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NOTES FROM TIENTSIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
Tez execution of the three Burd Streut privilege another Power may "ubtain from fill half-pitst scvem p.m. mi the Public Li-d no more worlds to conquer. Mr Crane The scil of all this part of Chihli is low attention that seems to be the case.
--murderer will take place on Wednaslag
thurning in the Victoria Guol.
Tue full srores in the rat test match at Hydney will be found on page five, together with additional telegrains of an interesting character received by the Australien, mail.
Sta E. OBIslley, formerly Attorney-Geu. oral in Hongkong and Chief Justice in the Straits, has been appointed judge of the British Sunrenè Consular Court in Con- stantinoplo, in succession to Mr. C. J. Tar ring.
Tex hired transport Shannen, which left London Nov. 30, is to carry the 25th and 38th conganios of the Southern Divi.. sion from Singapore to lionglong and the 12th and 30th companies from Hongkong to Hingapore.
DISASTER IN ONTARIO,
At a meeting in the City Hall in London, Ontario, a part of the flooring collapsed, killing 28 and injuring 100-persons.
WEATHER REPORT, The following notice is issued from the Observatory-
On the 6th at 11. a The baronetor has risen on the coast with high pressure covering Chin. In the South pressure is miral. Gradients rather steep. Fore caststrong to fresh N. winds; duli at first, then proving. Increasing manycon in the China Sea.
PARADOXICAL.
Yestening, at the Magiarracy, three Chinamen were charget with gambling in
Problem No.-75.- By Prono Inna.
Black 13 Pienen.)
White (13 Pieces)}
The Championship of Australia has been! won by Mr J. L. Jacobson from Me W. Crane, the former holder of the title. were was Jakobsen, wins: Crine, Thew addition to the British Sotelo drawn, 1. Mr Castio held the champion-mont stretches for a wide space on the ship from 1888 till 1994, when he was do- ether nido' of the Taku Rood, to the grent feated by ME. N. Walleó, a young Irish- man, who defeated all his challengers down Wall which circumvallates all fientuin, till January, 1697, felinquishing it as he once krwi ne Sar-ko-lin-sin's Folly again won the honour at a Congress held in Warthandal (Victoria). 1 was chal- and fiable to inundation, which has taken lenged by Mr Jacobsen, and the match was place so often that the ground in saturated. played at Sydney. The winner was born with sc. Nothing that is good for any
1862 at full, whore he was recognised a first-class autour at the early age of thing will grow in such a nitrous soil, and 14. He is a blindfold player, and a choss the whole phin has always been what Cal- journalist. I hope to give Bonk of his
lery torme i Chim—a buo-hive of auth.' gained oxt week.
| The enormous number of gravek ail about A MISSIONARY DISTURBANCE IN the foreign settlement has greatly enhanced
CENTRAL CHINA.
the difficulty of buying land that end otherwise havo boen purchased years ago, Changling, Dan. 14. A long story, could be told of the anti-The gores vere of course mered, but the foreign disposition of the natives of King
LATE TGLEGRAMS,
THE JAPANESE AND AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATION. Shytney, Dez 15:—The Japaness Consul has formally protested against the unfoud- ly character of the proposed legislation as regards aliens.
THE SECOND TEST MATIL Melbourne, Doconaber 15.--An endeavour is being made to include George Gion in the Australian team, to phy in the next test match.
many foreigners who thirst to cominit sul- |cide on other people on this account. It is net forsignere alone who suffer, for whole bags of tice are spirited off the lightors in thus san way, and are herer son again. Ond would suppose that such state of things would attract a grout dal znore. Saveral montha aince an article in the Teutsi Times are an edcount of the virtual looting of a passenger stowner noir THE MANCHURIAN RAILWAY. Tangka, in which can even the brass fittings
The Times correspondent at Vladivostock, of the ship wese tort off and exrried away, wrote on November 22nd I have just just us if it had boen a wreck stuea,
undo the journey erase Manchurin, There was never any report has anilway. I mat engineers proceding to their generally along the course of the projected sling was done about it. To an uninitiated outsider all this appears almost incredible, yet whenever any inquiry is made about it, the quorist is quenched with the observa-
whoreupon he proceeds to relate something far more-flagrant, until ovary soperate package which comes to hand seems like a survivor of tho charge at Balaclava.
