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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1883.

ments it is certain-death, for a convict es- ALTHOUGH we have received no official notice, caped or still under supervision to be we understand that owing to the Chinese New caught returning from the mine. OceaYear, the operatic performance announced to sionally the soldiers imitate the colonists in morrow night for the benefit of Signora Lubicct

has been postponed, their exploitation of the vagabond. The Cossack, as well as the ordinary colonist. ACCORDING to the Mainichi Shimbun, 1,000. covets cheap labor, and is in the habit of rides and a number of large cannon have been rewarding with an ounce or two of lead given to Corea by the Emperor of China, and one o'clock, and worked hard to move the first called,They broke the deck dend lights sent "one" of "the"? "Malays" to "sing the bell

the Corcan government recently borrowed a sum of 300,000 taels from China. The sum however, a rumour says, was not borrowed för the payment of the indemnity to Japan, but for some other purpose.

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the convict who decilnes to pass from one condition of bond slavery to another.

During the colonization of the Trans- baikal region, the hunting of vagabonds was one of the common diversions of the In reply to the congratulations of the Cardinals, newly-arrived settlers. From Tomsk to the Pope, alluding to the Martinucci case, said: Chill there is a locality that has rendered "A fresh attack upon the independence and itself notorious for the pursuit, on a large sovereignty of the Papacy has recently been scale, of escaped convicts. In the Tomsk | made. The consideration which formerly wag Government itself whole villages are de-shown for the Holy See, and which was dictated scribed as living solely by the robbery of by political prudence and reasons of state, has vagabonds. The river Karasan has been now been put aside." His Holiness added that so filled with the bodies of murdered con-despite everything, he would continue to defend

the rights and interests of the Church. victs as to become putrid. Near Fingul, open woods are known as a favorite ground HONGKONG does not stand alone for its eccentric

court recently the counsel for a prisoner charged with robbery tried to prove an alibl. District Attorney Van Rensselaer procured a copy of "Pickwick Papers" and read to the jury the in- terview between Sam Weller and his father, in which the old man informs his son""there is nothing like an allybi." Dickens sketch bad more effect on the jury than a dozen chapters of the Penal Code would have had, and they quick

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trict is full of the memories and traditions of Siberian man-hunting. Heroes of the sport are still alive. Bitkoy, Romanoy and Zavorata were each expert in different ways. Romanoy, for instance, gained celebrity in the village of Fingul, where he was, in the habit of lying in ambush close to the highway and shoot ing down every vagabond who passed.ly found the prisoner guilty, [3 In the Autumn evenings Bitkoy used to pick off stragglers along the banks of the river Augar. During subsequent sport along the Biryus there were individual

It is requested that all communications rela.

SAYS a recent issue of the San Francisco Chronicle-A few days since a dispatch was published from Norfolk stating that a quantity on board of the U. S. S. Swatara had been re- leased on the payment of the duties and the costs of the seizure. This is a gross outrage. The

. H. DOBSON. T. E. DAVIES. W. DE ST. CROIX, DOUGLAS JONES.

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V. BUNBURY, The Buffs. G. G. H. D'ÁETH, „'

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G. A. FORTER.

R. C. HODDER, R.N. C. G. DORMER, R.N. A. WILSON, R.N.

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H. G. RICE, D.A.C.G. F. S. C. HARE, D.A.C.G. will be resumed on Friday at 7p.m. During the If the match is not concluded to-morrow, play afternoon, by kind permission of Colonel Hobson and the Officers of the Euffs, the band of the regiment will play a choice selection of music on the cricket ground.

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in getting at it as he all the passen

Captain Thomsett drew Captain Scott's atten tion to the Harbour Regulations which, he said, laid down what was to be done in case of fire.

The chief officer, continuing, said several pas sengers went ashore in the ship's boats, some in Lane and Crawford's water-boat, and sampans alongside took others. The crowding of the the pumping, which was not done so fast as be passengers on Lane and Crawford's boat impeded fore, but did not altogether stop it: The passengers only went on Lane & Crawford's boat when they saw the flames; up till then they were very quiet. There were alongside, Lane & Crawford's boat, some of their own boats, police boats, and Chinese boats. He had no idea how the fire originated. The crew worked very well until the flames broke out, but after not so well. He could not say the Malays ran off the Captain Themselt had previously told witness steamer, but he could not find them m that unless he were sure the Malays had cleared out, he should not say so, us it was a very serious charge to make, a ko

