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Division, then Lalth (gth), and finally Hill Du the extremo Britlah right, it, was Laith and Hill whom Maardon's, dalay had allowed to A MAGBIFICENT NEW,CHURCH.
come up, and he did not know they ware thate, they being separated figm the 3rd Division" by The Shanghal Timer of asth Oct, reports:- Tas "polion-folk have come to town two miles of Lterval and hidden from sight. Sitorday and yesterday wero memorab’a days strong forca this week, writer a Zoclogical cor- at Zicawei, witoensing, as they did, the dedica respond. at of the London Globe, in exchange sequently, when Reynier's man, scaling tion of the dow Church of St. Ignatius, which for certain live stick made over to the Cal-hecks with wonderful dash, had broken, tho the Fathers of the Jesuit Mission bare Juis coita Gardens the uthorities there have set they thought, as Captain Lewin Botler vary 8th Portuguess and forced bick Picton's right,
built, and the first serviesk hold in that magal. us antagh venom and wickedness to lant a clearly puts it in "Wellington's Operations in ficent edifice. The whole neighbourhood was long time. The list of new snakes recaired in en fell for the two days; the resources of this way in headed by hati duxan indian the Festants, that they had turned the right of the whole las. Their 1st Division, astride the French Tramway system were taxed to cobras. There have made a brave show dar of the ridze, took up a position fronting south; the almost to provide transportation for the Ing the wack as they wander round their cage, the and Division, dashing up behind, wheeled thousands of people attending the service, and learning for the Brittime tha limitations of wood to the right (towards us) and began to descena this preservation of order plovided occupation and plate glass, with distended hoods, glittering on the other side. Thus the British line was for strong detachments of the French Police, eyes, and restless tongues. Most of them so severed. But Picton, supported by two guss, ia Police of the International Settlements to be of the spectacled valisty which, untives which Wellington in person posted on the (functioning along she Z-cawei Road) and way, inhabit the outskirts of towns and ibo bal snemy's flank, slammed the 45th and äßth Régi- Police and diers obligingly sent by the lows among the roots of the sacred village firmants at the 2nd Division, which was fomily Tsotsi to perform the same daty in Z'cawal tree, while another sort with somarked hong hurled down and Leith, muching to the strage Village and along the approaches to the Mithe kasutlah or nag sarap, prefers falds and gin in the morning mist, managed to get the sion. But the work was easy and pleasant, for jungles for a home. But the cobra, popleth Regiment across the ragged ground to the the donas !brongs oboyed all the orders of the among rocks, fawn in the dust, or yellow amid nardians of the law almost as soon as they failen forest ferves, is always and everywhere ware gives, and notwithstanding the press, equally deadly. -traffic was at no time impeded..
A large and bands:me archway of bamboo wreathed round with siken streimers, bearing texts from the Scriptures in large Chise characters, was erected on the town end of Z cwsi Bridge, nod from this point, along the whole length of the Creekside pathway to the
compound of the new Church, -a distance of
about a quarter of a mile-ibe whole way was Ledecked with beautiful, sicher of white and. red cloth, placed at regular intervals of fifteen of twenty feet, and coporcted with one another by long streamers of the same colours stretched about breast high along eich side of the path way, the whole presenting a spectacle of great beauty, the religious character of which was denoted by means of white banneretes, em- bir zoned with long red crosses placed along side the arches
The dedication (Catholic churches in China are not formally consecrated as they are in the West) took place at 3 o'clock on Saturday ifle band, when frict ally all the RC clergy belonging to Shanghai and the immediats neighbourhood, the altar-boys of the Mission and a guard of bonour supplied by the cadal corps mainlaided by the Mission schools, walked in procession around the new Church. The celebrant, the Rev. Father Gilot, Soperior
Division, and the bayonet did, the rest. Meanwhile, on the left, Ney's men bad never quite reached the summit of the ridge | for, as thay meated it, Cranford's 4ged and gand spräng from biding with a yellanddrove them is haltar- skaker flight