timis, cscorted by a sulhaout number of nel Cossicks powerfully to jumpress the Chinos, The work has hun manch retauled, and it is anticipated that nu other your will clapse before the pres liminary surveys are completed and the rate finally determined. Unprecedented foods have obliterated the work alrealy done between Chita and Norteliinsk, andl its rosturation will require two years. Tho route at present favoured crosses the fron- tion so the south of Starn and Tsurukanāku
peh. It is well-known that they had spaces between them were not. Thus ention, Oh, that is an everyday occurrence, still have a host inveterate dialiko to terprising Chinese bought or assumed the Roman Catholicism, nad it is said that, for right to dig the cuth between the grave many years, no, Roman Catholic convert Was portted to live ang them. Tragoyards, and gradually reduced the plan to dis and, for that untrer, anuelics have a succession of deep pits into which the accurred in connection with the struggle inundations overflowed; forming lakes and In a city like Tientsin, where the papala- to Khnilar, ccosses the Chingan Mountains. establish Christianity in heathen Kinspekt I am sorry to dare to tell that the spirit of inlay sees of a highly complicated outline tion positively swarns in quarters the most is still undisceral, descends the eight haalt of the Chol to Cholkhobon, goos opposition has not yet diel down. It has As dhe demand for earth increased, theso inadequata, muud surrounded by a country down the west side of the Sangari tu Kirin, White to play and mate in two moves.
lite niere broken out, stol this time in colu | pita and potential sons multiplied. Now often inundated, one is in perpetual wonder and thenes le Diman, Ningata, and Pultaf- nection with a Protest int mbrion. Batere
ka, avoiding difficulties by crossing the Solution to Problem No.3hy W. Fry telling the story let me test of all res that the extension of the settlement whence some the abnost unimaginable supp.
Son at Titahar and the Sungári at Po mind your readers that Kinongpelting is the
On the runte sulucted the dif suil are ofthor included in the allotinent, people, niways nibbling food; and alwaga and Lalin, and geographical pamphlet comparative-
Hennies are genter then were expected, ly small city situated on the same bank of or are immediately contiguous, of both. roasting water," to get what they must at The complution of the railway within six the Yangtze as its much more important. The sudden and inordinate expansion in and what they think they most drink. 16 years is imposible. Kirin is the chief neighbour Chungking. Tis serated
Centro of activity. Its advantages to a from the latter by the Small River the values of this visibly worthless loritory is surprising what a quntity of fuel is ro-
rich country, an abundance of cesl and Itilizing, which, by tag way, is not so small bas tempted the cupidity of maxy Chinese,quired even for the ordinary Canse meal timber, and its position as regards Lil
its mine might lead people to suppose, and also of a few unscrupulous foreigners and in a city the total even for a day rises shankhan, whither a preliminary survey. to secure pussession at all hazards of given to the portion of a mountain rangeTailsilat al Potme. It is understood is to be manda. There is activity also ab sections by means which will not hearing The truth 14 then district of the procines, and is
that the babits of the that there will-ovoshually bo a branch lino highway for nearly all the trade and your
The Chinese officials are rendering every merce of those parts. It is historically
Harrison,
INSPECTOR Gillies railed a gambling house junk. Two of them were sont to jail for 1. Q-K 8 Taeni! QEP or Kt Puose vity that is often called Linienfu in reed upon, birge trouts of this undesirable plies of fnol which galo lús restless tuno, alan the mountaing between Ningata
yesterday at 192 Inilywood Hand, and arrested twenty-eight men engaged in a gyno of pri la The first three prisoners (. wore masters of the house. The frat pri moner was fined $100, in default two monilis hard labour, and also sentenced to two montha' hael Jabour; the second was fined 875, in default six weeks' hard labour, also'
six weeks' hard labour; the third $0, or ano month's hard labour, also ons mouth's hard labour; and the remainder were fined $5 EACHI.
Tar Technical Publishing Co., Limited, of Manchester, send us their 1899 edition of the Practical Engineer Pocket Book,"
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six months with lard labour, white the third was fived 83--Delly Paper.
2. Bx P mato. HQ Por KPB rooves 2.QvP muto.
Correct Solation recţived from T. H, R.