"ting to Subscriptions, Advertisements, &c, be ad- Siberians who boasted that they had of Chinese goods scized by the revenue officers long brierwood pipe with a huge bowl protruding then the passengers, had not observed the fire. 1 man to light the fire of his boller, and showed

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brought down as many as sixty, and in one case ninety, vagabonds. Only upon one of these hunters of men do the vaga-goods should have been confiscated, and every bonds seem to have taken vengeance, officer implicated in the attempted smuggling They selected one Paramonich, who had should have been dismissed in disgrace from the United States service. The action of the Gov. been all his life engaged in killing con-

rascality. No such inducement need be-held.

Editor" and not to individual members of the Communications intended for publication must be accompanied by the name and address of the writers, not necessarily for publication'; but as evidence of good faith.

Whilst the columns of the Hongkong Tele-victs. The vagabonds assembled together,emment is equivalent to offering a premium to

graph will always be open for the thir discussion by correspondents of all questions affecting public interests, it must be distinctly understood that the Editor does not in any way hold himself res ponsible for opinions thus expressed.

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seized him, and brought his career to a close by plunging him alive into a cauldron of incandescent metal,

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out to this branch of the service.

THE day before yesterday, eays the Amoy Gasette of the 31st utto, it again became our painful duty to chronicle one of those startling and inhuman murders which from time to time horrify and perplex the foreign dweller an. Kulangsoo. The lamentable calamity gave rise, as we credibly believe, to an interesting point of very large majority against the expulsion of pre-international decorum. To the dismay of the Chinese Authorities it appeared that since the withdrawal of the Japanese Consular Body from

LONDON, February 6th. FRANCE.

In Committee the French Senate voted with a

tenders,

him, a fur hat pulled down over his ears, and a An old talian with a coat that was too big for

from his mouth, was walking down the east side of Crosby Street New York. At the corner of looking after the Italian with angry eyes. What excited his ire was a large leather bag with gayly decorated pipes that the Italian carried. "That ever I should have lived to see the bagpipe so degraded," said the Scotchman. "Those Italians are invading every branch of industry.They have a monopoly in the boot-black busi ness. They drive out Irishmen even from the Street Cleaning Labor Bureau, they sell all the fruit, they have all the chestnuts, and nearly every peanut stand is sun by an Italian, and now they've got the pipes. It's enough to make a man

Bleecker Street stood a ruddy-faced Scotchman

boil over,"

THE Hungarian uprising for independence in 1848, says a contemporary, resulted in much good for that dependency of the Hapsburgs.

Walter Cummings, chief engineer of the Carisbrooks, deposed he held a certificate, which he got at Singapore He was aroused on the

hanging about forward and undered the donkey giving an alarm of fire. He found white smoke morning of the 37th January, by some person

Captain Scott where the fire was. The captain said he thought the fire was in the bunkers, but he (witness) satisfied himself by examination that there was no fire in them and that the fire... did not originate in the bunker. The smoke also a white smoke-was not the sort he would look for from the coal on board. As soon as he

man had lit the engine fires, but on going down he found the fire had, only been laid, por lighted. left the bunkers, he went to see it then as be

The smoke wasvery thick, but he could “stickits by crawling along the door. He lit the fire, but it refused to burn, the smoke being too dense.

get it to burn without success, he returned to the After trying for about a quarter of an hour to deck. The Chief Engineer was still under ex- amination when our reporter left, the

We have, since heard that the finding of the Court was to the effect, that it was their opinion the fire commenced in the store room, but ta what way they were unable to say; that Captain Scot of the Carisbrooke committed a grave error of judgment in sot making the regulation signals for assistance; but that all on board did

Prince Napoleon has been committed for this Port, the temporary disposal of the murderer Kossuth, although defeated, did not rebel in vain. long it would take to sink her with the sea their best to extinguish the fire when discovered...

