soently rehansk

from kila pan. Tid

In 1,3 #oomer, Chis! Exsis Offger

Lenox, Maris 4, 1899. EXPLOSION AT TOULON,

**PINEA.

HFERCH BY COMMISSIONER

GRAY,

THE CHINA MAIL

KONER HBA WEPLORATION:

*-- CHE PATH OF ADABUR. the reddes of Andree and hia pomades The ablegram recently announcing that

hare boon found in Northern Blondin almply

"London, February LoonA ¿Laskenda den gunfirms the belief which most people have has pourred in Huaguy, by which the long entertained that the daring explorere village u Nagy Habroma entirely had met with untimely death. The ex destinyod Tapes hundred hous

in consumed, and 80 porzona wim buent co Dang's faland, Spitsbergen, on June 11th, 2417, on the Loid adventure to reach the wands found among the debris bang

scaped frun their Dough

the majority of people vlawad the de

16 experiment as not only dangerous but now that lay thick on the ground outalin, calore were trampled to death courting portales death, Andres and his A number

di Blendedos, klindan, Pattingen, Gœranną, Han, H Hay, by Zdas Zyall. Loz. Salamanca, Kan Bebastian and Inkerman, dan 1 Messrs Longmans, Gran de O. the two famous charges of Scarlett's Three This la mos of the beat of the many charm Hundred and the Blx Hundred, huil A speech by Benator George Gray, Done. Ing stories by this popular authors. It is ful plattre la that in the last chapter of erat, of Delamars, ons of the Paris Pascetery in which the course of true love lathe lady with the lamp, treating of the Bisty people were killed and one hunt i Commissioners, deliyared at a lanquet reg. / over many toured obsixolas," The asene is herpio work of Miss Florence Nightingale | pedition started froin the Pike House in ath, their charred ramalna being aftere sa cappealing the Oplots Farmer wax drad wounded by the resens papladen altered by the Wilmington Board of Trade aldohledy in the lake district of Dumbo at the Crimea fund bin is the Magistiway today for the Wwwal Arenal as Tunion,

January 15, contained the following states a adlution of 1089. The plot turns land, and during the airing timen of Having an uncertificated inster in sharra të tha shaam launch Wing Kwoking

upon the abandonment of an infant bey by bla father, and on the vlere made by him when he grew up to discover bia parutago. Being a founding on the banks of the Derwent, he was called Michael Derwent. He falls in love with Audrey

Tax Trokees are a pgshead nailer, The International Navigation Company of Now York has organised a winter cruise to the scenes of the battlefields of the Ermal Amerion War, by the American Lane Twin-Screw United States mail sa Nina York (U.S auxiliary oraladr Harvard)),"

which satied from New York on March for Havana, Santiago, Siboney, Daiquirt, Quantanamo, Ban Juan, Ponne, the Wind- wand Islandia and Jamaton

Tam bare been many complaints of petty thefts in the vicinity of Tai Wo Lane, aud

last night about midnight P.C. Kerz ob served a coalla loitering about the lane in A suupisivas mendes. The constable went

THER TRALIANS IN CHINA,

* Roma Cercosponsdant of the Daily Chronide on that official despatches have band palved stating that Italian Sarina hava banded in and coupled. Ban Mun Baye

THE HOOLEY BANKRUPTCY.

The Omola Register has ordered the soution of My Hooley for offences against the Delibsys' Aut

WEATHER REPORT, DE The following notice is issued from the Observatory

On the 8th at 11,15. n. The harometer has risen considerably on the coast of Chins Pressure is highest over N. China, and the low are probably crossing Japan. Candient moderats with freak And notised P.C. Torrett of his discovery the mansion freehoning is the N. part mensoon on the gasst, slight but inorenning

winds; fair to cloudy, raisty,

inants |--

The acquisition of territory by the United States was hat one of the objects of war and we aulemaly declared in the resolution

Congros that our only object in doman ding the relinquishment of the sovereignty of Cubs by Spain was not to hold it our selves, except that we might padify it and

TAN TROUBLE AT MUBUAN

BESSIAN AND FRANCÈ PLANE

THI MIESIANʼOULE,

It has been no secrat for some time past that the French on the south-weat coast of the entrance to the Parsian Gulf and the Russians on the opposite const are working

naling stations which it is apparently their intention to festlig. The special object of Frouch activity-has-been-the-harboss of

North Pole by means of a balloon, and Ar the ran to death or nibaly to

tardes, Dr Strindberg sud Herr by the oren, who serviled by the dra Franckell, wora pertsonly poaldont a dashed madly about in all directions to the laue of the undertaking. The Hundreds of jeans have bem rendered expedition was planned with care and much homeles considered to fave been provided for, thought, and all possible contingencies were A Doctor's Strange End.

