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There has best soma saya, fighting, bat with indecisive resalts, in Orate, RETURN OF COUNT SCHOUVALOFT TO LONDON. Count Sehouvaloff has returned from St. Petersburg to Loudon and is to have an inter- view with the Marquis of Bolisbury to-day TAK GULKISION BETWEEN THE MAIL STEAMEES.
SINGAPORE, 24 May The steamship Khedire has had a collision with the Dutol mail steuner outside Fanaug she received écrious injury to her atemjard must be cooked at Singapore, as will probably arise. a wesic late at Hongkong.
Richmond, who, it will ham borail were captured a fove hours after they pail respasti. tively from the, British and American gable. And, beatdes, Estilow a stranger to the pollen, only having been brought fruma the Pagoda an- ahorage, Foocliow, for trial at Shanghel, bod man of his nationality could pass into hiding places unnoticed, when a waltoman world attract attention. This is the third cage of the ind that has occurred during two last two years Itwo at the dritisie gawi, and one at the American ghiol is a very high percentage, when the small number of prisonera is taken its con doration and comparison is made with the of similar cases in Bogland-Dalby, Nouns 2000 Kurma kin
NORTH CHINA BRANGIE OF THE TOVAL ASIATIC SOCIETI
Agenorol meeting of the above Socipty was hold at Shanghai in the 18th instant, ME TW Kingsmill President, in the chair. There was about the est attendance of members. After The munkets of the Inab veebing had been read. confirmed, the following gentlenen, baving bean recomended by the Council, were elected me bers, De L. S. Little and Mr. B. Wellerlay, SINGAPORE, 5th May.
The maile and passengers of the steamship The British bark Abya's Isle raports baring resident; and Mr A. Hosie, of Paking, ngu
roaldent, C. Beale in lat. 19.00 6. long: 162,by Mr. H. H. Pucker, on The comparative study this afternoon in the steamship dehülles, spoken, on the 8th ultimo, the American back The PRESIDENT then read & paper, written Kleding will leave Posing for this and China bound to Yokohama from Newcastle, N..W. of Chinese Dialects," which was very interesting. and at the gloss alirited, some pertinent remarks from this foor B. 3. Berrett-out Dey-blaaggman..
A sond paper, also read: by the President. The rictest georgy to tolog proserved To was by Mr. A, Husie, le erbject being Sas speating the mission of Count Sohoavaloff to spets and Sunshadows observed in China, B. London. 128 A.D. 1617 After the reading, the Presi
dent gave the following interesting explanation in souneetion with tho essay--
The siteteli antitled "A General Blog of Far," ropublished in another coinma from the Soud. Pacific Times, it from the pen of a brother of the Right Rov. Bishop Raimondi,
The rainfall for the past was, as given it Saturday's Gazelle of the Poak, 1547 inshes; at Capo D'Aguilar, 11.19 inches; and as Slaneouttor's Island 15.72 inobes.
Phatan teperature it the Peak during the past week, as recorded in Saturday's Gazelle,. ers 77,9, the misanm 66.0; at the Borbonz- Master's Office, Priya West, the maximant was 90.0 and the minimum 740.
