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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1883.

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main in Hongkong.

THE British barque Victor left Kowloon Dock this morning. The steamships Fapes and Peking have gone over to Sam-shui-po. The Amerikan barque Furness Abbey will undock at

placed in the vacant dock Kowloon, to-morrow, and the steamer Nelson will

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"LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

knowledge, of course of either physics, met aphysics, or ethics is, not worth boasting about. My, readers will even at this early stage, per- ceive that I am: at least a modest worshipper of certain local celebrities I wat oỂ THOMAS VINT the muses, and in that respect different from

As my notions have been jotted down at all

of monarchical fervour or by refusing We understand that the, French frondad Tour H.M.S. Espoir arrived from Canton, this after to take part in Republican fêtes or deville will leave here to-morrow for Chefoo, call-noon with Logan and Johnson on board. Logan

* RANDOM REASONINGS. monstrations, or by uncivil treatment of ing at the Coast Ports en route. The Triom was immediately sent ashore escorted by a guard

** If I mistake not it was Bulwer who once said Republican members of the out who hahante in alan we helicer, andes online for af médinge wat pened to be active in politics. The French Yokohama. The flagship Victorieuse will re- THE Fope has written to King Alfonso congratu-be

that the heart is the most credulous of all fanatice, and die ruling passion the most enduring of all superstitions. And I think Bulwer was very nearly- bench too of all grades, like all the upper

lating his Majesty on the suppression of the

right. Now as my heart has lately been indulging grades of officials until now, has been in a THR Austrian Ladies Band gave a very good recent military insurrection, and expressing his

IN one of the treaty ports of China, says an in a system of fanatical reasoning-query, is the, certain sense an aristocratic body, that is, performance last night at the City Hall to a fairly good wishes for the future happiness of Spain.

American contemporary, the native merchants heart capable of reasoning?—on what I may not Tately gained a signal victory over the foreigners (this expression may perhaps not clearly.convey inaptly terim the paradoxes of humanicredulity it has been taken on the whole from the large audience. The beneficiare of the evening.

was Miss Bertha who deservedly received the As will be seen from a report of a police court The quarrel arose over the manner of weighing to all of my readers my exact meaning, but they upper section of the bourgeoisie-not the encomiums of all present. A farewell performs case decided this morning, published in another a cargo of tea, and when the purchasers refused will understand merwell enough later on? doubt. well born class exactly, from the Legiance will be given to-night at 9 o'clock at. the place, the thin end of the wedge has been in to accede to the proposition of the seller, all the not it has struck me that I might find an outlet timist point of view, but the well dressed Garrison Theatre.

serted towards the bribery and corruption re-

Chinese houses banded together and refused to for the musings of the ruling passion which the polished class, which knows how to behave

form so greatly needed in our little Colony. Two sell another chest of tea to anybody until the great novelist and judge of human nature above in society, and order and eat its dinner LAST night's China Mail contains a column and hundred dollars ox six months rigorous imprison-demand of their countryman was complied with, superstitions, by joiting down the vagrant fancies named designated as the most enduring of all correctly; the class which in our politics is a half of "Notes from the Metropolis," which are ment for a twelve cents and two cash bribe. Ye and the Europeans had to submit. At all of which have been haunting my bosom for some known as "the white-cravat' and dailyent." The "notes are extracted wholesale were meted out in like ratio. What would be tea trade under their own control. As an honestly pretend to be much of a practical phil- stated to emanate from "Our Own Correspond-Gods! Only imagine if all bribery punishments the Chinese ports the natives now have the days past. Although I am, within certain limits, an admirer of the genius of Tupper, I cannot bath men. Perhaps nothing has done so from several London newspapers, our own WATERS much to disgust this class with the Re- correspondent" in several instances not even man?" It makes us shudder to think of it. come of us all, and who would be the "last

cuse, for their clannishness; it is alleged that osopher; in fact, although my desire for wisdóm public as the appearance in high office of taking the trouble to alter the phraseology of his Krakatoa would be nothing to it. Let us muse.

