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If any alteration is to be made in the grumo Its it might be well to authorise the of licences. If these birds of prey were not protected, and if sportsmen gare then a little, of their attention, there would be a considerable iperanno of game in the colony. The late Mr, Brere's attempt to breed mb bits on Stonecuttors was frustrated by this Lites, and oth kites and magpies prey on he young of all descriptions of gane, nor are poultry yards exempt from their depre dations. It is perhaps not desirable that kites and magpies should be exterminated, even if that were possible but we annot Co that they are entitled to the protection now accarled them.
II.M.S. Woodcock was to leare Shanghai for the Upper Yangisze about the 23rd December,
MEERSCHAUM PIPES, CIGAR AND and H.M.9. alarke five days later.
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Lient. T. D. Jookson, King's Own Degt. Las 'taken up the duties of A.DX. Lo is Honour Sir A Swatcenter. Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements.
We hear it is not improbable thal British North Borneo may have to ask for military assistance from the garrison of Hongkong for the suppression of the Mut Saloh rising.
Attention is called to loadvertisement up- pearing in another column with rafarenon to the concert in ba giran at Korleon, on Friday
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TELEGRAMS.
DAILY PRESS BERVICE
ITS STEAMER. TRAFFIC The Manchurian Railway has contenoted for six smigrant atommers to be delivered in fengluan months.
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF
WESTMINSTER.
The Duke of Westminster is deed,
LORD ROBERTS'S DEPARTURE:- Lord Roberts has left, and moola LondTM Kit, ohonor at Gibraltar.
LONDOR, 26th December. NO NEWS FROM THE FRONT. No.nene has been received from the front. ....CAPE COLUNY CONFIDENT. Cape Colony is confident, and "furaiske 16,800 me.
Recruits are abundant,
A STATEMENT BY LEYDS.. Mr. Lyd deuies The Daily Mail's positive declaration that Delnames (French Minister of Foreign Affairs) intervention hus en solicitad and affirms that the Boers are well provided,
REUTER'S SERVICE
LONDON, 24th December. LORD ROHERTS' DEPARTURE. Lord Bobarle had an inspiriting send off from Waterloo,
THE WAR
AT THE CLOSE, OF THE CENTURY.
Carlyle and Macaulay, as historians, bave had many successors, but only one of their succes 2ors hat, by gouoral assot, soaled the hoighla af gruit literatury James Anthony Fronde, who tied in 1974, is the into great writer among English historisus. Three at last of his contemporaries, who happily still survive, Mr. Leoky, Bishop Stulbs, and Mr. & R. Garliner, Lavs ghown themselves at historians mon industrious, and mora veracions thina Mr. Fiondo. They have to higher standard of judicial impurdulity. Jat Fronts displayed in
far more picuus degree that nuy of them, that gift of style and sause of the pie. turesque in expression which can alano set a bistorian in the high rank cE literary artials.
Other departments of literature scent at the close of the century to be possing through the sune phars as history. In almost every branch of literatury, computent literary artisaus are
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THE P. & C. POORET BODE. vd to saylueing proof of exhenation bill | Influence on the English prose style has been Note the century was posting old age—at any for groslog and on the whole mure beastoin! Travelfors by the P. & 0 Atsinart, whether had venched its seventh decade. The than Curlylo's. Carlyle's style was a bow of outward for, firmoward, will dqd the interest | Korea that had been lighted by Wardon oeth and Ulysses, which noun but kimsalt could draw. of Use vorge çalanced by the companionship of 21.loy and Byron and Bir Walter Scott passed In sify other beade, it borone an implement of Lornon, 243 Desember The Columbya Peckot, Book new edition of la End lume, Bofors the coutury was in its buriale Mecaniaynalylo was ka impractic. T Ball by Pablo, anation. consideration whatever. It can hardly be
which hie just made its oppeneangs, The first prime, into the worthy bands of 'Lenazzon and gablu, it was mainly churnsberised by a direct- DISEASE AT LADYSMITIE. edition, of ten thousand copies, was inped in Browning and Carlyle and Thackeray. It nos and aa emphasis which inclined to rigidity confended, we think, that quail have beon. becoming scarent and that they require in oneral White notifice ovan dosths from 1983, but has long has out of print. The pro not until Tennyson, the last stevivor of this but often grow ander his band fute brilliant vent locus, we are told in Lie proface, is partly mighty band, was laid to rest in Wustuinsler loquenes. It proved a dangerous styls for creased protection on that account. The disease. then the
old and partly now, but when dhe futoridation Abbay in 1804 that hard was geoude, ground purpones of marsilo imitation. The habit of PARATLWAT ACCIDENTS.
