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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1891.

Hongkong as it was at that period, and of the unheard of riches that lay buried in its then-existing industries and chimerical accumulative sources of wealth.

We have a score of times of late pointed out of how fictitious a nature is the boasted prosparity of this most wretched of all the mis-governed British colonies upon which HEMISTS AND AERATED WATER the sun has, according to ultra-fing notions, been ordered to shine for ever more: the sun shines here at present under a pretty thick cloud anyhow. It, however, remained for the Hon, T. H. WHITEHEAD, a banker and a keen man of business, to bring out, in the so-called local Legislative Council, last evening, facts which have the stubborn support of Agures behind them, to absolute truth of our previous asser

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CRITIC-The greatest writers make mistakes. Author-Yes; every writer is liable to put bis

gum brush into the ink bottle.

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Miss Quisby--Ah! You army men, Lieutenant, are too conceited. Why, there's not one in a hundred that ever smelt powder.". The Lieutenant-I have though. Miss Quisby Really, how romantic Where? The Lieutenant -On a girl's cheek!

new lines, Palestine, will attract far greater multitudes of pilgrims that have been seen there

since the time of the Crusades.

BILL NYE says that Battenberg bolted away from home because ma-in-law used to employ him to rub her Imperial back when she had the lumbago.

AN old Celestin! named LI Tal Hi was charged at the Magistracy to-day with purchasing F young girl whom he let out on hire. The case was remanded till Monday afternoon, bail being allowed in one surety of $150.

COMMITTEES, which include Government dele gates have been appointed at Lemberg, Cracow, Czernewitz, and in other Incalities, to per Intend the use of Baron Hirsch's gift of $2,500,000 for educating the indigent Jews of Austria,

Baron Hirsch's b⚫unty for the propagation of popular education, and the pro- mntion of trade and agriculture among the Jewish population of the Kirg'om of Galicia. the Grand Duchy of Cracow and the Duchy of Bukowina" The Hirsch schools will also he, open to Christian children, to whom Christian religious instruction will be imparted.

Municipal Council before very long; if we don't imitate Macao, by dying of sheer Inertia, or the (now) deserted island of St. Thomas, that his Excellency told THE agents · (Mestis. Adamson, Bell & Co.) us of the other day when the afflatus had inform us that the steamship Empress of India arrived at Shanghai (Woosung) ní 4 p.m. on the evaporated. Hongkong wants self-govern-gth inst., and sailed again at 2 a.m. to-day. ment; she isn't yearning for 1,500 extra 'troops, and she doesn't care, a cent if the fleet goes permanently away and loses Itself, but she does claim the right to run her own drainage system,

will be called her public servants little or much, or THERE is reason to believe tha', with the com and to say whether she can afford to pay whether we are to have a parson to pletion of the railroad line from Inffa te preach, or a new roof to our "Joss" Jerusalem, and with the construction of other houses, without regard to the "respectful " phrasing of any futurs amendments. We need not go as far as our neighbours did in Shanghal, as Sir RICHARD RESMI Cón- refessed recently, and say we don't care a d- whether the thing is `regular or not," but at the same time we want less Parliamentary Practice" and more horse-sense displayed; we want to supply our requirements in the cheapest markets, and to be in a position enabling us when necessary to give a week's notice to those expensive nonentities the Crown Agents, or to our other local servants, the now pamperad Government Oficials. And we also want it to be understood that Hongkong is now quite old enough, and also capable enough, of knowing its own requirements and governing its OWE expenditure, and that it is by far the best judge as to what should be, and above all, what will be. This idea is already in motion, and is in very capable hands

tions, and to shatter the few maining ruins of that golden state in which Governor Dis Vaux plctured Hongkong to be, when that gambling mania of '89 had distanded the Colony

almost even to the extent of blessed bustedness and which is now so fully realized and so keenly falt.

The thing speaks for itself, and it is now almost pitiable to recognise upon how rotten abasis the brilliant despatch' was built— how gassy the. facts, and how slippery the figures. It needs no special pleading to shew that anyone who has "ed in Hongkong for the last year or two can decide for himself, without our comments, if he will read a few extracts. Carried away by the fictitious prosperity of the period Sir G. W. Das Vaux, in the Despatch referred to, practically invited the home Government to handicap this Colony to in unlimited extent. He has admitted it." In the Despatch be described our (artificial) prosperity in breathless phrases as from a coup d'ail. Better had he said a coup de soleil, Who can blame. Lord KNUTSFORD for doubling our milltary contribution when

more will be heard of it anon.

