Not a few of Hongkong's former Governors have lived toa green old age. Sir John Davis, its second Governor, lived to attain enough to. ace'the jubilee of the Colony. the age of 96, and nearly survived long Sir Hercules Robison, after an official carer of great importance extending over more than thirty years in various colonies, is still in harness, being now Go Cape Colony and High Commissioner in South Africa, and hus been raised to the peerage. TheRight Hon. Sir George Bowen, after ten years of retirement from otticial life, at the age of about 75, finds himself and hearty enough to take a second wife, having been married in London on the 17th ult. to the widow of the late Rev. H. White. The first Lady Bowen was a native of Corfu, I believe, and member of noble family. She certainly knew how to queen it at Government House where she reigned with a mingled dignity and affability worthy of all praise.
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