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discovered the error of its ways, and
also for plucking up sufficient resolution to alone for its past misdeeds in villfying and maligning the large-minded patriot and accomplished scholar who directs the destinies of Southern China,
No Chinese statesman has ever been more vehemently attacked or more unjustly held up to the abuse and scorn of foreigners than Viceroy CHANG, and it is not creditable -to-their-professions of Christianity that His -Excellency's-chief, if-not sole, assailants have been members of the missionary body. British and American sectarians. who foolishly regard themselves entitled to all sorts of extraordinary rights within the Chinese empire, have lost no possible opportunity of painting
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Roma has now twenty-two Protestant churches.
THE latest from South America is that Brazil is preparing for a war with Bolivia,
We are informed that the meeting of the Legisla tive Council which was to be held at 4 p.m. to throw bas been postponed till Thursday, the
16th inst, at 4 p.m.
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WE would remind our readers that the amateur concert in aid of the Roman Catholic Cathedral Club Lusitano, commencing at g'o'clock. Organ Fund will take place this evening, In the
We are requested to state that the Band and Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander will not play in the Public Gardens on Sunday next, and will cease playing until further notice.
presented by the Hon. Ito, co for prize
A. P. MacEwen. President of the Victoria Recreation Club, will be held in the Gymnasium of the V. R. C. on Saturday next, commencing at 5.30 p.m.
Some of the "cures" at a European resort are mineral-water cure, grape cure, whey cure, cold. aan, Roman, Trish, mud, steam and electric water cure, massage cure, pine-needle baths, baths. All ills are met by "cures."
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AN Opera Bouffe Company from Australia will shortly visit Hongkong and Shanghai The leading artists of the combination are Mesdames, Annette Ivanova, Aggie Kelton, and Bella Stewart, and Mears. John Forde and Knight
IN Rome there are so cardinals, 35 biskops, 1.469 priests, 2,315 nuns and 3,000 monks, friars, candidates, etc.
THE Christy Minstrel troupe of. H.M.S. Rattler gave a performance at the Amoy Club Theatre on the evening of Monday last.- FEMALE physicians are allowed to practice in Turkistan, but there is so little demand for their services that they pay patients to employ them THE Loudon Queen says that American girls are bright, intelligent, good managers, tasteful dressers, kind, warm-hearted friends and affec- tionate wives and mothers.
THE Russian Government is stated to have granted an annual subsidy of 111,000 rubles to a private firm who contract to run a line of steamers between the Russian Pacific ports and Corea, Japan and China, the vessels in time of war to be at the disposal of the Government.
The following scale of prices for ascending the Eiffel tower have been fixed: five francs for the top, three francs for the second platform, and two francs for the first. Unlimited time is allowed the visitors to remain in the tower. It is taneously accommodated in the struction. estimated that 10,000 visitors can be simul-
THE Amoy Astonisher remarks:-Advices from Takow report that the Douglas Co.'s steamer Haiphong, loaded in one day, 16,100 bags, roughly 1,200 tons, for Yokohama. This is the largest amount of cargo ever taken in at Takow within the twenty-four hours. Considering that the steamer was anchored in the roadstead, the fact speaks well for the respurces of the port.
M. JUBIOT, Agent of the Messageries Maritimes at Haiphong, and M. Beudet, Civil Englaces attached to the firm of U. Pils & Co. arrived here by the steamer Frejr, from Haiphong, and left to-day by the French Mail steamer frassaday
for Marseilles.
Two years ago, says a writer in the Baston in the world, was Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor Advertiser, the chief man in Europe, perhaps Backed by Kaiser and peasant, by the army and the State, the diplomatist of his age; be made of unmade kingdoms, and kept Germany by the irresistible force of an unbending will, at the head of Europe. He was Reichs-Kanzler, play- ing the nations like puppets on a wire, against each other, keeping an iron grip on his | power in his State and pushing his Em- pire into Africa and the Pacific Islands, knew no obstacles, and plans he made he unished with success. But there seems to be a change. When" the Englishwoman," came to power, for three months he saw his power slowly slipping away. He saw Prince Herbert, his chosen suc- cessor, openly refused admittance to court; be saw- the rise of Boulanger; of the Battenbergs; and when, with the accession of Wilhelm II., he came into power once more, he found his prestige broken. Since then his every move seems to have miscarried, Ruisia, the cloud on the East-
ern horizon, grows more, and mor, threaten- ing.
