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The Portuguese gunboat Bango arrived a terday from Macao, and after dooking will pro- oood to Timor.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER Ban, 1895.

the evil art of persuading ourselves that but if not but affect the moral sense of our what it is not. And we bare become so infected people. It puts back the index of national with this strategy of tonestrich that when the callly a cantary or two.

GERMANY AND CHINA.

AMBITIQUE ATMS. ET ANOZ

of thah, night gained Major Burnaby haaga of isisuds. During the same campaign I well re- menter the Congrvative candidate addressing

of ayor again permitting an anti-forsign out about re miler. While negotiations were benk. Thore never all be auch an out being made for the release of the captivos, it break unless the peop are incited to it by to whispered that Captado aos may buth-Into which, our head has been thrust has Nobody, of comme, fuarizes that the three The Allgemeine Zeitung, of Malah, repre- a big seting in thas Town Hall, at the siree of

on Black Flag prison clet consleting of

been born an, instead of wing the lucid intervallutervening powers were actuated by any parer duceg a passage freindlester it has received which it was deemed expeilient for the leaders the officials and the itemti and these the

champagne and biscuits, but the craw com in looking round the horizon, our Brit thought motive than to serve their own interest. But from Shanghai, which rane se follows The to drive off in their closed carriages. Natar Governments can well control if it isolated of their treatment, no food of any moms to be to make for another bush 10 fa true statesmanship to purcoles, when best and most useful port for Germany ally the sarze protection was offered to Major Our policy in Eastern Asie, in short, is interst cofieldes with the vindication of the will be Ames berause it is, of the utmost Burnaby, for a hostile election crowd does not disponede

descriptius being offered them. The inadeat roarsely more than rather incoherent us sentiment which makes for negoe. In abstain general important as regards not only stop at brifles. But like the donniless varior The P. & O. steamer Jara laft Bombay for spake more for the vigilare of the cougar piration which we have nither had the ing from the concert Great Britain lao, of Ching but also For the Philippines, Le was, bo courteously but firmly acolinod sag thea for the discretion of the sports, who is courage to avow ng the perspicacity to course, consalted her own interest. The ques Tanla and Further It would or offer, and awang himself into the thickest of the this port on the 29th nit.

to be congratulated upon, having escaped any make practical Out empire we are too tion really isfor we are not arguing from an tainly be a matter of n pecial difficulty to crowd, elbowed his way through, and muntered thi part from China, and | off to his hotel with a mob of some three or four Det smash inclinod to test as an aginte ethics or humanitarian platform-whether obtain Le coin Heavy foods are reported from India, causing rough treatrocit

child which it is alreal a virtue to neglect: Our she did so Intelligently, and whether in German infitenge & wall German commeros Iundred ut his heels. Of the loote and groa interruption of the railway true.

A very heavy typhoon was experienced between the 18th and 19th inet There was bit: Utila ust in an overruling Providence has been, if the spacodis friendship of Japan, she won thus galu a point de pport, the value of and cheers he took not the nightost notice until

anything, too absolute The foovitable sorse has found adeguste compensation for the which would

the exECIES of its heroashed destination, when he raised his hat, waring and we have yet to learn what becausequence is that aspers blitike shirked purse as antagonism of Europe. We by muse, The Cuple are now in yieki meiled at his opponents, and entered as airily and of H.M.S. Pique and Parnock at the Thus, ko Furios to our undding What is this party with to undervalue the goodwill of Japan, ing bruggaand hall stops are taken by cheerily ns en oraperar. Foot Brnaby 1 Only ... sil of which left the anchorage ne soon as steam of ours in the Far Eastroally bean? The only or any other nation andor the gun, but it Germany, they will perhaps be taken from few months later he paid a visit to the town after would got up any junks wara lost and terra that will desarbeit in anti-Russian. But is an absolutely unknown quantity, resting another quarter very unwelcome to Germany belay badly wounded in one of the skirmishes in much damage done to houses and gotowani is no policy for a great empire. It la tha neither on racial ailinity nor any visible com. It is hy no means too late for each steps yat Africs, and was driven round with his arm in a both hers and at Takow. It is feared that the policy of negation, Bantogration, defeat, deci annity of interestsanese the risksty policy This one Chinese port would be of far greater sling. When I recall the look of pride on the sugar crop has sustained great injury.

danes, the palier of the faint hearted suitor, of the of opposing Russia be so considered importance to German commeren, and much faos of this lion-hearted soldier i enems but disappointed travier; paling in which failure is and is therefore garment for ceremonial cheaper than the possession of extensive territories yesterday ence he was amongst an. He was shame aut succese a dttful honent. Our taky and holiday wear rather than for work in Africa. Considerable as Germany's relations of magnificent physiquo, standing some stantive interests are purely grand enough to eday purposes Should 3 overtake to Chize already are, they will never arrivo at eft. 4, with Herculean ahoulders and chest, and engroes our capacition, Live and let lire, ex more substantial form, It will not be their full development till this point of support, the disposition of a child. Eager for the fray, a rale of conduct, bits us better than it the heavy but the agile member of which would rival Hongkong, has become the he went out again against the Mahdi, never, does any people in the world. Strength the partnership who will be found riding on porselen of many. These views are shared, alas, to return. Burnaby in still an honoured wasted in thwarting others is doubly wasted to shoulders of the other, directing his move by all the man men of business in Shangasme, and in one of the graveyards of the city, in our ene; first, in that it is drawn mente like the malicut on the elephant. We hai and by the season of the German Impericl off from the forces needed for the advancement might even go further and suggest a more and marcantile navies of cur proper ocneral; and secondly, because probable alliance in the East in which Great in every game of intrigne we must be worsted, Brition will not be the most favoured nation, having no aptitude that way. When we deviate from the direct line we are lost.

wing

The P. & C. steamer Manila, which let on Tuesday for England, took a hundred and fiby time expired men of the Navy.

