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Tuesday, January 4, 1898.

Bin Nicholar Hammen is to leave Bhanghai for Bangkok on the 14th inst.

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COLLISIONS IN THE HA] BOUR. At the Harbour Mastor's Offico to-day, Hon. Comitandor R. M. Bunsoy con-, The total eclipse of the sun will be obsces ducted enquiries into the cirquinstances od in Ipdis on the 22nd inst.

connected with three collisions in the harbour.

Ausaqments are being made for lighting the Sepme Court by means of electricity.

Hainau.

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'REUTER'S: TELEGRAMS.

(SUPPLIED TO THB "China"MAIL"}

LONDON, January 2, 1808, GREAT BRITAIN AND EGYPT.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE GRAND HOTELLIGENCE. APPLICANT IN TROUBLE,

GALLANT RESCUE AT SEA

Shanghai, Deo. 28.

DEATH OF DR LEGGE The Rev. Dr James Leggo, Professor of Chinese in, the University of Oxford,

THE EXTENSIÓ

The question of t territory at Kowloof has

of sound comment lors during

At the Magistracy to day, before Me II, Keratatt, reports having experienced strong

The Prosper, Captain Thurstons, from E. Wodehouse, G. II Schwalms, the ap-N, W. winds, with hard squalls, all through and Fellow of Corpus Christi College,To the ordinary public this matter, plicant for the Grand Hotel ligence, was the passage, At 10 am on Friday she died on 20th Nov., after a brief illness, something now perhaps. But out.

passed Amherst luck, and shortly after No. The Warwick and Lineshshire Regi charged with obtaining $500 by false pre-3 pilot cuttor aiguulled har to stop and taket hir house in Roble-turmies, Oxtured wet Fine Hosen to con The first enquiry was into the collision insats have been ordered to Wady-Halfa,tences from Kok Chi Hing, commission on board some shipwrecked people. The Profe of Legge was boin at Huntly, Aber- the British Government for a considerable ment in Hongkong and of negotiation by hetween the steam launch Rising Star and whence they will probably advance to agent, of Binniarck and Co., 18 Fraya vesel was accordingly stapped and six man deenshire, in 1815, and, fui cooquently time past Berlin has taken up the scho, fishing boat at 5.20 p.m. on 29th De- Abu-Hamned. The Cameron Highlanders Contral, on 3rd inst. The dafundaut protect of a junk bound from reached the ripe age of nearly eighty with Germany's notion at Kine din its

taken on board. Those men were

and angines that it has se connection The French cruiser Descartes and the gun-comber. The master of the fishing bout have also been ordered to be in readiness aented a letter purporting to have been Newchwang to Shanghai, which was wruck two years. He was educated at Huntly is, of course, quita hoside the mark, tough boat Surprise are at present a Hoilow in wil he was going from Yaumati to lung to procced to the front, and the Seaforth writton by the German Consul, in that day. When passing the Tungsha untared King's College, Abordeer. Univer is willing to decede to the proposals is taken al on the Arindue Tacks at 6.30a.m. and the Grammar School, Aberdeen, tho suggestion that the Chinese Government hom, and the Star launch was crassing Highlanders at Malta proceed to Egypt quence of which he received the money.lightship the Prosper sighted the wreck from Hunghong The collision touk place These movements are due to the news that The Police have recovered 8400 of the floating battam up about two miles N sily, in 1852, graduated M.A. in 1835, to aquiesce in the zetion of Germany at as auguring well for this readiness of Peking off the Polise camber. A buy teen Dervishes at Omdurman are preparing toonuy.

of the light vossul, srith a number of studied subsequently at Hightmy TheKichow. The Colayne Chazalia goon, as months old, was drowned. The master of

men on the button and the sc wash- the Rising Star mid he saw the boat 150 advance northward. La

fur us to ask if British policy has attain- yards off and blow his whistle and showed the His lowman called out to the junk origincs. to keep

out of the way, and he did not s H. The junk was going straightenswards. The Rising Star was found to blame, and the master's certificate was suspended for a month.

Enquiry was made into the circumstances connected with the sollision between the steam tag Te and a fishing bont, off the Central Market Wharf, about fia.tn. on MB C. W. Boyd Kynnersley, Esq., Acting 29th December. Tas master of the Fate Chief Justico at Singapore, is Deputy Go-was exonerated (for all blaso.

anate of the steam beach Yong Z, which ran into a usage boat about one and a half launetes legth from Haagh wharf, was cutioned to be more careful.

H.M S. Undaunted, Alyerine and Duplans looked inta Chefoe on the 17th December, bat filled up with coal and left ihurriedly on Sunday, the 19th.

