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MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1895.

W. Robinson and Company for the highest į cifas Pixno Tubing and Repairing,

during the week ending March 10.

DONGKONG RIFLE ABBOCIATION.

LONG RANGE CUP AND SPOOXS.

Saturday was a goss day for rifle shooting

for the Cup competition, and the Broans by Corp. Lynch, Lieut. Lasy, Sergt. Shearing The following are the best spores

THE CHINA MAIL

THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LD. The following is the report for presenta

March, 1895:

THE 'TINGYURN."

TAKDALE, THE CHCENTELL

Tu gunboat Redbreast is expected here Major Wrottonley, and' Private Godbear, the usual atatement of adsouate for the year that it was a more re FOST that loash; af hope of holding out, and had determined rejoies when the end came. What was to ported proposal to

in a few days; the Linnet some time later; and the cruiser Gibraltar about the 23rd inst. The troopship Jumma is due at Sin- ~poro on Thursday, 14th inst., and should arrive here next wook. The Archer, Linnel and Peacock pay off on the 1st inst., and recommission on the 1st April, The Archer and the Penesck wont into Hung hom Deck this morning.

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Mene.

Corpora Lynch, B.2. Major Mauro, A.P.D. Liest. Bocy UI.

Berg, aboaring. R.B M. Wrattening, R.E

| Private Godbeer, 38.03.

Sapper Fritchard, R. E.

Mr. V. Butter

Pvt. Woodbridge, BB Car Motor, E.

It has beenz K. C. Sheylard

Mr W. Melonsid

found that it is impossible to take the Victor Emanuel into, dook. The cruieor

CRICKET.

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Spartan goes ont next wosk for the usual. COMPANY DIFLE BRIGADE 7. HONGKONG torpade and gunnery practice:

This match was played at the Race Course THERE WAS

orowded and enthusiaulio on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the house to witness the Gnal performance of Rovers hy one wicket sod 30 runs. Both

topmy played eno man short. Bcoras:~

'Robinson Crusoe' on Saturday night. As the Pantomime was under the special pa tronage of Commodore Boyes and the Officers of Her Majesty's Float it was only natural that our wary should be strongly represented, but not only was the British Navy to the fore but the Nasies of Ger- many and Spain were in strong force. The picco went with a great deal of dash and spirit from start to finial; and the Band of 1.M.B. Centurion must be heartily congra tulated on the efficient way with which at

Brickwood, b KET

C. COMPANT,

ise, b Langley. end, Shality

Dick, e Kum, h Tangley Horney, Miley, b Kert...... Vooder, Miley.

Brett, Bhulley, Miley............. Monk, b Shelley Togle, Miley

Jackson, not c

Extras

BURNING A JAPANESE GRyz.kt..

sculling

for the Woodbridge Division of Suffolk,

London, Fab. 16--Two hundred and tea members of the Germen Reichstag have agreed to

the currency question, and with the object

raising the price of silver, Prince Hohenlohe, the German Imporis

world' conferende to consider

reconnoitring parties, stinggling forward trying to find a way in the bluding deift, We learn that the Japanese will not be more as a pastime then anything| PROPOSED INCARAIN IN THE FERNUM MATT: suddenly found themselves among Chinese able to use the Ting yuan, (says the Kobe the roads to Fekia were not open. Speaking watching the relations between Great Bri elao, she had taken" Wai-hat-wal, because London, Feb. 17-Franse is alonely Taxa were 146 Kurpesus and 1,753

at a foster mesting, he featured to any teft and Italy. Chinees visitors to the City Hall Museum } member who was first not having entered ¦ of the General Managers on Baturday, 23rd Jan affair of outposts, they and their their torpedo-boats, however, but by the that view appears to de borne out by the

The Cup was won by Major Moors, the dery goveral meeting, to be held at the offloe ! (Sangkia-two), Imagining it to be merely be beyond hope of repair. Her destruction interfere with our trade with China, to the increase in the British 1

be thought the war would not seriously was wrought not by the Japanese with

The French Government have also dater- and mined to largely increase their navy, owing mediate supports attacked the Chinese Annexed we beg to submit to shareholders in skirmishing order, but moon found Chinese acting upon direat orders of Ad- trade returns, whlab showed an increase

1 DAYS. "various matter. Three

last miral On the night of the 11th ult. year as compared with 1893 of 1,250,000, anding 31st December 1804.

battalions of

s of the advance had a hard whưa the Chinese Admiral had.

