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Intimations.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA, LIMITED, CHEMIST 5, &c.

COD LIVER OIL JELLY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1892.

At the January Sessions yesterday a Chinaman was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with bard labour for throwing vitriol into the face of

fellow coolle in the docks.

SEQUAR, the Indian Medicios Man" announces his intention to address afi the sick and willing people of the Colony in public at West Polat,

A. WANADE of all the troops in the Garrison will take place on the Cricket Ground at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, on the occasion of the funeral of Prince Albert Victor. The Bands of the Regiments will play the “ Dead March," and minute guns will be fired. His Excellency the | Governor will be present. "

Suddenly the servant came in without knock Ing and gasped bysterically that all the twelve bathers had been dragged down by the d vil and drowned. Paterfamilias ruched out at once, and Billy wafted a few moments; then, ectrg bundled all the wedding presents into the tahir cloth, bolted by the back way, and dropped his plander down into St. Francis" #cell"" Then with the

In general. Time sped vary plessantly, "and" „Sym, Më 1. Ambrase, Mi..D, W. Crawfned, Mr. much useful and retsarkable Information was ['s`ð ́Mrs. "Scott, Tổ Hongber: MẶT THI added to Pa's store of knowledge.

Gibbons, Mr. Mag. Bride, C/M.G., Mr. David | Forayth.

Per Mesi geres Maritimes steamer Natal, from Marseilles, Jin, 37-To Hong Kong: Mt. and Mr. Flxhow, so

Put Mens geries Marliimes steamer Salasta,

and Mrs. Creagh. Ta Hong Kong 1 Mr. Wade house.

Per. Norddeutscher Linyd Steamship Com pany's steamer Bayern, from Be min, Dec. Gethard Dressel.. For Hongkong Mr. Johs. Lemke, Mr. J. G. Schröter, Mr. and Mrs. Frieditch Njudín.”“

HIS is sweet and exceedingly palatabio at 5 30 p.m. every day, commencing on Thursday Tax Mercury ways that the following Cricket fancy not to let one of them marry until that every hring doul was gone from the house from Marseilles, Feb. 7-Ta Shanghai M

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team has been selected to come down to try conclusions with Hongkong and Singapore THE latest news of the Pabang rebellion is that Ments, C. S. Buff, J. Carruthers, J. Mans, three stockades have been captured by the forces W. H. Moale, W. C. Murray, J. Orman, F. A. heavy floods over the whole country have entirely Wickham, and W. B. Robertson (aptain). stopped all operations,

que reports that the A TELEGRAM from Mozambique Portuguese expedition bound to Nyassa has been destroyed about midway on the journey through the explosion of the whole stock of gas-powder while encamped. Sixty men were killed on the spot, including two Europeans, and one hundred And seventy were injured, including Captains | Coutinho and Andrade, the landers of the

expedition.

A REGULAR meeting of the Victoria Preceptory, will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, on Tuesday, the 26th Instant, at 3.30 for 9 pm, precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited

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Wit now learn that the wreck of the Tengskan was sold by auction at Swatow to Messrs. | Bradley & Co.'s compradore for $4,100. (Bradley &Co, are the managing agents of the Shan line, with head-quarters in Swatow.)

A ELIGHT error crept into our notice of "Things Chinese," which should have stated that the Messrs, Kelly and Walsh, the agents in England book was printed entirely to Hongkong by

being Messrs. Sampson, Low and Co.

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WOOLF DENDOFF IN THE RINO,

crowd.

Pa was there-bodfly, though'mentally he was not all there by a long way. He gathered that one of the party had been seen to go under, and the others went near to help, whereupon all bad him. Breaking through the crowd be rushed gone under likewise, That was escugh, for to the water, and in a few, minules, and grappling with an immense ec par, mixed up with fmgments of human belga. His fro; thought was to bring away, the places, and rescue all he c utd of his famil.." He wrih;di

and twisted, and mate heroic forte to liberate them from the grasp of the the hideous brute, but sonn be found himself being held tighter, and tighter, and it was necessary L'esiay an attack on the monster itself; but even that he could act do, for his arms were pirned. He could only die with his children, and he was being drawn down, down, down among the dead men

But he awoke. It was all a nightmare, the

were not married vēt..