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CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. LONDON, April 9th.

The President of the United States refused to

We learn that at the present time there is a total dearth of sailors in the Colony-n state of things that has not been known to exist for many years. American ship Great Admiral has been delayed for some days owing to the captain's inability to complete his crew.

The

CONSEQUENT on the retirement of Inspector Perry from the Hongkong Police Force, the following promotion have been made:-3rd clası tospector Stanton to be 2nd class Inspector, we Inspector Perry; Acting Inspector Butlin to be the class Inspector; Sergeant Mann to be Acting Inspector.

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THE yield last year of the preat silver-producing region of the United States was but $63,000,000 In value. Mexico's product of silver was far in advance, being estimated at $475.000.000. The United States' gold product-$32,156,196-is about two and a half times as great as that of Mexico.

H.M.S. Tamar ell this morning for England, taking home the paid-off crews of H.M.S.

Impariause, Firebrand, and 'Porpaise

As she

made her way through the man-of-war anchorage,

the crews of the various other ships manned

their yards and cheered their departing comrades heartily.

THE Paris L'illustration has just dealt phreno- Ingy'n blow in the epigastrium. It gives about zoo hat-measurements of distinguished politicians. soldiers, artists, actors, doctors, lawyers and what not in diagrams, proving that it is impor- diagnosis of character or ability.

he read ten columns of solid taffy#sanction parleying over the Canadian Com-sible, from the shape of the Fead, to afford any about our wealth and importance-a screedmercial Treaty. It is believed he resents the The purest ingredients only are used, and the which would have done credit to the Canadian electoral attacks on America.

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most romantic globe-trotter or the lead- ing humbug in the Company-promoting line! True, his Excellency did try in a dignified way to take it back at the Council meeting on the 19th ult., by saying that this Colony was "egarded by the outside world as very wealthy" Tax Prince of Wales' appeal to Australians "not whereas it was in a state of collapse, but to forget the land from which they sprang" he was not honest enough to go further,nds one of how galiantly the Wettin family

to their native Germany, and say "It was so regarded-and, consequently, oppressed with this fresh Tax Vildmost of Moscow regards with apure

kension the steady increase of the Roumahfan burden of the increased military contribu- Army and Navy. The little kingdom spent last tion, through my Inaccurate and year 47,000,000 francs on its military force. exaggerated picture of local affairs." The Hon. T. H. WHitenKan did so, for him, yesterday, and his Excellency should thank his kinder stars that he was prevented from hearing so crushing a criticism upon his ability as a painter and gilder as that delivered by Mr. WHITEHEAD, in whom the public have at last found a representative who is not a dumb nonentity.

His unofficial colleagues rose to the occa- sion even-fancy that--and lived, and moved, and had their being-perhaps because His Excellency wasn't there. And the result was what? A denial of the truth about the state of local affairs, an official vote that was as discreditable

as the bartered vote of a prejudiced jury, swamping majority of might over right, another nail in the coffin of the present system of local Government!

THE law of evolution works in language as well a in other things. Twenty thousand words have been added to the English language in the Department of Biology alone since Darwin's discoveries.

Ms. E. W. Maitland, hon. treasurer of the Allee Memorial Hospital, begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the funds of the hospital:-H. Z. Just, Esq., $25; Lam

Ping Won, $3.

THE Carewitch doesn't own all the jewelry in In the Far East At the Central Station this morning Police Constable Tames was presented with a gold chain and locket on the eve of his retirement from the Hongkong Police Force, after ten years' service. Inspector Stanton, In making the presentation, said that it was a mark of the esteem in which Mr. James was held by his brethren; it was not many members who lived to retire on a pension, Mr. James' being the only one left of twelve men who came to the Colony ten years ago. Mr. James briefly returned thanks for their kind presentation and good wishes in appropriate terms.

ONE day recently while H.E. Fu Kun, a member of the Tsung-li Yamen, was on his way to the Imperial Palace for audience one early morning, he saw several suspicious characters on the tap of the wall of the Imperial city, and surmining that they were thieves, he gave orders that they should be arrested. The police were soon upon the spot, but the interlopers, bad gone to parts unknown; the night after a gang of armed robbers entered H.E. Fu Kun's private residence his face told him to recognize their faces well, for and bound H.E., and pointing a loaded gun at. they did not intend to see him again. Then some of the gang looted the premises, and upon

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given signai left the place. Some of the stolen property has been recovered from several of the pawnshops; but no arrests have been made so: far.

