remains an unwelcome visitant, and the cases, though few in number, still oscillate from nil to five per day. Yesterday there were four cases and four deaths, At the present moment the plague may be said to be sporadic, but the most pernicious carper could not pretend that the disease was is time surely that the pro-against immigration from here should at least be withdrawn, THE INVESTITURE OF SIR THOMAS JACKSON, An interesting function took place at Government House on Wednesday, the 30th ultimo, His Excellency the Governor enter tained a largo party at tiffin, and before iting down Sir Henry Blake' presented to Jackson the letters patent con-upon him the honour of knighthood the Governor rose and, in-a highly appreciative speech, proposed the health of the wriest of the day, Sir Thomas Jackson. In Ube course of hit remarks His Excel: lency said he might be forgiven in feeling patriotic pride in welcoming his countryman brotherhood of knighthood, because capabilities of the many Seotekmen and fally appreciating the energy and the
Englishmen who are forwarding British interests in the Far Kast, he thought it could burdly be denied that the three names which stand out most prominently in these regions are the names of three Irishmen—MoLeavy Brown, Robert Hurt, and Thomas Jackson. The Governor's remarks were much a plauded, snd Sir Thomas Jackson made a very excrlleat and characteristic reply. His reuiark that he looked upon the Hongkong and Shangial Bank as his No. 1 wile wae received with much laughter, his hearers knowing s" well how thoroughly wedded to the interests of that grant institution the worthy knight has always been, The func: tion was " great success, about successful and prominent sons of Erin in the Far East, Sir Henry Blake is himself an example in point, He has risen from the rank of an inspectorate in the Royal Irish Constabulary to be Governor of one of the most important of British Crown Colonies. More than that, he succeeds no less than haifa-dozen of his countrymen in that, post, including Sir Hercules Robinson (Lord Rossmead), Sir Richard MacDonnell, Sir Arthur Kennedy, Sir John Pope Hennessy, and Sit George Bowen. It will beseen therefore that the Emerald Isle, though it may be terribly downtrodden, still furnishes its fall share of our legislators and rulers as well as of successful generals and distinguished judges. And deservedly so. The gifted Irishman has the ficulty of winning popularity among all sons of the Empire, seldom given to the more stolid Saxon.
THE SANITATION OF THE SLUMS, On the 15th of August, Messrs. Ormsby, May, and Osborne, who had been appointed
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