belongs to Cormier alegory has been for fear that the fatetain of great literature loquent emphasis in apt to degenersis among fact that they are so highly exeened by the
There has been a eqllision on the Brighton Leight up to date. The book contains a nam which lind heen rinsing natively since the first incompetent writers into baanbest, but thems Chinese as an article of their daily diet wny line in which three persons-wors kilial and tour of ups and photograrare. Ilustrations, yams of the cutiiry had at longil run dry. sathers of Hinglish prose who followed Maesu- Hongkong hing ung of the plages dested Not the Biokothan ags nue the most frtilfüt lay at indiscrəst dislegda gained in clearness in itselfgford some gurantee against their injured.
Another collision vesirred on the Great worthy of piotrial Represalation. There periods of Greek er Tatin literatues can maleh and point without much sadriffes of grace. By extermination,
also plates showing the British and Colonial length of yours and in eroniy sustained energy way of romotion against the metallic learne Western Railway, three percus being i dage, National Stags, and the Tnternational the single period of ornative Itemry antivity of Mecaulay's thetion eforts were made from A Colodonino train over-tan an embankment. Code of Bigusts, also fables of distances, that lasted, vičluůly unbroken," "Through the time to time in the course of the century
speed, lime, weighs and issaures, oto, The greator port of the stuetooth century in Eng to invest English prose with a subtle els Forte persons were killed and ton injured
gance and cloudy presiosity to which it was THE MANCHURIAN RAILWAY AND of interest of the book lies, huweror, in the land
{"descriptivo articles, of which the following is ... GIANTS OF THE OPENING YBABA, notaturally adapted The-redut exocons.
thờ Ext:** This P. O. Company" by Bir The litovaluro of the contury may, for con- füll, of mich flugred workers in prona, Walter (15) Thomas Sutherland; "En Ronto, by An Old younce of detailed study bo considered in Pater, etoiled lus msthetic criticians it very Traveller: "Lo Canal de Suva par Ed Conte do sussiderentia colicate and slitin
the ter T Charios da apgypt, by Stanley Lomogenity about the whole of it that readers achieved beautiful effects. But the-mpi hode Lane Poole Totes for a Tour through Indin. chronological division nanocumary nad va were inseparable from à¤outations and conceite by Sir Edwin Arnold; " Chise," by Sir Thomas desirable in a briet, geosral survey, Grounds which reader prose difficult to read with under Wade: Japan by Hoary W. Lay: might be argal for separating the coutury into standing. The lasting vogno Macaulay's Australasia, by Hums Nisbet. All of the at least two periods, the one ending the other prese style senterad is impossible thateny Eug aro extremely interesting and will stimulate beginuing at the assession of Queen Victoria fish peons atyle should be widely acceptable that the reader's desire to travol..
In 1897 tin giants of the literary movement of did not aim in the first and lazi placo at per- Of spcial is tornatis Sir Thomas Sutherland's the opening years of the century, either were spicuity, and Me Ruskiu seen proved that par. abort article on the Company over whoss for dead or had consed to write, Antang poots, spinuity in English prose is nut ineempatible tunes ko link as long and ably prosidad. British Byun, Skolley and Keats had passed away, with the highest artistic beauty and pliancy residents in the Far East, while recognising Worksworth had ceased to be a poetis foros, Affected prose has consequently met with well this good work done by the Company bow kara in bo night of admirers more zealous aneouragement, and is an inconspicuous feature and in the past, and entertaling than disent. Of writees of notion, Jane in a general survey of the century's literaturo,. tinuale regard for the old bong Bay under Auston al hocu doad twenty yenes and Bir whick as many of them have pant plea Waltor Seett Ivo Among ensayists whoso sant days of travel and eque safely through work conferral pa the literature of the contary storms and tempest, nevertheless catertain a
one of its most distinstive obarms, Charles little relevante against the Company, inasmuch Lamb, the king of essayists, did not survive as they would like to see through mpil steamer beyond 1834 · Hazleệt, ched, in 1830, and placed on the China rin er the pccommodation although De Quincey and Leigh Hunt fired of the growing passenger trafic, for which more than twenty years longer their best work foreign lines at now making such a strong bid.