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS OF

a hatchet, and by the time the lights were H. M. S., Wivern, whilst on her way down from hailed the chief officer from his cabin door

He directed the knocked in, the pumps were rigged and water Canton on Monday evening, ma aground on a being answered at once.

to have the pumps and deck buckets got smoke coming up the cabin staircase. Lane & mud bank near the mouth of the Faishan Creek, chief officer to get all hands on deck, and was being passed in the buckets. He then where she now lies stuck fast. The Hankow ready. Lane and Crawford's water boat was Crawford's water-boat was alongside, the inen went down last night and attempted to tow her on the starboard side of the steamer. He belonging to her working her pumps, and off, but falled in the attempt, owing to the low observed smoke coming up the skylight leading their own Malaya and firemen passed water were rigged in to minutes from the time he was went to his cabin and got blue-lights, and tider: The Hankow got alongside shortly after from the lawer to the upper cabin. The pumps and worked the Carisbrooke's pumps He Wivern from the bank on which she is lying over the store room, and could see the fire below He burnt five or six blue lights, a racket being kiso gun until hall past two, when she was compelled to in the store room, which adjoins the steward's sent up by the captain. They had a signal desist, having failed to move the war vessel from and boy's berth and the pantry, with which it has forward ready and handy for use; the cartridges communication. There was only one boy there were kept in his cabin as well as two small her place. Another attempt will be made at the time, and he would be sleeping it the berth, flasks of powder. The signal gun was not fired to-morrow, which it is confidently expected will One of the crew, a Malay, was on shore that sight, but rifles were, by the Chief Engineer. He did prove successful. It would appear the Wivern but he did not think any of the firemen were, not know how many,

he was not sure. He ran a hose from

At this point, în answer to Captain Thomsett, has had a very narrow escape, as some danger the deck pump down the dead light on one side, Captain Sectt, of the Carisbrooks said they had aus rocks are in close proximity to where she and another from Lane & Crawford's water-boat never used the signal went aground.

I on the starboard side, and went on pumping have had great di sua before, and, he would

The crew manned the pumps and passed water would have had to BONE MAR over the side. While this was being done, he gers to reach it. sent up a rocket, and the chief oflicer burnt several blue lights. It was a minute or two before the socket would go off, and during that time he was hailing the steamer Thales and the Police boat. They fired shots from three rifles, but did not fire their signal gun, which was on the forecastle. Within to minutes of firing the rocket and burning the blue-light acason, boat, in charge, he thought, of constable Euenson, came alongside. He told the constable he had $40 passengers on board, whom he wanted to get off and that he (the constable) had better go and get boats to take them off and also get water. boats or a fire engine. They had no steam on their donkey engines, the fires baving been stopped at five o'clock the evening before. They had no other means of extinguishing the fire than their own deck pumps and the hose from of the donkey engine, but was unable to get the water boat. The Chief engineer lit the fire steam up, owing to there being such an amount of smoke in the stoke-hole rendering it im possible for him to remain below, Witness then told all the passengers to remain on the fore part of the upper deck, and they all came up A large number of them had previously been abaft,

skylight which lights the lower saloon. Until afterwards, the flames burst out of the cabin but they were all coming forward, A few minutes

He told them to call for sampans and boats and get ashore themselves. Several sampans ceme alongside at the time, on seeing the flames, and some large junks were also brought alongside. About 200 passengers got on board Lane and Crawford's water boat the master of which came and told him that they was prevented from the water-boat, he told the master to push off as he was full, and he did. the passengers) would sink her, and as pumping

They then proceeded to lower some of their own. boats, and lowered three of the five from the davits. It was unnecessary to lower the other plenty of other boats to take off all the two, which were in the skids, as there were passengers. At this time the whole of the cabin on deck was in flares, rendering it im- possible to get forward from aft. The Chief Engineer asked him if there was anything he could do down below in the engine room, and he replied that the only way to save the ship from total destruction would be to scuttle her. The Chief Engineer said he could open the sea-cocks, when witness asked him how cocks open. He answered in about two or Almost all that he fought for has since been three hours. Witness said it would be the yielded by the Vienna Government. Reforms best thing to do, and the chief engineer there. have been granted to the Magyars, who are no upon opened the valves. At this time there. police launch Witneis went round the hows of of yesterday, been relieved by the recent suicide who, with their local Parliament, have some the steamer in a boat, from the gangway, with Last evening the members of the above Lodge of the unhappy perpetrator of the mournful thing in the semblance of freedom. Eminent the Police Inspector, and he and the Inspector mustered strongly to witness the installation of tragedy.

