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be surprised to rend or hear that the bloody } revolution of Paris in 1792, with all its horrid excesses, was a direct outcome of lofty ideale. The average student educated on this system approved by the BISHOP,
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The annual Tosting of the Hongkong a d Whampoa Dock Co., Ld., will be held on the 20th prox.
The focal, R.A.0.B. Lalge, King Elvard VII. Lodge (20, 910 E.C.), holds a meeting for the election of officer at 8.30 pm, on the 31st inst.
At the Police Court yesterday morning Mr. H. H. J. Gomportz inflicted mall dues on a number of parents for neglecting to have their childron vaccinated within the prescribed time after birth.
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QUEEN'S COLLÈGE PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.
HIS EXCELLENCY ON MATHEMATICS,
Six,' &o. No boy could indicate and name in muccession the atroots he would pass in geing from Queen's College to the Clock Tower or the Civil Hospital. There was also an astounding ignorance of the locality of the Gaol. Again The prizes wen by scholars of Queen's it would appear that pictures de not convoy a Colluge were yesterday distributed Bt the clear idea to the Chinese mind: ons boy called a College by His Excellency the Governor. green hill studded with treas a cloud, several Among those prosent were the Hon. Mr. F. Hf. Į pointed to a curè as, on animal, "Seasons and May and Mrs. May, Mra. Gershom Stewart, dates, human dress and relationships appear to Dr. Ho Kui, Mr. Irvine, Inspector of Schools, have been entirely forgotten after a duroful Consul Romano, Dr. and Mrs. Atkinson, Mr. drilling of several mouths,
Discipline in the collage romains, excellent, Rev. T. Pearce, Miss Bateman, Misa Holmes, Mr.There is, however, matter affeering what way and Miss Greig, Miss Shelbourne, Mr. and Mrs be called external discipline to which I desire to Braidwood, Mrs and Miss Seth, Dr. Thomson, draw the attention of the public. There is a Ball, Rev. Hickling, and Mr. and Mrs Mooney. Rov, Sutherland, Mr. G. Piercy, Mr J. Dyer tondency on the part of some Chinese parents and guardians to treat Queen's College as if it D BATESON WRIGHT, Head of the were a hotel. Boys are taken away and sent on College, before reading the anumal report, said: a tour of the other schools and readmission is.
Your Excellency-Wo have pleasure in claimed for them on the plea that they profor welcoming your presence bero. It it not oar fare. Again boys are sent to Canton or to the masters and boys, as immediately on your ordered by latter to mark the on leave aud necessary for me to introduce our new Governor Macso and the Head Master is peremptarily
arrival you proposed early in August to repair readmit them on their retura, Of the 66, boys to this College, but owing to the weather and dismissed in 1904, nearly all were removed from the vacation you were unable to do so. On the the books for this gross disregard of well-known 3rd October you came here. You not only school regulations. It is needless to add that paid a visit, but made a thorough inspection, leave is willingly granted in all urgent cases of both in English and vornacular. The impressickness or death of relatives, and for some of sion you left on the staff and the boys is such the many family functions peculiar to China, that we welcome you on this occasion but unknown in Europe. a friend instead of hailing you a stranger. (Applause).
LONDON, 25th January, An enormous crowd of artisans, tradespeople, and others auxions to The steam launch Hoi Ping was sold by bring the people's petition to the should he bear the names of MARAT and Messrs. Hughes and Hough yostorday to Mr.notice of the Tsar, set out to inarch and Mrs. J. H. Williatas, Mr. E. A. Hewett, ! KOBESPIERZE, he would be dumb with Wai Ki, Isanel owner, for $3,550, Bidding to Tsorskoe Selo. They were met by regard to the French declaration of frater-began at $1,000,
the troops at the village of Kolpino, nity with all nations desiring freedom. If he
not quite twenty miles out of St. has any ideas on the subject at all, they will he to the effect that some horrid murderers
Petersburg. There was no fight, the guillotined some nice ladies and gentlemen,
petitioners being unarmed; but when The necessity of adopting some compromise
they refused to turn back, the soldiers between Utopian ideals and the politics of
On Monday morning about a quarter-pust attacked them. A general massacro everyday existence will come to him hap-sight au amah employed at the Diocesan Boys'
ensued. SHERRIES. buzard, after he has kicked against the School fell off the verandah on the second door pricks of Socialism or Anarchism, and and sustained such sovero injuries that she perhaps developed into either a pessimist, expired almost immediately after boing trans- or worse still, that uninterested individualferred to the Government Civil Hospital whom the Americans, call a "mugwump." The Shanghai Afercury reports that J. He is by no means illiterate, but for voting Bourke, who was charged with assaulting his purposes he might as well be. HIS EXCEL-superior officers on board the Coromandel, has ben professionally examined by two doctors and LENCY could bare talked just as interesting- ly of the Renaissance, even if he didn't come up before the Court again. He will be prouennoed insane. The case will not therefore remember the interesting fact that Consent to the Hongkong Lunafie Asylum tu be stantinople fell, after a fifty-three days' { placed ́under proper treatment. esege, on the 29th May. 1455. There
