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JOHN BOLL AND HIS ISLAND.

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For making himself at home whoravar he goes, John Bull has a talent all his own. Nothing astonishes him, nothing steps hira (1) Cosmopolitan. in the highots degres, ho is at his case in the fuar corners of the earth:

Laisse-Ini prendre un pied ches vau, Il en aura bientôt pris quatre."

he had walked a distance of avori thousand. inilos in Norway".

THE CHINA REVIEW.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Go to PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY,

TENTH YEAR

uns vice, which was intended to meet

Merchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbour.

-Exclusive of late Arrivals and Departures reported to day.

To facilitate finding the position of any vesact in the Harbour, the Anchorage is divided into oight Sections, commanding at Green Island. Vessola near the Hongkong shore are marked h., near the Kowloong shore A, and those in the body of the Shipping or midway between each shore are marked e, in conjunction with the figures denoting the sections. Scation.

1. From Green Island to the Gas Works.

2. From Gas Worka to the P. and O. Co.'s Factory,

3. From P. and O. Co.'s Factory to the Harbour Master's Office. 4. From Harbour Master's to the P. and O. Co.'s Office.

ginhans to a very advanced age.

This babit of walking is kept up by En the provinces, you inay theo ce old men doing their ire or six miles every day i when they knock-off, it is to take to their beds, and prepare to go and sleep in Abin- the wants of many students of Chin ham's besttu. In the country, in France, caused by the discontinuance of "Notes met our old men, gonty or crippled with ritou Queries di China and Japan," has rencil matism for the most part, puss auf the days Twelfth Volume. The Keriso discus In a town in Normandy, where several at table; after their dinner, you may those topics which are uppermost in the English families, attracted by the them leaning on the arm of an old servant minds of studuils of the Har Bant" and nocnery around, have taken up their abode, crawling along the public promenades. In last which overy intelligent porno cen- a doctor, a friend of mine, difcred his France, a man is often old at sixty; the nested with China or Jay is desirous of English patients the use of a

effects of a youth too often spent in dissips-serpiring trustworthy information. It in large field of Lis

This fold had attracted their tion, and of a life in must enses andesitary, cludes my interesting Notes and original become sadly apparent, and if he live to a Papers on the Arts, Sciences, Etanolous, attention as being niculy situated near the great age, the closing gunra of his existence Fulklore, Goography, Hiniry, Literatur, Amatista town, and just the place for a cricket.

Shortly after this not of kisulato a burden to himself and to those around Mythology Natural History, Antiquities Anadyr ness, my friend receive the following his.

and Social Manners and Chalims, etc., et noto The members of the cricket club present their compliments to Dr. H., wil would be much obliged to him if he would kindly get the potatoes, with which half of their cricket field is planted, removed, n the ball is constantly golfing luat among

thom

eate change Lien preano, Qu'un fardoar de quatre-vingt ans, aid Quinault; but such is not the case England: here every ne dies of & old age. I have no old friend in his eight eighth year, who, stemmes and

winter,

Pocsaion"nice" points of the law religiously takes his tab opery morning, the Magazine would bo made inorn genoray Dogla

This is the principle of all unexation of territory. Let an Englishman suttle in any out-of-the-way corner of the glue, and it will not he long before yer 200 Protestant church and a cricket field, the

merchants.

The conquest of India w

The sentiment of his dignity is exine in him at an early age, and national pridu incitos him to performs acts of heroism at an age wher sweet-meats seem to in the chief attractions of life.

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Benvenue inurture has been taken, and the licet now Bothwell Castle Descriptive notes of Travel by well-known C. T. Hook.

sund paper on Trade, Commerce, riura. It was thought that by extending Do Ray

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Entay attention, and cadoavours are made to

The Review Ropartment receivos special Famo

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and who would not think of sitting down to luncheon without frat having done three or four miles. He is bright, chuer will sing you a song at dessert, and never urgets to tell you of the pens le mans now ned your.

Motiks he will pither many a basind yet,

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two first visible indications of nu English Colony.