The British bark Altyn's Isle, Captain Burgess, reports that on the 22nd April passed through a field of purios stone, extending for over dus bundred milee. Some specimens were taken ou board and brought to Hongkong
Although it could not bo considered as proved 'that solar spots followed an approximate eloven years ayola, thoro. Co many atomers of bigh standing who supported that theory Hatral zone. had himself been so much struck by the contenta of Mr. Hosie's paper, that he had made the triat
LONDON, 4th May. THE POLITICAL SITUATION AN
"Mony of the mow onpped panks aro more than: In full lauom. Entering the gatowy, broad avenue ads to the tomb, with stone atatues of 6.000 metres in height, some of them surpassing horses, priests, at en both sides. Upon the the groat Chimborazo in elevation. The lovel right of the Gentral's tomb is the tomb of his son, of perpetual snow in Peru is some 4,300 metres They are both round monnia, witch alike, can above the sea level, but it may vary a great deal nereted pfmasonry and plastered on the outside, tocording to the topographical secilents of the In front je & stone slab, with an inseription ground and ita pature: There are places where
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The ground, fi, places free from ACCE nesses proved guilty, condemned, sard put to death, His dying onest was that his only con be put itself with a green verdure to the height of s to death Arst, lest he should be put forward as a fow cantinstrea sbore the surfabe of the soil, Lender Lo rebel ugsinst the Emperor Many years and affords soapty food to the ventise and s3- after when his incostco had been proved, it press Inhabiting that elevated portion of Porn
Was decreed that the acetly mausoleum haaronted To be confiared to his memory and tast four past iron effries of his accusers be made, representing them bond hand and foot and kneeling before his grave One set of these images has rusted out, but they have been replaced by another, at which the Chituse visitors throw stones, frosting them with every mark of contempt. The grave is located among hills in a wil somatitle spot, overlooking beautifal lake and mountain sosnory,
The body of a Chiness male was picked up to and address with communications addreaed to the Butter. It was very much decomposed, and had
Correspondents are requested to forward hair the harbour on Friday morning-off the Kowloon of placing the observations in an eleven years' of Commons as to whether car policy in the longitude From Paris. ditar, not for publication, but as avidance of good evidently been in the water scre days. The
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BY RAIMONDI. TRANSLATION); The Republic of Porn, sitented in the Western part of South Amerion extends on the Pacifts border from Slag. Strain, to 22deg. 32min, of Sicutir Latitudes but the general direction of the The British bark Alcestia reports left Now. BABY Pending the reply of the Britisk Goverment coast boing almost from N. W to 8.E the rent chwang on 10th May, and had N.NE. winds to general opinica prevals in favour of the mains, the latter in more than 450 lengus in length Chefoo, theses to the Promontory light vari
As regards the width of Pern, calculated froinable winds and thick wasther; thence moderate torance of peace, and the early mosting of the
the most ousterly point, situated on the bank of winds to Shanghai: from theboo to the river Madera, to the most westerly, which is Tarnabast Jeland 8.W. monsoon to Chapel In, 1 European Congress
Russian troops are advanuing within the ucu-Cape Partia in the Facile, it subraces more land Ught variable winds and thick, hazy wee than eighteen and s half tegrees, that is to syther On Friday he ih instant of Chapel 8Max. 40min, 64 of weatery Teland had very sovore squall, accompanied On the resumption of the debate in the Houss from 65deg,
with heavy rain, vivid lightning, and heavy than The form of Peru is vory irregular and oalon- cycle, and was pleased to note that there was Eastern Question was untouched, the Cammons Lotive than the rule car and alder, thence to port streng NE. winds.
this nation lays claim, apertoiós may, be
The British bars Albyn's Tile reports left apparent coincidenes. Ha had taku two cerrogatived the resolution by 347, votes to 220, turius, and after working eat a cycle for each
estimated at 67,700 aquaro lasgues Newonafle, N.S.W. on 19th Macok, and experi independently, had found that the two would tan confirmed the Minatocial shondment.
Two great chains of lofty mountains india anded Northerly winds and heavy weather for BH the Duke of Cambridge is to procent etimimtely called at times Cordillera de les ten days; thence light variable winds to lat. 90 sung's succensie in office is Wu Taun-taon, n the table to the present century, be found that to Malte, to inspout the Indian expeditionary Aude, although proporly only the most easterly and long 161 E. then had fresh B.B. and
The Shanghai Crevice any that Ting Jih in with such ayole Morever, on extending
chain bear that name,, run, almost parallel to Easterly winds to St. Cattolina Island; on the relation by marriage of La Hang-ahang. Hoshnilar intervals would bring the ovels up to the force.. was at one time Totai of Chan-chow Ea, near year 1871 which was marked by an excess of
The joint Kusso Turkish Commission has each other from ano detrome to the other of the 22nd April in lat. 59. and long, 163, fell in entire length of Porn, and joining together at with an immense quantity of floating pumies Sato, the native home of Ting Fatai. Inoar acule. Having done so sob, he had 1878 he took over the management of the Tien-looked back to Mr. Hosie's former paper on failed to agree about the line of demoration.
