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THE DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH, 1978.

the Aubynst

HONGKONG.

The British ebly, Sarah "Nickelson, Captain

4th April.

monning their lost Hulle onos, children crying the upperaños of the city Maob of the DRY FATIKAN, 17th Aur inches long by one to thickness, fell in sinalit ww so thior that the water could not be seen inity wormed at first noscoely possible to realize some others of the stronger party, who bad soms

oxtonsivu (than they wers, Wests. I traced the course of the storm till I a mest vielout mounx. I olbaed my windows and

gout.

precend

time heard the Gospel in a mission dhupol, mada

oar fimf attention. Tho distress is now coming to be scarcely a matter of degres, even. Hosses

hundred from this place I believe all the

o fow days ago..

distance of some sighty miles from Canton, By the British steamer Chinking, we have There sah a diversity Caf, notions anyards apart would isminde the whole, area of Very strong NE, monsoon as Ear as Capo Varela; various Consulates in the Foreign Settlement true, that an arsenal ie të bastarted near Peking,

CHAMOSHANGHAI

The Chinese Minister appointed to Washing

said that about fifteen hundred sonson bava hean off just above the ground white

The shore of the river riets Koknowlelgathairigmuranon

About eight o'clock in the morning of the 15th | that the propor quantity of Kase julco was given "destroyed and upwards of a thousand boats whink the tumka -wera láft

benenn Joal, omdské Tiver was while others cash it Infu tist-Limbo

Instant'some four Landred feet of the embank? ) to the men daily, and he would not do otherring wroyked. - Benko of my nativo frlonde cumpata domsložely dezuðst of thete beanchas

which had assi sted brainst. obla meteorologien pliónomaina tu fotrie action. The short interval witch has slapse I since the men of Telex Lau again gave way. The spot thin caolude kat he (the cupta.i. i was respon tlu loss of life ashore sud ullest aš ziora than ton zing over the Shameen auttlement the storm

funks and thus Feer, saved Non Further With reneet tu žutule valah hava depstars of the lut Unglish mají kas bien me where the collapse, postcted is the very same tible for the albies of the meu. To adtar him thuusaal, but I sincerely hope that this is an orassed the onus! to the city, barrying away in

Bosts and jmka, vorn funtine no scientifle value appired to me that the tumabla only for the securrence of s most dežurge, section which gave way last year. Some portions from being muilarly reg bolful in fature, and ar ozugperation. There sesaw no doubt, however, its coured the balustrading of the Fast bottom uppardd with huge holes which had been free, which Igoke out in the meachiware by it is tornado at Canton and the adjacent town of of Hesim have, then inundated in consequence, warning to allers, he imposed à fine of 3100 thut the dond are to banninhorn by the thousand Dridge. A vastvo pelion Glation opposite was prowly broken, la their content in order to means serious conflagratiora, tak radher the Entahan The change of moon has bean, but not to any serious ortenisse

and costs-Theme dosadant gay also, fined,, instead of the bandred is was at fire supposed also completely destroyed Thorstein levallat stinut the unbirtunats priswrees within a fast notame more than might ha ez, Jurarked by a great rise in the thermomete

0x the complaint of Bir. Topp, $6 and buste, for The route along the track of 51m formal all the umbi its cofred, making on fulentaen. It was curious, to note how clean the atoria i pocfact from houzas falling denly and the con- 1171⁄2 lastant from the cost. poite,sirɔnght loss Wachser tank the temporary platform'overs and its tratament as it occurred on board..

The stormality Douglas, which arrived on the N

TaQCHOW. not entering in the efloisl leg ch unse of sick- in sad and dishuntening. The distrustion "sweep of everything for a width of fabous ele, bal avent within, da limits ahora inscribed. I dequent 21 gnitión, caury! by ordinary sÍLVIA OF bas proved most complete along its dirüst, line hadred for The mortality had band vs. One house wont be soon blown to stands whilst lamp That they were the work of dusendkaian ward from Fogohow this first surples of the név elsewhere, of course, it is partial The violence riously estimated at from five to ten thousand, the sighbour was standing eating and sodas, appears te me to be a gratuitous and wanted scams toe from that ports the broken araus of the Long Bridge has at laut in osatravention of the 283 Seation of the Mer- of the mud for the few minutes it lasted was so and probably the latter hamber is near the aged the one taken and the other loft Lashuption, In my opinion there to great a We regth to chromols the death of Captain ben oompleted. In pains of Monstruction au skant Shipping Act 1855-Daily Newes great as that of the severest typheon. Granite mark. Nine thoz and honess (ppealing in soned Hundreds of workman were losing sives the tendones amongst us for

Blanchard well-known and exported at Sheagh material it is very similar to the short-lived aron. blooke were fited from thole pacos and burle numbers) are known to have been destroyed, and I dibi, laughing and joking over the wronk, and incendiaries when the persone roken of are by lis Madonio Brethrens & mark of respent tion that gave way on the 1st ult, and end

TIENTSIKAAN a considerable distance, thick trees snapped although many of the inmates bad notion of Such is the utter sang frond of these Chino Chinese, That the population of this great oily to the deceased, the District Grand Master add such a lou lous of li

Wouderstand that in consequence of rope-A report renobed us, a for days ago of a rising in twain like fwrigs, roofs, wars lifted Bodily, and the impending disaster by hoaring the roue that women and children were working away meludes many hot charsolars there isn be no officers of District Grand Lodge of Hongkong, boate carried far or to the shere Is one dase caused by other housed falling, and undo thor with then looking sind even smiling from doubt, but do not let us bailors up fungary and the members of the other Lodges in the tentatiens from the British Consul, the Chinese in Shanel, whisk as since been confirmed, and Hall boat was actually blown on to the roof of escape, thers were other case in which rost saving all of their goods shay bould from the spillers, to mest om theories of Chinese ras District, with many friends, attended the funeral anther is hare recently issued a proclamation at the same time it was stated that the wiring house in the Tenth Bad Maraton numbers of people wors Lillaj by, the fall of judetritable min sround thạm; othèm ram onlity

service, which was informed by the Rev. forbidding the cutting down or mutilator of had bez puppet the then-woldiers and A row of houses, all brathela but one. Forming single Love For hastanes, there was an eating. Brebbing temporary sheds to govee there at But I will now proceal buon cy but my part of Days, on the 14th Juntant at the Protestant red in the Foreign Settlement. The timber on annon had been sent to keep the gonco. Por

pay the bil sides. In China is, we believe, Ozora one side of a short load to the City mara the sound house in which, flity two uzalatonta tere nr. 1 night. A srowd of cold-blooded little fellows the anggestion contained in the Art paragraph Caretary of one notable catastrophe. The other side of the gagrad. In this house the race at the time over followed me wherever I wont, yonfig out with of thin otter Fo potent purposes Elamen Badly on the morning of the 12th Instsat the property and cannot, therefore be removed unless or, moro hamare, and perhaps loss exponero way, would be to wand brand. Indeed, lans is formed by the sidewall of the Men Cheong hundred people taking refreshment and nons evident gigo the spot where this than and that may be considered as an inland about 1.200 yards along was visited by a severe thunderstorm so by persission of the lusal officials.