Prince Herbert, by his maladroitness in the Morier case, not only showed his unfit- the extanta cordials of the triple allance. The ness to be the next Reichs,Kanzler, but injured cold reception of the young Kaiser in Vienna is
usage will admit. The man died in an apoplectic fit and his reporting himself sick that morning was a mere coincidence. S
The number of soldiers that raport themselves sick for no other reason than to avoid some dis agrecable duty or parade is so great, and the practice so common that medical officers in time become somewhat sceptical, and excutably so,' as to the existence of the "unseen;" the practice, in short, simply invites such unfortunate accidents as the one in question. That the poor fellow felt unwell is almost certain ; that he seemed well enough to do light duty is equally so ; in fact every soldier knows that had the medical ny any other officer thought for a moment; the an was ill be would have been sent to hospital whether he wanted to go there of not. -
Further, it was really doing him a kindness to put him to the work upon which he was engaged, seeing it was impossible to know he would be seized by apoplexy; he had nothing what ver to-do except to sit, and not even that if he pre- ferred to do otherwise; he was sheltered from the sun by the roof of the small abed in which the pump is situated. and so far from its being a hot day it was cold and wet. These are the facts and they show, I think, how. Impossible. It would be to prevent death by apoplexy either of soldiers or civilians, and how easily an injustice may be done by an attempt to fix blame on any particular person when such cases occur.
Yours truly,
JF B
Hongkong, May 9th, 1889. Our correspondent can safely rest assured that It is not, never has been, and never will be the policy of this journal, in doing justice to one class to knowingly, do injustice to another??! -Ed., Hongkong Telegraph ]
the Viceroy in the blackest colours, holding him up as the most rabid of anti-foreign and retrograde statesmen, and as the sworn enemy to religion, to foreigners, and to advanced civilisation; whereas, in plain truth, His Excellency is just the reverse o the picture painted in such Christian spirit by the meek and lowly apostles of the [31 various wealthy Missions which have tried so hard to exercise a preponderating influence in the Middle Kingdom. CHANG CHIN-TUNG is' alike one of the ablest and most far-seeing of China's high officials; he is a courteous gentleman and a profound scholar; his name has never once beenHe was at last ready for trial. Great Boodle tainted a rare virtue In a Chinese Lawyer in New York)-"The trial of our honorable client will begin to-morrow." Assis- mandarin-with bribery or any one of the tant (astounded)—"Trial Couldn't you get many venal abuses so rampant in vice the case postponed any longer?" "No need to regal yamêns; and it can scarcely be have it further postponed. All the Important
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Peking, rests on the universally recognised fact that his patriotism, like his integrity and personal courage, stands high above suspicion. So far as Hongkong is concerned, the Viceroy has rendered himself unpopular in certain mercantile circles by the apathy he is supposed to have shown regarding the removal of the obstructions, to navigation in what is known as the "back reach" of the Pearl river, which were laid down when Canton was believed to be in danger from the French war vessels during the Franco- Chinese troubles some five years ago;
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times." "Yes." "Well, what do you think of 1 man who holds such a hand three times in a single evening ?" "I should think he might be to good a poker player to make the game | thoroughly enjoyable for his friends.”
Tax French army horses, the strength of the German army, by the Septennate bill of 1887, is men and 123,794 the the fixed at 492,000 men, with about 85,000 horses: the Austrian army numbers 301,047 men, with 50362 horses and the Italian army 253,000 men, with a proportionate number of horses.
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ABOUT 445 this morning, a fire broke out on the first floor of a Chinese storehouse at No. 10, Wilmer Street, Praya West. A quantity of miscellaneous goods-tea, tobacco, medicine, etc., was inside, and the flames spread rapidly, The Fire Brigade, under Mr. Superintendent Wodehouse, got down quickly, and succeeded in saving the two godowns adjoining, but No, 10 was gutted. It was insured for $15,000 with some foreign company represented by Mesare. Sicmasen & Co.
