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The French franefnd diger arrived here yesterday from Poochow

is now wlated that Marquis Ito has deaded not to go to Rossin The Tokyo News Agency states that Margals Yamagata has boas com manded to go inapred

tene of modern society from the newspaper report of murders and divorces and the style of drawing room convenation. The conclusion, wo maintain, is not a sutad one It beyond the power c of ran to divest the race endures animal coarseness and

It is reported in the Shanghai native papers crime will characterise it. Indeed the toothat the Maltipoons borouglug te Memes great_forcing of the intellect insy in itself Butterflek & Bike at Nanking have been tend to the increase of insanity, and in burned down and that the less is over $10,000. "manity in its various degrees is responsible for WINES AND SPIRITS. most of the exime that exists. As to the grossness of conversation to which our author refers, we would commend to his at tention the following pasaige from Ruskin "There is one strange but quite essential

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OCCUPY TILL I COME,

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Morality then, first rat that is not house physical and intellectual attainments, are not equally important factors, but because

paros) of that training and dialling bending towards complete life as opposed to thah tending towards stagnation and death. As nuderlying sa muck that is vital in our social constitution and as giring untold advantage over these who neglect them, the truths that point to a efficion, use of our best talents are shove all

The emp was thus was by Erlos, with Massar second, and the third

The eighth Club race, postponed from last weak on account of the weather, was guided off at the same time and multed in a win for Bries, with Meteor second, and Princess third in the first class, he being first in the second

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the moral, having been eu-Etite cared for others those we can least afford to disregard. class inted to the winner, Me.

requires social attention / both for this reason

the

Denison, by Miss Roses, on the Victor Emanuel after the race, in the presence of the Congelare This is the third Commodore's cup won by and a large number of the members of the Club.

- -- JOHN FRANCIS SHERIDAN.

The Wifford Opera Company are expected to stripe by the Kaiser-Hint, the English mail steamer

The following monograph on Mr. J. F. Sheridan, which appeared some time ago in the Bohemian, will be read with interest by that There are but few among us who forget the vermelle actor'e adairers:-- nonesian of their first visit to the theatre. The

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character in us, ever since the Conquest, if not earlier delight in the forms of "burlesque which are connected in some "degree with the foulness in evil. I think "the most perfect type of a true English "mind in its best possible teniper is that of "Chaucer; and you will find that, while it "is for the most part full of thought of "beauty, pure and wild, like that of an April morning, there are oven in the midst of this sometimes momentarily Jesting passages which stoop to play "with ovil, while the power of listening "to nód enjoying the jesting of entirely After SHERRY-Excellent Dinner and

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"into forms of humour which reader some CLARET.-Our Clarols, inluding the lowest "of quite the greatest, wisest, and most

priced, are guaranteed to be the genuine" moral of English writers now almost use- bis book on China, will bo widely readBiani promissosted the characteristics of car present would be in a position to land up straight on the Amarican music halls as a comedian and

month before "osa. When required for drinking at once it should be ordered to be decanted at the Dispensary before baby

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product of the juice of the graps and a aut Artificially made from raisins and carrenta, as is generally the case with Cheap Winos,

Cargo landed at Yokohama has steadily rises, according to the Nichi, Nicki's figures, from 291,583 tons in 1892 to 505,009 tone in 1895. The figures for shipments from the port for the same years ers 150,971 tons and 178,557 tons respectively.

Dr. Morrison, who is now in Bangkok, is said to be greatly impressed with the capital and the political situation. He is storing up material for another work on travel which, if it equals

Fier Praze.

less for our youth. And yet you will fin "that whenover Englishmen are wholly

The NC Daily News of the 26th February without this instinct, their genius is comings. This fee in the Feiho has so far broken "paratively weak and restricted. The up that the Ice-beand steamers were sasblod to afart on the 24th, bat up to 190 p.m. yesterday justness of its critical insight, end, if we Lower Nine Forts. accept it, it shows how unsafe it would be to

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| BRANDY-All our Brandy is guaranteed to passage quoted will commend itself for the they had only succeeded in golling as far the the world and to inhibit all Init & select few which our posterity shall enter into the inheri. Mr. Sheridan, as the Widow O'Brim, bocaïne e

be pare Cognac, to difference in price being merely a question of age and

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follow the writer of #Occupy till I como" says The two Russian warshipe which last all things. Those who find that social inter will bring us victory without great exertion on months. Thoy and at Manchester and the Provinces of Amam |・ WHISKY-All our Whisky is of oxcellent in his condemnation "of the moral tone of came to Yokohama here taken up a position course is prejudicial, es lowering to the mind | our part. That is no doubt what many a zation English people soon endorsed the favourable

modern society simply because its conversa tion sometimes turns to jesting on subjects of coarsenges.