The habitants of the City and arounding moell as well, and apparently trustworthy, another report, wholly independent of the former, Temple, which is soms thirty feet high. Thin atthe sasistans or guests, aro kuown to live man and brou crushed to death, all it were the long by chant 250 in width, its longar distaster Bompanied by hovy rain. - Duxing usurly the wall gave way to the fores of the tornado and escaped In ancther of twenty-four personsofiest thing in the world. I will not venture being duo Bast and West and traversed by roads whole of the morning and afternoon this storm distriots are said to be anxiously leaking far says that the soldiers met the enrgonte" (?) fell crashing in upon the opposite houses the wore killed by the Teatriation of a family house, to give you anything but what my eyes saw. It which I will designate as the South, middle, and was hanging shout, and at five o'alook pun ring Fatal return from his ancestral home with "wo have come to tell you that food is on inmates of which, shout one hundred in number. There was also go learnction 67 bonia and is nazt to impossible to get any reliable informa North Bonds: The set fed half of this space, and another storm, with loud peals of thouder and Ting is a gwest favourite with the peords, thengl the way, and will soon be here, and that on were all killed, most of them being crashed to life on the water. Allowing, therefore, for there tina in a mase like this. The set conflicting about 200 yards of the western end, entirely vivid lightning, obsacred. It will be observed few high offait le ore, we understand, more wor death, and the remain lor auffovated There being zone in many of the houses at the Une and swaggerated reports wars faraithed me as to raped injury. My dwa polat of observation was that these storms scentred the day subsequent laly hated by the smaller mandarins and vanering this the rebala dispersed at once.

Boteronths ago,evoral villagesin Ling-hsión, were no mass of oxit at the back and ro one of their fall, and on the other hand allowing for the samber of houses destroyed and the number in the season part of the aren donoribed, and to the great tornade at Canton. Since then the hangars on gamally. This we think, sponks Shantang, ahtainen parmisston of the Magistrate attempted to dig the bodies ont of the ruins there being gras numbers in some of those of persons killed Judging, from appoacanoesThe morning had been ate, bat aloudy, till woher has been very fine volumes on behalf of His Ergallangy

With very deep regrat wa have to end the banditt. Once organized they resisted the te organize compmales for self defence against Inside the City a drsary synotable is to be met that fell; it is prcbably balow, the average to bere and taking into secount some neighbouring about one o'clock,' when heivy rain accompanist in the shape of troops of homeless people wadder estimate the loss of life at one to each hours lllages which area to ridge. I skoni way, upon with tubades af Highing entrieased and Selkirk, which arrived bow on the 14th inst. at death Lam on the 1st fustant, of D, celicetion of the taxes, and were to powerful that ing in a dejected fashion up and down the streets that fall, and a thousand lives of the water the most moderate computation, that there are continued till about half past two. Then it ba midnight, from Newcastle, NSW reports that David Manson. In the prime and vigour of bus to Magistrate could do nothing with them. They wsvfug charity while here and there rute to The estimate of the number of houses, de fully a bridyed itvi last shd four or five hit came fait, though heavy, thunder olond govern on the 22nd March in lat 4 S. long. 164 E., shefe, wish every outward appearance of robant want so far as to focus far shape: These, after bearen groups at Injurat poesins lying down Roydd was furnished by a person who had trod how dostasyalTmposits to the sky. For abant ten minutos after the rain past through at that sixty milos of painica todify tealth, the mountal news of the calamity time had a diangregment and were on the point greening in their pain. On the shore then has the Information direst feam the Chinese stigste the number of the wounded or the valno ceased large sugular hail ales, some fully two stone floating upon the water. In many places which led so arexpectedly befallen the can of heridg a pitohor Battle, but the leader and been much wooping and walling parents he Authorities, and it is fally corroborated by of the property destroyed, in pa

umbers; probably not more than one stena total for enfis distance They picked up overal He had heap exposed to the sun for some hours hiteously for their dad parents. The arrow struction was, of course, mana by fire, bat this paid another harried visit this morning to a square yard. In another five minutes it was has the greater portion were in s powdered state slightly the effect of it on the following day, orhorts mon to live in passo and not to quarrel plesse. Some woen as large as twa feat quare, on the previous Thurday, and sppeared to feel some concesione, saying, "This now dotring oreek is still partially shoked ay with débris" ides of insualiarum is genually sypodiste both the seats of the tornado in Fatshen, uburbs. evident thut o dorm was coming up the consisting of braban bosts and otisor wrokage, by the foreigners and price. In most of the This time I took the opposi's bank of the river. Maciu Passage from the southward. The ab- Preliminary, operations for the erection of the though no serious salt was for mast and fight, for all are brothers and really we all in wlish aso number of dead bodies. In 100 bonnes blows down fire was preally being used The devastation is faras is sztenida passed descrips mosphere in dan diroption had a reddish ar battery on the sea front of Wellington. Barracks approud as manday mang ko have one ond in view, and to tight will injars on muy instances whole familles hare beon orgsbol ofther for ovoleng of other purposes, and kero tion. It is a hoop of bias is the track of the parazne (something that of some alend), el are in active progress, mid we puderstand that the river sytahtoms manifested themselves, and on cause Jo a theatrical perfaringen and a to death in one host The supply of collins is now tutorally and pad stored to store The country beyond looks désolata was filed with what appeared to be the dobris of fiery authorities nesouf salting the receipt during the afternoon it was apparent to Doc- nearly exhausted, and the andartakurs aro now, Chinees hanses that I would have boek zo Trees ipcosted ovary whore, lying in ovary dirue-mat-shade, but which afterwards proved to be of a reply to telegram home for further tors Stewart and Osgood that he was dani-trast tole the plan of a font homew Magia I am told, charging double price. . B

Instructions to pro-sed immediately with the garonsly ill still hope was not giver up, sal trate, who recently bank charge in Ling-baien, is

· The villages of Lab Hin Hook and Pah Hook much more

dango..for surprise, had the condurrations boun tion, samo pointing Norta, South, Hast, or leaves of troos, dying upwards "and ggrating orcation of the batteries at the other points it was thốnght bis youth and strength would it to have come to fawing with those follows; bat the meaning of this movement, and whorer 110 Tang, two or thros miles to the north outside as to the clearing away of the dead bodies, cans to a neighbouring village. Moro thou half saw no more till the storm had passed: my home deckled upon. We also understand that the able him to throw off the attack. But auch it will lead main to be seen. the wall, wire oangit in the store and entered the Chinese authorities seen to have acted the place was in rutas Arary fine temple fliere is only about 350 yards from the line of the Naval Yard for the protection of that ostablish-night apprcooled he became unconscious and tressing a condition na Shansi. The Governor

