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It is reported that F. Lionsby and A. Turner. two Australian jockeys, after a very successful assson in Java, ars going to Penang to try
Messrs. Yarrow and Co., of Poplar, who re. cently built six torpado-beat destroyers for the Japanese Government have received augther order from the same Government for two simi- | their luck there,
A report by Dra. Young and Thomson on the prevalence of malariai fever st Tai Pu in the New Territory, is published in the Garette.
Acart martial assembled on board H.M.B.lar vessola.
The Government of Netherlands India pro- Tamar on Saturday to investigate the charges
According to the Indian Daily News, Mrs. post to reform the organisation of the corps of made against one of the ship's company for insubordination, and after recording the pro-Dalles, well known in Hongkong in connection schuttery er militia in the ports of Java, with the Dallas and Dallas-Musgrave Com-Service remains compulsory on all Faropeans panies, sustained a compound fracture of the but the conditions will be made easior. Khaki right arm at Dorjeeling while out riding on the drill will be used for the uniforms. 14th ult.
At the Council of Ministers at Madrid on the
Mr. CONGER's hopes that negotiations would actually open at Peking this week. To-day we have before us Lord SALISBURY's guarded statement in the House of Lords that the Concert has assumed a reasonable state of vitality and that he believes it will be sue cessful in its objects. Not any enthusiasm can be read into the Premier's annonce-secuting evidence, the court adjourned sine die. ment, and he refused, as was only to be ex-
The Bov. Mr. Williams announced from the peeted, to disclose the exact position at pre-pulpit of the Union Church last evening that sent of the Chinese questiona comse
on the last day of the present year a supper and
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BORNE, in the House of Commons. The mesenges to Washington, however, of the United States Minister at Poking afford a clue as to the manner in which the Powers
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The Russian Government has commissioned the Hamburg-America Line to bring back to Odoes the Russian troops returning from the Far East. Some of the steamers which took out the German Expeditionary Corps to China will be used for the purpose.
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Tha N.-C. Daily News of the 5th inst. says H.M.S. Hermione leaves for Nacking to relieve the Beauventure on Monday or Tuesday next; the Rosario leaves to-day for Chiakiang to relieve the Wallaros, and will be herself sub- acquently relieved by the Pique.
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THE CRISIS IN CHINA.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENES.] SHANGHAI, 8th December, 125, am.
TUNG FUHSLANG.. FE. Sheng Tajen announces that Govers! Tung Fuhaiang is proceeding to Kansu.
8th ult., the Queen Regent presiding, General
COURT MOVEMENTS-EMPEROR REPORTED GOING TO PEKING. Azcarraga announced that a convention bar tween Spain and the United States was signed in Washington on the 7th, hecording to which
Palace officials report that the Empress Spain codes the islands of Cagayan and Sibatu to the United States, receiving in return pay Dowager is proceeding to Wuchang, while ment of $100,000. These islands were the sole the Emperor himself is going, direct, to possessions remaining to Spain in Oceania.
Peking.
THE KALGAN AFFAIR-COUNT YORK KILLED.
We understand that Mr. C. Clement will are arriving at a mutual understanding. The undertake the duties of Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary and Clerk of Councils, United States, Russia, an! Japan agreed in Mr. B. F. Johnston being now A. D. C. and considering excessive the clauses of the pro-Private Secretary to H. E. Sir Henry A Blake posed demand on China which referred to owing to Lord Sairdale's unforced, departure for the subjects of punishment of the guilty home on the death of his father. officials and indemnity for murders and outrages. Great Britain and Germany beld the strongest views on these two points, and the difficulty was to bring the two groups of SHERRY Powers into line, the others apparently
being ready to acquiesce in the revolution desse. Arnhold, Karberg & Co., and represent is on a mission to inquire into the way Java is impassable for the river steamors. Anothor during a reverse.
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A Japanero, who is the secretary to the Cavernor of Formous, has arrived at Batavia with a clerk, an interpreter, and servants. He governed. The information so gained, it is said, is to be turned into account in Formosa
Intor on.