A gang Oxford professer of my practically made by the East is. Conquaintance, undertakes, very year, pany, that is to my, by a fow Loudon small boat, a voyage that last from on to

Mad Olliee.' 1 months. Ho teuvels with his wife to John Bull is pund, brave, calm, ten- the point of departare: there he hires a

The Notes and Queries are still continuel agious, and a consummate diplomatist.

boat, places the uly at the rudder, and and forta an important moms of obsining yana Proud, he will never duabi of the away goes the skill. At night they put and difusing among students know-

Saltue sucon of his undertaking; brave, be will stone riveraie in. Nox mig,

ledge on obscure points. carry it through; calma, he will enculate fresh provisions are pait on board, and they farthur ant greator facilities for the inter-Sindh

The Correspondents' column also afkets with a cont head the material rantages are off again They have seen in this way change of views and discussion of various Taiwan of the victory: tancia, he will know most of the lates and rivers of Europe. tes how to make it fruitful, Diplomacy an-Ingenious and full of enthusiasm, it is a swers for the rost,

Original contributions Chinese, Latin, Thalos pleasure to hear them talk of their travels; and if I may be allowed to affer you a plure

or any of the Modern Languages are re romp.... of advice, it is to rand, as soon as it up

seived. The papers aro contributed by the pears, a charming look which will have for

the various Cormular, the Im Vortigern ....... arombers

Im Volga title 4 ON THE

portal Customs, and Henglong Survices, Vorworts THE RIVEL

wal alan by the Cissionary bodies at Wingung Other While I was at school in Paris, I remein another on a velocipude. Some young cou

pas capital of Europe to Ken

whom a high degroo of Chinese scholars best. bor a score of ns schoolboys wore one day ples take their lunuyoon trip on a datible

is sichonaly cultivated. Annast the gathered about the crashtam of a gymna tricycle. They through England fret regular contributors are Drs. Chalmers, Andromeda sium, jumping, one after another, yn be a

village Among the was a young excitement. Here, one is used in accenteler, thalli, Mulutyre, firoos, Jamie Carl Ritter. heap of sand

village without creating the less ito, Bruteshuvider, Hirth, and Hanso, Pro-

fessor Legge, and Bĺesars Balfour, Watters, Antioch English boy, about twelve years old, watch city in all its this. In this fashion, they

Charlotte g eagerly for his turn. The por bill avoid the wadding calls of the curious, and

. Faber, Kopsch, Parker, Playfair, was suffering from hernia, and we tried to risk deep draughts of pure watey

Felles, and Pitum,—all well-known as,

Colonna dissuade him from his purpose."Why air.

Coustuzo Thean denble tricycles or th

mattentive of sound scholarship and thorough not said he "you do it ; why shouldn't

Hattia E. Tapley...... I" And in spite of all our entrenties, are

very appropriate mane of sociables, ani trg of their subject.

Brown Hay In admuably

for 1, 'ae

Hercules mounted the cross-beau, sprang, japoneymoon. I recommend you to try them.

Margaretha but to rieu no more. We carries him to his The two seats are placed closely side by bed. An hour after, liz ratil his de, so that hearts jast.

may overla "It shall not be said," he muramed and pressurl, and lips meet lips. Arrive in his deaths threes, that our Englisham

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constructed

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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Orders for binding comes will be prostly attended to Address, "Mana at the top of the hilt, you state your body,, China Aleil Miles!” cannot jump as well as a Frenchman.

