniu
Prymoot
IL W. Wood
Hercirra Davison Bocorane Diatrioben Whitney
Shalimar
Stapleton
Tiptree
Howell --
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GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co. -Hongkong, 1st January, 1867; VICTORIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Leven
OF HONGKONG, LIMITED. THIS Company, with its Head Office at Midge
Hongkong, and Agencies at the various Mosquito Treaty Ports in Cinna and Japan, is prepared Opossum to issue Potioics of Jaanranse, at the current Princess Charlotte
Rinaldo rates of Premium at the respective piness,
AUGUSTINE HEARD & Co., Bingdove
Sporelarios. Salomís
if 557 Hongkong, 1st April, 1871.
CAFITAL TWO MILLION STEELING.
kittle cattle, and will not flourish in the which stood near the porch, and Cocoon was about to make some response to Kentucky, neighbourhood of railway
national stations, schools, or even in the vicinity of such evi. when the sharp report of a needle-gun broke THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY flences of progress and civilization as Union on the air and was immediately followed by workhouses. The present race of Irish far-another. In a moment the yard was filled mers and labourers are so few in number with the excited soldiery, many of whom that they must work hard from morning rashed toward the gate, burebeaded and THE Endersigned having bean sppointed
Ageas for the shove Company as this
antil night to meet the demands of the land without their arms. The cry of Spoiu, port, are prepared to grant Policies against Fire, fords and earn the high wages necessary to poin," rung out loudly, and the men in the to the extend of $10,000, on Buildings or où pay for high-priced provisions. In the old yurd danced up and down with joy. "He is Goods stored therein.
NORTON, LYALL & U..
Faidy go-easy to length, for the ***
ties there was leisure for caught this time," they cried, and we listen. if 241 Hongkong. 22nd January, 1570,
tern
puted eagerly.
holding tho
For the woxt few minutes no noise was or festival of the patron saint, Br
by the reside when legends of heard outside. The picket firing seemed to gatherings
,exchanged, have suddenly caused. The silence became the good people were remembered, e and perpetuated. And it
d it is impossible not oppressive, and we were glad when the burg
to think nleo that the climata has something tread of half a dozen infantrymen was heard, to do with this decay or disappearance of the sad they came up the alley, bearing between picturesque folk-bore. Whether from the them the form of a tall and athletic man, clad
-POSITIVE GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
CAPITAL-2500,000.
Patting-down of timber, for reasons after-in a bluish coat and dress trousers. Ho E Undersigned: having been appointed
wards explained in the Landed Estates been shot through the body, and evidently Court, from the elects of the Gulf Stream, bad but a few minutes to live. There was from what whatever cause, the climate of the an imploring look upon his features which island has grawa moist and more moist, and was dreadful beyond expression. The face
Teazer
Thalin Thistle
Zebra
gun.boat
screw sloop doub, no. gun vi. pad. des. vease! dout. sc. gan V5, Steur Corvette doub. sc. gun va, screw Bloop
? 160 Acting Comr. Dioken Foschow.
4120
Foochow
Com. Hon Fitzmaurice Koba
400 Capt.B.B.Woolloombe Singapore
4 120 Comr. H. K. Leet va passage to F'chow £ 7 2001 To be Sold
SHIPPING IN THE CHINA WATERS..
Flay
Fearel
Captain.
& Rig.
Hongkong
Uleopátra
Captain
Breckwold
Ger. bk Store wit Peru: bit Brit. bk Brit. bk
Gor, bk
Amr. bk
Folk
863 370 307
H. Cook
Bbaw & Co
369 M. Veeney
307❘ Order
3291 Captain
1557 Wilkin & Rabison
Store al 1630 | P. & 0.0% Ger. b 350. Saith, Baker & Co.
SHIPPING IN MANILA HARBOUR.
Consignass.
Destination.
Vesicle
Captain
Flag a Big.
Tons.
Brit, bk 508
WHAMPOA.
STEAMERS.
Brit, str 180
Aobeung 775 D. Topraik & Co
Lintin Prince Albert Thelon Dang Wes
Brit. atr
69 Acheong
R. Kent well
Young
Lord
Agent for the above Compacy, is prepared
Georges to accept propants for Life Aisurarea
For Hates of Premium, Forms of Proposals, Jenny or any other information, apply to
Kedar CHAS, H. MORGAN, Lizzie
Agout Taine
Wilhel
ale beautiful May mornings, the grey sum-had been imperions, beautiful, passionate; 549 Hongkong, 8th April, 1879.
Finsb Hartmann
A. N. Love
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Thom
| Jobmperdi
Brit. atr
250 Ang Heard & Go
Last up
"Ami. str.
SAILING VESELE,
Gor. bk 650
Carlowitz & Co
237 Vogel, Hingedorn & Co New York
Faize Allum Gravina Hippocampe
1. Hormance
J. C. Clarke
Ger, bl
Aur. Uk
950
Carlowitz & Co.
Manila
9:4
Chinese
Ger. bk
342 W, Pustan & Co
Pientain
Grec. bk
·GH, bk 323 | Boerjau & Co.
Pusig
B. de los Angelos
Eto. Ana
Sual
Consigaoco.
Order
Span. by 245 F. Mansz
Smith Bell & Co
Fren. bk 376
Span, bic $48 J. Lara
648
Brit. bk
Span, str
Peel, Hubbolt & Co
106 F. Reyes
Span. bk
501 S. Rabido
Span br
402 M. Niete
Brit. etr
973 M. Pickford & Co
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