THE French medical jurists still recommend death by decapitation. In an elaborate work, entitled "La Mort par la Decapitation, by Dr. Paul Love, the following are given its advantages: It kills instantly, painlessly and surely-duto, cilo et jucunde. There can be absolutely no retum of consciousness after the blow falls. The separation of the head and trunk offers a public proof of death. In all other procedures, says Dr. Leye, and in death by electricity in particular, the almulation of death is possible.
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knitting his brows and looking severely at the Now, air," said the counsel for the defence,
witness," you say you can remember the exact time during the forenoon at which these events took place, because you had been fishing in the creek for more than thres hours, is that rect?" "It is," replied the witness. "I'll askr you now if you can remember how many fish you had caught, and what their site was ?M badn't caught a fish. Hadn't had a blamed whispered the lawyer to his client." We never nibble," "We'll have to change our tactica," can impeach this man's testimony,"
THE use of oil to prevent the breaking of heavy waves, the N. Y. Maritime Register says, has become so great that many idinds of apparatus have beed invented to distribute the oil with the use of oil for stilling the waves is not by any means common. Mariners arm at the same time credulous and sceptical. They are fond of old Ways and they have not taken over kindly to the use of all. But the spirit of progress is spon them and sufficient of them have felt its influence to show the ebstinate that they can no longer ignore the merits of all as a wave queller, Its use must become common and those who have been sensible enough to try it should tell of their especially when they meet with the sceptical.
A CASE of poisoning, caused by eating páté de foie gras from a cas closed with lead, is reported by our Haiphong contemporary. The other day Messieurs Charpal, Paillot, Jeannin and a native servant were returning from Do-son when, one after another, they all showed violent symptoms of poisoning. On arrival at Haiphong, strong remedies were given them at the military hospital, and they eventually recovered. On enquiring into the origin of the complaint, it was pati alluded to...
too recent for comment. The outbreak of the natives has pushed back the' German advance in Africa. The Samoan affair bas apparently checked the tide of aggression in the Pacific Ocean. Success has been bis for years and now the very magnitude of his former achievements makes bis later failures the more | significant. Is it the beginning of his declinel
Is there is one part of the town more than another where sensible Public Works Depart- meat would see that the public convenience and safety were studied, one would think it would be Queen's Road. And yet if any works therein or
thereon can be delayed or neglected, or the Department can in any other way distinguish itself as a petrified jackass, it is done. A while Then it was laid down again. Then it was smashed up in sections, to be mended, and little barriers of The Bench and Bar gives the following as bamboo were stuck up here and there to prevent the laws concerning divorces Australians. the velocity of the traffic overheating the new Divorces have never been sanctioned. Jews—roadway, and the result was that no one could In olden times the Jews had a discretionary walk off the pathway. Now the difficulty is to wife be dissatisfied, she can obtain a perfect Hall and Holiz Co.'s premises a barricade has power of divorcing their wives. Javang--If the walk on it. Between the Victoria Hotel and the
Thibetans Divorces are seldom allowed unless thickheaded old Chinese contractor pulls down divorce by paying a certain specified sum.
been stuck up for six solid months, whilst some
with the consent of both parties? re-marriage the old buildings, and whether it is blazing hot is forbidden.. Moors. If the wife does not | orʻraining in torrents people walking on that become the mother of a boy, she may side must get out into the roadway. A short be divorced with the consent of the tribe, distance nearer that hideous obstruction known and she can marry again without any as the Clock Tower, but on the other side further formalities. Abyssiniane. No form of of the street, is the shell of a lofty store marriage is necessary. The connection may be formerly occupied by Hindeo merchants. Only dissolved and renewed as often as the parties the bare walls are standing-a most dangerous think proper. Siberians.If the man be dissatis state of thing when typhoons are impending, and fied with the most trifling acts of his wife, he yet to-day workmen were dismantling the top tears her cap or veil from her head, and this part and dropping the heavy rubbleh, brickbats,
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THE MERCANTILE MARINE. To res EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong TelegrAPH." SIR,-1 should like to claim a little space ́in your valuable paper, to draw attention to the pay and position of Officers in the Mercantile Marine on the coast of China. There is no class of men who go through and put up with as many hand- ships and inconveniences on such miserable pay, and I think it is time for them to bestir them selves and shake off the lethargy in which they have passively remained for years; and now that the pay and prospects are brightening up at less than home pay, "ought to make a demand for a higher scale of wages out here, as it is u. well known fact that a shilling at home is better than a dollar in the Far East, and the pay ought therefore to be larger in proportion.