was done in the pre-Victorian epout. But the The longo at Colombo is objected to, and when writers ulamineurs who have oxfasive right to transit withext traushipment can be had under the cpital Victoriam prove, after allowance has other Bags ensidonations of personal conveni beau made for individual idiosynorge.co, which to ones are apt to override the inclination to travel great literature count for much, to belong in under one's own national dag The Company spirit to the age their immediate predeces is this season sending two of its mail steains sor They sought expression for their Shunght straight through and we hope the experiment in forms not essentially different from those to will convinas Sir Thomas that lào China pass which thule.predecessors Joroted their opergi, angor trails le bettor worth catering for in and their thought gloved no new departaro. this respect than he has hitborte giron it onedit I still breathod font faith in the dignity of for Although in his article Bir Thomas Bath mankind, in its inalienable right of rational laud Joes not specially discuss the grievance liberty, and in the greatuses of its destiny, which bore alluded to, the following remarks indicate was the entocoin of the Revolution. Teason the view he holds upon it:
is nearly at all points Wordsworth's succuaserin vain. The century's greatest protisers of **L'erbage, the west conclusive proof that spoed in his sympathy with the lofty, political and the literary urte hare sunk into benoured graven and regularity must be phil for, may be found in philosophic sentiment of his doutemporarion hud their planes are for the time left. vacant or steaisor with those of a carge stemmer of the careful observation and in his sympathetip des portal-giants of the century's literaturu nil! saule period. Take one of the late type of both gription of Kaanimate native, in his command of survives-Mr. Raskin. Some might place at kinds. The mail stoamor, with a spoed of. 18 postic distion and melody, and also, it is to be his side Mr. Swinburne among diring.poets, and of 11,485 fons, and the weight of cargo which inco. Browning twin peal with Tennyson among norghists. The poetry of Mr. Swin sbe marries at tast ilisplacement smounts only to 2,057 tonk On the other hand, the cargo stronger individuality. His lesz closely ulliad Harary glorios, but it is doubtful if Mr. Swin
in the rango of Violoriun pentry-presats a bucne's youth will raak among the century's.
steamer, enpiside of steareing 12 knots (which is to tho writers whe flourished in his warly youth, barna, aŭ any poriad of his cargar, has pro-dnsod considerably above the speed of the ordlcary bat in many of his most striking characteristics soything that entitles kim inilapulable to s costel a displacement of 13,054, tone, but the lipity of ais interests in earrent life and. worth, Toungan or Drowning, and his latest weight of ourge which this latter s'eamer.caiterature, in his predilection for study of past work fails to maintain the promise of his earlier lift amounts to 2,376 tous A comparison of this history, and you inthis imfitforans to the graces years. It is doubtful, too, if in a comparative salonsumption and other items of expenditure of form whisk dogonerated with him at times slidy of the cuntury's literary energies Mr. but in point the moral in this waller, it will Browning betrayed his kinskin with Byron and araditad with that untrarasty of appaal probably be enough to add that the steamer Scott. As a poet, Mathew Awold marches or that depth and clarity of vision which here alluded to cost a quarter-of-a-million, and under the banners of Wordsworth and Shelley; are characteristin of the grantest notion of the the cargo vessel, which is fitted in a superior as a critic he is it some points more subtle and century the best fiction of Scott, Thackerary, manner for her class, cost only seventy host cthers loss sympathetic than funb or Hazlitt; Dickens and George Eliot, The English- and pounds, arlittle more than a fourth of the but the distinctione are îlue not so muchi tu speaking work has lately proclaimed in trumpet tones that the throne of the all kings of Eng- The death is anoqonced of the Duke of facts it is easy to understand that steam ressels the idissyr.aradies that coma of recidentalish literature is worthily allod by one of the
price of the mail ship. Looking at these simple diforence of age or of innate temporsmantas le Westminstor.
of high speed would not be found in the differences in youthful training and enviroment. youngest writers of the day, by Mr. Rudyard Eastern trade (bero the passenger business In Gction the emire of gravity way seem to Kipling, Tize will show. The nineteenth- is comparatively small in extent and the season have shifted Entwurm the dates of the publication century period of English literature has bee Mr. Leyde is in Paris" and it is reported is of short duration), except for the purpose of of: Waterleyo Las oue band and of ** David as great as any preceding period in the pawber
varying out cinil outstrich."
Copperhold, or Adam Bode," or "Yanityf its workere sodin their many sided excel. The force of the argument here put forward Faie, on the other. king an interview with M. Doloaned.
But all the greatnal fiction lence. But it is sure proof of the ending of may be admitted, but neverthelgas we think thu of the century sinu at a like goal the exact, the Rat most Tortilo petice that there should be China passenger traffic, whioli is growing at a vivid, le spopathetic and the optimistic pro in the late your of the contury but one living phenomenal safe, would, if sodabously cultivated, santation in prose of the complexities of human voice whose utteranos in cither poetry or prose
atraetura on story or on personal observation tion's ear. I it more probable that Mr. Kip your's handsome Ogura of twelve par cent..