London, Feb. 17.-The Post, the Glebe, abandoned All the same, hs The gross profit, including the balance day's fight in the snowstorm with

sure they Woold

ailand other Dewaṛagera | comment on the r from last yaar, amounts to #31,814.40, and three thousand of the stomy, who retired to surrender, he ordered that the after writing off $13,000 for Depreciation westward towards

The Boude

quen which had hoon boathed athe Ting: be the result it was exceedingly affleult. to Bouth Want to engage Iredale, the New say. Whether China would fall back into

for England of steamers there remains $18,814.40, which Division thon enosmped at Toyo village, dacaged by the Japaness torpedo-boats, bar

papers disapprove of the iden, hold- it is proposed to desi with as follows, sis with Weisirol, and the advance guard mite was therefore placed amidehips and keeping with the progress of Western bolding of international aricket contesta.

miles of the coast southabould be destroyed.

isolation, conceit, and barbaric A quantity of dyna

yna-gando, or endeavour to reform herself more in trade of brisket, and render Impossible the

Arraing that.

Procedure would make a Te pay a Dividend of 7 per cent..$17,500.00 | wost of To forward to next

ext year's

at itotoko on thể. Weihaiwai-Chefoc road. exploded, with the result that the engine- nivilisation, or whether Japan might not It had been known that 8000 Chinese room, bridge, decks, funnel, ke, were com- have some say in the guidance and control But... 1314.10

THE ENGLISH ACULLING CHAMPIONSHIP, The result is disappointing compared with troops were expected from Chotos to relieve pletely shettored. The maguificent Ting of her future, or whether the whole amples the

Landes, Feb. 17.--The postponed race for last year's bat

bat has been brought about by Wolhatwet; and it that force had some so yqen will ever again Boat the seas.

shamplanship of was so cotten that it

England and attack our column two cousin, viz: the accident to the s., | quickly,

might eventually fail £200. un on the left in

www cowed on the True yester to pieces and come to be Zafiro, which struck on a rock while leav-conjunction with the Weihaiwei

be distributed among day between C. E. Harding, of Putaor, and troops

European Fowers, were inatters purely of T. Sullivan, of Bydasy. Harding defeated ing the harbour on 14th November last, over the mountains on our right, the

aloes of two months' revenue to situation was distinctly threatening. Scouts Mail, M. F: Ganesco, writes as follows causing a los

The special correspondent of the Japan peculation. He thought it was the wish of Sullivan by five lengths.

member of the Chamber that

Chias of the were therefors hard at work all night and from Wolbaiwei and the Company,

ould reform herself from prevalence plaque for dogs' quarantine at Mails could be found in any direction. Pushing and, fallen on the field of honour, would be spread throughoutthe abtey that she should initiation of a world's conferenos to legalise

183 SILTER QUESTION. which necessitated a early next day but not a sign of the enemy

put London, Fod, 14.—A movement has been further lots of 15

was wide started in the House of Commons for the to each steamer during the greater part of forward cautiously, the right wing videttus of the most saremoniously impressive opon and develop her great resources by the unlimited aclage of silver, sad to ros

I imagined that the obsequies of a Geno. / down the offoin) corruption in

the year. The result of this combination of

cause in sight of

of three redoubts on high nature. adverse cironwatannes has been that while poaks commanding the Approach to Weis whole panorams of death; the soldiers should abolish the likin duty, which made world.

I could nas in my mind's eye the always and the nee of her rivers; that she tore its stability in the currency of the the samings of the atasmere decreased their haiwei; to their intenso aurprise, they with rovarned arms maarohing past the the passage of a bale of goods iota the expecaca increased, thas fully 40counting wors unable to draw fire from the guos, catalalqus; the thunder scd roar of the should make bor fleet streng again, and as a Lloyd, Conservative member for Wedoes.. Members on both sides are interested in interior a kind of steeplechase; that she the movement, among them being Mr Wilson for the falling off this year.

though they rode forward to feel the one-

One-dances; the bayonets Consulting Committe. We have to record my's disposition. On como, raushine, encircling like glowing tapers their friend and ally of England maintain bury, and Mr E. L. Everett, Liberal member

glistening in the with deep regret the death of Mr II. ready at any moment to dodge into cover last resting place of the bero. Even NA-the balance of power is the intern seas. Hoppins, was pleas at the Board has been and by back with their report to General ture herself should be in mourning, every Blled by the appointment of Mr N. A. Sakuma, they discovered that the forte tree being clad in the white maarning vest Siebs. In scordance with the Articles of wors. empty. Two on their loft and one menis significant of death among the Japa

INTERVENTION AND CHINA'S PLEDGES. Aescoiation Messrs Gillies, Moses, Siebs and on the right, connected by an eight-foot neas. In a word, I dwalt lovingly on the some interesting particulars as to the at- The Paris correspondent of the Times sont como that would, I fondly ima- titude which the European. Fowers, and absolutely doserted. Along the road were gined, ranks the 12 ze-eicotion.

