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"GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE,
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London. Received March 26.
TELEGRAMS.
OBITUARY.
"M. FREDERIC MISTRAL.
[Reutor'a Service To. The "Telegraph."
London, Received March 26, The death is announced of M. Frederic Mistral, the Provenon! Sir Edward Grey, speaking in poet, who in his carlior life studied the House of Commons, said the. Government still maintained that Literature. His most famous Law, but afterwards turned to General Gough had returned work was "Mireio," which was unconditionally, and it would be written in1859, and for which the well known to him to-morrow the calibre of Carpentier or hat the Government's decision post was honoured by the French
The French gunboat D T'erville ran ashore near Ning- po yesterday and now lies high and dry at high water...
BOXING.
The Wells-Blake Match.
Bombardier. Wells, holder of the Lonedale Belt in the Heavy weight diegion, and Bandsman Blake, of Great Yarmouth, met at the Palladium on March 3 in a 20-round contest for £1,800 and
11at. 12ib...
Langford.
was. They stood by the first por tion of the communication and
Academy.
CRICKET.
Features of the M.C.C. Tour.
four
LAMBKIN ON SLEEP.
MONEY LENT.
Hilaire Belloc..
sion. It is an
sation of Cont:iousness" (as it
the Univer-
of
month.
Was it $50 or $250!
plaintiff,
Mr..Gardiner:-That is admitt
NORTHERN NEWS.
Mr. A. E. Armitran, Western Superintendent of Singer's Co.,-
Victory.
The C. G. Post ironically states that a battalion of Northern troops has returned to Wuching from Sinyangchow, having " defeated"
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The men were in the ring difficulty in making their way them because they appeared as former tours in South Africa; this I asked him what in his opinion led. A fifty dollar loan, of which caving, a reception was held at
an answer to General Gough, making conditions.
Position of the King.
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Hobbs and Barnes.
for
Li Shun, has submitted to the The Acting Tatah of Kiangei,
President a memorandum where-
in he reported that in compliance with the Mandate he had raised
At the Summary Court, this afternoon, before Mr. Justice is believed to be just now on a [This little gem was written Gompertz, Bansi Ram eued tour of the Kiangsi Province and for the great Monograph on Kishan Dos for the payment of not near the scene of the present "Being," which Lambkin never the sum of $230, bing, the trouble." lived to complete. It was in-balance due for money lent to oladed, however, in his little defendant by the plaintif.. volume of essays entitled
Mr. Crew, of MOBSTS HAR- "Rictus Almae Matria." The
tings and Hastings, careful footnotes, the fund of
ap* for the information, and the scholarly posred accuracy of the whole sketch and Mr. J. H. Gardiner defended. the White Wolf" brigands by are an example (alas! the only Mr. Crew said they claimed for driving them to the place to which one) - "of what his full the balance of money lent by the they wished to go. work would have been plaintiff to the defendant. What
Recovered. had he brought it to a conclu- happened was that in March of District Attorney, Shanghai," has Dr. F. Hinckley, U. S. admirable last year the plaintif received Not since Johnson and Jeffries
example of his manner in certain monies from a brother in recovered from his illness and has maturer years.] fought at Reno had the British
America. He lent portion
now left Hospital In sleep oar faculties lie dor
Left Shanghai. public bean so deeply interested were responsible for nothing else.
$250, that money,
to mant. (1) We perceive nothing the in the result of a boxing contest. They had never contemplated the
"Captain Nolasco, formerly of defendant with whom or almost nothing of our surround he was living at the time and
the Portaguesë « Co.. L.V.O., The spacious theatre was crowded use of force to coerce Ulater, but in every part by all sorts and con- the Government were prepared to
inge; and the deeper our slumber knew very intimately. He sub-accompanied by Mrs. Nolasco and the more absolute is the barrier ditions of sportsmen, and an even age force to any extent to make more striking proof that the the will of the country prevail.
between ourselves and the onter equently pressed for payment family, left Shanghai, by the
Siberian route the other day forLis- ". in December or November last, bon where they will reside in fatare. world. The causes of this Ces and his friend admitted that a A large gathering of the Forta That contingency would not arise propular imagination bad been touched was the huge concourse for a long time.