The extracte from the Company's regulations of his contemporaries, bis success is due to the ling is the binger of a new era of English that are included in the Prickos Boot indivalo same combined power of autistio presentation of literature the on of the twentieth century- the care and attentis aut are giren to tho han setion and convinging, yet magnariqiaus, than that he is the last comer of the all. In futy of navigation and the comfort of passen interpretation of litman motive. Moreover, nono creative energy and original personality be the fable Arrangements we make the following failed to emulate that mothod of soaking in his be prove the wally that herabis a couring gers. As passengers are always interested in of the great verelists of the nineteenth century has suas at the moment to stand alous. But may extract from the instinctions to the pursera aud tory material for his narrativo, which Scott spring!
Nert and Jay Articles. stowards in ebarge
brought to portret Tuackery reached the highest point in Ids career as an netist in fiction "TRE GROWTH IN TRADE SPINNER time of Quesa Aube: Dickens, ja, of Tire Cativa" and " in Baratoy- Bulge," worked with all his signs or og er documentary Loundations. Ossiga Eliot wis Lismore scholarly and more laborimu aud therefore, less successful in Romola," when she sought-to evolve aromace out of the history of the Florentius reformatica Robert Louis Steros- son, the ablest of meent nevalista, made his most sustained bid for rerratation by paransing the historical trail of Soft, and Stevenson had many disciples who are still sedulously trending in his footsteps The main and-mont artistic stream of pross romance in England has been faithful throughout the contury to the sbaunel that Sir Watter Scott frat glorified. AGAIN
It is now certain that the guns at the Colenso
and a number of the Devonshiṛės. *.
WINES AND SPIRITS. evening in aid of the “Miss and Kide" Fund. engagement were captured, as also CoL Ballook contrasting the conditions of a modern mail which he sought to interpret in rese, in his folso inperfastly Blad. Only no of the ca
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Dr. M. Seblower, Surgeon, Chiropodist, is making a second virit to flengkong und may be consulted for a few days at No.-3. Duddal uielly preparing for a fresh attiek on Colonso,krots, has when Joaded and coated a displacement admitted, în bis, lapses into pathos and common. Mr. Georgy Morsdith and Mr. Theons Hardy Street Dr. Schlosser on his prorions visit. gare satisfaction to his patrons.
The Osaka Shethon Kaista is politinuing fer rabilis amounting to 520,000 you usually
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PONIES PONIES,
CONSIGNMENT OF EIGAT GRIFFINS baying-arrived from the
North they will be Bobl by PUBLIC AUCTION Lear the GRAND STAND,
It is generally believed that Bonorut Buller is
"Lord Mothuen a the moushila is station ary, hoping that the diffealty of provisioning their forces will oblige the Boara to attack.
News from Sterkroom, dated 18th instant, for extended services on the Yangtze aall the skates that the Boers have increased since the pye of enrge ressed), has when loaded and in his robust optimism, in the univareality and place at the sido of Shelley, Keats or Words cont of Chios, had proposes to spend 700.000 Steemborg reverse, and the country. porta of sen for building gedorus at the various China Stormberg is now in arms. There is emider porta
uble apprehension at Capetown that the rebol The Kobe Chronicle of the 19th Decemberon may besowe widespread, conséquent on the would present an eqrally startling contrushi | into a grotesque bakarismin all thess regards feredith's, or Mr. Hardy's worels can be Causeway Bay Repository, and by purmission.
ranaat ruyeTBUM.
saya-We learn that be German stemmer Ingraban, which has run for some years on the China const, les bean sold through Meners, NEW YEAR CARDS. Booker & Co. to the Seke Kaishus. She chory her fag youterday morning and goes into dry dosic to-day.
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·ESTABLISHED 1841.
The prospectus has been issued at Shanghai of the China Telephone Co. Limited, a Com- pany about to be farmed to blain the thirty Fours franchise offered by the Municipal Council of Shanghai for working a telephone exchange. The proped capital is Tls. 150,000 128 Jvided into 3,000 shares of T. 50 cash.
NOTIOR TO QURHESPONDENTS ORLT communications relating to the news columns should be addreret to THE EDITOR.
من
Now from Modder Rirer Eated 17th is statos that the Boors are gradually extinding their wings round the samp
OBITUARY...
MR. LEYDS IN PARIS.
LATER.