Complete moral civilization must thus, sup and also a being all essential as a pre-requisite plement complete physical and intellectual to success in the struggle to come. Believing civilisation befurs we can be certain of securing as we de that the white races, if not the English a continuance of that process of nicial advance Anehling part of them, use the natural inheritors which has been going on from of the earth, we cannot regard signs of apparent begining, and which as litely to produce Mr. Dopion since the formation of the Clab in The ninth Club rage will be asiled on Sunday, decar as more than temporary retrogressions, the highest form of life possible on this earth, 1801 was yesterday fined $1 and ordered to pay $2 which ambraces the contractions of the heart lities. Yet this highest state is not to be the 8th March, weather permitting. was yesterday is 61 and ordernde Wivern, somiting from that univil law of Thylite it is our duty to promote to the beak of our abis compansation to a coolie for behaving in and the inflations of the lungs as well as the reached without an effort, and as wo value our disorderly manner at Tainekatsui and daringing births and deaths of solar systems but this civilization and the welfare of our children's must not hiind un to the danger that tom children, our life, qur verk, our home, our ideals, wo must see to it that we make thie effort porary retrogresalons, if allowed to over ran the limits, may imperceptibly thangs now, while yet we may. It behores us, inore- into permanent retrogression, dragging the over whilst seeing to our moral extration as the society to destruction. There can to the one thing needful to scare ylstory in the com careful observer and student of social moralitying contest, to abstain slow from soing the part be no can't that we are now in one of these of traitor to our rose by siding the enemy in stages of temporary retrogression-due, wo however small a way, except lu so far as it may be to our own advantage as a nation to do 80% think to Inadoquata acquainjenes with the fundamental laws of life, and illustrated by In his light both the missionary and the proposals such as thosh for the pretting of the entry, who hires his body if not his soul for

money to a people of low type, must be co present form of marriage proposals which a sindy of the evolution of this institution would sidered as committing immoral acts, Respect very first time that I was over taken to much. ■ show mist, if adopted, bring about a return to ing the latter, st any mate, it may safely be said plan was at Liverpool a good maty years ago "Four on the Bristol and the chief performer primitive barbarista Whilst recognising that the growing feeling of patriotism and pride. It was the Court Theatre, the piece was Therefore that the shythms course of life is of race must use to be regarded with increas

the show from start to finish, and though not both inoritable and in social questions usofal ing repugnante any inversion of the order of the gentleman who is the subject of this mone a showing by direct experiment the im- civilization whereby the white man places him graph. I remember how thoroughly enjoyed practicability of empyrio ideas for the reconsell aeneath the yellow or black savage--an az striction of society (which can reach & mors rangement which, its participants being neither bleeded with an abacally retentive memory. I perfect mate only throng, the glow operasian one thing not the other (siner thers is no perfectly collect the chief insidents of the of natural laws), it is both within our province complete surrender of nationality as might play. It was therefore eminently fitting That I and power to indicate certain traits the elimina be shown by adoption of the dress and meaners should at the first available opportunity, include He was born of Irish parents in America, in tion of which Sociology shows cannot but make and opinions of the lower race), must sooner Mt. Sheridan in this series. for the redemption of nations, morally weak, or later result in their sharing the fate of the

ang lance artiste with a minstrel troupe. Then With this object in view, let us endevour to Inkewarm church of Enodices and being ejected the faar 1848, and made his first appearance on point out as briefly as possible some of the most from the stomachs of both pared. He who April 12th, 1901, in that country as a song and state which tour to bidony to the class of before God" a quality indispensable to com dancer till 1879. It was at this time that the cases operating adversely from the standpoint plots civilization first be able to main taring wint in his career came, for he then