The C. P. steamer Empress of China arrived at Kobe ab 4 pm, on Tuesday, the 1st inst., and Loft at 1.30 sm. yesterday for Hongkong vis Nagsisi and Shanghai.

hooording to Singapors paper. by Maurs. Pirillos laquierdo and La's leamer Manila, due at Binigapore on 6th inst, there is or protod a sumber of Jesuit fathers en route for

Массо

Mr. A. B. Brown, Japanese Conen in Ghus gow, has just placed with Messrs. Lobnits and Co. Renfrew, an order for a large twin-scrow can-going, telegraph steamer, completely equipped for laying, picking up, and repairing telegraph osblem.

Hampshire is trying a sew wicket-kooper in the person of Lieut. S. R. Olivier, HM.S. Australia, who was wall known on the China Station on board Imperieses. He was a will be remembered, very smart and are bebind the wicket and was a good bat also Singapore Free Press.

Road to

At the Polios Court yesterday s licensed chair coolie was charged with misconduct. A gentleman engaged a chair in Queen's go to Bellios Terrace, but after going a short distance discovered that he had forgotten a book. He returned for it, but when he wanted to get into the chair again one of the Irrers refused to carry him and slaimed payment for the journey already perfcrmel. The poolio We given into custody and on baing brought before the Magistrate youterday was finet $2.

MBRYOB AND THE FRENCH CONSULATE AT SHANGHAI,

H. Bryois, a French journalist who visited the Far Laut a few years ago, has addressed an open letter to . Orion, the President of the Eraoh Municipality at Shanghai, on the subject of the now Consulate building and tho share M. Bryois had in bringing the work about. The letter is published in the Evene ment, a Parle journal, of the 29th August, and te ne follows

LATE TELEGRAMS.

nometimes called to "workshop of the world,

a tall, graoufal obelisk has been erected in memory of the fearless Colonel of the Horse Guards, who, foremost fighting, foll" for his country,

ON THE WAND. - With the sonson of "mists and mollow fruit- Fulness," of walch Keats sq sweetly sang draw- ing rear, gur crioketers are begining to doff 20 London, 16th September.

their fannele, the average calculators and Mud olastoral axcitement has taken place at immersed in a whirlpool of figures, and Limerick, where Mr. O'Keefe, an Anti-For the football oficials are once more andr mellito, has been elected member of Parliamento all who really love orloket this den in place of the dynamiter Daly and defeating perate haste of the football players mast Mr. Nolan, the Parnellite candidate, by eighty-pear very unscomly. Fear months is met over mãeh in which to enjoy the rost delightful of evon rotos. Rioting went on for five hours on Saturday and fifty of the rioters were injured. English outdoor games, and in the opinion of

goodmany apartial uritics it would bushmore The police malo twenty secente. E

egreable were the football noason onrtailed by a month at least. Bat for the moment we will le

TRE MISSING MOUNTAINDERS.

Allahabad, 16th Septembe All hope has been abandoned regarding Mr. AT. Mimmery and the two Gurkhas with him. The coarch parties ont on the Manga Parbat lave found no lanes of the party

A: POUR_SHOT.

London, 17th September. Lord Beanout was found dead to day.

He

The Coroner's verdict on the death of Lord Beaumont confirms the sistement that ho was

The advocates of aliianos with Japan show how little thought they have given to the ank Bat the development of the war has ale jent by their eruberance of light verbiage. The following telegrams are from the B- Paris, 20th August, 1895. * thrown an unexpected light on our position in As useful, faithful, and attained as any m of the 15th July I and a report of the speeches pelled. The abandonent of China to her fate mending a borss or suswering an advertisment

Mensieur le PresidentIn the China Cassite Europe; and there abo ilusions have been dis the world," says one for writer, e if recom.goor Garatte

SALIJFERICK ELECTION made by yourself and the Conal-General for may have boon as pradent as it was popular for a fal Would each an alliance mrvive France at Shanghai en tho becasion of the It may even have bess, under the circumstances the first oclifalon at sea between a Japanese are national fots and the inauguration of the new necessary; and yet it may have been 6 is a English phin Everything is easy to the Cenemlats building. In these speeches I nota fortans to ourselves that such a conjuncture of poet, and the theorist Marriage with a China is mermaid may be made to look lovely by s that you copiously exchanged the mutual com circumstances should lava arisen. plicients ususi at oficial ceremonies of this corrupt, and undeserving of consideration. Bat mukical rhythm of words, but the uniotical kind. If you did not stint 1. Dubail of your cotatries nearer home which am sise corrupt are details of such a combination are scarcely matre municipal rhubarb, M. Dubail was not back not on that scent outlawed, It is not the cor- beyond our hen than would be the working out ward in giving you, but more sparingly, the ruption of China, but her military weakness, that of puch an alliance as that proposed. For of consular senna which was your dus. So much sensed us to turn our back of her. Our change centerio Japan we know absolutely nothing, and of polley was dictated by considerations of car those who should be our teachers only add to the better.

