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No. 7406 MAY 11, 1887.]

The more we leak over the carefully word. ed nul accurate report of Mr Chadwick, the wore it becca appare at how much pains that officer took to arrive, at, the, truth. In his rumarke about the calh rate and the fiftros blowing the mean age ni death, Mt Ohndwich does make silusion to the usual extent of infantile mortality hore, But he specially draws attention to tlas fact that litle weight ein bo placed on vital statistics in a pace like Hongkong, He certainly maker no groat point of them, and lays com aratively little stress upon them. The points on which Mr Uhadwick beconds Impressive, almost aloqar, are she had drainage and the consequent saturatin of the soil which has been going on steadily for the last four or firu uscados, Me Ackroyd, the Acting Attorney General, is his address in Council, did not seem to appreciato the real proportion of things annitery, as he made more of the rital statistics than he did of

it. I suppose, like the Hongkong Jubine, it has dropped for the Want of support.

Sailing Vessels Mercur and Kaitow.

DIVISION OF LABOUR IN CHINA

In an article on the above subject, the the horrible and deadly soaking of the subines Times, making a few general roffee,

over generalization, says putea

THE CHINA MAIL.

soil, which is an evil that might have been. tions on, the superiority of specialization England, because on the quantity that men ontirely miskilled in the dulicato art and rather reprehensible apistie. The Robline, where Bams presided. He had might all be in our bands en prisoners of

remedied years ago,

tistics

"ANNULL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 FOR THE YEARS 1970 TO 1985.

Year

British and Foreign Chines

Community,

1876

17:49

1877

16.00

1878

1872.

1879

18:10

IRSO

16.71

1881

18-23

1887

1883

-1864

1885

410-75 126-78.

1781 20-08 29.90

34:02 27.12. 30-02 -39-76 29-22 24.45

320-80 27.27:60

-33-21:

of

And even in China, where there are no

of that

A

the

With his rumoval to Dumfries, the poet's attendance at the Masonic Ledge risturally became less and less regular than i had boats in those earlier days of which the Into

Robert Carruthers, of Inverness, wrote James Budget

No man could be more devoted to the my

desmall of the town, as volcant to the

Con, by One of Cook's Tourists. When:

me, Monsieur. I am the mother of twelve.

BONGEING, May 11.

lodge, St. Michael Kilwinning, Dumfries (No. fin.)The giler mosting at which he was low-was on 14th April onsuing. Three low on his last visit to any lodge be OPIUM-Now Patna, Cash, mouths and a week later (41 July, 1796) came the day of mourning for Scotland and for the craft, when the one had to rendet post illustrious brother.-M. 31. No. 340,

+3

5171 @520-

Now Benares, cash,,. 482) @ 485 Old

cash,

THE COINAGE OF CHE NAZAK THE DEFECTIVE WEAPONS. ^^ BURNS AS A FREEMASON. one guinés, admision dues ; but on account of the Tutka in hardihood, andɑrepce, and glers remained gassive while the Customs

The NUD. News discusses the cofunge The Times says At last we know the According to the late Robert Obambers, of It Burna's remarkablo prelital genius. frigality, and they are, or at least were, men were searching for and taking azay of Obing as follows The Penang Galles whole story of the defective outlasses and who was at zomo trouble in, es piscating the pure encampment unanimouali, ngweed, lý límáted by a forta, batred of foreign- the opium,