"The motive of the interview ia nol uxpinined, THE SITUATION AT MODDER RIVER, Router'a correrpcedect at Modder River troughments extend for twenty mlios athwart the railway line, and that they are still digging strong works.
Dorrespondentemust forward their name andadu Rodoll was sloft engaged is the preparations position, 28th instant, stator that the Boer an. belp to keep the Company's dividend up to last life and feeling. Whether the novellat rear his can be said in any large sense to bekk the un
with communications" oddrsized to the Blitor, not for publication, but na evidence of good faith
A lotions for publication should be written on one side of the prepay only
No anonymously red communications that has siready appeared in other papàre will be inserted.
Orders for vetra copens of Daur Puns thould ba seni before it um on day of publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Only upid for Cack
Telegraphix dideng Prans—A.B.C. Code.
É.0 Box. 39. Telephone ca. 19
MARRIAGEA.
On the 16th December, 1899, at the Cathond. Shanghai, by the Rev. I. C. Fudges, M., EDA TRAIN MONROE VAN BERGEN, 60 of E. var BROEN, MA, of Niagara, USA. to CATHERINE Er eklest tighter of Finey Piox of Shanghai. The 9th December, 1899, at the Calbedral, Shanghai, by the Bev. II. C. Hodges, M.A., PEROY LouLE CALL, BA, M.B., C. B., of the Lon- don Mission, Hukon, sun of the late Ber. Robert MCALL, WRER, danghter of the late Horatio Ratemás, Esg, of Radhili, Sarvey.
The Daily Press.
A sad nocident ocurred on H. M.S. Barfear on Sunday afternoon. A bluejacket aanved for the Christmas decorations, when he lost his hold and fell in the deck, the fall proving fatal In consequence of this accident, which threw a gloom over the ship's company, the decorations were abandored.
·At about nine c'elook last night a fim broke
out in a three storegel house at No. 1, Ship Street, Wanchai. An alarm was given and the Fire Brigade or soon on the scene and got to work. The insy where to are origina was practically burned out, bet very little other damage was foue, the efforts of the Brigade to kepp it from spreading being enecessful."
The British Camp in in a splendid position on a pinin, iherpearest-bíli being five roles distant, THE DISASTROUS FIRE AT WEST
POINT. —L'ACTUATINGmytgamind as eu ant ranngu" (S1E
The point aimed at by the Dimeters in the
is that of
of messing on heard the Company's ships, the by the fire at Wed Pulat shows that the us time of $1,000 for the three godorus and result of which will be, in the first plaes, the their contents in abent right. The damage to eutiro contentarut of passengers, and, in the the buiklings may is pat down at $500,0x) and sext, wconomy of the provisions the damage to the goods at a like guro. Goods at the first object of your work to krop down to the value of 3 are covered by tumor-exponditure, but it is your first duty to see azon, and so far as can be gathered the follon table of sa;erior quality maintained nu board your ship, and your passengers thoroughig wall ...$22,000
alised.
The U.S.A. rensport Thomas, having on board 1,584 officers and men for the Philippines, arrived in Singapore reads on the 16th Decem bor. The Thomes left New York on the thing Companies are interested:- Novamber, and has made a fair passage. The hath of the men hias born excellent, no casus of sickness haring eccnered, thus making in- bour light for the aixteen army nurses on board. She is being followed by the Menda and Lúgun, both carrying a similar number of troops.
Choma On Commercial and Union ... dung On
Boats British...
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Betabay Fire....
... 67,M(2) 31600 35,000 20,000
North British and Merecutule 10,000 North German
Looden & Lancashire
David.& Co.
10.000
2,000
8,000
Beuter, Brockelmanu & Co. ... 9,000 ... 25,000 4,000
China Firo... Carlowitz...
...
In addition to the above there is the damugo
JALT RIGHTS REIERVED.] THE NINETEENTH CENTURY:
A RETROSPE
VII. THE LITERATURE OF THE CENTURY. BY.
Tale
The N. C. Doily News of the 21st December Horarono, December 27th, 1899.