No doubt there is some retired Marine in consent to act at Secretary to a Society (if one Hongkong who, for the sake of "the cloth,' would
can be formed) for the benefit of Mercantile Marine Officers. I am sure this proposal is well worth a trial, and I should like to have some of my brother officers' opinion on the matter, as it is high time that the miserable pay of $75, $50, and $35 for first, second and third mates respectively abould cease, as curiously enough, isallor is supposed to be as many-sided antho "Admirable Crichton"at once sailor, navigator, parson, lawyer, doctor, and a host of things besides.
No reason exists why we should not succeed in improving our pay and position if we only go the right way about it, and I therefore hope that a movement for the purpose will soon be set afloat.
Yours
truly
Hongkong, 9th May, 1889.
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CHINESE EMIGRATION TO DELI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HongKong TELEGRAPH," SIR, I should just like five lines to polat out as many misstatements in the letter from the Agents of the Dell Planters Association which you published last night,
but under all circumstances, and we speak with some authority, we cannot hold his It is requested that all communications relating to Subscriptions. Excellency 'solely to blame for what is Advertisement, Bee, be addressed to the "Manager, Hengen undoubtedly an unnecessary and irritating Telegraph and not to the Editor.
Lates on Editorial matters to be sent to "The Editor and nuisance. After terms of peace between - mot te individual members of the aff
Communications intended for publication must be competed France and China had been arranged, the by the game and address of the writers, no carly for Canton high authorities had no objections Whilst the colurens of the Hongkong Tolterash will alwhatever to removing the piles, stones and be open for the fair discussion by correspondenta of all questiona affecting public Interests, it must be distinctly understood that
other rubbish which impeded the trade the Editor does not in any way hold himself responsible for epinlens thus expressed
of the port by preventing foreign steamers from using the back reach" Advertisers are requested to, forward all nadees intended for and steps actually had been initiated for that purpose when the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, with its customary prudence
English newspaper published in ths can be larut on application. And the Committee of that august body, The Hongbing Telepath has the largest drculation of any and perspicacity, thought fit to interfere. The Hanghong Telegraph's number at the Telephone Central being seized with a fit of the cacorthes scribendi, took upon themselves to petition TO SUBSCRIBERS, Subscribers to The Hongkong Telegraph are impeczy the Chinese Government through the British Minister at Peking, altogether ignoring the practically autocratic power and authority possessed by the Viceroy clegraph of the Liang Kuang. The result of that i-judged step 'was inevitable; certain nominal instructions were said HONOKONO, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1889.
to have been forwarded by the Tsung-! Wzare very glad toobserve that, the Canton Yamen to CHANG CHIN-TUNG for the correspondent of the China Mail endeavours, removal of the alleged obstructions, but albelt in a somewhat clumsy fashion, to do that'all-powerful official ignored both the good effect. Notwithstanding all this, however, | his own sumptuous palace of the Vatican, not bend of the round, dimpled knee. I have some sort of justice to His Excellency the orders of the Peking Foreign Office and Viceroy of Canton. CHAND CHIN-TUNG has the protests of the Hongkong Chamber And the obstructions from time to time been so grossly abused of Commerce. and misrepresented in the columns of our still remain. Had the petition been evening contemporary by its successive sent direct to the Viceroy through the missionary representatives in the City of British Consul at Canton, the proper Rams that it is quite refreshing to find one channel for such a request--this grievance member of the fraternity honest enough to would have ceased to exist years ago. Ignore deep-rooted prejudice in the cause However, we must not expect too much. of truth. Thepresent Canton correspondent wisdom from the Pilgrim Fathers of our of the China Afail, in the lengthy epistle local commercial sanhedrim; but when printed in last night's issue of that mori- it becomes generally known that CHANG
vicegerent of God 1 receiving deputations from bund publication, tells us nothing new Cut-suno has done everything "within
foreign lands, visits from crowned kings, pre- sents from an admiring world, to the extent of either of the personality of the Viceroy, his his power to improve his people by the
millions in value; clothed in embroidered vest consistent policy, or the great reforms in encouragement of foreign methods and