of late have been filled with Memorials on surd, baydhe te supplied the Navy, and facts in 1781 the St. James Turbolcon admit bin gratia, and considered then temination. Yet the Spaniards, in spito Since the meeting of British subjects last the subject of the only native coinage a very discreditable story it is to all parties Lodge (No. 135) nalted with the St. selve bonoured by having a man of such of their desperate ramstance, were collap Chaine, the copper asch Isis, an evidenca, concerned, The Omittee recently tip-David's Tarbolton Lodge, and Batna was shining abilities for gons of there coming foro Bonaparte's pigmy batta month, when it was decided to build auf revival of bualises in China generally pointed to inquire into the matter have re-admitted an apprentice thereof in th July anions. Shortly after Burna's return to lions, till England came to their amist Hospital for contagious disonsus for Euro- that this useful cummodity has become so ported that they believe that the converted 1781, and was passed and raised on Jet Ayrshire, he had cocasion to pescida a ange. Then 15,000 good Hoops well pesas, I have heard nothing further about scares that great efforts are being unde all cutlass and cutlass award. hayonets, pat Octohor thereafter. Further, sia the Depute Manter at a meeting of his lodge aquipped and well led, succoeded in doing over the Empire to increase the supply. To tern 1871, with which the Navy is now for sume writor, Burns entered into free held at Mauchline, of which the following what nation of twelve millions of popple a foreigner it seems strange that a large the most part armed, are absolutely inattisonry with all the enthusiasm, which might minste le preserved Manokline, 23th could not do for itself. So much for cour- and Walthy a country should have no more tien antrustworthy, and unfit for service have been expected from his social and July, 17-This niglita lopetation of age without material power, a Blid resources A circular was sont rund lust weak to valuable coinage, and the absques of nailver This is bad enough, but, bad as it is, it la philanthropio saracter. That chie was so the lodge met at Mauchline, and entered watch, however exuberant, are not in- ull British Ladies, using them to subscribe De Kold qurancy is explained by Mr. Wil- by no means the worst part of the story is borne testimony to by the minute books Alexander Allison, of Barmuir, an ap stantly available. It must be nmembered liams in his Middle Kingdom away which Thia original doalga of the pattern of the lodge, which bear record that fovon prentice. Likewise admitted Bros. Pro- that every improvement in warlike science to a separato subscription list to make Her is not very fatterug to the gurernment of 1872 is declared to have been do after he had gone from farbolton to Mom-fessor Stuart of Catrine: Ulaude Alexander gives a fresh advantage to the roled and Majesty a suitable present to mark the He says government on dement in strength. It is extraordinary giel, auch was his soal for probalybiaing of Ballochmyle; if Claude Nilou Eaq mined combatant. Moreover, anch strokus hand is not strong enough to restrain coun- say the Committee, that no weak as he would hold lodges af blaueliling Paisley John Farquhar Gray, Bog of of fortune 6 have no often favoured us 50th year of Her Reign. I think myself it torfeiters, and nut honest enough on the parberu as thus of 1871 should have and byon in his own, botas, for the purpose Gilmiscroft and Dr. G. Grierson, Glas- are not at our command: They may of is about time this bogging should be dies other hand to issue pieces of uniform stand-haan designed for use ne bayonet, of admitting new members. In the same or honorary members of the lodge. they may not occur again. Now, ae byer, or continued, or else let the money be de-ard for a series of years till it has obtained and that it should have been accepted as records, the name of the post occurs as (Signed) Robt Burns, DM The Bro. rather now much more than over, must the confidence of its subject. It will not efficient by the naval authorities. The depute master of the ledge, for the first Stuart, of Catrine, here mentioned, was be prepared for the chance that your roled to some charitable purpose. receive baen thetal for taxes, and cannot original design being bad, the execution inie, on 27th July, 1784, in which capn mens other than the well-known Professor fisets may be dodged or covordatched. was still worse. No loss than 82,577 wen city he signed the minutes as Burte of Moral Philosophy, Daguld Stewart, Even supposing that a great / campaign Vessels in Port.--Stenipers: Hangchow, force merchants to accept adulterated coins."

Rich country as Chinn is, it is a country one of this design wors provided for the as his father had done before him, and head noquairtance the post had the plea of conquest, as projected by Napoleon, Formosa, Ingraban, Cheang Hoek Kim.

full of poor people, and it is a great advant-service by the Conversion of arms of an an be continued to do until at March sure of making during his alay in Latin is out of the question, he ought to consider tago to the pune to have a currency like older pattern. This conversion was feet-786, from and after which it appears le ruigh. Referring to this cossun of their the enormous damage which might be done the cash. The smallest coup-in England od partly by girding, and partly by the the suntracted form which he adopted or repting again, the Professor thus wrote by a well-organized filibustering raid. Sup- is a farthing which a equivalent to about correction of the curve of the ori resolving to publish his potms. His pro In the summer of 1787. I passed some poso a few thousand men were landed, any, six cash and the consequence is that ginal weapons through the agency fusessor in the ulco of DM. was the wooks in Ayrshire, and saw Burns occasion on the Lancashire constar the Clyde Per

any reductions in the wholesale prices of heat. The conversion was enried rough, rude, ready-witted Raukino, to ally. I was led by curiosity to attend for haps their operations would be limited to a of goods are over felt by the phor in but under different authorities by work whom the bard indited the rough, rude an hour or two a mannie lodge in Man fow days. At the end of a fortnight the

pang zum buys at one time, the re- of sword-making, and without any regard W. Mastor of the lodge at the time Burnis occasion to make some short unpromoditet war. But in the tncanwhile they might dustion is less than a farthing whereas to the original character of the manu was made D. Mw the Hon. James ed compliments to different individuals from, have destroyed public and private property.

