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ap the high pitob which at both our Italian ble mind, and destroyed the letter. This was NEW YORK Opera-boase-it Her Majesty's Opore, where ten years ago. Some seven years later he went Sir Nichol de musical conductor, as well nests Commoner for Japan the Austrian she Royal Italian Opera has had to be aban-Exhibition. There he saw the Bible Stand, and SAN FRAND1800 ma Y HAMAanic (str.) doned. The public would rather havo ran the was impressed with wonder that so much should change of ioning the abade of brillianoy which be made of any single book, and that it should STDNEY AND MELBOURNE is, some maintain, lost through the adoption a thought worth translating into so many of the ordinary diapason-the dispsson of silanguages. He purchased a copy in Ouices. MELBOURNE AND SIDNEY... masical Europe--than be deprived, as it now and read it with curiosity deepened into latore SINGAPORE, BOMBAY, Zambesi (str.) will be, of the ainging of a tent who is fill by and by degress he became conringed of the traits. BRISBANE, a Brisbane (etr.) far the most popular of the day, and who in of all the Book taught. In hie journey through SAIGON, SINGAPORE, & Meikong (str.). Aared music kas never during our time had his rape so mudo bie dan obrations of YOKOHAMA three prevailing forms of Christianity the SHANGHAIL equal.
A correspondent of the World says:-"I wish Romish, Greek, and Protestant faiths, He was you would allude in your witty and severe satisfied that the last of these cams nearest to HOIBOW paper, to the singing quadrille that I sew danced the teaching and spirit of the Book itself On FOOCHOW in Dublin, Owetlo the other day. Picture forty his return to Redo be applied to the Amories SWATOW, AMOY & FOOOHOW Douglas (str. people; all more or less rettelser-grand ladies Miccionaries for baptists. Hearing of the top AMOX, SINGAPORE, & Ohsang Hook Kinn blazing in jewels, sonia portly figures. between he had taken, his daughter wrote to him from thirty and forty-orcoging bands, and galloping America to surgeat that, as he had the moans se hard as they could go to Ride a cook-bores at bin disposal, be stoeld purchase a beatben und A.D.O. and officers marmuring, Goosey, temple for purposes of Christian worship, He Rooney gander" one eapraially ludicrons jur did so, and in the temple thus purobased the in the Rise Brigade looking like a melancholy Christian missionaries now meet for worship
Wear forced to ask, can any good by wrought mate in his sombre uniform, and only, soca. aionally saying, De, ba, black sheep, in the by the publication of such aveolite and evident raddleat way. If dunced at all, why not harsalsboods se are contained in this paragraph reung people who can sing, sed then it might The ruthlessons of the whole story is show not be so ladicrous P Batavery other person did by the mereat slaves ut che internal evidence. not even atterapt to apen the lips and cho effect the first plate one wires was quite boyoad description
to Americs to be squaredes years ago So that one of them could not havo takon a All doneta as to Hamlet's insanity are, I im- situation as governess in a family. Nest, the agine (says a writer in the World for ever idea of " family," English or American, taking at rest by the behaviour of Mr. John Quilter, a girl newly arrived from Japan as governess is Traler. This gentleman found himself in the perfectly absurd. For what earthly perposa position of Denmark's prince on the fire rising would she be engaged! Hardly to teach the of the curtain, that is to my, his father 65ildren the Japanean language or to play the dear, and his mother had strandferred beromises, and a knowledge of these sera plich affections to her husband's brother. The Danish munte would be about alt ahe would be fitted to Humlet, it will be remembered, only brought impart. Then, all the young ladies who have -matters to a cxinio after fza aste of klant vote. The Trich Homie at once broke his uncle's beat with a shulelagh, and sat fire to his mother's
THE REPUBLIC IN FRANCESA house, burning her to death. Barely this shoe
A wall wisher to Frage will look upon the the madness of bakespeare's great baracter, and the anaity of the hero of the law-reports
the intrigues by which the Republic is possibly On the latter point, at anyrate, both an intel
being undermined, with a singular mixture of ligent jury of fellow countrymen and Mr. Instice vingers at us dispcant to parche interout and indifference. Interest Cecause a beatben temple," would not be allowed to Keogh were agreed; for the former found accept such employment. But the story of the France is engaged in trying thã sixlerath scia- most suitable for WASHING COSTUMES Oulling off the usual Const Porta to land Mails tion of the problem of government which baa Quilter guilty, and the latter anmarily sent- enced him to penal servitude for life. Moral: parohnee of the temple in the sap to this me been presented to her within a period of little Ateous edifice, evolved out of what we cannot but Beware of coalisus..