And certainly I would not have allowed my own interests, than which no statesman need our substratum of ignoranco a layer of Action. self to introduce a discordant note it, by an eyer allege any higher motive. Let us how The same writer who commits himself so con cmfusion both on the one side and the other over, marle well whether we have boon serving dontly to the faithful, useful, and stachod

the intareata of the day of the Govern- admits, and in the same sentence oven, that the which I think it right to maka public, it had tot plaused the Consul General and yourself, mant, and officials of the day; in other causes of the late war, which he had been 1. To President, not to negative the well-known words, whether we have been infimenced exponuding for twelve months, remain unknown! by present convenience or whether w If, after a thousand your ozperience with Proverb that the absent are always wrong, Shanghai and China and I have orory resson

It is now nearly three years since I left have daly considered the day after tomorrow, peoples of our own kin and our own faith, we

the permanent interests of the country are unable to hit it off with our nearest neigh to think that if instead of being at this moment and the empire. Time will show whether it beurs, let us st least not delude ourselves by az alector in the department of the Bainu you has been a profitable investment to purchase the dream that we shall succeed beiter at sabut by avoident had counted me amongst the number of your the goodwill of the newly risen Japan, and to distance simply by shutting out of our cognisance,THE SILVEZ QUESTION. constituents in the French Concession it would encourage her to become the barrier against the essential conditions of the compact. have bron very difficult for you, I being present, Russia, at the price of alienation from the not to recall in your speech that that sons Christian powera. For goodwill zo acquired stituent was the real initiator of the rebuilding is not freehold property, but rather resembles of the Consulate and that his offerts, the pro-s contract of life assurance whose validity must sedure which he indicated and which he knew be kept up by continuets payments, the exigency how to impose, and the strong parliamentary of each successive domand being onmalatively influence which he had the advantage of being enhanced by the aggregate amount of previous sucrifices. Nur has the device of vicarious barriers able to bring to hear, bad the happy affect of bringing about the result which you celebrated mash to recommend it beyond necessity, for of A number of Armentane made a demon.and which our nationals in the concession at permanent schemes which depand either on snto stratiba în Constantinople before the house of Shanghai may justly rejoice in.

cratic exprice or national fortune over which The initinfira in the rebuilding of the French we hara no control, the best that can the Patriarch and were dispersed by the police, Consulate at Suanghai, by means of the petition, he said is that they are better than nothing,

rightly belongs to me, I repeat, and you cannot Japan may koly enough become a bar was inted in any case to give way, it is net ua- ignore it, M. le President, you who were the rior to Russia: she cumok help being so. reasonable to suppose that the self-love of * first to attach your signature to the statement of Kat it will be in her own interest, or prout nation would have been saved by yield the reasons sent by yue to the President of the what she conceives to be such, oxolasireing to the unanimous yerdict of Europe rather Clumber id Dapali, a statement in which I ly; nor will she ever be infqoused a hairs than to a section only, ... ased again almost in the same words but with breadth by good or ill-will of ours "niless it takes maps vigour, if I may any so the tart of a pre- the donorsto, ferm to which we have so jasti vions petition, wrongly addressed to the Minis able an aversion. If her Majesty's Cover tor for Foreign Arales by M. Bruns, yiner mont, therefore, has been induced by interested predecessor, and which was conecqueatly loat parties to think that Japan is gained by our ametigst other papers, or at all events revor courting, or by the surrender of rights, or by reached its destination,, which was the Palais the excrifice of the interses of British subjects, then that is the second bush into which the Briti ostrich is thrusting its loud..

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS,

SUPPLIED TO THE DAILY PRESO.”)

LONDON, 80th September. THE SZECHUEN OUTRAGES. China has accepted the British ultimatum and has degraded the Viceroy of Szechuan for ever as a warning. ARMENIANS IN CONSTANTINOPLE

sovaral Leing killed.

AN ASHANTEE WAR IMMINENT. Colonel Scott, Inspector of Constabulary on the Gold Coast, has been sanimoned home to confer with the War Ofice concerning sa

expedition to Ashantes in the event of war with 120 that country becoming insritable.

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The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 3RD, 1895.

THE surrender of China to the

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HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

НЕЯТ ВООВЕК СТР.

The competition, which has been in progress for the past six months, has now come to a ter mination and a frosh series was entered upon on October 1st. The entries numbered in all- British 39, which is a slight falling off from the last

competition, but this is no doubt nooounted for:

Captein W, V. Eccles, E.B... 89 * 81 95 14 81

Mr. John Hastings Mr. C. H. Gráco

98 15 89

Mr. H. L. Dalrymple

94 10 84 Mr. Clement Palmy

96 11 85 Mr. W. A. Duff

100 15 85 Captain JM., Stewart, B.B 101 14 87

14 88: Commodore Boyes, R.N......: 102

AFFAIRS IN SOUTH. FORMOSA.

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

Bourbon.

{ for his adente.

As to your own siloase, I consider it a grave forgetfulness of the montimentaufgratitude which you should have addressed to me in the name of your cotestituante and at the sapa time a failure 10 your professional duty as fraudent of the f'renon kunicipal Council of Shanghai..

HEYET Berors,

PARCA New York, 17th September.