very small redaction in the

whole facture and maten of the usconverted Montgomerie of Coilslöld - the castle of whom he bad reason tir expect a plait, and worth tons of millions, and dono us an Mr Bruce Shepherd, in his Hongkong ways Chian that fills our horizon, and Ia refectious of this kind, it is, of course,

nalu price will reach the poor man in China, weapons and the weapons when con- Montgomerie and on the same date a forcibly well as fluently expressed. As amount of injury which it would be worth who buys with cush. In Shanghai, the lint-verted, were tes od in a wholly instequate Barat's appointasnt John Wilson, geboot manner of apoaking in public and syidently while for a great military Power to sacrifice Albarack, gives some statistics that, so prompta, seductive but often delusive corn- far as they go, aro no doubt accurate, but parsons with countries which have passed water shops, for instance, go down to a half manner. No sufficien or exhaustiva in master in Tarbolton, (De Horubook was the marke of practice in extempore alocu an army corps to effect Lot us regard the fect as our first line of defence”, but lot quite different processos of education; for cash and ever a quarter each in their tranquiry was made as to the eaving likely to elected to the office of secretary. Other tion

us remember that a first line may be broken. the prominence since given to the fact that nations program by irregular movements, too, hundredth of a penny. Dr. Wil Comauttae feul bound to record their con- sobalmed in his works, and who held office

through especially if it is not in the best sactions, the latter sur boing equivalent to be effected by this conversion, and the personages, whose memory the post has about two-fifths of the deaths annually our always even in the sama direction. Bans does not tell us to whom Chin, owes clusion that the conversion of these out in the ludge for longer or shortor periods

fossile condition and that an army ora corded are those of woribund infants, in- With regard to the distribution

invention of the hole in the middle of lasses into word bayoneta was a must unwise wore John Dore (Juanny Pidgeon)

cation which has no reserves is lost-St. functions there Lá muca in common ported (inay of them) from the rainland, between Eastern and Western peoples, the coin, which adds as much to its come stop: In other words, the original, design who was doputo steward, and Brasher would doubtless materially modify Mr but at the same time certain important niones, and which has the farther merit of was bad even for not weapons, and still Humphrey, of blatherin renown, whe Shepherd's comments on these vital sta disparition Setting usido the ordinary proventing the coin from wearing away worse for converted weapons the policy of vea for a long purled tyler. As regards stic craft than Bucis. He is recorded to handicrafts which have evolved much the altogether, as thero must always be conversion was unwise, and tot eron ecc. the manner in which, when honeerod have bona present at almost every most.. same quality of organisation, varied diely enough metal aft to keep the hole nomical; the process of conversion was with supremne command, as he often was ing Acording to the records of the lodge are certain persons who travel in France by the development of machinery in the together. It is interesting to read clumsily conceived and unskilfully per iu the absence of the R. W.-Ear moetings in Dumfries, he was present on like dissipated young men Whan they's

in the Memorial from the Viceroy of the formed the tests applied to the converted precided over the brotron of St. Jums

one occasion in 1791, six occasions are on the road to Rouen, West and its absence in the East, it sp. Hi Kuang provinces that hetet fore Bu. weapons wore totally inadequate and the present writer has a litle bly of text in 1792, on sus in 1793, the same in A DEGGan, to a preaur-by-Have pity on pears generally true that m lower levels the poh and the Three Kiang provinces have the het result is disastrous and disgraceful mouy not far carried. At the inauguration 1794, on na ccossion at all in 1793 and on division of labour has heat carried farther in the Ear: than in the West. Consider beon required to sout 1,200,000, alaings of failure, which it willenst the country no less of tus statue by Ewing in George Square two occasions in 1796, the year of his will children. How old is your eldest pr the number of servastaan Indian household cash, of 1,000 cash to each string, annually than £26,000 to remedy by such temporary almost ban years ago now, by the way-death. On 28th January of that year he inquired the latter in a seminathotic tone. requiros, each having his special function.o Poking, and that more than half of the expedients as can be adopted at once. The was introduced in an elderly brother from attended the lodge mosling for the purpose Scarcely two years old, moniour.

lekin and eat duties in Hupeh are paid in Committee are very chary of apportioning Tarbolton, who assured rac that he himself of recommending James Georgeson, a tra