ments," blazing in jewels, and recognised by an | which he is now practically engaged in machinery, that he has warmly sup-
hundred millions of worshippers as civil monarch of all the earth, as representative of God, as carrying out, or has sanctioned with his ported and encouraged mining enter-
holding the keys of the heavenly Jerusalem. approval. The whole of these schemes, prises in Kwangtung, and Kwang-si,
Poor, persecuted, Imprisoned, unhappy Pope 1 As successor of St. Peter, who was a fisher of fish, ho from the establishment of the new cash Mint faithfully copied the leading features of the
has been compelled to fish for men. Christ the to the projected lines of railway connecting. Hon, C. F. CHATEL'S "Hongkong Praya
God was permitted in freedom to vịc with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air for Canton with Hongkong on one side and Reclamation scheme for bunding the
place where to lay His head, while this poor the populous. trading and, mining districts Canton river opposite the city, has bullt
́sovereign of all the earth has been confined to a adjacent to the North River on the other, and is still building educational and
umptuous royal palace, amid works of art and surrounded by all the vain pomps and pageants have for months past been themes of Industrial establishments throughout the
of royalty, Christ the Lord made a mistake discussion in our columns. The bunding of two provinces under his Jurisdiction, and The Courrier d'Haiphong publishes a detailed bile on earth by surrendering to the "powers," the Pearl river from the Custom House to has actually been successful in advocating table of Imports into and Exports from Cochin by living obedient to "authority," by
rondering
To The Borrer or the "Hongkong TaleoraPH.". Matou-and probably afterwards to extend the introduction of railways, we shall China during 1888. The Imports totalled fresunto Cesar the things that were Caesar's and
45,535,032, the chief articles being-Animal by rendering unto God the things that wer of Hongkong must feel indebted to you for your S12,-The military portion of the community as far as Whampon-was fully detailed by probably hear less of his alleged anti-products, fics. 1445,017, of which: France suppiled God's"; had He been a king by divine authority kind championship in respect of one or two our Canton correspondent weeks ago, and foreign and obstructive tendencies. ires 142,575. Farinaceous Food, fica: 1,037,185, || had He enjoyed the key," had He been
Articles of Colonial consumption, fres, 4,112,883 clothed with infallibility while in the flesh matters affecting their interests recently ventilated descriptions, of the other important projects
Oils, vegetable extracts and Opium, free. 2,395,037. He might have lived in palace, been in your columns. I am sure, however, that in now in hand or under consideration have
surrounded by guards, won a crown other doing justice to one class you would not know than of thors, and died a happier death than by Ingly do injustice to another, therefore I feel the also been fully dealt with by the same writer.
crucifixion, We are so glad that this cruel less diffidence in venturing to add "■ remark or However, if the China Mail's amende honor-
persecution of Leo the Thirteenth is ended, so two to yours in your issue of last nighlin reference able to one of the foremost of China's living
delighted that he has consented to walk down to the sad death of an engineer while superin statesmen comes somewhat late În the
the magnificent, chiseled, Parian stairway from tending a coolle engaged in pumping water at
it the splendid environment of hi waptam Kowloon
La Serena palace into the great Hallica of St. Peter's, that The tenor of your remarks would lead to the we cannot refrain from the expression of our impression that because the man reported him. satisfaction and the hope that he will further self sick and was seen and returned to duty by emancipate himself from the thraldom of his suedical officer, the latter was more or less from the tower of Castle of San Angelo into the which took place some hours later. This is very unroundingssby, tossing his three storied tiara directly responsible for the death of the former
unjust, as anyone at all acquainted with military
constitutes a divorce, Corean.-The husband etc., right on to the causeway below, where can divorce his wife at pleasure, and leave her people were passing. The man in charge ought the charge of maintaining the children. If she to have bad six months and would, if the autho proves unfaithful, he can put her to death. rities had anybody to look after these matters, Siamese. The first wife may be divorced, not The Colony is littered with tospectors of ope zoid, as the others may be. She may claim the sort and anotherMr. Francis QC, "never first child, and the alternate children are yielded heard" of the latest addition to the motley crowd to the busband, Arctic Region.-When a man desites a divorce he leaves the house in anger, inspecting they can't do among them.