tain an erect attitude before his Yellow, mei. of completo civilisation PR

collaborated witlt arother gentleman, and be- First of all the rule of smell things Un this condition on alone can we rationally, tween them they evolved Fun on the Bristol"

en end. What is it that lipo te rotain our sacendancy on the parth; to must come

often compols the baltar-luded amongst further oar civilization, and to look forward and played it continuously for three years in to live apart from men and from with confidence to the adrent of a millennium in Yankeeland. It was an enormous succes, and universal favourite. In 1882, the late Henry. of their fellow creaturen On the part of tance it is yet in our power to care for thom Pettitt, whilst in America, aw the place in those who recognise the value, and importance But let us not make the great error of supposing A Tokyo press despatch of the 21st February of seal interesse there must be some eanse that our race, any more than others which question, she invited "The Widow to come to for this attitude. Thouse is the rule of have gone before it, possesses antities whiah Bugland with her American company for Caree -opinion so freely expressed across the Atlantia. when he left for a six months' tour in Australia, through petty joslotties and criticiston or dis as thought in the past, get one and all rose and fr. Sheridan ran the piare till the end of 1884, couraging through sortant disparagement of fell and crept away into the silent darkness. their best and woll-meant andasvoors, naturally The fight has yet to be fought, and only but found that the drawing capacities of his prefer to place themselves beyond the range of condition that mur armour is strong and that these ancivilizing influenssa, The enll current nothing is wanting when the time of trist marvellously successful play sers hardly en climate called England and produced "Bridget of existence-scarcely to be called life-stagant comes can we rightly hope for victory. Once the waze at the end of two years and a half. ing around theta produces an atmosphere as we have seen to this, we may rest assured that In 1887 ho returned to that land of abominable dangerous to mertal health as that of the jungle no faroes of any kind will prevail against a O'Brien, Esq" at the Opera Comique, but it

On people three-thirds dizilized. As no one rally or the fover-swap is to bodily health.

Fan on the Bristol," and it was found to have the principle that you cannot touch pitch with believes that the idiot or is fraud or the black was not cared for, as back came the evergreen out haing defiled, the few better members of a guard or the backhiter is the "coming man lost none of its pristine popularity.

Mr. P. W. Willard had organized a company society are compelled by the larger number of so neither can we believe that a halt or un- worze nambers to exclade themselves from in intelligent or iusmoral race will rule the world, to play somie opera in China, and in it figure. arcoke with them both on individual and All peoples of the earth are, but opopying Mr. Sheridan. Over there his played in nearly social gevands, since each one of na he duties until the physically, intellectually, and morally all Gilbert and Sullivan's operas, Dorothy" to perform to the race and to posterity no wall svilized shall come and enter into the in- "Erminis, The Boheralon Girl," and "Rap as to himself. When the ordinary conversations heritance prepared for those who, by asing yan Winkle," Besides this they performed "The or actions or petty dimensions and emptinesses their talent to advantage instead of hiding Ticket of Leave Man, and be. Also casuyed the of our present everyday life and the low state of in the ground, shall deserve and receive his part of Con in The Shaughraun. This, mind implied by them she taker tuto account, it best reward. In this matter we cannot let the will be seen that there is no other course. It is morrow take thought fur the things of itself the way, ie his favourite character, and be in London. The company stays three months a physiological trath that emotion of any kind without committing the great win of placing would dearly like to have a chance of playing it nights as the English speaking colony is not militates against intellectual activity bence our descendents defenceless at the mero in Shanghai, where they only play on alternate the uro oneegy is absorbed in trifles the less teaming races of man, mambitions and unclean,

large enough to support more frequent perfor mances, and the stdienos are usinly composed remains for infallosten development, and in to whom civilization in the time sense of the feed of advancy being made towards complete word in and ever intist be inpossible. As far as of vilisation a state of degeneration is the result, we know in the Universe is but dark and cold, of the same perple at each reprosantation. The Hawbeso mind can rise to no higher level than stars being only infinitesimal specks com theatre is a very fine one and is under Chinese that indicated by the occupation of a large part with the vast oceans of space which