Hurghang, January &.
since with its tributaries it thains the whole
a
Where the Fragrant_Waters' Murmur,
and the Sanitary Board' Hav'a't time, to spot the filth that lios
around, Whimsically paradoxical and most utterly
srxe Aro the inconsistencies which may be You may plank your merry dollars on the seven antagonists in an hour and a quarter, that Kiangpoh has long been inimica) Vestigation, Beyond the limits of the now I urban popmation sro modified seriously by connecting them with Phagorcstchensk.
tu foreigners. Harmless visitors have Tres extension what seems to be a largo village their environment. They largely pureivis assistanco.
found.
Pari Mutuel,
the joué get up a modest little
sweep.
And you mus'n't lay the adds upon a
gee gea, or, they tell, The Governmert will have you, in its
keep-_
Which all sounds paradoxical, but then it
ia n fact,
a next gilt-edged and leather-bound voThe Pari futual's not a phaos' within the
lume. A rearrangement of the subject matter has been oude in this edition. Thus, in the first section will be found Tables of Areas, Circumferences, &c., then follows the subject of Bleara. Boilers, And next the Steam Eugino is dealt with, the latter part of this being devoted to Engine Proportions. The section relating to slide valves has been re-written, and in- cludes some now graphic methods of deter. mining che lap: &c. Gas Engines, Oil Engines, and Flectricity are also very fully treated. It is a pocket look that should be in the possession of avery work.
ing engineer.
Father Tarros, of the Spanish Dominican Procuratiori, gave evidenes to day, at the Magistracy, as to the probable erase of the rounder committed by Lam Cha Wa, on November 14, at No 14 Shelley Street He stated defendant had been employed as font collector for about twenty years by tho Procuration. About six year ago de- fendant committel somo-defaleations, and the Procuration lost faith in him, and the rent-collecting was handed over to another man. It had been the practier of the Mission to give the sarplum stock of wino to defendant to sell, but three years ago, the sale of wine was given to the murdered
man.
The Procuration were also in the habit of buying herbs from a mandand paying him through the defendant, buche
Procuration had recently paid the min direct. It is supposed that the defendant
was jealous of the murdered tunn and
woman.
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BIG.MS Moovo, Hennan, Bygdo, Litchfield, Triumph, H.BL.S: Edgar, Krim, Lothair.
Aberdien-Siegfried. Cosmopolitan.-West Tork Hankow. Local Composers, 6 Picces, by Orange. Ward, No. Xmas 1807. Price, $1.00.-- Robinson Piano Company.
SPEAKING of coal mines, we see that the leading firm in Manila, Mesars Smith Bell and Co., lave lakon up coal mines in tho islande Leyte and Coba. We also un- derstand the senior partner of another Bri- tish tirea in Manda is at preseas in Hong- kong, negotiating the formation of a Com- pany for working similar mines in other islands of the Archipelago.-El Comereiu,
A VERY handsome embroidered silk scroll was recently forwarded by the Chinese community of Singapore to Yap Kuan Seng. Captain China, Selangor, to bo pre. sented to Mr Hare, Chinosa Secciary to the Federated Malay States. The scroll, which was subscribed for by the respectable classes of the Chinese community, measures about 15 feet by 10 feet, and bears a long record of useful corvices rendered to the Chinees by Mr Huo in his capacity as A8- Bistant and Acting Protector of Chinate, a well as the names of all the subscribera.
meaning of the Act.
James Reberio da Silva gives a party of
his place.
And for musia inires two fiddles arc
flute;
While the Portugees caper and the
Basic warme space,
Janes plays another game, for James
is 'cute. Within a room adjacent he has settled
down to. Nagy
For that party's coating him a lot of
tin, And so, he rocks his bosom friend, who
never knows, poor chay,
And Jimmy rakes the shining dollars
IT!
be, in fact,
And Jamce is not arrested, no, nor can he For his house is not a place within the
meaning of the Act.
When, after chow, the taipun gres zn
gossip at his dah Some friend suggests a modest game
at whist,
For the club, of course, is him out-
file, and not a wicked pul
And the members thero may do just
what they la.
And do they play for nothing
tay safely bet they don't.