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The Honghang Lelegraph.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY,' JANUARY 19, 1892.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Earl of Dandonald arrived here to-day from Singapore by the Khailive.

THE Straits cricket team is to le e Slogapore on January 25th by P. & O. steamshipMétraopore,

It is announced that the Portuguese” Consulate- General at Tokyo is to be suppressed for economical reasons,

Tæt Agents (Mesus. Dodwell, Carl!!! & Co.) inform us that the steamship Torrington left Tourane for this part to day, and is dua on or about the agrd inst.

ACCORDING to the Comercio Professor Frieden. thal was most enthusiastically received in Manila and was entertained at a banquet of leading citizens before his departure.

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING RETURNS.

Inward.

Talyich wi.......... Stejmer, frám Manila,

Ravenna .........

Canton,Ide

Khediva

Shanghai Yokohama, Webu Samarang.

and as they flutter away from this flowery spot on Tuesday, Hongkong should hurry up and make the most of them. The Singapore papers describe them in most faltering terms. MR. D. Miller, formerly of the Hongkong Police, and later of the Chinese Imperial Customs, is reported to have committed suicide by drowning while on the way from Holbow to Hongkong by the steamship Frøje, wblch arrived yesterday. The Admiralty bare directed the second-class cruiser Severn, and the third-class cruiser Archer, to be re-commissioned for another term of service on the China Station. Commodore H. St. L. B. Palliser has been selected to com- mand the Victor Emanuel.

REFERRING to the reports that the Chinese were again meniscing foreigners along the Yangtze, an American Farcastically suggests that this may be due to the complaisance which Great Britain now exhibits toward China with a view of alliance, and adds a few missionaries amount to nothing compared with a chance to well British goods."

romance.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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PERSECUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG TELEMAPHY DO DEAR SIR,—In your issue dated the gat of December last you published an ed vort, is English and inSpanish, regarding certain events which purported to have occurred in Calamba, Philippines. Your Informant did not give correct version of the facts. They were, as follows:-

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If we may fudge from the large number of subsin y cofns, hearing the impression of the dragon, which have pissed into circulation, the new Mint at Canton seems to be fulfilling the hopes held by the Viceroy Chang Chin tang when he fint took steps for its tshlishment some three years. #gn. The rapidity with which the new coins are getting

poits, but in Shanghal, Tientsin. Ch-ton and even in Koren, is certainly remaile Mo, while they have dis-laced the local twenty, ten, and fire c'tit pieces to such an event in Hongkong that there has been quite a little eu cry raised by a certain section of the residents there against the Litest form of Chinese invarin, The `explanation of the process of extinction of the Hongkong subsididiary colos is very simple, " The numerons guilds, headed by the Cantonese, have received orders from the Chinese Govern ment through Li Hung-chang (whose brother, the Viceroy of Kwangiang, is most interested in the new coinsg+) to do all they can to encour age the people to take the Canonere money, and as a farther and stronger inducement the guilds who, tale. the products of the Mint in Targe quantities get twelve ten-cent pirces for dollar, which represents start with. It is no wonder then that we meet very fate profit. to

the Canton, colos more frequently every day, Intrinsically there is very little ference bé tween the Hongkong and the Canton, small coins which are almost of the same value, and artistic liv, or råther numlomatically considered, the advantage certainty lies with the old colna,, though both the Hongkong and the Canon silver currency stand infering to the handsome products of the Osaka Mint in polat of execution, The Lanton Mint coinage is rather larger in diameter than the Corresponding Hongkong and Iwan coin, but between the ahree rival ten cent pleeen there is scarcely half

Take them all for what they're worth They contradict each other so! "Love is the greatest force on earth," '. Yat "It's money that makes the mara to go."