11 deg. 14 min. of latitude they form a sort of stone, extending for over one hundred miles; Night The NEW PATENT AUTOMATON UM- The experience of
mon from which various other secondry chains varimble winds until ith altimo, then fresh tain Arsenal, and two years ago was appointed droughts and famines, to rusoend Ting Jih-olang, as Imperial Com the last tou or twolve yours in China and THE SYNOL OF CHINA AT HANGCHOW, branch of
N.B. and E. winds until lat 19:42 N and long, With regard to its hydrography, Furu uy 15.34 thoace to port fresh SW. monsong. missioner of the Foochow Arsenal. He is de. soomed to show that droughts in North Chira : scribed as a very straightforward, anpratending were generally coincident in time with oressive
From a repert of the dainge of the Synod at be divided into three-hollows or cavities, which Outside Hongkong had a very strong careant to man, thoroughly honest, and a worthy successor floods in the contral provinces, and that it was
an usual sentrence for the valley of the Tang Hangohow supplied to the M. C. Daily News by are that of the Pacifio, into which son all the the E.N.B. for the last four days.
rivers flowing down the western slope of the Car- of Tings
fso to be flooded while not a drop of rain fell in the Rev. J. C. Farnham, we take the following dislere usarest the past, empty themselves that --
Chihli and Shonai. Se also Lo had noted that interesting extracts
The city of Hungalow, where the Synod is now of tbo Atlantis, or rather of the Amazon, for it Shansi, comparatively dry weather vernor. He was, too, pomparing to push on
the esutral provinces, and other prevailed in meets montante non-ding to Isaonza the enstern stops of the Cordifiers; and winds from the SW. with head sen until ever- companied by torrents of rain, wind vesring measures of improvement in Formosa of
the Taugtaza was neudly below its prorog. He sizilar, though inferior, to that on the Hoogly thirdly that of Tiliones, into bhs Lake of which ag of the curd, when anchored ship under Tai SPRING grant importance, which may possibly now
had, themfoto, baen at Bore pains to fabulete India. The walls of Hangehow are said to be the intorendine rivers of the southerly part of tau Leland in consequence of heavy senalls, Bo- the droughts in connexion with the solar-spots, ben or twelve miles in sireumference, and in the Para cast thesolves.
Parn being divided in its entire longth by towards E. On the 24th instant steamed into be deferred to the Greek Kalenda. It is true
and for this purpose he made two tables, one elude part of a mountain range stretching off to
olevated chatus of mountains, of which many of amoy. Left Amoy on 24th, and arrived in Abal TIxo's successor, Wu TeaFO-TIEN, is
showing the rears of drought in Chelkinng and the south-west.
Marco Polo's account of this city represents the peaks are clothed with perpetual snoer, it Swator on the 25th, ust with N.E. winds and spoken of as an honest, straightforward man,
Kiangsu, the other in Shansi and the Northern provinces. A coincidence was to be noticed in the ironmference of the walla so great as to will be easily milerstood that it must have very fine weather on the passage. Loft sgali on same winds and fine wasther. Passed the steamship but be may notwithstanding prove averse to
the tables. The years during which solar spots stagger belief; and must readers have not given varied ragions of climate. In reality, Peru may day, and from thence to port had moderats N.E Norns of Copel Point. Tassed the atomship undertaking the schomes which the to The Shanghai Courier of the 20th instant has were recorded were for the most part those in it the slightest credeate. That those who bare be subdivided into five. 2012, ali distinct in
Tesso off Cholang Point. Passed the steamship the following paragraph: We are crelibly which droughts wors noted in Mid-China, and on hired here, and are best able to judge believe the clan and productions. These songs or reginhis Futai had resolved upon carrying out. What, informed that a rupture of friendly relations be the guiser band droughts in North-Ching rows afty walls dil once include a much larger part of are respectively called Costs, Shorts, Pans, Coryphrees outside the Ly-o-mon Pass for instance, will now beatae of the ill-fated tween Germany and China is inuminent. There asidom contemporanovas with the reoutled solar this range of mountains, and that Polo's account dillers, Ittle Woosung railway which has teen ship-are three German mon-of-war in nrbour, and spots. From a close examination of the noticed may be quite reliable The view from those hill