keal your knees and #y like the wind to Poor little hera! A few days before, the bottom of the valley. The air through hed all done justice to the contours of

which you have spul gives you faced to well-filled hamper that his mother had sent mount the next shope as easily as you clim bim from Devonshire. Ho had insisted heal the last. This little pastiue-to upon our bunting the nice things that exte nothing of woods by the way where you m from his heino. Home! This is a sordest, remble, fise each other and find ene that our language lacks. It is true we have other again, all this, say, has always foyer; bat it is a wor 1 used chiefly in the apparel te delightful. It is within elevated style, while in England there exists the roach of all purses, and by sneh means not a man, however lowly, but possessed of a hanat to feel and lose, who is not a little ay space is set young e-

y

panon the anaogance of cuanaencing skar-

All our learned socistics should eth gribe to this scholarly and enterprising

- Northern Christuen Judenente (U.S.) The China Beice**** has an ex- ilcxliable of contents."-Calestial Empire. The Publicationalways contains mubjects incorect to

t to ajenarnam in the Far East and the presunte will hold favourable if not alvintageons comparison, with proveding mumbers."-Celestial Bumpire.

of

This aber contains several articles of interest and value.”—North-Czna Harald. The China Meview for September-October

mic world, and all through life, there willy maintains the high standard of

moved by the word home. This may be tied life with Enteher's and baker's bilis. a certain extent explained by the fact that

and other surprises that will reus her all every Englishman has his own little house, toe seen to the stern realities of this pr and that the clinate, which does not foster open-air plonaires, kes the intimate joys of the ficosido better appreciate. Go and try to foal poutically inspired wer the sub jost of the domestic hearth, when you live on a fifth-floor back!

M. de Chateaubriand, who was got abore walking in the stope of A. de la Paliase, has

said somewhere that, were it not for a certain sentiment, uborn in man, that holds him to his country, his greatest pleasure would bo to tayal. The Boglish forms the best flestration of this fr

frism, as our friend John Bull would put it. He loves voyages, adventures, dangera A vast atretch of osem, a clonld-capped manntain, perilous ascents, voyages of discovery in strange lands, thrill in with lulightful amotions. He in his coment

Call the English wild, countrie, mad, if you will; but to do great things one must not hesitate at straying from the beaten track. He will brave every conceiv ablo dangor in order to be able to any that he has climbed to the summit of Mont Blanc, or that be has been muster the North Polg than any other explorer.

Obstinate as a male, stubborn as a buli.

dos, the dificulties in his path will bub act es incentives to him. He has traced lint- self a programme: nothing will prevent his carrying it out. He leaves England with his

diary

written beforehand. He has set- flod to be at the top of a certain mountain at a certain thou; he is bound to be there; and I promise you that, if he has no rolled down some precipice, there you will fiml him. General Wolseley had announced him countrymen that he would subdue Egypt in twelve days. He took fifteen. It was high time: John Bull was beginning to grumble.

out the sweet recollection of that little trip--the aphill part especially.

Insurances.

THE LONDON ASSURANCE,

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER OF His Majesty King Georgs The Pirat, ... 1720

Marine Demirtaent.

Mount Lebar.om

N. Gibson

Nall

Nelle May...

Paul Revere

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Doane.... haTergonsen 3k Ducand 2kSpieske

Norris

3 Warland.

323 Mar.

str. 1902 Nov.

ab. 1871 Feb. Amer. bqe. 058 Nov. Gor. bqe 506 Mar Gor, by 8.0 Fub. Amer. Iga

832 Dec. Ger. slu 977 Feb. Brit bqe 900 Mar. Amer brja 821 Oct. Amer. at 1215 Feb.

FAM

7. From Naval Fard to the Picz.

8. From Fior to East Point.

Consignees er Agents,

Russell & Co.

8 Messageries Maritimes

7David Sassoon, Sons & Co. 6Siemsson & Co. 6Gibb, Livingston & Co. 14 Adamson, Bell & Co.

Siemazon & Co. Chos. Howard & Co. 7M. B. M. S. 8. Co.

9 Chinesa 1ouglas

Steamship Co.

30 Remustion & Co.'

K&W'yos Dock Co. 8fardine, Matheson & Co.

10 Bun Hin Choo

28 H., C. & M. &-boat Co.

O'Siemasen & Co.

Gibb, Livingston & Co.

40mm, Melbye & Co.

26 Chong Wo

DAR Mary

Sienissen & Co.

28 Dunn, Melbys & Co.

7A, R. Marty 16Rusell & Co.