This honeymoon was to be a wholesale bulness. There happened to be six sisters, and it was their worthy progenitor's curious all were ready to go together. Was strange whim, and in ninety-nine cases ost of hundred it could not have been gratified, and there might have been serious trouble but in

promised to be a brilliant success.

They were pleasant family, "three boys besides the six girls, and the old couple still as lively as any in the house. They dwelt in a Bort of civilised barn, called a "Hall," five miles away from a great manufacturing town. They were fine and large, individually and collectively |—big of bone, tall and broad, with plenty of feet. In fact, they needed a pretty large house and a fow fields to find room for them. Brought, up to such circumstances, among the woods and valleys, with an important city conveniently handy but not oppressively so, they comblard LAST NIGHT'S ASSAULT-ÄT-ARMS, the vigorous constitution and healthy spirits of rustic lifa with the culture of modern civilisation. They wase all alike, or as nearly so at nine persons to one family can be; and they all very last night was unquestionably the most success-

The Assault-at-Arms at the Theatre Royal strongly resembled the old man.

It was as well they were not limited in the ful, interesting and novel that we have ever matter of space, for even as it was, with miles Woolf Bendoff, "the here of a hundred ights," bondreds of narrow paths through the waving who drew a crowded house, but the populat, com, with no end of leafy della and mossy bunks bruisers can also be cred ted with contributing Lore Athletic Club, the V.R.C. and the amateur in the woods, it was surprising how difficult it was for an ordinary person to stir abroad with- considerably to the financial success of a show out running across some spoɑning-one of the mix. And in the Hall, though there were about which was got up for the benefit of the mighty and genial warrior who is literally, as he himself 25 rooms, they somehow seemed to fill them pats it fighting his way round the weld all Whenever any clumsy outsider intruded, at first the turtle-doves would look up In The skating of Mr. A. H. Wybert, the Australian crack, was an araceful as it was novel and the indignant but dignified astonishment, like the young rioker can be congratulated on having house-coolle when you cascally remark that performed a task of unusual difficaly-owing to your whisky seems to evaporate; but soon the traps, and the gradient of the stage with they got used to it, and cheerfully fred out the complete success. The bouts between Mears, trespasser every time without beating round the H. Gedge and C. Robinson, Private Hanly bush. The outside public got used to it also, and and Corporal Thomas, and Privates Sullivan and sorrowfully recognised that there was no room in Lanney were productive of some excellent that district for common uninteresting people sparring and hard hitting. The first of these was who were not going to get married. As a result, It was not" contest between the inhabitants very pretty, almost the best ofthe whole evening. the emigration returns went up with a rush. of Calamba and the Dominicans about the But at last there was to be an end of. It possession of the whole village."No one had These bouts were in one way more interesting than the rounds between. Bendoff and Wajke, was almost a pity, for as the old cynia says, contested the rights of the Dominicans to own and "the giant" and Mr. A. Rodgers, the local

Courtship is the most poetic thing in the poverty. It was alply an evil_ c | amateur champion, for the reason that the skill world, marriage is the most prosale." It is a executed by sentence of a Court of Juice of the travelling bruizer was so far superior to gentilly tam commonplace sequel to a delightful "g-inst to tenants of property owned by the that of bis opponents as to make his fights very

But it is the inevitable sequel, Dominicans. The case that was brought to the one-sided. However, although there was practi and in this case it was to be a brilliant consideration of the Supreme Court at Madrid cally no contest between Beadoff and those one. The old folks, naturally, had sole charge was that of another tenant who had appealed who donned the mittens with him, still the skill of arrangements and for weeks they had constant against the sentence of the local Court. The and the tricks of Rodgers sufficed to bring out conferences over the details, someilmes prolong- Governor General bad nothing to'd with the some of the fine qualities of the champion, who ing the sittings far into the small hours of the case, nor did he sent any cavalry er artillery to is to face Maher, the “Irish Boy," in America moming. Then they would go to sleep and dream Calamba. It was the jurisdiction of the Count next year and fight him to a faith with bare about it, and sometimes the dreams were of [quiice of Santa Crux (Laguna) In June les knuckles fer a well-filled purse, after which he exciting ones.