The Chairman of the Executive Committee of this American silver party has stated that if business continues to improve the alvor question te dead This is regarded here as na important

the winter pastime and take glance over the criolet season 2ow on the want. Every your has ulainis of some kind or another to be regarded as historie. The preéont year of Grace, however, will stand cut distinctly from the rest of the eightien vad nineties. This, tondi intentamid purposes, has been the year of Graan. Just fancy a man of ha was shot while ont shooting. His death is boyeurs at the top of the batting average, with the wor of inglish cricket toiling vainly in lieved to have bean sosidantal.

the rear. It is nothing short of marvellous. "The whirligig of time has wrought strange olanges. Who would have thought, for instance, that the once formidabls Notta combination could have come down, so suddenly from their high position. Truly, the lace county have fallen upon ovil times. Then again, what a briliant batsman Susan bave discovered in the young Indian prince, K. S. Basjitaixhi whe standa escond only to the shampion. When before I wonder, have the possessed two wicket- kopers equal all round to Lifey and Morer, bath or whom have unde upward of 1,000 rase in first-class watches. Again, what shall be said of that wonderful fest of young bicolaren, whó ran his score into tho fifth hundred before being dismissed, or the stupendous tulal sammod by the Ganeshire players against Scueresteiro, Twice during the season we have seon English bowlers take the whole of the winkote in an in- ing whilst Gloucestershire, for some years now on the dowa grade, have at last found a bowlar who can get wickets when they And what D are most badly acoded. Frend time it must be too, for that ster ingerickster of tong ago, Frank Townsend to see his boy doing brilliant service for his County, Well, we have had a most enjoyable summor na a whole, the grand run-getting

BLOCK IN THE CANAD

Bat were the approval of Japan worth ever to much to Great Britain, it is not likely that in their sober moments, and in the long period of reflection which may be exposted to follow the intoxication of's might, Japanese statesman will recognise any service whatsoever rendered to

Suen, 17th September, them by Great Britain, They may begin to realise that the loca of Lotning to them s

The Peainsuler and Oriental Compuby's blessing in disguise; and they cannot kalp saning steamer Ganges was delayed in the canal to day that Great Britain had no infuser whatever in owing to the grounding of the Duke of Sutter preventing their expulsion either from the Lino Land, but has now jubeded. tang of the Korean peninsulas. Cui bono, TROUBLE IN THE CONGO STATE. then, the Friendship of England? Since the Brussels, 18th September,

But the most serious injury which thu hol tating attitude of Great Britain has helped Japan to do for herself has been to fora the situation in Kores, so that Eassis has been compelled to interfers actively in the peninsula affairs. As a mamhar of the couraiva. Ingus even, how much incre, as a member of a peach league before the outbreak of war Grent Britain would have had at least a moderating vots in the disposal of the oracnated territories, either in restoring them to the status quo and or in maintaining them inviolate from other aggression. Whereas now the effect of the Angle Japanese leison is to delivar over Koren and Idsetung to the mercy of Hussin along For what, then, has Japan to thank uglaor England Japan? For what mess of pottage

In Majesty King Loopoli has instructed the officers of the Congo State never to exemts any foreigners but to send them to Bens, the

est ut Goverment, fez a proper trial

A serion nativo rising is reported to las takan pince in different parts of the Congo state, you where the Belgieus were hitherto Etrongest, and Captain Peltzer has boundered by his own troope

TATAL POLO &CCIDENT.

VAN THE PAKIES.

Allahabad, 15th September. A fatal pole nooident is reported from Sialkote.wickets of May and June thrilling our batonen Tieutenant Martin Jones, 11th Husens, hul a with joy and wringing the withers of the bad fall durkis gane on Wednesday and died owls at the same haine. It will be only in the following day of concussion of the brain the natural order of things to find the great "W.. missing from the felt before many He had only three years' mevice.

mlara yazış'ere over our hesda, brit while ha, ís London, 14th September.

able we may depend upon it tint, he will not The temporary disagreement which arose be spare himself. Only the other day he

indicate treen the Pamirs Commissioners has boon het fall a few words which seen arranged by referents to London and Stor wich would indiate

of an ordinary player-that the begin- Paterabrurg

and is not so far away ice of the

we should like it to be. Asked which was the Fest he is said to have

That depends upon, the ground. Although

in tho -DASD

Such are the facts and these frots I wolf persuaded you will not contest, or you would There are persons and parties so constituted make it necesary for me to inform you that us to see Lo misfortune at all in national the Foreign Office has recently sent precise isolation. There are doctrinaire politiciane who instructions to its ngout at Shanghai Inviting even glory in the recoil from intermeidling, him to ssociate my name, as is proper, with those

"antanghug alliszços,” Za, Thas the pan who have principally contributed to the replacing dulum swings to and fraud doctrines coms of the old ruined building by the Consulate on and go like the tide. It is tras there iạ which you now rejoice to see the trioclour flying no combination without inconvenionoes and

Tan willing to believe that M: le Consalsboa. But it is the part of the judicions ha Great Britain alienated her birthright? The Turkestan Gastle, in no article today General for France at Shanghai lal not received to balance the evil against the good and make The natural steadying element in all the turmoil on the Fair Boundary Colammion rebukes in tiinu the instructions to which I have made the best of the composite total, not to rush from present and future in the last to batoms, the the Novos. Frexy for stirring up ill-fooling allusion above. That is the sole available excuse an immediate inconvenience headlong into the abifting ballast! Nor after all our tumbling between the Russians and the British by pub-

unknown and the untried. Matrimonial socidents about does it appear that we have been able to fishing falso reports

a fast bowler upon a good wicket is the easiet to seara from, my eye is not so se as it was consituta no valid argument against marriage intoxintain strief neutrality, for our Government

St. Petersburg, 14th September general. Isolation is so obviously opposed to the has been giving advies to Japan precisely sa