the Chinese merchants have been badly swins, unlimited, my knowledge I mean practical the nouvelle couche sociale" of which stale rikas. Our evening contemporary has

died by purchasers of tea in the matter of weight, Gambetta talked that is, of the plain men changed greatly of late, and we think for the The following Expressissued on the 27th Sept.by. of humble origin like Gambetta himself, worse,

the members of the various Foochow Tea Hong. whose boots do not fit, and who do not THE New York Nation thus comments on the is worth re-production: The members of the wear gloves, and who would be out of proposed poll-taxation in France on all strangers local tea Hongs, beg respectfully to inform the place in a salon. Their appearance in the in the country:-"The French have what we the Foreign Tea Merchants of Foochow, that diplomatic service was a dreadful mortifi-suppose may be called a "Mongolian" question they have this day entered into and executed cation to the young secretaries and attachés of their own. Their failure or refusal to ingressa Agreement, that on and after the twentieth their population; while maintaining a large day of October next, they will not advance, Europe, who accordingly resigned a few labor, in the country districts, an alarm down from the tea districts for the remainder of years ago in great numbers: There is to-ing scarcity, which large bodies of German this season; and have also mutually agreed; that day a tale of horror among them about and Italian laborers are rushing in to meet. tea musters shall not be shewn to foreign tea one foreign minister who keeps his old These, the French workmen have now, began, hongs after the above mentioned date. And mother, a plain, unpresentable peasant to look upon as a "Mongolian horde," who by they have also further agreed, that in the events sort of woman, on the top floor of their cheap living and disgusting assiduity take the of any of them receiving from the aforesaid tea the Embassy. In fact "society" has bread out of the mouths of the natives. Accord-districts any teas, or exhibiting any musters to in France gone out of politics almost ingly if is proposed to clap a tax on them which the foreign tea hongs after that date, they shall as completely as here. And the bench, would either bring in, some say $2,500,000, and forfeit and pay for each and every such offence, others $6,000,000, to the Treasury, or keep them the sum of one thousand dollars. As this agree which belongs to society in Paris and out. But the Temps points out that Freecharen ment is entered into for the mutual benefit of forms the best part of it in the provinces, cannot play the part of the dog in the manger. Chinese and foreign merchants, in order to feels the change keenly, and does They must either fill up France themselves or prevent excessive picking of the tea plants, it is not conceal it.

The Republican palet others do it. These foreigners would not hoped that the foreign tea merchants will assist tience has accordingly been exhausted and come if there were not room for them; could not by not receiving any tea musters which may be the process of "epuration," as they call get work if there were Frenchmen to do it. So that went direct to them by non-signatories to the it, is going to begin, or as we should say, France must either increase the size of her families agreement.”

best thing to do is not to tax the immigrants, but to welcome them and get them to settle in the country and become Frenchmen. There can be no objection to this on the score of race, it adds, because the French are the most mixed race in Europe; in other words, there is no French race, but aimply a delightful and glorious moral entity called France.

THE CANTON DISPENSARY, CANTON of legation of the old regime all. overstanding army, has produced a great scarcity of against or receive any teas that may be brought he did not remember. He was told that a more Now support T open the ball in explanatory

THE DISPENSARY, FOOCHOW.

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MARRIAGE. On the 3rd instant, at St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, by the Rev., W. Jennings, Colonial Chaplain, WILLIAM HUDDLESTON LESLIE, en- fighter of 1 Cector 1 to SARAH, est

of Inspector W. Horton."

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1883;

We are indebted for the following excel- lent article on the "Latest French Reform" to a late issue of the Nation, a New York journal that deservedly occupies a foremost place amongst the high class periodicals the-axe is about.to fall and 600 judicial or receive immigrants. It further says thichștiewe feed that an interesting survey was recent who were the offenders."