Thus me of coast is given to that belt others hare bech seat for ILE. M. von Brandt, solar spots he had oorre to the conclusion that tops wall pays the weary ascent. On the East is ped from Shanghai to Formosa? Will the new the German Minister to the Court of Feking, was they would, post it in with a cycle of About slaven Haugehow Bay, the native craft presenting scf land extending from the shores of the Pacific Futai try to base the railway hid down and expected to leave that city to-day. If this be years and thirty days; and this conclusion, lively scene: To the Sorth is the Tsien-dong to the first barrier of the Cordillara, at an eleva putinto use, or will he suffer it to lie and rust trae, and we place the utmost reliance on the formed en independent grounds, seemed to be iti Biver, and soroas it the fertile pisin extending tion of 1,500 metres more or less One of the Per steamship Figre for Continent and Lon scurce whence it reaches us, we suppose it will cutione coincidence with the period of the far away towards Zoe hyng. Or the West in perakarities of this region is the absence of don-For Continent 805, balce Sitk, 40 bales until it is utterly useless? How about the us he long before we have faller particulate. Boven ser stoors, namely 33 years. Thase beautiful lakelet, wilk reduttain ranges beyond rain, for the, nume of rain cannot be given to the Waste Eilk, £8 bases Silke, and 680 plege. Sun- suhomes Tire had in view for the develop- We were not aware that say cause of disagree eolar spot periods were thus apparently axoly Turning to the North, the hills seem to analcse ne miste, known as gaiza or drizzle, which dries. For London 424 bales Silk, 52 enses Silks, ment of the mineral wohlthy of the island?ent atil oxistet hotween the teeman Govern equivalent to the period of these meteors The the city, which lies far baby spread cut like a scarosty wets the ground and falls in the winter 20 cases Anisood, 500 half-chest Tas 7,518 boxes T. 132 pkgs. Sundries, and 3 cases Trea ment and the Teung, Yamôn.” '
coincideres did not leverer end there. A glance np. Mid, the crags and forests of these Hatig season, that is from June to September. Will the lie taken up by his strocessor 2.
at the fatiot would mean to show another agale claw bills the wild boar and degr have their The coast topion forms a great belt of sandy anrö (833,809). of excassite droughts in both Northern and Con home and spon the prystal waters of the lake soil, interaested at intervals by fertile valleys - His Excellency We may adjust the
tral China of about three hundred years. Que sport a great variety of waterfowl, including the which produce in abundance the principal plante of these prints in Northern China commenced water phassant, wild goes, etc., etc.
And fruits of the teerid and temperate zones, such On To this oelabrate city, surrounded by beauti-as sugar-cute, cotton plantains, yucas, rico, In the year 901 and lasted fill up late fal soenery, the representatives of Presbyteria grapes, maiz, clover, do, do 1,020; anothor commenced in 1,950 and lasted
The Peruvian coast embracing 18 degrees of til 1,820, and a third begitaing 1,667 lasted mora nian bave come from all parts of China, to at or less continuously dil 1,615. A similar ayole tend the greatest of thete Declastastical councils.stitude, the clinate necessarily varios from che Asemed to ovear in Mid-Chinn, but very onriously They come from Peking and from Canton, and extreme to the other, ite temperature in ganaral bore the droughts courred exactly one hundred from every other city in the Empire where the ie moderate and not at all in relation with its years earlier. The recorde in the ninth century American Presbyterian Chureli has been planted: prinity to Ecuador. The medium temperature Ox were not very full, but while in North Cams There are also present corresponding members of Láma mag bo maloninted at only 19 deg. of the O
centigrule thermonster, notwithstanding that ON but one drought was noticed botwoon the middle fruin several other ecclesiastical bodien of that pentory, and the first quarter of the On the evening of the 14th inst. after adjourn this capital is situated in latitudo 12deg, Zain..