A shocking tragedy is reported front": so that no event could overtake the vaya. New York. Dr Henry Keyes, leading point nearly a thousand miles within the his wife in a bedroom. The accident was gete by surprise. They started from physician of the city, was asphyxiated with Arotic Circle, but had to traverse six hun-caused by an oscape of gas. dred miles in order to reach the Pole, after American Tobacco Syndicate.

which there would be an equal stretch to reach

3

of

It has been proposed to form sa Ameri.

to secure the monopoly of the Cuban to bacco output

Cotton Spinners and Their Employers.

February 7.--The relations between the cotton spinners in Manchester and their euiployers are becoming strained, The cotton operators have mais a demand for an advance in their wages, which the masters bave refused, considering the application to be premature.

and Tarrott took up his position at the of the China Best Forecast-frosh N. and the ambers of the insurrection, which i the author of the stirring võlumo Deeds the length and depth just mentioned. The which the ballon foated. If the winda Death of Prince Alfred of Debarg.

In upon him and effected his arre At

the Magistracy to-day, Mr T. Servctcbe

American manhood and

a

at 2.15pm. dative, Mnid Marian, Fhabe, your President, and that he believed he man, in his famous voyage in the Centurion, between Great Britain, and France. Wer Jackets were ing boen born at Buckingham Palace on Tax arrangements and labour entallad in bil, Chanticlear; and Bonita and Cises was representing he said, as finally in which he followed Drako's footsteps. Infringement of the neutrality of the Baltan restored to divilisation on thoir way back | Oktobar 18th, 1874.

fit it for Aalf-government by its own people. Radoliffe, but being of an unknown extracto establish their influence and to accure

But in this, as in all else. Iman proposes and God disposes, and it is one of the Lion, he conceals his passion for the giri, things that anke thoughtful rion desire to and has to endure the anguish of remaining avold war, where it at be avoided, for no atlenk while she accepts the hand of Henry ons can tell what ita consequences may boy i ardently desired that we might exapa the Brownrigg, att strogant and overbearing Yisaab, some six or seven miles south-weat│Paix landing ploss on the for side. As the i qan syadioste, "with a capital of 28,000,000, necessity of taking the Philippine Lelanda man of importanos in the neighbourhood, of Muscat. It is a land-locked piece of period of the year when the exp

explorem as. and assuring the burden that their taking who he feels certain will make her life mi water nearly a square mile in extant, with cerden, the Arctic Circle has the benefit

impose upon us, and I know that the President of the United States was equally serable, After Michael has endured much two entrances, one of which two Perpetual day, and in traversing the loy area the voyagers would plunge into no anxious to the same end. But it became suffering and participated in many exciting hundred metres in breadth and soven gloomy night. Their rate of progress at apparent that, without our seeing, unex-incitants everything comes right in the end. fathoma

doop, This harbour

is the start was stated to be twenty-two miles pected conditions had baan created, and

formed by A

inland per hour, though whither they want is one precipitcua out of these conditions, unquestionably,

of the mysteries of the unseen and unknown, duties had sprung which Guild ant be FICUTS FOR THE FLad, by WB: Fitchett. nearly two thousand feet long and one

London Mosars Genige Bell and

At boat, the serial currents are uncers avoided or evaded by the United States.