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THE wife of a San Francisco editor lately fell in love with his friend, a business man, and he with her. They did not abuse his confidence, they held no clandestine meetings, simply went and told him the truth, he conscated to a THE charge against the compradare and a holler-divorce, they were married, and he attended maker of the Cosmopolitan Dock for using a the wedding. The entire affair was conducted knife and other weapons in a free fight that without publicity, without disturbing the friendly occurred here on the 4th ult., absorbed almost relations existing between the trio. Those the whole of Mr. Wise's time at the who believe in the Inviolability of the marriage Police Court this morning. Mr. Caldwell pre- He will call such proceedings immoral, but secuted, and Mr. Pollock defended the accused, they are, broadly-speaking, as moral as say but the case was further remanded till Wednes- arrangements dealing with the relation of the sexes can be. The business man might have taken advantage of his friend's confidence, the wife betrayed her husband's honour, the husband killed one or both to indicate his manhood. Straightforwardness and a logical marriage-jaw rendered dishonour and death unnecessary. Blink it as we may, observes a contemporary, that 'Frisco divorce and re-marriage show us the goal to which the world is drifting-the goal (of absolute freedom of contract) towards which civilised mankind began to drift when it consented to the frat divorce.

day.

We regret that lack of space prevents us from giving a criticism on the "Lady of Lyons," as produced by Mr. Geo. C. Mila's Dramatic Company at the Theatre Royal last night, in our present Issue. We would, however, remind our readers that tonight's performance of Macbeth" will be the last which this talented and popular company is to give here. Seats have been largely booked, and the house promises to be the biggest of the season.

AN Iowa woman has named her twin daughters Gasoline and Kerosene-Exchange. The old man's name is probably Pete Roleum.Boston Commercial Bulletin. We hope the hables will grow up a para-fine girls.—Boston Herald, The man who marries into that family will strike pil-Cape Cod Item. But we fear that sparking in the immediate neighborhood of the pastime. Munsey's Weekly. But what fine girls in question will be a very dangerous wives they would be when it came to kindling the fire in the morning.

we understand that the arrangements for com- mencing work on the Kowloon-Canton reliway The Yadan Gazette is given to understand that are approaching completion, Mr. J. Sampson several prominent firms at that port have been being first on the list for the post of superinten-compelled to cut off the electric light in their dent-in-charge.

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Tax British Government has reduced the mini- mum standard for the army to git, qin, and the old difficulty about finding recruits still remains for no matter how fast the standard is reduced the nation decays still faster. And in conse- quence of this a facetious contemporary opines that the time may come when a robust individual one yard high will be gladly enrolled as a Grenadier-In fact, that m

must come according to all existing signs, for the process of dilation seems to be incurable. There are plenty of long-drawn-out Britons still in existence-probably as many as there ever have been-but the proportion of men who are unfit for service Increases every year.

shaky at the knees, and loose and rickety in They are mostly narrow in the chest, and business houses which has been fastalled by

the folats, and otherwise gone to seed, for Japanese, insurance having been refused on

Britain is rapidly becoming a collection of account of the defective nature of the lastalla

gaubt, wawholesome cities planted in an uncul. tion.Willst on the subject we may state that

tivated desert, and the men who are reared in the systems in lighting in Hongkong promises to

cities are a thin, angular, weary race without be even more satisfactory shortly, as the strength of the current will be greatly increased when the either muscle or endurance. And as for the erection of a few more lamps justifies the addi-agricultural population, it has been wiped ou by landlordiam and Freetrade-that is to say, it survived landlordism, but it could not war. vive landlordiam and Freetrade combined," And "Is this your first appearance to a court oftional use of the reserve dynamo, Justice ?" asked his Worship of a respectable

consequently, what was once the tallest and citizen who was charged with being a vagrant,

most muscular cation in Europe now passes of "No, Judge, it is the last time, thus far-how

any narrow, consumptive spectre of 5ft 3in. as It with yourself?"

Ar the Harbour Office this morning Com. W. C. Hastings, R.N., Acting Marine Magistrate, imposed a fine of $15 each upon the masters of two salt-fish Junks, for anchoring in the Barbour without a licence.