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Tram wreckors were a work in Des Voax are always reference books, handy Hoad West on Tuesday night last. As car and cheap, when you are going to make No. 20 was travelling along, a nasty jolt was
a speech or write an editorial. The GOVERNOR's examples of the use of dates us historical scaffolding were not particular- ly happy. England's claim to the Duchy ef Normandy, or, we would rather say, HENRY V's claim thereto, in 1415, was not an honest claim, The country belonged to the inhabitants. The English people did not want it, but a lot of them died, as in duty bound, in trying to please the personal pride and ambitions of their monarch, Thore were many things, since obtained, -
experienced by the passengers. The cause `was found to be an iron bolt that had been placed in the hollow of the rail. This obstraction re moved, the ear proe-ulud on its way to Wing Lok Street. Harapanther jolt wasí expyrionsadı, and it was found that a number of small stones had been placed on the rail. The polics are making investigations.
Chun Lok was charged before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz st the Police Court yesterday, ut the instance of Inspector Gould; with being in Chuu unlawful possession of a bag of coal. informed His Worship that he had boun
Three hundred barristers joined the strikers.
have
At Sebastopol, there is a general mutiny among the sailors of the Black Sea fleet and naval yard employees.
At Moscow, the strike is spreading to other trades.
The report read included the following itoms: -The total number on the roll was 1,501, the average daily attendanes being 1,000 In sympathy with the movement, both figures are in exceen of these roach strikes have broken ont in the pro-ed in 1903 and form a record. Our attendances, vinces, at Kovno, the capital of the province of that name, and at Vilna, capital of the Lithuanian province of Wilno.
In Poland insurrection has broken out, and in Finland extensive rioting is reported
LATER. General Trepoff, a strong re-
has been actionary,
appointed arrested or thros previous occasions for pios. Governor-General of St. Petersburg.
died for. The Magna Charta did not astroat scavenger, His Worship failed to
of civilisation and religion to France.
Agents in Hongkong and South China for What does MACAULAY's schoolboy's modern
Sandeman's Wines.
LONDON, 25th January, The Right Rev. Richard Lewis, D.D., Bishop of Llandaff, is dead, aged eighty four years,
Lust May the Register number of a boy on admission to this collage was 10,000. Thus in 42 years a myriad names have been enrolled at Queen's College, and of them, three-quarters have been entered in the last 23 yours. Say 9,000 boys have left this college and one-third are scattered on the mainland, then we have a small irmy of 3,000 unpaid missionaries spread-
which in gland would be the object of congratulation and eary, were seriously affecteding Western idone by the phenomenal number of cases of beri.
Having presented the prizen His EXCZİLENCY said: be. The slight diminution in fees, $313. is dus to the unprecedented exodus, in the first
Dr. Bateson Wright, I thank you for your half of the year, of 166 boys from the Upper kind words of welcome. It has given mo School, which in March consisted off boys special plausure to present the prizes to day at ble utilised for the Preparatory School, where has been established for over 40 years and has The vacant accommodation was as far as possi- this, the principal school of the Colony, which the fees are lower. It is much to be regretted heen for more than half of that period under that parents and guardians do not recognise your distinguished direction. The report which that it is a penny-wise-and-pound-foolish policy you have read to us is a business-like to curtail the boy's education just when document. The record average daily atten- it is ripening in order to earn so much the "dence of 1,000 boys shows the great and growing ourder a few dollars a month. Parents have importance of the institution I nate with ofte subsequently deplored the fatal mistake satisfaction your good report of your staff and
they have thus made. The total number of
16 (or 28 per cent.) fallad to satisfy the simple given to the five masters of the Vernacular entrance test in Chinese, and 69 more were
School. Your remarks on the work done by the scholars in the different sabjosts of study are also interesting and load me to hope that. 105 will be a year of promise
that they would have done better to haveing up old things off the street, this acting as RISHOP OF LLANDAFF DEAD. | applicants for seats in 1904 was 652, of which the special words of praise that have been A. S. WATSON & CO. inaugurate the millennium Normandy commend him for his gratuitous assistance to was not a commercial sphere of influence, the Sanitary Board, and imposed a penalty of nor were the English taking the blessings $10, or the alternative ca month in prison.