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THE County Judge of Milan has a system of memory which is severe, if not effectual. It doesn't do to mis-remember in that Court. The Herald ways"Mr. Will Tucker was before times, under all circumstances, and in the most the Court as a witness in a certain gambling cast, out of the way places, anything scholarly is not br peculiarites of diction, or for inherent eccen when he was asked to give the names of ather to be looked for. And for any discrepancic parties engaged in the game. Mr. Tucker said tricities F must make indulgence beforehand definite answer must be given, which Mr. Tucker fashion, utilising for the purpose the saying declined to do. The Court fined him $10, and sages of a departed age The idea. seems not a bad one. But before making an onslaught on sent him to jail. In a short time the Court sent what is curtly known in this practical era as for him and repeated the question before asked, quotations,1,may briefly discourse on the Mr. Tucker answering again that he did not re science of logic which has been defined the member. The Court fined him 3100 and seat science connected with the forms and methods of reasoning and ́the 'establishment of "truth him back to fall. This was repeated twice more by evidence and as feel in a merry during which time Mr. Tucker became quite mood, I may have something to say on logical angry, and was adjudged guilty of contempt of conclusions before I commence to lie, and thus Court. He was then sent back to jail until the logically show my reasons for lying.To begin: fines were pald Friends deposited 8310, the This is a wicked world" says the proverbs, and another proverb, equally self-explanatory amount of the hiles, and Mr. Tucker was released. saysTo lle is wicked". "Süll ancther pro- A petition was sent to Governor Ireland to have at veth, or rather standard saying In this least a part of the fines remitted. The Court, we world of our we must endeavor to set in se cordance with the ways of the world." Now, understand, gave as a reason for insisting on an hall show you wherein the logic of my lying, answer from Mr. Tucker that he had heard Mr. cones in, or, perhaps, you may see it for your Tucker say that, if he should be brought up as self To he is wicked, the world is wicked, hence a witness, he would make it convenient to forget all is wicked in the world, and, ergo, I am wicked grand and a liar, And 10, according to my own logle. ly held at Mort'a Dock, Sydney, in connection

(494) | an here set forth; I dip to endeavor to ddi.in ́ale- heads will soon be in the basket, selected

with the new aluminum bronze metal propeller, The Times publishes the following:-A great upon logic in somewhat the same way I would

cordance with the ways of the world. I look to u The French have just taken the most ar the Minster of Justice please. He says

which was fitted to the E. and A. S. S. Company's number of experiments are being made th call-on a "dumb" quence in hand at poker, which daring step in the way of judicial reform he will be impartial and will be guided by

steamer Callerthun about five months ago. The forals with the seed of the Cochin China grape However, I don't want to digress,ns digression will is practically invincible and cannot be beaten. taken by any civilized people since the the reports of the presidents of the various

survey was held principally to ascertain if any vine. Seed has been distributed among 800 not serve my purpose. To act in accordance revolution of 1789 much more serious tribunals, and that his main object will be

glavanic action had taken place on the fron sur-

persons in various parts of the state, and no pains with the ways of the world will be to li than the conversion in this country (U.S.) to get the bench completely and finally

roundings, such as the cast-iron boss of the pro- will be spared to acclifnatise this wonderful vite lie-or-not-to-liat is the all-enposting ques peller, the stern and rudder posts, and the rudder on the Pacific Coast. Inftsnative state it has been here in this world of qurt-1 mein tals

tion when of the permanent appointed judges into out of polities, Of course, however, the

is bangot, but" a stranger judges elected for short terms. They have monarchists do not believe him. To them REGARDING Chinese Immigration to the United Each was examined minutely by Lloyd's surfound in altitudes varying from 100 to 3,000 feet Hongkong world of ours. If we could act in ac suspended the fixity of tenure of their the measure is one of political proscription, States, and the provisions of the recent treaties veyor; Mr. Dixon, professor of chemistry at the above the sea level, producing everywhere, ancordance with this. Hongkong world of ours we entiro bench for three months; and have pure and simple. The dismissed judges with that country and China anent the same, the Technical College: Mr. Franki, manager of enormous crop of fruit. With proper care music, and the bigger the lie, the better wo armed the Ministry with power to put are not, to be sure, to be cast on the world New York Nation ways Judge Nelson has of Mort's Dock, Mr. Wildridge, superintendent authorities in grape culture believe that the are liked and the more readily are we believed, The question of “To lie or not to liek is ans about 600 of the judges on the re--they are to be pensioned for the rest of delivered an opinion in the case of the Chinese for the company, and others. Mr. Cruikshanke Cochin China variety can be grown in all the swered We must all lie. I half not differ from tired list. The chief object, or rather their lives; but it cannot be denied that it laborer Ah Shong which introduces a new com- engineer to the Marine Beard, was unavoidably wine regions in California and on, the Pacific the rest but will lle too shall try to be nominal object, of the measure is to reduce is as extraordinary and dangerous a power plication into the working of the set of 1882. absent. The result was considered to be most Coast. A vine similar to this, but more vigorous. "mychly much like my fellow creatures and the total number of judges and abolish all as ever was lodged in the hands of one Song, it will be remembered, is a ship satisfactory, there being no galvanic action and productive, was lately discovered on the coast Ret a good lying example. So now to my few

carpenter, born in Hongkong since it became a whatever to be seen anywhere, every part of the of Guinen by Senor Arpore, chief of a scientific