The acil of the oceat, although for the most tenth, three droughts were recorded in the central ment, many of the members of the Synod occopted provinces. Commoueing in the year 1,159 was an invitation to visit the risidenes of the wealthy part unproductive in consequence of the dryness, long sorice of droughts and famines ending shont banker Woo, to which he is pleased to admit is in general very fertile, since with a little TO THE EDITCE OF THE "DAILY PRESE SI,-lo the former war with Russia, which the year 1223 and the same phenomenon was to visitors. Our large mary was ressived with water it soon becomes vared with luxuriant took place before the declaration of Paris and teretised in the fifteenth century, when droughts every mark of attention. Woll dressed niton verotation.
After a series of careful studies made with the when privateering was not identical with pirating, prevailed from 1,456 well into the next century dunt metust tao doorond conducted us through not a single privateer appeared on the sea, If, Hosis's records ended with the middle of the the labyrinth of roots, halls, courts, grottoes, the object of increasing the superficies of oultis privateers did not appear in 1853, how can they iu soventeenth euutory so he was enabled to rarily gardone, &r. The buildings are spaciens and able ground, varists bydmalic works have beau 1878? Fleshtes, privatears old be realt with as the return of droughts in these, provinces-in-the most lavichly ornatented with carving and conalenoted. Amongst those worthy of mention pirates, and then if Russia were to desire to outer latter part of the eighteenth cantary. It would paintings. The furniture is mostly of Chinese are the Canal of Tohusuma, constructed for the to the city of Tauna: the repression of the lakes on a war with England in which quarter would be noticed that twenty-seven of the asenmedepot style and manufacture, and of the richest and parpose of bringlag water from.the Cordillera share. not be given she might do so Many of our wars cycles, or nine of the November neteur perces, rarest description. Every room contained one are wars in which we do not receive quarter. would exactly agree with lioso periods. He had cr two clocks, and in one room there wars seren, in the Cordillera de la Ascension, in order to Yours, A.,
no explanation to offer for what was probably all of the costliest and mast curious styles. Theregment the volume of water of the river Rimar, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.
moraly a coincidence; but with regard to the is a beautiful bridge over a small short of water. which Urrigates the valley of Licin, and maily, coluofdence of solar spels with droughts in Mid-and in the middle of the bridge a pavilion salur the canal who furnishes Payta with water. China, the explansition seemed simple. It was ately carved and ornamented. Cressing thebridge acknowledged that the monsoons were caused by we entered a series of artificial cavesand grottoes,
The name of Storrs is given in Parn to the the unequal houting of the Earth's carface. In so true to nature that it was hard to believe they of temporoto climate situated at hot-wan Summer has aliation from the gum raised had not bean hulll by the Great Architect of 1500 and 3,500 metres of aloration above the sea quance the heated air had a tendency to ris, age were seen among the shrubbery or hanging dillera and hotween the two chains; although in and the partial vacuum had to be met frem og under the pazitars, and the sound of districts less heated. In this way, the Sammer their songs and screams echoed among tho rocksality this limit suries very much cording to Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-$75 per
· Lo alike was charged by PC.. 211 with being vinda from the Southward, bearing au excess of and trees. After ve had been shown through the topography of the Tonality, it may be said:] Tus political situation in Europe continues on the premises the is Hongkong Hotel Company's Shur extremely uncertain. The general opinion o'clock that moreing, for au unlawful purpose,
existed no mountaix mage of Rutleient elevation spactaionts, and the gentlemen to the roooption by its meteorologiest phenom's sna and its pro share Mc. Malgraves identified the prisoner as having to define the limit of the monsonit; un soch, hall to be entertained by the gentlemhaly pro dotions. In the Sierra it rains, and the rain China Sugar Refining Company, Limited-10 per
cent Fromium. fall in this region in the season opposed so that ⠀ prevailing is represented by Reuter as being bean onds in guol far three wess for unbefal therefore, as these zaoistars-inder winds from prietor. Mr. Woo is not in good heelth, and of the mista, oz drizzles of the cast: bint is to Chinese Imperial Lot 1047 in favour of the maintenance of peace, but possession.
The prisoner's defence was that he owed his the tropics met with the cooler currents towing added to this has lately experienced a heavy landlady sulas 3926, and was turned at the
cuss. He went to sleep on the stairs.
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CORRESPONDÈNCE.
we hope he will, but it is better not to expect We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions.
too much from Chinese officials. Such men TING TIú-CHANG are rare in the Central Kingdom.
expressed by our correspondental.
