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P.. Frewuz,:2t, | Merehante’. Exohanga....:. ,Mesara,S. M, Parting. & Oo., ae -.. ', 8%,Park Bow, _ Hongkong, 204 Janaary, 1875, * iy ‘ ‘NOW BEADY. OUND VOLUMES of tho.China, Quorlan Trade Report for the, Yaar: 1874, . Pe ¢ Len Dollars. j se Apply at the Hongkong; Leb February; “Hoxanone, Manon. Gri, 1875, tere ee rent ‘LAGS!

: ‘seemingly no:-appeal, and the ‘ancient, an Hak Bourz and Key, 1| viater, the defence, Tha avidenes sof ‘the’ acin~ tion; for.weak children, heats and-fecble “limba ; for moré. than’ certainly. oritera into-our or any. but medical p sophye-: "> fit weet ac ‘These rémarka bave beon prompted. by the aunounceient; in & London paper, that:it is} jn contemplation to-return: 40 the ol. bad ‘Vand: renwoless. practice "of ranking’ tightwaittod dresses... This is preatly’ tobe deplored, aa the stylo of dross: has, of late exhibited. in: improvement: on.:that, of, form times. Bat if! Fashion wills there. is vicious’ habit, of, ‘clamping, the. waiei will once again. duaua,. to, tho detriment of the whole economy of ‘the. system, and to the goneraldisgust of sensible persons, Tt is to be hoped-tha ladies of Hongkong will | not conform to Ahis' pernicious style if it raceives the approval of Fashion, as there is too thuch reasof to-fear it will. In many. of the colonies there is a happy. disregard of maity of the stiffer conventionalities of life, ond on ‘Tabsence of obedience’ to the'latest ‘edista of Fashion; and any change in “this order’ of.

things would bea matter ‘for. rogret,..To this colony there ‘is a movement Fashion.

sigh for many vanished pleasaras. Fashion has'a giant’s'strength and uses it like a giant. ‘What more. signal. proof of, this neod: be us—itrébo universal. wearitig’-of, the ‘pigtail ‘badge "of conquest’ and degradation, which, having been, patronised and, adopted by Fashion; ia nov more, than’ willingly aut mittéd to by them--baa, in fact, become’ ona of their most. cherished institutions ‘and ‘pe culiarities.”": -ie Sas arcane John Meavers, a carpontor belonging to the German bark Norsta, was yoaterday. sentenced to ong month’s bard labour by the Marine DM gisteate for wilfully negleoting’ to join’ bis obi boat alongeide.”: He and remained #o all ate at at it is an’ {as a beginning, ‘wil fraudulent’ preter ~ cobdacted, tho proseoutiq terms. Next day. tho, dofendunt -wpproved | of some samples’ whieh wore.shown him, and. anid "he wanted: 200,000 pieces, tivo-thirds’ of “tho of which would be paid in cash and the remni ing third “in bond and Texas Railway... He would only. take 30,000 the option of thoreaging or, l:siug the contract... He produced a prospectus ‘and map.of,the line, and ead it wud a vory god.

‘undertaking, and thut the, bunds wonld “ultim. ately be worth a very proat deat ‘more than-the |' price be’proposed.to let’ the. complainant have ‘them at—that was 150 for ench £200 bond. Tho complainant said bs ahould like to. know whether the bonds contd ba ad'd or dealt, with on the Stock-Bxcbange.. The ‘reply ‘was, did not think visable; thab’American sea. rities’wore then in very, bad favour, but. would of the Uiingia, -Missouri,| ‘whiob-ha.

wher jlogated in'th ‘making aaah coll ‘ate-them.. 3; ‘Lhe Mylabris: cick ‘Bazaare) 7 woll kaow: le to his fair f tricks and i motob trouble ia“education bya!

‘case; insued mping op e sat, ap ou bia ‘hind lege, aid. oppeared to. be taking xfoves in hia mind of the bide and-biddere, Aftey a: brisk. competition, he‘-was, ultimately |; @: Attarnay- | i vo" QHE “RED OENT Tho ved cont” of. the United States has for along time been dyi i f ja Now rarely mob’ A Philadelphia paper, quoted by the Hoonomist, notés some of tho vicis.