Owing to the temporary suspension of their at a titas, and think I prefer a modium- whole order of nature that the burden of rebot Germany has done, only without any loaded laboure in the Pamire consequent upon a die-paced ball myself. When I read this. I must alwyr meat on those those who advo vertilges. In this talenship? Is it agreement between the Commissioners, the Rus felt a momentary pang, but a table of the cute it. As well might a stalk of corn try

ethics Le it business? Is there not, in foot,atan Commissioner, M. Schweikovski, has an- avaruges stared me in the face, and afforded to stand slons in the figid as a man, or a faraily, something votten in car State management nounced that he is returning to St. Petersburg, instant relief; for there cannot be very sutul or a nation think to prosper out of communion which leaves us with such a balaton-sheet sabut it is hoped that the news of the settlement with their kind. For nations are also a family, this with their rivalries, bickerings, and quarrels inseparable from human life, No man livetheiah Infinenne in Chine, sad Kumin in to himself, and no man dieth to himself," in the

stalled as protector. German were given s

·fuciiculable advantage. tere expresion of a natural law which cannot 3.-Jaran wakened -2-uis Russls. poration. The solitary schoolboy, the family which holds aloof, the nation which gathers in ite skirta in the society of its poora, make them selve first the common butt, and then the common enemy. "Who is not for ne is against us," the world asys, and on the whole not untily. How olevated into a principle it becomes an impractise insantaneous shaugs from messing to blow ever valuable Neutrality may boes an expedient,

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THE JAPANESE IMBROGLIO.

Under the shore handing there appears in wortlar paper under the above heading "From a Correspondent in the Far East." It is dated the 6th July, 1895, but without the name of the place where it was written. Retereuce is mule in a footnote to the following articles by the same writer which appeared in Blackwood's in 10 Russian Power in Blanskuris, 1808, namely, The Russian Acquisition of

cablo ideal, opposed to the nature and constitu tion of man.

Kasun antagonissa deeply accentuated. Francs existed, and ligypt thrown into the mes ving pot. v

1.-The ertion of the glorious privilege of being

independent

The saving of her Majesty's Ministers from

ing any responsible decision

ing in the mums light-de of the Japane papenas ready, however, as an Irish menulicant, to regume the former tase on the slightest po Tocation...

4-The comfortable aware that England mus peace, her naval digositions proving to the world' that active service was outside of all her calcals tions. we kare it to the practical sense of on ountrymen to strike the balanca.

GERMANY AND THE LOOTING OF THE MISSION NEAR SWATOW:

arrived at by the Busalan and British cabinets Will reach him in time to prevent his departure.

TERRANEAllahabad, 17th September. The Infest news received frums General Gerard 'confirms the report that the Famix Commission wea to break up on the 18th. instant

THE DISTURBANCES AT BAHREIN

Alistabu, 18th September. The Plasty has started for Bahrola to join the Spa and the Pigeon of that island This is a proautionary measure, as no frosh development has seentes,

SPORT AND ANECDOTE.

By An Ord Fou

GSMÄN ELECTION INCIDENT.

of

• Clánsing the other day over the care Teschel, the famous greyhound, whose dentk vill bo hoard of with sorrow by all classes of sportemen, I happened on the name of another great dog of the time, Barnsby, the Waterloa Cup here of 1883. This latter namo instantly Juvaylat to mind a flood of recollection connectəd with that magnificent specimen of a Belties collier Colonel Burnaby. This gallant offer, it

wrong with the kocuness of vision when he piles up over two thousand runs in three months. With the days gradually shortening, the miste creeping on, and the harvest moon near at band, erything hetokens the close of the season, vi almost before we are aware of it wo shall he budied nales volens into the cap ties and Longue matches, the scrummages and penalties of the foothill fuld the summer has been, all'

too short, but the green leaves and blossoms will coma ngrin, and we must got what pleasure we Can from a permeal of the douglity deeds of our giants of the cricket field during this memorably

SOLSON

THE POET OF BILLIARDS. Postic references to billiards are so extremely rare that I feel tempted to spredu a fow Forses I chanced upon some Kille time ago. These were written for and appeared in The Town and Country Miscellany, by Albert | Smith, as long ago as 1850) ----

The Billiard Game of Life”- Cleopatre Let's to billiards; come, Charmisu

" Antony and Cleopatra." The Chamion It sloes, I iny.

Remind one very much of life This gate of billiards which we play With all' mimië omst and strife. The table line smoothly l

room for ambiguity. She had one thing to merits and in fall view of the objects sou hear me may barumambered, fell at Ata Kles, taing So green and bright-o trim and even

No one wank dream of

ultimatum in reference to the, Szechen by the foot that more golf is played in the Blackwood's Magazine for Boptember a note. be. violated with impunity by individual or cor- outrages has saved her from orione conse- winter months quences. Lord SALJRBURY meant business The rent shows a tie for first prize between Captain W. V. Ecoles, Eifle Brigade, and Mr. on this occasion and had the Teangli John Hastings, with a net vore of 61, Mr. Yamen remained obdurate reprisals would C. H. Grace being third with 83, although have been promptly taken on the towns should be mentioned that Mr. J. Hastings also along the Yangtze. The whole programe at in a score of 83, which of course is eclipsed

by his better rabien of 81. had been arranged and would have been The net scores of under SD which were re."Balance of Power in Eastern Asia.”