The acceants have been au-mail sillo pits twenty yards apart, and tea. Bat my dreams were soon to be to assume when the question of interven- Auditors.- dited by Menirs, J. H. Cox and T. I. Rose inside the wall

Mere recesses six feet rudely facting for Mr Arnold), Messrs. Cox and Ar-square and ten feet apart, all containing zde dissipated. One evening, all at tion in the ear becomes imminent, ille

I FROM

bill which overlooked my wrote: bures of ammunition and signs of recent quarters, long streamers of fame rising up 18 sold are eligible for re-election.

Some of the Ramsian Ambassadors beve BARWAX & CO., General Managers. birouse. After a brief examination of the high into the still air.

gins in the redoubts, the scouts west on, myself, in surprise, what might be the which Russia. England, and France, and white I asked received instructions relating to the attitude Hongkong, 28th February 1895.

and questioned the people in the nearest canes of this sudden bisze among the wat very likely, through Russia's intervention, sillege, finding that the whole Chinese army abera around the camp fire, I heards sol- the United States also, intend to take had gone to Oboloo. The tight as

as Sankoton dier thant

of Commons, had adopted the line- with

passed i advancing

but with a comrade, Come on, they are burning In the

front of me rey out to the questions raised by the war in the East. b. to:reating braves' who only wanted time the General this evening. And burning the eventual intervention of these Powers adapted the maction oalling an international Landon, Feb. 17.--The Raichstag bas place it has been decided that enough to go away in peace. The walled the General they wore, in very truth at the proper moment shall be absolutely silver in the world's currency. city of Weihaiwel and the powerful modora The following morning, conducted by a disinterested. Chias will be

atslyference to consider the reinstatement of forts

protesting the western channel were friend, I crossed the threshold of a Chinesova interests, as well as in these of the

asked captured by a half-troup of cavalry!

drolling momentarily occupied by iwa dirillaed world, to opan her poris, seeing Admiral Ting, however, WAS

Was atill active -not defiant, since he kep: close to Liu-fast. My friend pointed out a small box of powerlessness and rain. The Powers will ohcore. The goatlemen were at break that the present system has to her The Japanese have captured Tiakow kung; but with his foreign advisers he white wood rosting on a plank, on either wait till she admits herself vanquished and (Vingtan) together with the Coast forts, kept his ships all the time bombarding the side of which were a sack of biscuits and a

Will th

then cent range as he dared como ; and hu bad

he pointed eat to the cinerary urn of Gomoral Odera; it com-

to Japan that which city was also attacked and captured sent mon ashore to dismantle the evacuated tained all that was left of that brave man

not allow her to annex sa inek of

Chiccoo lorritery on the mainland, but that the partioade of salted rebel heads, which are after three hours' fierce fighting. Thecat forts.

Marshal Oyema bad now Enished his

azbe impossibility

intended to be exhibited on the walls of to other, which are ope

does not exist in regard PRACE NEGOCIATIONS. Chineso loss waz 2,000 and the Japanoss B6,

are that city.

to discussion. this

Shanghai, Mar. 6. operate the work; next the navy had to was the most difficult operate,

will be no intervention Today's Sin-an-pou published a tele-as to. Tassels, arms, or other booty, nor as Constantinople state that the city is in a

APHAIRS IN TUBENY. braincas. Saveral days' delay casood, for gram from Paking, dated 2nd inst., saying to the war indemnity. This last will be

London, February 14.--Raporta from which we cannot account it may be that Li Hung-Chang was still in Peking settled between the belligerants, and thera disturbed and troubled condition. Murders that Admiral Its had anticipated some-on that date and that the American will be no objection to Japas retaining corrects, and trade with the interior is which ge unpunished occur daily in the thing from the forts in Japanese hands, or Minister had wired to Japan to arrange tain positions as pledges for payment, but

completely paralyzed. cccupied points all over the adjsconttices. country, to prevent the

Powers tage of the We understant to-day that Li has left whole world is to

London, Feb. 13-Terrible distress pra crave by land, or to see if Ting would Peking for Tientein and Shan-hai-kwaa, purts or liberty to penetrate into the invalls at Birmingham, where 40,000 anem-

profit by any oponing of surrender, Whatever may have been the and that he will go over to Shimoneseki on terior of Chica. A surrency on the Eara-

ployed facilitate the new foreign loan to which from the municipal funda. China will be obliged to resort. Such, I conditions already agreed apon have reason to believe, are the principal

5 Shewan all retire, but offer themselves for mud wall through which the road led, wore imposing day one never to be forgot-¡ probably also the United States, are likely Chancellor, is included in the number, Ha

a very short notice they replaced the Band

of the Rida Brigade,' Altogether the show has proved to be a-vory great succeed, and has given much real pleasure to all concorned.

A raw days ago we published a paragraphi relating to o deputation of Chinose merchants to Mr Quong Tart at Sydney. The deputa- tion wished action to be taken to relieve the

Rogers, b Dios..... files, & Bars Langley, b Chaine.