Commodore Dewey had brought Again- Bons.

hundred and fifty in height, haring two tain, and a balloon is entirely at their and the encourage aldo back to. Luzon,

and by bin leadership

The Rev. W. H. Fitchett (Vedette"), paranges, one half-a-mije in breadth, and of merey, while all that can be done in the way of direction to vary the height at encouragement of the American Beet, the

circle round the Pudu instead of crossing it, The death is announced of His Royal other end of the lans, from where he could

had died out, were rekindled into a flame, that won the Empire, has issued another entrance more to the westward is barred by there would of course ho na chance of Highness Prince Alfred Alexander William watch the movements of the coolia. By │**

and the assistance, of the Insurgent forcesser of battle sketches under the above rock, on sither side of which there is a balloon passing over the central point. Emest Albert, eldest son of the Diske of means of a long bamboo the coolis proceed. ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB It then came to be thought that in ostr act title, and another interesting volume has channel a fathom and a-half deep. The Many rumours as to the supposed where. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Edin

was gladly availed of our commodore.

by to pull down a number of pieces of FENTH CLUE RACE, RESALE 4TH MARCH. tlement with Spain we could not honorably been added to Ball's Indist and Culonal anchorage in the bay has a depth varying abouts of Andree have been current since burgh) and graudson of Her Majesty the from four to seven fathoms. There is a se- he started on his enterprise, but all that is Queen. His Royal Highness succumbed clothing hanging from the window of the

The course was from the Polios Pier, leave the inhabitants of those islands to the houses in the Lane. The constables closed Kowloon, round the Channel Books, Kontender morales of their Spanish oppres. Library. The fifteen chapters describe in cond island in the bay which, with that at known is the fact of their mate, to an attack of brain disease, from which"

The be had been a aufferer for some time. H

| he Leon Rock, and Narth Fairway buoy, all to assisted our fleet and Tay in the hur some of the most prominent of our Ad-It would appear, been ouded on lease, or to determine the fate of Andree,

sore and hand over brave men, who had picturesque language the achievements of the entrance, would greatly facilitate the They want far and

work of fortification. Thia hay has now. Prithal with the Wollman Expedition uncle, His Royal Highness Prints Arthur

to France

Caps Flem on July 28, 1898, hoping

Wiliam

Albert, Dukt of Cote of need, to

dungaons, or to the

by Spanish pert ;-10 miles.

line of Spanish exocation. I know mirals and Generals. He talls of the mag-as a coaling station,

third son of Her Majesty the They naught, Binith, Folloe Magistrate, santanged the

The following boats started A Clan that that situation appealed to the heart of miflount triumph of Auzon, the lawyer seis gamined by a trasty of old standing and make his way to

Bring

the Imaum af blusast, whose independence were sure that he would descond near there, Queen, is now the heir apparens to the log house, the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. - The coolie to three months' imprisonment,

on which decesand Princo was 34 years of age, have ther than lossing of

statlon la Nanson and carling shipping and so-establishing a circus plant at 8.20 pm in Dark, Pays, and he did, shat, whatever home of those though two centuries later, oksumusvigated of Musat in Oman, guaranteed by the from their trump towards the pale. The

and these Foto Spals. It was

The "Kusaula' in a Har | Endybbel and paraphernalia as large as the one

to Spal. It was the world, securged the Branish ships in the treaty. La a question that will no doubt bolest news of Andres was brought by a gar to hand them

ricana. disguised batwaen. the British and French cier-pigeon shot near Walden leland. The Several stores have interfered with that Alesation on the Reclamation Ground, We-i/thmugh the race, but none of the mated the Government of Mr MoRinloy in bringing a triasure of alniøst untold wealth. | Muscat. Grayl, hoa baen labouring to was despatched from the balloon on July 18eisane for siztonn hours, and the pilases almost completed under Me Waurent there was a good strong easterly brazze foaling of this kind, I know, thas ant adfio, and serived home aftor for yaac,noreign Offices The French Consul at papar secured to the pigeon stated that Atlantio teams. The Lusands fought a hure.

coming this important cauclusion. Re

· Point, in a task far greater than apparents kanel Roska Benito, Chanticiser, Alaid |ing the briden, appropleting the Mr Fitohett asya 'ánson was a lawyer by effoot some such arrangement for months/ two days after Andreo's ascent, and that he found that the pouring of oll on the water

past and ha apparently succeeded. That wax ging est spausibility, and ignoring tho thak, which la an vast as it la various, It to Marion, sad Phubs had a find race, get possibly confronted as, he purl that demont, but a sállor by somu imperative notionary was employed, I wo mistake parallel of latitudo directly towards FraDA]a ahos! of whales nacesulented has being.”