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Me Mathunine, the Russian Boundary Commissioner in Ussuri, is to succeed Mr de Spayer in Corea, and he is expected to arrive there this month.

remor of the Straits Suttlements during the absenca of Sir Charles Mitchell in India,

Taz Russian ships Rurik, Paraúl Amova,

Kreiser and Koreefs wern at Nagasaki on | Tuz N. G. Doly News of the 30th Doc the 30th Dec. 11.M.S. Redpate had always—General Dubeffakol, Governor-Gen arrived there from Port Hamikou.

II.M.B. Edgar, with roliefs for the China squadron, arrived today from home, hay:

The ing left. Singapore on 30th Dec. torpedo bont destroyers Fame and Whiting are coming up via Saigon,

Os the 29th December, H.M.S. Plove received orders to sail at ence from Sin- gapore For the Coast of Borneo. The Plover goes in connection with the Salleh Affair.

-eral of the Aiaur provinces, left Nagasaki for Shang in the Khabarocku, mad will ge on hang from this in the French mail on Saturday, General Kuropatke na Governor-General during his absence, with Gemersi Grodeko ne his deputy,

RUSSIA AND CORNA,

It is announced in St. Putersburg that M. Aloxief is inreated with authority to promets Rasse-Corena commeres in com- petition with Great Britain and Japan, rd to construct an Orthodox Church at Seoul.

(Indo-Chine Frangula) THE FRANCO-JAPANESE PREATY.

PARIS, Dec. 25. Parliament has ratified the commercial treaty with Japan.

nil in

drath

the

Kok Cha Hing, commission, gent, stateding over them. The ship inmediately logical College, London. He started aved this mall or great success in rotum for Ou 3rd inst., at 10.20 am, defendant horg down to their assistance, and missionary to the Chinese in 1839, but, a promise to China of diplomatic support

with considerable dificulty and some came to my house. Defendant produced a nununt of danger, owing to the ship water Chius was not yet open to Bumpers, gainst Geraux, or has it been detailed he remained at Halaces three years, and granted as compensation in advance. latter written in German. I looked at the fant heavy sea, gut close to the wreck and being in chargo there of the Angle for the supposed permanent occupation by Leller which stated the German Consul wes by the scent ofliver, two engineers, went to Hongkang, where hiature neither suggestion has anything to do with launched one of the lifelicats, "tunned Chinese Collage. Subsortesity he Goruny! We my omphatically any that willing to lend him $1000. Defendant aid and the boatswain, which recorded in

was a very well-known oso for the og kong is not by any theses in the defenceless the matter. Equally we may say that Hony I have already got $1000; I want 8500 taking off nine of the men, who were period of over thirty years. He soon be

an extremely exhausted state. came a student of Chinese, and apate adition that has been put forward in mony to buy a tavern. I said, 'If you Two men, who had gone mad with the several of tho southern dialects, and so im statement that we publish elsewhers. want the money to do business I can privation and exposure; were luft un the preces wan ho with the necessity of is frontier line may, in all probability, be The lend it to you.'' I went into my wreck, though every possible eflirt was tonurios being able to enter into the ideas made more sueure by the proposed exten rom, filled in a cheque on the Hongkong mile to save them. The survivors report and civilisation of the Chinese, that, be basion on the mainland, but that extension

ol and Shanghai Bank and handed it to the jonk's bottom and drowned that moring, task completed a few years only before in required for extansing of stocks. Wade

that saven man were washed off the

gan a translation of the Chinese classics, a is primarily dosir baevuse the land is defendat. The cheque was marle payable to Me Selwain. Dofeniant gave me an among whom were the inster, mate, and Ife was, indood, an indeftigable not wish to undorostirante tie value of the LO.U. in return for the sum of $500. He native doctor who had taken pamage in worker, and Recoil to do an inorfinate extuuston from this military point of view also wrote me a letter promiving that he the junk. The men were sent to the junk's amount with only about half thorest required but it is apt the only pressing part. The would give me the job of

ngent on arriving at Shanghai. The wreck by other mea. enging scamen

He was aluset invariably in out of view is that the proposed cession for him in the event of his being able to

was drifting seaward, and is considered a

his study at the anrly hour of three ata.

is neither due to a scary as to the adequacy get the

and retired at ten pin. job of shipping master. He then unger to navigation.