You
Tary are bound to have a 'something
on the gam
The Hongkong the Glas exhibition of simultaneous play euro off on Thursdays croning hot at the Hangkong Hotel, and Mr Souza, the ez-elmanpur, the cube of about four nigyes a minute, disposed of his ons and drawing one of the games played. Hedefeated Messrs Piercy, Lurne,quently been stoned while passing through is going up, the extent of which is said te
Prostage, W. Smith and Burrell, drow with Mr Barbaw and last to Mr J. Smith, of Kowler, a new member whe promises to be a credit to the Club The arrangements were satisfactory, and it is only a pity that seasonable festivities caused the absence of many players.
trag
vr be seven thousand chion, the builder being foreigner who will not be-long in gotting his money back in rents.
cooked food, and this leads to the sund army of caterers to the stomach everywhere seen, and mut too, cucking up every, alley wish thoir, clumsy bat most compendious. peripatetic kitchens--and also making moot of the four and twenty-hours mg with their still and unutusical calls. Chinenu
The new Recreation Ground on the set, legunt extension, is a apacious plot of same thirteen aeres, in the middle of which the Anternon Pavilion is now apppreciate food as mora us any people ex pracling completion. This is a constant, and they probably have always done modious building for various public uses, so, albeit as a nation they are certainly
and will no doubt ere lang witness many very often dyspeptie. The deliberation in functions. The new Temperance Hall on preparing in consuming food, may have the old site, in large that it looks like a much to do with the long continuance of Summer Hotel at a watering plazo, but the Chinese race. there is little doubt that all its numerous
its streets. During the past four five years, certain Methodist Episcop misionaries have been trying to do a hier work woong the people though house or shop has he rented by Dem. It goes without saying that their only object in visiting the pleq is to benefit the people. flew much the Kingpth people reed professional and Ong result of last Thursday's mucting and it so happens that the nisa marion was the reception by the Secretary of throw who have for the most part been engaged applications for wombership, and another this Kiangul work have bu muddied is the revind of the movement for an inter than the writer can testify from persumi national teh. Of course, there are divists to the place, In his opinia King culties, and and a natch, if now under taken, would be practically extempore, audit igif not unfairly be dureidd a
city abounding in ringworm and itch! No could not he hold to represent fairly the ghastly sits, due to the ravages respetive strength of the countries, as it of negenten skin case, bas he even any would were suficient time given for pc where than in this very city of Kungpol
ice and selection. Still, tho omission of
Only lant Tuesday, De F. M Wholery the watch would do more harm than chuld crossed the tiver to carry out his usual possibly reaalt from its necessary incon
beneficent programme, taking with him clusiveness. This pity wo havo not a trained mire nssistant and a cuolie! shield or some such visible gublen to da Nothing of monians seems to have occurred ine and recurd the victories in what should until the neighbourhood of the tin was be an annual event
reached when the paper which the ductor quietly reading was rudely snatched from his hands by some individual unknown. Meanwhile an All-against-all Tourn. Naturally the doctor attempted to recover most is ruming throughout the season to Maths to rounds are arranged, basis for Je volantly restored from his but as he did so, yot another every competitus must play every other, pocket. This little incident was the cou
magazine was and each must meet all his opponents be-
menecment of a disturbanc which,
how fore the date nauugd. Further entries may
threatening ever, was not suficivatly tas time to ease the luster to alter his still be made. The following have already entered-
determination bigo un with his work. Of course, the crowd was through Chinese curpetition, and especially insulting, and it seemed to be
to be largely
*
Col. the O'Gormau. Mr E. J. Moses.
Mr J. A. Levi.
Air J. 1. Pidgeoa.
Me W. C. Barka
I expect the knockyaut handicap that lead to very interesting play. The whole
for
WAS
at
asut
partraenty will be wanted for different uses in the near future. Its cost has toon about nine thousand tauls, only about haif of which is provided for, but all the wise man of the East advised taking some riska in so prosperous & port, so the money was borrowed and the structure is nearing com- Many of the no-looking build- ings in which Tientsin now abounds, are pleti.
said to be occupied by Chinese only.
THE ALLEGED ANNEXATION OF
HAINAN.
Singapore, Dec. 29.
Singapore yesterday by the French mail News of the first importages reached
that arrival at noon regarding French ae- tion in South China.
ments marie og offers and passengers from It is understood, according to the date
Saigon on board the French mail stomer For same years we have tuun hearing & Ernest Simons, that Admiral Bolelliere good deal alant the extinction of the profit on hard the flagship Byrd, and scoom- f the foreign dealer in Chineso ports,panied by the cruiser Descartes, had, after leaving Hongkong, the other day visited Hotlow, the chief port of the Island of
Hainan. There the Admird, no resistance facing offeryl by the Chinese auttcrition,
annexation of Hainan to France.
hoisted the French Ang and proclaimed the
TERRIBLE GALLS ON THE PACIFIC.