Amongst these choice morceaus I have quote courts of lower grades having less than 150 man. Final judgment, however, can hardly British Colony, and consequently a British sub ship being as free from it as if the propeller mission sent to that country by the Portuguessed fram sranium proprid an aphorism wh causes in the year. But it is not neces- be passed or it as yet. If the Republic ect. Judge Nelson holds that he is properly had been fitted with the old style of cast Goverment. The plant was found to be about will fully explain what mean and show haya, sarily the judges of those courts who will lasts, and remains as moderate and con- speaking, a British-and-not a Chinese-laborer: iron blades. When this important result is feet high, with a crop of grapes varying from got.nurpose, and is. To let the world at largel have to go into retirement. The Minister servative as it is now, the mischief of the or, in other words, that "Chinese," as used in the considered as against the mangeness bronze to 100 non sich vine. The fruit wardelicious, and pantrally, thinks what it plearen all pla

and individually and But ifact, refers to nationality and not to race. This blades, with which many steamers now the wine made from it by Aspore and companions words on paper which shall show to some that I of Justice is authorized to pick out the total scheme will rapidly disappear. number to be displaced from all the courts, the monarchy should be restored, or the decision exempts from the operation of the act fitted, and which necesitate the covering of the was found very good soon after, rich in aroma, am lying, and to others that i am pot. They in colour, and alcohol. A report is being pre can have their own ideas only: tout ça m'est égal and it is avowed that he will use his power Clémenceau Radicals, should ever get into the population of Hongkong (about 100,000), exposed parts of the ship with zinc, a great future first and foremost to get rid of judges who office, it would furnish a precedent which and will make it necessary for the officers of may be looked for in the manufacture of aluminum pared on the subject for the Portuguese Govern and, as man is a free agent," he can think for the Government to be cautious whom they ex. bronze, which is claimed to be to even stronger ment. The Squdan and the Guinea annual what I mean if I gave an example. If I should himself. I should perhaps illustrate more fully are known to be hostile to the Republic, would probably be used to destroy the last clude from our posts. The reasoning on which and tougher than manganese. Besides this, the tuberous vines are of the same genus as the for instance, say: Mr. John M. Price is a good The Bill covers, too, what is known in traces of judicial independence in France. the decision is founded is very simple and com aluminum bronze blades are not nearly so thick as Cochin China, but the first is a dwarf and the man, a clever surveyor-general, an honest and France as the "parquet," or that portion

clusive. The act was passed nominally to carry those of iron, which means that a vessel fitted second little better as compared with the last upright official, a sworn enemy to political jobbery out certain treaties made by the Empire of China with the former will have a much greater speed named. In Cochin it grows in some forests as way bay reclamation solely for the purpose of of the bar which serves the Government

of every description, and he proposed the Cause- Now the Emperor makes treaties only with than if she has the old style of iron propeller. high as 100 feet, climbling up and about lofty benefitting our little colony and not from may de as public prosecutors. Public prosecutors,

regard to his own subjects, and not those of During the voyage of the Catterthan to China trees, or stretching itself on the soil, and in some aire for self-glorification, there might be lions or district attorneys are called "Ma-

Queen Victoria. Hongkong was clearly over and back, she averaged with the same consump places the vine becomes a wonderful mats of people who would at once say that I was tyle gistrates" in common with the judges on

fooked by the reformers who passed the Anti.tion of coal at least half a knot per hour more large clusters of luscious grapes from top to

and there are others who might be just as ready the Bench who are distinguished from them

to come forward and say that I was speaking the, The King of Spain has been hooted at Paris Chinese Law, and the decision makes the Anglo than she did formerly. The new ateamers of the bottom

truth This is the way of the world and as sitting Magistrates. The distinction is in consequence of his acceptance of the Colonelcy Saxon future on this continent dismal indeed. E. and A. Co., now being built in England, are