When he

of Hong Kong's defences, not to tho got up Captain Thorstenson and has ofEcors de- A collision has accurred between two want away. At 12.30 p.m., on the a

in the morning the first thing he did action of Germany in the north of serve every commendation for the manner in Paris-Marseilles Axpress trains.

clay. I went to the German Cussalate, to which the rescue of these unfortunate men spirit-lamp. Then he worked away at his ing & landing is Iungkong would pro- Foar

was to make himself a cup of ten, over a Chine. The chateo of an enemy attempt deaths are reported. Fourteen porns regarding the letter I had gone up to and danger actendant, and it is a matter for Many volumes of his translations hasa up our boundary, but we have to likewiss re-

se the Consul. From what the Consul

was carried at in the face of the difficulties translations while all the household slept.aily bas rumoved it Miss Bay was within were injured. The women of the killed make inquiries about, the Coasul unu eticore regret to all those gentlemen that peared, the last six in the series of The meaaber that we have quite as good a chance are:-M. Mathelin, naval engineer; Caruso of the promise in the letter dethey were compelled to leave without saving Sacred Books of the East, edited by Pro- of proventing his doing as at present as ha Prager was in only four fathers of water Clarendon Press at Oxford. The best gestion that certain islands to the auth- the two man who had gone mad, but as the Fesser Max Müller, and published by the has of accouplishing it. So, too, the sug von Ieper, German Consul-I am the son was running so high as to make testimony to the value of this work is that ward of Hong Kong are necessary from acquainted with defendant. He has been the position a highly dangerous me to the contained in the preface to the monu tho atautogie point of view must surely be deck in my office for about nine months ship and boat's crew, Captain Thorstenser mental Chinese Dictionary of another beside the mark, The War Office, during the absence of my Scorotary. He very pretest por actantly, to the Chinese Scholar, Mr H. A: Gilos, late take for granted, does not purpose spend boat and left the pour creatures to their of H.M. Consular service, who saya ing this sums requisito to establish forti s to be my clerk when my secretary fate. After the Prosper left the wreck may well take this opportunity to acknow foutions on some half-dozen of these or of came back by the German wall in De-

small isolated garrisons in the. abia achievements of De Legge. Beforo

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

PARIA, Dec. 26,

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tain Lota, Professor Steger, and M. Blouct, commandant of the cruiser Fondre.

(Le Courrier de Brisyon,) FAR EASTERN POLITICS.

PARTA, December 27.

went to the Central Police Station. It was

feudant showed me that I was, willing to lend the money.

I

It is stated with assurance in London (cember. I did not promise to lend hiringpo jcuk was acen steering towards it, lodgo my deup obligations to the imperish whore they would be of advantage to the

Tan following native dispatch was received hore yesterday (angn the N.-G. Dưily News of the 26th Dec.) from Tinghai, the chief town in the Chusan islands-On the 27th instant there were eleven British men-of- war in the vibuity of the islands, viz: Hoven in an intes to the S.E. of Tinghai, while four more were reported to be at an Muthor at Panten, one of the islands of the archipelago, The British slips seemad to

constantly on the move, going and com.that the British have landed troops ni Che. frequent intervals, but apparently mulpo to reinstate Me Melcavy Brown, the ship is at an inlet, for that place the Countroller of the Corean Customs in seems to be the rendezvons for the others. There have, however, been na landing place of M. Alexiuff. The reinstatement parties anywhere except to get water and accomplished, the British propose to or fresh provisions from the people of the

cupy the entrance of the Yangise-Liang

Os the 27th Decembor, Mr T, R. Jernigan, the retiring U.S. Consul-General at Shang- hai, was presented with an illuminated address by the American missionaries resi. dont in his district. The presentation was made by Dr A. P. Parker, why spoke in highly complimentary terms of Mr Jernigan's support during his tenure of

office

Tur huge dimensions and imposing ap. pearance of the Powerful have given rise to doubt in some quarform as to whether the Lig warship would be docked at Kowloon.

ing at

inlet.

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und to threation Tallenwan.:

Paris, December 28: The English journals deny that any ultimatum has been presented by Great Britain to Corsa and the landing at Che malo. They believe that the course of events in the Far East will not load to

Tur Shanghai Merity of the 28th Dec. sags:-Yesterday Foo Chong, the well- known coal-merchant, speculator in opian, metala, cte, muspended payment. Ilis liabilities reach Tis. 300,000, against which his agacts are variously estimated at Ts. 250,000. His failure is believed to be due to over-speculation in shares of all descrip- tions, besides losses in his own hauntess hostilities. It is thought that the Settlement af the 31st inat. will be considerably hampered

$1000.

A few days before ha leit my o that there is some hope that the men service, I gave him a certificate in Gorman, wore eventually savod.-.-C. Daily News. stating I had been satisfied with his servicess wed I'dismissed him because of the

retur

ARRIVAL OF H.M.S. POWERFUL. efeu ho had aone debts, and he asked mo of my secretary. When he came to my

The first-class cruiser Fanerfed arrived to land him $100. I refused. I novor in t

in Hongkong harbour yesterday by the any further conversation with a slout byemuu Pass entance, after a royage lending him money,” When he joined me ho described himself is a native of Germany. frout Portmouth of about three months On 3rd January shortly after one o'clock duration. The cause of the protracted voy pronise Mr Schwalm $1,000?' He said flatge was last witness came to me and said 'Did you

the desire expressed by the Ir Schwalm hal said that if he coull get colonists of the many British ports that $500 from some one else, the Gorman the largest man-of-war afloat should visit Cousut would

give

$1,000. The fast wit. ass said this piece of paper was signed by these ports. She started on her maiden voyage from Portsmouth on October 7, and the German Consul.