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LORD BEACONSFIELD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DAILY PREKHY." SIB,Why do not British residente in Chins get up an address expressive of wafirtenes in Lords Beamersfield and Salisbury Yours
CONFIDENCE. Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.
The Missionaries in China, both Protestant nad Catholic, have dono thoir duty nobly ine administering the relief subscribed for by foreigners here and in Europe. The work has been arduous, painful, and sometimes dangerous. It has been prosented with a zeal, discrimination, and devotion which re flect the Ligliest credit upon the dieinterested distributors. Two gentlemon have fallen victims to disease caught whilst ministexing to the sufferings of the famine-stricken people, Dr. CARMICHAEL last year at Cheloo And the Rev. ALERET WHITING this year at Tai Yuen-ta Disease is slaying its thou- sands in the famine districts, and those who venbaro there as almoners of foreign charity. carry their lives in their hands. But this fact will not, we are satisflod, servo-to dater. others from undertaking the work
and special proposal to the British Govern mont by which, possibly, a settlement of the points at issue between the two countries may be arrived at. It is manifestly the in-1 terest of Russia to remain on good terms
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as this has been the desire of the majority all along, it is no proof that the difficulties in the way of an amicablo solution of the Eastern
ferring posthumans honours on Mr. Woo's only bellose the winter in the Serra corresponds Question are likely to be removed. Of course.
cessive soler rubiatku. I would actually follow parents. The walls of the rooms were of marble, to the ruiny season.
The absence or existence of rain characterizon if both England and Russia are animated by
that the extrame beating of Central Asia world and the furniture was inlaid with the nort a strong wish to avoid an appeal to arms, the
reduse 3 stranger monsoon than usual, and beautiful and curions specimens of the same the two regions of fao. Costa; and the Sierra and involves a totally different mode of constructing that the rainy hait would be carried further stone. path can be smoothed very considerably for
while those of the Sierra, where it rains, ara The Bergeant caught the prisoner in the sot North. Such a yoat was 1871, #hon compra: After enjoying some fine favoured Haagehow the houses: those of the Costs are flat-roofed the meeting of the proposed European Cou-of putting big hand over the counter and taking tively little rain fell in the Yangtze valloy, while tes, and a pleasant chat, we were invited into built with fuglino roofs to allow the water to gress. Count SchoCALOFF has evidently the ging, which was produced in court.
The prisoner namited the offence because, he excessive foods, raising the ozone over Jago another court adjoining the ladies apartmouta,
arens, prevailed in North-China. On the other when we met the ladies of our party, and Mr. ran off From this single difference in the Toburned to London charged with some new kid,No got chow-show." He also admitted hand if years when few solar spots were observed | Woo.sigafiteantly called attention to the paint.shape of the roof, a traveller not poquainted Shan Tai to travelling trader, Fres
previous charge for laroony. His Worship sentenced the prisoner to four were fizice of roused radiation, it would reapplyings about the galleries. The eye naturally with Forn might know if he wers in the coast The climate je moderate, the temperaturə ho understood that the monsoon would lose mich wandered above, and rested on the lovely forms region or that of the Sierr months' imprisonment with hard fabrur.
of its forts; and the accompanying rainy battleasing over the balcony. And if Mr. Woo would be considerably to the south of its former tauuiod that his beautiful wives and daughtere rarely vising to 23. degroes of the centigrade thermometer, and falling frequently below position. As a matter of fact the monsoon of received more attention than the pietros he was freezing-point. It exceeds these limits only in 1877 was sansually wook, not only in China but not mistakich.
