The departures this week have been the main feature, greatly thinning out our winter visitors. The arrivals have been as follows:—On the 4th instant, the British cruiser Hermione from Shanghai; on the Sth instant, the Italian cruiser Calabria from Shanghai; and on the 10th instant, the Italian cruiser Stromboli, also from Shanghai. The departures were:—On the Oth instant the Russian battleship Pol-tave for Nagasaki, and the German cruiser Hausa for Sydney; on the 8th the Portuguese cruiser Adamastor for Macao, and the British hospital ship Carthage for Cal-cutty, and the British cruiser Aurora, on the 9th the British cruiser Arethusa, and on the 11th the British gunboat Linnet, all for SingapoFe, to be present at the reception of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. The British gunboat Firebrand left here on the lith instant for Canton, I nota thet the Rritish cruiser Talkot was commissioned at Devonport on the 10th instant to relieve the Bonaventure on this station.
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