Kok Chu Hing was recalled, and said the first touched at Las Palous in the Canary letter purporting to be from the German

dcm paper.

and upon instructions received from home The case was adjourned till Friday at Simons Town proceeded to Port Eliza morning

beth, East Londos aud Port Louis (Mauri tias). At all these ports she was visited by thousands of people. From Mauritius the Powerful sailed to Colombo, arriving there on 7th Decomber. She rude a pro- tonged stay at Coluitte, and arrived at

his time no one seemed to know what acca Colony in having them attachant

Hong- rato translation from Chiness into English long would ho to prevent gambling being Bennt. Now a faithful rendering with curried on thero. Hongkong Chiness fre ordinary reservations of the whole of the quant them, and it is not to the Colony's Chinese Canoa is the property of the world advantage that they should not do so. There nested with the China trule, amongst mary's action in Kis-chew aurl the pra In 1876 several gentlemen non-is no connection, howover, botwaen Ger- at large,' whom the late Mr Jns. Banks Taylor was pound extension of Kowloon by including indefatigable, formed themselves into a

a pordon-of Chinese territory that is of of. a Chair n the Chinese Language commition to promote the establishment little value to China.-L, and U. Express, and Literature at Oxford, and on their hours necting with the necessary fioas-- and the choice fell by general con- chal Вирроть, the Chair was founded, sent on Dr Legge as the proper person to responded to the proposal, Corpus Christi its first neespant. The Unirority also Collage contributing the emoluments of a

LATE TELEGRAMS.

(Times of

TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF IDUM BULLETS.

Indore, December 13.The Dam-Dum There are several men wounded with this bullet has proved to be only too effective. bufios in the overcrowded hospitals at

Wa ára Basured that there need be no the mapping of this solid link in the RESIGNATION OF THE JAPANKS 7 Congul was written on a sheat of memoran-Grup. Thence she made for the Cape, fellowship, and the Chair was constituted Rawalpindi, and the wands from it are

chain of sharo dealers. Several of the doubt on the subject. The water is deep native hankers have seized his books, and are examining into his accounts. A meet- enough and the large dock big enough ting will shortly be held to ascertain the tako in the Powerful, and when she return possibilities of carrying him over the diffi from the north she, will go into dock for culty, and it is hold that he will be able, if suficient time is given him, to meet his cleaning and general overhaul.

Jiabilities.

CABINET.

The Japanese Cabinot has resigned. The Japaneso feet has not left Nagasaki, na stated in a previous telegram.

WEATHER REPORT.

The following netice is issued from the Observatory:-

It is stated by L'Indo-Chine Francaise that Warso on the fath Dec, from Chungking. -Mag-dinh-phu, who was the leader of then correspondent of the Chiu Greffe says:

The city of Kiang Peb-ting, which may

On the dch at 11.30 5. The barometer has rinters in the rescut emende at Haiphons almost bo called a suburb of Changing richn on the Chins coast, with high pressure and who represents himself as the repro- being soparated from it only by the breadth covating N. China Gradients moderate un sentative of the Mae Dynasty, has been arof the Kia Ling river, keeps up its reputas the coast, slight but increasing in the Chins

inat, as Dr Woolacy, of the Methodist winds; cloudy, probably some light rain. Episcopal Mission, was going there to dis-

› has conferred, and amongst his effects wa

by

found the chop with which his proclama penso medicine, he was rudely hustled Ox the 21st Dec., about 11 o'clock, fire

tions were signed, Papers were also seized hasing-referons to the affair of 15th- and 16th December last

one of

the

the crowd and treated to a shower of stones, of which struck him on the face, inflict ing an ugly though not a dangerous wound, The American Consal tank the matter up onergetically and had the ringleaders all burat to the ground, together with the another of which came before the writer's promptly punished. It is ever hoped that this little insident may lead to the Amouri. was discharged iron Hospital to-day, lascan Methodist Episecpal Miaston gaining a

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ent in the open

air of the Scottish bills rather than in tho

An.