aitades through whieb thi pasuod, : ‘It owed bo. very valuable eventually; ‘that ‘the whole line.of railway would: bo ‘finished. in, Qotober, and. the: tratiia | receipts -regalarly* publishes bhat:hie firm, had subsoribed for a larger -num-‘bor than they’ ought, and; consequently’. bad Nocked up their sapitelto-a certain éxtent,. Ha alao -eaid that a:considerable part: of -the line bad been. finished; that: troine ;were ranoing ity and. that the ‘whole ‘87 -miles..would mpleted. in October, und “t¥e receipta ed,.:,.The complainant being ‘satisfied se. explazationg entered into’ a contruat in writing on tho subject. . He also” augirestad. ‘that tha defendant's firm should sell ‘the bonds thamselved on-. tha: Stdok-Axchange ;.’ but: the: defendant demurred:.ty thaton the ground, that ‘Hgiven than, that Swe bee’ hourly “ nround’] they would Have to submit to'o sacrifice in prico of £150'par bond: Th tract wap afterwi thodified,’ “At.on’ interview. at, Man¢heater:’on iar | by the Chinose, a style fixat, originated 23 4'l the 24th of May. the complainunt anid theo, “but | would: be'considerable difficulty in getting olear, ‘of tho bonds without evidence as to their value, ‘and be conld find no quotition of: them. oo tha Share List. |, Tho ‘defendant: thea aud always ‘agaured,- him.” that the’ bonda would, be: ver: valuable when the jing. ‘was. complote: October; that. they. were. then, at a fair price, | but’ werd’: ‘not. réadily ~ auteabte. ‘The complainsat asked» more’ than be. put ‘face to: face: with "hi jn ‘order: ‘that’ ha might sivser hearing the Lord May: ft antil Wodnonday co: to |, ‘ite origin’ to Robert Morris, the financier of the revolation, and reozived ite. tame’: from Jeffar+ sow himaelf, ' ‘The. fitat coins of this denomi tion ‘were ‘not, however, igued from-the mint wae’ diepliced ‘by, a “wreath of ‘wild ‘About thirty or forty yeara ago, when even in “America the authenticity of the¥ronob portrait, of Liberty begun to be donbted, a now Goddess of: Freadom ‘made her,uppearance on the cent, and beld ‘ber ground: there. with slight altera+ tions, a efaid ‘oluasio “dame, with: o fillet around ber hair”.down to the: present ‘day, whon the coin iteelfseems likely-to vanish froat the business trangactions of. men.—Pall Mati hi «| gift “of. Obriat Cliurab, tat the Inunoking of : dded tortbe may: anre. baven -of Tl through Jeaue Christ our Gord, Amon.

The Lurd’s Proyer‘oongludes thie oa) A MGSICAL, OLERGYMAN.: ‘By the denth of tha Rev. Heury‘Baat Maver: gal, Viva ! loat. ong of ‘tha » most: accouipliched of ber musical clovgy.. Mr, Havergal; who graduated. at. New College, “Oxford, -in” 1842, -Yeon mie obaplain of tiv colloge and of ‘Obristchuruh, oa tignt to Cople.: For the churab of thia villag ‘possess: nd. ha-also” played.

nd: he waa.in frot the bell< Bedford. |. He ,possesn and, : As 0. E | Garette. + “ART AND THE NATIVES OF INDI.

, &. correspondent 'of the Times of India di ‘couraes a8 follows on matters.of art. in:Indi 1. like Lord ,Northbrov's’s. :publia:specob Thoy-are fall of. manly sense, , good ye tor Steet in Be area n, ‘ning and Viohte and ws suet tul designe, fat they h.

we call beauty, 1s B role, though. ther: Bales ople, Bedford, the: Olkureb hus ‘alfeatio taithlasirics: bots Gab ‘office which be teai ued int 1847 on bis appoints} weoti He ialeo constructed u |" 4 ia, in Nevada, a eoul 4 tl ‘especially sinca. the WaT, reser 189. dopht battalions th 9 im wedivta tion. fra i i 5 ‘aold weather cam: inte the spirit’ . | by no mens eptere the affair, and" even‘ yearn ‘for,:ganathe robbera that: the: ‘pobéaraale ‘pay come. to, aw: ond.—~Pall : Mail ‘y G48 BF B ‘paragraph: correct.: at I'doubt whe. "right' in thinking that a lars on the shanoe of y,, Convention Bigned .° ara: frooy': UI @Freacb peompany hi 000 f, sabsoribed.in ron the : Bi comtracto) ) Buea Ca ‘" hi 3 thon. to'aay’ masa At ‘the pablay on a hing. aypli.

b ‘ta if per’ kilow 8. con 0, bot aaithe tuna | will have to com ‘will necosaarily bi “| of the public.”