The story of Woo is thus briefly told. There certain exceptional localities where it is in We hear that the steamer Honas, bolenging in the Indian Qocan. The rain which in ordi- with Englanil, both to avort the financin to the Clairs Merchants Shean Navigation Com-nary times would have passed over our heads, was a mandarin who had a bank, the management Busnes by the topography of the place, rain which is impending over her and to re-pany, has le a very successful trip to Iohang and boun deposited in Northern Obins was son of which he left mostly to others. On any tivated in this up where they thrive and yield tain some of the results of her fistories over and that, in all probability, she will continue to donaal in the valley of the Yangtze and in the reovived intelligenes that his manager had run very good crops; bist the plant most extensively
South of Chins. Excessive raine prevailed in away. On going to the bank he found everyone
as proved by the foot of ears and grains of this le Turks. What readers it so very dificultan there during the season, ante mort
The fast-breaking rankenof: "the little army oneazance, not only in the valley of the Yaug. conDooted with it had fal, except one of the grown is the maize, which le indigenous in Pere, fer England to come to an understand.engaged in the distribution of relief, as Mr. tsza hut as far soutires Chaton, while North China assistants. He asked him why he not go
Forresteptly calle the Missionaries in the North, was reduced through itsasoape almost to the stato too. The young man replied that he thought he neful plant being found in the tomb of the ing with Russia is the profound conviction will be strengthened by two more volunteers of a desert. There, was, therefore, nothing irru- could yet and the Institution from ruin, he antiul Peruvians. everywhere felt and strongthened by recent Mears. Deus and Mellraite, who have valuations or fortuitous in the supposed connexion of had a ohause. The mandarin promised his sup- The plants principally onltivated in this re- erents-that the CZAE's Government is not teered to proseal at onse to the famine tricker famines and sub-apote. Thongk out knowledge, port, sad told him to do the boat he oenia. He in lauddition to the maizo am wheat, barley,
of the connexion was at the prosent moment went to work, and showed unusual ability in the potatoes, clover psacties, apples, &o.
The lower luit of this zone also produces the to be trusted. Sueb glaring evidences of
Mesars, Moogregor, Gow and Co.'s steamship mely rudimentary, it was avideat that much management of any stars. In course of Muscovite treachery and bad faith have Glenfinias, was expected to leave Foor host on the light could be thrown on it by a study of the time be becane measgor of many, bake, and is engar cane, but it arrives so slowly at maturity 19th inst. with new stason's teas. It is thoughs Chinese records, which were fuller than those now the millionaire of Longshow, the Me. Voo that its cultivation is not profitable The upper during the past half century been given to that the first two or three stemmers from Hanks of me other nation, and he thorsfore, aloozat whose palatial woorden, we were permitted to limit prodneos olover, a plant which grown in the world that it is now felt no treaty can will not be down until Thursday, and all their such papers on that of Mr. Hose, and trusted visit. It is said to be tae finest private residence Pera of an altitude of 3,500 metres, although st this height it is subject to the influence of frost, Lind Russia, no dependence-be placed on her efforts will be required to hand their cargos in that the work begon would not be allowed to in the Empire, nod only surpassed by the Em
London before the Fochow teas get there, as drop, but would result in a thorough aina peror's Falace in Peking. promines. If a long and disastrous Burpapir feet the Glenfine, the Prism had pretion of those records. He might mention that This reminds mo ala trip to the ruins of the war does break out it will be solely due to viously sailed with a considerable number of half he had, along with Mr. Taintor, compared the Emperor's Travelling Paince, as it is called, on the bargivonsation and aggressiveness of chests. More than ordinary competition existed Chinese records of solar-spota with the various the North Bank of the West Lake. There is a Russian statesman. But we trust that at at Hankow, at the spering of the season, to transits of Vous, and had ascertained that beautiful paved road in front of the palatial obtain ship mis for the seek stoners the one of them corresponded. It explanation grounds. A high wall coloured with the Im the eleventh hour the Russian Government Loudoun Castle, Gleneagles, and Jeans Kiny. The of the observation of the spots by the Chinese, perial yellow surrounds the rains. The wall is will see the folly of flying in the face of two latter wore the Brst to ocommence loading, so long before European tortion was drawn in ruins in many places, and no attempt has beer. Europe and commenting a new war with but it was disbult to indge, when the Shanghai to them after the insertion of the telescopa, made apparently for years, perhaps for oentaries,
left, which of the three would be first away. he might observe that the Chinese had been to keep up the gates. There is but one building coro
With regard to its moductions is Pans may Direction of Wind was raid that the Ocean King, being now and long in the habit of shielding their oro with and of that there is left only the two ends and untried steamer, was socepting cargo at £5 10s. dark glasses, which we'd readily pornit the part of the roof. It is a lofty building, and be considered as the region of ustural pastures, por.ton, only on oondition that she arrived first fans of the sun being sedzi. As an instance the falling roof is supported by pilars of a rare formed of different grasada, which serve sa food Press have pointed out to her, Bugria cannot in London, and if she did not, £4 108. per ten was of how readily the Chinese noticed adsaal phe and costly wood semains of some of the not only for the indigenons almale, sobh as the Dey hometer bour the strain of a three yeare campaign, to be paid, which would perhaps, give her some numre, he adduced a caen in which, tinding paintings on the roof and walls are still frish, Ion, the spacca, and the vicuña, but also for Wes Th while England would, comparatively speak-degree of preference, as the Loudoun Caella and knots of Chiuose on a bright day in early summer and the colours bright The grounds extent up immense herds of cattle and shop,
Glenglea hell out for 108. per ton uncondi congregated at the corners of the roads joining the monutain, probably to the top. And thong The lower part of this region, however, produces ing, suffer no sare damage than a man from tonally.
