FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1895.
Tus B. Drufendale, from New York, lett Singapore to-day for Longkong,
Ir is proposed to publisk a daily uowspaper at Tientsio when trade is re-opened with the outer world.
A Amateur Dramatic Club has beim start. od at Tientsin,' with Me W. A. Morling as Hon. Secretary,
Tus Hongkong Volunteers will give a ball early in March Hongkong residents have no reason, to grumble over the lack of amusements this winter.
Á NUMBER of timo-expired naval men and
FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR
That it would be interesting to know the reason why the Queen's Road, along its whole length, is coated with a dressing of
earth.
That in dry weather this road is now, an!
have before statod, a credit to the P.W.D. That is wet weather our main thoroughfare quickly becomes a liquid mass of paddle, and (as I have anid) everybody asks why ? That it seems a great pity nothing can be done to remedy a simple matter like this. That I can will understand why, journalista | or viber anonymous "scribblers' should get wearied orar, repented referendos to
such matters.
THE CHINA MAIL.
a for invalids are booked to leave by the That if we had a Governor who made his That I suppose there are very few of us in
P. and O. steamer Jara on or about the 6th February.
Tom Magisterial inquiry Into the recost fire at 337 Queen's Road West was resumed at the Magistracy this morning, and was adjourned for a wook.
Ma J. Macdonald, one of the foreign.oze nho Fought under Covers! Gordou in the suppression of the Taiping Rebellion, has been requested to proceed to Poking.
II.M. S. Tweed has not been commissioned, and, consequently, has not gone to Canton over the Chins New Year Holidays, as expected.
THE Port and Money Order Offices will be entirely closed on Saturday, the 26th inst. Ching Now Year's Day). Thore will bo no delivery. The w'ght box will be kopt
open
Ox Suning morning, between 9 and 10.30 o'clock, the steam-launch Dayspring, carry. ing the Bethel flag, will call alongside any Foul hoisting codo pennent 0., to onavey mon ashore to 11 a.. service at St. Peter's | (Soamen's) Church, roturning about 12.30,
HM.S. Räller is expected here from Bangkok in a few days, and the cruiser Leander will probably also come here from the north. The rocally-arrived cruiser Spartan in expected here shortly from Chefoo, to take over some fittings just arrived from Malis.
A CORRESPONDENT of the N... Daily News, writing from Peking on the 6th inst., states that Colonel Benby, the American Minis- tor, says nothing can be done in the way of peace till the Japanese are in Peking. The Chinese capital was reported to bo quiot-nover was quieter in fast.
THE Pechili returned to Shanghai so the 18th iprt from the wreck of the Taiwo,
existence known and caused his infuetoo
on the public welfare to be felt, I fancy | things of this kind would improvA.
That this may look like "making a moun- tain of a malebill,' but any one who saw the thousands of poor, ill-abad or bare- footed natives mitcing about in the black cold, mad during the late wet weather might even feel for a Chinero, and ba able to explain some of the causes of the
illnesses from which they suffer, That I should like to whisper into the ear of His Excellency the Governor that masy of the oldest residents believe to pump. ing atation by the sea for fire and flushing purposes.
at the
ander
representations steamers
ES
110
from
this
dainage
That I even-hear whispers of a Yorkshire THE NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT.
time they have obtained fall ́possession
THE SITUATION IN PÉKING,
THE ACCIDENT TO THE 'CITY gathering, and if the rivalry spreads to
M. Franois-Félix Faure, who has been of the neighbourhood.
Advices from Peking from reliable
OF B'O,' the counties of the The Kingdoms, it elected M. Casimir-Périer's nucastor in the miles to the north-west of Chefoo and 200 of the capital is deplorable in the extreme, Express of the 16th inst., farther particulare The seaport of Tungchow is about forty sources show that the political condition Since our last fasuo, says the Nagasaki will be unsafe to say where it may end. That I am always glad to welcome any sign Presidency of the French Republic, was uilos, as the orow Rise, south-east of Tien- and that the gravity of the situation, have been received of the serious misfortune of public spirit anywhere in this colony born in Paris on the 30th January, 1841.in. The boy or gore which affords ingress instead of stilling the voice of faction and which befoil the Pacific Mail Co.4 1.0, 6.ty --gren at a Company meeting,
cr egreas for its sea-going junks makes putting a stop to intrigue, has intenallied of Hio de Janeiro, off the coat of the pro- That when Mr Douglas Jones gave voice A shipowner in Eaves and formerly President good harbour and landing plans, and is the one and increased the other. The vince of Baisuma, on the afternoon of San.
to the feelings or opinions of certain of the Chamber of Commerce of that town, guarded at its entrance by two foris, late-
A month o anti-Li party, a
or aga, found day,
day, Bib shortly after paulog through property holdes at the lait Land. The was, during the Franco-Prussian war, strengthened by lour 21 m. and six aer energetic loader in Teo Jai, esce et the Van Diemen's
Straite,
whilst on the page veatment Company's meeting, he wasabief of battalios in the Garde Mobile, and bring us. The garrison Breeding spirits in the Hanlin College, and and this port. So far as we can learn.