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Aye, that last phrase sums up public opinion (as far as that commodity, is worth Is anything on Hongkong) in a nutshell. We are governed too much and too littim. In another column can be read the walla A REGULAR meeting of Perseverance Lodge, of 11-treated ratepayers, lifting up their No. 1165, EC, will be held in Freemasons' Ebenezer against the patch of small Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursday, the 16th inst., potatoes known as the Sanitary Board; at 8.30 for 9 pm. precisely.. Visiting brethren

coals, and who is willing to be dressed up la are cordially invited. we have seen what we have to endure

"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY REMINDED THAT ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS

MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE.

The Fonghong Celegung

Delegraphs.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1891.

THE Paris Figaro's definition of a man of the world: Once for all, please explain to me what you mean by a perfect man of the world." He is a man who is able to be stupid without ever saying anything stupid,”

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67. PETER'S SEAMEN'S CHURCH.-The Mission steam-launch Day Spring will call alongside vessels hoisting code pennant C between 9 and 10.30 ., on Sunday to convey men nahore to the in o'clock servicc, returning about 11.30.

An Adelaide man recently started as a parson, and for a time the business pannéd out well. Then be took to temperance-lecturing, but changed that far brokering on the Adelaide Corner and made £50,000 during the boom. He put half of this into specked" on the a suburban brewery and Corner with the rest. Finally he dropped the whole lot, and is now meditating over his mis- fortunes at a salary of thirty shillings a week. His return to the fold is hourly expected.

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CRICKET.

NAVY v. H. K. C. C.

The above match was played on the Cricket ground to-day, and resulted in a ridiculously easy victory to the Club. The Navy went first. the wickets, and only two succeeded in getting into double figures,-Plant 38, and Adair 15, the rest, with two exceptions, being dismissed without scoring, owing to Lowson's fatal delivery. Their innings closed with a total of 59 rune, half-an- hour before tiffis. The scores were as follows :--

NAVY.

Fire Textron Baker, mun ent expedie ✪

Second InkIAL

Haste and

L. à Lomes. st b Barff.

Tayler, b LowDS

de Reebeck, ... b Lowsay.

Hebert,LowROJ..

Clarence, b C, S. Darð........... Lewis ra kəstəs

Nicholson, C. B. Bats.................

list not automaa

Extra instantADISON IMPER

Total..

• To hat

Tosa......5

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB, .

C. 5 Bar, cile Roeback, b Plant "O. A. Woodenci, e Clareses, b Bowles ...............

Capt. Dunn, de Roebeck

desi|24|999

G.B. Taverner, gaad b Filieramentumangg

T.

A. Lowson, & Elliot, 5 Pirat ...............

Smith, a Harbari, & Plant...

Maitland, b Adair „in

S. W. Corn, de Roebeck, ↳ Clarence

L. C. Ward, & illawies. b Clasen DE ................

T. Lambert, not nut.

R. F. Lammert, ↳ Adilr

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Total

CORRESPONDENCE:

[We damat necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column).

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THE DRAIN-DODGERS.

To van Eutron of tws "Hongkong TilmezipE.” Sra,-I think it is through the medium of the press that I can best call the attention of the Government to the openings which are now being made all over the Colony to lay new water pipes and drains. Although this new draining a high-handed robbery made by the Surveyor General, and his satellites, yet I dit- dain from saying anything about it, as you have already mentioned it more than once in your former issues on the subject. What I want to say is that the openings are laid open for an unnecessarily long time. I may mention as an instance those in Feel Street. Any ene passing in that locality must cover his nose well, or else he will breathe the unwholesome odour coming from the filthy water &c. The bad smell is unbearable. Does this not bring smallpox and fever and such like infirmities? What is the use of a Sanitary Board, when it does not look after then things 7 -

I am, Sir,

Yours very truly,

ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Hongkong, 10th March, 1891.

·TO THE EDITOR of the "Hongkong TeleuuA.PW," SIR,-Can you tell me why there has been no water at all in Elgin Street, Pechille Terrace, for a week? One week before water was sup", plied in the morning and nights only for half an hour, and this not freely, only two buckets of water at a time 1 Certainly, it is not on account of want of rain, as I see other bossen not far distant getting a good supply.

Yours truly,

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J. C. DOS REMEDIOS. Hongkong, 11th April, 1891.

PROSTRATION BEFORE THE IMPERIAL TABLETIN CHI-NAN-FU.