Quotations casto or religious prejudices to cautas die cash, so that the withdrawal anually of su blouse, probably because they felt that there had often spoken in the subject with tinctions to be made, there is oftar en large a am for Peking has been a grievous was nothing but blame to be apportioned to deceased brother who had been made by countered a most provoking aversion burden on the province. This is not the all parties concerted. The War Office Robert Burua, and who told him that the only caso o the present scarcity of cash designs a bad weapon, the Adioiralty conduct of the post was dignified, brother among servanta and persons class to step beyond their own pro. A certain entity is actually worn away cepts the dasign; the War Ofice makes it ty, and temperate, and his manner while every year, of the small cash by fair wear badly, and testa it inadequately, and it is making a mason such as to gar the verra mee to assist in another. No blong and tear; a certain quantity of the largo then issued for service. This process has hair staat on your beid. It was in 1780, my pidgin is the rook on which many a gritia has split in his oarly export: cast have been withdrawn by specula bean going on ever since 1871, and two years after his election to the office of enes with Chinese servants. The little tors and melted down, as being intrin In Great Britain and Irdand, there is trades are all apparently fenced off from silly more as copper than their meni annual excess in thirths over deaths each other, so that the man who shave you exchange value gud the tas; and a certain and tested by the War Office and.ac.that he penned the patkotio Farewell to in the Glasgoro Herald.

quantity

dare from time to time condemned. A inofficiont, untrustworthy, and unfit for last with Scottish masonry. his business; there is a special man for Enrope the average is 33 per cent in that. The commercial lifa of China is, grout effort is being made now by the go-service. No one in blared, though differ as to whom the poet compliments in Australasian Colonies an average of 122 per next to the literary, perhaps the most de-

vernment to replenish the currency; oop the systein which periodically substitutes the last stanza-N per is being bought and mints established oue incapable official for another is mildly cort; Ceylan of 25 per cont Marvitius veloped. And it is by rigidly carrying out in all directions, and it remains to be seat censered. and the country is expected of 30 por cent, Bermudna of $7 per cent; the maxim, "Ono men, ons han pidgin, that whether a uniform currency of full value tamely to hear the burden imposed upon it British Gasus of 9 per cens: West Indies, sush grass and minuts perfection has an average of 57, par dent, all of births over been attained in their commercial organisa will rosult. The difficulty is that if too by those diagracefal blunders, The War deaths. In Hongkong, however, the excess tion. The Sugar merchants, the Rice ser nach copper is put in the now cash, they Office at first stood aroudly on its defcues is terribly the other way, laaauuch as the chants, the Cotton merchants, keep theo will be withdrawn sud neted down if too it professed to be shocked at the suspicios destia, on an average of the net 10 years, selvus rigorously to their respective proto, the coin is so rade, and so easily thrown by the Admiralty on its provivus hare exceeded, the births by 125 per cent sincs, and one cannot more out of one in counterfeited, that private mints will be tests The weapons could not be bad, it Those figures, alone, show the abnormal to another without raising suspicions of started in all directions, as has been declarod, if they still satisfied the tests state of the mass of the community existing incompetency. Maney dealers are on set hitherto often done avon, with the con- which were held to be satisfactory in 1871 in this Colony and the important question apart, for which there is cogent resson in

nivance of the provincial authoritise. It now appears that the Wat Office is the arises, is this abnormal condition a dimi- the barbarous condition of the currency. the Gorecast, that it should to be whalfy, inadequate to designa Meanwhile recommendations are often chief offender. Its teste are declared nishing or increasing quantity Analysing Wishont, however, pressing the point too

undertake the preparation, of a colnago of are bad, and its execution worse. What the Registrar General's Returns for the init far, it canant be denied that in the ordinary the precious metals, but it is by no means security have we that antturs will be any completa yasr, 1885, it is found that the business of the people there is very deaths exceeded the births, by 3637, or (the considerable prganiantion and division agreed what the currency should be. We better in future No individuals are bittim being 1,550), a.cxcess of deaths over of labour. But no socie do wo ascund to may dismiss at once as impracticable, and to blame, we suppose it is only the system births of 231 per cent, being an increase of the strata above the business of common of gold, the idea of a gold emage. Next to ingeles but what individuals make it Wa

undesirable, considering the pressat scarcity which is in fault. But the system is noth 69 per cent ov 7, and worse than the life than we discover that the principle of the copper cash, comes the canoe of silver, are attarly sick of the abans afficial per average of the decade commencing in 18761 diferentiation has expended itself. The

This noprevadented state of this, which higher functions of state, public works; or tacl. Attempts were made in Shanghai tence that departmental incompietonen is

On demand, ... cannot be taken to be exaggerated national defouce und auch like are left toin 1860 to introduse is inal coinage, and compatible with individual eliciency. Tho Willie here was Major Williamthur last monent by some unforeseen accid capacially considering the number of people lag-hazard. The selling of sugar requires pechauns were actually made; but the world Batters will never bu meaded so long us Parker, of Asalos, Kilmarnock, E.V.M. of ent, which we may call providential if wo On Shanghai On deman belonging to the Colony who go out of the apecial training, and the man who can do is agreed that a tal ef silver makes a this doory is tolerated. If the system is the lodge, and a fast friend of the post please. The Northmen sed Danes (we