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: Ov all tho tyranniss on earth to which mankind is content to how’ and yield. slavish “submission that of Fashion, seonis to'us the.

most odious. Pew .people. have- the’ moral courage to emancipate themselves: from i “irksome and galling’ thraldom ;'and the mairkeson galling thraldom ;and the ma-, Whe /Rostera qneetion; .wl ch ‘oan: hardly aria: .

pnt: of "then ia’ bigh “spirited ‘little, if 1 Itistroe that-in'* THE BURMES PERSIA: ‘Tt is very.amusing to ace them tide on‘hoxaa: ‘The Slab sunplies them with fine hdraes from ‘hia own! stables wherever. ‘they’ ‘mo about. Ona-day my attention. was drawn larga crowd, and, qnickly approaching it, Y them’ riding .oo the" finest. borsea.’that, Pere nd Arabi i iebly: an artistic penple;.. ‘Thay are olevér’ imitators, but. nothing Zoo Their gold and-silver work —whioh is the best work they have—ie watt in-noyolty and dosign, ond -time ‘makes ‘no i provement in it—stather the reverse.’ The. 0! hes¢.atand 6 better chance ‘of, rivillin the artists of Europ shontd not be surpria-E | 'ad:to benr-in the course of my life, of a Chang getting-a thousand guineua fora pioturs, but a Ramasawmy, neve re NE Seatac fo egypt ¢ ; THH BISON AMERICANUS, «-oingular ' circumstance that never according to.its dictates and caprices. Nay; ae thera are not a fav who: are ‘proud of their _ fetters, and.-wear them gaily as a butterfly.

But the mentbera of the Aavit tofundoudted-Ty pay for their devotion and: servitude to the eonial tyfant in much loss ‘of ‘odes,’ comf and solid enjoyment. "Most ‘of: the: customa and usages sanctioned. by’ Fashion, like the lawa of tho. Modes and” Persians, alter not, and cannot. be set aside, invaded, ‘or'dé -\ without, the inevitable, losa’ of caste among, ita followers. . Most; arbitrary ‘are ‘the lines drawn, and ty pasa, them. by ever a0 little ia to incor. thia: dreadful penalty.’ “Moreover you must. ccnform. rigidly: to..certain -rules | and regulations : you must not do thie—it will * be de irop; you must not say that—it would not bo'proper,’- "Whatan amount of ening ~ does:'‘that ‘word’ “proper” .-hold. soctally !

How tsiy.times.is it not calléd into, requi- |." Hung Asn and even, others were avrent ‘sition in fashionable Tifo during the day To' [BE Tospector, Grimes ta, honwe No. 72, "Secon ‘villgar society it has, curiously enough, lately.| becomo a-slang word.': Thoso who. Have the hat ; Goverment ; ‘and have ended: ‘independance: .

‘ne. ready. to. ramioy: s9-’ Roomania 5+ Ybavia,; od, , feaees oe: ENGLISH HY MNOLOGY:AND TT Me SRAOTO The attaoka: whieh the haa’ had to meat tepai Mt Are there‘ na" borge travaller: timed. Tornér: pai prosent States of. Ohio, Tadiuaa, ere obtained in 1846 by the late |: nd wore-by him, tratisferred waned: afterwards into’ thoy Maatern Archipelago ‘Com. indy 1868: have’ belonged to-.the Company, who, hold:the Labuan’ al ;. resources “of the“ mainland : 0 the: Oongat the’ concession: of theac: rtdnate. for the. interest Reporting atthe’ alose'of the thep capacity, aa- Governor. of » -E," Bolwer “observed tht: the ines bi undoubtedly.

Str. James By to My. Wii tr: bilities ‘hat the flame would spread one diatrict toanother : and be. would. be ho! ehonld: fordtell:-that '-the.

uld:. ba poworful ‘ enongh to. ven thie. dood mot, expreag: the * Buvors Janes: Rusay: : Andisoriminate my eer et “the. mouarok « 1 A GAMBLING. HOUSE, *| bag: "to.etata “that: vights: bas proved: of the count @-to take ‘anything * donbtad: tat ae “ae make: -the ‘obj the’ re Bima,” that = = ava 3 or Hick rueetle 4° Apparent) rda Prevent. case ii dete. an, reo | baw ostentatioudly’ taken: ‘ orter oft State. Tho: By; ‘youre, but the fduli oldly at bi 8 | of A " 06, badk6 They arg none the leant; -none-tha tesa. stupid, and_y iL Cy ati Undeubtedly. the Mrs: A fy 8, ‘mt 1d 8. total-of 7,070 cash: ‘and ‘ment-dregscra of th: hewing: to-the company faring that time,: Jrimes-enid. that, thi igtith: prieonar.

: lua! He hat ont a th: ident: poner Mpa Rine raat is bhat aud a by ths eblldeen:o8