MORE V.C.'. Burabay, December 17.It is stated as

Professor Leggo was given as recently as later, of the Gordon Highlanders, of the in March, 1876 The last public lauture of dreadful. The piper hero, Corporal Find- Oct. 23 lust. Other honours conferred on famous Dargai ausalt, is one of the Dam. which conferred the LL.D. degree in 1870, sakle of the right foot with a Dam-Dura him-Wero by the University of Aberdeen, Dam victims, tle was woonáed in the and the University of Edinburgh a similar bullet, and it literally smashed the bones THE PLAQUE IN YUNNAN.

title in 1884. The funeral takes place to to pulb. The poor fellow's foot has had to ANOTHER DEVASTATINO EPIDEMIC.

minary service in the chapel of Mansfield other piper of the Gordons, Corporal Milno, day at Wolvercote Cemetery, after a proli-be amputated just above the ankle. Chungking, Dec. 15. We have and news of the black plague

College. bhaving broken out in Eestis Yannan, and

Though a man of strong views, parti-which struck him on the right of the knee was wounded with a Dum-Dum bullet the people of the Hccle city of Chan-I-Choo,

cularly on the matter of Nonconformity, and travelled down to his foot and sashed few days east of the capital, in facic, Singapore op 29th Dozembar, and after a

donths having occurred in two months. short stay sailed for Hongkong, arriving here with his countenance, which would have follow's leg has also been amputated just ho was evor of a kindly anturo, in kooping all the bones in its course. This poor Coins cannot be supplied as saticient at 1.15 pan, yesterday (inl). The Tins earned for him the recognition of a farmer above the kuce. numbers and the people are throwing the dead bodies to the dogs. The wife of the of Ceylon states that she has a theatrical or sportsman, with a life spent rested in the Province of Hai-duong. Hetion for rowdyism On Tuesday, the 7th Sen. Forecast:-moderate to frosh N.E. Chan-I-Cheo Magistrate sought refuge in company on board, managed by Mr Wtropics and in the study. He was simpli-highly probable that Captain MacInty

city of Kub Teing-fu but failing was compelled to return to the infected Sines, Warrant Offeer, and that they gave city itself, and with his frosty silver bar, fand Surgsoa-Captain Selby, of the 2nd city, but died on the way thither,

performances at the several ports of call. keen blue eyes showing out under bushy Gurkhas, will both recive the Vistada All kinds of Chinese exped:onth are being The crow contains some very good singers. Two stories are recorded of hire sed mon-was retiring from Waran

brows, always attracted all who saw him or

Cross, for gallantry while the rear-guard broke cut in a warehouse at the Yokohams tried to arrest the spread of the disease, and there is a remarkably fine and on tioned in an obituary in one of the daily Railway station and quickly spread to the mong others the proclaiming of a New board. The following remarks from the

THE COST OF THE FRONTIER OPERATIONS. papers that may well be repented. The adjoining storphouses, which were nearly Year. Alas! For Chinese superstitions, sama paper will be of interest;

kdatio, December 13.Assuming that first notes his simplicity, which sometimes the tribes settle down, and that fighting Since the ressel has already been dea- led to awkwardness. He always said what costes at the end of the present month, the soonnulation of goods stored with in them. notice n'few wɩolia ago. It was the case of

cribed so often, and since almost everyone he thought, and it was fortunate that his mintice aparalons are sestimated to cust The luss suffered by delivery companies his hand at Ham leo to mo his aged and must have seen one or more pictures of her thoughts were so bind and acce

military mandarin hot with on his way f and owners of thegoods-is estimated to be-

Home about three and a luilf crores fran Fong, thore times he extricatel-himself (mina fuuz var

Bombay, December 13-it is my ese lion yen, much silk, rico, salt, etc., being estimation of his brother offers as dutiful would appear little mure destroyed. The fans word subdued after car because he was going to have a slice of All the demeriptions we have seen, how. He was givan tu tako doan, to dinnor a the Gevertinent thene ako, half crore Lever, have been of such a technical nature he was formally charged with the muntar, the Chinese in the settlements are getting goods destroyed by fire or water a large given iz to the old lady to eat as a

A LOCAL correspondent points out that about one hour and a half. Besides the his own flesh cut from his arm and bare that the ordinary layman gains little by as told,' said he, with the landness of rupees to the end of December... excited over the prisont aspect of affairs, quartity was stolen. The origin of the mesue of enabling her to row her youth. riding them. To understand the points of deaf person,

the oldest lady Bombay, December 23-Genurut s magnificent ship it is necessary to present. Then as the storm gathered onmond has visited Fort Man Ali and in the rabarbs are beginning to exfire has not been discovered, but is I gave him the name of a missionary understand the role of the cruisor as com the lady'e brow he suddenly realised bis Masjid. He found the road unit und and press thair foeling towards foreigners in thought to have been the result of a coolie friend near his home and as there are two All the partics lived together in a house at

anything but a pleasant manner. A few No. 24 Shelley Street, the property of the | days ago a lady was passing by the Weighting a fire to warm himself, in the-im-Canadian and one Amuiom medical men | Pyren with that of the battleship. The offence, and said with the utmost swant the Fass deserted. MORE

Gate on her bicyce, when a Chinese mediate vicinity of some alcohol-Japan within a stage of his hous it is to be hoped functions of the latter are mainly to take nesa, and hard I am beginning with one of