The writer holds that the Japanese attack on faithfully carried into execution had the turned are as follows:

Political questions, however, ara.sfest trested Chinn was wholly unjustifiable and that a wi timely surrender of the Felting Government

take was made by England, when the Japanese in the conarete, for general principles require not removed the necessity. With the exem-

invasion threatened to disturb the ensting too much qualification for daily use. Freetora status is not joining Russia in neutralising of contract, representation by taxation, the law plary panishment of Ly, the nati-foreign

Kores or in establishing sons new modus of supply and demand, and other formule bare to ex-Viceroy of Szechuen, the instigator und

vivendi for the peninsula. By such timely give way before the exigencies of life. Though abettor of the recent outrages, the security

intervention in June, 184, whatever special therefore, empires have risen and nations pros of the lives and property of foreigners in

form it might have taken, the war would either perod-Great Britain not the least among them have been prevented, or Japan would have been-through judicious alliances founded on 300- That province and throughout the empire

forced to seek some new pastert." With Bassia, sanguinity or harmony of aid, yet each new the writer says, "there never has been the least combination must judged on its special generally will be materially advanced, and the naval demonstration will have done

do,, with or without allies, by word or by dead. All we contend for is that, while alliances may

one of the first to attempt to elamber overkthe And so's lifa's path to southful eyes; something toward rehabilitating British

ANPING, 21st September.

The conditions of her existence compelled her bo samotimos ill conceived, the principle of

THE KORHORAN” FROCEEDS WITH A

SPEED TO SWAROW,

earthworks thrown up by the enemy, and one Where all seem fair samrter's beaven: influence at Feking and teaching the ad HMS. Pique arrived on Tuesday, the 10th to thing about the alliance between the science of biology and the whole teaching Writing on the 24th Septembar the Singanore of the first to be abst down. Earlier in his

keep Japanese off her continent." The segregation stands condemned prima facie by

But there are crowed to be los

And-eannons lenock is all abou,” viters of Kwang Su that Great Britain is inet, and Captain Bigge has been actively em- Russia, Germany, and France to pravont of history.

Brac Prasaya The Hongkong papers to hand carver he had evinced a passion for politice, and When the Toware divided in April last this morning up to the 18th mat, contain with the The Lord Randolph Churchill and

And gaping pitulia. round are set- not a power to be trifled with indefinitely,ployed in making prevision for the safety of Japan's retention of the Liactung peninenta te

From which, like bankrupt, we8.com accorded to Herr von Brandt, formerly German leaving Great Britain in a minority of ons. no particular references to any indident and Calthorpe amayed to win one or two of

But chief resemblance: is that “kisaes" long-suffering as she has shown herself to the community in case of necessity,

Minister at Peking, and the reference made to the question at isane was one in which animat Swatow such as that loofing resita cents in the metropolis of the Midlands.

Are always tory near to mises." be in the past. Lord Salissury's firmness Lan, under pressure it is said of the literat that diplomat on his retirement in a leading ity was feasible, and, as evants have shown, ally of German property, mition stations or During this period I happened to be speadiar and vigour in the present crisis will be has prohibited any Chiness leaving the island article in the Hongkong Daily Press is quoted would have been advantageons to all the parties mercantils haust, reported in today's tale good deal of my time in Birmingham and ENGLAND BADLY SEATUN.

Although emerhat out of my province in hailed with satisfaction by all British res who were fortunate enough to get on board low

and the Thales sailed with a few passengers, The conaluding portion of the paper is as fol- concerned. For the object of the crabfuntion gram. Whatever has happened it has been while the election fever was at its height often

was a protest einst the authority of acked serious enough to have caused excitement in attended the meetings of the rival inte this column, I cannot "lot the recent world's sidents in the Far East, and if it be due in without being noticed, or had obtained special We stand too near this grand convalsion to forms. The claim of Japan to hos neighbour's orang, and that to such a match as to rouse The great hardware cerital at that pre championships dan without a reference to the measure its dimensions or comprehend its territory rested on the power of the sword. the Gerraza pross to clamour for the instantes John Bright no happily patit, as bral poor show this by the English representatives any degree to the representations of Sir permisulon. Mr. Hurst, HBM Consul, ap-igaifianco. But there is engage in the in- uzelusively. There was neither ethals senti-eputed of desers to switor, Wo Isztbar to beg is talt It will easily be imbis, t. Cologne. It seems to me very much as if NICHOLAS 'CONOR it will be a pleasure to proached Lin in the matter, who replied that mediate visible effects of the Eastern eruption sal nor ay hind tradition to warrout Jepang that thir olmour in the prees aas fate then, that the other side mict with very consider the Braglish authorities have eat off their nose acknowledge merit in a quarter in which woho proposed to adop exly those who had not to furnish food for grave reflection to English in wiring sitior Lisotang or Foraiss. She effert, for it is azoertained that the German ble opposition whenever a public demonstration to spite their face, if the term bo permissible. have of Inte become unaccustomed to look completed their payments to the war fund.” Amen.

bad gained these torritories by a war of her worses Kormurun, which was to have gone up in of furves was attempted. A csudidates lot Whist all the other countries on the Continent allow men popularly capposed to be in the China has been laid open, and two features of seeking, for which no provocation has ever been

frymder the orcumstances was non a particularly for it. The only fault to be found with the proshimation, however, lus been posted through her national character revealed her devilness to allegeil that was not transparently fetitions. lily way to Hongkong in ordinary atrative Cane But the opposition, at times employ of certal firms ta com pole as grateurs

was suddenly directed by the Admiral a. Hako action now taken is that it should have been out the city, warning the people not to attempt stimuli and her impotence in war: But the oz For even let it be granted that the state of date, by telegram, to proceed at wine with all reasoning and franile, only served to spur our racing path has been strippel of our boat taken four years ago, and the question also to leave, under penalty of being arrested, their plosion has also shaken the foundations of things in Korea afforded such a pretent for in- speed to Swatiw Any thing the ship would Major Barneby he had not achieved the men in the endeavour to bring about an almost