This year the Chinese New Year fall upon February 7th, and; according to venerable custom, in the early morning soch after mid- night, in every prefectural city in the empire, the officials of that city repaired to the Imperial temple to prostrate themselves before the Em

a soldier, and even he is so lamentably scarce peror's tablet. This tablet is simply a painted that probably ere long the test of height will be board about two feet high and one wide, orta abandoned altogether, and the recruiting autho-mented with a border of gilt dragons, and having an epigraphs which runs, Tang-chiu Huang-ti rities will carol any bow-legged dwarf who can pass an examination in lifting a quarter-bag af Wan-sul, Wan-sui, Wan Wan-sul," .., "May the relgulag Emperor live ten thousand years, glaring red coat for the better convenience of ten thousand years, ten thousand thousand anybody who la out shooting at the empire on years.” which the sun never sets.

This tablet is preserved in the main building of the third court of the Imperial_templa-a templo which ofdinarily during the year in devoted to the unpoetical but practical needs of fact dealers and thread makers, who occupy Sta courts with their business, and are only made to disperse during a few days of the New Year's season. The New Year's ceremony, as performed here by the officials, does not seem to be relle glous, but simply political in its nature, being manifestation of their allegiance to the Emperor, it consists of what the Chinese call the "San Kuel Cblu K'ou the three kneelings and sine prostrations," and it is undoubtedly strik ing spectacle, performed as it is under the star Ught in the soft glow of several score of large silk lanterns, in total silence save for the wailing tones of the ho. If skeng or precenter, and the quavering, nates of the Pandean pipe which accompanies bla

IN France there is very little annual natural increase among the French population, but the Canadian Franck are, perhaps, the most procrea- tive people in the world. The Dominion Government, wishing to encourage the growth of population, last year passed an Act giving 100 acres of land to every man having 12 children by one marriage, and from the French Canadians of the province of Quebec have come over 1,000 claims The total population of the province is under a million and a half, and the claimants whilst we have a Legislative Council as at

come only from one class—the agriculturists. present constituled. What Hongkong

A PLEASING little ceremony was performed at

ACCORDING to the native papers Fuming and hankers for is notto be rated as a first-class

the Shanghai Masonic Club on the 5th inst, Lok-Kur districts, Yuanan Province, have been Colony, at first-class, gilt-edged, fancy

says the .C. Daily New, when Dr. Sloan, the scene of a lively fight between the Imperial who has been president of the Club for the past troops and the secret society men. The parti- prices; our yearning is for first-class

two years, was presented with a handsome calars are to the following effects-That on the administration that can show tympathetic SEVEN Chinese in the employ of Mr. Geo.marble mantel timepiece as token of the 12th of last moon the Fu-ming District Magie Piercy, head-master of the Diocesan Home and appreciation in which he is held by the members. trate had gone to another place to try and recognition of our needs, and judiciously Orphanage, were charged before. Mr. Wise this Mr. Kingsmill was the spokesman on the occa investigate murder case of importance, so s guide our aspirations-when we have any morning with fighting and creating a disturbance slon and gave some particulars of the state of noted leader, Wong-iste-yong, and some secret Our course is clear if only the mob in their quarters last night. They were each the Club two years ago and its flourishing society men, gathered a great many of them maict in a sum of fifty cents, and bound over la condition new, which he said was attributable together and marched upon the Fu-ming-yuen, of antagonistic cliques which make up.

a sum of $5 each to keep the peace for six in a great measure to Dr. Stean. The latter and having over-powered the Police officials Hongkong "Society" will but combine months.

replied sud stated that whenever he heard the and in fact killed the chief of the polles, the Long long ago the Psalmist counselled to follow some sensible leader for once. The

clock strike, he would be reminded of the Club. society men, or as they have been termed rebels, went in a body to the Magistrate's yaman zed succeeding generations to "put no trust Legislative Council must be made to

UNPUBLISHED anecdotes of the late Bir Richard demolished its first having taken all the treasure In Princes," nor, added the sage, move on. For years and years public

Burton, whose life was a good deal more adver- and valuables, then they retreated to another in any son of man." Could he, in opinion has clamoured for popular repre-

turous than that of most men, continue to trickle place with the same intent, but before they

Our curiosity was keen to witness these rises the infinlly of his wondrous wisdom, have sentation, and it has got to come to that

lo. One of the best tells how the traveller, had time to do so, the commander of the while in Persia disguised as a fair, or holy province came down upon the marauders, with of which we had so offer heard bat never seen, had Colonial Governors within the It is not enough for that aggregation of

man, scribbled a verse from the Koran on his

a strong Government force and defeated the but nevertheless, it was with only 3 o'clock door. As he wrote it with phosphorus the legend rebels. The leader Wong-tai-yung, in con. In the morning courage that we set out for focus of his mind when he conceived time-serving toadles known as Justices of refreshing spectacle.