fo e.m. Krupp guns, bealdes
from San Francisco to Hongkong. wia Yoko doing
ing a good, manly, and straight-
the virtual chief of the Li Pu. This ofi-hama and forward act.
weat from Havre to Paria to sit is suposters all told 2,200 men, while nearly cial is said to have got at the Imperial ear the Rio arrived at Yokohama on the 3rd Thai when he was assisting to pass the ac pressing the Commune. He was elected a 1,000 men are said to hold the city itself, by means of the two favourite concubines, lust, and left for here the following L, ccants of & Company which, under Deputy for Havre in 1881 and was for upon whose walls are some twenty old said to be his daughters, and it was in con- taklog the usual course adopted by the Co capable management, was giving Me tunate enough to be selected by Gambetta as rusty and sucient guns dating from the sequence of his and their Janes and its other shareholders for Commeros and the Colonias. Upon the to reocus advices, the Governor of Shantung ospital and entrusted with the reorganica-sing through
Under Secretary of State in the new ministry Taiping rebellion and before. According that Mr von Hanneken was called to the the outside passage, which cocaritater pas voyage, generally termed fairly remunerative return: it was a for Con
Van Dieman's Straite, at the little unfortunato he should have mis resignation of the Cabinet in 1882 he vacat-about a month ago futanded to send ation of China's military forces." The southern & dud of
of Kiushis. Everything sp sed the point and referred to qufor-ed this
but was reappointed on 25th battery of six quick-firing guns nad some Dowager-Empress has checkmated Tze Jui pears have goas well until shortly after pas tupate private ventures outside of the September, 1888, in M. Jules Ferry'e last 250 foreign drilled soldiers to man these by gutting him nominated Governor of through the Straite, ou Sunday, the
district Cabinet. He resigned again in March, guns; but it is not known whether they some remuts
the Siberian Di Company's sphere of operations.
when at about 1.35
p.m. she most an- 1986. One of the chiefs of the Republican vere ever sent-probably not. The General frontier, and marked her disapproval of oxpaotedly strzok a
suukon
rook, about two Hongkong who had money to loss who Union group, be frequently spoke on Colonial commanding the Tanohow garrison is named his kinswomen's action by
miles
hore. The
engines were at once Imperial Heading them have not lost more or less during the last questions. In the elections of 1866, he was Li and was recently appointed to the post witicially io the
stopped,
ped, and every preparation made in an few years.
re-elected a Deputy, and forthe third time be by the new Governor, La Ping beng Both
The Li
Li faction
this indefatigable orderly manner
aner for any emergency that That but for the absence of the much-same Under Secretary for the Colonies in the he and his men are new to the placo, as lady is again on the top of the wave, but might aries. In the meantime an examinu.
"arious maligned Share Bill, msuy of us would Tirard Cabinet, holding that office from 6th Chang Kao-yuan, the Brigadier-General of finds increasing difficulty is holding its flen of the ship provid that
Tungohow, was recently ordered to ussist own, for though
Prince Kung. the actual had besa sustiined an
suntsiped ander water on the ubië- again elected to the Chamber in 1889. He
had that wes the Minister for the Navy in the late way with bin the six thousand foreign favourable to it, he is not a thoroughgeing water was rushing in to such an extent as Cabinet. In May, 1871, he was nominated drilled troops which shoald now bo defend partisan and is apt te trim. The ignorance to necesitate immediate beaching to prevent Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. It ing Tusgehow, Tungelow is a city of some and fatal optimism of the great officials is the ship sinking. She was at once heated will thus be seen, that whatever his personal 20,000 inhabitants and has by neglect of the working steadily against the Lá party. The for
far the shore, and ia short space of time qualifications may bo, M. Félix Faure hasrathorities diminished considerably in com- itter collapse of the military force of the was landed safely on a Bandy beach, just bot tad a particularly distinguished politi-mercial importance. Frun its situation it
Dgainst
a porez au despised as below Namamiseki, from whence For the official positions he has ought to have hear sal sarees,
5 ule Juire fortified,
to them porfectly properly
Bence a mesaenger inexplicable on
seat overland to Kagoshima, the nearest ravinge any other
ground except Nous sommes telegraph etalion, with a message to the strong interent in external politica
aneses. pen to an attack from the by un
It is reported that the Japanese have repeat this formula, and point to him as The message did sel arrive gatil Lion- laid a number at contact torpedoes outside the bulxayer, many fair-minded bat iguct-day noon, when every possible haste was the harbour of
of Weihaiwei, that they have a high officers are being slowly blussed made to despatch the Mitsu Bishi Co.,tate- imprisoned the remains of the Chinese fleet. against the anti-Li
edicts boat party.