haa heen admirably called by Crew's) firm to the defendant, for assambled at the jetty to bid then letter was written by his (Mr. Sir Edward Grey stated that;
guese community and othe which thronged the approaches,
Professor M'Obvy) (2) lie hidden the payment of this money. bon voyage, and as the tender the Heavyweight Championship patiently awaiting the issue of when the Cabinet authorized the
The English team have won from our most profound physio-
out of the five Test logists. It was once my pri to by which defendant was to greeted with a fusillade of bombe arrangement was come moved off the travellers were of Great Britain. Wells knocked the struggle. Argyll-street and communication to General Gough, 80 deusely the latter's letter of the 23rd, was Blake out in the fourth roani. Argyll-place were Wells scaled 13st. 101b. and Blake crowded that motor-cars arriving not before them. The paragraphs Matches played during the tour, vilege to meet the master of
at the musichall with sestholders which Col. Ssely added were says the Times, the remaining one physical science who has ren- pay in $10 instalments per and crackers from their native
famous harmless in themselves, but the having been left drawn. England dored and ethers had the greatest Cabinet was unable to endorse had been defeated in both the aity of Dreigenswald, (3) and
friende. At noon, previous to
the Club Uniao and was largely shortly before 11 o'clock, and but
through.
we paid $20. little time was wasted in setting
time they have never been within was the cause of sleep. He them to work, It was evident
Mr. Crew said they denied the attended by Portuguese residente, When the result of the fight
measurable distance of defeat, and answered, with that rovereace
the popular ex-Captain being the from the first that Blake meant was made known the crowd made
in the one drawn game they did which is a glory of the Teutonic amount of $50. The letter sant recipient of many good wishes to rely on in-fighting, and a rush towards the main entrance,
not have much the worse of the mind, "It is in the dear by his firm was forwarded to the
for a pleasant journey. the opening round was one calling "We want Wells," and
position. To go through a tour secret of the All-wise Nature- plaintiff's brother in America and Memorial Temple for Officers. In the House of Commons, Mr. without defeat is almost, if not mother preserved." I have never intercede for hia in the matter; a letter seat asking him to long struggle for the inside the police, linked arm in arm, in defence and did not allow his ing force, but they soon rallied. fair, inconsiderate and improper England at present have lost only words. (4) Perhaps the nearest position. Wells was very skilful were beaten back by overwhelm-Asquith regretted the most un- quite, without precedent, but forgotten those wise and weighty total of over
Plaintiff said he had received opponent to get in a single effec As Wells left the hall he was attempt to bring the name of the one match against Natal. guos as to the nature of Sleep tire blow at close quarters. Blake greated with frantic cheering, King into political events. From
is to be discovered in the lecture nothing but the $20 for which he of a brilliant but sometimes had given receipts. was rather smarter on the break many of his supporters attempt first to last His Majesty had ob-
Judgment wat given away, bat his rights had little ing to follow his car on foot-served in every way the position To come more to detail, the over- daring young scholar foros behind them, and two left The Times.
to a Constitutional Monarch. great figures in the English side whom we all applaud in the plaintiff for $30. jabe by Wells were more than an
in Test Matches have been Hobbs obair of Psychology. "Sleep" equivalent. The second round
Government and Army,
and Barnes, who as bateman and ] (he says) ** is the direct product of was “the same as the first, only
bowler have no superiors in the Brain Somnolence, which in its THE PORT OF LONDON. and requested that a votive tablet- more so"; and the thing presently
Referring to General Gongh, world to-day. It would be hard turn is the result of the need for became a flesh-and-blood Gordian
Mr. Asquith said the Govern- for these men to add much to Repose that every organism must knot, the sight of which enticed Shipbuilding Works, Ld.
ment would never sesent to the their reputations, but they have experience after any specialized the referee into the ring. He made
claim of officers to demand at all events maintained them. exertion." I was present when Measra, Arnbold Karberg & Co., assurances from the. Government Hobbe's consistency and brilliance, this sentence was delivered · and' no attempt, however, to break
The following figures issued by the men, and any commands Shanghai, general managers of Load cheers). Such a claim in Test Matches is proverbial, and am not ashamed to add that I was the Port of London Authority he may have issued were lost in the above company, report that at would put the Government at the he always seems to make runs one of those who heartily cheered show a large increase in the ton
Indemnity Fund. Since the establishment of the " the uproar from the front of the a meeting of the Board it was de mercy the Army and Navy, when they are most needed. His the young speaker. (5) We may nago using the port during the house. Now and again, Wella, oided that the shareholders should
This remark was granted with scores in the five matches have assert, then, that Science has near first nine months of the financial Republic, the Boxer indemnity fand has not been regularly paid who was obviously uncomfortable be recommended to apportion the
prolonged cheering, Liberals heen-82, 23, 92 and 41, 61, 64 y conquered, this last stronghold year 1913-1914 in the small ring, ventured to balance at credit of profit and loss rising in their seats and waving. and 97, and 33 and 11 not out, of ignorance and superstition.
9 months 9 months owing to the the stoppage of uncoil himself; and twics, as account on December 31, 1913,
Mr. Asquith vigorously re- which give him an average of 63.