Hungarians have been called to high places in got up on deck and got the cable ready for allicers for the ensuing quarter, and to receive the AN Englishman, in the New York Tribune, says the Austrian Cabinet, and even to leadership slipping, and also got the other anchor ready reports for the past terms. After the usual cere

for LEC. Captain Deane came up at this of the late Lord Beaconsfield: "Dizzy' knew. They have been trusted by the Emperor, and time in another steam-launch, larger than monies of the opening of the Lodge had very few things accurately, well as he knew men have not been ungrateful for distinguished favors the first one, and witness asked him if he been gone through, eight candidates were ade and women. Consequently he called the place received. Count Julius Andrassy, is one of these. could tow the steamer inte shallow water with mitted and initiated into the Order On the in Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield' as written He has been loaded with honors and covered it and the other launch. Both launches laid presiding officer calling for the production

hold of the Carisbroeke. About 30 fathoms of and as if derived, as some congenital idiot once with decorations. A month or two ago his house cable were put out, but the launches could not of the usual quarterly statemente, his col We are informed by the Agent of the O. & Q.

wrote, from the field in which a beacon was set was entered by burglars, and the numerous Immove her head. Captain Deane told him that leagues responded very promptly, and the s.S. Co., that the Company's steamship Arabic,p. The old spelling. Beckonsfield gives the perial and royal decorations that had been the Fams would soon be there and sald he various reports were received with much entbu

was going on, officers of the Zambesí, got B from San Francisco, has arrived at Yokohama accurate and accepted pronounciation, and is bestowed upon him-were carried off. The loss thought it would be better to wait. While this sinsm by the meeting From the reports of the

derived by good Anglo-Saxon scholars from the was certainly annoying, if not serious. At a

pump alongside with hoses and operated on the Lodge it would appear that the officers and and will sail for this port to-morrow,

beech trees which abound in that particular spot, recent dinner given by the Emperor, to which fire. Witness went down to thetween decks members have worked zealously during the past FOREIGN missionaries, according to an American Beaconsfield or Beckensfield, as anciently written the ex-Minister had been invited, a number of forward with the officer of the Thales. The term in the cause of Good Templary, and this

brooke in tow, and he hailed to the aptain of contemporary, have given testimony in favor of and as preserved in local pronounciation to this Andrassy's friends, more in jest. than in carnest, Fame caine up soon after and took the Caris- cannot fail to be satisfactory and encouraging to quinine as an effective agent in the conversion day, points distinctly to the 'beeches not the condoled with him at the disappearance of all the Fame to take them into four fathoms, keep all who have the interests of the Order at heart. of the heathen.. Bibles are sadly at a discount.

'beacon. These observations may appear rough his chivalric insignia in a single night. An-ing the lead going. When in four fathoms they let Brother, C. Devonport, S.D.G. W.C.T., in his on the late peer, but he was a very: Gallio who drassy, without perceiving what might have go the warp, which was hauled on board and the usual impressive manner, installed the following

anchor let go. They remained on bozad a members in their various offices, vid days after birth." But the colonist has his THE Shanghai Courier believes that the Electric cared for none of these things. Moreover, been half raillery, replied that few people could short time, and then the officers of the Thales "revenge. He works the supercilious con- Company have succeeded in inducing the Muni- know a man whose name is written Dalziel, and realize how many pelty, but keenly vexatious went off in their boats and he in his. Witness's Worthy Chief Templar...Bro. BURT.

Vico officers went on board the Carisbrooke, again in

#R. WHITE vict-like-n-beast-of-burden,-and-gives-him- cipal Council to give (licir support to the scheme who pronounces it as spelt instead of Deeyell troubles were inflicted by such a robbery on a

̈viclimát this moment the Emperor joined the after part, and made an attempt to turn the.

Chaplain insinussnivcia- as little rest and as little food as possible. for lighting the Bund, Nanking Road, and Broad-

IN a trial in Germany recently a curious docu- the group, and having overbeard the remark, stem round so as to get her broadside to the

Secre ment was produced, which was called forth by laughingly said:—I can very well imagine how i their power to save the burning until about

wind. The police rendered every nasistance in When wages are demanded, the colonist way with the electric light.

the cabins. has an original way of satisfying his la- ACCORDING to the Shanghai Mercury, the Tao the marriage of Count de Sul, a Roman Catholic, desperate the Count must have felt when he was The steamer continued

All. borer. The money is paid without demur, tai has kindly offered to send a dozen Mandarins to Agatha, Countess of Hanau, a Protestant, it informed of what had taken place. Moreover, I o'clock in the morning, when she sank