—and it is strikingly curious what a lot ofi
and does not return for several days. The wife understands the hint and leaves. Druse and PHOTOGRAPHING the foot instead of the face is Turkoman-Among these people, if a wife asics the latest erase in the fashionable circles of her husband's permission to go out, and he says, Europe and sterica. This docent mcan, of "Go" without adding, "but come back again," course, photographing two neat boots reposing she is divorced. Though both parties desire on a chair with an inch of stocking above them; The official examination of coolies, both at it, they cannot lawfully live together again it is the undressed human extremity which is Swatow and Dell, is bigger farce than at our without being remarried. Cochin-China.If put before the camera, and ladies whese fest own Emigration Ofice here in Hongkong, if that the parties choose to separate they break a pair look better than their heads have taken is possible, and amounts to much the name of chopsticks or a copper coin in the presence of
belonging to her prior to her marriage. American the amount of this is steadily increasing. Sumatra. witnesses, by which action the union is dissolved. the inspiration with great vigour. A good thing as catechising a flock of sheep, The husband must restore to the wife the property
deal of unclothed human being is also attached The management of immigration affairs is to the foot in some of these pictures, and very possibly controlled by the Resident of Indians-Among some tribes the pieces of sticks
So it is here by the Governor, As usual, the American reporter has got on The Resident of Dell no more troubles his given the witnesses of the marriage are broken the track of this fresh fad, and he reports head-nor does a single individual under him as a sign of divorce... Usually new connections are formed without the old ones being dissolved. American ladies have waked up to the fact that or not, than the Emperor of Chins does, The on it thus -It is only within the past year that as to whether the coolles imported are kidnapped A man never divorces his wife if she has borne the foot, as a feature of artistic beauty, has some laborers are imported by the Association, just sa claims upon their attention, and a proof exists members of our Jockey Club subscribe for so In the new fad of having the feet photographed.; "many “griffins, and it does not matter how POPE LEO XIII has at last condescended to A well known photographer on Broadway, in they are obtained so long as they are set ashore leave the Vatican—where for 18 years the Popes reply to my inquiries, said, !' Yes, I'll show you at Deil. The Association smiles grimly at have kept up a feeble show of being imprisoned some of them, but you mustn't ask me whose them then and says "Oh yes; F'il protect you for conscience-aske—and has been seen by the they are." There it was, sure enough." A dainty How." And the horde of coolies is divided faithful sniffing the Roman breezes out of doors, white foot, resting on a dark velvet cushion, sans The San Francisco Argonaut howls derisively shoe, sans stocking. No covering save the snowy of their various lots, and off they go. Haw up among the planters, the sindais take charge over the event as follows Our profound sym- akin, no adornment but the artistically trimmed are they treated then? Very fairly, Mears, pathy has been stirred for the imprisoned Pope. nails. It was something more than a foot for Lauts and Haciloop tell us. They get so much For these 18 years he has been confined within the laced and ribboned skirt came only to the ground to cultivate, and are paid by results, allowed to walk abroad save in his own extensive other styles," said the artist." "Now, this is of the planter than
But that le a good deal more beneficial to the coolies. They did pleasure grounds; not permitted to see the light butants of this season. I think she has the not go, there to work on commission, but to pelled to subsist upon prison fare sumptuously figure in rustic dress seated upon a bank, or, 1 they are sick! Yes, for the same reason that the of heaven except through stained glass; com- prettiest foot I ever saw," This picture was of a care, fixed, salaries. - They go to Hospital if prepared by skilful cooks and served upon dishes should say, reclining for the head was resting old Virginian planters bad cicle slaves attended of silver and plates of gold; breathing no breath on the arms in such a way that the face was to because they cost too much as tended of fresh air that did not come through perfumed hidden. The carelessly-crossed limbs were get advances generally either for opium or to graves filled with the melody of birds, bia only bare, and the short skirt displayed them in all remit to China. They thus rivet the fetters freedom of personal movement through many their beauty. Another picture was of a girl lying on their own limbs, in their ignorance, by con thousand rooms, galleries, broad balls, stair- upon a sofa, with her hair falling over her face:tracting debts which they will not be able to repay ways, gilded, tapestried, and frescoed by She also wore a peasant's dress which showed for long enough, and so become peons. They Michael Angelo, enriched and adorned by bare feet There was no end to the poses, and cannot leave the plantation--they are anchored sculpture, painting, wood-carving pictures all with the one object. “What do the ladies there for their contracted term, and if they do in, mosaics of marble provided with bands of do with these pictures I asked. “We never leave It must be by stealth, through jungle-paths. muule ja guarded by Swiss; walted on by inquire about that," he replied. "Are they mostly At every cross-road Sich I stationed, who cardinals, priests, and laymen; adored as the young ladies 71: Almost without exception requires a pass from every coolle who comes was the prompt reply. They are ladies of along, and any who are without are turned back. good standing, and from the very best families in. They, like the natives, are treated like animals s New York." -" Do their parents know of this, if they have occasion to speak to the assistants idiosyncrasy?" I asked: “Well, in all pro- they must do so on their knees, and for very bability, no. That part of it is no affair of mine, }, trivial offences they are liable to be sent over to you know." "I thought," said I, “that these the Resident and fogged, noperated might be pictures of actresses, “ Not a bit of it," said the artist with decision; "an actress never would hide her face,”?