Vessela. 1912. 1913.
payment of the fund by the Blake charged in spain he scored which together with the premium pudiated the suggestion of the
Tonnage
provinces. For several times with those powerful lefts that on the new issue of shares and coercion of Ulster, eaying that the Barnes's bowling feats in the pre-ite theme for ages. With the ex-duos...
It is hardly necessary to recall (6) Aa to the Muses, we know well
the Central Government has that Sleep has been their favour-paying river the amount brought forward from Government had offered exclusion sent tour; whatever the opposi-
ordered the provinces to resume much more dangerous than they last year' amounts to Tls. 185,-to every county in Uleter. He ion may have boon, they are have been greatly overrated, and using the ception of Catullus (whose verses Tonnage
the payment of the indemnity fund and the repayment of foreign denied that there had been a plot quite exceptional. He was not 314.48, as follows:
Tla,
or intrigue behind the back of the playing; of course, in the last who is alwaye talking of people docks...... 13,001,737 14,215,395 Losas, but these orders were unheeded. The President is now Cabinet to provoke Ulster. Test Match; in the other four his lying awake at night), all 50,358.40
consulting the Ministers of This observation called forth wickets have been:-5 for 57 the ancients have mentioned
Finance with view to Opposition, cries of "It's true.'
this innocent and 5 for 48; 8 for 56 and 9 for and praised
9.-Dr. von Lieber-Augustin. submitting a bill to the Financial 100,000,00 The Premier said he did not 103; 3 for 26 and 5 for 102; 7 for 56 pastime: Every one
I knew him wel'. He was a Connoil to device ways and means apologise for taking proper steps and,7 for 88-a total of 49 wickets has done Greats will remember oharming and oultured German. 15,000.00 to preserve order.
He then for 536 runs. Barnes is now over
the beautiful passage in Lucretias 4-How different from the to pay the Indemnity fund explained that the
regularly. cynical ribaldry of Voltaire! Cabinet 37 years old, but, as he does not (7) but perhaps that in Silopias 10,000.00 considered the letter to play
well. first-class cricket all through Apollinaris, the highly polished General Gough as contained the English season, it may be Bishop of Gaul, is loss well known. 9,356,08 in the
White Paper, with hoped that he will keep his ex-(8) To tura to our literature the exception of the last ceptional powers for some years the sonnet beginning To die, The..... 185,314 48 two paragraphs. These
were to come. No bowler of modern to sleep," etc., (9) must be note i, inadvertently added by Col. times is more beautiful to watch, and above all, the glorious lines Seely without the knowledge of
in which Wordsworth reaches the Cabinet.
his noblest level, beginning- "it is a pleasant thing to go to The great feature of the sleep!" lines which, for my part, Sonth African cricket bas I can never read without catching been the extraordinary batting some of their magical drowsy of Mr. Taylor, the captain. It influence. was said in The Timce after the All great men have slept. Triangular Tournament, "Mr. George III frequently slept, (11) Taylor has shown himself a most and that great and good man promising batsman and it will be Wyoliffe was in the habit make his mark in a few years. tione and his Gurprising if he does not really of reading his Scriptural tranela-
slide over so easily and are ED
seem, It was an even round go far as the points were concerned, but Blake was bleeding when be went to his corner.
In the third round the result was already in sight. Wells had the better of the preliminary wrestling, and scored with esveral jolts, which seemed to weaken Blake, who was rather at sea in the last minute and left himself open to a number of lait hooks and jabs. In the fourth round Wella's supremacy was clearly established. He was now at bis ease in the abbreviated arena, and Blake could never keep him from breaking loose. Blake, it is true, was very quick with bie right;
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Messrs. Fraser and Co.'s Share
one dangerous swing was taken Circular, dated the 18th inst., by Wels on his shoulder, the states:
Resignation Refused.
Mr. Asquith has refused
Later,
to
others, which illustrated the "off- The past week has been the accept the resignation of Col. theory," being rather nestly evad-dullest for many months past. Seely. ed. Two short lefts from Wells Rabber shares did not respond to and, a little later on, a left and a the improvement shown by the right of great severity shook Blake raw material. London advises the badly, and the odds on Wells at market there is idle, and with no The papers discuss the pos once lengthened out. The end support from that end there is no sibility of General French and came with startling saddenness. encouragement for this market General Ewart resigning. Blake rushed, forgetting to to increase their holdings in this
Foover (983
be osme in, class of atook. Mining shares
and was knocked out by a right continue to be neglected and
shot.
Possible Resignations.
'Press Opinion..
..
Mr. H.W.Taylor's Success.
