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TIBIDAY APRIL 6, 1808:

MINCREASE IN STRAM-

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ATTEMS AT THE COURT.

A boatwoman was food St, at the Marine Court to-day, for oarrying passangers in hir cargo boat.

(From Our Candon „Gerriependent.) On Friday the B.B. Bản Choong started from Canton on the usual trip to Hong kong. There was a large complement of Chinos passengers and one European saloon passenger-who, by the way,

Owing to the approaching Uhing Meng calebrations there was an extraordinary large number of Chinese pasapgory maval- lng to Canton by the Bunday night boate.

Five natives were each fined $7, or 14 The Past Beau and the Kwang Sodaya' imprisonment, at the Magistrsey to were packed to their fullest extent. day, for being in the servant quarters At this season it is the cuttom of the Rosary Church, Kowloon, without perhappened to be our own Canton orres Chinese to repair to thoir native vill ages and perform certain rites at their avovstral-barying placon. The scene at

nasion.

A fine of $5 each was imposed on two boat women, by Commander Essil Taylor,

A native climbed over the wall at the French priest's premises ab Pokfolum, obtained access to the building and made

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(From Our Oven Corresponsala By Landoor March 10. Brrrr! Oh you bankers under Fastern skis, think of the stove, of in itlisted matala. Ten days so we were shakding our oversets and talking of the appronol offpring. The Weather Clerk was laving joke with us, for ins low hours up came greatest spate of snow, slect, main, hail, and log that we have been stricken with for half a generation.

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pondent. All want well, as arual, vabil af grey all and spa dows upon the Bechstein,

Canton; on the arrival of the boste on RN, at the Marine Court to-day, for which only lasted a few seconds, swoke ore lame horses have been led to the Monday morning was ons not easily forgotten. At the moment of dropping failing to stop when called upon to do so atchor the ships were surrounded by by the polica. hundreds of sampans the owners of which were doing their utmost to secure a ** job.” The noise of the shooting was like a small pardemonium. The thing that strikes the Nuropean onlooker most of all in the remarkable good temper shown by the Chinese under much circumstances. There la never any fighting and rarely any quarrelling and one notices e tremendous

Amount of ** give and takė " among them.

The local team launches and janks at passenger traffle, many of then being packed matightly as the proverbial benings.

a quarter to twelve, a peculiar grating and vibration was natined. Our sorragendrat was alsop at the time but the sciss, him. The noise ceasing, however, he went to sleep again, but a few minutes later was awakened by the sound of voices. He then went out on dock and found that the vessel had been baached. It appears that the shaft had broken and that large quantities off with an alarm clock and a suit of of water had poured into the abip from the ethos. At about e'look in the morning stern through the orifies in which the shaft he was walking along at West Point when works.. PC. Grant suspected him and took him into custody. It was found that he had the clock in ble possession and was wearing the trousers of the stolen sub. At the weeks' imprisonment and six hour" stocks.

McGinty immediately beached the ship On meing the state of affairs Captain

and made it irapoamble for any fires to be endatgerod. It was lucky that the

reberinary surgeons after fourful ex- periances on the streets than I evŁE 20- member. The storm let up for a ktur or two and gay parties set out to the theatre in all their light finery. It was another Practical joke. When they came out of the theatres the snow was coming down like a blanket, the cabe were few and far between, the rates charged were stor-

at all bitast-and most of the bassan failed to run

Cinton are also doing a good trade in the Magistracy to-day he was sentenced to BLccident occurred exactly where it as 50 bitter, Right dowd into Italy the

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL,

On Good Friday a shortened form of Breusong will be sung at 9.15; after which a short selection from the "Mersinb” will. be given. The Cathedral Choir will on this occasion be only slightly augmented,aking for a rovlew of the Easyclopaedia sia the orgen "being under extensive repair, thero will not be enough of it available to Hupport a large chorus.

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PANT NEAR AMOY.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

March 23. The Dragon River, in the estuary of which are the islands of Amoy and Kelangen, is divided into two main brinches know respectively from their prevalent directions as the West and North Rivers. Both branches rin amidat moun talous districts but the North River is the wilder of the two. The mountains are mere numerous and of higher altitude, and

certain parts of the district through which the river rona sta dificult for the mandarins control. For many years that astion of the river between Han Fong and the District city of Chang Ping Haien has been infested, by bands of highway robbers who coms from the neighbouring county of An Khoe.