think sheer fancy. If there is ona brick of brutt over 80 years; indifference boomase France is in the fendation of the whole fabrio, we should so genuinely great by the valon, the industry, he is to know where it is, just for purposes of and the artistic excellence of her sons, that it would almost seem as if no political blunders comparison. But area when it is pointed a could permanently affect her position as pas of to us we must protest against anol wholesale tos isaging States of the world. She has com perversion, the publication, agreligions
mended the respect and admiration of mankind, periodical, of olaptrap which oan only have the whether nudor the old regime of har legitimate invalid excuse of doing evil that good many eneo kings, under the government of a quock doctor and which as the painful appearance of being and provincial attorney or with great will, Inerted as a tait to draw to tamsionary fands the pence of ignorant servant girls and enthosisataadnear near allied, at her head. But, en anhool-children. We have so much respect for the hole, an impartial person will be of what is good and hely in mission work, that we opinion that the rule of a Louie or a Napoleon are forced to think that those who bove the bas generally suited her better than the rule of
a Robespierra and a Marat, or even of a Cavalg welfare of the gapse really at heart will not nao or a Trocho, Feaols men France is up to countenanen auch immoral touting for support shake of in a spirited horse shares off a timid as this.
The same paper says In the city of Tokio, rider Marabal MacMahon's hour is not yet Japan, a dousand people are said to attend conte; when it arrives he will have to choose. the missionary services," Snoh grievous bone governing France bimself or giving aggeration is not excused by the sentiment, the governor whom ebs can sok nowledge with pride, or being very radely, shoved : aside to expression of which it introduces namely canke way for men of more decision and keeper The changes going on in that empire continue insight, who will accomplish that task them to be full of encouragement Obciatiana etres. And when once the pation shell bave To be just, we subjuin more harmless emerged from the anarchy of the present in- paragraph from the uume sheet
"A few weeks duce a tescher in the Uc terregnum, Europe will see that the spirit of Gaked (sic) of Tado asked if we had anything France is not dead-Vanity Fair, to give him for his brother, who is a teaober in
(COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENOE the same school. He had been under souvie- tion uf sin for sʊms lime. The brother ecot came to teli no the tract wo gere kim had been
THURSDAY, 17th May. biased to his brother, and he is now a happy
Salon of Old Putna to-day at $570, and of Christian and a working ons-laboring on ta arlect chests of some at $8773. Of New Patna Sabbath for the same Japanese pupils be sales made to arrive from the fifth Bale at $575. reaches during the week. If time-permitted, I could reinte several auch incidents of recent Jase."