Victor Emansel will be moored in front of the as not to be. He noror railed, and en

Northern Homan seems to be in quite as lis great, dunaga, many dwelling-bouras and other with most commendable promptitude Almost was completely demolished, with its inipotent groatset injury, and yet I experienced nothing bulidings being destroyed and numbers of lives immediatoly after the catastrophe ordera for four | lick fusido. A few yards farther was a long more violent than an ordinary squall. I heard no.

gradually passed away. Although but a few. lest. The village avense the water opposite to then and cofius, were issued by the Oi Tuk | mass ef þríokwork-smashed up to atoms whicz, thunder, and the quantity of rain which fell was A Government steal launch left here on the months amongst us. Dr. Manson las displayed as applied for 20.000 pivals of grain from the Shamen came in for its share of the disaster Tong Hospital (on Institution similar to the onos farmed a Jitariry god. Still farther much less than that which usually socomios moraing of the 161E inst., with the Auting Chief moh indiring energy mud ability, in the onerousgeha gracies, 100.000 pionts from King- also, balug partially destroyed

Tang Wah Hospital of Hongkong and apfe beyond was a track of desolation, as if an army a common thander stogin. The wind, where luspector of Feliod, to makes tour of inspection at of his profession, and sucli abiding sympathy, and a large sum of money as well. It has ben auggest that perhaps come of the forega arts though the whirlwind did not the time the starer Teft yesterday afternoon of sellers Tad mapolied with frenad sword across was was at firat from the goath bat quioldy Locut-stations. Ongetting round by Stanley Bay with suffering humanity, whether Western or offert so much damage at Babies in this three triad bodies had been recovarsi From the sunatry. Every where could be soon wonnal vasred to "eist; my own impression in that it she was senght in a squall which carried away Ohinese, that be and endeared hissit to alt, and relief money should be sout to Hanan from seme Hurt, it has made severe havou. It is stated by the ruins and burial without delay The work of people, wila broken limbs and distgured bodies, listed about four und nates, but of course its dura the awning and some of its supports, bending the deeper gloom than that past over the Bettle the river ports, provided persons are found Chinore who have cums from there that not less laaring away the debris was proceeding rapidly wont into several homes at the roquest of tion on or beyond the cutor worse, or to a stanchions, and doing damage to the boat's rail: ment throughout the lat inst. it has never hoop ready to undertake its distribution Waile than two hundred horses have been laid prostrate. If the stenoli in some pinces, was naista keshle people whin, suppovale to be a telfical razen may have been much greater than it was in the She then put about and came back, instead of our painful duty to suronicle. He was buried doubtless other provinces should not be neglected, while about half the boats in the river there evidence that there were dead bodies fill to be come to help that. One poor womat with a cantra, whers other observes measure its durdgrong rond the jeland as nial, the son bang sont: 5 o'clock in the evening, in the English perhaps these carost home should ropi have been wrecked. The loss of life is put extricated. The Chinese authorities also dis broken hook and a horseal of efying ohildren tion in assonde. I then looked to the north high and the wird so strong that she could not matery as to the grave of Doctor Bean-

mont, who had fed exactly six monthe earlier which have boema sepulchres, dead bodier in the down a sorocal hundred A passage bost played great consideration in sending a grani, almost melted me to tears. It is most awfully ward, and ear the leafy némosphere travelling caring from Babalist to this city was when a to protest Basmeen from the rails of looters sad and there is no use trying to describe it from me in that direction across the Wastes The British stesmer date of Alabera, Cup. Almost the entire Auxber of foreign residents short distance of vangst in the areado mil in The estimate of the mortality given above Froin what I saw this morning I judge that sabuch From the time it be taken to attain Ritchie, arrived here on the 12th-irst from attended the funeral, and visa Jadies-sent-olds and by the road-dide, and other sights too stantly capsized Abant seventy of this pas of conres only sa approximationbiased on the most the tornado took a South-west curse. For thers I should say that it was travelling about Saigon bringing the English mail and a few of the wreaths of flowers to be placed on the coffin. hard on that met with only the sengers were drowned, enty of tops reliable information obtainable, but tue state tuaitaly it touched Fatshnu in a loss densely ten or tursive miles sa hour. But although passengers or Miasm. The following is her to-The later haze the following simple inscription: money that will be rooted could he judiciously

Died 1st April, 1878 The Chines assonnt of the origin of these mont of the number of houses detrayed and inhabited part. A mile mearar, and the town. I did not at the time observe the course of pert: Left Suggs on the 7th April at dc'clock" David Branson, f.D. tornados or whirlwinda in curions though absurd.the number of bodies recovaud may be takon as must have enffered quite as badly as Canton, the stoma across Shames, yet that soures am.. and grooveded as far as Capo St. Jamos, god 29 years. The burial service was Imprasad Chill and Northern Shantung, and then I will give it as explined to me by a native but substantially accurato

I may be interesting to soins of your readers is but too distinctly marked by the destination whez a signal was seun on the F. & O. steamer rivaly road by the Rav. W. W. Hawkins, not be enough to Rave all lives. Still it should cannot be responsible for any errors in this

The tornado, if spperts, came from a direction to know a little of the history of that terrible which it oauseid. I have said above that of Misum. We accordingly anchored, and the aident chaplain. The cofin was carried into the not be limited in its nae to these parts alone.--- dragonjan story man

A. pond on the way of a mountain at Sun Ui, a been travelling immedia.ely priceding it wrought so much devastation round here latsis, cast end and 200 of the wastern end, asanped in mails and passengers, and proceeded at half-post to the state by gut of his tho taule It is currently reported, and believed to be onits contrary to that in which the clouds had being, which, tocording to the Chinese, has 1,200 yards of the longth of Shamian, 10 at the roquoat of Captain Darlow took off the English cemetery and borne from the Mortuary Chapel The weather still keeps dry, with only a sprinkle and called by the Übinase Kwat Mi Tang jury so that two meridianal, linas drawn 100 six o'clock pim. for Hongkong. Experionood a tricula. As a mark of respect the lugs at the is mid to be the heunt of a dragon with s

were lowered to half.sshachow Ierat

probably in tho Tuon Ming Zhou, or Summer. stunted tail, who is popularly supposed to ride been favoure 1 with the following resort --* On tertamed about this, monster that I took the destruction. But the width of the status in hace to port think wonther.