And I know bossssity in his very blond He was a he felt, that, whatever elas might be the

some years in Cairo and thore he Jason to Walter Wollman, writing stopped to prevent the propellar from

like an o of these lalanda and of this

the attitude Nekon's or Dundonald's type-dezeling. Sinne ble transfer to 1

in. [ from Togathoff, on August 2nd, only an energy and enterprise tuch Mbout 40 seconds, Actís, balig next, two | could not put our country in peoplo, ho Raflar, however, not in the least of peacat he has been the meteorologists were of opinion that the

The U.B. Naval Programme. charactores Mr Warren's management

in a brilliant, with a gleam of gonius running with the Arab Sheikhs along the coast of balloon's failure to approach neares the

defatigable in cultivating friendly relationa

February 9-The Naval Committee in that can give it tangible shape with eats minutes after, Sybl following about the lof deserting those who bo had rule through his imagination like a throad Oman, visiting them in Arab costumeintheir pole in the strong wind in which tho ascent the House of Representatives radomesanda :

position of

of antagonisms to

to their and despatch. Things have now progressed me after Active. The order was equally now

It was argued that the performanes of so rapidly and well that the grand opening |

close in the second class, Payne, Ladybird, duty is sometimes not only unpleasant, of guld through rough canvas. He was a teats, ostensibly with a view to extending was made, must be ascribed to the fact that the construction of three battleships, thres

French commerce those parts.

He has it was caught in a oyolanic or rotary storm.. armed cruisers, and six ordinary arulsars, to-morrow night le un'assured faol From and Feinosis being round within two min. but has dangers attendant upon itį never sailor of the school of Howa and also paid assiduous court to bis Highness Captain Wellman was convinced that the at a cost of 80,000,000 dollara (about::

theloss, brave man and a brave nation the high encomiums and ovations accorded lesy Dart balug three minutes after will not shrink from it on that sccount. Collingwood plain, sagacious, homely, the Imaute, who for some time past bas baileor could not remain afloat more than £0,000,000).

The Hooley Affair. Lord Dolo Ware and Lord Allermals are cau. On the run down to the Fairway On the other hand, if American sentiment dogged; to whom seamanship was a sort been smarting under the humiliation of from eight cot the organization alsowhere, it is a foregone

nient

for certain misdemeanours, and the they saw Franz Janet Land beneath thern, refunding the gifts that Mr Hooley, inde to Spain, no more could it justify conclusion that it will be the eco for buoy after passing Kowloon Roolt, Chant. did not justify the return of these islands of sea-bird's instinet, and downright / Baving to pay a âne to the British Govern- pants would days, and that the occu

leaving Hongkong amusement, lovers during the cher, Maid Marian, and Phoebe all passol them derelict in the Eastern Ocean, the hand-fighting courage as natural sa breath-courtesy apparently has not been altogether whence they could easily make their way to them in connection with the companies in

Cape Flora, where wall stocked with would find a house which they were concerned. · But whatever the French may contem limited sirous messon here. Bents can be Bonito, and the buoy was rounded by the proy of the first occupant of European ing-the staff out of which the Anast thrown away.

provisions. The Woll-

The Canterbury Convocation our hats within a minute and a half at rapocity. The powers of Europe would milors and the most terrible fighters of plate in regard to Oman they have no such man expedition therefore made for that The Lower House of the Canterbury booked at Mesars Cottam and Colla.

acquiesce in our taking them, but they about a quarter to four. In the second would not stand by and see there in their history are made. Anson's squadron of leverage to farther their ambition in that point and were andly disappointed to find Convocation of Clergy has expressed the Ar the Magistracy today, before Mr T beat up the Bonito again went through the helpless condition of anarchy and disorder fivo-vessels was reduced to a single vessel, region as the Russians possess on the the house with its door harred. They dug loyalty of the members to the Bishops and Persian shore nearly opposite. It is not a away the ice, pponed the door, and to the directions in the Book of Common Bercombe Smith, Chan Po, a houseboy at feet and snatched victory from Chanticleer without seizing the opportunity to aggran the Centurion, whon he reached the revelation to any student of contompor- found datap and mould on furniture, Prayer.

dize themselves, and so it was thought best

walls, and everything, but no by air peconds. Ladybird also passed by the President and his advisers to take Pacific in Jaly, 1740, but still his doggodary politics that the Northern Power boo visitors having been there. The Br Kenait for an inquiry into his cham

the ocasion of their covereignty from Spain, purpose to intercipt the Manila galloon The port particularly desired in

coveta o port in the Persian Gulf.