America in 1892. portion of time, which might be profitably separate one from the other. Yet in our lill management. From there they wont to Java, come grounds, just or unjust, for accusing his eror the abject of our existence is it may be Phibsophical argument, even if sound,

neighbour of rudeness or usult, cr in lying in an inexorablo law commande us, though we would no more avail to stop Western com-

wait like an ssssssic for an opportunity of cannot see beyond nor conceive any ulterior merce in its search for new fields, to exploit

Three privates in the Rifle Brigade named socially stabbing him in the book by salarging benefit, to make upwards or to crushed under 20 does not possess, and halittling or concealing We must secure the world for the bust race. in the Far East than a piece of thread to stop Albert Brittain, Ernest Reuss, and Mutval his faults, or inventing for him faults which the conqueror's heal. There is no other way a wild elephant. For the present there is Jennings, wore charged at the Police Court his virtues; can be held to have reached a no And our warrant for doing this is, that the sam yesterday with assaulting a constable. At non more advanced stage of civilization than the total of palu will be is if the world le ruled money to be made in the Far East and on Sunday the fret defendant etruck the police. Fijian, whose othing of enmity are so little by a civilized ran than if misruled by is saver Western traders and manufacturem will man, and then the other two committed an coms to make it without thinking very assault with their fints Assistance came owing qualified by the stines of amity as to have pro one-Contributed

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TREATIES WITH CHINA

All this, however, is of merely academic interest. The practical point to which our author's arguments lend is that while the pursuit of morality is at present the greatest need of the white races we should not assist the black or yellow race, in the same pur suit, now yet in the pursuit of physical or hellectual civilization, last they should opt strip us and take possession of cur heritage. Henes both missionaries and mercenarios are to be condemned for the services they render to those races, and to the Chinese in particular. Is this so? Doca our interest Jie in the shutting up or the opening up of China? The opening up is advocated for commercial and selfish reseons mainly, but it is impossible to make any progress in it without at the one time incidentally contributing to the intellectual advance

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John MeCowan, of England, Baranel Mackey, of Scotland, and John Cousins, of Amerien, essmen, were charged before Mr. T. Sercombs Smith yesterday, with being drunk and dis orderly in Queen's Road on the 29th ult. Each defendant was fined $2.

Two German seamen, belonging to the Prins Heinrich were found trespassing rear the field works of the Kowloon Fort Battery on Sunday night and they were promptly arrested. At the Fotice Court yesterday they said they could not road English and therefore the notices were unintelligible to them. A fine of 83 was iniposed upon och defendant.

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The Aobe kronicle of the 22nd February says: The Nippon Sugar Refinery Company of Osaka has decided to buy 2.500 tubo of land

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COMMODORE's Cup Bach.

And now I must formulate a charge against our Yankee cousina" whichi, hoing undoubtedly testo or common sense. Simply because the true, is far from ereditable either to their good Mr. Sheridan or hisplays, forgetting apparently company was English, they would have none of how faithfully he had served them in the past. It is almost incompreheumble that national jealousy should have been carried so fur. The fact nevertheless reinsins, and as it is some what unplossent to dwell upon, I will leave it and fallow Mr, Bheridan back to. England and Aitortly after, whilst playing there „in, at The Grand, he was mean by MessTS. Horace Bedger and George R. Sims, and at enco engaged to phy" The Second Mrs. Block" im Little Christopher Columbus," at the Lyric Theatre. This brings me, I think, quite up-to- to the ether thing" date, and so I will" ont blography and come

arrive at the same, conclusion as the writer of "Occupy till I come," but rather at the opposite conclusion. More trade can be done with civilized than uncivilized me so that from a commercial point of view the pivilization of Ching is to be advocated Moreover, as in our national life we deem it necessary to try to cut out the canker of

Great Britain Nanking, 1842, Tientsin!

pauperis and vise and to raise the lower -1859. Convention 1860. Chefoo, with Ad-

class to a higher place of social existence, ditional Arijala, Opium. Couvention; 1980 Chungking Convention, 1690.