Advice from Milati report a serious scandal as Loving occurred there. It happened on tho day of the Eingeltto, when a gala performance was given at the Soals, and the house was crowded. The pince was the “Farza del Des- tino, and Madame Caraciolo, who was singing Lue part of Breviorilla, thought ebe perceived that the acaductor of the orchestra, Fucoid; purposely precipitated all the movements: When The raceplan cameno further doubt was possible, so that fu conesquence ele stopped ainging. and, crossing her arms, regarded the orebestra fixedly. The act had soaredly finished. and the last bar been played, when Faccio desconded from his seat and opnoeated himselt among the musicians. But when the opening of the third act was about to begin, und Biguor Fassio Recended to his place, he was received with Land and prolonged storm of binning. The searet of the affair in and ac bez private jealousy which induced big to try and drive Madame Caracciole
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A concert round stairease The idea has aeris, and farthermore, that merit has boon proved, & concert was given at 10 p.m. on the 18th Marob at the Paris Opera, in favour of the Austrian Uaaritable Fund. It was got ap by the Austrian Embassy, Strauss led the orchestra; and all Paris was there. The stairs case the frst-fɔor landings, and the foyer were, alone socequible; all the rest of the house was shut off by hangings of tapestry; but as the landings are nearly en large as the Green Park, there was apo for the 3,000 people who came. The festival was a cost brillisut success, but it great fuck" was that after 11 o'tlook, by which time everybody had arrived, the gisht staircase, all warblo and gold, and light and flowers beasts abaalutely empty. Not one speck varied the dazzling shewn of ita vide steps. All round the top sat, gasing down upon it, princesses, ambassadressen, and lovely creaturen in ben- drode, and in ball dresses: but the stars them. selves were desert of white void. The reason was that nobody dared to deadend them before the inspecting oyes which were conosetrated aped them. One bold man did effect it, but he looked so pitiably Sto a By crawling across | aoiling that be disəouraged everybody else. So there the people het, in a joyful gilded prison, too timid to ventore to go down-athire until everybody went together. All the same, it was
A correspondent writes to the Gazette upon this matter as followspot de p
You did not discover all the woanderful things steted in the Illustrated Missionary 'Naasi,
In speaking of Joints Mission ad in that paper the following -
Thore are four ladies connected with the Woman's Union Missionary Society, two of whom are physicians. These are distributed in Takis, Yukoham, Osaka, Kote, Wagasaki, and Hakodati?"
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I have made enquiry and I and that the whole. a marvellous show, and will certainly be re-number of petives in Tokio, who attend places peated. World,
of Chelatina worship is from 350 to 400, inolod, A West-Bad theatre of ordinary size holds ating all the different missions.
If we take Yokohama inte the count it wild existing prisos about £300, and all shovo 275
Were a theatro, therefore, to bo be bard to make up the figure to 300 native is profit. filled every night in a year of three hundred Curitians, and benthea sho can be found in all daya, the profit to the manager would be of the various places of Christian worship on £6,500. As a matter of foot, however says or given Sunday. I asked an old NODAY Truh), an average of £100 pa might how it was that such random statements were profit of £5 per representation--is regarded published in a mission forest, and his reply "It would, was a follow That paper, publiated in BB a moot fortanute ocČATTENDÓ, therefore, seems desirable that some manager Landon ander the title of Zurtrated Missionary should have the sense to relace his prices, and Neses, beare about the same relation to she great introduce into theatrical enterprise the sound mission work, that the Poles Nesse does to the principle of Jargo sales and small profits. This courts of justice in Amerion; and its publication is not done, because tonnagers bope against answers the some purpose, vizi by sensational Ox Boar Bank, night.. hope some day to hit upon an entertainment articles and pictures it gets the money of its OF CALOUS-Bank, sight. which will fill their theatres nightly for en lang subscribers! As to say reliable and correct OF SHANGHAL- a period that they will make a large Lortune by information upon the subject of mission, I look Baux, sight.
it. The public," they say, if they fancy for it elbowhere than in the columns of that
paper."
piece, do not onro what they pay to non it, and if they do not fancy it they would not come even 1 think this is about the trae vatimats of the if they were offered seats gratis." This ian theory, Nustrated Missionary Nece, which reporte en aad marely a theory. My plan of a reduction thousand attendance upon Christian worship, in prices bas never been tested in the West End, where there are not pet more than four hundred and consequently, no no can saxert that is and this may be taken as about the proportion would proro è pecuniary failure, Wars I the of truth to be found in the columns of that manager of a theatre, should have two rows dashy paper, and also about the percentage oỈ of atalla at 78. per stall for exoliaires; the rest value which it gives its readers in return for the of my pit would be filled with numbered seats, prics of subsaription, The paper is not con at 2a per seat, and they would be as comfortable nected with any missionary society or other and 6.roomy be etalls. For my drsas dircle religious organization, and so it is altogether a
I should charge fe, and for my upper sircle private speenlation.