›
who
own sermons
Large Increase in Shipping" Tonnage..
..21,285,407 23,504,679
5.-Mr. Buffin. I knew him Hia uncle is Lord Glenaltamont, one of the most charming and cultured of our
now peers.
funds for the erection of memorial temple for offering sacrifics to the officers and soldiers who had lost their lives in the battlefields, an to condole their faithful spiri
be granted in order that the building may last for a consider. able length of time. In a rescript the President orders the Ministries
of Interior and Army jointly to discuss and decide the matter.
Old Chefoo Resident Dead. Mr J. Smith, the oldest Chefoo resident, who had been in ill health for the past year, succumb ed on the 12th inst. He came to 6.-8ee especially Hyp-Cheloo about 50 years ago and notism, being the researches has been closely identified with of the Research Society (ziv. the port for a longer period than
1893), vols., London,
and the majority can remember. Mr Superstitious of the Past, especially the belief in the Smith, whose real name was J. Influence of Sleep upon Spells, Ryeterburgh, was a native of by Dr. Beradini Translated by Holland, and born in 1833. Upon Mrs. Blue. (London: Tooby his arrival in a sailing ship he & Co. 1895.)
commenced trading; his principal 7-Bk1 or Bk1V.". business being the supplying of 8.-Amo dormire. Sed nun- the Foreign troops and men-of- dam dormire post nonas horas war with provisions. This brought nam episcopus sum et volo dare him to Chefoo when the French bonum exemplum fidelilus App made this port their huse of Bid. Epistol, Bk. III, Epist.
26.
This opinion has been more than nightly to produce the desired
(Libermach'a edition. operations during their early war justified before the lapse of two effect. (12) The Dake of Welling
Berlin, 1875.) It has a true with Olina. It was shortly after sessons. His
ring of the fifth century. scores in the ton (whom my father used to call
that be joined Mr "Harry "Sistas Test Matches have been 109 "The Iron Duke") slept on a epigram on Buggins. A learned known, firm :f Messrs II. Sieta 9-So Herriok, in his famous and with him cutablished the well- half-arm jab which had all the Industrials have only a small The Liberal papers declare that 70; 16 and 93; and 42 and 87, common man's.
and 8; 29, and 40; 14 and little bedstead no larger than a
prelate of my acquaiotanos and Co. Later on again he started weight of Wall's turning body in business passing. The Straite the Government, as a result of
would frequently quote this.. it. It was a beautiful finishing Steamship Company have issued the debate, is stronger than ever. a useful firat batsman, and Mr. which one may sleep, I treat of Mr. Zuloh has proved himself As for the various positions in
a business of his own which he 10. The same lines occur in carried on until a few years ago their balance-sheet and report for The Daily Chronicle states Blankenberg and Mr. P. A. M them in my little book of
several other posts. Notably when he went to live with his Welis once more proved him the year ending December 31 last, that if General Gough persists Hands are obviously valuable Latin Prose for Schools which is
Tupper and Montgomery. self the best of the English heavy which indicates that in addition in his claim, he must go cricketers. Considering how coming cut next year.
11-See Private Memoirs of
daughter who resided 'at New- weights. Blake will train on into to the customary final dividend of and if all the officera of the Army limited, comparatively speaking, a good "cmiser weight," if he 5 per cent, an additional 5 par joined him they must go. learns not to leave himself so cent, will be distributed by way open and cultivates a better style of bonus. This report hand the of footwork, for he does not at very favourably received and the prosent get leg-drive into his hits, shares are in good demand at
he will never beat a boxer of $285;
comes from the Latin for "sleeping."
is the number of players that 1. The very word “dormant" The Daily News believes that South Africa has to choose from, hd to be fortunate form in the it is remarkable that they can pat end to be fortunate for the Govern such good sides into the field as ment; at any rate, it has disposed they do. All cricketers will hope of the mischievous ramburs that the present notback is only a rolating to the King.
qase of reculer pour mieux santer,
2. I know Professor M'O. in the sixties. He was.
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charming and cultured Scotch-
man, with a thorough mastery of the English tongue,
the Court of Geo, III and the cbwang and later at Harbin. Regent by Mrs. Fitz-H. About two years ago he returned 12. Beefurther. The Morning to Chefoo, since which time he has Etar of England, in "Stirrers of been in failing health. He leaves the Nations: Series, by the one daughter, Mrs A. W. Lodo- Rev. H. Turmsey, M. A. Also boer, who at present lives in Gaunt, by Miss Matchkin whom sympathies are oxtended, Foes and Friends of John of Hoihow, to mourn his lows, to
13.Latin Prose, 3/6. het Olefoo M. Post.
Jason & Co., Ficcadilly,
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