WE publish so-day the concluding portion as much from prudential as from philan-machinery. France: Tightsin 1858, Convention, 1960, of a richer remarkable paper on the roki.thropic considerations, so in international

Tientsia, 1885, Conventions, 1886 and 1887.

be deemed necessary to

To assist the repayment of the Russian loan, United States:Tientsin, 1858. Additional, tions of the white to the coloured races and life it may

the Chinese Imperial Government, at the in 1988; Peking, 1850; Immigration, 1894.

a higher plane the stance of the Viceroy Chang Chih-tang, bas the duty of the former to keep the latter try to raise Germany-Titein, 1861, Peking, 1880. Japan-Shinonoseki, 1895, Litching Con- down, or, at all events, not to assist them to nations that are sunk in complete or sanctioned the production of extra salt through

rise. We differ from the writer to many of semi-barbarism, for the existence of bars out the country, the amount alloxed North one of our philosophers, the pain con- Petrell MM. Jones 18 space it, I feary already exceeded, and my

Kianga baing some 150,000 extra bags of salt at Tls, 10,000 for every 5,000 bags, which will Tis. 300,000 per annum. From this someES increase the annual salt rovenue of the cironit alone, it has beer: estimated by the Board of Rerazze that the Gererament will be able to pay off annually nearly 5,000,000 of the foreign loan. C. Daily News.

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Mr. T. Lammert 5 min. Dr. Lowson S MT A. Denison 55 MAH. Barlow G Mr. J. Hastings Ch Boyal Engineers 8

He had just received a cable from a well-know American manager asking him to play his present role over there, but he is engaged for the prosent ren at the Lyric as well as for “La Petite Marin, which is to follow, so he had therefore, to decline the offer with thanks.

at Miyakojinia-mute, Higashinari-geri, Osaka, number of victims had been killed on both sides, best of Lyamun, Kowloon Rock, No. 3 Dock

I had somehow made up my mind that Mr. a site for the rednery Mr. Sana Tsuneki The kok of the re-representative emotions Rugy mark boat of gemun, and Kanlaon Sheridan-must be very fond of playing fonisis and two engineers of the Company ft Kobe which hold the simpler ones in check, so Book (leaving all to pert), finishing off the characters, but he told me that I was quita for Hongkong in the Verona on Tuesday. Mr. conspicuous, in the Clinools India or in tho Felice Fier (15 miles), and the following boats wrong in so sinking. Managers pay him well Sano goes to the Philippines and to Java for Branian, who is said to rage over and bite crossed the line for segonds after gun fire at to do so, or else from choice, he would much the parpone of easing how the rafinerios are à stone against which he strikes his fout is 11.15-

Arather be a man on the stage as well as off. managed there, while the engineers proceed as less conspicuous in our modern social in- Arrow..... 6.5 rating Lieut. Carey allowed dirgot to Europe and America to select the terocurve. In brief, it is impossible to study Meteor 1.6 our present moral state without having the Prince 1.5 conviction thrust open" as that, an neam în Erlos — 1,5 these award aluseless though harmful Dart 15 vivala, much of our new vilisation is Ladybird 15 but an aggravated form of the vid ravagery Fayne 16 differently spelt in the averagy mind, all 16 Capt. Sterling 11 as an estor as well as in private life, but ar statuted by cornices of having done some she 1.1 things intrinsically wrong bears but small Seabresz. 1.1, Lieut. Palay ratio in the pain constituted by the conspious pankadilla Lt. It. Dawson 26 reprobation is excited by something not in sesing all along the line within 20 seconds trinsically wrong. Ceosides how difficult it after gun fire, with a good east wind. Princess, monger's barrow down Begent Street, sal how carried full sail, but shortly after the stark the would be to get a lady to wheels coster. Dart, ail Stella had a reef down, but the others snaily the may be led to pay a malicious thing. Zrrow hauled down hör topmail and Isily bird tisd about some inty she is jealous of contrast the ↑ down a reef. A few minutes after the start Brics

ness of others' reprobation: oven though this

Mr. C. H. Gale 13 16

The start was the best of the season, the boats.

Arrow

I could say lots of nis things about him both

aliter, like all others, is both stern and re- loatleas.... I would just add that Mr. Sheridant "neither smokse” nor drinks.

BERNARD HABES.