Yug10.
By midnight, diving gear, The quick-firing guns of the Chinese iron-summoning nearly all his military nominees pumps, and other things considered neces clada have been lauded and in posito Peking for punishment and the gradual ary under the oircumstances, with tion on billa
as a supersession of Ld himself, all point to the ber of workmen and overseas, were all on surrounding Weihaiwe deferea against a landward attack, so that, steady decline of his
deemed that errand to set the disabled
which wa members of the Jockey Club this morning feet, the Japanese may elect to leave. Woi- von Hanneken was not a persone grata may here esy was lying
a dangerously great
Viceroy, and hence their exposed position, in the arcat of bad wea that the Rifle Brigade should consider it haiwoi alone, that many house-owners have made necessary to send down some 250 men forlife which aulassantt would a Ping-heng; independent of viceregal control and the Pugao fell in with w boat from the
attempt to make his efforts and plans quite ther. About 7.30 the nextmor
esxtmorning (Tusaday) drill purposes in the inside of the Bathe Governor of Shantung, is the ufficial finance. It is shrewdly suspected that bound to Nagasaki in search of assistance, course while trotting and powing were going danced Admiral Ting and the Port some nate but secret
De of Tú tug- large ccat to the general, body of raTGE. Several gallops were quite spoilt by Arthur generals to the Emperor for incom-gested. Mr you Handiekon's association with reply had been reosived to the telegrA-
supporter of
phio message sont on Sunday, Presseding That Mr Douglas Jones opens up a very snapped within a few yards of them, and the petence and cowardice, and recommanded Hu Xu-fen; the latter was made the o- on her journey, the Yugno strived at her big and a very ugly question here, and, Clerk of the Courée had to open the outer that they should all be decapitated. When minal head of the re-organising bureau, afwerk with welcome. Work was at ones but destination at about 10 a.m.. and WAS 10- although he may not know it, oar which course to enable the training to proceed. Tungelowfu is in the hands of the enemy was ordered to conavit his foreign co-adjalornommenced, and with slaority worthy of the the Government and the esiopagers can-I ani quite sure that the whole thing was troverfor Li Ping-heng may find himself in every alamonts, having it to be about 15 ft. x 4ft., was, temporarily
hout much richer than wo are at | January to 16th February, 1688; and was onera dung in Manchuria, and he took | hoad of the administration, is on the whole board side, forward of the foremant, and i
have the
present moment. That the measures directed against the ra- currence of Plague in this Colony are far more called for in the general lator. oits of the public than any specific ro galation of share-dealing. That the diatribe of Mr Douglas Jones therefore seems-to me to be uncalled-for,
. is ta
was seat
Bes fund te fuores the paramount reason held it may be inferred that by takes set the the paiota of the provinciand na Li's enemies persistently local agent, requesting immediato nasistance.
why such laws were passed. Fist the abolition of everything even of earthen floors sodden with ith--which a hold once again the Plague
Bongong is about the soundest
upon
which could possibly be given for passing a low hero.
scribblore, because it is difficult to know
CORRESPONDENCE.
AN INADVERTENCE,
To the Editor of the Curva Man.'
Hongkong, Jan. 25, 1805. S-You will not be astonished to
The
Five hers
11-
what the usually clear-hoaded gentleman learn that much surprise was expressed by having nothing to fear from the Chinesa Frontly the Puking author. Rightly or haved, and at fall spsed she started on her
referred to really means, That I know on the very best authority
That this Goverer right make some in-That I say nothing about 'anonymour
quiries in this direction, and antisly' bis own mind se to whether old residents arr possessed of any sense, or pot. That I hear the cut your water off' mania is spreading in the official mind, and I have no hesitation in saying that tha polisy now being adopted would not com Fare unfavourably with the old-fashioned Russia Dystem.
That when a contract to supply"the broath" of life in the East (water) is threatened to be cut off because a footy' account (which has never been ness) of a few dollars for repair to tapa la not paid, it is, 1 should say, about time the Governor ci the Colony began to make inquiries. That Bis Excellency may say, with Mr Douglas Jones, this column of strappy crilicism is the result of 'ancaymous scribblers," and he is free to say it. That his duty is clear, all the same, to find out for himmelt the forces which tread on the corns of the residents; and that daty is left undone if he falla ́to inquire into this water muddle.
a very good thing out of house property
and some of them have done so at a very
payera.
not forget for a long time to come,
BROWNIE.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
[SUPPLIED TO THE CUINA MAIL.']
(Fia Southern Line,) Losbos, 25th January, 1805.
OBITUARY.
Lord Randalph Churchill is dead. [We take the following notice from Men of the Time -
Churchill. The Right Hon. Lord Ran.
the sixth Duke of Marlborough by bis mar
the shying of the ponies an the rifles wars
an oversight, and that, now attention has been called to the fact, the contretemps will not ogsia utcar.—Yours,”
EARLY DAWN.
THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.
THE JAPANESE LITACE.
as not being worth the bes of to the
accasion. It will be remembered that
donounoet.-N... Daily News.
MORE CHINESE DEFEATH, Yokohama, 20th January, 13.5 p.m. A telegram from Haicheng, dated mid sight on the 17th inst., states as follows:
JDJ
of
no
could not withstand, so wera by numbers. They are oroz gasso Corcuga/ p.m. on Monday, 14th inst.
Rio,
In any case the association of incompatibla skill and native prejudice, is working
forsiza
highest praise, the hole, which was found inevitable result-dead failure. The col patched up, a 12-in.
pump got centrifugal The following telegrams are from the leagues d for ou marry caeontial points, and to work, and the ship pumped out and afloaty Shanghai Mercury :-
46 Ba practically holds the pursa sterge the credit for which is due to the united af- all in the short space of about anres hours, [We ballero that this little misunder-
he has an effective veto in everything the standing is undoubtedly an oversight, and
foreigner suggests. Mr You Hanucken has forts of the Mitsu Binhi Co.'s staff and the wo do not doubt it will be amicably arrang...
already exliated the aid of such foreigners engineers and offers of the Rio. In tha ed. The strong local interest now fult in
as were available; but the fact that the meantime, of course, coesiderable cargo had the training will excuss the complaint-General Kutsura reports that the Chinese Tientsin petty officials are keenly trying to been jettisoned out of the foreward hold ED. C. M.
that were protionely reported advancing huut up the antecedents of these recruita the cargo in the other part of the ship being from Liaoyang, and another force of Chis, and are reporting their discoveries in Peundamaged so far as we nan leard. At 9 ose from the direction of Nowalwang king, clearly shows their hostile attitude a.m. (Faesday) it was decided to go in sumbering altogether sboat 12,000, with to the whole scheme.
search of a safer plass, in which to effect re- kandred banners, on the forenoon of Peking official opinion is, on the whole, paire to
anable the chip to proceed That I hear it has been decided now by
to Naga. two becoming those in authority to scase laying on wa-
the 17h instant approached within two
foolishly optimistic again. saki without any risk; and after steaming
By saki ter promiscuously to Chinese houses.
zilometros of the Japanese lines of defence. some curious wena the vapourings of the slowly for about 12 hours, a Chefoo, 20th January
sheltered esady That if the wholesome rule laid down by dolph Henry Spencer, M P., second son of Three Japanese men-of-war bombarded The Japanese troape kept well under cover European press which treat of China's harbour was found at Iwafune, where obe
Mr Price (who was Surreyor General at
not, two in the as gospel, and the officials think if they can the hole in ter side continued. The wook the time the Taitam Reservoir was being rings with Lady Frances Anne Emily, cldostaranulted the form on the dark, and troops posret, but as they did not, out approach boundless resources, etc., are being taken was beached and the work of patching up on which the Rio struck is well known 19 constructed) about the strest bydrants in daughter of the third Marquis of London-saulted the forts on Saturday, the 19th.
afternoon the Japanese opened fire with prolong the war for one year, they will not To-day (Sunday), 25.000 roupa landed in and one battalion only rail back the tide of luvasion ont pun- Japanese mariners sa Hotoke-ss, and is also Ching-town, had been adhered to, I am durry, was bara Fob. 13, 1819, ledupred Yaogohing Toy, and Gifty transparen were four lattalions of infantry and rate was isis the Japanese in tura. Utterly ignorant reported to be on the British and Japanese convinced the present pestiferous and irried Woodstock from Feb. 1874, until son of the const. The earthworks w actively kept up until three o'clock, when of the nature of modern war, they think admiralty charts, but under what name wo
at Marton College, Oxford. He repre- teting condition of affaire as to water op. 1989, and again from that time silenced by three Japanese men-of-war-the Japancao mundo a charge which the that science and discipline may be overcome we cannot say. The Ria arrived here about ply would not have existed.
April, (when he was returned with diministed N.G. Daily News.