Where is more truth" than postry' in the

boats were routed. In the beat up to

| Amerlian pharnotes

islands

blood

tag round the Rooke as intervala of

fato

as at Kerloon Paint on the way down,

and held the ad to the g

Murray Barracks, was charged with being a rogue and vagabond and being found in ai TOOLS BE Murray Batracks ocou

ocoupled by Captain C. E. Bancroft, Royal Welch Fusiliers On Tuesday night whits the Bonito officers were at mess the prisoner was dis- Chanticleer

Maid Marian covered by Captain MoMahon's servant boy Aotiva coming out of Captain McMahon's room. Phosbe The boy asked the prisoner what he was Payne

Ladybird doing there, Prisoner did not reply, but Cart ran away. He was pursued by the servant Princess....... boy, who overtook him on the stairs, Pr soner they said he had gone to the room to

FINIBIL.

1 M. 6.

187 3rd, 1 point

4-11 23 2nd, 4 4.35 415 20

3

f

and hold it in trust, to be administered in

of its burdena.

4 11 17 1st, 10 points

it may being pain or danger. Nor he reached on November 12. It was two can responsibility always be avaded because years since he left Spithead Anson re- That I sought in Paris, by all honorable mained at Macau till April 19, 1743; then, means, to escape the responsibility does not with ship refitted, though not remsnned, matter now. It came to a point at last that and atores renowed, he set sail ostensi- we must either leave the Islands to Spain, bly for Batavia, and thence to England. take them as we did, or break off negotia-

of sight of land he tions and come home without a treaty of But when out peace. In the last event the truce would called his men aft, told them there must be broken, and a state of i active war would

4 32 47 1st, 10-points 433 37 2nd, 4 439 38 3rd. 1 point 4 48 2

SINTH CLTS BACE, 5TH MAROKK.

Fox

B

eastward along the eighty-second

ocording

sign of

an

Fortifications on that

attention on

be pretty sure to descend when

was useless. When appromohing Amarion

fouling

The Upper House refused the petition of on the ground that it contained a thresh.

A Debate on China, Sir E. Ashmead-Bartlett, the Comerva-"

Sheffield, moved an amendment to the Ad- dress-in-Reply, urging the Guvernment to guarantee the territorial independence of China

get a key. The boy took the bringer to The course was from the Polica Pier, have been resumed. We would have had be two galicons sailing from Acapulco the of money paid to the Persian Lovern what advantage would have haan gained Burmash railway 700 miles towards the

Kowloon, round Channel Rocks, Kowloon Rock, Cosmopolitan Dock bucy, and North

east

w

and

18

no cassion of the sovereignty of the year, Philippines, sad none of Puerto Rico, both! and no relinquishment of the sovereignty of Cuba. It is true that in the protocul of August 12 Spain had definitely prom ined that she would cede Puerto Rico and relinquish Cute, but without a treaty of peace that promise would not be performed. What would have been the exigenca missed

to go on and size with the strong hand, and by military power, both the Philippine archipelago and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, taking by ruthless conquest what it was far better that we should take by the voluntary ces- son of a treaty of peace.

But now that we have them it does not

What can

Feb 22,It was decided last month thao:

was next to Captain McMahan's Pri. Pyng, and Ladybird, The wind was the situation Undoubtedly we would Anson's men, hardened by suffering and make a railway to it through Khorasaan where it was before he went there, sud it in cases where the Bishop of a diòcens' bas

In accordance

four Americans broke out sinaltaneously conformity with those high ideals and on its voyage to Acapsloo never swerved.derstood to be Bauder Abbas, east of the into exclamations of Poor Andros! poor bravo, dead' Audres Thas the unfor liberty-loving traditions which animate and Anson rofitted his single ship at Tinian in world-famous Ormus, an island which play.

ed great part in commercial and naval his tanste Andree travelled much further in an glorify the history of our country.