--- STARTLING. NEWS FROM HANS KIANGYIN.

bis premises and in all his nun conclusions. barig is a standing menace to the security He speaks of the advance in physical and of our civilization. We cannot if we would intellectual civilization having outstripped erect a wall of separation between ourselves the advance in moral civilisation. A dic. and the barbarous race, and hence we mist tiquary definition of the meaning of civiliza. try to eliminate their barbarism. As to tion is given, but he appears alse to use the missionary effort, while most of it may be word partly in the eonssof evolution. And in lamented as labour waste, we fall to see

A native paper states that the Emperor re-intense repugnance to the one set, which is was observed to chor in front, with She in close

TERRIFIO EXPLOSION. 20 LIVER LOST, that sense it is doubtful whether the advance how any Christian can condenin it in fuce nested the Taungli Tamén and the Ministerunt in itself reprehensible, with the feeble company, Princes and Meteor being not for

We har from Kiangyin, under date the 24th made by the human race physically or intel of the direct command of the founder of the of War to decide whether the Hsalin Reform regnence to das other, which is in itself behind Arrow went rather heavily at first, but

Sunday a terrible volution of the maral sentiments yet required began to walk through the feet. Of North again. Just before 1 pan lectually within historic times is in any way religion to preach the gospel to all people; Association should continue or not, sad that or hongible and then infer how great in the the wind and waves increasing the very saon February, that the secret societies are at work Orders in Coans for Government of H.B.M. Appreciable. Accepting the doctrine of while as to the mercenaries, as the writer the reply of these two Beards mas decided to bring humen nature into complete fitness forPoint some of the beats began to fos that a roof explosion, took place on the left bank of the

favourable to the organisation, It had Ako Subjects in China and Japan, 1885; 1877, evolution we are bound to believe that thereof the paper under notice wills the the Dth to the 5th ranks to take, a reguling and too unimportant to be taken into bad got into second place, but Erion still held not known whether it was by accident or design,"

been decided to permit Peking officials from the social state

trould not be amies, but the heavy weights deriver. The main powder magazine which con If there to any who think these matters cided to risks whole sail. At Quarry Bay Arron tained a large amount of powder blew up; it is we are utterly unable to find any End study in languages for his condemnation. The members of the course of adyan foreign katon alsosiation sericus, aceonate let them recall to mind the r own with her, and kept pride of place, but it loke like the latter, a ride, long as China, Japan. k.; Table of Fees; Tabla years are required to effect radical changes Foreign Customs Service in China are mers to the above, we have been saaret on scientifle fact that praise, by stimulating the rounding tho yaman zarz boat with a lead going on after the explosion, and the property of Consular Fees; Code of Civil Procedure, Hongkong, with Amandment; New Table of racial characteristics, and the book of Hengkong Court Foos; Admiralty Bules; history is but a little page as compared with Cenaries, and very good work they are doing; reliable authority that the Emperor was nervus acting on the visceral muscles, and of over a minute from Arrow, with She and of one of the explains was stoles. It is reported induced to take this step on soonunt of does promote digestion, and it will really to Fractes about two minutes, behind Arrow and that two hundret lives were lost, and there ara Foreign Jurisdiction Act Regulations for the greatbook of nature. The accumulation but even if it were admitted that the theoreti number of secret materials from amoroas seen how much greater the mam total of aur Meteor close up to the Princess. In the run many wounded. The foreigners on the right Chian, Rules of Court of Consais at Shang and diffusion of knowledge do not necesca result of their work was to strengthen officials of high standing in Poking and the activities might be by general exercise of a down to Kowloon Took Arrow closed up et Erion bank are afraid to woes, as the Anbui soldierm hai, Chizoso Passenger det; Hongkong sarily imply a raising of the intellectual Chinn at the expense of the civilised powers province; in regard to the school of languages properly adjusted mutual sympathy. As the and Meteor passed both he and Princess, Lho are in a state of mutiny, are holding their we have no reliabla information.-C. N. Daily maute invisible germ may cause, an unhealthy latter running away from She, At the General as a prisoner, and intend to kill him. state of the whole body, so the apparently piest hook the wind was little etranger The faraign hastenetore when the matiny Lienos, Trade Marks, and Letters Fatent standard, but only that the stock of know it could not but be deemed quixotic if they News.

frivial matters, if allowed to remain in the and Erica nearly gybod into the mark breake out will move over to the Innex Feon, Port Rognlatione, &c,, &ori

lodga je augmentad and the number of were to throw up their appointments for

ayatem, may produce a diseased social condition, but the paid off just in time. Metoor tail troops ms whom they can rely and win will not Individuals who approach the standard of in such a shadowy reason. The same consi