We regret to have to announce the death at the Gayerument Civil Hospital yesterday morn- ine Mr. Leopold Suidier, who suribel to a fostre of the karnego, front od the Shall Transport and Trading Company, Ld, for winch the agents here. The fau- eral will pass the Monament at 5 p.1. to-day.
The police on Friday succeeded Idupprehend- in the demand for the exemplary punishing the hit two of the seven military prisoners including Wines from the most cele-ment of those responsible for the murders who escaped from the American transport Grant
and outrages of the present years and also on Tuesday evening last. The two men were recognition of the evout by the Scotchmen in found by Sergeant Sullivan at the Star Coffee brated Chateaux.
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At the beginning of the month the Yangtze was nearly blocked close to Hunter Island, shove Kinkiang, by the stranding of the Japaneto
The news comes by telegraph from Tiont- eloamor Keiko Maru, formerly the U.S.S. Poles, and thres er four forchas and junks. A very sin that the Kalgan expedition has rather unrrow channel was left, says tho N.-C. Daily failed to achieve any success... Count York News, with only nine feet of water tu it, and von Wartenburg was killed while fighting the stranding of one mere lorehu would make it
TERRIBLE FAMINE IN SHENSI. accident is reported from the Yangtze, for this French cruiser Admiral Charder, on her way The Shenai famine is increasing. Can- down the rivor, got ashore in the Round Channibalism is prevalent in the province. nel, Silver Island Pass, below. Chinking, H.M.S. Wallaroo went to her assistance and, it
tails, however, are not yet to hand, is latiored, succeeded in getting her off. De
EXECUTION OF A NOTORIOUS BOXER
Taotai Tau, the Boxor leader and the ring- leader in the Pastingfu massacres, was
the loss of life and property to foreigners. dugn at liberty. All seven are now in gaol, the Singapore Club to-day, at which there were a scheme for charting a safe track from the sentenced to death by beheading at Tientsin
We hour from a trustworthy source that H. E the Governor of Macto has received a team from the Minister of Marine, Lisbon, to the effort that the British Channel Squadron was expected at the port of Lisbon on the 5th iust. with the express view of paying a compliment to the King of Portugal and his Government. This visit may be considered significant of the good relations existing between Great Britain and Portugal.
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St. Andrew's Day at Singapore scoms to have
writing on the 30th alt. says: "The only a very quiet anniversary. The Straits Times
Singapore for the we know, was a tilla et
The American Hydrographic Office has started
many aliens" present. Wo understand tast it United States to the Philippines and Jupau, was not possible to got u haggis,so the guests had This will be inagurated by the Solace, which to fall back on the prosaic kippered herring has left America for the Philippines, and will Our contemporary complains hat in no other maintain look-onta to report the dangors in the place in the Far East are Scotchmen so out-way; and very naval vessel and every Army wordly indifferent to their Saint's day. At transport hereafter crossing the Pacific and this way it is hoped that an exact path will be Shanghai, or the contrary, great enthusiasın following the usual route will do the same.
estabushed or which the dangers will be definite was manifested,
With a view to provide English-speakingly located. This scheme is preliminary to a priests to meet the spiritual needs of Roma more comprehensive work, which Commander Catholic sailors of the Royal Navy stationed. C. Todd, the chief hydrographer, desires to
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Shanghai, 9th Decentber, 7 p0. A RUSSIAN EXPEDITION. Chinese official despatches from Manchu- ria report that the Russians at Newchwang are sending a large force to Kinchou to disperes a big gathering of Boxers and disbanded soldiers there.