Duty ona pot honorably be avoided how the Ladrones, and sailed for Macao, which tory after, the discovery of the Cape route | casterly direction is alcar from finding his tive member for the Ecclesall division of

reusine and those of his companions in by Vasco da Gams island and on the mainland opposite would Siberis, but whether he had previously got prt tect the town and harbour from naval nearer to the pole it is impossible to say, attack. That the Russians consider the Probably some record of his course has been Mr W. St. J. F. Brodrick, uider-Secra- shown by the trouble found with the romains. The lizard which tary for Foreign Affairs, in opposing tho port worth attention they took on a recent occasion to mako was attached to the axpedition fixed public motion, stated that British investors had themselves agreeable to the local traders.

hut tho undertaking ity The

Bank of

of Persia, Imperial

& Brition

cannot take rank with the voyage of the scoured noensions in China for 2,500 miles Company,

wook over

over the custora-duties as Frum and the exploits of De Nansen. We of railway, which would cost £20,000,000

ment had obtained power to advance the.. security for the repayment of a million fail to see, if the object had been achieved, to construct, and that the British Govern nant for the abortive tobacco monopoly. commensurate with the tremendous risk Yunnan district, and the Government the Sergeant of the guard. Captain Ban

and he intended to capture them The Russian Government, or Bassian tending such adventures. croft's boy gars evidence that he lacked

Each galleon it might be added agents took immediate steps to provide the humanity gain 1 No doubt some scientific thought that it would be better, for the funds to repay the bank and deliver the crumbs could be gathered up. A birds-ere British people to come to terms with their compotiloni rather than exhibit antagoniam double in weight of artillery Bunder Abbas Custom House from the pre- view of the Polar regions, duly photo-

to them. into his master's room and found a gold Fairway buoy, all to port ; : 12 miles.

sence of English officials. That coup im- graphed, will not tell us much. The ex-

The amendment was withdrawn. chain and forty ceste in ton cent pieces on The following boats in A Class started at

fighting force to the Centurion;

Archbishop Temple and the the door of the verandah. The gold chain 1.16 p.m.-Active, Maid Marian. Phabe,

but that circumstance Anson regarded pressed the nativo mind in that region with plarer may triumph in the fact that he bas an idea that Russia regards Buuder Abbas floated over-or nearly over the mathema. Erica, Sybil, Chanticleer, and Bonite; and

Ritualists. an irrelevant detail to be dis with eyes of affection. It is understood to tical point which forms the northern ex- belonged to his master. His master's rooms 1.90 p.m. in B Cinas, Princess. Dat.

without further consideration! be her intention to lease that port and to tremity of the earth's axis; but we knew soner was formerly employed as a washer and very similar to Saturday'a breeze, and of

and Southern Persia. That development can open up no practicable route to com- any doubt as to the legality of clerical Chanticleer started with a reef which she have been compelled up at the officers mess, but was discharged shook out at Channel Rock, when the order

careless of peril, and fall of confidence in need not be expected until the Trans merce. Some, quricas results of a meteoro- practices, the matter may be referred to an that afternoon. The Magistrate sentenced was Cherficer, Maid Marien (close up),

their silent, much-enduring captain, welchesion complications should arise, reader. something more may be learned na to the of the Archbishops of York and Canterbury Siberian railway is completed, unless up logical character may be sanounced, or Boclesiastical Court of Appeal, consisting Brica, Bonito, Subit, Active, and Pheve,

coned the announcement with a shout, inga damonstration at the mouth of the earth's magnetism. The same day the sitting together, the Court to be empowered prisoner to three months' imprisonment,

with Ladybert Payne, Dart, and Princess in the second class. All the marks wore

and the stom of the Centurion was turned Parsian Gulf expedient. What is certain cabiegram acunced the discovery of the to interpret the rubrics of the Church of is that for some time past Russian agents, remains of Andree and his companions tha England. It was also provided that the Ix an editorial commenting on the selection munded in the same order, except that

towards the Philippine Islands, one of the European and Asiatic, have been abnormal mail brought papers stating that another parties concerned should be allowed a Maid Marian went into first place after

outhe of the American Commission to the Philip. | 24

passing

through the starting line on the follow that we are committed to a colonial way-marks in the course of the gold-shipsly busy in Southern Persia and on

of gen to go in search of the daring band. with this, the Most Rer. Froderio Temple,

The Pulitiken, pines, the Chicago Timer Herüid, which is way down and so uneventful but quickly-policy or to a violation of those great prin- to Spain. Anson's crew at that moment | north-east coast of the Persian Gulf and of edition is being fitted out at Copesha-ing before the Achbishops.