Me Hardy, b Dick

Total

BUYERS.

belay, Dicks... Bathie, a Bed, Chaine. Ker, Chair) ..... Hall, Chaine.... Nichols, not out....... Anyther, did not hat

Kalau

31

Total for a wickets 111

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

THIRTEENTH CLUB RACE. The thirteenth reda of this Club, sailed yesterday, did not produce interesting (sailing. The course was as follows:-From the Submarine Mining Pier, Wellington Barrage, round Channel Rocke, White

(leaving all to starbcard); 13 milos,

The starters were ;--

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

[SUPPLAZO TO-TES' China Mail']

LONDON, March 11, 1895, THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.- CAPTURE OF YINKOW.

YAB

reliefs

And

проп

stated that he was in favor of a conference

with

ia

representatives of constries interested keeping up the value of silver.

leader of the Conservative party in the Count Bismarck says that he is gratified that Mr Balfour, the active and obivairaus

A section of the members of the Houss would not assist in establishing & double said they were convinced that Great Britain standard of earrency.

ALLTED REBEL ESADE. London, Feb. 15,--Dispatches from Mo roodo state that a detachment of Moorish os

Chinese commupitics in the Australian Fairway Buoy, and Stonecutter's Island the Chinese Bed to Thien. Chuang Tai. Japanese about the eastern' forts, from usin of corned beef The white box was rely negotiaton for Fur Farupa valry is on the road to Tet, coDraying two

Colonies of the heary restrictions which they find so oppressivo at present. The matter is referred to as follows by "Oatis' in the Sydney Daily Telegraph:--Tho representa- tloan made by the Chinese merchaals the | other day read like a page from the passport regulations of Rania. Indeed, it is rather worse if anything-something like e burles que of them, io fast. When, by order of the Czar, batches of Russian troops are drawn up on either side of you at a frontier railway station,

an othcial examines your pass while pert, and others ranezck

the your baggage, restriction is submitted to as a result of

But

whea

you hear of a Chien-

24J

-ons by autoeracy tempered bri

FIRST CLASS.

Payne Royal Enginests DarkD: Lowson Ladybird.....Me C. D. Wilkinson Erica......Mr A. Denison Stella... Capt. Sterling

BAR She

SECOND CLARY,

Mr G. P. Lammert ....Mr. H. Gale Seabrege...Dr Wentontt

The Petrel has been laid up by har now war, Me Morton Jones. The following. are particulars of the sailing:—

FIRST CL$83,

Just as the boate were ready to start, the was lying half dend on a steamer in

r in port in Sydney, and refused permission to be taken wind fell away and the fleet, with the ex- into town to sepa medion!

at Seant, a

***,

towards the Centurion. The Stella, in going

The First and Second Army Corps have

effected a juuction at Yinkow.

Japanese guards protect the Foreign

Soitiement at Tinkow.

and

031-

to the disadra.

Japan has requested that Li Hungi perhaps he waited until the troops had the proliminaries of the new pesce negotia, † no commercial will be permitted. The OETY THOGRAND STARYING IN BIRMINGHAM,

Chang's departure on the psané negotiation mission be postponed for a

week

THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY

The Marquis of Queensberry, having left

ARRESTED.

escape of the ships'

reason, the fact remains that as far as we board the s.3. Taian to confer with the pean systym will be insisted on in order to of stars have been reduced to a state

Cast

TAKU THREATENED.

THE EXPECTED BLOCKADE

to

watch

THE ENGLISH CRICKET IT IN AUSTRALIA,

could see there was nothing of aag impor Japenese peace delegates. tance done for four clear day's after the for it has not yet been occupied by the to reduce the Taka forts sa the 11th inst., It is reported that the Japanese intend etty was occupied-or taken, to be exact, it is difficult coption of the Stella, drifted away slowly his card inscribed with words implying a and its only two battaliona aro in the wid that an expedition is belog now fitted

lest the Chinese ships hould to find any excuse at all. Anything may about, missed stays, and was unable to get horrible charge on Mr Oscar Wilde at his

the out for that purpose. The British craiser be good enough for a Chinamag. Bat huje, away.

ia on the road half-way to Porpoise, coe brigade and won a buman being

was still on the wrong side of Club, the Commitice had the Marquis Cheloo, small bodica of troops are scattered traze, Captain Pelly, is leaving Shang NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN democra even in a or the line when the gun went five minntea it wouldn't seems-80. Although it

Aarrested for libel Ee was, however, co- in every direction, and Marshal Oyama

MAIL lis 00inses resident wants

Becond-class go to 3fel-winds

later for the to

boats. sigh the prevailed in

ratains his headquarters at Kozau, justy operations which may take place. middle of leased on bail," horne,

there le no valid reason why he

behind tho

fortB.