until Nov. 1885, He then atood residents should Bad more inconvenience for
and was about their reasonable use of water now then returned for South Paddington. From than they did a quarter of a century ago: 1874 to 1980 he was almost silent in the and I maintain it is the duty of the Go Honeo; but from 1880 onwards he made TORBER OF
or his Executive to find out the reason why. That the vagaries of the water-msters ought to form one interesting breach of His Excellency's investigation. That
the Japanese are slow enough to all conscience, but they are sure. That the delay in the departure of the Third Army Corps is not explained, but as it ecems to have started from Hiroshima at last about ten days ago, and it bad actu a proof of the importance that he had.na- ausalty; or a total of 16,000 foot and done something by the 22nd, rod in the ranks of the Conservative 43,000 buree. The above are official figures stile delay in the operations appears to -In-the-country-i
-indeed, hoas but experience tells us that if we take off a have been chargeable against its Com party lat
almost if not quite the good third it will bonearer right than wrong. already regarded
In the meanwhile, the Japanese carry on a and it
said Tory leader;
was commonly that the mantle of Lord Beaconsfield had writer campaign, which may obviate the na fallon the poung, able, irrepressible, cessity for Liu's programme,
upon unscrupulous, but acute and hardworking That the Chinese never have been, and per-chief of the Tory Democracy. Lord Ras- haps never will be, able to draw any dis dolph's stort tenues of the India Office vas tination a between a reconnaitring movement marked by the annexation of
Upper work, however, and an attack,
Burmal. Departmental did not provent his taking a great
bringing to captain, offoer, engineers and That it does seem inconsistent that European mejority) but was defeated,
crow. Since then the wreck has been sur- rounded by boats, the occupants of which have swarmed on board and helped them- selves to everything they can carry away,"
MB Huttenbach was received by B. E. Sic the 15th instant, Charles Mitchell on and hao withdrawn his resignation of his seat in the Straits Legislative Coun- c. It is to bo observed that Me Hutten- bach did not resign orer the military con- tribution question. We are afraid Mr Huttonbuch is a wobbler,' whatever bin particular grievance may be. would and then he wouldn't.'
First bu
We learn, anys the Kobe Chronicle, that the Alloaciver, which arrived at Kobe on the 2nd inst., was stopped by:n Chinose gan beat a little way from Hongkong, and had her papers examined. No stiempt was made to inspect ber cargo, however, and alter the manifest had been looked over with a view to discovering contraband of 恳 war, she was permitted to proceed. Httle of this activity displayed-noar Hong- kong might be of some use in the Gulf of Fechili.
mander..
That the alleged rapalue of the Japanese near Wei-bai-wei is in keeping with the past history of the war.
That the retirement of such a force of ob- servation (after the force have discovered
!
THE CHINESE PREPARING FOR A SPRING CAMPAIGN.
Chinese thoroughly routed. The right wing of the many quarters that the now-fangled
arma of precision are the primary cause of Ir must be remembered (saya Incention) Japanese army captured five cannon. The whole Chinezo force then retreated, most the Onean reverses, and several prominent that though the Hasock and Hornet are Shanghai, Jun, 21: H.. Liu K'un-yi, the new Commander of tham leeing to northward, and part was that the repeating rides should be discarded much faster than any torpedo boat, and are
weat officials hava not hesitated to command hirop himself conspicuous in the House of in-Chief of the Imperial armies in Chibi in the direction of Nowchwang
The Commons sad ou publie platforms by hanging and Manchuria, has obtained Japaese closely pursued the Chinese until the viulence of his speeches againt the the Emperor's ennction to remain at Peking sunset, whes the former halted. Liberal party, and he was the chief mem- until after the Chinese New Year, in order Japancev pesaalties are forty one killed. ber of that small section of the House to perfect his arrangements for the compaign At the time the telegram left tho Japancas known as the Fourth Party! On the of the ensuing Spring. The forces that will were examining the Chiness lobe, which accession of Lord Salisbury's Government be at his dispost are roughly computed as will be sent later on. to office in 1885, Lord Randolph Churchill follows:-130,000 Chinese infantry and
for In- 10,000 cavalty; Mobammedan
22,000 was
infan-
filled the pest of Secretary of State for rastry and 7,109 cavalry, and 18,000 Mongol dia; and his promotion to that high place
JAPANESE OPERATIONS IN SHANTUNG.
Shangbai, January 21. Since our last iesas news of importance towards the cront of the present war hag in come to hard. Tas Japanese havo mudo the struggle which, at the general election an attack in force on the peninsula of all they desira to know) is invariably set of Nov. 1885. again returned the Liberals Easiero Shantung; the sales of the
of the remains down by the Chiness as a retrograde mors.
to power. resigned with Lord ment of the enemy-and, therefore. Sahrony, only to return after six months, Polyang, Fleet. True to thot ordinary defeat of the enemy, a Chinese not as Secretary for India, bat as Chan-tactics of dividing their forecs, and attack- riolory,
cellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the ing from both sides, they have bombarded
the City" of
while Toogehow, Loe as the poor Chineas have no other House of Commons. Lrd Baudolph mar. That
riotarios to charcaicle, they may be oxoused ried, in 1874, Miss Jennie Jerons. of New body of their troops has been landed in
Yangching Bay
close to the this foible.
York, who has since become a prominent
Promontory all the same, the preliminary advance member of the Primrose League.] and retreat of the Japanese has never failed to be the prelude for the annouDES. ment of a serique disaster to Chinese army, That I shall act be the least surprised to
That,
hear within the next day or two that Wei-hai-woi and the Chinese fleet aro in
the hands of the victorious Japanese, or that the Chinese have got off with a run. That rivalry is decidedly a good thing Among the various antionalities in Hong kong, especially when the object to ba altaised is the entertainment of the com- mnuity.