BIG FIRE AT CHANGSHA
in the amount asked from China to
Taking the later item first, we have long deprecated the pressing of the indemnity side of the settlement. The exacting of a large indemnity gives support to the vicious view that the murder of foreigners is a watter which can be settled by the payment of money-money, moreover, which does not come from the pockets of the chief mur- derors. Reasonable compensation for wan- ton" destruction of property is just and politic. Anything beyond this actually dues harm to those who take the money and rarely, if ever, tonches those at whom it is intended to strike. The question of the
man Emperor has bestowed upon Captain COGNAC BRANDY, punishment of the murderous officials is for different. We cannot say to what extent the Powers are prepared to take back their
Krapkow, commander of the 1st Battery, heavy success of bombarding and storming the Peitung demands for exemplary sentences on the
field-howitzers, to whom a great deal of the
forts is the, the order Pour le Mérite, the N-0- on Christmas Eve, With a view to the mettle titled ringleaders of the anti-forsiga move ment. The prevalence of the view to whichment of the dificulty, negotiations wore. some
Tho St. Petersburg-Correspondent of the Daily News saya--The delusion that the Paitang forts had to be bombarded and stormed our correspondent X. Y. Z" drew attention time ago entered into for the soquireright of last week in his letter headed "The the City Hall for the purposes of the gathering, Daily Express states:-The Russians, on os. Glamour of China "the view, namely, and these having besu satisfactorily concluded, capying Moukden, the capital of Manchuria, seems to have gained currency in Germany. and sent to Hangchow under guard.
a weeting was hold in the Billiard Room at the secured-in other words "booted"arge As we have already statod, there was practically Central Police Station on
Saturday which quantity of very valuable Oriental MSS, which, nobody in the forts when they were attacked, unanimously endorsed the step. Efforts will by command of the Enssian Government, are and the bases of the attacking party ware not be sparing to make the ball this being got to St. Petersinig in order to be entirely due to the contact mines outside the Isipfu are most uncertain greater success than ever,
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that TUNG FURSIANG and his associates "did their duty according to their lights"-is a lad symptom. We are assured that the British Legation at Peking is, seriously infected with this feeling, and it is to be feared that other Legations as well are suffer- ing from it. Sir ROBERT HART in his Fort- nightly Review article which attracted su nuch attention lately was a notable exponent of the idea. Now we are not prepared to deny that there was much patriotism mixed up with the feelings which prompted the Chinese to their recent outreak, but that this fact is to be allowed to save the lives of such criminals as Prince TUAS, TUNG
It has been a long-standing grievance with those primarily responsible for the gathering that the accommodation at the Central Police Station is totally undequate for the large som pany-growing, too, as it has been during the past year or two--attending that Important annual function, the Police Bull, had yourly
In veference probally to the telegram of the
and frequenting the Chinese, Indian, and other undertake. if Congress will appropriate the ports, a Roman Catholie Royal Navy Apostolic necessary money, Union has been format for the purpose of educating Irish students to serve as chaptairs abroad. The idea is not so much to effect a change in the method by which chaplaincies are filled, Inat to enable foreigners to be replaced by priests speaking English as their mother
tongue.
Ostarialische Lloyd to the effect that the Gler-
OUTBREAK OF FIRE.
COLDIER FALLS FROM VERANDAH.
submitted to a minute examination at the hands forts w of the anthorities, of the Imperial Library. Among the MSS, thors should be, according to the law of Russian experts, many MSS. of Greek and Russian classics, which were plan" dered and carried away by the Mongols in their wars of devastation in Earope in the thirteenth contury.
On the 23th November, 1900, at Holy Trinity FURSIANG, KANO-YI, Yu HaIEN (if he is at some fature time.-The F. AM. and D.rolling stock of the Manchuria Railway from difficnity, loosted the seat of the fre, and
Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Ber. H. C. Hodges, FREDERICK J. J. Pers to ELIZABETH C. CRUMPR
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not yet dend), and others of the gang, would he moustrous, The Allies have already taken in hand personally to execute the minor officials connected with the massacres at Paotingful and its neighbourhood, the last HONGKONG OFFICE : 14, DES VEUX ROAD CI LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC to be sentenced being the Tuotai and Boxer leader Tau, who was to be be headed at Ticntain. Are the Powers who claim now to be the representatives
BONGKONG, December 10th, 1900
A large part of the business portion of Changsha, Hunan, was burnt on the 1st
instant.
ANOTHER GUILTY OEFICIAL
TAKEN.