wicked world. Solomon ħar wisely mid) not really as great as it seems to us, be- of the Strasburg regiment of Uhlans: The Pre- These is nothing we can ace to prevent the all being fitted with aluminum bronce where "WHAT school is that exercising?" said a late-cker room the sun, & condi cause with us the judge is supposed insident of the Republic has made an apology, and 100,cro Mongolian "lepers who inhabli Hong, ever it is possible to use it, the directors being so y retarded Anglo-Indian to a distinguished criminal cases to be perfectly neutral, and 'great indignation is expressed in Madrid. kong from coming over in a body and settling in highly impressed with its good wearing qualities. officer at Aldershot. Why, that's the 3rd Buffs," the officer answered, with a tinge of and to be occupied simply with holding the

our midat, and perpetuating here these disgusting CHAU AWO, police constable No. 178, was charged ness. These who have seen the weedy lads habits of thrift, industry and self-denial which by Inspector Lindsay, on the ayth ultimo, with re- scales of justice evenly between two con.

who now fill the ranks in our Infantry, filled by have created such alarm among the statesmen ceiving a bribe of money from street gamblers stalwart men some years ago, will appreciate tending parties. In France, on the other hand, he performs many of the functions

of the Pacific Slope,”,

under color of his office on the 26th of Septem- | the naturalness of the question and the sorrow. of a prosecutor. It is part of his duty to Manila, will shartly proceed home on leave of DIALING with Canton affairs last night's Chino ter. The case had been remanded from time to attending the answer. And now it is stated help to get a conviction. He conducts a

Mafi observes →→Everything reported, however, time until this morning when it was finally disby the home papers that things are not nearly tends to show that matters are in a very critical posed, of Man Singh P.C, 507, stated that at their worst yet. In the Lords and Com long and always hostile examination of THE first line of tramway cars in Manila will state. The Viceroy himself stems to be in a while on duty at Market Street at 10.45 on the mons, the other day, the fact that the Army the prisoner, in the course of which he shortly be started to run between Tondo and very hard strait. Yesterday, he sent word to morning in question, he saw a number of men was from 6000 to Boco below iis proper number browbeats him, tries to confuse him, and

the Russian and German Consuls and another gambling in that street and the defendant was elicited from the Ministry;;: The method makes savage comments on his life and WE are Informed by the Agent of the Messageries gentleman, all of whom he had appointed to standing about 6 yards from the crowd now proposed and adopted for the purpose of character, He is consequently only a Maritimes that the steamer Anadyr, with the meet at his, Yaman, not to pay him the intended in uniform. One of the men from the crowd got curing the defect is to lower the standard winder British little way removed from the parquet in next outward French mail, left Saigon this vide" This looks like the result of "Gribble's" up and went towards the defendant. He saw 5ft 4in. It will be instructive to see position and duties, or in feelings and pre-morning at 3 o'clock for this port.

Inventive genius; at all events, it is scandiat him hand some money to the defendant. At regiment of Infantry in a couple, judices.

ously false, so far as the "Russian Consul" that time the man who paid the money saw the course, it may be said that, owing to the WE learn from El Comercio that a lighthouse is concerned. Mr. Popoff, His Imperial Rap witness and was heard by him to call out to the ordinary Improvement in med There are 2,500 judges or magistrates, will shortly be erected on the point known as sian Majesty's consul for Foochow, who gamblers who all immediately ran away, the little whether man is four small and great, in France and of these Slete Pescados." in Hollo. The marine suthor has been in Canton during the Logan: grial defendant running away also but in an opposite bullet will render either. here a considerable number owe their original ties will give its exact position when ready, **

for the purpose of watching proceedings on Bal direction. "He ran after the defendant, seized him, it is not with lead alone that appointment to the Empire and still retain *.

Marching their sympathy with it, or, at all events, WE read that the Manila telegraph authorities half of the ex-Customs officer Johnson, who was and, as he did so, saw him throw some monty, tles are decided. to some extent Impilcated in the affair and is a in cents, on the ground. He picked up all to bear, fatigue, have sent two officials to Cebu to draw out the Russian subject, favored us with a call yesterday the money he could find amounting to 12 after a WORT with monarchy of some sort. A good

necessary plans for laying a cable between many more came into office during the Luzon and Vesayas, to connect the last named Popot, who met Viceroy Chang in Tientsin last saw what occured, and they both took the undersized lads, after a twent

afternoon. Previous to leaving": Cantuh Mr. 'cents and a cash. P.C. 698 was with him and Fancy the fighting capacity seven years between the war and over-place with the Isla de Negros. throw of MacManon, when hostility to the

year, was desirous of paying his respects to His prisoner to the station. Another man ar- imagine, further, what a show they Republicans was the dominating motive WE beg to thank "A Friend in need" for his for an audience at a certain hour on Monday, prisoner did not say anything when arrested, squadron of cavalry got arany