THERE il bo only one more rehearsal of the Pantomime before the first performance on Wednesday next, the 30th inst. Io consequence of the absence of Mr Balloch is Canton, Mr W. E. Crow has been obliged to 'understudy' the part of Robinson Crusoe. but it is hoped Mr Balloch will be back in time for the opening performance. The re hearsala haro boon going very successfullyThat Scotland has been foremost in the the dances and the grand national maroh matter of celebrating their Patron Saint's Day, and inviting their fellow-residents to join in the rejoicings.
which concludes the performance are spoken of in terms of the highest admira-
tion.
Tax Peking and Tientsin Times quotes the telegram from our Special War Correspond. eat in regard to the atrocities at Port Ar- thur, and the Editor adds the following note:This Report appears to have been officially doniod by the Japanese govern- ment. But what the Mail's correspondant says he 'saw" can hardly be denied. He
in certainly's credible, and we believe, an Impartial witness.
That the Japanesa soldiers should have revenged their fellow. mutilated and burnt alive was natural;
bat that they should, in avou one instance,
5065 very
and Shantung:
main
1 19
Bay affords an and has the great advantage.
it is never obstructed by ico. THE INVESTMENT OF WEL-HAI-
The Japanese, WEI
by this
s movement, have shown their hande Foreignere aro leaving Wei-hai-wei.clearly, and it is evident that their main Moro Japanese troops have landed at perpess is an attack on Weihaiwel. Haring,
this main elicct in
viow the occupation of Ninghol to assist in the Investment of Tongchow becomes a a matter of importance.
We imagine Wei-hai-woi.
gine that Laickow-in is the object really aimed at. Laicker commands the approach from the west lo Eastern Shan- between Laichow and Kinochow tung
A causi, and
a strong force posted at Laiohow can at all times provent being sent overland to Weitaiwel, which
FRENCH POLITICS.
FL. Bourgeois has failed to form a Cabinet extends a level plain, formerly occupied by
Saint Patrick havo had one or two general electious. oreditable dances after the same
manner.
THE ALBERT CLUB SUMMONS.
continues in power.
troops
GENERAL SOLU.
General Nozo has arrived at Huiching. DOMBARDMENT OF TUNGCHOW. We have received no now from our befoo correspondent relating the war in the North, but a gentleman has kindly sent us the following telegrams received by bim
想想
the
giugal requiring two men and four minuton much larger target to the quick-Bring and in favour of the ancient Brown Bem, or more powerfully armed, they also offer
reand.
machine guns of the ship attacked, oud that This La prty is, of coures, not so foolish they to fire oue
equally Palnerable with aby or- projectiles of us this; it at least knows the true causes of dinary torpedo boat to Japanese success and Chinese failure, and these weapons. Also, it has been already recognises the absolute futility of carrying noted that at night time the position of the unequal struggle. But their as those catchers, if steaming at high speed, serlica of these and their recommendations ie betrayed at a great distance by the flames of peace are at once quoted against them sa from their funnele If these points are proofs of their want of patriotism and their considered it will be soon, that all the odda incompetence to condum allsreste by no means in favour of the catchers Daily News
On
*For rü Brood te The Lare.——Diseko's '
Chefco, 19th January, 2.30 p.m. Chinese report that the Japanese men-of-World-famed Blood Mixture is capmated to war wore bombarding Tangchow.yesterday. cleanse the blood from all impurities from what- The report of heavy firing of guns am be
ever capes arising, For Serofula, Scarry, Bezems, Bad Tags, Skin and Blood Disaees, Pimples, and Soros of all kinds, its affects are beard now in that direction,
marvellons. Thousands of wonderful cures have been cocted by it. Sold everywhere at 23. 9d. Beware of woribless imitationa
BOMBARDMENT OF TUNGSBOW CONFI¿MKD.
Chefan, 19th January, 8.20 p.m. The bombardment of Tungohow by the War Farktown aut English maa-of-war Japonèso se confirmed.' The U.S. `man-of- Daphne are leaving for tagista
LANDING OF JAPANESE ZBOOTS.
Chefoo, 20th January, 3.10 p.m. The Japanese are landing soldiers sixty miles east of Chefor. It is snowing beavily.
If is stated that Thomas A. Edison has already expanded nearly $1,000,000 in his a commercial' malkod experiments to find of "reducing lowgreda oras by alcotricity, Should be finally succeed, ba says it will be bis greatest electrical invention.
Blood Diseases, Pimples and Sores of any kind, neo solicited to give it a trial to test its value. Sold everywhore, at 28. d, par bottle. Beware of worthless imitations and substitutes.