10 Adamson Bell & Co,

10Messageries Maritimer

10 Butterfield & Swire

OM, B. M. 8. 8. Co. 8 Douglas Steamship Co. 11Eduard Schollbars & Co. 7Mossageries Maritimes

Soey Shing

2Wieler & Co.

Jardine, Matheech & Co. 7P. & O. S. N. Ca

11Uaptain

25 Order

9Sienasen & Oa.

19 Melchers & Co. 20 Melchers & Co. 21P. & O, S. N. Co.

BRussell & Co.

15 Russell & Co.

Captain 17rder

......Gar. ah. 1223 Feb.

Bri bktino. 5300c 12 Rozaria & Co. Amer, bqo 704 Nov. 3Forneo Co., Limited Amer. be. 664 Nov. 30 Russell & Co. Amer sh 1787 Jan. 99 Captain Amcr. bqe 1067 Jan. 21 Kussell & Co. Fel. 367 Feb. 22 Carlowitz & Co. Amer. be. 1116 Feb. 22. J. E. Tripp Amer. hqe. 626 Des. Siam.

A 10 Feb. 27 arbery & Co.

Feh. bqe 388 Dec. 16 Carlewita & Co. Ger. bije. 631 Mar. 9Melchors & Co. Amer, sh 1175 Deo. 24 Ransel & Co. Amer. sh 1209 June 8rder

Destination.

[No. 6436.-MARCH: 10, 1884.

SHIPPING IN OHINA JAPAN, PHILIPPINES, AND SIAM WATERS

Vorida Nima.

Hecht

Bhun on

WHAMPOA.

·Flag & hij.

· Gor, Sm, so. Tienitalni Annamar

CANTON. ANKAR Brita

str, Shanghai, str. Shanghai

Brit att. Shanghit

Bonclutha Fooking

Remarkt.

Fushun

Brit. Brit

Peking

To-morrow

Kiang-ping

Straits and Calcutta

Saigon

Amoy and Manila To-morrow Marseilles, to

Havre & Hamburg

Swatow, &a

Faigon

Amoy

Cosat Porte

London, &c. Anicy

Bydney, &a

New York

To-morrow

To-morrow

18th just K'loon Dock

Tog Flying

MACAO

Whi. str. Cahton"

AMOY

In port on March 6, 1884.

Br. 3m.soh.

Ger, bye.

Anguste Oldoris Faugh Halough Ger. Ju, Ba Sophie:

Friedrich-

Ruan lige.

FOOCHOWDOWN

In port on March 1, 1884.

Ger, soh Talant Gor. bge Newchwang

mám. Ab’deen Dook Galveston

SHANGHAL

In port on March 6, 1884. MERCHANT STBANKER.

Hongkong,. Nagasaki

Hankow, du.

Hengkang Trentain

Repairing

K'loon Dock

Saigon

Kloon Dock

Kloon Dock-

Amoy mad Manila Manila

To-day

Haiphong

Kloun Dook To-morrow

Anadyr

French

Baikal

Reipsinn

Fah Wo

British

British

Shanghai

To-morrow

Groatham Hall British

Saigon

Hae-ting

Chinese

Nagasaki and Kobe 14th inst. [Swatow

Ichang

British

To-morrow

Iraonaddy

Frondh

Kiang-kwan.

Chinese

Yokohama

To-morrow.

Kiang-pan

Chinese

Saigon

12th inst

Kiary và

Chinesa

Mauritina

To-day

Laerton

Iritish

London,

Straits and Calcutta

Malwa

British

Nagasaki Yama 20th inst

"Peking

Brtish

Yohain

Chinese

Batavia

New York

Portland (Oregon) Rangoon

Portland (Oregon)

New York

Laid up Hkong, Hankow, do.

Hanków, de

Hongkong, da. Hongkong Taid up

MKBĢHANY SAILING VERKLAU Brit, bqe,

Benj, Sewall

Amor. sh. Philippines

Chateaubriand Brit.bge

Chibqe. Laid up

Laid up

Chingtah

Doretta

Siam, bge.