The Taotai Pao Ho-nieu, who was charged with complicity in the Chuchen, massacre, absponded, but was captured at Changchion
THE EMPRESS DOWAGER.
The Empress Dowager's designs as to
LONDON, 7th December,. 3.10 p.m.
LORD SALISBURY ON THE CONCERT
Lord Salisbury in the House of Lords refused to disclose the position at present of the Chinese question. The Concert of the
state of vitality, and lis believed it would be Powers, homid, had assumed a reasonable
successful in its objects.
Fire broke out last orasing shortly after seven o'clock-7-10 is the time given by the Beaconsfeld Arcado. Queen's Road Central police on the first. fluer of a building st which is used as an office. The ground floor is Occupied a Japanese curic-dealer, and th second or top foor is used as a family house. men to detect the outbreak. He was pass Sergent Kendall was probably the first ing along Queen's Road, when he noticed in question He at once, though not without smoke issuing from the first floor of the huilding
telephoned from a grill room situated on the promison to this Central Police Station, rummon- ing assistance. Shinrtly afterwards some: Chi- nese firemen urrived with a despatch box, and Sergeant Kendall superintended the rigging up of the hoes they brought with them, and say that it was properly directed on the Blamea The mons raised a debate on China, but Lord Central Fire Brigade arived soon afterwards, and exergetically set about mastering the out. Cranborne déclined to make a general state- break, which had assumed rather alarming ment of policy. proportions. Their exertione proved suc cessful, and by half past eight the flanies were subdued.
The upper storey, from its loestion, was ex- Fortunately no one was injured. posed to the full fury of the fire, and collapsed.
LONDON, 8th December, 7.85 p.m.
GENERAL STATEMENT REFUSED IN THE.COMMONS. Mr. Joseph Walton in the Hore of Com-
THE WAR IN SOUTH
AFRICA.
LONDON, 7th December, 3.10 p.m.. THE GOVERNMENTS POLICY—
INDEPENDENCE.
The Foochow Echo of the 1st December Eas the following items-H.M.S. Mohawk left Pagoda at the beginning of the week for gan practice at ses and returned yesterday.-Mr. E. C. Worner left on Friday by the Haisking for Hoitow, where ho will take over charge of the newly built H.B.M. Consulate as Consul
The Noroe Vrenga publishes s report of the for the said port. Mr. Werner is highly sp preciated by the Chinese authorities on account effect of the firs of the guns of the Russian of his undoubted ability. Wo wish him a very gunboat Obrajni when defending the Russian pleasant voyage and hope to see him back again port of Newchwang with its workshops and the Society are showing unwonted energy this the attack of the Chinese. Altogether 538 season. A burlosque of the Lady of Lyons was shots were fired, 38 from the 6 in. and 500 from performed last evening with great success, after the smaller gans The shooting was very only a forinight's interval since the previous straight. Some say that not a single shot entertainment-Colds and ill effects from chills from the din, guns missed its mark. Whenever have been prevalent in Foucliów during the past the Boxers were observed firing from a stone fortnight owing to the changeableness of the house on the Russian Infantry, a shell from the weather. With a temperature of 80 one day 6in. gun was sont among them, and, as could be seen by the dust and smoke, it never failed to and 65 the next it has been difficult to escape.