Is, Ed., and entrance to the gallery would cost fd, If the public at some one become aware of I should get together a good company of actare its real character, the harm that it will do by fus and potresses, and I should oultivate the national sensational reports of the Day's Doingo among taste by producing melodrams. To authors I missionaries will, be almost nullified. To this should say, "You shall be given the first 85 of and I Elfak it a right tant ach glaringly false zett gain which is realieed any night, but if I statements should he pubisoly exposed. am a loser by your piec, it is obvious that I jag shall not pay you for writing a play which the publio desline lo witaves." I believe that there a a fortune in my plan, and I make a prosent of it to thestrital managera,
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FOR SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, THE Steamuship.
DAY, the 8th May, at 3 P.. taking Cargo and Passengers for Japan, the United States, and Europe.
at Tukphawa wita Connection is made at Steamer from Shanghai,
Freight will be received on board until 4 P.K. of the 27to instant, Purcel Packages will be received at the Offee until 5.x. came day. All Parcel Packages should be marked to addrees in fall; value of same le required.
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NOT
་་
ADELA, British back, Beattie-Eduard Sotaell Ar Rua American bark, Carver
hars & Co.
Arabald, Karbarg & Co.
& Oo.
Galle, Pondjoharry, Mudras, Calouste, Bombay, Aden, Suez, and Alexandria.
The following vil be the hours of losing the Mails,
FarDAY, 5th instant,
5 P.M., Money Order Office olosen, Poes Office aloney breept the Nrait Box, which reusion open all night.
SATURDAY, 26th instans,
7. A.M., Port Office opens for sale of Stamps, Ragletry of Letters, and Post- ing of all correspondence,
10 AM, Registry of Letters coasen,
11 A., Post Office alors szopt for Ente
Letters,
11.10., Letters (kat Letters only) except
thosa to and through Australia, may be posted on payment of a Late Fes of 18 cents extra postage, until 1150 AM when the Post Office CLOSES
antároly,
REGISTRATION TO BANGKOK. Her Britannic Majesty's Consul för Siam bas been good enough to mate arrangements by means of which correspondence can be Regia- tered to Bangkok, at the usual charge of B cenie.
SOLDINES' AND SAILORS' LETTERS, Privates in F.M. Aray or Navy, Non-com- missioned Offers (but aɔt Warrant Officers, via Assistant Enginear, Ganaur, Boatswain, or Carpenter), Army Bohoolmastora (not superintending or First Class) or Schoolmie treases may send halfuncs letters to the United Kingdom vi Marsailles by Freachi Panket, or vis Southampton by British Packet, for one penDy: or vi Brindisi by British Packet For three-pene. Hongkong, stemps will propay this ches of norrespondeuse exactly. the ame is Imperial Stamps.
charged as ordinary letters if they do not. 001- Soldiers and Sailors' letters are, however, form to the following regulations:
1.-Not to exceed half an ounce. No double letters are allowed
AMERICA, German ehip, ven Holdt-Siemsson ANNA, German bark, Jess.-W. Pasta & Co.
B-If from s Soldier or Eailor, his class or ATGUSTE, British Sew. schooner, Thomas description most be stated in full on the letter,
*Meyer & Co.
and the commanding Officer must sign his nue; with name of Regiment, or Ship, o., in fulli
**OOBAN,"
CANTON, German bark, Crapts, Siomasen & Co. Ooptain Jeques, will LOAD TEA at Food, British ship, Carr. Horor & Co. for the above Ports at the OPENING of the CERES, German bark, Specht-Wm, Pustan -If to Soldier or Sailor, hiu olsos or da COMISE SEASON.
& Co.
Baription must be stated in fall, with name of For Freight, apply to...
CHARLOTTE ANDREWs, British berk, Place-Regiment, or Ship, &,, in full,
Glincao.
A
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agente,
507 Hongkong, 2nd April, 1977.
FOR SHANGHAI,"
HE British Steatter
"SOINDIA,"
CHINKING, British steamer, Ger-Siemen
& Ca..