F.P. Gilchfield Amer, bge.

Flodden

Kloon Dock

Hilda

Hilda

Brit, bqe

Rolga

Brit, bqo

Cus'tan Dock Loong Wha

Br. Sasah. Ticutain

Callao Victoria, B.C.

Minus

Brit byg

Omega

Brit. bga,

Satsume

Brit. bqe

Bangkok

Now York

Hamburg

San Francisco

Her Britannic Majesty's Ships in the China Squadron.

silence which chanveterias that publi alion, and altogether forms very Albatross

teresting had readable number

Hit Aaducious terulegials will and an interestug and Champion valuable contribution by Dr. Fricho. Cleopatra on the Amount of Precipitation (Kain

Cockchafer aui Show) of Peking," showing the results Curago of absorvations made at Um Imperial Rus Daring

at Peking, frost 1841 Bak Tender to sian Observatory 1880. Notes us the Dutch Occupation:

K'loon Douk! Queen of England Mag, be

Emily

NAGASABI

In port on March 1, 188

Brit by

Gitanilla Brit, bqe. Shanghai: Stephan fler. នាង,

Sumanura Maru Japan, bye.

HIOGO.

In port on February 25, 1884. Ben Nevis Brit ah. Cross Hill

Lalle

..

Oscar Moyar

Peter

Brit bqe. New York" Brit bye. New York Garbqo

Amer. shi Brit

Gor, 3m.

bg

Queen Emma Brit, bqa

Queenstown Wm. W. Urapo Amer. bqe

YOKOHAMA

In post on February 29, 1684. Amer, soli, Alp. Marshall Brit bga," Annapolia

Brit. be. New York Black Diamond Ger. bge Carondelet

Amer. -h

Amer, sch

Pactolus

Pelham

Amer, sh

Xame

Rig.

Tons Dispit

Guns, LA.P.

Captain.

Where at

composite screw eloep

(4)

1. 840

Commander Chas. Hicks

Bankow

double-strew iron frigate

6010

4330

Captain R. E. Tracey.

Hongkong

corrette

2380

2340

Captain A. T.: Powlett

Shanghai

corrette

2300

2610

Captain H. N. Hippisley

Hongkong

gunboat

460

470

Lieut-Com. Robt. L. Groome

corrotto

2383

2540

Optain Anstruther.

Chefoo Shanghai

composite sloop

910,

920

Coramander Lawrence Ching

Pakhol

lying double-scrow gunboat

300

340

Lieut. Oom, Henry F. Roper

[Fich) gunboat

430

455

Commander E. H. Gambla

Alina

δέουμ

940

8.10

Osptain J. P. Maclear

Amoy

doublo-scrow gun-vessel

640

490

Commander John Hope

Hongkong

gunboat

400

470

Lieut Commander McQuhse

Foochow

double-screw gan-vessel

710

230

Commander E. Hotham,

Tientsin

double-scrow gun-vessel

707

1850

Commander Gao, W. Hill

Danten

Diana

surveying vessel

503

803

600

Commander Vereker

Ev. Beaulieu Gez. q.

Malace Straits

gunboat

480

Commander RB. G. Brenton

Hothow

GUAM

CHAM

Bri. bitine

double-screw gun-vessel

466

470

Commander E

Chefoo

Belona

Brit Boh

Tize

composite screw sloop

1130

970

corvette

1370

2360

Captaini

in Fullerton

Singapore

Kobe

double-sorew gun-veasel

704

1010

double-scrow gunboat

Hongkong

Mario Mary C. Bolm

BOL

369

340

receiving ship

Hongkong

Nemo

Rasa A

3087

paddle despatch-vasmel

Hongkong

Otsego

Brit soh

895

1830

Lieut. Cou. Maxwell

Rose

fucret-ship

Hong.song

Russ, sch

1800

1460

In reserve

Hongkong

Siphalin

Riss.

gunboat

490

690

Lisut. Com. Chas. E. Hope

Solider.