A MONUMENTAL WORK;

Tombieh Century Impressions of Hong kong, Shanghai, and ather Trenty Ports of China. Editor-in-chief AnsorD WRIGHT, London, Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd. To review such a volume ea this is like Butannicait verges on the impossible The work is on so eat a scale, so many Fande have taken a share in its production; varied are the articles which find room within its ample borders that even the most courageous reviewer quails at the task of awarding praise and blame is just süd adeque proportion. A casual glace through the portly tome convinces that nothing has been omitted that can any way throw light upon the prosent condition of airs in the various places treated. The book is a perfect mioroccan of Hongkong. Shanghai and the treaty parts of China. Officials bigh in the acrice of the Colonial Government have contributed articles douling with the work of their own particular, departments ; com-

petent men have ponned articles on Foreign Trade, Curteney, Silk Industry, T, Cotton, Chinese Charactors, the Flor of Chins, the Ecclesiastical propaganda, Corvinonies and Customs of the Chinese, etc Every phase of Hongkong Hio is adequately treated, social, business, jour-

A dozen or more of these rocklem marauders listic, and the style of treatment and

the spot where the boat was bathed seemed almost to have been constructed by mature for the purpose. The syrin was blown several times and another tot (the Hoi Tung), which was near by, answered and stood by. The captain orderal out the boats and the work of transhipping the passengers to the other ship began and so well did he perform his task that Captain McGinty directed the operations there was no sign of fear or pauis. There was no commotion, and the passengers and their effects were sent away as quietly as i nothing had happened. It was a glorious night, with a fine moon ebining oved end and it was an impressive sight to see the Laden boats making thet journey in silence to the other ship.

In a very short space of time at the passangers were transkipped and the ces- ning vessel steamed away for Hongkong. O'r correspondent stayed on board the San Choong until next day when a launch and a huge barga came round to aalre the cargo.

The greatest praise is due to Captain MacGinty for the splendid way in which he handled his ship at such a oitisal moment and to the officers under him for

the way in which they soonded his efforts.

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atraitness of money it is at all wrents help. ing to keep the peace in the Balkans. There have been all sorts of warlike reporte flying about for weeks as to Berri anxiety to get to grips with the unspeakable Ins, but I doubt if it will ever come about

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Mr Hagh Ward on Modern Plays,

make a swift dash over the hills from Anwriting is as varied as the matter. In Co. will appear at the Theatre Royal an Khosand pouncedown upon the defenceless tor

topsporved is much autobiographioni ant- bostmen as they are laboriously dragging their heavy laden boats up the rapids. It is a perilous journey of two days (about 49 English miles) but the rapids are so numerous and many of them so dangerous that accidents are not infrequent, often cagung both loss of life and of goods, occasionally the boats are attery wracked. But so if the perils by water were not anaugh the parla from these robbers are anadded caro. Daly three days ago two bosts were held up and two captains shot, on was shot as he stood at the helm of his

while al the mare famous Easter Monday, 12th isst, made some in. The fact is, if Russia had been fotel to Luisiness hougs are described, their history teresting statements to an interviewer take the field against Antria, as she would told and their present position in the recently on the subject of modern fares it Sarvis had got going, there would have sald truthfully set down. The letter which, coming from a Drury Lane comedian, boens general confiagration, Russia's only the same can to written of the hundreds should prove of interest Comedy he reconces would have been her gold reserve, press is decidedly good throughout, and of portraits and illustrations which are said, in light satinal vain in the for she could not get another loan just now, scattered throughout the sight hundred class of entertainment the public mest under any conditions. If she had taken and odd pages, beginning with thatkins need at the present day. The domand hold of her gold reserve for war purposes Fugard and ending with a preity page of of all theatre-goers is for amusement there would have been a suspension of cash portraita

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bost and tell instantly into the river a was drowned: the other was shot in the and now lies in a precarious condition doubta are entertained that he may succum to his injurios. Both the boats and pausengers were robbed and everything portable taken away. The miscreants couped as usual with their booty to their fastresses among the hills.

For the last year or two every bost bas had a soldier on board armed with a ride, but these men don't seem to have boon of much use, and as the rubber bands consuet generally of from eight to s dozan men, all well armed, they do not fear the Chinese soldiers in the least. The Mandarina promised awhile since that if any Capiala or lor was killed a sum of $300 would be paid to his relatives. Now they rafuso to pay out a dollar, and so just at present

no boste ano sumning on this sirotch of tlie

river, as they, quite rightly, refuse to risk their lives it the Authorities will neither protact noz reconperse them. An

Ohma ja verily in transition, and many changes are in rapid progress, but they sta not all for the better. Since I began to travel in this region' both the wt and the

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