A very flowery and by no means une interesting prospectus has been by the 'Society for Besceching Blessings,' in other words, by the Chinese Com= mittee for the celebration of Her 1 ty's Jubilee at Hongkong. They the Committee points out, this year called on to meet, with all due respect, the happy completion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Great Emperor's cession—who the Great Emperor is, and that he is a Lady, they apparently consider it superfluous, or wmecessary, to explain—*All loyal subjects unite in praying for Her"—there are of course
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