Palace. This may account for the recent call of apon the clouds and to rule the whirlwind Once Laursday afternoon (the 11th inst) at about half pains, to erase-question a congregation of Chinese dionled by its effects was not so great as that Marshall, which arrived here on the night of The British steamer Londows Castle, Captain

sortain parties from the Southern arsenal to upon the time, more than a hundred yATH Ag”, the ship. The barometər kad been steading all gregate of the accpants giron of this odd legend lines abrit 280 yards apsrf, and ruaning Sythe 14th inst. from London, made the splendid past thres d'blook a terrific whirlwind passed over this afternoon upon the sabject: and the ny for it travarsod Shamten diagonally between two

Poking. N. C Daily News Correspondent.

combling on the hill sito, picked up an egg which

soheel-boy nached ATseung, at Sari, when day at 299. The first indication of the impendis as followsMore than a thousand years ago by S., and N.E. by N., the moral line striking passage of thirty-seven days, including all stop. top, dived in the Fantah Shanghal, from he tock book to school und kept After a few ing storm observed on soard was a cloud, apps-sbhool boy, who lived near Ban Ui City, was one the house of Hasara Jardins, Matheson & Co. pages. The French mal left three days before Tientata on the 11th instant, en route to America.

NEWCHWANG Aya a otentave resembling a serpent came out of ently of smoke coming up from the South-east day rambling about the hills, and picked up what and that of fesses: Pasta & Co. Soze cam-which of course have not yet arrived. When the about to be nised by the officials of Chekeang, says Tus ice broke up near the British Battle- her, bringing the bills of lading of hoc cargo It is rumoured that a loan of Tls. 2,000,000 is Mears: Brush Brother's sirenlar of the 2nd April the egg. The led kept this areature in his followed by a frightful gast of wind which carried he supposed was o snake's org. He took it home paratively slight offshoots, as it were, passad Inuioun Casie was in London her machinery for the use of Ta's pray in Kaahgst; and that ment on the lith Marah, bat ficated up and down drawer at school for some months until one day of the roofs of houses and returned amps and kept it in a warm place and after the Inpse these limits, hat they need aut be considered na the sphgalmastor nofiqnd it and ordered him to cargo-bosts. e. then travelled along the South of ten or twelve daya young susko was batolol affecting the geoural acres of the stunted on this passage averaged 13 knots per the Faki and bly Tootai of Ningas. It is to days ago. Morawhile the steamers Swadow and underwent a thorough averbaul. The speed the sum is to be borrowed on the guarantee of with the tile, in dangerous masser till a few take it away. Ho accordingly conveyed the west bank of the river Suddenly it changed by this artificial process. This little snake ho share made. serpent (now averal feet long) to the mountain its course to about N.NW., and swooning over took away and imprisoned in the draw of a I have taken some pains to sscertain the dires.hot. We hear that it is the intention of her bar inforest at the rate of 15 per cent and to be Argentino, which arrived on the 20th, had to and pat it in a recluded bole, where he often visited the ship, carried away awnings, stanchions, azul chest, attending to it daily and applying it tion of the wind in various parts of the desolated owusts to build another steamer on this same paid off in three years.

koop up steain, and very little work could be and for it. Sometimes when the hop onla several lengths of main rail. fù the midst of with foot until it became so large that the areo by noting the positica of the fallen trees les ont under a contract to steam 16 kucks per

The Peking Gosets of the 9th March contains done. The large ploce goods cargoes brought ast go to see his strange pet it came to the school the tornado, the boy to which the ressol was chest drawer could not contain it. He then or the direction taken by those which have besu

the text of the deorse, prohibiting the cultivation por beamships Galoja. Ping-on, and leasin to one him, but the cthor boys were frightened made fast lifted her invocings, which sent us contrived some place for its rocoption in the blown ontroly away from the planes where they Colby, which arrived here on the 18th inst, from very rosently in our cofanns. The prohibition, as the season nayunees thero will be an impove The American back" H. G. Jolomon, Captain of the poppy, whose promulgation was mentioned have poi, o fur, found eager buyers, but we hope of it, sail told their schoolfollow not to let it drifting. It was with dificulty that the bound garden. There the lad, by this time grown to were growing. The number of troes blown Nowvastie, N.S.W., in thirty-eight daye, is it will be acon, though based on a memorial froin meat in the demand, seeing that the stocks re come any nice. The creature, w grown into cer, Mr. W. Freeman, could get forward and manhood, attended to its wants with the same dows, either uprooted or leaving nothing but a

monster, was then kept away by his young let go the anchor: The wind at the time was nestinity as before, and even trained it to pee stump is 134, while 5l other, haro bieu mors of new vessel. She was built by Georgs Carrier, of the Famins Commissioner and Governor of maining from the antums are inconsiderable. patent, who hagan to negloot visiting it. Several blowing with great fary and sending the vessel forta diferant feats at his bidding. And now loss doualed of their branokoi.

Newbury Port, six months ago, to the order of Mr Shansi, extends to all the provinces.

Produce raten kept up masually, during the. anatha elapsed ant the my mother fell sich, for over that a gality of water cars into the man had grown old, and there was ovary due are abundant, you I fear the dedustions: vosgol of 1,081 toan, carrying 1,132 tons desd the Imporial Agent at Hami, reporting on masthan in former years. The Tuotai has made a Though the William Johnson, of the same place. She is a The same Gasotto contains e memorial from winter, and mach smaller contracts wero mada sad it we said that she could not be dated anless the cargo ports, dagings quatenty of cargo, probability that the great would survive therefrom are not very satisfactory indeed such weight. Her timbers are of ost, and planked with aures taken to secure the mountaunications of the joy to the capital (Markdeat, to avosrtain some serpents liver could be obtained. The adopsising everal cargo-hosts that were along. Having no children, Le four that in the ovent zaust be the cast wain wo sonsider the very pitch pine. On boe first trip the want to Mel force now inviding Turkestan Senreity of pro- the extent of the poppy growth, and is, we bear, boy remembered the serpent, want to sao him, side. The buildings on shore agpo a mass of of his deresse his protégé would be left unprevie? short time tint the storm lasted, the dalluations are from New York, which vyuge shemale risons, high pricos, and slackness in forwarding rally alarmed at the loss of revenue consequent and asked the creature to allow him to enter its ruins, and the river is covered with wreckage for. A friend of his was therefore sought to caused by the buildings, the shifting of the wind insty two days, She is fitted up with the latest subsidies, as complained of. It is gratifying to, on the decrease of the Indian imports. A stomach and cut some of its liver. The serpent