About 4.30 but, before the convict can get clear, he fails into the Settlements to inspect all the houses re the year 1,605. At the wedding the bridegroom: know what was the real cause of his despair. the fore part was burnt out.

was on board the Fame, dead, killed by a bullet from the gun of gularly to see if there are any Tientsin rowdies solemnly swore to respect his future wife's rell. But I shall not reveal it unless I have his promise a.m.witness

he asked an officer of the police to see if he his cruel employer. This method of

with respectful of in them. Our contemporary characterises this glous views, and signed, sealed, and delivered, ari not to take my disclosure in evil. part.". Thema get n ́gunboat, or one of the men-of-war, to Past Worthy Chief Templar.Bro

The police officer took him off in a launch to the large

We are given scale. It is adopted in the case of vaga-/ A MEETING will be held this evening at 6 o'clock, ing terms: "I, Rudolph, Count of Sulz, herebyjesty might have been pleased to discover Audacious, and on arriving there, he was told extended its aphe bond laborers who, having finished their at the Hongkong Club, for the purpose of making promise on my honor as a nobleman-or may whereupon the Emperor continued: What

he was apprised of the robbery was his inner pedo boat having been despatched to sink in Autumn work in the fields, return to the the necessary arrangements for carrying out the the devil take me that I will allow my future really drove the Count beside himself when that assistance had already been sent, Ator neighboring village to be paid off. The annual Civilian Athletic Sports. We understand wife to remain in her religion, nor will I offer consciousness that he did not know in the her if required. He returned to the steamer, others are on

that various important alterations in the usual her any inducement in the slightest to abandon least what orders, or how many, he was the it being then daybreak, and found an officer move wages are forthcoming, and the laborers programme will be proposed. All gentlemen it. I have at home two bibies; if that is not possessor of, and therefore could not venture fixing a torpedo to her stern. Witnces of the Chi allowed to depart with their hardly earned interested in athletics are urgently invited to enough for her, I will get her two more. Let to make the declaration required by the police at once said if was no use putting it under the acquire

stem, so the ship was rapidly sinking, but that in such cases, specifically describing the pro her read in them bravely and industriously, money. But they have no sooner gone attend.

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stolen from him. And then, turning to it would be of much use if a gun were fired and knowledg Moreover, it is her body, not her soul I take. 1 Andaisy, playfully asked him am I.not in a shot sent through at the water flue The officer table thing than the peasant farmer assembles his we beg to acknowledge receipt from the Acting shall remain in my religion, in which I have the right? You.arey indeed," replied the said it was a difficult thing to send a shot thrown

having provided them with a and horses and firearms, the whole party sallles for the port of Hongkong for 1883 and January forth in pursuit of the vagabonds. The retiring laborers are speedily overtaken; most are killed on the spot, all'are robbed, the recovered money being divided between the farmer and his confederates. The only respect shown for authority is the prevalent NOBODY was more bitterly witly than Lord respected Nottingham manufacturer who, being A Marine Court of Inquiry; under the prear gone, however, for habit, where robbery has been the motive Ellenborough. A young lawyer, trembling with with her husband in Paris, and occupied with idency of Captain Thomsett, R.N., Harbour done, and shortly afterw

the collossal shopping which such visits seem of slaughter, of concealing the dead. The fear, rose to make his first speech, and began inevitably to entail, fell in love with a lace ficht Master, Lieut. Commander Dabiston, RN, on an even keek, murdered convicts are usually cut up and "My Lord, my unfortunate client-my Lord of exquisite fineness and delicacy, which was Flack of the S. S. Japan, and Captain D. Scott with store room

Captain McCaslin of the S. S. Pingon, Captain Bleut-Commander my Lord-my unfortunate client-my Lord" mutilated, and the remains buried in out: Go on sir, go on," said Lord Ellenborough; "She would instantly have purchased it had she of the S. S. Lennox sitting as Assessors, was for extinguishing fires. of-the-way places. This hunting of the far as you have proceeded hitherto, the Court la not been deterred by various mystericas signs of opened at the Harbour Office this morning to

hunchbacks," as the escaped convicts are entirely with you. Notes and Quartes dissuasion from her husband, which surprised enquire unto the circumstances attending the everything, and in an often called in derision, has gone on for THE following charters were effected in Amoy her not a little, as she knew him to be a judge of No. 65,463 of Singapore, M. G. Scott, Master, onginated in the

burning and scuttling of the Carisbrooks, official years, entering, so deeply into the habits during the fortnight ended Feb. ard-Pelham, good lace, and wondered therefore at bis lack of of the people that it has escaped the atten- :9,000 picula, Takzo to Melbourne, private terms; appreciation of this beautiful, specimen." The on the morning of the 27th ulto, in this harbour, first in the store room,