-they will dispel such susped illusions of therefore be very heavily armed and pro.come one asked him at a dino how do Orakasis kaya pad their fines fully,

Twenty man of ber place in the line of battle, and she must the youngest." The other relates

have Rifles, who Spanish Procumtion, by whom they were

up to her and deliberately spat in stapped

if ho curs from his mind.—China Gazette Cor

party employed. About eight o'clock on the her face. On Wednesday a gentleman was

tastod. The cruiser is mainly for the pro had not been left an enormous fortune for Bombay, December 13.-The first brigade tastion of commerce, the destruction of the work amongst the Chinese hy somo, obe or of the divisional troops has crossed a difficult morning of 14th Nov., a young Chinet passing along the same road, also on a MANY a story of Dr. Chalmers is told in

bicycle, when

SENSATIONAL NEWS. Chinese soldior belonging Edinburgh. but this one is not an well-

enamy's commerce, and scouting,

another. In fact,

Ah, yoa, said De Logre, and

into the Wars Valley, soverely pass into boy entered the house, and found the to an official procession that was coming known as some: Lady Betty Cunningham,

erufsori are to the feet HOW IT IS MANUPALTURED IN SHANGHAL

the Akakhek. 160 towers were woman and her son quite dead from farge from the opposite direction, tried to thrust having had some differance of opinion with

The following interesting editorial para- and ability to keep to the ass for a long time to gesing placidity: She was a tipe vergone saying killed, and five cavalry are to the army. There what then be mentioned a sum the magnitude of

speed which made all stars. When he had given pemy ware surprised as tha rest the fact, he went on with Zakkahels were joining them. Our manual. outs supposed to have been inflicted by a stick in the hind wheel of his bicycle. the parish minister, instead of putting her

Last Sunday morning (Doc. 28) while a lady usust contribution in the collection plate, graph is culled from the Shanghai Italy time without needing to cual, are the

bis vausl very sharp Japaneso sword. Lam Clu

was passing along Yangtzepos Rand by the merely gave a stately bow. This having Press of the 28th December

essential qualities of a cruiser. This will daar, good old lady, but I had a great deal wounded occurred several Suntlays in succession, the

how how it is that the Fowerful is not of trouble over her affairs. And when all

-KÄNNETSINUSI SGAIX ATTACKED-WITH- opposite ran after her calling her indecent elde

The must-exciting mura have been crore heavily armed and is not more was unravelled it was found she had really

ASHINA. Dames. This sort of thing is getting very patience and blurted out: "We cud dae common, and unless it is quickly put a

London, December 12-Ranjitsingil is- wi' less o' yer manners and mair ayer holidays, and various officials are reported which is only 200 tons bigger than the On the contrary, I found myself liable for again attacked with asthma, and is confined

to have received telegraphic information to Powerful, can send a troadside of a tox stop to, serious trouble may ensco.-N.-C. silver, ma feddy.' Dining on one cocasion

some hundred pounds' worth of debts.to his room. at the house of a nobleman, De Chalmers the effect that when H. M.. Pique loit Woo and a half of metal, whereas a broad and J. Express. Daily News.

happened to repeat the anecdote, wirere sung, she joined the British squadron comido discharge of the Powerfil would

LAM Chu Wa, the Shelley Street raurderer,

ing reanvored from the largo wound self. permanent footing in the city of King Peh. very great; it is said not less than a mil- infirm mother. He stood high in the in the illustrated to say about her. I by au artfulness as simple as his offence. {timated that the irontier troubles will cost

inflicted in the throat. At the Magistracy,

on 14th November, of a Chinese woman

Cheung Tak (66) and hor son Le Fat (28),

ย

Mau.

Sure

this.

Luity

who was sensitive about her age. 'I

to tako down

Wa was found bleeding profusely from a Paper Mills, some buys from the villagoder-in charge of the plato at buat lost culated around the settlements during the protected. The battleship the Majestic, nothing to leave. It was quite a delusion.

Largo wound in the throat.

VIS AT THE Doors: At Koroloon H.LG MS. Moevo, Uranus, Hervano, H.M.S. Swift, Bygdo, Litobfield;"

Aberdeen(Nono). Compitan-West York; Hankow.

LooAL Composers, 6 Pieces, by Omage, Ward, &c. Xona 1897. Price, 81.00.- W. Robinson & Co.