It was towards the close of the same vas used not mention the Romans and the 30 daya sight, Glory to the can only be accounted for that is not deemed competent to tradic cold tun large for convenience, and that bad and produces had results some person by (the disproportion of male to fomnio in timber, but matters of vital impor- the largest practicable silver coin is the or other is responsible for the system, and (1785) that Buchs, arrived for the first time Saxans) overran the island again and again; Gold Leaf, 100 fine

A man in Edinburgh. Masonry was then in great the Normans conquered it after a single Sovereigns, population; (3) the abnormal condition of tangs to the nation may be not only dollar, waigh is equal roughly to devashat person ought to be punished. The community as rewards are, (3) the as dealt with by officials without any special tents of a tal. Native dollars are is to blame if he consorts to go on working vogue in the Scottish metropolis Eleven bastle the French, the Flamings, and the ne twelva lodges thera held monthly must Channel pirates made constant raida upon cumulation of the deadliest alth hidden training, hot the must multifarions and actually wade in Fukieu sume fity pests under a system from which euch results nee carers of the thickliest penalsted parts of incognitous tasks are entrusted to our age for the payment of the troops in possible a are ten disuluxed by the Cousings, and the officinis of tuo Gread Lodge the south and vast conate in the later Mid-Taken at Mars Falconer & Co Prono the Colony, coupled with the general great individual. Is this becauss the Chiness are andareens of silver; but they wore oither be bad, he is not fit for his post if he does once a your. Among these afficiale ware with small and Ladly appojutod Hoots and

Formosa. They contained seven mace tws mitte. If lin does not know the system to were in the habit of visiting each lodgedle Agus Henry IV and Honry VII

Queen's Road) disregard of proper attention hygiens, only groat in sinall things,' and lose them. principally through the ignorance of the selves in great affairs, na has been said of melted, says Dr. Williams, or counterfeited know it to be bad and nevertheless submits many noble and Bruinout unuies, including argaiss, effected their landing: the Sanish BAROMETER ~ 9 LM...

thoge of the Duke of Athoff, the Kart of Bal Armado, but for a lucky storm, would community, and (4) the Chiness.

them by some one? Take the most familiar to such an extent on their appearance, that to it, he betrays a public wast

curras, Tard Haddo, Sir Willian Forbes, almost certainly have thrown a disciplined. example, the Viceroy Li Gung-chaug, they soon went out of circulation, When

Shanghai was firat opened to trade,

Daily News, March 30.-It may be hoped, the Hon. Col. James Murray, Sir Jamis fores on our shores for which Elizabeth's THERMOMETER Possibly all the deaths un registoro, atauties embrace the functiona uf's whole opportunity was lust of making the duller the though perhaps rather hoped than expected, Hunter Blair, the Earl of Bushan, Masty leries would hardly have – bson &

cabinet in any Western country. Foraign Tan Pretmaster-General of the United Affice, War, Army, Navy, Finance, Const. Currency of North as it is of Swath Chins, that after this complete exposure, over Thomas Hay of Hayston, Mr Campbell of watch; the Dutch, had they resolver on it Statas recently commissioned a fashionable Defence, Judicial, Oeremonial, all de- the matter was actually debated, but the which the intelligent and malicious for. Shawfield, He Grant of Monymusk, Dr. Na night have landed in any in Kent, cr volvo on him, and not by way of ael was allowed to carry the day, and we siguer will chuckle, soms stops may be thaniel Spona, Francis Lord Napier, Lurden in the eastern suburbs of London, in St-Louis betist to print the portrait of his wife; who is ao acknowledged America general direction merely, but even the have had virtually two currencies, or rather taken to avoid similar binders in the Binning, Mr J. Stewart of Allahbank, Charles II. e reign more than once; and all

three, ever since. Our domestic affaire, future. The Committed calls attention to Wolfe Murrey (Lord Cringletin) the Earl the naval superiority of the English Govern- Do beauty. The portrait was duly painted and smallest details have to be Boor to brand our dealings with the poorer classes of what certainly seems the very fucțials prac. of Borton, and Jolin Clark of kildin (Ford ment did not avail to prevent the landing sunt homo, and no word of complaint was him. And while managing all these great tires azu uudnated with soppar cash or tion of constantly changing the superis- Eldin). Burna from the date of bis arrival of William III's great armament in 1588,

affairs he has to take cognisance of the heard from Mr Villas und an application intriguer of the oficials who soal and retail dealings with dollars and tendent and other officers of the manufac was a regular attender at the meetings of and of the Jacobite expeditions in the was made to him by the artist for a cheque cater aute is court. Talia the Governor our higher commercial affairs with fault. turing departments at the end of five years, the Edinburgh getiren, but the wust eighteenth century. Finally (and this is with an intimation that the price of the of Shantung as an oxample of a man who