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Port Townsend (Wash.), Docetnber 5- Two vessels from Honolulu and one from Jupin, arrived here to-day, bringing nowa which makes the fate of the overding steam- slip Piena more doabtful than over The Great Northern liner Kagoshima Mara arrived early this morning froin Yakuhama with a list te starboard and her cargo badly shifted, the result of terrible staros excountered nearly all the way across the
Maweein arrived from Honolult, sid Captain Smith Pacific. Later the scheuner reported having encountered terrible storms
hout the middle
Shayit
ar-
This aftormova the eived, twenty-eight days from Hilo, and Mate Inkster and Ablo Seaman Lindgren were at ouca transferred to the marine laospital, both men suffering from broken lega Inkator'e log was broken by talling timbers while discharging at Hilo, and ho was about recovered when the vessel again pat out to sex.
On November 15th the storm that had been driving the ressal across broko into a hurricane and before the sails could sprond was torn into shreds or enrried to furiad. most of the canvas, that was way. The vassal was tossed chout like a oor and lakater was thrown from his bunk and badly bruised. Lindgren was knocked down be ware that hurled him Robinson stood his russel to with bare against the mail, breaking his leg. Captain poles for two days waiting for the storm
to pass.
a man to play for fun, he'll commences on Thursday, January 20, with crowd, and actually did hid his groundLast year the principal Store was totally mediately before the Ernest Simons doubtful whether she will ever be heard For playing caris-formething's rather of the members of the Club will be paired /tant had appealed for aid from fie yamén lustroyed by a swift fire of unknown origin. | miral arrived, and at his request the maile steamship. Algon, ed the same line, which
Just ask
answer straight,, I won't:
tamo.
The policeman never raids the club, and
why! To be exact.
for the first round, and a full week will be given for each to play his game. Every one muut phy or scratch. The following week, the survivors will be paired similarly, megain for a single game at class idds. Latur on, the burvivors of the second round will
NO AID WAS FENDERED.
up of the military stúdent plans. Brickbat (through the dearly loss on exchange. were murers, but happily, at this stagedeurybody was going out of business, Rod
The steamship Pelion, with a cargo of Look little effect. On reaching is customers. stand in a temple, Dr Woolsey curencedno new firma would venture to start in, till
railroad ties from Puget Sound for Yoke. hama, is now about forty days overdue and is work in spite of the hostile title of times improved, of which there was no sign
the storme of the past few weeks make it Joft Saigon-tho Bayard with the Fronck Ad from unless she is being towed back by the about two hours. Heut while his assis
and almost nothing was saved except the departumu was delayed for air hour, so that nd instructions to find her if possible: ficinis in the neighbourhood, bal
This would havs seemed to the Governor-General of ludo-China could The Algoz is now six days overdue ore. insurance. The doctor's retirement was the signal
gesimportant despatchesready for transmis. naro been an ideal time for dusorting&sion by the mail. It was soon whisperod for another and much more serious attack. Titon in the neighbourhood of the green sinking ship. Since then the small site of about that the mysterious matter that had LORD Charles Beresford, in a recent speech, brickbus and stumes became very plentiful the store is reported to have changed hands brought the Moted in full speed to Saigon stated that he had had to do with Irishmen time not less then 300, hasted and yelled
hy the Admiral while on his way from ditions, and he purce yet mot an Irishman like so many demons. Unfortunately, Dr dina new-building several avorios high in Hongkong. This was, as already man that was finif anything. If he was good, Woolsey did not i
ot escapo uninjurd. Seroral stones struck with more or less overely early ready for occupancy. In addition toned, the hoisting of the French flag on and he generally was, he was a solid good Chinese suil, on the Island of Hainan, and man, as good as could ba produced any. And if there's fun a-going, be it here, or a game in which you have never been able about the body, and one fount its arms has opened a branch in Tientsin, [ation, to France,
to tais, one of the loading Shanghai the annexation of that island, by proclam-where; and if he was bad he was about the to his faco which retains to this hour 20
beat bad man one could find, ugly scar as evidenca of the reality of the
It would seem that, accepting this as
the craiger Desales hud boon left behind
The club is not a place within the
ing of the Act.
thus
When the Governor, after dinner, has play again, and this will be continued till | while the crowd, which numbered by at the price of twelve thousand taeis, and was tu roport very mornanteds volina taften all over the world, and in all sorts of onn.