Scroftis, Scary Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and
Fon Che past quarter of a century there has DEAFNESS-An essay describing a really been one continuous flow of letters bearing genuine Care for Deafness, Singing in Bars, testimony to the truly wonderial cures effecloă o, no matter how severe or long-standing, will by Clarke's World-fained Blood Mixture, the sent post free-Artificial Ear-deace and finest Blood Perifler flint science and medical similar appliances entirely superseded. Address skill-bare brought to light. Sufferers from
ampton Buildings, Holbern, London.
mom, Victoria Chettbers, 13, Bouth-
Fria reported that when M. do Giers, in star of Foreign Affairs, tendered bis resignation, the Czar declined to receve it. But, your Majesty,' said M. de Giers, look at my foot, they cannot carry me,' whereupon the Czar replied, I do not want your test, I want only your head.'
The Health and vigour of an individual te
ONE of the latest applications of electricity to industrial processes is a new method for
coloring leather by electrical action. The hide is stretched upon a metallia tablo and covered, except at the edges, with tha coloring aid. A difference of potentist is established between the liquid and the metallic table, and the resulting current opens the pores of the skin and enabler the coloring to penetrate deeply into its tissue.
Tu Blood is the source from which sur
GREECE. Nicolas Dolyannis, son of the former Fremier, has formed outside of the Parls-thus becomes isolated. This fact alono send you the quantity and quality of the Blood. That the followers of Saint George haremant a Cahinst which will conduct the seems to indicats that the Japanese expect when the tissues have been at work, there are
that the capture of Weihaiwoi will be more thrown into the bloed, waste products, and followed suit at long intervals, and the
prolonged than that of Port Arthur, these be not eliminated but (through any cause) There is no uso offering advice to China so detained in the blood they influence marition and function and finally produce organic dis- long as the present Viceroy of Culithe Humanitarian. In case of Sere systems are built up, and from which we derive
Hie over-weaping self-conceit has been the main factor in pissus, Pimples and Sores of all kinds, the If the blood is diseased the body is disused. Inta, Scarry, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood our mental as well as our physical capabilities Chian's prosent degradation, and we are efects of Clarke'a Bicod Mixtere are marvelous. Sollevers 2wro Surofala, Sorry, Eczema, Bad certainly not dispoted to atter any expres-
Pre-Thansando of wonderful cures have been affected Legs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Timples, and sion of opinion as io Japanese tactica.
stica by it. Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold orary Sores of any kind aro solicited to give Glacia's Weihaiwel will probably fall as did Fort here, at 26. 04. per bottle, Dewars of worth world-lated Blood Mistaro a trial to test its Arthur, but a doubt if the end of the less imilaitons and substitutes.
value. Thousands of wonderfat cares have been silly
war would ho materially prosant
affected by it. Bold storywhere at 28. 9. per hastoned by the evout. Japan is still Tazs is a Frenchman's version of the fall of bottle. Beware of worthicas imitations and sub-
and the present contest is being Adam and Eve - Monacor Adata, be vako states.
That the Saint George's Ball given the other
The summons against the Albert Cnb night was a very beautiful and pleasing specimen of the serier of entertainmente fer betting has been dismissed, and an ap-
to which I refer, as as it were specially included as guests all those Soutch and Irish fellow-residents who had been-en- deavouring to entertain the community at
Hall in former years. the City That since the Duke of Edinburgh opened the St. George's Hall in November 1869,
poal granted.
DEATH OF A JAPANESE PRINCE. Tokio, January 24.
Quotations. Hosonoro, January 25, 1895, OPIUM-New Patna, cash,... -
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Allowance, Taels,... 8 to 1 catly
Allowance, Taula... 16
Persian, Dily, cash,, 700
"
Paraian, Papor_liuc 600 Allowanos. Taels.... 8
Exchange.
Hosokawa, January 25, 1855..
Du London
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30 days' sight,
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HONGKONG-REGISTER.
Previous On date si, On da at Hayatp_m
p.m,
Barometer
30:10
30.26
His Imperial Highness General Prince
to-day at 3 p.z.
Temperature
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of three conturica ago. European Powers du garden. Voila do la chance! Boa may look with complacency on the juvenile jour, Madame Ir. Mudams Ir, she voke; thinks that a ten-minute sermon is long Direction of eforts of Young Japan, So long as the the hole her fan before to bur face. Adam enough for him, and he has published s Government of the nikado does not inter- pat on his age-gloss to admire me tableaux, volatae of serious of about that length. Force... fere with British intereste, by all mesos, and zey, make von promenade, Madama The Christian Commonutalià, however, has Weather...
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that Gne half has never. leuked so pretty Taruhito, of the House of Arisugawa, died out on the same prinsipica as that ophe peer.eze bello demoiselle asiíp ia \ Cat Rev. Dr Robertaun Nicoll, of London, Buundity
as it on the cecasion of the Saint
it did That the hall in itself is chaste and hand-
George's Bell the other night.