the Judge of aid Court, sccording to law, and after having heard the ev dmca on bath

grain's difference in weight, but whatever will spar with Jos Macauliffe, Conley, Kilrain,

On the eve of the great event paterfamilias sides, rendered judgment,rgain.t: 30 tenants there is it is in favour of the ongkong.cain. Slavin and other champions and ex-cham plons. But out-classed as were Beadoffs lay awake talking over the pro.ramme with of lands owned by the Dominicans, and sen The Canton pieces are percent bly thicker. It opponents, the public were given a great treat, materfamilias usul three o'clock in the morning,tenced them to quit them, on account of not is obvious then that the difference in bu ke is to far he showed them just enough to make them when as Mr. Caudle used to say "exhausted having complied with the terms and conditions he conted for, by the fict that more alloy. wish to see him doing his level best to put his nature asserted herself, and sleep, gentle, of the contract agreed and signed by them. O is used by the Chinem Mint, but the difference antagonist to sleep. The public paid their peaceful sleep, stepped into the breach. After this sentence only one of the tenants appealed at present does not materially affect the money, saw Bendaff, admired his skill and were only a few minutes, as it seemed, "Pa" was The proper time prescribed by law having relative value of the rival currencies. Why, agreeably surprised to find that the pre-fighter roused by a chorus of feminine voices announcing clapsed, the Judge ordered the sentence to be then, we mayak, do the Chinese in the North was as docile as a lamb and virtually (for ance that it was eight o'clock and that he music tried out, la respect of the 29 tenants who had South rxercise a preference for the new at any rate) as harmless at a dore. He seemed hurry up if he wanted to see the fun. It not appealed, and within the paled marked by cofisant what are the causes learing to the to take the whole thing at a joke, and put bis

was in vain he protes ed that the prize distrib law, and the tenants not having given up the growing dilavour amongst the Chinese of the opponents wrong side up without turning a hair :

ution" did not commence until 10.30 and that lands and lots within the time legally prescribed once-ways acceptable small aller coins of The performances of the seven representatives

he was not a woman to take two baure dressing. they were evicted in accordance with the ten-Hongkong and Japan 7 In the first plc-weihink of the Lore Athletic Club on the bars, the rings

He was ord-sed to get up and boss the tence of the Court of 'astice These 29 tenasis the British Government is largely to blame in the etc, were, if anything, more perfect than usual procession. So at last they got off to church. had sub-leased some pondóns of the lends and matter, because they re-lly drave the Chinese of In this brief notice of an unusually interesting and got through with the fun in the usual lots to others, about one hundred in all, they in Hong suy to invent some means of supplying exhibition of skill in the manly art of self-delence, way, and had the usual band to escort them to the turn being alae compelled to obey the sentence the want of a sufficient subsidy cannge, about it is only ascessary to add that the referees per-station; and sea usual the band considered itself of the Judge. Thy relaxed to enter into con which complaints have been made in Hangkang formed their delicate duties to the entire sutis. ] the whole procession, and entirely ignored all tracts with the real owners in spite of the? (fœmany years pat. Besides, the Co onial Authou

other claims to attention. And finally the made to them that they could do so, and even rilise mig t have taken steps at oner to suppress. faction of the contestants and audience alike.