To an adjoining cago has been added two banded kraits, and four of Russel's viper, the bile of any one of which is almost certain Ceath The evil kraits masquerade in a pretty The battle was won The French lost 5,000 uniform of yellow and black süsler, banding mên to the Allies 1,250, and the ridge had them from pose to tall, as instance of pro proved iron indeed. But victory did not make tective colouring, no doubt of equal advas reizes! less necessary. We are among the tage to the snake and to any boavy-footed might-bare-buena again; Musióna had now ta creatures that may come into its neighbour make his dangerous flank march round the bood. The ringed krait generally lies, la sorth of the Bessaco Sierra after all, and Wel curves, not colled up, and strikes its victimslington might hava annihilated him in the da with the velocity of a steel spring by saddle. Why did he not attempt h? Why did deply straightening out its body. Its weigh be retreat, first to Coimbra and then to Torras boom, the vipere, have many names, every one Vedras? The answer seems to be that, before of them of libomen in India. About Calcutta Busco and after, Wellington had more than these reptiles are known as ulse bbra, from the the coomy to fight. He had fought Bastaco, ulo grass in which they are often found. not so much for Masidaa's sake, as to impress Beogal they are called fossur, and in the South, the panicky Portuguese and British Govera tic polcage. The writer saw a callve bitten by ments with the fact that he could fight-and Da, and though life was saved by the prompt. The battle bad served, and he dared not cutting of all the flash away from the neigh now risk what he had galvod. He fought first, bourhood of the woun!, the and lay insomnibid did not fight alterwards, mainly to keep
campaign lo boitg.. for three wosks afterwards,
In fairness to the snake in general it must be noted he is not always as wicked as he `is thought to bs. Some examples in the present consignment ar remarkably atiricifve, and quite barmless. The pythons, of which four
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moved at the bead of the practisisa, sprink ture backs; the rat snakes of which there were lig holy waist on the walls and doors, wh is another four, babitually live in the thatch of the other participants sang by zus and Itani s. Indian bungalows, and none are the worin The main doorway was then' throw op a sit Indeed, the butler wallah politely bows lo ort the precession.enter d the Church, into whh when he ments it by chance in the kitchen at the props mimist according to h ritual, yard, knowing it is the best friood; next to chil, tha, oblic were also idm ítsd, › Lonediction the kite, up in the sky overhead, which he and was in a pronounced by Father Gilot and the his larder bas. Sočia new water snakes are a práceɛdioga (erminated at about five o'clock.
Title more doubt, and the same be said of tho' At g'a m. yesterday Solema High Mais wa green bash snakes. Oon of these gave the celour fad with great pomp in the new Church, keeper who was unpacklog it ́a s vara sbeck. SOAP AND SODA MANUFACTURERS. The efficiating priest was the Rev. Father He took its innoce ce for granted, on the Bouvier, Procurator of the Lux sist Mission, strength of its unhasuming colsuration and the assisted by the Rev. Father Rigarry.deacon, || snake bit him fiercely in return on the hand. and the Rev. Father Tasten, sub-deacon. Then must have been fully 10,cco Chinese Christians in attendance, 3,000 at least of whom pressed into, the Church, whilst the rmalader found places in the spacious compound in front of the main door. Amongst the foreigners present waio M. de Jern de la Batie, Consul-General- for France, M. Feit, and the staff of the Capi sulate Gencial, two or three French Navi cfficers and several well-known residents. The Instrumental music was supplied by the organ (a temperary one) and an excellent brass band tel nging to the Mission schools, and the entire scene was a memorable and impressive one,
THE CHURCH,