hit its mark. The Boxers, overcome by terror, The variety party of H.M.3. Astrea gave an rashod into the streets, only to receive a hall of The news which we publish this morning of justice to be satisfied with the put-eatertainment in the Royal Naval Canton on shot from the Hotchkiss, Baranousky, and the about the progress of events in China is ofting to death of the subordinates, while the 6th inst. A lively programme was the order machine guns, discharged from the bridge and of the evening. The entertainment opened from the fighting top of the gunboat. As an
Willing assistance was rendered the Fire a mixed ebaracter. The information which the Princes, Generals, and Governors, who
with a selection by the excellent string band of instance of the power of the 6 in. shells, which Brigade by a large number of soldiers and comes from Tientsin via Shanghai contra- directed the massacres and outrages, are
HMS. Undaunted kindly lent for the occasion. had a barsting charge of goncotton, it was sailors. One of the former, zamed Cammings, diets the version of the Kalgan expedition suffered to retire into private life? We trust Pte. A. Winterford in a most effective" get up" observed afterwards that one shell had fallen a private in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was rather severely injured by a fall from the veran story which we reproduced from the North not, for what hope can there be of a better then sang" Algy the Picadilly Johnny" in into a cellar of a stone house, and, bursting on the first storey. He is supposed to have
Lord Balisbury has made a statement in China Daily News on Friday last. It ap- China, if those who have brought the great good style, and his song was well received by there, had displaced the heavy stones in the been leaning over the balcony calling for hose,
he Lords that the Government's policy in pears now that Count Your vos WARTES- Empire down to the depths are to go on those present, F. Brown, E.E.A next occupied lower part of the house and caused the wall when he overbalanced and fell to the street below,
South Africa is that the war must be carried nure was actually killed in a fight with the living, examples in the future of how it the boards, giving "Ding-Dong" (comic cug) to bulge out. It looked as though a push would alighting on his back. Ho was picked up in a
semi-conscious state and conveyed in an am bring the house down. Human beings were balance wagon to the Military Hospital, suf- through, leaving no independence to the Chinese, not suffocated by the fumes of a is possible to do the greatest wrong and His song called forth rounds of applanse. H.
blown to pieces by the shells and parts of themfering from injury to the thigh and head. Thún, charcoal stove, and moreover that the ex-yet escape the penalty? To past Chinese Carter in "Daisies in the Grass" was well re-
fortunately, was the only casualty,
In connection with the presence on the scene pedition under his command suffered a reverse history it has always been the case that the velved, as was J. Gilroy's rendering of "A Test burnt
SELF-GOVERNMENT DEPENDENT of some kind, though details are wanting, great criminals have escaped, a few of their in a Mother's Eye." Messrs. Field, H. Carter,
The Glory, the new fagship of the China of soldiers and bluejackets and the part they
ON BOER CONDUCT. fireman of eight played in the operations, a Against this disaster muy be set the Chinese wretched instruments suffering in their stead. W. Wing, and Wisterford contributed several
Years, perhaps generation, may elapse" official report that the Imperial Court is We have hoped against hope that this time amusing items to the programme, and recived Squadron, is, writes a naval correspondent to years standing informed our representative woll-merita onoores. C. Plant and T. Law a home contemporary, the smartest flagship that that they hindered rather then assisted the leaving Hsianfa and that while the Empress at last a juster and better way of dealing to gave two comic songs in excellent style Great Britain has ever sent to that station. tremen. Hat for the interference at the start before self-government can be fully applied Dowager is coming south to Wuobang, in with the offenders has been chosen, a way and asther contribution by Private Field Built by Laird's, at Birkenhead, she will have of a number of blus-jackets, our informan
Chinese freinen and dragged it to where they Hupeh, the Emperor himself will return to moreover, which the best inen of China, concluded the first portion of the programme cest a good million or xare by the time she gets says, who forcibly took the hose from tho It depends upon the disposition and conduct
We do not know The second part opened with a selection from to sea. Compared with the Centurion, the bat thong at the flames could be more effectively of the Boers themselves, Peking, es he has long been urged to do by themselves approve. the wisest among the Chinese. No doubt definitely yet whether this hope has been in the Band, followed by "Beautiful Isle of the tleship which is the headquarters of the present reached, the outbreak would have been subdued the terrible famine in Shausi, which has vain, but the latest information gives no Boa," by W. Wing. The irrepressible Brown Commander-in-Chief of the Chine feet, the before ten dollars worth of damage was done, was down for one of his comic songs, which he Glory shows a considerable advance. She is As it is, the figure is expected to be a large one, driven some of the inhabitants of the pro-ro-assurance to us.
gave in his usual style. The finale was a very 30 ft. longer, over 2,000 tons heavier, better although it had not been approximated when
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we learns that there vince to the revolting practice of cannibal.