In Chinese business pircles jo the Colony the tightness of the money parket is causing little anxiety, and if current ramour can be accepted the New Year settlement will je more hardly then usual on not a few Chics merchants. It is currently reported that beary losses have been incurred through slackness of trade and unfortunate speculation in exchange; and another contributory ause in some instances is stated to be unsuccessful efforts to run the blockade ut Port Arthur with cargo of supplies;
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descendant know of HIS EXCELLENCY's own people, to whom the speaker referred all too casually A vague idea that they boarded money, which King JoHN extorted from them by tortures daly described in romances of the "Ivnahos" type, and pro- bable general misconception bared on. SHAKESPEARE's unfortunately selected type. From history so taught, they lawn nothing of the wonderful vitality of this much per- secuted race, of its genius and character and intellect, fostered by a perennial faith and hope, and developing not only in spite of, but even because of, the obstacles placed in its path: And so on,' and so -Qụ, His Lordship the Bishor's affection for "the older teachers” could perhaps be explained by the tendency of the never to lead the sindent to consideration of causes, with frequent iconoclastic results. To say that the scholar must learn date after date, and
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It seems that the Chins Inland Mission has decided that its members should discontinae wasring. Chinese clothes and quotes, says the China Times. For many years it has been argued by a considerable number of thoughtful observers, that the native "disguise" did more harm than good; because its neg was misinter- preted by the majority of the papulace. While a few could understand the idea, most of them were firmly convinced that the foreigners were masquerading under false pretences, and so on. Even at best. the Chiness did not respect or esteem the Chinese clothed missionary more then than the one who appeared plainly as his
[Ha has been bishop of the Glamorganshire dioceso since 185, the annual stipend being £4,300. He was a Tembrokeshire man]
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THE RIOTS IN ST. PETERSBURG.
Lexvox, 23rd Jubuary.
The contro of St. Petersburg was practically déserted in the evening except for the troops camped in the snow. Some of the infantry has been withdrawn and replaced by bluejackets.
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The preelse whereabouts of the Tsar is not known and is carefully oncealed. Large tires have broken out hear "Warsaw >talion, and the vast Sevastopol dockyards are on fro The fighting in St. Petersburg, which stopped yesterday morning, has been again resumed, and the ruthless slaughter of unarmed orowds has horrified the public; scathing comparisons are zonde on all sides on the bravery of the
Ladies and gentlemen, Yox are probably by this time sufficiently familiar with my matheds to anticipate that I shall pick out the weak subject of the school as the one to discuss on In order not to disappoint you Head Master's report: Mathematics more very I will take the following paragraph from the
this occasion.
refused for want of room. Thus 453 boys were admitted. On the other hand 495 boys left in the course of the year. So long ago as in my annual report, January, 1896, I pointed out that, while this annual change of one-third of the total number of scholars is prejudicial to the best interests of education, it has always obtain ed in the history of this college, e. for over forty years. In the Estimates, 886,689 were voted for Queen's College; of this sum caly 260,411 were expmded, including Crown Agents' weak, Algebra being the best subject, Enclid Account. The total amount of fees was $29,048,
and Moustration the worst. Book-keeping in and miner sums were paid to the credit of the Class IIa produced a flasco, serious blanders Government, leaving 991,337 as the Government vitiating 70 per cent, of this papiers." Instruo. Share of expenditure on Queen's College for the tion in mathematics in the College is confined
noted that though in the Estimates there was ing book-keeping, plane geometry, mensuration Year 1901 chargeable to the public. It is to be to four elementary subjects-arithmetic, inclad- an increase for Expenditure of $8,148 the and algebra. At my request Dr. Wright has actual increase of cost to the Government consented to add trigonometry as a subject of was only $5,184 for Normal Mastor, an instruction to the higher classes. The practical additional English Master, five Vernacular ses of arithmetic are too obvious to require Masters, and bigher rate of salaries for Chiness exposition. It is used in the bone as well as Assistants. Mr. A. J, May, tha Second Master in the office in every enumeration, measure- returned to the Colony on the 28th September;ent, financial calculation, or manipulation of Mr. Ralphs had been acting for him up to 29th statistica. Arithmetical operations are peras February and Mr. Dealy from the 1st March; sary for every other branch of mathematics not having returned on the 25th February. Mr. purely geometrical. Just as figures can be alpha went on twelve months' leave to Europe used to represent lines and arees, so lines and on 23rd March. Messrs, de-Martin, B.A. Greas can represent figures. The problems
on 25th February and 24th September raspec- with by plane geometry or Euclid, as the tively both gentlemen have zealously and subject is often termed in our schools from successfully taken up their work, which being the ancient Alexandrian who ingeniionsly chiefly of an elementary character with Chinese and logically put together a number of those pupils is a novel experience. The former is a problems. The combination of arithmetic new appointment to the Eleventh English and geometry is the science of mensuration, Mastership put on 1904 Estimates for the first an entirely practical soienoo for obtaining ame; the latter fills the vacancy esased by the in arithmetical terms areas of plane figures dad death of Mr. Seymour, who was at his duties and contents, weights and valtos of solids. It from 9 to 12 or Saturday, 14th May, was is by mensuration that the merchant and the admitted the Government Civil Hospital at customs officer ascertain the contents of a 3.30 the same day on a medical certificate declar-cask, the surveyor the area of a field, and the ing him to be suffering from Bright's Disease, engineer the weight of any part of his structure. and died Tuesday, 17th May, at 11.30 p.m. Mr. The practical was of algebra, in which figures, Beymour took great interest in the boys' sports, lines, a reas, and contents are represented by and his classes passed successfully with high alphabetical symbols, are, except for furnishing percentages.