became lumincus at night, and the people were, junction with another rebel leader, out-Hanked the temple. Lanterns, were twinkling here and so irrefutable ■' truism? Fifteen months the Peace, nor the moss-covered witen.

place strongly defended, the rebels in New

Year's ere, Occasionally ago we sank our own private pessimistic() agemote that passes here as being a Tour PING WAN was charged at the Police of age who dwels, within. But if anas rather that phen was then fir deen another town, but there in the street, for the Chinese do not sleep Court this morning with letting thres new inconvenient for Hurton, when, with a view to suffered a second check. Then they went to burst of fire before us, as somebody exploded a opinions to some extent after having read Chamber of Commerce, to send even the houses in Boshan Strand West before the

Bocure relles of their visitor, the villagers pulled Lok-kur-yuen and there killed the city Magistrate few bandred fire crackers. In fact their sharp incossant - in ✨ the Sir G.W.DES Vaux' now historio Despatch, most, able representatives, since they are buildings had been certified by the Surveyor down the house over his head. It is not of and every one who opposed them. The Imperial spiteful snapping Was and, having no desire to pase as a modern invariably the underdog in the fight. Gentral, according to section 53 of the Buloved Burton, but of anether wandering English soldiers who went in hot pursuit found the rebels houses and along the neighbouring streets.

Ordinance. Asst. Englacer Sample proved and masculine Cassandra hoped and Hongkong, If It has to pay its own taxes and the case, and the defendant was fined $35, with man, that a somewhat similar tale is told. In the latter place and again gave them battle. The air was heavy with their sulphurous formes, He was disguised as fakir in a little During the fight the leader Wong-tare-yung war and we really seemed to be breathing mors town in a savage part of Afghanistan,. The killed and also another leader; but the Govern- i saltpeiro tune tile to the Chinese, andron every than oxygen. The fie cracker seems far as in lay, support its own standing army, wants to say the alternative of a month's imprisonment.

natives seized and threatened him with ment troops managed to take the leader's a that the aforesaid document was not what and whom it shall pay, and the only THE British gun-vessel Rattler arrived at Chin death. But, only based

replied the head of the many were slaughtered by the soldiers. The festivals, weddings, funerals, and worship, the existing facts on possessed also a full measure of pro- by following the admirable example of German frigate Lipsig got shore yesterday place. This town has the misfortune not to rest of the rebelsfled to all parts in baste. Os roaring song and clashings cymbals are week between the Woosung light-house and the possess a holy man's tomb. We need one, that both sides the killed and wounded were cop punctuated with the irregular staccato, of ot. phetic virtues. So we refrained from the Australian colonies by sweeping away Woosung Spit Bugy, and was towed off by the the pilgrims who shall flock to it may make our aiderable. Within three days after the dister the fire cracker. Arriving at the gate searching so closely as is our wont into the present anomalous body that neverdoes | Fuhle The German gunboat Wolf sise fortunes." Whereupon they cat the traveller's bance the place was restored to guletmess, and the temple, usually closed, but now Hung an Imperial, Decree has been fasued to reward | wide open, we find it has been decorated the foundations upon which Governor pts anything but feel the Colonial pulse, any that grounded below Farnham's lower dock and did throat, and built him a tomb of which any

mot get off till next morning, Since then the Englibman might be proud. Let' paucity of those whe rendered such help as to merit with coloured banners. Red lanterns hang at Vaux had built his 'golden castle anent we want bleeding and promptly lance us Clippies Alxandrine and Sophie proceeded to thrilling intelligence bo our excuse for faventing promotion, Rewards are offered for the capture either alde.. A low but arises from the court I wishing in our Chläese dress we pass through | she foregoing.

of any of the rebels who have escapod. the Arabian Nights-like prosperity of ❘ for all wa are werth, We shall have, a | kaning

confided.

A BASHFUL individual whose retiring nature wil undoubtedly wreck all his earthly prospects, is suing the Daventry (Eng) bench of justices. for £500,000 damages, We don't know the particulars of the cass, but we trust he may get a verdict. To see any average beach of j's P. let in for £500,000, or even more, would be s

but commonsense way of attaining that end is idang on the night of the 2nd instant. The holy man the traveller. "I am a brother, Wong-ture-fu, a captivo, and a great great occasion, on- gala and fâ:o dayu,`at their

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