CHARTERS ETTECTED. CHRISTIAN, German ihooner, Stobr.Eduard The following Settlements are taken from
Bobellbass & Co.
ELLEN RICKKERS, German bark, Weydom ADD.
Melchera & Co.
een & Va
Captain Langley, will load here and base quick ESMERALDA, German bark, Hansen.-Siema despatah.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
METER & Co. -725 Hongkong, 11h May, 1877.
FOR LONDON.
THE A1 British Ship
"LALA BOOKH,”
FABIUS, Siamese abip, Stolze-Kien Tye
Loong. FLEETWIG, American ship, Great Vogel,
Hagedori & Co.
GUSTAV & MARIE, German chip, Doos-Ken
Tre' Loonu.
HANSAH LAW, British ship, Greig-P.& 0,
S. N. Co.
Header, Master, will lond bore and have quick HELENA, Aerican bark, Show,Arabeli, dan atob.
For Freight, apply-to
MEYER
667 Hangtong. 80th April, 1877.
FOR LONDON THE AL British Clipper Ship
THE
"LEUCADIA,”
Mearns, Master, will load here, and have quick. despateb.
For Freight, apply to
41
METER & U Hongkong, 2016 April, 1877.
FOR MELBOURNE AND. SYDNEY. HE A1 British Barque
* NOVELTY,"
For Freight or Purangs, apply to
----- ROZARIO E OG 732 Bonekong, 11th May, 1877.
FOR STONEY AND MELBOURNE, THE AL Awories Dark
"HELENA,"
Karberg & Co.'
HIGHLANDES, Ameriona stip, Hatchinson
Captain.
KILLABREY, British steamer, O'Neil-Gibb,-
Livingston & Co.
LALLARDOZE, Brities Bark, Hender.--Gas
Company”
LEVADA, Britian ship, Mearng-Azphold,
Karberg & Co.
Mesra, HEINEMANN & Co,'s Freight Ciren-
Jar
---
British bark Hinnaah & Mary, 386 tone, hence
to London, private terms.
British abip Channel Queen, 609 tona, Amoy to
Loudou or to Casapel for orders to dis. charge in a post in the United Kingdom, private tras
British ship Woodlark, 869 tons, Swatow to
London ar to Channel' for orders to dia, charza in a port in the United Kingdom, or on the Cortinent, private termi. British steame: Bertha, 1,421 tona, Manila to
London or Liverpool, privato terms. German bark Esmeralda, 788 tons, Manila and
air Cebu-to London or Liverpool, or to New Tork or Boston, private terme. Ameriono bark Tewkesbury L. Saneaf, 550 teen, Iloilo or Cebu to New York or Boston, private terms.
Britsak tark Forally, 375 tons, bence to Mel
bourne and 'Bydney, private forme.
LOUISA, German 3-m. schooner, Schierlob.-American bark Helena, 603 tons, bence to Mal
Ed. Schelhaes &
bourne and Sydney, private terms. NEW BRA, American stip, Sawyer, Messa German bark Vela, 302 tone, Whampon "to
gories Maritimon.
ORWARD, British sob., Morzon.-Wieler & Co.
Tientsin and back to Hongkong vid Now- chwang, 5 cents per pical, 35 luy days.
PENGUIN, British steamer, Cowell, Jurdare, German bark Deutschland, 260 tons, Newal wang
Matheson & Op.
PERNAMIGO, Britvu stencer, Hydar
sen & Oo,
Pazaro, British bark, Laidmatt-Arnhold,
Kurberg & Co.
THOMAS LORD, American ship. Hall-Arnhold,
to Hongkong, 30 cènto per picat, 14 lay: German eshooner Irene, 267 tons, Newolwang to Hongkong, 30cente per pical, 1? lay days. German bark: Jun Peter; 380 tons, hence, to Quinbon and back, 22,100 in full 20 lay
T. L. SWEAT, AD. bark, Gritho. Meyer & Co. German bark Piccola, 239 tone, bence to Quin- VILLA DE RIVADAVIA, Španish brig, Camne
Brandão & Uo;
WM. H.DEs, Amerlout 3-m. woht. Eudicott.