whole six pairs got away in the train, that he arrears of rent dse by them would be the Canton-made coins in the Colony, which bound for the little seaside place where at cancelled. Their own obstinaer was so’blumeing one of the Queen's possessions would be the siz honeymoons were to be spent. "Pa" for having been also evicted, according to low pericly javi din stopping the circulation of acted as a sort of Cook's tourist agent, personally How could they expect to be left in occupation any currency but hat bearing the Qreen's head, conducting the crowd, and--paying for every of the land in contradiction to the sentence of the though in vinof, the fact that they have so thing. He was very useful, ales, in removing regular Court of Justice? Where would be the long permitted the Mexican dollar to figure an old shoes and rice from among his flock after rights of property and the prestige of the Courts be unit of value, such a step might have been the usual bombardment Some of the rice had It is not true that the Governor General regarded as somewhat inconsistent. It would, been boiled soft and squashy, too.

ordered to threw down and burn all the houses however, present no greater anomaly than the The only trouble was that the party consisted stages and buildings" Those who cleared the eleration of such a nondescript coin as the of fast thirteen persons,

lande and lose, na sentenced, was the auxiliaries Mexicana Precedents for legislation against Arrived at their destination, "Pa" again came appointed by the Court, not by the Governor thesofuz rf foreignorinage might easily be found in convenient as porter and general baggage General. All that was burned was the dibrit without going further thin Singapore, where « clerk. He had the pleasant duty of manceuvring which had been left lying on the beach, wheé few years ago the Council:-panied a law against a whole army of about 60 trunks and 600 “smali it and been carried, unclaimed by their the circulation of foreign copper coins with lots," transporting them to their quarters, and owners. What your "Manila reporter" did not which the market was wird by some local then sorting them out. After that he had fnform you was that agrots and friends of the speculators Shanghai Mercurye the additional fɔy of being violently abused evicted tenants tried several theres to set on fire huligaam våbent ho all round for doing everything wrong, getting the whole village, and they would have succeded perio "everything damaged, mixing everything up, but for the promptaras of the authorities, in ED ESTEA PROSPECTS-

and losing everything that was most wanted, sending go men of the. " Perinsa'ar Reg ment ! In such moments as these, how proud a father's to prevent it. These were all the troops sent. We have from time to time during the past heart must feel!

No cavalry, no artillery gundy dd,

It is not true that women, children, and sick or three years brought, quile unora ssarily people were hunted all over the country Amang Pabapy, to the notice of our readers the heavy the evicted tenants there were only two or three have been installed by the teamen of this port

flomes, which through the depreciation of prices, women and one old man and which have led at the same time to the ruin The above are the true facts in connection of very many Westy quite unneceasirily, with the case of eviction described to you by your Manila reporter with the intention of cape it must have been obvious to all who producing certain effects among some of your are followed the course of the trade, let alons readers, now well as among fi cred slows the texilimony borne by the serious failing of I Indians of Manis, as is proven by the fact of supplies which in Itzell we afficient nusurance, publishing his fanciful report, both in the Chinese are hot to be easily daunted, as well all English and Spanish languages." Another proof that the story erginated with the Mini know. They will fight againstthe greatest odds reporter" is the fact of there having appeared they believe they bave a prescriptive right, but the same "tale in The Dolly Telegraph and even we come to the end of another season The Dally Press published on the very samband find further falling of laid of 30,000

Thanking you for giving harpitality to the

"BEAUTY and the Beast" will shortly make way for Baldwin's lovely Butterfiles, who arrived bere by the English mail steamer Khedive this afternoon. What with the Butterfly Company, "Sequab the Medicine Man," Woodyear's Circus, and Bendoff the Slogger in our midat we are likely to have a gay time of it in this Isle of Fragrant Streams for some weeks to come. JUST as we anticipated months ago, the Chinese steamers Smith and Cars-one of the fads of the ex-Governor of Formosa, who thought he could swamp European trade by introducing Government-owned steamers- have been with- drawn from the Hongkong-Formosa route. This ought to help the Douglas Company Immensely and no doubt would do so were it not for the danger, always imminent, that "the Scavengers of the Far East" may feel disposed to take a hand in the game at kay moment,