methods for multiplication of higher braňchos The results of the Oxford Local Examinations of mathematics, a little less obvious than the in 1904 were, as regards Queon's College, inferior uses of arithmetic and mensuration, and the to those in 1903, only 18 good marks being science is more open to the danger of its pro- obtained as against 40. The percentage of cesses being carried out without a full know- passes wero, Soniors 50. Juniors 50, and Pre- ledge of their meaning. It is certainly not
Ir is distressing to bave to express dis- thus get the skeleton together," and then natural self. The C. I. Mission is thorofore to military against a defenseless publio in contrast Dublin), und Garrett, B.A. (Cantab), arrived connected with lines and areas are those deuli
"Why pray, if God (already knows?" was the subject of an address to the Shanglis
Y.M.C.A...
be congratulated on the clunge.
Many people are asking the question how and
orders for arms from the Chinese and can fill
ship them all to China through their agents at an important shipping port on the Continent,
MORE TIRES.
to their conduct in Manchuria. The former mu ual distrust between the educated reformers and the workmen has vanished.
THE WAR.
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TRANS-SIBERIAN LINE BROKEN. MANCHURIAN TROOPS REVOLTING,
LONDON, 25th January.
It is reported that a twenty mile section of the Trans-Siberian Railway has been destroyed.
The immediate result is a scarcity At four o'clock yesterday morning a my sterious fire occurred at a matting shop, No. 10, of food and ammunition with the Newmarket Street. The premises were prac troops in Manchuris, it being at preliminary 78, the last being very satisfactory, often that tas problems of daily life can be
tically gutted before the brigade, under Chiof
agreement with the opinions of a Governor put in ronding studies in after life, and and of a Bishop simultaneously, and we thus fill in the flesh and blood," seems to begin the painful task with some natural us extremely illogical. Why not devote the why certain firms are so successful in securing trepidity. We have to say, however, that best studying years to absorption of the flesh them at so much lower ratea than others. Per- we feel unable to endorse the sentiments and blood, and get the dates from Whitaker, haps the following way be a slight side-light, spoken by His Excellency Sir MATTHEW as most people have to do anyway? Surely says the Timtsin Times. A military correspon- NATHAN, K.C.M.G., relating to the incul- His Lordship does not carry such a view to dant, writing to a home journal from Milan, states cation of historical knowledge; and that Sunday School, and ask his young people that the Italian Government have just disposed. the arguments adduced by His Lordship to memorise the names and dates of the of their hundred thousand old rifles to a Con- tinental firm. None of the rifles date beyond the Bishop, the Rt. Rev, J. C. Hoazz, D.D. Bible, reserving the flesh and blood" of 1888, and they represent a stock of various who did endorse them, are opposed to that Book for "reading studies in after patterns which has been kept and acenmulated our conception of the matter,. When His
life"?