THE FROSTIER DIVLI RÉANCES,

REVELATIONS REGARDING. THE DEETIES... CASE. Paris, Dacombs 12. --The Intransigeant

Una French contemporary, the Echo de upon the host, in a not-over-well-pleased posed of thirteur of the largest Lien-of-war, he only 1,300 lbs. of metal. Tuking those Tas Chako, from Swatow, reported on ar- Chine, discusses in its issue of the 20ne, said: “Are you aware, Dr Chalmers under Admiral-Buller--which had oongrow uparisözu into consideration, one may rival at Shanghai lab wook that c Dodd professes to reveal the secret documents that Lady Batty Is a relative of mine gated first at the Chusna. The Euct naturally ask why build a ship of such island she took six men off the wreak of a upob which Dreyfus was condemned, and December the chain Englishmen cam- was not aware, my lord," replied the docter, then sailed for Korea and made a demon enormous tonnage and proportionately junk, and the Neischtang, froin the same states that letters were exchanged between placently make, if China is to be partitioned, hut, with your permission, I shall mentration

Chomulpo. Men were and small artament? The answer is: Her to the Yangtze Valley. Ignoring altogether the fact that it was Eugend that throw in the fact the next time I tell the and marched to Seoul, when Mr ability to keep to the seas, report, reported saving three shipwrecked Dreyfus and Emperor William, which word

MeLeary atory,"

Brown Wasritated

stolen from the German Embassy The 01Junkmed. action," ... amount of steaming posible Ciina open to the commerce of the world,

Financial Advisor to the Korean Govern- without coaling, and her speed. Her enor: A PEEING despatch reports that the Em-threatening a rupture of relations. The

Ambassador doraanded their return it points out that English interests in Chins A casures in the Malay Mail talks thus i ment, the Korean authorities being thus mas capacity enables an amount of cou! perar will appoint General Tung Fohsiang, letters were photographed. are principally concerned with imports, conmissione, and transport. The two diner The Editor says Sir Frank Swettenham man who had succosded Mr Brown the annals of warships, and affords the soldier wha crushed the recent Mahom

Who is to succeed Sir Charles Bitchell compelled to dismiss the Russian genths to be stored in her

unprecedented in Tar German steamer Sudor loft Nanski Chiriso tea silk, go to Rusia rehellion in Kanse, to be Generalic- My face is my fortare,' she said, with for Kiaothow en the 19th Dec., with 800 and France respectively. As to importe, Conscientious. At first I had some doubt Bussna. It is difleul to vnsity, this horse-power of 25,000. Her great height vince and at hanhaikuan. Arropes of manager, as he signed a contract with the eino of the imperio! forsas in Chibli pro enthanam. No doubt of it, said the coat, na woll an 800 packiges of provisions, intorester are cotton goods, iron manufac.about the correctness of the Editor's selec-story at present and most of the Consular | above the water, and great forecastle, the above, an Imperial edlot of the 28th boarded lady. tona of Cardiff and 1,300 tons of Japanese the principal ones in which Eugland is for the German Navy in Kiaochow Bay.

tion; but a Estly bird whispery that Motivere denied being in receipt of such cable her to keep the sea and fire her Dec. grants the above-named the privilega and opium, and a fatal blow has been Belfield has ordered a carriage and pair news. Severud hare, however, received gans where it would be. impossible for of riding on horseback in the Forbidden from Singapore. Would he be likely to important information from Korea re the ships of smaller dimensions to do so. City. General Tang is now in Peking, In accordance with the recommendation of † industries in Chino, the depreciation of order a carriage and pair'aniess he expect action of the British fleet, and it is Thus she is rendered independent of nowhere to arrived about a fortnight ago | In accordance Matmiralty, the Government ailver, and the formidable competition of od to us Residunt in Selangor for some generally believed that the British and sealing stations to a much greater ex-Ervin Kausu.-N.-O. Daily News,

Germany and the United States. intends to appoints Naval Attaché to the commissions England has hitherto earned

The time to come ? I think not. Thers in no squadron is at Chemnipo. The Edar toot than any other cruiser Gorman Legation in Yokolina. The

would bo dopoled in time of war to play appointment of Sir Frank Swettenhara bost destroyers are steaming as fast as pos the native buyer are being inore and mora threatened by German competition; and by

and the proscat situation in China ara appointment, and G. Express.

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REPUBLIC are proverbially ungrateful, and Tas Emperor of Japan sent an autograph outchiest Goveniment, it seems, same latter of condolence to the King of Korea times go to the other ostrus and shows on the occasion of the State Tutera) of the there is any call for. Thus we hear much pomp resently. more gratitude for services rendered than late Queen, which was celebrated with so that the house-be of a Yokohama es