Singapore

Steils

of Formosa," by Mr. Gen. Phillips, contains Flying Fists some interesting information, although 16 Undersigned using been appointed much of it is strend-hand. The Notices of Boxhound

Sour

Books include a most generon and Kestrel Agents for the love Corporation are prepared to crust Insurances as follows-appreciative review of The Divine flassic Lianet

of Nan-Hua," and the Notes and Queries a ure as usual very interesting, "-North-China Magpie Merlin Daily Serv

Midge A substantial and reliable Review which ga all students of China and the Chinese would

Sapphire do well to puroniso."—Chrysanthemus.

Swift The November-December number of Tweed the China Ferie ecritains loss variety than Victor Emanuel Life Departinetit.

swil, but the few articles are

are very intores.

Vigilant Peltier issued for as not executing tin, The epening paper by ble Herbert Wren

A. Giles on The New Testament in Chi- £5,030 at reduced rates.

Zephyr nes" treats of a question that must neces sarily be of great importanes in the exca 496 of all missionaries.

Mr 2. D.

Policies at current intes, pagalle either here, in London, or at the principal Purs of India, China und Australia. Fire Department. Policies issued for long or short periods at current ratus.

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co. Hongkong, July 25, 1872.

LANCASHIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY.

(FIRE AND LIFE.). CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING. THE Undersighed era propated to grant Polieres agains: the Risk of Fifor Buildings or on Goods stored therein, or Gods on board Vessels and on tulla of Vessels in Harbour, at the usual Terms and Conditicas.

Parker's Short Journeys in Szochyen

Africa

Tisdale

Commander Bickford

Commander Wa. Colling

In reserve

Commodore Coming

For H. B. M. Ships' tonnage, dieplacements and effective horse powers are given according to H. M. Navy lint:

Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station.

are continued, and a goodly instalment of tivero

in the interior of China is travels given. Mr F. H. Balfour contributes a paper of somo length entitled "The Em- peror Cheng, Founder of the Chinese Ent pire," which will be read with

gervine interest by students of Chinese history. Abreck A few short notices of Now Books and a number of Notes and Queries, one of which

On Chinese Oaths in Western Buraco Alert

Cristoforo Colombo and Jasa might appropriately have been placed under a aparate hasding, soraptete ngay Train

Enterprise the number."-H.K. Daily I'ress.

Tesoner's Oriental Liccord contains tho

Ertaak following notice of the China Iesie

Essex Coinostai The present publication, judging by the

Hamuliu If required, protection will be granted on number now before us, is intended to first class Lives up to $1000 on a Singleuring countries, some what similar er position, as regirls Chitau and the 155

Juniata Life.

For Kates of Premiums, forms of proto that which has been flee in India by the La Galisscnière

Kersaint posals or any other information, apply to

Calendi Revice. The grunt degree of at-

Victoriesian tention that has bem bustowed of

Inte years

Legaspi apon the investigation of Chinese literature,

Leipzig antiquities, and social developments, to say

Lutin nothing of listic studies, has led to the Monocany accumulation of important stores of inform Morge ation, runduring song such channel of

pal

I was walking one evening on the quay at Saint-Maly. It was blowing a furious gale.

The Southampton boat lud just Proposals for Life Assurances will be re- started notwithstanding. Came two Euceived, and transmitted to the Directors glishmen breathless: "Where is the for their decision, boat 1" they asked.

*Gone.

Lail her; she is still in sight; we are bound to go

*Surely, gentlemen, you are joking."

Well thon, can you get as a sailing bout to take us to Jerany!!

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The face of the younger man, a line young fellow of about twenty, beanied with delight at the idea of the dangers he was') going to brave.

It was useless reasoning longer the fisherman set out with them. A few mo- ments later the frail barque was ender sail,! now hidden from sight by huge wave, now reappearing, and making visible the tall form of the young man at the rudder, Vogue le galère," said the spectators: "those English people are wad."

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