saya-The Indo-China steamer Pechili, from Wuhu, was lowed into port pesterday by the Ar the last meeting of the Sanitary Board Company'n nisam okeany, In a crippled con. a letter was submitted from Mr. C. VIVIAN dition. She left Wahy with a full cargo for Sestow, and on Monday night, when in the Lands, ie Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, vicinity of Plover Point, the face of the high suggesting that the period during which pressure oylinder brok»,, consegnently sho hud debris which was sont dying in all directions contribution is the purmanent prose and fuelry Tho tvo.chief practisers of the arts of history
to come to spanchor and await assistance. Her certain cases of game may not be offered repairs will take several days, when she will for sale should be extender!, ant that quil, continna lier vorogen which at present may be offered for solo all
An excellent entertainment was given in the the year round, should be included in the City Hall last night, A most interesting prohibition. The Bean considered the socies of klasmaterraph viers were exhibited, suggestion a good ons and decided to formelading the explosion on the Afutne, the examination of the Maine by divors the buria! ward it to the Government with a recom- of the Mains sailors, the base of Manila Bay, mendation that it be adopted. Now the and other pictures, In addition sa exedingly dover performance was given on the xylophone. question na regants quail was carefully con- SEU zither by Madame Meranda and Little Lilly, sidered in connection with the Ordinnace whose efforts ware tiuch appreciated. Thoro passed in 1884, and when that Ordinance will be another performanos on Thursday night and another on Saturday night. The show is
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wwe replied by fisther in 1885 (the one woll worth patronizing. now in force) the decision arrived at upon that poist was not disturbel, As the law now tapda quail are included in the de- finition of game, and no person may kill
CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT THE GOVERNMENT CIVID -HOSPITAL.
ENTERTAINMENTS
With kind paruission of the distinguished Authorities.
ST. ANDREW'S HALL, CITY HALL EVILDING.
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WEDNESDAY,
the 3rd January prosimo, at 8 oklask any The Ponies any on View at Mr. Renusdy's of the STEWARDS will be daily escrcised on the Race Course bobaron the honey of Gal
8.a.m,
-3.91
HUGHES & HOUGH,
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TWO MASTER HISTORI UNA But the fastest contury beg not only won its literary triumpha by virtus of the exercise SIDNEY LEE.
of the imagination in poetry and romune. (Editor of the "Distönary of National-j Throughout the century history and critician,
Hsingrophy." Me.)
In which the invagination plays a more or less doo to buildings and grote set tre to by the
No coultry as mada a more aubstantive limited part has dourished conspicuously. by the explosions, the goods is the lanchet
of the nation than the century which is closing, and criticism in the nineteenth century were godown being insured by Marsa Siamsayn &
In gerlain region of lamture writers in past long lived. Their work was well began befor Co. to the extent of $12,500.
At the Magistracy yesterday a coolie was ges have displayed-were damending the Quen sommended to reign; it continged. than any that, has been displayed during the last Jong after. Carlyle was born five years bo- centerood to six weeks' imprisinment for steal-
baudcol years. England he set produced s for the end of last coutury Murelay was ing feet the loather getown
born in the first year of the present catury, The per of the godowa where the fireEco Shekespeare among dramatists, ners originated and slon ti nenor were charged ut end Million among epic poets, not a second Carlyts is one of the most distinctive figares GRAND ENTERTAINMENT the Magistracy yesterday with storing explosives Popesmong epigramatiste, razord Gibben of the whole period of nineteenth-centur
me historians, nor a second Boswell among Horary activity, with which is life was almost biographers. On the other hand, ia the realms exactly conterminons. He was thoroughly without a license sind wers rounded.
of lyrio poatry and romsuse heights of excellence imbued with the largo ideas of inan's social par SANDAKAN NOTES,
have boso ed in the presunt century which fectability to which the loaders of the French were never conquered before. In melody and Revolution gave expression in boir ery for [FROM OUR CORLESLONDENT]g