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"A political battle," which "in a military view should not have been fought.” So Nepier characterizes Bussaco, and Wellington bimselt afterwards called it a mistake. Nothing in The twin spires of the new Clutch have been military history lo failer of might-have-beess a conspicuous frature of the landscape south than the story of the oparalidas oa the Monde. west of Shanghai for several months past, but go which form o l the prelude to Torres Vedrus, wa doubt if very many of our busy fellow. It, ter instance, Mas a bad povor: blandered residents have had the cariosity or the cater foto this country at all, bat had directed biu prise to go out so far and ascertain to what attack sound by Oporto? If, when the spoilt Building they belonged If they had done so," darling of victory" found himself confro ted especially slice the edifice bas beco. Dearing with the choice between a perilously rasb'march completion they would of a certainty have sou: d the Bussaco Sierra and frontal attack considered themselves repaid for the trouble there o, bo had attacked while the Allics THE BRITISH FOREIGN IMPORT & EXPORT COMPANY, Central Build taken by the discovery of what may justly be troops were still scattered, instead of Intering tags, Liverpool, England, is prepared to described as one of the most magnificent i ten miles in the rear and wasting priceless recalve Consigaments of Local Produce on ligiou baildlogs in the entire Est Exteriorly days, perhaps he might have "drowned the best terms. it is not very striking or prepossessing in Leopard,” is ha boasted, ha' would. Both appearance, bat once within the portals, the before and after Bussico things might and mobility of proponion and the air of grace should have gone otherwise on both sides— and pusi y of design by which the building according to the text-books. Any Englishmen is characterác, the spectator first with who may be keeping the centenary of Bussaco surprise that such an edifice it to be fourden the spot to-day will be content, prihapi,as bere in Chine, and thenɛwith a sentiment of we must be here, to recali what did happen on unbounded delight and admitation. It is a the granite-ridge.
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truly hoperb building „designed on many 2: It is the most comfortably visitable of battle. | ́English. Goible fizer, leclioisg some what to- | fields. The modern pala'e that was ̈to bava |
wards med aval French, out di deference, per been, the beautiful hotel that it stands by the 1& "hapy, to the nationality of the mission to which little monastery, in the wonderful wood to the in bal ngs. The maʼerial ́emplojed la prio perfection of which the Carmellio Bratkert c'pally red brick, with doer jimbs and arches | devoted two centuries of foving care. For of granite, mouldings, strings and dressing of | week before the batile British officers geenpled white standstone'and red-brick facing. It has monastery and wond, and the monk whore two towers with (wid spires, two towers porchis, narrative Major Martis Homa utilised for Ladies cave, two aisles, eleven sido chapelë, stair to Thirugh Portugal tell how Wallington triforium, transepts and transept alates. The rejected the best guest chamber, insisting open transepts and their allies and the choir and it a room with two doors, and bow as cued the GATS, aisles. The exterior length is 139 feet and the monks by sending off his baggage towards width (of fraúrep's 14 feet. The width of the Colmbre estly in the moming of the 17th--- nave, alkics and chapel 93 feet. The height of | signs of the prudence dictated by ʻa ticklish 'the rplies to the tops of the Crosses is 170 f10', | situation. A step outside the granite wall of Eeight of facade to top of cross by feet and ridge the wood, and one la: facing, south-east along of nave zool ŝi fent. Besides the principal en- | 'the ridgo towards the most critical spot of the france through the porch theɛesio two entrance! || baille. Up from ite left (north-east) cams the thiorgh the lowern and two into each transapl. | French attack. The total intețior length is aıç fent, the tripe septs are 139 feet wide and the daya 16 feet.
THE STRATČO:C POSITION,
ables are it feet wids and the side chapel 9 Wellington had 60,200 men and go gons -fatt deup, the total interior widik-belog-85-fale —
The sanctuary and choir are 70. feet long and streiched along eight milos of ridge, Masséns a2 feet wide. The height from flour to açox had 65,000 veterans ta oppois him, but seem
of vaulting is 57 fest. The body will seat:750,|| from hopeless lack of combination, rever to the transepts 440, the lets) accommodation have based more than 25,000 men at the posi being 1200, The design was commenced Aghts!
27, 1904, the building on August 17, 1909 and ton, Hear the monastery
It was completed in the middle of egio. The architect of This Daly a geichst eRDER IA MEN W.M, Dòrdall, FRIBA, AMIOR - 14 the continctorulara the Slingbal: Builder "Company (Edward and-Joku Dall;::Mhangart) Fall of when tre to be slaćamly félicitated app: |the splendid/addition thay, hera mada to
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