British polios in the Far East. The policy terfering as the condition of Ireland might be have needed to take in here in the way of stores, distinction of a colonel at that time to greator impossible del miggest itself whether the reparation aggage confiscated, and the passouger boats which is clear hes, now as always, prevailed over supposed to sford to some strong military do not to be waited for, but would be sent efforts, and no man ever went through a trying finding farli with our legislators in sir demanded is commensurate with the offence employed seized and berné. With these notices that which is nebulous, Whiersgs it has been Power, the pretext would only cover the area of on to her at Strator from Hongkong. In ordeal with more good humour and nebesity attempt to purify the sport of cycling, but

posted everywhers, it is only natural that the ear aim to save Chins from coming under the entrants itself. Except that it was cou- persuance of these argent orders the Kornunum At the busiest times it was nedeciary for the unluss the Unions of other countries follow that has been committed. Had the punish-migrant declines to run the risk. Hunfireds Russian influenca, the mist outcome of our vetion doted on scientific methods, thoroform, tho left Singapore verberger for Sestop at 1pm andilaten to address as many as half a dozen similar course, England must always berapy ment of the guilty officials corrected with the are anxious to cross to the taxinland, particularly and inaction has been to place China undur Japanese invasion of China waa in no Way The German Admiral and his squadron, or meetings in the courer of single ovoning. On backward position when the world's champion- Russian protectorate. This can le noviso te distinguishable from a prodatory mid on a the greater part of it, in doubtines already dae of these pins. I found myself in a ships are run. Strange stories occasionally anti-foreign outbreak of 1891 been demanded those with wivon and familios, who are perhaps rockoned success. The press which worried the large scale, such as the Japanese had been inwall on his way to that sport That wo had schoolroom extrrounded by some four or five reach my sara es to pacing payments and, the and enforced at that time it is safe to affirm in more dead of troubles in the city as the Coverment on account of its domestic pec- the inbit of undertaking, and the Vitings soms have a chance of seing is the direct hundred politicians of the most ponnesel tray arrange that the bag, clution that the recent outrages in Szeebuen and Jopazess spprosol theu of the advancing army cadflees has had nothing but applause for the before them. There was no dispute betweenness of Cremaku mathods applied to the care

type brewers and bakers and caresticktor beginning to think best the horrible massare at Kucheng would talt. It is dificult to follow Liu's policy, for great renunication of the leading role in Asia, the two countries, nor the most distant allege of exoting redress for such a serious display of makers a vast majesty of whom soon of the assateur dillioulty will be to abolish the never have been committed. Better late his notien can only tend to stir up a strong feel the verity of the business boing hidden from tien of a grievanos. The casson of the war Chinese violence and hostility and to judge from showed their teeth in menacing fascion They defuition altogether, and let everyone ride for than never, however, but while the lesson is ing, and at a time when his popularity is de electoral eyes by the scnvexity of the globe. have indeed been confously explained, but in the telegraphed effect of the reportand the action had not come to listen to the lowing periods of cash or find as ft may suit him best Tho

arity is de

A certain community of interest between progressively confused language, until at kuat, we know to have been taken in consequence the Major; they were there to howl him down world's championships sound well to the ear being administered it is to be hoped the misidedly hanging in the balance.

India and China has been diy rosugaised for drive from one ratonable theory to another, must have comered at Swalow against German Unfortunately the chairman of the meeting was but up to the prezent they have scarcely realised Some anxiety in felt for the safety of Chrismany years. To strengthen Chino has been an the mortest special ploader for Japan One not a man of decision, and it galukly became the hopes of the kaders, and one mano sally take will not be made of leaving it incom- tions, owing to the initary execution of three undisguised thongh unavowod object of British declares that "the real reason of the wax hasbjects, their premiss, and their properere ut upparent that he hit last contra of the axeitad understand mach hiportant events being decided plete. The officials whose calpable neglect natives belonging to the English Presbytenis policy ever since the conclusion of the war of never yet been diriged, and perhaps never be no poinvering with Chinese official, and no Andige, Lord Calthorpe, another of the with such men os Zimmerman, Johnson, Lehr, is responsible for the Kucheng affair stand Mision at Kager, on the charge of being in its continuance. And although the word al

1880-nay, paraderiaal as it may gas, during will be.".

orsation of an operas bouffe enquiry. We should candidates, by no means a rowly speaker, haft and others absent We hear much in our day of the progress of in need of chastisement as well as the collusion with the Japanese.