the Band, he ingalrad the ranson, and they the problem, belige welke and pavillons are many plaats and vegetable substances which Hour's Bui n cut finger, What would be commercial The Malus scan, named Batobow, who was pointed out to him the manual doenrenbe of the overgrown with wood and shrubs and partly serveas food for the inhabitants, such as potatoes,
sun, the moon, and the pinnet Vengs being all covered with ivy, honorabello and sweet Jessa sorral, barley, Lusts, Bo sentenced about a month ago to two years" im-
The trees which Bourish in thie-region are re 48 Bonnie would shely be falsett HMPSONS OR Alpes vinthia ingatlan bad him keen the same mins, yet it is easy to imagine what a beautiful
vlmented by the olden (Bambien Paravienne) by England. At the same time, the lattering grievous bodily harm to Alexander Brash, phenomen more than once previously but he spat her as
A low steps away we visited the grave of the and some smaller spent ow country desires to avoid war, not for the cost chief mato of the barque Maid Marian, beosped saw no sbsnedity in people who would active a
on the 12th inst. from the British gool. Some phenomena of the surt leing able to see and notice solobrated General Kok. In the first building names of Quistar and Quenuat
on the left, an you ontor, is preserved a life-sized CORDILLENADA or viska it would entail, but merely because acolles were gagsil carrying mad into the gaol, solar spots---N. C. Daily News.
From the superior limit of the region of status of the General's horse. In the mam she dislikes the thought of bloodshed when and the outrage door wat loft open Batchew
building an imago of the General hitassif, Pans, to tus mest enfiminating part of the Cor any other course is open. The present state was then in the yard, and sking advantage of of uncertainly appears likely to be prolonged the bones of the gacker be sound himself of The following adrectisement has boon dis copying the place of an idol and constantly dle the sons which bears this game extends
the opportunity and walked out His abrenne covered in old Dublin newspaper If Ed worshipped. And the walls of this temple are malf for some weeks, though an unexpected was soon discovered, and the polion wore speadily ward Honden, howe (alutor, who is in the habit many tablar ont iti akarble your attention being From its bew tamiratero, this region la ang termination may be put to it. It would be communicated with, but up to a late hour on the of travelling to all parts of the country in pro called to one from the Earneror in his own hand cultivable, the ground being almost constantly 20th he had unconeded in trading their vigilans. sention of his business, will comanenloste with writing. A few rods to the west is the tomb of covered with show, whilst on the highest peake agrent satisfaction for all engaged in trade Eeing a maz of colour, his steps are not likely to his brother, it will be to his vantage as he this mula putrich. It enologed by a high stone it remains the year though, constituting the
wall, newly covered with hwoot jasmine new region of sterund anpes to know the worst or best at once.
1 be so maily traced us were throes of Edwarda wife is dead.”-
ont a shadow of justification, and with
no prospect of muccess. As the German
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This region of Porn is formed of plains and elevated table-lus, whose limits of latitude ary between 3,500 and 4,000 metres, and the char actoristic portion of a Puns is the basin of the reat lake Titioder, which comprises a large portion of the department of Pana. Its climate
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