It had now gone into the posesiv of other and that there must be shoh shifting in a storm and walnut, and hir dining saloon is of obestand Pisir, who was carried off some years ago by the view of stopping the native cultivation and improvements. Her main cabin is of chestnut learn from the same authority that the Pilnass rotitian in to be addressed to the Emperor, with hands. Years passed by and its second master of his nature: though Tha 'no aridence of, after boiling, administered to his mother, who still the talk of tho place, and will continue to on, wereasing in size with increasing years. By partionlar live will fall at the first blast, or with her lines are those of a clipper ship. has been recoterad! She was found near Aksu.at prosent snoh, tar is far less prohibitive than had became old and died. Still the creature lived other) and the consegnent question whether pretty, but immediately derived much benefit from the dase, furnish Food for conversation for some time to this time it had hecenze numanageable, bruke stand that and succumb to the changed diren Polonaistoles were gizin that discharge who have arved at Bloochow state that when somewhat lower fun during part of the winter. Sho persuaded her, sou to go and try for some ootno. The incidents and rents which occurred

At the Fallon Coart, on the 12th Inst., sixteen The Siapa mentions that Honan refugees, what Indian drag pays.--Rates for exports are more, and the compliant serpent nguin allowed at the tims are cropping up one by one, dough its sago, al by frequent depredations tion of the wind. Novrch I think ng mata bytas Hon. May They had served a term of leaving that province people were dying at the The steamship Nenou obtains churter 10 him to enter its mouth, but this tims the boy many vary interesting stories of marrollon dog round about Finally it was on this subject worth creorling. ent too much and the monster was sompelled to escape or unparalleled, dimaster still, no doubt, together sorge neighbours and with swords and include the whole space south of Jarlhe's house) onges, that they had given thuir services for the prostrated by ilizoas, their distant relations and demand exists for torinage to-Tientsia, and fuc solved to take away its tife. Its owner gatherei Of the trees on the South Road (in which I tears. Mr. May cald, ou giving their dis late of over 900 a day that when persons were Tientsin at 36 Mexican canta per pioul. A fair shut its zouth and swallow the boy For having remain to be told satan a man the God of Hearen deorood the ser Among others I hear that His Eroclioner the stick afsked him in bis cage. But they could nearly all the trees have fallen nearly die north, the certificates of their good and steady conduct made ainations and affected sales, either catting Ehanghai, per steamer, 10 cents per picul,

country and he was vory pleased to be able to give near neighbours asembled around their bods, Swatow the offors are 34 to 37. cents per pien), pent could not agɔɔnë to haiven. Accordingly Govornor-GeneraLin had a very narrow escape of his tail, hence they called Kat-Mi Long eno way or the otac, azcept nedr the western for the ten years they had been i

inflict no greater injury upon hits han cutting the deviation therefrom not exceeding two points.

tho forso. He separata slices or killing, treating men as grain the serperrt, enraged at being shut out of hasyon, losing his life. It appears that on the afternoon The Tailless Dragon. The kwat" belag edge of the area of destruction, at the extreme also wished thosh ovary happiness and long life in Bioe was 80,000 cash per pioni; while fowls. comes aut every two or three years to disturb of that fateful Thursday he set out in etata for the people of the world. The inhabitants of the the residence of the late So Tide Fn, Grovsense of By a precises of evolution, Kanppose, the make great forpo, and 40 yards to the castward of the the interpreter, Abdool Kader) that they were wholly disappeared,

to eat off short, not kwarto dig. villages near Sun Ui are afraid to go na the the Yellow River, was died at Canton on the 22nd bad by this time became a dragin, and was no spot whore those tross wore growing, others aes Her Majesty the Qason would have good health of Commerce we held on the 8th instant of the weat some trees are blown to the eastward, with their iative country. The Bikhs replis1 through dage, acts, roots of grises, and bark of treas had mountain reputed to be the serpent's haunt us, with the intention of being present at the

much obliged to his Worship, sad hoped that Tho sandal meeting of the Shanghai Chamber So ram the legere, and it is very much on family worship of the ancestra tablets and to far longer called a snake. According to the Chiness, blown to the west and

a dragon is an agad snake. When a sinko be. In the gentes man, which is 100 feet wide, and a long life, and that it might please Her tiefnotisa was or pressed with the treatment of the par with those nursery, tales which delight, usumonraing visit to the relatives of the deceased oomes so old as to grow hores Bad-board, it is soms'aniformity prevails in the general direction Majesty to make his Worship the Governor of Chofes Convention, with the fate of the Woosning in childhood, such as Jack in the Beanstalk, &c. fleial. When the viceregal procession was pas called a dragon. Dat to return this dragou, of the fallen trees, though some remarkable ex sing near the Mun Cheong Temple, which is not fading himself abashed, made his escape aul ceptions occur on the south side of the mad,

Hongkong"

Railway, and with the result of the offerta to asts- distant from the Isto So Ting Fu's residence, fed ie & nighbouring meanisia called Kwai which is have hean need by the oddying of people silly enough to believe in such a tran hall began to fall with such alarming Fang Bban, sitoste on the West side of San Ei the wind round the buildings neer which the on the 18th ingt. to witors the working of proposal Bond Wärehanses metil the return of returning to her anchorge on the 3rd, inst, abe.

violence that His Exvellency is compelled to City. This mountain, hay be frequently pointed trees there were sitnated. From the western

an invention which has for its objest the sate the Inspector General of Customs frera Europe. same in to collision with the American ship Mount leará his chair and seek refuge in the Tempio out to me when I have been pessing through! verge to, about the middle of the storm's course and speedy detacinment of boats lowered from a The raiss for the conservancy of the Shanghai | Washington Tro Mount Washington last hør ́. Finding, however, that the sacred building was boat Company's stemmer Kukiang left Hongkong Famen, and bafere three minutos mare had elapsed visit: I am told that on the top of this mirantain east, a south-easterly direction prevailing in the is so simple in its nature that is our cover produce deposited in their godowns pond- 5,611 passengers, and 299,915 pisale of goods: The Hongkong, Canton, and Mans Shen fearfully crowded, he rosetsed to zeturn to 1s that City, and the wond related to me, though (a spot behind bat gathor to the sartwart of ship's side. The invention is doubtodly quita Harbour, though ball that would be wished, ware bowsprit, jibboom, and near all the hand-goar,