We are need to it, and therefore the incon- when they havo just learnt their business, wedorable in his estimation was a grand particularly worth notice just now), during pictare was 2,000 dollars. Much to his obliged to andertske tasks for which he

venience and anomaly of such state of things Continuity in foreign policy is usually be demonstration hold on 12th Jan. 1787, the war with Republican

France later, not a cheqno, but the portrait of Mrs has 10 osupetence of any kind. Tho the fount racing; but it is never to be desirable. But continuity in sword- connection with Ludge St. Andrew No. 3 at the very time that cut predominato

The Grand Master Charteris with Grand Yellow River, which would occupy a com

theless a most auressonable condition? mating is more important still. It is only Postmaster General Villas, with a noto of scientific man for several undertake & Buyer currency, uniform for condicting evidence of the divers, both ludges, were prosock, all in fullest fignavies of our rival, the Fronca Jusosged wore egprywhere engaged in destroying the uff Peking is ever persuaded to nevessary, says the Report, to compare the Lodge, as alto depurations from other at he was incontestable and while our ficots the whols Empire, it is to be hoped that superintendents and subordinates, who were Describing the occasion to a friend, the posts and Humbert's Alibustering the dollar, not the tuel, will be the unit: connected with the Exified Fagtory Iron wrote: The Grand Master, who presidido land Humbert's flibustering corps on send Hoche's The dollar is Ermly established all round 1871 to 1880, to nes dearly that no uniform with great solennity and honour to himself armsment to Bantry Bay. The latter was Hongkong Observatory, May 11, 1887.

hi

Japan has adupted i though method was adopted in the conversion of as a gentleman nad mason, among other a really formidable force, from which again. this perhaps will hardly be a recommends these Departmental oficer and general toasts, gava Caledonin, und Calowe

we were delivered by a timely storm. No tis,Haugkong, the Philippines, the talk at

Hongkong appears is ha the only place in the world where there is such a striking or cess of deaths over births.

cortably not unrly all the birtue.

*

a

astonishment the artist received, two days

a greatTM

stating that as the P.G. could find in itira no trace of resemblance to his wife, he had years before they could say oven what so happened that the third to the of Chang yão; and he is expected to are therefore, resolved not to keep it. Now is should be dene, is. artit had received a letter from a big firm enge the whole matter. What a vast eum of o'garette manufacturere, making him if he of money will be wasted there in case

quence womni tu uze by way of a taking trudu label, and on getting the portrait of Mira and Sant Commissioner, an oxcellent official, China. The replacement of the teel by the Villus returned an hour or two later, be at as done ads 80; but who has no dollar would, however, be such a wrench to

we have only just made the discovery DM and when in the near prospect of up her most illustrious son, the other thir

that the weapon, designed, manufactured, leaving his native land for the West Indies,

arme,

Authorities

SOME HISTORIC MEMORIES. SOME

Sir Edward Hamky, in his strikingepeech **Heaven bless your honour'd noble name, ou national defences the other day, remind

To ransonry and Scotia doar 1 P

ed the politicians who prefer to trust to our Allan Cunningham states it to have been undying historic memories rasher than to Sir John Whiteford, then le Grand ships, forts, guns, and trained battalings, Master. I am of those who think that that these same memories are not wholly more likely it was Brother William Wallace, in favour of their argiment, The history Sheriff of the coauty, and at the time of England does not bear out the assump Provincial Grand Master for Ayrshire. Totion that a brave but defenceless population the same year belongs other fine mayo which lives in an island head fear nothing effusion, that addressed to the brethren of from foreign invasion. England has been St. John Kilwinning Kilmarnock, No. 22, invaded or in danger of being invad commencing-ARAN

ed many times; and more than 200 Ye sons of old Kalie, assembled by she has owed her escape from the most im

Willio,

minent paril not so much to the wisdom of her statesmen or thu valvur of her noun us to cartain singularly fortunate flukos. It Within this dear mansion may wayward is hardly too much to say that every bold,

contention

resninte, and well-equipped enemy who really doformined li make a descent upon this country either succeeded in carrying out his intention, or was only deferrod at

To follow the noble vocation it

and concluding

Or wither'd onry ne'er enter

May secrety round be mystical bound, And brotherly love be the centro

Now Islwa, cash,.

525

Allowance, Taeis... 28/40.

Old Malwa, cash,

55000

Allowance, Tasks.... 48/54.