little baccarat,
Ho's as noxious as Tora Smith to nenop
the pant;
near, or far,
the winner is decided,
Suppose that you are neating the end of
ow All through the disturbance there
and they, too, are erecting a large building
to feel yourself on anything like even terma It's his privilege to join the happy with your adversary. If you can listen to
pahool.
the stifled sigh with which he intimatee And do they play for peppermints, or that his patienca is taxed to the utmost in was no attempt made by my one to protect in which to carry camat a honvy loss, of} true and the probabilities point that way, left for Hongkang with the object of ae-
waiting for voir acknowledgment of defont,
they
conversation drops f Perhaps they do, and, then, perhaps,
don't. And does cash spond in charity the win
which he cops ? nings They night, perhaps, but, then, apin,
they won't And has a Governor's little flatter ever
been attacked ?
Government House is not. 'n place within
the meaning of the Act.
Now Lang
Chow Fat invites a pal to have a little game,
On board his junk, and, so, on board
they go-
His junk is all the lane ho's got, but
things are not the same
Ae when the taipan plays his game,
you know.
For justice, stern and lynx-eyed, bas
been set up his track, And
Chow Fat is now inside the
Where he must stay for six long montba
before he can get back....
On board his junk to hoist its rotten
sail.
And the moral of this- ditty is as plain as.
mud, in fact,
A pineois semetimes not a place by
Legislativo Act,
TONIC.
Loual Composers, 6 Ploces, by Orange, Ward, &o. Xmas 1807. Price, $1.00. Robinson Piano Company,
SPEAKING at Dublin the other month, Lord
the stranges, and it is worth noting the course the business of suppiping Tion and can still and your text overflowing the worst part of the allair languid ja sinases and Pekingese the articles which with brotherly love for hin, then, BAYS when the foreigner way
way in close proximity to the Badminton Magicine, you interpolis corn time, Dr Wonisay succcud in reach Japanese firms abound, some of thein ex- deserve the yamán. After running the gauntlet for her must have. Maur new Chinese and lived upon a tion is aggravated by the fact that under no ing the river, and once on the feny-bant susively stocked with those much-talked. circumstances munt you gle way itri-
ไอ was comparatively safe. The attack tatlo
have
tation.
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at Hoihow to represent Trodica authority while the Asyart gamta on to Laigon to
Foreign Minister. enable the Governor-General to communi- nate as one with M. Hanotays, the French
This notion goes far be explain two facta: why it was that the the Admiral instead of and also why special naval reinforcemoilta leaving Hongkong for the north to watch events, came away quietly to the south,
A Careston of Spanish Naval officers has quiring six steam launches for watching the numerous orvoke in the Bay of Manila. will be armed with Nordenfeldts, which it is hoped will effectively pub & stop to the insuraicns si to rabols around the villages of the lower portion of Bulacan provinco, where at presant they are Bus- cossfully frustrating the vigilance of the Spanish troops.-El Comercio.
If you wish to turn the chessboard may or may not have been premeditated, of wares which are made in Germany. ostensible cause other than your pending assault upon a harmless and defendus the time, and draw enormous crowds con- into an earthquake, you must find come but it remains true that it was Cowardly Two Chinese theatres are in full blast all defeat. A man with a dead lost game has man. There is my consolation in the been chawn to get up a political argument fact that Consul Staithers has now the cast stantly.
to the French squadron are now on the Tax plucky policy of the Peninsular fand in order to furnish fridself with a reasonable in hand, and that he will not rest entisfied
Une hears a good dest lu South China way out to the Kast.
Oriental Company in improving its fleet, excuse for losing his temper platting until the right thing has been dotie in re-
at the oil days when piracy was riv, months ago i became our duty to make dubarkation at its various ports, the auth
It is curious to note that just eighteen the agencies and means of embarkation and the board. Feu so, a man may forgive gard to it. Dr Wooleny is to be congratu ably, and even justifiably, in the oyes of fated that nothing worse befel him thon and whan it was at the risk of one's life certain comments on an article in
forts of accommodation for its passengers-- his supporters, show a little effervescence more or less severe cut on the face, and, of that a journey was made.