Izaro nover yet been able to pay the place Jardines), the trees have mostly fallen to the Captain Wilcox, of the above named steamer, was the oustore of trade for foreign merchants to Is Yokohama: 473 Japanese, haring on board a new thing, the credit of which attacles to comeidend a guin. A motiu regnising blaut it During March last the following vessels artivol this morning with a large number of exour

there is ange hole where this dragon makes west portion, changing to saaf and marth-east, be applied to all celinary honts at the cast of ing inspection and approval, against the risk of and 26 foreign, with 55 foreign, 3 Japanese, urd eionistet for Canton over a hundred Dacopeans and between fiva and pix hundred Chiness

some. The Chinese describe it as a bottom with some regularity, to the oantral point men The object of the excursioniste was, of course, ho raidence of So Ting En gave way before some way it is filled with water; others tional: from that point to the eastern verge, the from ten to twelve dollars. Lé auusists of a fire was rejeited by a large majority. A revised 745 Chinees passengers, 74 Japanose and 27

belt sad socket-ano forward sad one att-so-scale of pharges, commissions, and brokerages Foreign vessels lett in the emo period. to veo the, devastation worked by the storm tha hurricane at the same moment, and the say it is empty. It is also averred that within trees have fallen, also with some regularity, to nectel by an iron red running along the bottom was sporoved; and, a motion was adopted in a garter of a mile rond the mouth of this the west, changing to north-west as the patern

The following well deserved tribute of grafi- of Thursday, as well as to enjoy the frosk lamates who gathered round the cafu in the air and the scenery of the trip. Many of the ancestral hall of the mansion, were all crashed in holero man dare vanture; the ground there edge of the storm's course is sporopahel. Thas of the boat attached to the rod near the stern favour of an allowance to buyers of sno ponadtade and praise has been addressed by the foreign Chinese also went up to inquire after their friends, iz ruins. It will that so soon that the Vinerog that the foot afnks with every step. From right angles to the medial line of the storm the bolt from the gooket forward and similarly grose and over by the seller, Tu ostry this into and men of the Olenartney, and presented by Mr. is Dovered with long grass and is so boggy these trees have mostly fallen towards and theets is a lever, which, uwu being raised: dans draft on each package of tea waighing 2lib community to Captains Gallant and the officerz the reports received of the calamity necessarily had a double escape. Two ways danger lay-the this dismal den the Tragan occasionally course. The oscoptions referred to in the sonth acts upon hofter ana

On the ocasion of the effect, it was proposád to ask the assent of the A. Conft, Principal Agent of the M. M. Co- causing great ndershonda amongst the native dom-unly safe path was homewards, munity of Hongkong, rast of whom have friends The scurly of colus appears to he azhangtestes a sortie upon the country and as const side of the road, are cases of s for trees Thich by ardinary blocks and falls, and the socket-bolts tion of tea hayers at the ports on the Yangtazanan,--The andersigned, members of the com- experiment the boat was lowered from the darite Shanghai Tea Guild and to obtain the coopers. pny Yokobams, 30th March, 1878-Gentle in Canton. - One well known Chinese gentleman | À uitive who lost six members of his family

mar, in the shape of a typhoon or else of a teravo gous nearly due south one of them is went up to look after the body of his brother, the disaster informed a friend of mine that leads; but the form in which it appears is dotar-driven against the back of the house, the trees on links, but either basins or lots would anstror all General on the 5th inst, O. B. Bradford, Jate duty to testify to yon their sentiments of were attached to the blocks by means of long In the Coast of the United States Consulate-munity of Yokohama, maske it an honour and who had been reported killed, but he returned in could only obtain one coffin, and that he goal terized by the predinice er alisons of thende. the front (south side) of which have lion to the the purposes of attaclient. The boat was Vice-Censal.Conoral, presented two petitions in soure gratitude for year noble and generous

Should there be no thander when the dragon is west." botto: spirits than ke weul, having found his not hire them decently in conséquence. brother alive and well. Many, borwever, is ta

Boranwhat mimllas storm to that which making his raids he will spread his ravages over On the north read thers is considerable irtamot, and as a signal from the desk the lever peraan, respecting the charges right against conduct towards some peuple Saipwrecked in befored, were not en formaale. The steamer worked saca havoo at Canton appears to have addition in the shape of a typhoon, but regalarits, though the general fondeury of my the hottom of the boat simtiltatiously and the on account of which he is still suffering impei.pany, in the occasion of the love of that vesesi

was raised, and the two links left the bolts in aim in October and November of last year and the Mekong, of the Mossugeriss Murities Cum left here at seven o'clock and arrived at Canton swept over the village of Shun Tak a ple should the God of Thunder be present and rose notes is to show that the treas near the sas torn at half-past one Sho luft again at half past five, about fifty miles distant from Cantos, on the pan him, the dragon is drivas terror strio kon edge fall to the north, and those to the west fall boat dropped upon the water on a perfectly even sonment. The first charge was that of having in the neighbourhood of Cape. Guardafui: They arriving at Hongkong at half-past twelve Four following day (Friday), but very for particulars and with lightning speed, in a ciritous route in directions between goath und waste keel The exportant was repeated, thabestbeing violated the Pastal Tars of the United States are pleased that your arrival in Japan gives them hours were thus allowed the excursionists to it of are yet to hand The destruction of prosoained to the road of his couro and takes the of the hassos does not appear to coincide with boat can be freed from the deck by attacking a San Francisco, and mailed on or abeat the Ist their thanks and folicitations, they desire to back to his dam, In that case his ravages are The dication taken by the files from the roofs swayed us much as the falls would give, and a by having taken from the mail a letter addressed also the opportunity to became the exponents of Inspect the ratas Simon presented a most de party and loss of life are reported to have been form of a tornado similar to that we have just that of the adjacent trees; they appear to having to the lower, as was done at the teal, the pull Janney, 1977. Petitioner uw spplied for a new

similar resalt was obtained. If necessary the by Dr. D. J. Macgowan to mucal Myara, of the public gratitude; and, in bora offering you sinte spect, not thstanding the brightness very great

experianced. The theology of this is, that the generally taken a course nearly parallel to the

assure yon that the colony of Takahamo, wiriak - Kwat Mi Lung is a vicious monster and is ha course of the storm, staly, from 8 to NE.

not being toh mare than that upon an ordinary trist, on the grozad that he was now able to prove had many of ita raotobons among the passengers. rassed for the righteous God of Thunder. Such I will not attempt to theories, on these details, rifle. The great points in the invention are Hs that General Myers find publicly stated that he you ancooured with so much davation out one- ecromo simplicity its unerring dertainty, and had duly received the said letter and had remained diality, will preserve the best and mast sympa down and which is firmly believed by at least post but, socaathing may perhaps be doua in man in charge of the beat so that boats in Dr. Maagowan's handwriting, was in the salvage affected by your mid." Captain Galland is the absurd tagand which tradition has handed for they seem to me to be inanaient for the par- its being perfectly unite the content of the in possession of it, that a copy of the said letterthotic remembrazoo of the Glencrtney and of tha three out of four of these intensely enperstitious this direction if the observere will pablish what of every deseription naually swung upon davite petitioner's possession on the 28th day of Max, replied in suitable terms, stating that no had people,

they thetorelvas saw, boaring in mind that the the walls, The flag-staff was blown down, Abous mizday on Thursday, it being ine over tion of pidnted sheet which was being widelyientific value thaa much hearsay, conjectare great: desideratum. The whole of the simple on the trial as to how the copy of the lottar fall only dones duty one man owed to his fellow

may as well give you a rough transla-smallest correctly observed fact is of greater can be fitted with it at a nominal cost, which is 1977, and that the statement he (petitioner) made and furilishidan indleation of the enormous hand, I vantured to the Preaching Hall. About sold in the streets of Fatahan yesterday, "Ator desoription adapted to preconceived notions appliance is out of sight, being covered by the into his hands, was admitted by Dr. Maggovan