of Copenhagen, sanounces D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, will hold commonly recognized as the highest adeniled race vas brought to an end with ciplus of liberty and self-government which consisted of 201 hands, including officers, the Gulf of Oman, while French agent it will set out in search of andres in publia Court on the 14th instant, in order must always remain American idosa, if our idlers and boys; he had only forty-five west. There is good reason to believe that the early part of next June, and will be to hear any ritualistic clergy who may be have been equally in evidence in the south- Total, owa free institutions are to endure.

able Besmon. Each galleon, on the other they are working in anison and with a commanded by a Dane, Captain D. Brun. desirous of appearing before the Court.

sian-French influence in these waters convinced that Andree had landed on the Dieziz, what did your mamma say when hand, carried a crow of about 600 man. common object-the extension of Rus-It appears that Captain Bron was frady 34

If Buch she saw us coming along the walk? She Ausen warned his man that the galleons with a view to eventualities. There is this Eastern coast of Greenland.

s really the case, Andree would thus have said, Well, well, who on earth bas your ware stout ships and fully manned but clear difference between the two; while is. father picked up now ?''

the Russians have an immense Asiatic hin- teen compelled to make his way to Jack Tar's arithmetic, when applied to the torland which in a few years will be open one of the supplies of provisions which Eave been left from time to time in the business of reckoning up an enemy's od up and brought into direct communica DID you ever see a horse race that you feras, is of curious quality and An- tion with the sea by a gigantic system Arctic Ocean, especially those in Scerosby could say was absolutely honest? I think other hanil, the commisalon should find. Ladybird

I did, wunst,' said Bubberneck Bill. The son's men felt as cheerfully confident of of railways now well advanced towards Bay, on the coast of Greenland, and on the completion, the French in Oman kare Island of Jan Mayen. The Danish expeili- feller what was ahead had stole the hoss." reasons for the complete and early aban

capturing the wealth of the Spanish no auch element of strength or stabi- tion was to rist these localities, and then donment of the Philippines to their fate

treasure-ships as though the yellow gold lity. At Bandar Yissal, if differences with attempt to make its way northwarda. It the people of the United States would

THE story is told that the hat of a certain were already in their breeches pocketa! Great Britain should at any time arise, intended to leave fresh supplies of provi will be as much in the air as the Marsions at Tation points, in the hope that they accept the conclusion with mingled feelings Awaxtsa What does the matto on the short sighted mater at Butt blew all ore Anson's Chaplain, indeed, tells an amusing chand expedition was in Fashoda, fuur they would be mado tue of by Andre, if

day, and as he started in pursuit a black

thousand

from ite base. An wo go to he were still alive, and in say case by the of regret and relief. The Times Herald is ring you gave me mean? Adolpbushen dashed out of the gateway. The story in proof of this. A for Chinese sheep

were on board, intended for the officers' presa Reuter telegraphs that the rumour Sverdrup expedition. It is not to be sup in a position to state that Admiral Dowey Faithful to the Inst. Angelina Monachostmaster saw the hea and thought it

that France is seeking a harbour near Mus-posed that Captain Bron will persist 10 was his hat, and all Eton was electrified by tabla, but for some days po mutton mado at le denied in Paris. What if this denial embarking upon his expedition in view of is opposed to the United States annexing strous I thought I was the fint!"

the spectacle of a tatloss and breath lass the Philippines. At the head of the come

'mains of bia gallant and unfortunate coun- disclosure of intention is premature and un- on being interrogatet, explained that only authorised Bombay Gazette. Adufral Dewey will have an oppor. REGARDING Affairs at Muscat the Sultan has reserund gentleman hunting a black ken its appearance there. The ship's bataher, should tam out to mean simply that the this later news of the discovery of the re-

trymen.-Bombay Gazette. mission

ately shown such a disregard for the obli- from one end of the street to the other. tunity to formulate the alterate policy ofgations under which he was placed by the

tra sheep were left, and he was reserving the United States. What Dewey For British Government, by whose favour he EXCEPT to Scotsman, the sounds usually those for the entertainment of "the Generals mulatos will come very next being the mally exista, that his monthly subsidy has evoked from a bagpipe are not highly musi of the galleons, after they wore captured.” been stopped. He seems to have had an cal. A humorist thus attempts an analysis animous decision of the United States."