For several wooks peat it has been The Marquis of Queensberry maintains shouldn't bo ju a position to obtaiu faniities. the Harbour, until abreast of Kellet's

Da the morning of the 7th, about four considered likely in well-informed circles If an Englishman is not suffered to seem to faland when the wind froshened. There

as the first-quarter moon set, the DH was not much. incident in the heat posices the whole of China, he gets op what out to the Channel Rock. The buals Macaulay called the bray of Exeter-hall, changed places several times,

except the and the Imperial Navy lete out its molten Steila, which was lust all the way to the

and outs a track for him. But Corze citizen of repute, well-known finish. The Rocks were rounded by the |

Kries and the Payne together, the former in the inside barth having elight adrant. The close up to the

when a a. business man in the city, asks for a sort of passport to visit a dying relative is Melbourne, he is pushed off until the relative age The Ladybird and the Dari were

in

lenders

Brisbane, February 19-The following are the scores in the match Stoddart's XI.

the pharge, and says that his object id, as do feet of fifteen stealthiere, that the Japanese would establish a N.S. W. and Queensland Combined

making it was to save his son.

- (From * Le Courrier d'Haiphong.")

FRANCE AND RUSSIA.

PARIS, March 5. Franco agrees that Russia should send two cruisers to take part in the Baltio fates.

COMBINED TEAM-First "Ieninge Ganiarham, o Ward, b Richardson

Dannell, Humphreya, b Richardson... Gregory, b Richardson Bradley, Philipoa, b Elchardson.......... Turner, b Richardson callaway, a andh Bigge Janes, Philipson. b Briggs................... Autist. Pulpon, Frig

Iredale, nut out

any proclamation to the cont fasued old, Elkeldert, b Briggs.....

ite way through the anchored beous blockade of the Northern parts this essSOR,

as they

to do; but so far hara every right and submarine mined in the eastern chan

no istimation

of such an intention has been nel, and approached the Chinges feet, an- chored close under the southwest corner of iven; and as the first fight of steamors

left Shanghai this morning for the North Liu-kung island.

The attack was not dis- confident that they would be permitted covered until it was on the

point of con- In the ran doyn

sutomation, when furious broadsidos and milested to proceed to their ports of

дов and destination, the Japanese having is dead, and then granted a

denly burst forth from the warshipe into be to the Fairway Buoy, the Payne drew away

eontrary effect, it pastal chuliitions of sentimentalisti

to

the black night, and search lights began to

ERY be assumed that the conquerors of half of despised hurgiars and trampled from the Erica and the Ladybird

Hash out. The Japanese managed to tor Woi-bai-wei and Port Arthur do not intend pied overhaul ber and ultimately passed into began to dana gerroters, whore worry lot in a-pell-isor

pedo two large cruisers and a gunboat, and for the present Leccond place. Tho-Payne passed the

to matablish then to withdraw in safety, according to of the ports open to foreign trade in the any blockado depicted as one of the results of a disjointed

lead of

four minutes. Spain is sending 20,000 men to Cabs to the report that has reached us from the Gulf of Pochili, though sach a measure social system, is a species of crackiem that Buoy with might be given a rest while the authorities from the Ladybird and the Erias, who

nary, Heary firing continued until 7.30, would go a long way towards reducing the were about abreast, with the Dart half suppress a revolt devise means for removing the barbarities to

and afterwards at intervals themghout the Chinese in the Northern provinces to e minute astera. This was the order which travelling Chinamen araubjected. A

of the day,

the Chinese doing consider sists of starvation, China Gazelle to the west end of Stonecotters. Chinaman ought to be treated as a citizen. In the boat up behind Stonecutters, the

able damage to the mainland forts with the 10-inch

guns on the island. Dart got a lacky slant of wind off the mainland, and on passing the east end of Stonecutters passed into eccond place. No

or ordered out. As soon as hoie, the dram can ba beaten again for the gaol bird.

dowa

3

A.M.S. Kdyar's 'Greyhounds' gave a nigger further changes took place. minstrel entertainment at Nagasaki on the Slst alt. Licut. Fitzborbert, R. N., eated

aa manager,

ATIER the surrender of the Feiyang squad- for was announced publio subrcriptions to the Japanese Army and Navy Funds in this country (Japan) speedily pouredin, although for a time very few had been receivod.

―

The boats

made the line in one tack from Stonecutters in the following order: Payse, Dart, Erics, Ladybird, and "Stella. The times at the fish ware:-

眩。

$.

00

Payne (10 marka) 0 00 Dart (À marks)... 0 00 00

Erica (1

mark)...

A

00

00

Ladybird........

A

.00

00

Stella......

0

00 00

SECOND GLANS.