day, and is moreover a more rechauffe of what has already appeared in the Hong hong Telegraph we nevertheless welcome the change for the better and congratulate our contemporary on having at length
TELEGRAMS
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
LONDON, May 7th The Paris Exhibition was opened yesterday by the President of the Republie, who welcomed the people to the festival, and in his speech expressed the hope that the labour expended time when the resources of the nations would be upon the work was hastening the advent of the solaly employed in works of peace.
experience, not once but time and again, and
THE Band and Pipers of the 1st Battalion A, and Highlanders, will perform in Mary Barracks following with the 130gram: termotow. The
following will be the programmes :—
BAND PROGRAMME, *tarch..............2779" soon......Gould Quadrille ..." Fue of the Fair "com...WOlans.
·Valse onlinton"! The Didint Biörg".D'Albart. Palk..........*"Gld Chinx" a ...Coots.. Leucen............ Trial by Jury” „.............Cody, Oslog mammama" Juha Poul”mainan mera,Marian,
PIPERS' PROGRAMME FOR BARRACK SQUARE, .
Mac..............." Hat Pusch* Barathapeyou!!/Tha Besas OʻTullymat" Ræsluotone"The Charms of Whiskey". March..............."The Domock Liaka " Strathspey......."Lady McKenzie OʻZalooy"
‚"Old Donald Duncan “ Herch......*' Donald Bain "
Stone, earth, combustible minerals, including petroleuin, frcs. 4,248,945. Metals frcs 1,844,877 Biverages, fres, 2,287,567. Jute tissues and gunnies, fros, 2,269,079. Cotton, goods, from 7055,378, Silk goods, free, 2,210,506 Paper and stationery fres. 1,778,589. Dther mann factured uticles, from 1,05768 The tore Exports are estimated at frcs. 65,577,046, and consisted off Animal products, frca. 1890,803; Salt fish, fres, 5,816,457) Farinaceous Food, from $2,044,150 Timber, from 1 ora 232. Tissues, Imperia is fres, 23,042,024, an excess mostly due from 19434,300 The excess of Exports over
to the large exports of Rice from Salmon.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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THE DEATH OF A SAFFER AT KOWLOON,
The best reply to the arguments in last night's letter is in the fact that the British officials, who know the system thoroughly, will have nothing to do with ft. The British Consul at Amby, has remonstrated against the system, of procuring': the men at his end of the route and the British. Government is so sensible of the abuses at the other end that they refused to let Indian coolies go except under strict regulations: 20bay va
I know that this is a very rough sort of a reply, but if Messra. Ļanis and Haesloop feel inclined to defetid the system of emigration it will not be any the worse for a little ventilation.⠀
Hongkong
May, 1859.
EX-ASSISTANT,
A CIVILISED LAND!!!
›The sort of sickening chat, that goes down at any "official" meeting of any kind in England would be simply amazing, if Its solid, root in Les, d. ware not so obvious. The upper ranks of the English classes monopolies, all the good - appointments; in the Army cam NAVSELAAMION Foreign and Colonial Offices, in the Church, and oven the Bat. These are simply run lay the interente of all the younger sons of the d same There Is nothing supriadors to this familleri and of the bankraps head pof th The British sob has the powe