Ben-Japan Gazette. strength of the wind. The star, which could two, o'clock, whilst prunching, the sky became the top tre two runga engeyinga representing however ndáirable suoli descriptions may be in gratings or bottom boards as the case may be, and to be to The Court cofuisad to grant a rew cannot possibly receive any injury; and it has an trial, on the ground of want of jurisdiction, as, advantage over other Inventions, inasanob in criminal cases, application for a new trink must Mr. Miller, was bus laft for Ammics by the it is quits out of the men's way. The expert be made before passing sentence. The second City of Tokio, received a fatewell presout of 500 ments were porfootly successful in. every petition saked for a bill or partionlars sagarding gold ren, and a certificate of good srvice run- respost" and fally answered the expectations of certain other alleged charges against the petl; dered to the Japanese Governmout

distended its jaws and let the boy brawl in and FROM OUR OWN JORRESPONDENT. om te bequeathed this. venorsbla reptile: on the same spot (I assume a rotatory character,

The only real marvel about it is that there are

sparent fable.

[BY OUR OWN REVOLTER.)

Sunday Night.

of the sau and gracuness of the sordure. The tornado, or whirlwind, seems to have travelled in

u direction generally from south-west to north- maat, Tart making many deviations from the direct

the

CANTON, 15th April.

the whirlwind had swept over the Temple and brought down-the greater part of it, killing numbers of those who had taken shelter in

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

A FAISHA, 15th April

The destruction of life and property hers, line. It first caught Mears. Exxiell's house, though not to be compared to that which of atly asonpied by the German Consulate, ourred in Canton Les still boon very consider taking off the roof, and gristly damaging able

COMPANY

hout.

JAPAN.

YOKOHAMA.

'We understand that Mr. H. 8. Wilkinson, Asting Law Secretary, is to act as H. M. Consal in Yokohama daring the absence on leave of Mr.

ter assombled on board the at-sanskip Glenfinitas further wrtion would be taken in restart to the

Several güntlemen interested in nautical mot.blish an Imperial Mint. It was thought that Russell Robertson, who takes his departure ext

week,

When the Russia inat-of-war faydamali was

CHINA CANTON

TOKIO.

offer.comparatively little resistance to the wind, almost blook as night and one of the most ter a steams and a linge dragon. It is as follows pictorial sect was stayed in the anal way to ring-bolts sunk rifio thunder stems that I ever remember burstThis paper has to rele on event which has into granite stones set in the ground. It was upon us. Fins after fish of tisid lightning happened in Canton, the veracity of which con- blown down almoet to the ground rating succeeded each other, followed by crashes of not be called in question. Suddenly THE NORTH-CHINA INSURANCE unly on the branches of a tree) and it bad torn thunder only to be compared to a hundred atment of time the air besate black like inky ap from the ground, the granitestones into which non bursting over, our heads. The congregation alomis.This was seen by some Foreign Devils the ring bolts were set. The next house caught seemed dazed for a second or two, and then

the inventory and the gentleman present-most tioner, which he said had been promised but neror The Match Factory at Honjo, Tokio, is in onik atasmar. They: brought out a thousand. The following is the report of the Court of of who were in the shipping interest were supplied to him, and he had therefore been upahle oressing its operations daily; and about 2,000 taken off the west wall Foll outwards, and the The main came down in torrents for two hours, fectly distinct. Through this instrument they meeting of the shareholders, to be held at thevotion.

Mours. Gepp's Hero also the roof was rushed to and fro in the wildest curfusion mile-glass which can make distant objects or dirastors for presentation de tu sixth onlinary favourably impressed with faa utility of the in- to make his raport to the Government, to which men and women are now employed there. An haekel that all questione involved should be average of ten pianls, or 72,000 boxes of matches, greater part of the furniture was destroyed by which time the lightning and thunder hat withosad this strange object in the heavens. otticos of the Company, tain afternoon

--| referred. The Cours granbod this application, free twenty-two inches in diameter, standing some enhaided, and at four o'clock the storm hairstly they saw it, they pronounced it is a

are manufactured each day. The director have the pleasure to `lay before

An Important vase to shipinusters was heard twenty garls in front of the house, was twisted atated During the whole time there was not being at once supernatural and terrible. Its the shareholders the sixth half-yearly report,

A letter from Kagoshiwa to the Akebono Shim, at the Police Court on the 8th inst. The master bun contains the following items Good onder off a fool or two about the ground and throws the slightest wind that I perceived. On the head was ice, the head of a lion, but without accompanied by the usual statement of accounts,

of the British Parque Rutlandshire was sum has been restored throughout the jurisitation of like shattering rain against the verandal, other hand the air was class and still. Isras (the provincial ides is that lions have to the thirty-first December 1677.

Emoned by Mr. W. II. Tapp, H.B.M. Registrar Kagoshiron. Bet the general chatiningy of the From Messrs. Gepp & Co. the devastating for Walking home I found that sovral houses and s] The body had scales and a bage tail. The nos premis (after deduation of returns and

[FROM OVE OWN CORRESPONDENT

of Shipping, for neglecting to serve out to his people has not changed. The reputation of travelled to Mesca. Jardine's house Here again toples had bean struck by lightning and I motifke that of a flah. Ita lags war over the cost of rainurance) with other rossipts amicant

18th April oraw an occe of lime juice per day, during the wamura, the Clovarnor, is good everywhere, nad the roof was taken off and the west wall blown eno poor man whose face and head bad been out yarn in length and it fast had talons bright to Taals 65,315.70, ngadust payments for losses

The excitement occasioned by the forado is passage from London to Shanghai. The vessel will shortly visit various islands which are dasha base prusive steak ware those of almost to pieces by the falling of a lightning i silver. This monster rods away in terrible and olaire, charges, &c. of Tools 322, 884,85, herinning to die cut, but the work of restoration, was 104 dage on the revage, and when she arrived under bis jurkuistion. The Kanolio is new Mesars, Aruholil, Kerbery & Co. The house was struck roof.

majesty towards the north-west Borong Stameen leaving & Burping in working ansaunt of hole now actively commenced, will serapy, many eleven of the crew out of seventeen, exclusive of completely built, and a new broad rond, from the much damaged and the milk godown behind was Until her day I supposed that the only and the Western Suburbe," This they declare 560,381.35 ta bộ carried forward, the total profit mouths. Some of the ruins have scurely been the captain and two mates, wore suffering from Kenoho to the coast, has been completed after the totally demolished. There were six Chinese in damage done was by lightning, but reports soon

was seen by those said." Foreign Devils."" on the business of the company up to the above touched you. C the place at the time, three of whom ware killed ranched me that the tallest Drague hart appeared

sourvy four were so bad that they were expenditure eta large sum of money. No pablo on the spot, and three were got out alive, but one at the Western Suburb of Fatahan, and that a wrought by this interesting looking animal,

Then follows a description of the desolation dats being Tasis 1,821 VII

I hear that more than soven thousand coffins yut of the ship, sad it was expected that two of school has yet been established in the town.. of them ciod in hospital shortly afterwande: The dreadful soean of ruin had been the consegnation which I need not translate..