Tong in fact every detail of its services-3003 That state of king paper which erged the acquisition of on a question of politics; but he is outside course the nervous shock of the the mu
It is sipcurely hoped put one re things les passed away, but it is most both sides of the Haian: Strait (that is to abled the Directs to pay the usual 5 par to pay. The past year's working has ear the pale if he gets angry over ohess.'
say including Hainan Island) in order the cent, dividend on the Deferred Stock, and ault of the outrage will be the acquirement extrcantinary that something which strike better to threaten Hongkong. This sort of the splendid preft of 13 per cent for the by the Methodist Episcopal Mission ul
political attitudinising is not calculated to
year on the Deferred. Those results are politely ignoring the motive pat forward general policy and in details, and also to by the French journal es unworthy of it,
I of which points and ea noarcely worth any attention further perfect organisation; in all then a little peanutty.
the Company has the advantage of the re markably shrewd, able and experienced conduct of the Chairman, Sir Thomas Sutherland.Queriand Mar.
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Game No. 183.
GIUOCO TLAND.
White (Fucini).
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4. P-3
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6. Castles
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10. Rt-K Kt's 11. KtxBT 12. K+xQ 13. EXP
14 K-B $4
15. K-K2
Black (Olivari).
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Kt-K B3 F-23 B-K Kt POR3 P-KR4 PxP. P-I KL6
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The following telegram is dated New York, Dea 5-Loutenant Mishael O'Brien, Fifth Regiment of lofantry, upon receiving Charlos Beresford said Irishmen were not
Hora is the score of a game wor by oficial acceptance of his resignation to-day understood properly by Englishmen. Bat Buckio, the historian, who enjoyscors said to group of oficers who gathered. around him; This marks out for me & Dew of one thing there was no doubt the mili. reputation of being one of the best chess
players in Europa Wellington, Notary onpability of Irishmen. onregr the Brat suggestion of which Wolaeloy. Roberts, Kitchener, and Sir as military attach George White were emes well known. in
received while al Opamn in Japan England on account of the military promass
upon the staff of
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There I saw such spirit and patriotism as they had displayed. Again, in the famove assured me that Japan was hereafter to be ree charge of the Gordon Highlanders At koned in the family of uations, while China Dargai heights, it was curious to find an overgrown incongruous country that among the killed were rany Irish which will go to places. It is bound, in the names, while the pipet who continued play lugis of events, to be paraled cut between Japan, Great Britain, Dormany and Raising after he was shot through the legs ra jolded in the Trish name of Findlater.
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and Japan is the one which will profit that man was roomtended for the Vic. most. I prodies that within another year toria Cross, and it was hoped that he would there will be another great Astatio
It With regard to the statement that There is allurement in the position of-a Isiskrasis were bad agriculturista, he must Erst-class war optrespondent which appeals say that hafore the Act of 1870 it was and I had already made up my mind impossible for Irishman to take any
any I would rover my relations with the interest in agriculture. It was said that that army, to be at liberty to follow my pause the establishment of a royal resiciones in
otion. I have kept up closely with Treland would promote botter feelings bo Astatio matters, and I feel that the time is
tween the people of Ireland and England. as hand when the great game of grats bp He trusted than a royal rellenon would be Greau nations is about to begin,
White (Foskett
1. PK 4
2. KL-K B3 3. B-B 4 4. P-B 3
& P-Q4
6. P-KE
Oame No. 185... GIUOCO PLANO,
Bruck (Buckle). P-K4 Kt—Q. B-3- B-B 4 Kt-b 3 PP. P-Q4 Kt-K 5 Castle PxB
BQ Kto Etx
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10. Castles
11.
Esq
12. B-K3 13. Kt--K G
KIR 14. FxB 13.
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Q-B 7 sh
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16. K-Rag
17. KR
18. PxA+
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ment.
Chungking of a suitablo, place for carrying/ngly recalls it exists unchecked at the pre-do any good. We shall take the liberty of to onlichtened inanagement bath as to -
LATER NEWS OF THE BIOT.