ACCORDING to late reports of the Governor of Jchol. Te-fu, the trouble at Chaoyang arose out of quarrel between Chinese colonlits and the Ao-khan Mongols, when, on the standard of revolt being raised, the worst elements of the mongrel population dropped in from far and near, and swalled the rising to unusual proper tions. Chao-yang, which was taken by the A fall report will appear in our next lasue. insurgents and partly sucked, is an open city. We sent the Office Goat down to report the without moat or wall, about 30 miles E.NE, af show, but he got boosing with "Brownie" and Jehol (Ching-tch), 190 miles distant. From butting his thick head against Bandoff's fist Moukden the place bears neatly W. by 3, about and generally played Sheol all the way round. 125 miles, and from Newchwang N.. W, about | #William" has been suspended, and we ATC Bo miles. From Feking the direction is about only walling for the arrival of Baldwin's five- N.E. by E., 270 miles; and from Tientsio N,E,, | legged unleorn to give him the "bullet" direct, much the same distance.

It is now known definitely that the yacht Aris! | encountered heavy seas and was swamped off the Island of Tal-chak-chau, 'near Chin-cho, She. became unmanageable, the rudder-head breaking and the heavy seas and furious winds completely overpowering her. The pilot and captain, with one other of the crew, saved themselves by means of life buoys, and managed to reach the -shore. The other two-were-last-usen-banging- on to a spar. The three men' waited on the island five days, in the hope that the others might be picked up and brought in ; but they were never heard of again. The survivors then left for the mainland and reached Cantou after a ten days' tramp. They arrived in Hongkong last night, and state that the voyage was a terrible experience.

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PART II.

The first of our series of origias! heaven born inspirations was such a success that it is already out of priot (not burned as useless, but honestly sold out) and we might have reprinted it as the "One serious mistake he made, however. - All week's moralette too, especially as the feable the wedding presents had been set out plagiarism of it in our esteemed morning con- beautifully and neatly, all catalogued like an temp is still leaping its classy course to-day, auction sale, and in his eagerness to do the right like Misery and the poor, cyer with us. If then, thing he had packed them all together and "Dakin's Orders" had been made to do doby brought them along in the train. "And again, as an encore, so to speak, the general unfortunately they were all mixed, for the pawn public would have been pleased. But encores, tie ets had dropped off them, and nobody knew however clamorously demanded, must not crowd which was whose. So almost the whole of that eat, new and even better things. Now, don't afternoon was spent in sarting them over and please say "beiter could not be in this world" dividing the spoils, sume by choice, some by the It's true, right enough, but it is too much for our spfa of the humble halfpendy, some taken off modesty, and the graph in modest above allarmis, and so on. At the finish, they were all sise, Modesty, in the language of flowers, is re-ticketed and put in Pa's room, 'symbolisad by a telegraph pole, ..

Ar the regular meceting of the Eothes Mark Lodge, No. 264, held last night, the Worshipfa Master Elect, Wor. Bro. F. A. Haseland, WAS installed in the chair by War. Bro, O'D Gourdin and a Board of Installed Masters, after whichTM Wor, Bro, Hazeland appointed and invested his officers as follows:-

S.W................Bro. R. Markwick, Jr.

A. Shelion Hooper. Treasurer...Wor. A. OD. Goardia, Secretary

13 J. Dyer Ball M.O McLeavy Brown"

R. Cooke, 1.0, ........................G. A, Caldwall, !- S.D............ 17°

F. R. Simmonds, J.D.......... CD: Wilkinson, LG.FL. Lloyd, Steward............. 5. L. Darby. Tyler...........J. R. Grimble. Was appointed but being unable to atend was not invested After the ceremonies were through, the beethren adjourned to the lower hall where the usual | preferring to. # masonic and loyal toasts were honoured,

23 MEMORY OF PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR, Duke of Clarence' and Avondala,

Dead! with thy marriage day at hand?

Dead; with the sounds of health and joy, Greeting thy brother sailor-boy Back from the solemn border-land J England, dark-palled, with winter-gloom,

Drawa darker down her mouming shroudį. I hear the voice of weeping loud a Across the circling Empire come.