impression that he could miske any agree of them Big Bies on windows, seventy. The Centurion met only one gallon, but mout he chose with the French Consul in two per cent.; cats en midnight tiles, elevon she was a great ship with heavy gaun, huge Buss-Papa, what maires a man always the matter of a new coaling station, but by

give a woman a diamond engagement ring one-half

per cont; voices of infant this time te has probably discovered his puppies, six par costs, granting of hungry quarter-dook galleries and a crew of six hun Her father. She does, mistake. It is by the way, absurd for the piga in the morning, five and one-half per dred men. After a stiff and bloody fight, Parti press to talk about auch a station becent.; steam whistles, three per cent.; chant the gaileon was captured... Ansou put his ing for commercial

purposes, as Francs has of cricket, two por cont.

lieutenant Saumarez in charge of the prize, FA practically no trade in the Persing Gulf. In

transferred the bulk of the prisoners to the Centurion, and bore up to Canton, guard-

aninistrative authority, says If this rather an exciting finish:-

commission, after an exhaustive study of m the situation and of the obligations of the Maid Marian 3 31 49 Best,

Chanticleer.. 3 39 19 second. 4 United States, should recommend the ex- Erica 3:32 40 third, tension of our sovereignty permanently Bonito 3 35-46 over the Philippines as the safest way but Sybil

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Abrahamosas, reading paper Eighty-seven failures fast veek, Jacobs, gas-Failer Abraham, such competition en det vill kill bizicus endiraly !!

girl with a new hat that is beorming is answer to a question put by Bir Drage in

athenedant the maurelie I beat the House of Cominous on August 6th last Tar German steamer Faldivia, with the and the girl she likes least has soar 15, Our present Viceroy stated that two-thirds German Deep Sea Scientific Expedition,

of the trade of the Persian Gulf was with which left Europe last summer, arrived in ing his hatchways with swivel guns loaded Ure Brain and British posessaloon, and Colombe on February 13, after a cruise with musket bullets, a sentry with a light He added that the political and sommarvial round the Uspo, among the Dutch Indies Tupouribilder of Great Britain in the Gulf and the Nicobar Isles. The Expolition is ed match standing day and night be are undoubtedly of such magnitude as to now homewand-bound. There are tweire side each gao."

Her Majesty Govarundat a special scientists on board, and the places they prisoners at Canton, he set sail for from eating candy He- Well, mamme

Cinese waters. Major Sadler, in repork on the political admin- the Gulf for 189493, the appear mers of ine Mesageries

This line is rainning

at just before arriving here wore

II give you some candy you might get the toothache, like you did last week." After liberating his She Why, you get a toothache yourself

which they left on thin 30th ultimo: home. Another story is the contest be. Polo Niss, and the Nicobar Islos. The tree the British and Dutch for Daval party have been taking soundings all the supremacy, when the lattor had the great way through, and have also been collecting wholls, - fruma, eto.

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Tax Cause of Daybreak, -The night-fall.

A MAN who Gives Notes for Coah.-The professional pianist.

On London

Exchange. HONGKONG, March 8, 1899, Bank, Wire,

On demand,...

50 days' sight.

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4 months' sight,

Credits, 4

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On demand,

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On Manila-

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A LITTLE girl, who had tried in vain to un-On dorstand for baby brother, said, Manima, what shall we do it he should lippen to be French??.

Temperature.

(Taken at Mers Falconer & Co.'s Premises, Queen's Boach) HONGORO, March 8, 1899.

30 days' night, (privata paper)

Yokohams

On demand Gold Leaf, 100 ink. (per tael), Sovereigns (Bank's buying rate) Silver (por oz) pin

Hongkong

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85 Humidity

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Do. The Valdivia is a Van Tromp commanding their foots, while opposite are married i asked the man of steamer of the Hamburg-American Line Blake commanded the British fleet.RA his wife, as they sat in the cafe after the

(Wet bolb) 9 L.M. 66. specially detailed for the cruiss, and is of

Do theatre. You can't tell anything about it."

DO ・1 PM 04 The same vigorous stylo which die Oh, can't 11 She wanted lobster, and he Do. Do. - 4 PM. 64:

ordered couple of ham sandwiches.

Do. Maximun They're married all right enongh.

185 tons grosity and 1,372, natt register.

party will spend some time in Ceylon, tinguishes Mr Fitchett's a pictures oba

victories his treatment of the great titles sielting planes up-country.

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