The boats started almost in a calm, but

Tuz damage to the Chen-yuen, which you- wel has been docked at Port Arthur, will there was a nice breese outside and they require two months to complete repairing on gat fate it and carried it all through Her bottom is seriously damaged, met C1 the race. The Seabreeze speedily droppod tensively than was expected. The combobind and Elin and she had a good race mander's room is totally destroyed, by a and tore never very far apart. shell in the battle in the Yalu apa. engine-room and guns are not much injur mainsail was vory baggy and they took in

sreel and somewhat improved matter, bat | Fifin lod all through the race. The beate rounded the Channel Rooks a

eL

The

"CAPTAIN McEuen, in his annual report on the Shanghai Police, says: The total value of property stolon during 1891 was 649,477.61 from this must be deducted

Elfin.....

Seabreeze

M.

2.

11

I 14

12

16

fales and doubtful reports and reporta of and the White Fairway bucy at

property etaten out of limita, amounting to $3,815.07, leaving the actual amount stolen within the limits of the Settlements st $46,327.64. The total ataount recovered by the Police was $44,869,79,'

TEZ cold at Yokohama. on Thursday ·

night.. 21st February, was probably, the Jupan Gazette says, the most intense experienced in Yokohama for many a long day perhaps for many long youte. In the Y. U. C. the lemonade was frozen solid in the bottles. The boy, who has been there nearly a quarter a contary, never remembers Rosing anything similar.

Elfin.

Seabreez

First Class.

Dart 84

89

I

00

30

888 189

M

ŏ

30

6 45

1/7

She's

REVOLUTION IN CUBA,

FATAL DUEL IN FRANCE!

PARIS, March 1.

M. Harry Allo has been killed in a duelī with Captain Chatelier.

THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.

+

(Special to the Chinese Áfaïl.”)

Shanghai, 10th March, 10.12 .. Pin-ko has been captured by the Japanezo.

HARD WORK FOR THE SENDAI DIVISION.

TOILSOME MARCH IN A BLIZZARD.

CHINESE SCUTTLE.

·ABANDONMENT OF WEIHAIWEI FORTS,

·NIGHT ATTACKS BY TORPEDO FLOTILLA.

WARSHIPS SUNK-DESPERATE

́RESISTANCE.

6.

wel and had elill she went to deal with,

0

00 00 00 00

rest

On the 8th a similar attack was made,

Total... dual, a Eichardsan

Beni Tanings Conlagham, Browa, b Richardon M'Danafi, & Philipson, b Feel.

Grezory, o Larea, b Richardson

not f Turner, «Breckwell, b Brigga Inter Calimeray, b Briggs........ Austin, Ward, Brigga

Kibbea, Richardadi.... Jones (deblod).......... Bradley (disabled)----- Sundrica

•Total

ENGLAND int. Inninga.

MacLaren, ow, b Coningtam Enddart, b Consigliars Ford, Bradler, barner.

rings, M'Kibbea Faison, o Iredale, b Austin Richardson, Cegory, Austin.. Lamphreys, not out

alway & Turner.....

IN FORMONA TO BE ATTACKED ? abortly before seven o'clock. The torpedo adhere to our belief, based on the reRBOOS The Kobe Chronicle aaya Wa. still boats came in. That were detected and bad pravicusly advanced, and confirmed by to withdraw under a

a dangerous bail from information which has since reached ne Brockwell, thrown.c the quicktiring guns of the Chinese fest, Exo several sources, that the new expedi Ward, Turac..........

the east entrance to tion is destined for Formosa, to which assembled near

Brown, Coringham, attain ropol attacks. Meantime Admiral Ting

of which has been the object of possession sent all his thirtaca torpedo boats round by the Japaness for yours. However, a week the went to make a counter-attack on the Japanese floot, thinking probably to catch will now decide the question of

destination. It in

ia our opinion that as furious bombard them unawares, while a

there are no good harbours in Formosa, between the island rent was tried ferts and the feat outside. But on round the first news received will be that the ing the west point of the island, the Chi-barbear in the Pascadores as a

Japanese fleet bave taken possession of a base of aese torpedo Atilla found a squadron of operations, from where a dessent upon the the four fastest

detailed to cruisers

to catch them. As the 'amsil fry' could only go 79 would form su admirable base for further Formosa coast would be easy, and which knote against 20 and upwards of the Amia, operations along the Chinese const, Yovine, and similar ships, the counter-at- task was hopeless, and the Chinese turned away at once, under a storm of quick- ficing and machino gana

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SI PEKEN BURNED TO DEATH.

day in a hardware store in the town of London, Feb. 14-A firs occurred yester. Lyan, Massachusetts, &merica. While the Bremen wars at work endeavoring to ex tinguish the fames a terrible explosion took plava which

rent the building. completely Six of

the fireman felt into the flaming savity and wore burned to death,

THE BALTHY AND' NORTH BHA CARALY London, Fab. 13-Arrangements havs been made for the Emperor William of Germany to open the Baltic and North Sea 26 Canal in Juse Rezt,

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This canal, which was begun early in 1831 by the Gereran Emperor, starts at Holtezen, en the north side of Kiel Bay, and joins the Elbe, 15 miles above its mouth. It is 61 miles long, 200ft. vide at the surface, and 185ft. at bottem, the depth being 28ft. The

voat is estimated at £8,000,000.