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PART III.

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I remain, Dear Eldar bilan barataja

Yours very truly,

Mat could not have been "otherwise.". The

Its preserva a trade to themselves to which

¿chests, we are on the pólat of despair of the national characteriile being maintained. Ect mind here we come to our point-aundry up country tesmen, of our sequaintance have come at this functure to see us and reasantè or,--men (who have still energy and"capital Jeft to them, ||They infords us that they are determined to face

the situation, that India and Ceylon shall not. {"baffsthem in the master of price...). They are * LIST OF PASSENGERS.forming they tell us galds in different localities

HA, CASTILIAN: Hongkong, 18th January, 1792 og parke

“të regulate the Rist cost from, the growers, an Per P. and O. stekmer Virtoria, from London: Well at the expenses attending the coring and dings" We suggested that an improvement Dec. 34 To Shanghal Miz Slot Croiz, Misss1 Beint Croix, Mr. Garking Mry, Sheddel, Kalliy wid Flikewise necessity, and to shla Miss Whitaker Miss Dunsdor Miss Aspöbhi, and manure might be used. The refinder to Misr "Dimegton, MissguMirch bark, To" | 1xle was, that "it" was set to be opined fa Hongkong Mr. H/W Aston and friend, Midficient quintily on the plantations. We and Mrs. Warren, Mr. A. Casaresparked that imported manure might be

Fer F. and O stemmer Ganger, from London, procured at so very extravagant price Jan.-To Hongkong Mr. and Mie. Wieford, instance, on the less expensive bean-cake,

· It : Miss Gurtier, Mies Watsonaren orakulerbe Thookable head, and

would ¡Per P. and 0. greumer Oprana, from Landma / deobla (the cost of) the: teaj: whereupon » NO Miss Gaskin, Miss Mulligan To Hongkong the tale value of the tea would be doubled and Jan, 8 h. To Shanghai : Miss M. A. Thömpión, ventured on stating,, with some confidence, ibat Mr. A. F. Batchelor, M. G. B. Batchelor, Mr recommended that, at any mis, the rial should C. W. Woonam, Mr. T. Mitchell, Commodorp be made. In the end; it was to be taken H. S. L. B. and Mis. Palliser, Mr. G: HAD to their consideration. In the meantime Willie, do not begrenzerfal ellegria thept added that one of the fatforms they PerP, and Oi steamer Falette from London, were about to introduces would they felt

In reference to that same yarn of last week, #Longshore Billy". Interviewed Pa in his den many people have asked “What has the title to and get him to charter the Pelly Ans for the do with the story? Well, perhaps the clerk of whole company that afternoon, to start at half the newspaper fiction syndicate had been keeping past four, have tea-such a charming tea i-on Christmas, and got mixed a few. Anyhow, we the billowy deep, and return in time for a swim dunno.

And now for our second "billllant novel," with before dinner, Away they went, and Billy at the helm studied his passenger thoughtfully, which we present to our readers an eighteen wondering how he could manage to relieve penny sterco portrait of the author. By and by them of their immense stock of wedding presents. we will present soms ditto dito portraits of Many schemes, deep, and dark, and wicked, authors of the Daily Press sensational fiction," haunted his mind, but could not take root there which our est. morn. cont, refuses to publish, for his heart was touched. As soon as the Polly Ann got fairly away from the abore, as 1000 ke of the DP.syndicap the tippence From one

poflawe clip the following This new work will be a Story of Love and she began with the heaves,"as soon as the young

people commenced bilariously balancing ten: Tragedy containing a Morder of a most Black cups and things and trying not to break them, and Diabolical kind, carried out under circum as soon as the first mouthful of tex was gulped stances almost without Parallel. The deed is down curtain | A seasick woman is the executed with consummate skills the Murderer most distressing sight conceivable, and ship makes his Escape. But Nemesis the murderer's load of them was too much for Billy, own Heart and Conscience-conspire against He him, and the reader is enthralled by the skitalo conid not harbour a thought of evil against description of the manner, in which the Criminal such a helpless, miserable, pillible crowd. It

was enough to rid the young men's minds of eventually track himself to his Doɑms, “ ..... .