Captain Scott, master of the Carisbrooky, de-nated underneath it. „tion of fow travellers through Eastern Floddan, 9,000 picula, Takao to Melbourne, pri- moment they left the shop her disappointment, posed that be arrived in port on the 26th January John Mitchell Thow

Siberia. Where are the men? was asked vate terrass Magenta, 8,000 piculs, Taiwanfoo, brake forth "John, why did you keep me front, with a general cargo from Swatow and Amoy, brooke, deposed he held of a women left in charge of a small village Chefoo and Amoy, 32 lay days, $1,850, Anna, buying that lovely thing? And only tol. I am and $40 Chinese passengers for the Straits 377, which he got in adjoining the highway. Gone after 8,000 picule, Taiwanfoo, Cheloo and Amay, 3 sure you could not think that dear. Why did Settlements. The crews consisted of a European being called up first and second mate, both certificated, three morning of the the hunchbacks, was the reply. Such lay days, $1,850, June, 6,000 piculs, Taiwanfoo, you not let me have it? You are quite right, engineers, the first and second certificated, and him to say diere

Chefoo and Amoy, so lay days, $1,300; Henrik my dear,” was the reply of the unmoved John, the third not, 18 Malays, deck crew, and 18 Chi- the quarter master to ocalization inksthia

RIEREN VAN SPIE Koren, 7,000 piculis, Tawanloo, tendin, New-". We consider bar a very superior

mest farmen, About half-post swelter

In the that boys have been heard to ask chwang and Amoy, 34 lay days, $3,2001 Louie,

from the venet fatliers to kill vagabonds in order 500 peculs, two to five months, at 8730 per that they may, so how the fellow will monday Francisca; 9,000 pičule, Takao to Sydney roll on hi hump". In some of the Govern- || Ca per.

devolved upon their already surfeited shoulders. From this embarrassing responsibility they have now, as our readers will have noticed in our issue longer restless under a grinding despotism, but were several police boats alongside, and also a GOOD TEMPLAR LODGE XAN

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1883. SORRY, indeed, even when death does not come to put an end to his existence, is, says the Glak, the lot of the convict who has succeeded in escaping from the mines of Eastern Siberia, Without resources of any kind, he must beg or rob his way back to Russia. The alternative of seeking employment is one' which often has disastrous consequences. The convict of the lowest type regards the Siberian colonist as an inferior, and has a saying which describes him as "blind for three

ment is sometimes carried out on a

prevailla

trial.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. To-Monnow being Chinese New Year there will be no publication of the Hongkong Telegraph. It is stated that the sale of the first number of Longman's Magazine reached 100,000 copies. A RECENT investigation of eighteen New York city theatres shows that but two are absolutely safe from fire.

1884. The little work is published by authority of the Hongkong Government by E. Roberts, F.R.A.S., F.S.S., of the Nautical Almanac Of fice, London, and is based on observations col. lected by Osbert Chadwick, Esq., C.E.

I am on the right road; if she won't go to heaven, let her go to hell. Signed, Rudolph, Count of Sula,"

A VERY good story, and what is more, an authentių: cated one, is told of the wife of a well-known and

offered to her forthe moderate sum of 240 france.

nd

Count declared that he could not but learn

mpyance has resulted from an embarrassment of Puente might.envy; in this case my chief an riches."

BURNING OF THE STEAMER "CARISBROOKE?

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think there was in here rem take several attempts to effect it, pod he did Captain Thomsett hero, remariced that knew it was difficult to send shot through a the water line.

Witness, continuing, said on board the Carisbrook and directed the putting of the after parts of the

witness severa

aptali

one of the assessori

his cabin, when he was called by the supercargo's He

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the reason I did not want you to buy because on the morning of the ayth he was sleeping it came from one of my owa frames, and I can boy who told him there was a great deal of let you have as many of the same kind as you moke below. He at once turned out and of the Bremen came up, 1ke for 15. apiecel

ordered the boy / to call the sorang:<He also the dead" "lähte

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