Excellency and sent out to the ydman a requzest rested, the man who paid the money. The by any chance a regiment of seaso of the party in power whether Legiti kindly intended letter. The information therein The Viceroy courteously replied that he was Theowd ran off with the gambling implements corps of Zulus falling foul mists or Bonapartists. Moreover, French contained is none the less appreciated because judges like all judges, are long-lived we happen to be perfectly well acquainted with mud on important business at the time and the money on them as well. Mitt Singh, P.C. Ball, your host service

semi- tentioned by Mr. Popoff, but would be happy | 695, corroborated the foregoing. The defendanturerly the suoce the matters alluded to. Our correspondent will men, Few die and cone resign, so that accept our best thanks, and will throughly was to renew his acquaintance with his Foochow denied the charge and Mr. Wilson, who every man, among your neigh the Republicans have got tired of waiting | denstand why we do not say more at present, friend if he could make It convenient to defended the prisoner, pleaded that, the | stream there is trained to arms" for a chance to "purify the bench" as

call a couple of hour later in the afternoon, constable may have been walking along on earth knows how frenc they call it, through the natural falling of A CORRESPONDENT sends to the Yewick World in plain words Mr. Popoff wished to see the slowly and did not see the gambling and also bigtron

a new method of combating smallpox, com- Vloeroy at one o'clock, and His Excellency, vacancies. What has done most to make municated by its author, Dr. S. Swan, of New being engaged at that hour, suggested that the the process-of-waiting Intolerable-how-York: "I first scarify the arm in the usual way, call should-be made at three ever is the indiscretions of the judges then give the patient, internally, a dose of a themselves Large numbers of them very high potency of unripligum, and with made themselves highly obnoxious by adults repeat the dose next morning, but with their zeal in the prosecutions set on foot children give only one dose. In a few days the against Republican writers and politi variola pustule appears on the arm, runs its clans under the MACMAHON regime, and course and disappears, leaving sufficient scar to have thus remained marked men. Aasta variola by this method protects the patient confirm the variolation. The introduction of the great many more have revealed their from smallpox, without introducing way foreign contempt for the Republic, by chance diseases, or waiting up any hereditary caints in remarks on the bench, or by outbursts the system."

LONDON, October 1st. ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATION IN

PARIS:

LOCAL AND GENERAL. MONSIEUR CRAMPON, the Consul for France in

absence.

Dinondo,

Consul was leaving by the night proosad, mora de prevalen feeling of excitement prev decided that be would not run

risk of creät-

that he did not run away) also that the Bribe, adopt same mess even II received, was a very small one. There the flower of the Russian - was, probably, a feud. The Magistrate, however," (only as i (Süd us, fined the defendant in the sum of $200 on sig | which od months rigomus imprisonment. The prisoner I hear

went to that "bourne," whence he had so often.

his fellow-creatures. Immediately thatj fug any disturbance, and consequently to ba the sentence being made known to the mif the Viceroy expressing his regret and claiming prisoner, his mother, wife, and sister set up a from paying his respects. So that, as a matter Indulgence for the reasons which prevented him series: most unearthly howls, weepi alling and guashing their teeth, and of fact, the statement in the Chian Mall

ired a great deal of perfuasion on the part the Viceroy and the Russian Consal is absol Ithe people about the court to make them” ately untrue

the wisdom of that observation is here forcibly demonstrated, yet perhaps, not sufficiently so. There are people who will believe in what I way and there are people who will not de to Whit can 1-do Pannot govern their minds or beliefs, though I may, either strongly or feebly, as the case may be attempt to do so, Bian isas. I have before remarked a free agent,

and governs his own thoughts and it is not by what I'mky say,bot by his own mom, convic tions, that his mode of thinking is mică, und expressed. tione

expressing thought one must have convie

alber phe way or the other and:

not necessarily ba *my rendary will ta It may perhaps be

were, to say that the

Chell again' attempt to illustrate:

kon-Health-Dfficer, the Emigration Officer,

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