Lisuse has generally get the more superfloral the principle of arbitration among cirile say that has provdaro would to the practical hamd and baitaud atagomared through a dozen compation of the port and the arrest of as many tancar amlista perfect Bubel of noises, and Széchuen officials, and the failure of the Letters from the region of Chang Hwa re journalists off in a fit of raillory, got to win nations, about the obligation which the peace of the Chinese officials an could by any possibi then it came to the gallant. Bajor's turn. Al

Chins to a common purpose with ourselvor lang party would impose on all nations to submit. lity be saddled with the lets jot of responsib though leaking the firs and aloquence of more Peking Government to exercise due control port that cholera is raging among the Japanese bean, er ought to have been, a constant'aim of their quarrels to the judgment of nonirals before lity aither in conniving at the outrage or in experienced orators, Major Barnaby had a 4 now set of: "Jungle Storion" by over its high officials in the provincesshould troops, and this fact mos nopeant for the appar galitical strategy

appealing to the arbitrament of war. But if conniving at the non-prevention of the outrage happy entok of going dreight to a point, and Kipling will appear in the autumn. also be visited with consequences which will parent delay in preceedings Small detach The object has not been attained, because it any such international polico over had a chanco If, as we should not at all be carprised to under favouring conditious wan listened to sa keep them alive to their duties in the future.mants had been sent to the various towns and has been purened in the porfanotory manner of of justifying its existence if over a ponces, strong nation is entirely justified, it will file with Interest. But on this occasion the Evergunds will lear with pleasure that Mr. Under pressure the Peking Government is enges, including Hoonin, one of the camphor those who would, and yet would net; without breaker could be justly brought to account by prove to have been easier for Chins to pro opposition determined that he should not be Barris has fuisbed a new Borel The fact that study of tho problem; without the slightest the ofvilised world, thir surely was such a case, voke the German squadron Into vaiding allowed to proceed with any himmy, and every noon of the bilyard "hate greatly multiplied centres. The Chinese Beals appear to have appreciation of its complexity; and without any The dificulty lay in the foot that there was Bestow than to get, them to lesTA02 timo be ostoyed to spast lúa tekee was drowned themselves of into will not mate wise readore will able to control its Viceroys and other balted and the people everywhere are inviting selection of agents, competent to discern the, nothing for an arbitrator to work upon, there this the Chinees Government may be quite dra by the deafening din of the free and enlightened lepa anxious to hour more from the authentic high officials and the latter are equally well the Japanese to take possession, as the robber pointe of profitable union between two auch was, no quarre; nor differens to be adjusted that althỡngh it how mundo' itself answerable to electorate. After making several inattestual voice. The new novel will appear first serially able to control the people, but; so far. bands cannot be suppressed" without ailitary western power. It is no. if copper and steel itself. To condone the Japanese aggression rages perpetrated on British anisots, it will himeelt in a chain produced i Inhage pouch and t

loterogeneous bodion as the prosection of foreigners is con all, The Japanoss have still to treats large had to be welded, and the job was turned over was to reafirm the supremaoy of brute fint that it will look in vain, in other directions brist, Billed and lit up, priceeded to gaff.out Western Australia peame most wutebile

an Oriental andersopt what has grown out of the war Britain is a conres of many years for many cats attempts, the soulier candidate quietly seated in Scribner's Magazine. cerned, it is only under premure that fares of Black Flags and loen, lovios, and female onlyrant. any effective action will be taken looks almost no it the big fight might take on to the business of the day. The whools of teaching of Christianity. The indiscriminata received at our hands. We should not be I waited the development of events Folding his Not long ago, at Coolgari yang whow The purishment of the Szechuan officials place near Tainandos, Liu still remains in the routine have ground out feinle to pattern fatturera-not the true friends of Japan are the least surprised to discover that In the arms and crossing one leg over the other he was proposed to by all the pection with when

My And öven if natural selection had brought for fond of representing her ne playing at cirilla Suntow incident, of zhose details we are yet in

surveyed the bowing crowd with a comprar the hat to dame in detect during the last - will-in itself hayo an excellent effect, but it ty

Captain Bathurst, of the steamer Thales, and ward wax of the right quality, their lances of tion. They say the minde as enormous stride granos, Grenday Enx just had put into her lo menat determination, if it meant anything ass of her husband. The doutor who attended -ie important that the lesson should be driven his boat's arew, four Swatow men, were captured born frustrated by the absence of direction or whila Japan is trying to "endo Western na

roudering, more than reatine serries would have between Port Arthur and Walhalwes! But Amids that very opportunity of intervening it, at all. He had Boigething to say, and he was tim, the chemist tropare the scripti home, that the Fuhkien officials should be

Chins that she has long been on the look out deferaded to say it. For some time the room the undertaker who buried him the parson who we as fear a pandemonion as one can image, rend the Barial Service and the owner of the drawn into the net, and that concessions ear the large fort on Wednesday. Snipe was appreciation at home. Whether, therefore, the tiens in civilisation, let these latter teke for Wo what song

bat the Major won Tan jostling and the cemetery, all asked for the hash of the young the object in view, but the ancetguard, on the desired understanding, with Chim was und so that they do not samlate Japan iz

insufferable host told I's tale the noisy ones widow, who, however, being largely in dokt to ehould be demanded from the Feking lookout for Japaus spice, declined to believe Idea on its merits or not, it hug never hul as opposite sense. There is a roal dan

chance of realisation.

ger of this. The approbation of the

gradually dwindled away, and at the end the er landlord a kinky digger and well-to do mar, Government of such a nature as to make this, and marched the gallant skipper and his

Unhappily wo have learned more from the proceedings of Japan in England may be sincere

candidate was crabled to address a few words to get out of her embarrassment, and out of her them entertain a lively sense of the danger maa to Lin's yaman in the city, a distance of Chinese them, they from us, far we have learned or not-in America it is almost passionate

thine of his followers who remained The events financial dilleulties, too, by merrying him,

Portheaming volumes in the Badminton Library" are Billiant by Majer W. Broad foot, R.B., and Dancing," by Mrs, Lily Grove

OLLA PODRIDA.