The deceased Prince was the uncto of Els ds a acft and effective some, and it only needs a
Majesty the Emperor of Japan, and was the light to show up ite beauty. have resorted to the fiendish practice of That light was obtained on this occasion by most housured member of the Imperial Is it more itself. It doesn't hars no, but Iv, she feel hangry. She sees appel on ze little liking for Berndnotes Without Bale
the artistic eleotris installation, and the relatires. The House of Arlangawa ranks the gonor it is understood that foter-arbro. Serpent so promene sur Parbre taking into consideration the subject-matter ference with those interrets will mean make one walk on se tres. Monsieur le of the disconree, The Commonwealth is of arrangemant
Serpent," mirable harmony of duloured bannerets, next to the Imperial bousehold. Prince
suy Is, vill vona not have za the opinion that a preacher cannot do justice with A
a good imitution of the pay old | Tarihito was born on the 93rd March, 1885,
bou'd to peok soms appel? Pois faim," to his audience in less than thirty minutes, Certtainment, Badamo Is, charmes de As a rule thirty-five or forty minutes is English maypole, did the rest.
fous voit."
mon qual, ariz-rètes long enough for an ordinary sermon,
their enemies is to be deeply deplored.
of a fow flowers and an ad-
the Eag iehmen in Hongkong have For the last thirty years he served in the
aharp retribution the better.-Mercury.
the rich Chinese wers leaving Canton and Thane thing that the City Hall Japzosse Army, and at the time of hiet
Prcoms can be mora beautifully device was Chief of the General Staff. He be proceeding to Japan who simuld rousi' says Adam-stopi stop que asuges | Hoary. Ward Becchet voce sold, that the
TOERE was a rumeur in town to day that
coming down to Hongkong in consequence
of the intimidation of large hands of rob
bere. This is no new story. We Ánd our
Chinese contemporary, the Wah Tez Tat
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lue for peace are
svos faire? Wat loudness is
A0
Highost, open når vachperubate on the Sith...ainontak Lowest Upua siz tentperature on the 24th-1
F. U. Frad,
·Fire Asistant, Hongkong Observatory, Jan. 25, 1898. -
Temperature. (Taken at Mesire Falomer de Co.'s Framicos, Queen's finada) HONGRONG, January 25, 1896,
Do.
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THE PROCESS OF THE TAL
Shunghai, Zlei January. While the "hinese
is Bees? You length of a surtson depended on its thicksas. decorated by simpla moans, with the
idling in Shanghai, and are, thanks to the addition of an electric Ught demonetinio succeeded by Prince Takehin, the pre-procrastination and double dealing which meat not pick se upper!" e smaku, he If it is very think it will stand pulling out,
Monsieur adab, do you know mere in Boas-
Is the blend is disessed the body is the- tion, than by the must elaborats decora sent commander of the cruiset Mateushima, grave the Chinese Government, unfurnished safe ove pinch of seunut, kedy tione minus the aid of electricity.
enemy is native and fours menacing that permit ins to offer you some of Seune fruit or inpure, circulates through the organs of the Po, ten days ago, stated that several rich That the uthur elements which go to make this served as midshipman and lieutenant in with proper oredentials, their persistent log, probeebet Be fadies! Madonie iv, 1 Based.-Remember that the blood, whisthorpure BasoMSTER— ·
successful public ball were planant- the British Navy. Fringe Tarahlto was re-ever. The momentous new, whfeli we defends-zucra forbedden fruit." It, she human body-Lange, Heart, Stonsch, Kidzare, ly prominent 象 the Saint George's a-garded as a man of great natural ability, pablished as an extra yesterday, shows that make ons courtesy-ze sake, he fill her Brain. If it is laden with poisonous matter TRENUMET
intend the Japaness
pro parasol wiz 20 appel. He says:Eriti fule, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Bload- gathering was one of the sembly,
to carry unt their pro [1
and his loss at the present crisie is deeply gremme on the lines we indicated in our sot Doue. Monsieur Adom, he will est Dincades, Fimples, and Soros of all kinds the Best succesful recent yours. That it has been suggested the Englishore doplored by: the Japanese. As he was a issue of the 18th instant, and ther they nom-sa appel, he will because like one Dieu; facts of Clarke's Blood Mixture are uns vodous- will bo on pleased at the success of their stout ruan, and died suddenly, death is be meased this when they bombarded Tuus know good and ga evell--but you, Thousands of wonderful cares have been effected efforts that B1. Cleorge, will now compety lieved to havo resulted from a fit of xronies. † chowku in. Saturday. That ony «Heetual] Nedame Iv, ceonok become tuore of a by it. Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold overy- resistanos against their attack oan be made goddess than you are now.' Apt where at 2. 9. per betila. Baware of worth more frequoctly with St. Andrew and
1 ja highly improbable, and no doubt by this feeming Madumo Jr.
kya hottled wad inte
families and leading traders in Canton had revived letters from robber bands thread
tening to lake life unless forgo sums of
money word handed over. Nothing is said
of the vast hordes of Clineas soldiers whe
are sepposed to be at the call of Viceroy
Là Ban Chang to keep order in his Provincer
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