sotrionl faculty, in depth and tenderness of fiberty and fraternity. But he was at the Sandakan, 19th Doceber Lvcling. Shelley's "Ode to the Ekylark," Kent's same as a petant critic of many of the social Ode to n Nightingale," many of the sounais of tendencies which the French Revolution not in The US. gunboat Albya hai arrived here La-day, 18th, from Zamboanga. It is expected Wordsworth, many of the songs of Teuzyon, motion. He warned his cogtemporaries of the transcend like efforts of any poet who preceded dangora inseparable from the levelling spirit of that the U.S. authorities will follow up the the Sir Walter Scott's" Antiquary, Thao- a democratic age with a greater practical effent opening of Zamboanga to general trade by the keray's "smond," Goerge Eliola Adam Bode," then any man of litters has compassed before
by dint of mare pessico panmanship. To Car opening of the port of Cola Batu vory shortly. are crowning peaks in a world of art which was
Mr. De Nije, robber planter on the Labaki a large deprce tara incognita to the govora.yle's eve sud loetures may in part be attri trous that yet before. And optelde the domain,buted that definite recognition of the limita for taka game without a licence, issued. The usual Christmas Concert for the patients River, has discovered a rubber tree which he of lysie postry and romance then are literaryong inhorent in a parely demoratis ileal to under such conditions na the Governor in in the Gorarumeat Civil Hospital was given oublieres das been entirely unknown to botanists patis upon which wayfarers of our sontary have which in the earlier dorades of the carry the
The Broking Olims at City Hall will be Upon on WEDNESDAY, 27th December, at-10A.M. Council may from time to time decide but Monday afternoon Amongst those present hitherto, and which is, moreover, iudigenous to conferred a splendour hitherto unimagined. gros el the mess of men seemed closed. But were H. B. the Governor sud Lady Blake, this country, Ite solour in whitish, but the Browning's Ring and the Book" is more Carlyle's chief Herary work was done in the
Admission Al alloyar the horse. while pheasant and partridge are further Viscount Bairdado, A.D.C., the Bishop of Vios rabber darkena cu exposure to tho atmosphere, ponstrating study of the intricacies of the limonads of history. He did not taka so wide a
The Entertainment will be repente ou Flow of an historian's fumetión na Gibbon, De
WEDNESDAY, 19th January: Actinission protected by prohibiting their sala daring torin, Bishop Piazzoli, Mrs. Gascoigne and the altunately going perfectly look. Ita quality inteloot; Carlyle's French Revolution" is a
$1 to Pi Sokliors, certain months, quail.nny be and are sala Kieses Egerton, Hon. J. H. Stewart.Look. is very utod, and fas Chineze horo are willing more, vivid presentation of irring, historic Jid he weak to write history. Da so grand and to Dress Gaele.
bart, Cammodere. Mr. and Mins Powell Sir to pay $100 for pical for as much of it as they incident Buskio's Moura Painters" is a more dignified sals. Carlyle Lofod nasiduously in the market the whole year round. They Thomas Jack and Miss Tackson, Clonel can get. Bamples have been sent to Singapore eloquent and suitive interpretation of pisterial in the dry lost repositories of historical Sailors, Polica, and Volunteers in Waiform
half-price
Hongkong, 13th December, 1899. As the question: Betalick, Mrs. Hondah, Mrs. Greasoy. Drs. and Colombo Botanioul Garding for classifice art than any ochiur endeavours in philosophic learning within a comatvoly uncrowfield are generally sold alive. of prohibiting their sale during the bised-May the Misses May, Mrs. Keswick, Mrs. tiou, and it is hoped the discovery will prove a postay, or in history, ar in resthetic criticism, but, by force of a vara imaginatis sight into Beside Brewaing, Pope is a superficial student, tamaa lits and barneter, he realisil to life Dickson, Mr. and Mige Hartigan. Captain and valuable one.
No farther ness is to hand regarding the of human clnracter; beside Carlyle, Robertenu scenus of the just with a truth and realism ing season, has again been mised it may be Mrs. Hastings, Rev. R. F. Cobbold, Rev. T. F.
Mat Salleh cutbreak, but it is anderstech.M.S. is a halting and a clumsy historian; beside which no post or novelist, working with un- "useful to recall the reasons by which the Johnston, Pastor Kriele, etc., stu
The programme was altered considerably Raitler will remain in this vicinity nutil the Ruskin, Hake is a pitblind seitle of ars. If limited right and power of intention, has 0
by soma dalucky turn of the wheel of fortune, pellet in pith sat wont Carlyle's French Jagislature was influenced in 1884. As from its original form, and was as giros below, matter is settled, posefully or otherwis
One now Governor, Mr. Hugh Clifford, English literatero hnd come to an end in the Retslution." and portions of his "Frederick originally drafted the Bill placed quail on Mr. Ward, who was to have given a pianoferta
year 1800 it is no exaggeration to assert that it the Great," se before the reader Listeria $50 the same footing ne plasmat or partridge, solo, was unable to play, basing injured bij dus hore in about three weeks' time..