Persian, Oily, cash w

Allowance, faols,

Peratan, Fapor

Allowance,

Exchang Mosogose. May 11,

On London-

Bk, Wire,

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could let the hare the sketch of a pretty llancy Chon Fa, late Haikwan Taola Smite Settlements, and French Inde and very calmly about adequate or lo through the whole mesoinbly with multant from these successful, or almost a

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adequate feating of aword barnets. But plied, housure and repented accouutiois.essful, invasions in days voforo alent and the technical terms which they go to light I had to ile such thing railways; but they gu ame way towards saw his way to a speeds and ingenious kind, and who has already in conaeque expect it to occur in our time; and when lish, the lives of men. It is fanit of derstruck, and trembling in very nerve

8o, sitting down at his writing Bank large sums of money asslessly in the the Chinese do couie to adopt &, silver car. Enûsia, or the War Office, or the Admir./made the best return in my poezist island like our OND, Awarming with good

revenge.

the

own tael:

ASATEUR Aplür (to friend); What did

think of my Hamlet, Charler Dear Friend In mons. In one part the play you were equal to Irving: Amateur Aolor: What part was that, Charley 1

table, he dashed off a note to the Poat Port Arthur works. This officist has been ruaster-General, calling his attention to the nota of the cigaretie makers, which he recently appointed Inspector-General of y, they may be in a position to dictate enclosed, and adding that, as the portrait Fortifications, Director-General of Rail-to, instead of following the countries round returned bore no resemblance to his wife ways, Superintendent of the Navy, of the then, and may decide to adhere to their

and several

things. other be the Postmaster-General) would of course bast Defents, have no objection to his using it for the are made inexplicable it shows, How much incongruous appointinents cigarette label. It will probably not SUT priss my readers to lears that the Post for one thing, a dearth of competent master-General had very string objectives, and also an otter unconscioustota un to the proposal of the artist, and that the the part of the government of the nature of correspondence and incident were ultimately the qualifications required for such import closed by Mr Postmaster General Villas ant functious. And hence, too, the want paying the 2,00 dollars and having the of diamination in selecting skilled for portrait of his wife returned to him. eigners to sasiat. One architect, or house- builder, any be selected to arrange « som: Figaro

plex system of fortifications; another may be sent to examine the relations of the Grand Canal to the Yellow River; and Chi

Amoy

(From aur Correspondent, i

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Amny, 9th May 1887,

On Friday, the 6th instant, the searching party of the 1. M. Custom made a seizers

of about 6 tails of opium on board the

B 8. Fukien This being the second time

that opimus bas bast seized on this vessel

since the now opium rogitations came in

os ei il officials often digute scrimoni ously with trained foreign engineers appa the configuration and position of batteries,

a man they manage things on the

while, our Fue umeinl in change of the

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alty that these toasting icons, as Feulen- as I had finished, sotes of the Grand officers of navigable rivers, hid with hundreds of bridge calls then, have not caused the graanid so load that I could hear, with a cat miles of accessible quast line, is aaay of in vest calamities. Let us hope that even the comforting quest, Very well indeed vasion if it has nothing to trust to but *Spending Departments have bad a lesson which set me something to rights again. Hests, which may be cluded even if they can Manila at last

little over a fortnight after this high not he refented. The moral of our mihtary Haiphong. compliment had been paid to our poet history is that, unless we can sure a no-long kong brother, he was the recipiant of another of tintance of the good fortune which has Emoy | the same. On the 1st February eating, often delivered us from the consequences of

he was present of a musting of the Lodge our own want of prudence and foresight, Shanghai, 90.04 61

Fouchon. Canongate Kilwinning (No. 2) at which we should spekify.gr, oodat a Brother Alexander Fergusonof Craigdarroch, to repel a invador, W. M. the course of the evening, said part how very near their country came to RAW DI of the lodge, prasided. The Englishmen have forgotten for the rest

Tax busiest post will hese his idy! mo- ments.

RE: What is the splence of palmistry I hear so much about?"

He The art of telling fortunes by the

and bo

preparat Nagasak..

WTostock,

MAT:10)

Dear Friend: Where Polonius given us parting advice to Laertes,

Anatour Actor: Bot I was behind the

hand.

that having observed that thay bad with them sharing the fate of Prussia in 1805. Bri Bolinao,... 28.74 84 She Can you tell my fortune by wy in the ledge that evening Brother Robert tons were thon quite as good at soldiering

Dear Friend So is Irving.