TERAIBLE HUFFERINGS OF THE SCOTCH COLST.

London, Fab, 13.-The crew of Hall a trawler which was wreaked on the Scotch coast near Wigton had a fourful experience. After reaching the shore they climbed a precipios 50ft high, and then dug noW but, in which they took refuge. When ultimately rescued the whole of the man ware found to be paralysed and frostbitten, and it will be necessary for some limb of

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anch man to be amputated.

FRENCH ARMY MEAT SUPPLIES. London, Feb. 13. An ontory has recently been raised in France at the contracts for tinned meste for the army being given to foreign firms,

As a venit of the agitation a meeting of 3o the French Cabinet was specially summon. ed, at which it was decided that orders should be given forbidding the acceptance of all tenders from foreign dem for the supply of food to the army.

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leaving the island and the fleet to Admiral) the bands of the Japans that the casnot be held. wholly to blame; the mentriot of Jambea, Talaad of Jara, has been equipment of quick-firing- gone."

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WAIFS FROM THE "WAR

Biego, Feb. 27. Three hundred military coolies just re- the stampede to get back through turned to Ujian are the subject of a mixed the narrow and dangerous fairway left denunciation and appest by & correspondent between the booms and wines across of the Masnichi. Nearly all of these optire. the harbour's mouth, they fled westward, ly destitute, wretchedly clothed beings are like so many rats surprised by groyhounds, sufferers from frost-bite, toes and Gagersmens today Mr Bryce, President of the As we watched them file away round the are missing in quite a number of cases. ADMIRAL TING RESOLVED TO DIE. headlands in the direction of Cheloo, wa The garments granted them by the Govern. Bosed of Trade, in reply to a question, sail froth At third-class cast to lay down

(From our Special War Correspondent.) соша

another crainer at Sheerness small guns after them in the distance, and best, these men declare, were confscated that the report of the select ommittee Weihaiwai City, Fab. 9.

by their inspectors; and anch things as ! shipping advised that shipowners should Dockyard instead of the torpedo gaabout kaew that for it could

they When I last wrote, the Japansee army heard afterwards that seven had en de retained were bought at exorbitant rates provide watertight bulkheads, but the Board previously ordered to be built at that

Lis-from those officials. The fact is, presum-

of Trade were quable to compel them to establishment. The proposed vessel will had capurad the eastern forts of

by the feet, while the other six They retained this order to the finish.

men gambled their

be the first of a new type, with a length of managed to run señore as various points, clothing, as thor did the analyy I SLOT TO MURDER EUROPEANS AND OXENDER 325 feet, and will be the largest

third-class where their crowe escaped, only to full into of their wages on the voyage home. The Elfin (10 merke) Q 00 00

cruiser ever constructed for the Royal Navy, Whe (4 marks) G

Government and the Government's officials Eurapean and Chinese residents in the dia- machinery, and will carry powertal Lonem, Fob,-15.-A plot to massacre the She will be fitted with triple-expansion Seabreeze (1 mark)

During the

noticed day wo Tingyuen was The following are cow the points gained army hare fizzled, and the naval struggle is ten little, and to-day she is un-emales of all the Governmost discovered.

down by the themselves have been their worst by the various boate

draisers will now be laid down at Sheerness: making somewhat slow progross-slower st

mistakably absudooed, almost sub pealed to for help in some form, and to see.

Fifty natives have been arrested. A during the now floancial year, any rain than had been expected, though merged, unar the Eastern shore of Liu that the like evils are no longer possible number of chiefs are implicated.

Another attack was made by With crowds of partially incapable and pen- kung

THE NICARAGUA CANAE. Japancae torpedo boste this morning, and niless working men retaining and to return

Quotations London, Feb. 18-Mr Heliory, the obair. The commander of the Sandai Division, shotter cruiser sunk completely, without a new and heavy tax will be foposed on many men of the Nicaragua Canal Committee in ACCORDING to late correspondenas from Woi-

General Sakuma, had wished to push for any loss on the Japanese sido as far as we persons little able to endure it. A far the House of Representatires of the United hai-wel, Col. Nakamura and seven athere

ward on the álst by the direct road along attack before daylight, and withdraw in an especially noticed are waiting at Jizon and sa international control of the canal, as pro- can necertain. The plan appears to be to larger number of poolies than the batch States, says that America will not permit of returned to Japan by the Tokie Mart, in

the shore of the boy, and capture Waibai-hour or ed company with two forsiga and six Japanese We had expected to get the official times wei and the west forts on the heels of the

at other points for s01ed because of] to Japan, when

then posed by the British Government. Gewepaper correspondents, and five forsiga from the Hon. Secretary of the Yacht Club,