laughable sketch entitled "On the brain" or, protected, and far more efficiently armed The From a private sonra 18m, has much to do with this move in the
We received yesterday afternoon from Mr Ninepence," the characters being taken by Centurion's barbette guns are of 10 in. calibre was a glaring want of discipline amongst the right direction, if we are to accept the re- Ronnarelle Wildman, U.8. Consul General, Coleman, Ch Sto.: Brown, E.R.A. H only. Those in the Glory are 12 in., of modern firemen No one appeared to be in coimand and everyone shouted orders, with the natural sport. With KWANG Hau back at Peking the following typhoon warning issued from Carter, Sto.: Pte. A. Winterford and Pte. W. design, having a long rango, and so mounted result that confusion marked every movement.
One of the firma involved, a Spanish company the outlook will be much brighter, for at Manila Observatory at 10.80 o'olook at that Field, "Brown as the "funny man" had it all that they can be loaded in any position. This lost there will be a satisfactory guarantee of day--A depression south east of Luzon be his own way, Carter as the hero was excellent advantage is escured by having the loading trading under the name of Tajada, is inmore to cases to be abandoned.
and his lady-love, Pte. Field, looked charming chamber so construsted that it revolves with the amount of $3,000; the other, D'Agostinî, the genuineness of the peace-negotiations tween 10th and 12t3 parallels.
At eleven o'clock last night no further par
Despite inspired explanations from the Emperor's presence there could be no con- the months of November, 1809 and 1900, it capital old man and Winterton us the can do to secure rapidity of fire and staying ticulars were to hand, except that the first and viction in the minds of the Allies that appears that the total increase in November" Learey" was all that could be desired. For an power has been done for the Glory. She would second foors have been gutted. The ground. Governments concerned respecting the recall
occupying the first floor in insured to the ortent China would not one day repudiate the 1900, is $11,957.05. The main items showing amateur performanos, the promoters are to be be a very formidable enemy for any vessel to floor was slightly damaged by water. The firm of the Portuguese Minister from Holland. agreement, as she has often repudiated so- improvements are: Conveyance or Assignment, congratulated on the excellent programme pro- encounter. Beyond this, the ship is beautifully of $5,000 in the Hongkong Fire Insurance and the departure of the Dutch Minister lemn engagements before, on the ground of $7,840.80; Probate or Letters of Administra vided and the way it was carried through. The fitted. Vice-Admiral Sir H. H. Rawson, whose Company, but the second door, which is ocen from Iásbon, it is affirmed that there has tion, $2,826,37, Mortgage, $1,090.80; and Ad- band under the conductorship of Mr. J. Dorsett fag she will carry, has had his galloys painted pied by two families, is not thus covarod. Tas
of the fire is not definitely known, but bien a diplong rupture between Portugal rigin hesive Stamps, 3943 59. The largest decrease was excellent. The proceeds, after expenses royal bias, sut very smart, too, they look apposed to have been caused by some Chi and Holland the affair of Consul Potts, [Mr. Potta is consul for the United States at is only $421.90, in Charter Party, and the have been deducted, are for the benefit of the Whether he will take the ship to China, or join Throwing live cigarethe ends amongst some
Lourenco Marques.] combined decreases make but $1,612.06 against friends of a deceased nesman Iste, of H.M.8. her there early in the New Year, ways the car adds and endi underneath the stairway leading
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respondent, is in certain. f❘ $13,469.11, increase.
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LONDON, 8th December, 7.35 p.m.
DE WET'S ATTEMPTON CAPE COLONY Commandant De Wet's attempt to invade Cape Colony has failed. An exciting pur
suit of him as he retreated caused 500 Boer
far as China is concerned. Without the From the Return of Stamp Revenue during in her China ten-gown. Coleman made a the guns. All that science and mechanical with is not, the other, D'Agostini, PORTUGUESE-DUTCH DIFFICULTY
informality. An adrance in negotiations will be made by the return of the Emperor,
On the ride of the Allies, how do matte atand' meanwhile? We read last week
to the fret Boor.