Arabold, Karberg & Co
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Both the Court and Punti proinnovations urs Vormicelli-10 bags, at $8,00, by Kwong given, the accants being carefully marked on
the best principle hitkorto attained. The typo Mang Tal to travelling traden
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white buger 380 bags, at 80,95, by Hop previously attained, and diapunsing with theas
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FOR NEW YORK. China it cannot but be invaluable occasionallyTHE AI American Ship
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It comprises upwards of two thousand large ZJUATIO DAZEL:
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE, (FROM KIDIEL FALDINER & COM BIGLETER) YESTERDAYS TELEGRAMS.
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name of Charles, you would, I think, Bud Isolaims to nutrammited untrol. 31 Tangerin Kwong Book Wo to travelling hater difoal to reply to the query, Why member of the Dominion Paliment, whose Charles I do not, however, complain of your brother is the Romish Bishop of it mouski.and correspondent's question. Far from it. In the who is bimself leader of the Fronell Concern course of a tour, sbrougs upwards of swenty of tiven, has lately been unseated by the Supreme tha leading towns of the thras kingdom-re Court on the ground of clerical coercion and in ooutly undertaken with the troppa of Here, úmidation, the Judges, many of them Catholics, Wilhelmy, I had the honour to be variously en holding that such practices, with threats of ox titled, by provincial newspapers,Gullia, communication, rendered theolcation vold, while Ginband, Gually, Girfeer I so not thủ privileged character of the priest interfering personally responsible for those variogated in political matters was donind. The signifi- specimens of the etymology of nomenclature, eines of this section lay in what preceded it, but I am myself beginning to be doubtful what | In Canada as in Ireland, there are Liberal and my name really is. I bave, however, in knewer bigoted Catholics among the clergy as well as te your very pertinent question, nine very ex- the laity, and the former include in their ranke alient Young addice thy sell myolf Momoigneur Tacobscapu, ArobbiebopolQuebec, Giulia, but I need, I think, only trouble you { who before the electwas forbade his clergy to with the first grino, then, it was tho intertera in political stain. Following thle name - pivan - no by my golfathers and three Judges, all Bomst Catholic concatrod gudmothers is my baptism, wherein, after bein unseating a member raturaed by illegal ooming toy bail that I should be abnormally priestly influence. It was then that the Bishop alever and unexceptionally good, they pro of Emonski onia forward, Bad, ke, farring a mind that my name should be apelt Gjalin similar fate for his brother, M. Langevin, harus If they bad, instead, named me Sarab Ana, iesped a pastora), which Hildebrand or Ishould have been tá precisely the same pres A Becket might have envied, dealering that Chowment I therefore fove is to your oritlol pitter Parliament, nor the Bench could “discernment to judge between the two names, interfere in matters wronght by the Church, merely unggoeting that should your verdict be and ordering that the sarapentahould in favour of Farah Arin, you will löytki blame be withheld from any Catholic nonorting the on the abovider of the worry "wuddle-aged contrary. If this = "incótradiG KAREGATA. WE people who perhaps coues they were unable intended to browbeat the Oathella membera to foretell that I should over bare the honour of the Bupreme Court and save to be nationed in the columns of the Choirmont of the Bishop's trotter, it failed, for M. thoughtlosely med mo" Clinlig."-----
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Bangkok and back. $2,500 in fall, 30 luy daya British bark Glamorganshire, 456 tone, Bangkok to Hongkong, inside the Bar 35 cents per pond, oatide the Bur S0 cents per pioul, 30
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For Freight, apply to
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Germ
British steamer State of Louisiana, 1,216 tone, Swatow to Singapore (Pasengers) and Jai- go to Hongkong, 20 cents per pioul, 12- Joy days Bribel stemmer Killarnes, 1,050 taon, henes to Swatow, Amoy. and Focchow, private terma.. British steamar-Fenico 1,271utons, monthly
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