Among the prisoners captured on the they will be at unce

London, Fab. 14.A question was asked military attaches. 70 disabled soldiers took but the times were not available to-day, fugitives from the cast. That road, how shore West of this place in Cantonces, their lossess say longer for military the House ot Commons to-day respectlog parenge for home by the Zusage Mar, and we have, therefor, toch obliged to over, could not be traversed unless the Lea well, and appears a very superior class matters in this respect ill, ba

optals of a torpedo-host, who speake Eog purposes. At the conclusion of the war the

coatrol by. the United State of officers, 30 soldiers, and 100 coolies

frightful. the Nicaragua Canal. belonging to the let shidan, who were suffer-in-thad the points without the Chinese Cost could be either destroyed, of man. He was in America for nine Japan basazen comparatively little

Sir Edward Grey, Patilamentary Se Balahing times. Lug from the effent of Doll, were conveyed. Kitten, of the prominent of drawn out to otherwise engaged; has heard has fallen

Peats, back to Ujina by the Owarimaris on the the he de dous tout, has, wo pudar. choir our lights, postal quales, the road 1873 to 1981 tonlusive. He says that it be the truth. Those will be very painfully to the Powers that an international control

studying at various colleges, from minerien of war as yet,

and evea what she orotary of the Foreign Office, in

reply, said that the Caverament represent 20thult, together with 26 Chinese prisoners. tand, been sold by her owner, Capt. Mura

ray, à.D.O., and as she goes to Bangkok -as-meafe by night as by day. On Chinese fast and fight to the end; but he realised it is to be feared in the plentitude wis neodssary. Thaze was NO REASON, Tus foreign military attachés (Dr Taylor, oave to be reckoned on in anis the other hand, it would not do in walt; knew the Nantes, and knew that it was of the culleres that are to come. They added, to suppose that the United States Cal. Wogack, Capt. du Boulay, and Lieut

attempt a Bght have taken their part in inftating untold would withdraw from her teanty engaga. O'Brien) together with the representatives

and so, on the morning of Jan. 31, useless for a 19 koot boat season's racing.

Afartha Oyams sent the Dirisigs in with her. He also states that Admiral suffering upon others; the alimex of war went with regard to Nicaragua. of the Temps, Pall Male Daretts, San

lend by an inc nceivably difiquis read Ting has with him: Admiral McClure and horren at Fort Arthur cannot deaden EANER AND MADAGASCAR-ENGLAND MOL Francisco Chronicle, and New York Herald Sous snterprising Okinawan has hose in among the monatatus, to get late four other foreigners-Schnell; a Carmen Heation upon all that preceded it in the (Mostra, Legurier,”

Artillery

lery instructor, who has been here o carlier conquests and occupations. The con- Ward, Smith, and O'Shea) f the habit for some time past af calling at the walled ofty from the west, or Che time; Howie (American); Anomas and quarora" by a natural law of retaliation

London, Feb. 17.-The Earl of Kimber BAROMETER returned to Japan from Wei-hai wel by the foreign. houses at Shanghal, representing foo road. The weather grew stormy,

Segretary of State for Affairs, Do. Tokioriarts on the 31th all. Lient. Benoem himself us cant by either the Waterworks and now fell: ab intervale all the time Meadows (Eualish), who some recently utat bear their part as well,Hiogo News. has made a communication to M. Mazofaux,

Do.. (U.S. Army) and Me Cowen, the Tracs Company or Gas Company to test the fittings coupled by the march, with a gortherly from Chefon. Maadows is believed to be a

the French Correspondent,

did not necompany thom, on the premiest, and thon, when he got the gala-that rebra like darts into the epos, esgman who resently left a British war-

Miestor fox War, in regard to TMZ

Do having gone found to Chofu. Surgeon epportunity, of walking of with some and swept the boot into deep drifts chip. Thses £re pay vielis every day to in ble manual address to the Manchester Lord Kimberley notifies that in connection Colonel Taylor and Caps du Boulay pre portable artide of property or other. In between the bare ridger. I need not all the ships in turn Ting and his sub- Chamber of Commerce the President; Bir with the French expedition against the

Do geeded to Tokio at once, but Cal, Wagsak is his way a large number of houses, chiefly describe in detail the hardships and suffer orcistes bave made up their mind to dia Forboe Adem, said they all hoped the war Malagens, Great Britain does not declare staying with Me de Woundrich, the Busalan in Hongkow, were plundered by this minvesings of that marsh saffice it to say that here. There are also at Lausungtau two would era long bear condition. It bar neatrality, and that she does not pros Consul at Kobe and Lieut, O'Brien was' aj spoken thiet; the robberies extanding over a | inataad of thres hogra få took thres Guys.

non-combatants, Dr Kirk. And Mr Rovatd. was evident Japan did not intend listening vant Beltish shipowners from carrying period of nevoisi mYRIÁL

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