Let's have a lark,' said me. Done. says the other

own fortune,

A

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He ; * No ; but if I had I Born, Hongkong 26.06 LORD Reidolph Churchill and the Hon. | tell

MANGA Writer, and for the late publicstun stomach for fighting but nobody can feel my mum 29.98 72

of his works, which had been quiversally sure that Mr Pitia volunteers, with the M. B. Hawke wore walking together one LITERALT Matron-Want dues Shakes commended, he submitted that Brother half trained militis and a handful of tea usald: 130.00

Shanghai day, when they noticed a particularly impear meat by his frequent use of the Barna should be assumed as a member of guiars, would have stood for long against Wostock 37.02 45 pusing guardian of the public peace.

ace plurans On to Matter-of-fact Elusband the lodge, which was unanimously agreed 100,000 of Bonaparte picked troops, well a

Well, perhaps ha thought it wouldn't be to, and he was afilialed there and then found in munitions, gazis, and horses, and The barometer, ia salt falling over Luzon I

A street arab, for hill-s-crown, agreed to polito or proper to finish, the sentence. nordingly. At a subsequent meeting of led by the conquerors of Garinsty and but ban elsen Along the quest, Gradients this same Lodge, moreover, he received the Italy Lord Wasley in an article in for NB winds continus steep in Southern railways there has been to England and have a shy at the offloor, and promptly It is the custom in Paris, when a car is Germany to learn his business. The navy planted on the policeman's jaw a pat of fill, to pot up the sign Complat, and no further compliment of belag formely in- Macmillan's Megurine of General Iass, and moderate in Northern Southaru and army are directed by men who have mud. Babark, rounded on him in a more passengers can get in Vaske, installed its Poet Laureate, an event com gives it as his debarata cpinion based temperature is moderate, the humidity had bumplete technical education in the sstant, collared the daring urchlu, and think ity for the first time, wanted to 90 plature, which has been two or three times but upon actual abservation of the

themorated in Stewart Watson's well-known not only upon general military kunwledge rather high and the weather overcast Western sciences of land and marine moved him of. The pair who had pronipt. everything, and as these labelled age produced for publication, Karfaro, naval architecture, steam engines, ed the prant pleaded for the young offend 2, would pans him he would try to stop them,

fair of traived Buropean troops could drive on.

SARA, memorable months in the metropolls, Burns turned the sale at e

any gatin ang:

between so army tell, for at the Brehegter, Foreign Secretary They followed. The sergeant, after hos English speaking citizen, who has watched which he inclined to make, and fwwhile her the diference bị Minister of War and Marine, Minister of fog the plows put in for the boy, turned to his rain attempte

loved the companionship of Mr Robert and we armed mob, even when the incivi. the Interior, Criminal Judge and Prims the policeman but that worthy dignity Bub 1 want one of them," he persisted. Ainslio, & yonus genlliman af filents and deals composing the mob belong to the first Minister all at once No wonder wings could not brook the mud nu ir beard F Take one of the others, with fasor puo eduestion, whom he found to be a model dating to in the world. Iba fully f oftinos go awry In this great Empire would not let the young villain ga The plo in 2. There's plenty of them, urged follow traveller. In curse of the latency apposing slit pettition and spirit will: 10. Hystere

they put up for a day and a night at Eye avall against organisation, aflitary discipality of a saturated wil mees being yourlowns business, he said, mouth, oireuortance Wnion dogurred there line and material resourced, wan wall

furoe, I hear thad abo' was fined 100 taoland amenal work, and there is no anche constable was inexorable, adding us the driver would there his head and After a residence of between fiva Zouding forces that a anglo atmy corpo

WDOBEROEME Government datronower. Hongkong Observatory, May 11,

Po KOYAM CEL Zed met you table, ha mine or on that on maid an left on a short tene tu the Border numire the American Civil War

PHANOMMEMA, reduced to as degrees Fahrettin |

Casoms officers wont hate the dty to patch

a Olinese house where, as they had been in formed, 2 chests had boin stowed away, and found 50 balls. To roginio 30 had

color, Master of the Corematies, Changel to follow me to the station

sergeant, theralora, had nothing to do but take the names

What is yours, bir ? The Bon M. B-Hawke **Lord Kandulph Churchill, ye

And then, turning the treat arab, the

been taken over the roof before the officers | ound seas the smugglem ––– As thyte were

AESYZEW BOYS Thero is about 30 smugglow in the house, and only

* pernicious" slust five Europene to ovarawe then peonisonous maltitude held to party alle

partisanship in the blint gregariousness of

mach luovo baan a naky bralness. I should glanrahy mora inertia of bshit and mieczani- not be surprised to hear of some one being con. We have often wondered if faargesat demanded Who are you

something of this kind hadn't affected the Ok, promptly replied the wohl, I'm shot tu some of these side. Fortunately weather lately; but we didn't exauty, like Hoy, I never round on seal mind--I'm for the officera on this occasion, the smogge i to này hà,.

Jetas Marquis of Baliabary

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