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steady development of the Japanese Nave as broker between the Europea seller and a carriage and pale in Taiping, nafton and Powerful, and two forge the tart of a freelance, scouring the seas Ar Iohang correspondent writes to the IBARGUTER. regarded as furnishing good reasons for ș the Chinese taking direct trade into their Bood Governur will be plessing to the sible for the North. It is to be hoped that and "destroying the enemy's cruisers and ND. Daily News It is not often onenotes people of Singapore. That Mr Trea. the news is correct and that Lurd Salishary commeren. Her speed would nails her to what goes up or down in the way of cargo, own hands; and so the English houses in chor is one of those fortunate individuals has at last had the backbone to reply to escape any battleship. Being 600 feet ut & couple of weeks ago a big bit of TERMUMSTIA-ə dadless 100 the small ports are one by one disappear without making enemies. Somebody once by the Russian notion in Kores in respectum draught of 27 fest, she is the largest This was the machinery for the mint which who manage to occupy a high position the delibarata insult offered to the British long. 71 feet in boam, and with a maxi-fight which is worth mentioning went up. Even a large part of the Tas Quoon rescited as Windsor Castly on ing.

capital 80 Nov., Sir Chih Chen Lofanglagh, employed in the transport businesadcaczibed him as a typical English country to the forced disrrissal of Mr MoLeavy man-of-war afloat: One naval feature on 18 to bo established at Chengtu, to coin)

hir is that the 22-ton gans are worked by dollars, etc., for Szechuan. Some of the K.V.O., Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-native: To take the river ports, for in-gentleman; the description was a good one,

electricity. Her cool capacity is 3,000 pieces were very heavy and unwiolely, and nister Plenipotentiary from China, win atouse; at Chinking there are two English

Lens, and, stowed in her bankers, it affords it was a busines getting them first, on to Was Introduced to Her Majesty by Si houses of no importance; at Wahu, none;

additional protection against shot or shell. the Hightors and then on the fute that was Thoces Sundarson, I. C.B., Undor Beare at Riskiang, one agency regulating under

The following is the list of the officers of to take them up. One hopes they got Letter from the Emperor of Chins, thank. Ab Hankow British trado plays only as tary for Foreign Affairs, and presented at the shadow of two great Russian tes-firmas.

the Powerful Uaptain the Hon. Hedworth safely to their destination. Lambton, Commanders A. P. Ethelston and ing the Queen for Her Majesty's portrait pressed and subordinate part. The Russians Her Royal Highness Princess Honty of have the whole of the tea business, and the aident has been much surprised by TRE provincial, Korean is said by recent Nicholas, F. G. Egerton (6) AW-complished by the Magnificant at Gibraltar Logan S. Stunde field (), Loutenante John A Year fine coaling performance was C Battenberg was present with the Queen. trade in skins is entirely in the hands of als

Porinan Arnis, and two French frs who present of 8300 War Loan Bonds for travellera to be much better off than he is ↑ Hensagu (2), Halsey. P. Streamed, on Oct. 22. She tosk in 788 toas at the Baromeist ́96t|

meritorious services. He was crafted into generally supposed to bu. He has a son. Hodges LA. haro a

oin & vary chori time acquired at of the army when the late war broke out, adorable quantity of hard cash which he A. G. 3. Urmston Lieut. of Marines, better than her record in the maneuvres lumidityế

A. Fugles Capt, of Marinen tale of 139 tons an hour. This is much Teraperstars 07 Ims citims of·58ul pay no taxos. What cellent position in the market. All this but gut no farther than Tokyo when takes infinite pains to conecal from official T. Saunders Chaplain and Nav, inst., Roy, when she got in 498 tans at the rate of 86 Direction of

says the Hehs, the baselessness of he was invalised lack; and that is all ever be the area of a man's property or the

he eyes. His speciality in the way of a. G. Cull, M.A. Fleet Surgeon, J. Cbons an hour, and her captain, ufficere, and to preponderance in extent of his frotitage, he is not required to orient but we fear our knew about the war beyond what ke road strong tent during the winter is a hole in Dor, A.B.L. Fayichster 1. E. 7. grew are to da conigmtulated. This in nos 1 70200 evimi contributo a vent towards the repair of the the trade of the strasts, the sanitation of the city, or any contemporary will

in the papers. A Customs oficer who was the ground in which he places his store of Kay Fleet Engineer, WA Edwards however, as Admiral Follows esams to Weather be disappointed If

Loan Banda also for meritorious services. ise. The precess is completed as daph Baiduell Alat Paym,, C. J. D. Rotter f It is true that for two hours the Alagnent to Japan was presented will 88,000 Warpsins become embedded & red mass of and WB. Compton Surgeon, G. Me the drafalgar, which has done 141 tons In bath cages, however, the condition was addition in inade to the store, and finally Fanginoon, Wall, B. H. Ellis, D. C. took in 158 and 150 tone-fast which attached to the donations that the honde en ice to resulta whico define thesher Assiet, Enginsors, L. Howell tasks well for the singitness of this due

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the money, required for such objects. It is discourage the British Government

system concalved in the interente of the warning any other pretender off the valley Officials of the central government who of the Yangtro. France, apparently, is to → End it suck Tere satininetestly, baro Hainan an how here in the present

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