We can knock spots out of that: We will give a too were there or thereabouts and could not the last trace of romance, but unfortunately they DOZEN marders, blacker and mere diabolically is much attention to their loves. So Billy bloodcardjing thap even Dally Prsar leader put back, and with the approach of diria firma and carried out under circumstances without the spirits of all revived, and as they stepped parallel *——2 nay, carried out, under cizmimashore they looked and had the audacity to stances physically impossible. As for readers. With thee, dear England's Queen, whose being enthralled and all that, wo wil so chastend-nover to have suffered at all, but to

have enjoyed their brief sail immensely; beginn the intelligent public that it will want to go. As they gleefully prepared to take their dip

"qasiny, and that was, to cure and park the ten and do likewise, and consummate skill and an Inspiration of transcendent genius entered Feb 5th-To Hongkong Lnd and /Lady soon after picking as practicable instead of marvellous ingen ally will be exercised in the Billy mind. He had a pet octopus which he Glasgow From Coloniba-Te Hongkong letting the leaf lie about in bags as has been the palaless removal, of the whole. Defly - *rsit | facetiously termed St. Francis, lodged in a pool | Mr. and Mrs. J. Scaring, Miss E. M. Plumeltic custom of late years. By way of ascertaining establishment'

at the back of his cottage, Imprisoned by hugo. Per Mesagerien Markimies, steamer Call, shpy - they) were going to overcome the welk rocks all round - Dexterously lowering an "old | Conten, from Marseiller, Dec, 27h-To Shang-, known reasons for the leaf being left so long la bost, he soon had his playmats out; and on the - hai ;. Vic" Admiral Hummon aMritsBall de heath. Then he went away up to interview Pa,, Bretizel, Me, Gauchet, Mr, De Wert, Mr. De knowing that he' could'trust the Saint to do`kin | Varenne Me De Rochlical?» To Hongkon beitë. Pa was glad to have a quiet half hour | Mr. Chantrey Tuchbald, Mra Irwin, McGoogadi while the young folks were splashing about la ville, e papun oRDASH the water." He took, Billy into his room, gave 7 Par Messager ég Minolt „him a drink, and get to talking of setaldo masters

Sweet mother! Sweeter widowed bride, -

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head

Bows ever by the mourner's, aldo:JTN

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*Swalow etc.

Wastan **

Moji.

Canton,

Singan..............

Canton,

Esmeralda j

Manila.

London,

ating 13,148 tons, register

Dotward.

Talyick

steamer, for Nagasaki..

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Thales

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Gluchsburg

Amoy

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Choysangin

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Kwangisind

Canton.

Aggregating to 915 tons, registeri

Yokohama.

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Sweet thrushes sing above the snow ; Spring comes from winter's death, they

And gladness follows woo fall oft.

So closer round the darkened Throne poten Rally each English beart and hand 77 "But 1. 1. (e the sight of that fair fund. Where death and sorrow are unknown 1:

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Oh, how delightful ) oh, how entrancing |? A SENSATIONAL HONEYMOON, MGA MAGIC SUICIDE: Proverbs are sometimes good and soundtr And sometienes andiluted roda #FE6111E PANTU “It's love that makes the world goʻround, But “It's need that makes the old wife tratz

Jan, atat-To Hongkong : Mr H. A. Stanton / cerain,”; be producily of improvement in

· Per F. and O. steamer Arcadia, hom London,

begs (nachtly the carrying of it to a central depot,

kod the time; lest in barg integ), we remarked egalingly that the growers right have some- Bing to say to that? - Their reply man, that ómäldallón Famongst the bayerni, with de