In addition to the dividends set forth in the have keon giyən out by the Oi Ynk Tong Hospi- them would not be able to retim to her. The There are two theatres, however, which attraet roof of Messrs. Pastar's house was taken off of his spiral scent. On Babirday morning I

anusted balanso alect further interim returns al for the interment of the dead bodies day but main cause of the disease was aftributed to thousands of people daily, Japan: Gazelle: to contributing shareholders have bean paid of from the debris of the fallen tuldings wol re tha sbort allowance of lime juing kared to the and the godown behind was lerailed with the unde nyway there The town of Fatihan a Mr. Tase. Sampson, of Caston, writes to us as seven per cunt, on secunt of 1875 kml. 1876, | covered from the wwqkage of the boats in the brow flaring a lengthened voyage-in ODAJUNG ground. Meers. Siozissona godown was also built on both sides of the river. Nose the Castellows A perusal of the graphic anarunts making, with previous instalments, twenty per rivo: The actual number of the killed a stil tion with the bad quality of the water and bus.

LABUAN completely demolished, but their house did not toms House the town is broad sul dutee, bat il giver of the terrible storm which passed over cent, on the net prams for these years, and the anknown, and will probably never be correctly unit, tas loient sanitary, kerangements of the A correspondent writing to El Comercio suffer sovorely as some of the others. The tapers sway towards its Western Suburb cali: Bhanien and through the Western Suburbs of paid up capitat, viz. Tazka 600,000.00, han also determined, but there is now doubt that it will honso ʼn which the crew, ware berthed, and the (Manile) under date of March Ford, gives the British Consular promises stood in the di- Sheang She Fortunately it was less, where the Canton, suggests to me that a more useful record been funded NMTAN

faut fail for short of the estimate given by your continual exposare of their bedding and clothing following account of a ridiculous attemps to greb reation in which the storm, fewvelled, and houses are few, that the tornad, passed. On of the pourrange from a plentific point of view The Tractors have now to reccomend the reporter ten thousand to wel during heavy weather. The vessel was up a salute in the little colony of Labuan:--The furnish a striking instuure of the sharply enoz side of the river thère la a branch of about would be afforded If the various oprresponderis, declaraties of dividende os fellow-To win in nobled in the Governor-General's cir well supplied with stores, including fourteen unfortunate occurrence of last year, arising from defined course the stóru took; while he 500 yards in breadth stut within that space not laying als for this time that preconaei red butors twenty per beat for the year 1977, and our that the number of houses, and buildings sases of lime juice, but abené half of the wore the waad of lincwledge, and instruction of our Consul's residance szatained only some trifling a house is standing. The gap opeus out to the theories of whirlwinds and waterspouts, would to shareholders generally seventy-fivestals per destroyed in the city and suburbs of Canten by brought mopened to Shanghai, only twelve imperised artillery, was namin rupested yester- dauunge to the wetlane on the Wertorn adjoining paddy fields on both sides of the river. tommunicate to the Hongkong journals what share, which payments will absoth the sum of the tornade, and the fires that occurred at the ounces, instead of seventeen, having been given day. The Gocaan gunboat Albatross had re side, the aulatants dwelling had large Sachseene cf desolation se is here presented they sovrally saw

more wide about Tools 385,000

same timg otcents fourteen hundred. Why the to the crew per diem. The captain's orplans-mained in harbour to oslokraće ilio birthday of purtion of the roof on the northern gul bow I never beheld. This nighbourhood is in *For instance —Estheryany evidence of a water-Asdbe period of three years for which the exact figures are not given I can't say I sup. tion was to the eFost that he left it entirely to the the Emperor. At mine am, the Portugenio gnu- off. The house occupied by Mr. Lynbarg, the habited by a wretobed, poverty stricken clagepout haring burst" over Canton! Indeed. In office was constitated terminated on the 81st pors that is the work it is difficult to make out steward to give out the lime juice, and took it for bost Taje, from Singapore to Alheaó, viù Manila, mauicipal evitable, was completely razed to the of people. Their wooden houses and mud there any evidenos of them having door & water. Dovember last no further liabilities Aavo Joens different buildings.

granted that he gave the men the proper quantity. I put in for coat. These two vessels were gaily ground mid all the funiture destroyed. Other hovels and been blown to atoms and their spout at all? The popular theory of water incurred, and the directors will proeusil to dine It is also notified that the Fat Kong Ting has The 6s/penter sad another man, ware 13 before decorated in honour of the docasión, and a propiaty was injured more or less, but the above little all had gone to the winds: Timbers, spontes being columns of water rejidly great tribute the fasis of the company remaining in boor timpoleily suspended from oiles on, no-, the regiok aveirad in post, but the expiliu répre. † French brigaatine from Hoogkong, char- is practically the extent of the damage to house tiles, and fu situm, work lyng in mostri-, lag still survives, for want of a betfor land as the expiry of the risks omables them to court af mismingarment, but not be Ansily seated fat he did not know their silment; and be tered by Chirees, Bika rau up sits, banging property, in Blacarena. Flo, dosernetion of trees cells confusion in uttar weack to deeware there the ry in some solentiful hooks a bit the damag

ubwa sand, pecurug bestrestivus trum, f'aking was inexished when the deaths táta flu elavan / On: thứ zzztat Furány jest da ANDAINET has been very great. A hundred and by four few charred timber pdicated that Ares had theory: by no means media the exact 1988 19 Dy order of the evert ef directors,

„Vhat the mismanagement penkista in T án ¤ne of the craw had donery 187. Mowat told aim st (frigate) Myongahela came in for coal, fying trees were either torn up by the roots or broken broken out with the talling of roofs upon the quired by modern sciense, and some meteorolo

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- we the imperative daty of ship masters to see i tha English tag it the poinmeat, and saluted

HERBERT B. MORRIS, Secretary,