However much we may share in the Government dopots for the last fifteen EXCELLENCY suggested that the apparent ExERSON's views of consistency, this seems
yours. It is said to be the Gru's intention to lack of interest in such an all-important to us a case in which His Lordship should study as that of history was due to the be consistent. dulness of its ground work, we thought with satisfaction that he was going to denounce the dry bones of history with which students have hitherto been troubled, and to recom- mead the intelligent teaching of history which has been innovated, for example, at Messrs. Banjemiu, Kelly and Potts, as agents the Iome universities. HIS EXCELLENCY of the Philippine Co.. Ld. (cigar manufacturers), did confess to a cometime wish that "some and Messrs. Campbell, Moore and Co., Ld. (air more attractive method" could be intro-cressers, etc., Hongkong), have sent us almanacs. duced, but added "I have been forced to A telegram from the Secretary to the Govern- the conclusion that names and dates are ment of Burzat to the Colonial Secretary at more easily and more permanently learnt in our schooldays than afterwards, and are the only satisfactory scaffolding from which a sound structure of historical knowledge.can afterwards be erected." It is to be feared that the labour of obtaining such a waffold ing exhausts the builder, so that no useful structure follows. There are young people who know the kings and queens of England," from EGBERT to EDWARD VIL, with the years of their reigns (the sort of thing entered as "History" in the carricula of the Board Schools at Home), who would
Hongkong arrived on Tuesday. It said: "Hongkongdacured infected.; Inform shipping
firms."
"If the Comtes' Government fell early next session," says Truth, and a Doumer Lanesan Lockroy Cabinet replaced it, points might be stretched to afford the Russian squadron winter quarters at Saigon.”
Lam Sun was placed before Mr. Gompertz at the Police Court yesterday to answer the charge of being in unlawful possession of a newly cut spar of wood. His excuse was that a country. man who had left for South Africa had bo- queathed it to him. He was fined $5.
They were prevented from getting near the
(N.-C. Doily News Service,)
THE SITUATION ON THE SHAHO.
Inspector Baker, could get properly to work. sent impossible to despatch supplies. front part of the premises owing to the curelees revolt.
The Manchurian troops are ripe for manner in which siting from the shop bad baan scattered about the road. This bad to be removed before they could get the hose playing freely on the fire. The rear entrance to the premises was in Tung Lei Lavə, private Isue. This was filled with rubbish which retarded their work inesmusb as they were unable for some time to get the fire eapape into the lan. The shop was insured for $10,500 in two policies, ang with the Trana- Atlantic Insurance Company and another with
Chinese Insurance Company.
The second alarm wassounded just before ten o'clock yesterday morning, and this outbreak was found to beat No. 7, Caine Road, the residence of Mr. Robingon. The fire broke out in the bathroom, and was supposed to have been caused by a heated fiue. The brigade were quickly on the scene, and the fire wasextinguished shortly after the outbreak. The damage is estimated to be not more than $100,
It is worthy of record that sorral boys from colved by equations, simple or quadratic, this Colony (including this college) have recently though the equations bave their purposes to found the possession of Oxford Certifiestea of which I shall presently refer. Familiarity with great value of proceeding to England and progressions--arithmetical, harmonical, and America: the Senior being accepted in lieu of geomet: ical-produces neatness of arrangenjout the Entrance Examination required by Medical oftenof practical utility. I have myself on various and Legal Sucieties, and the Junior facilitating occasions had to remodel scales of salaries, allow admission to various schools.
ances, rewards, etc. to a logical system with a first I append a Report by the Normal Master, term and a common difference. Trigonometry is Mr. Tanner, upon the Pupil Teachers nador in some sense a continuation of mensuration, hia charge. I agree with him that they have bringing in calculations based on angles between all worked well, and paid great attention to his straight lines in the case of plans and between instruction. I cannot speak too highly of the circular areas in the case of spherical trigonome nanner in which Mr. Tanner has discharged his try. No man can become a surveyor and engineor duties as Normal Master; he woms specially
or a navigator without a knowledge of the alupted to the work, and shows considerable solution of triangles, that is the calculation tach in encouraging these young teachers. I
of measurements from measured aides and A Japanese torpedo-bat yesterday evening must confess, however, that after my observation angles, which requires the power of being. in the Tanshims Strait captured the Dutch of the excellence of the course of instruction able to solve algebraic equations and to steamer Wilhelmina, fully file with coal, pro- given in Conversation, I was disappointed in the use logarithms. Though the theory of logar- cending towards Vladivostock, and brought her actual knowledge displayed at the Examination. ithms is difficult their use is simple and to Eascho. The Wilhelming belongs to the Even in the Preparatory School I could not mechanical and by substituting processes of Holland Gulf Stropurt Maatschappij of Botterdam and is of 4,995 tons gross register.socopt as conversation "I hat is Queen's College, | addition and subtraction for the more lengthy
Toxxo, 17th Jannary. Thore were skirmishes on the 14th and 16th inst, in the Shinchang direction, where the Russians are being steadily reinforced.
A DUTCH COLLIER CAPTURED.
Texvo, 17th January.