wont have been shor of more than half ita episodes with something of the aromatie in- hand. Mrs. Vallings's Bug Twickenlinn but when the second reading was reached Perry" was the gam of the performance. My
Louelty of the historioak plays of Shakespearo, At the same time as Carlyle was writing, Ma Stoke's conjuring was excellent and afforded that ardent sportsman and game preserver, tumor. The following was the
From the poist of the Hierary historien the qulay was also making maataly contributions the late Hon. P. RYRI, idly ob programm
nineteenth century is saly comparable to the six of somewhat similar calibre to the literature of teanth. Both centurias are characterized by an "jection to the B is that I am informed
the century is knowledge of books and re- cresistibly outburst of intellectual energy and cords was as rent as Carlyle situot greater, but excilement which generated great achievements Lie historical achievement is ou a lower plane. in all departments of human effort Under. He rosessed for less imaglantive intuition. Queen Blimabeth, as under Queen Victoris, the His mental horizon was limited by temporary berizon of men's mind was enormously widened, condillene of current political conflist In bother thought was fraud of the most conception of historical fact was coloured by nambing of the fosters that had suchsinst it in orfin preposions which, wiowod in rela the near fast. The emancipation on the eve of lion to the groat dentinios of the human nge, Au veial tolegesm from the Governor of the nineteenth contars in the French Revolution, tem juny, and, in'n bistorian, tend to navern Kweichow required at Shanghial states that the I just hy in the strieanib nazlary, was translated sity Carlyle, even Gibbon, had strong proju. jusurgants in that province under the leader into acting in the Intellectual, political and dice, but loy were, ont jus burger mould. ship af a notorious character name Ch'en Li-oh religions movements of the Reariceauce and the They left the historical spirit in the main nun. uan--who is alleged to hara hien conansted with Reformation. The elation of spirits, that cloudel the murder of the Rev. M.Fleming having been taugurated the new order in the political, intel. In style Carlyle and alcooler were na the joined by a large body of man malecalents iontul and urial systems of the time found at polos nunca The spamma irregularity of from Hongshau, under a falit named Chang hoth epuas its most perut xpression in the one has nothing in common with the dis Shong. at Bret defeated the troops sent against purely imaginative litaratare, Blakespeare and ciplined orderliness of the other. Macaulay's them, but that when the Keishow troops had terary contemporaries were the children bean reinforced by a contingut from Hanan of the new enlightenment of the Reformation His PAGARTED AND BRAUTIFIED, T the numbers of the opposing forces were more and the Renaissato, and it at the moment nly reliable paserver and restorer of the hair eguskean: There were several trial skiconishes that the Finnois Restation was clarifying now LowLARD'S MACASSAR On, which only in which the Imperis! troops were Javarinbly man's rental vision and remodelling his aspiraresembles the olly matter are provides for Bernful and thea on the 18th Decmber it tion that Wordswerd. boilsy, Byron, Keats nourishing and stimulating its growth, without was decided to attack the is argenta in force and Bir Waiter Boott were born into the world which Uro hair hapomas dry, thin, and brittle. The battle Instell six bours, resulting in the of islters The time as walol: the naman mind Its prevents baldness and Bonf, strengthens the defeat of the latter and the capture of the and emotions experienced in England at the hair, and for children it lays the foundation of Kweichow loader Ch'en, while it is known that makset of this century maintained exceptionally luxurious growth. Also in a golden colon for Chang Shoug, the. Hugon bandit, was carried 1 long life in its literature. After the first quartor fair and golfen keired ladies sad children. Mak off the field badly wounded-N. C. Dally of the cetitury the tide showed mme signs of Stores and Chemist for ROWLAND'S ACABAR
ebbing, but the appearance was deceptive There Our, of Hatten Garden, Loodus. Nico
quail is held in high estimation by ts Pizzaforie Duet Morris duce" *Chinese, who uno it every day in certain song
preparations of their food, and it might be
E. German Liubay
PART I
Mrs GCOPMAN & Miss SABLLA MAY. Pulaski”.
.. Husheen?.
Bong...
*a hardshiptoshëm if this measure în passed.
Quail, I believe, are kept for months, and Recitation.
it would be hard to deprive the Chinese Song
of them." The BI was postponed for
Br. R. F. JonNSTON.
M. BADEMY.
Hon. F. H. May, G.BL.
Twickenhan Ferry"
M♫, VALLINGS
the consideration of this point, and at a sub-Phonograph Section
sequent meeting Mr. Krass formally toovad King Carol.... that the word "quail" he struck out of the
Bong section. Sir Thomas Jackson, who wan then a member of Council, seconded, and in Song!
Neodhar
MA VALLIKOS,****
D. JORDAN. "Shepherds shake off”:
PART II. Willie's me to Melville Whee other lips
Beacon
Cattle
Balle
Me. JUSTION GOODMAN.
4.49 Winter ". C. Scott Gally
Mr. Lowes,
"doing so said quail was an article of diet, all Song ... the year round among the Chinese and it would press hardly on them to interfere with Conjuring Performance
them in that matter. The amendment was g carried without a division, qunil being. cordingly struck out of the prohibition. The decision then at arrived at may possibly have been mistaken one, but he onus of shawine that it was so resté on, thuse
to revormi. No attempt at
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