In face of the circumstantial statement that the French mail brought down the
French admiral, we hear in another quarter
on regular and permanent missionary work sant moment, in the approaches to the Fa Kingpab Angthing short of his great northern port of Tientsin. would be an unsatisfactory end to the in-
There has always been great trouble in cident.
securing the delivery of goods without Since completing the above, ndwe has laying the cargo broached, but since rosobod me that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the attack made the stoppage of the vessels at Tangkit, the news of the annexation of Hainan by the upou Dr Woolsey at Kisugpel, and that oils have greatly increased. The Lighter that it is believed that a special telegraat CONSUL-General Gedger, at Panania, "has the magistrate has sentenced each of them Company transfer the goods from the dips from Saigon to one of the French made a report to the State Department in to receive 300 strokes with the bamboo,
theto Tentsic, and it is known that many al pasaungere passing through Singapore the condition of the Panama Canal. Re and to be imprisoned for six months in the common gaol, This is all very well pre-flagrant atrocities take place on the ligh was the source of the intelligence. They it is whispered that Bugland is vided there has been no hokery-pokery tons. Foreigners who happen to have a think the Frese Sion was ab of the causl. Face rasy not puch the agente of the Messageriee baritina do doing all in her power to obtain control work forward but some other nation over the inen. But this is just what ons fears in connection with all importaut jadi-ton on house boata anchored under thejected to very special delay, and do not cial pentences in China, and hence a doubt end of the lightors have seen the coolies appear to have themselves any definito in- or sexo other company will surely do so those in charge forfeit their rights, formation beyond the fact that camo but that, in this esse, punishment away possibly with tools deliberately opening the casts on during the time that steamer was in Sin Tho canal when completed, will estend have been awarded to quite the the fighter, pouring all the kerosede from gapore. The French Consul, M. Pinard, from Colen on the Atisatie to Panams on Woolsey was hargaly composed of military the tins which were then securely nailed tien, and he does not have any knowledge route aro sheds full of new and costly ma pirties. The crowd which assaulted Dr
is as at putirely without official inform the Pacific, fifty-four miles. All along the shinory. It is estimated that the latter coramunieste. the men who was bamboord yesterday again. The same rule is applied to other that he is in a position
has cost $100,000,000, and that there has belonged to that well-known rowdy class. goods with great impartiality. Perhaps it The matter of the hoisting the French been oxpended on the canal a total of In was case, whother the right men Imve is not too much to say that every vessel that flag on Hainan has, however, general cur- $275,000,000. A conservative estimato is been punished or not, it would appear to unloade has to sustain claims for missing ally in tow bosday and in the meantime that the canal fa about one-third finish be distinctly incumbent upon this wha
may receive acceptanaco, pending corrobased, but with the new machinery are navigating the case through the ganda goods. Condensed milk cases are opened ration from other quarters.-Free Fras hand it is wold the reminder. to see that & lilforent and more worthy and the place of the abstractad eine unpplied
work can be completed for $166,000,000. Kettlemans of the nffair bu arrived at. A
The report is that a forge adequate to roonguised home or house for the mis with sxcelsior. Every description of goods Tas Chian Branch of the Royal Ablatio fish the pecies in from seven to ten sionaries in the place where the attack was mullers in the same way.
Society have sent out a cimular asking re- years will bo put to work. During the made would be the best outamine of tho
It is reported that during the past suc-plies to a large number of questions which Duxt sixty days a committee is to in- occurrense, and we hope this will be sour. ed.N.-U. Daily News Cor.
mor a Chinese Ogial who was bringing are designed to elucidate the statements of vestigate the progress of affaire, and an
Mr Grosvenor, In his Report for 1886 on effort will he made to
more money to los canal is practical- prosents to the Emperor was robbed on the Trade of Chius, that the sliver price of continge operations. Wats Lord Morris was Chief Justice, he the way of a largo part of them, and felt copper cash has risen, while their purchas y completed from Colon to Bajuo, fourtaex miles, but this is the least expansive parts log power in regard to comandibles end Lady Aberdeen mes st, a garden patty obliged to report to the essentially Chiness general bia declined. It is hoped that the Tongrest dificulty ia la passing the Calobcia
students. The writer his not hourd that.
in Dublin Curing Lord Aberdeen's Viceroy
to
of the
alty, I suppose, said her ladyship, remedy of suicide, to straighten on his Society will received large number of rkigu. The width of the
Whether this is an authentie replius, ne the statements in question re feet at the top and 78 fast at the bottom *shere are not many Home Rulors here, wrongs.
quire explanation, though we have Ettle except through the ridge, where it will be Lord Morris Daly, your Indyship and incont we have no absolute now us that the result of this enquiry will 78 foot wide at the top end 20 fupt at the the whiter," answered Lori Mpgris, with a
ledre, but we are very certain tint there are confirm thoje nepamats, erect maile and a polite bar
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