The Institute of Engineers and Ship The type of half coste mind indicated by its to gybe, but no doubt soured, xt bet, sister ist the Aukal men, Our own correspondent The CHRONICLE and DIRECTORY, al tellectuality increased. The whole race of derations apply in other departments. If hullders gave another enjoyable smoking con double character reproduces the worst character ships performanan refased and took the bit in writes

“Of old a soldier was one who though printed a smaller type the formerly nad condoused in ovory possible manner, con modern poets laureate.ro but plgies China withes to engage engineers to make oort on Saturday night at The talent disistics of both states, just as the half-carte har foods and made for Kowloon nity How- tains every year more pages.

rendered with an amount of taste and finish But the matter bears a still piers important course with little bas of time, but suficient for solidus and is expected to be filled and satisfed The six it. Royal desave-Complete with intellectual grandcar as compared with, the her always or to opeu har mines, lawyers to played as exceptionally good, the songs being body ahorits the lowest-traits of both parents 97er, she was brought about and put on nor dan; the Chances soldier is one was paid a soli Megs and Plaas, at 1,164, $7. Directory only writer of the book of Job, sud, taking a establish a rational system of jurisprudence ant to frequent at makers. The programe aspect I acquired characters are inherited, as Princesa to pass her. A quick resah, during with as promise. No marvel then that great pp. 786, $8.50

shorter interval for purposes of comparison, in the country, or doctors to introduce the pled till twelve o'clock, whan Auli ng lentate now generally admit them to be which Arrow got into first place, brought the diffbulty in being experienced by the rapecious

Mr. Tyndin Les played the accompaniments, Aava a social and historical as well as an | rounded by in client ouge the day prior to be the last two hundred years have failed to healing art, no man need feel himself de 974, mas pen, led by Mr. Anthem, we go that our notions and frames of mind boats down to tho No, I Dook Boy, which was offeinis in disbanding the harty levice who were "the cheapest work of the kind anywhere published; and although very much larged and toproved produce a second Shakespeare or Milton meaned by hiring out his services to her and needless to say they were wall played individual significance, and that we are now in over way, the price in liver is now greatly while if we turn to philosophy and science or fear that he is committing "immoral homeinist singord were Messrs. Gilchrist, forming not only our own characters, bat të Main, Crispin, Murphy, Fenwick, Kinghorn, some extent those also of our children and belay the equivalent of 25 shillings, at which it we find no modern who has displayed a more nets Such an idea we say it with all JB. Duncan, and Bridger The Institute of fatare generations. So that there mortal was originally published, It is published at the

sagacious or penetrating mind than Aris respect to the talented writer of the paper has just purchased a fins transposing piane font which we may now happily will regard totle. The difference between now and then appears to us absurd, as absurd as it would for us at these concerts, which are more and as only temporary may, if not checked in time, more enjoyable on each ocesion. The pinne by and by become permanent, to the incaleniable and can be had from, und Advertismente sent is that whereas in ancient times knowledge be to accuso a doctor of demaning bizwelf is one of Russell's (London) and was supplied injury of the race. The character of a nation.

As and in nivel all minira, governmental or otherwise, the whole plan bad leaked out be Mr. F. Algar, 11, Clozent's Lane and learning wore the property of the few because he attended a person of lower social by Mars, W., Robinson & Co. The final we repeat, is the chemoter at its component the instrument was tested in competition with civilization in itself prejuitaal to the society,

The crew of the Ladybird ward observed to fore the General in command had matured Lis St., Holborn, EC. Book & Co. 12, Farnival they are now, amongst the civilized races, standing than himself or a lawyer because he selection who made on Saturday night, when units. Not only is the prevalent state of un-

but is also negatives that co-operation without fondis the bury as they went ronad, but they plans enough to set, so that when he was ready Mosure. Street & Co, $0, Cornhi generally diffused, and than the present age gave his professional services to the uns Collard and Collards

which there can be no successful resistance to continued the races for sport Spelm here gave the soldier had also matured their plane and Mours B. Fuel do Lobel & enjoys the use of the accumulated wisdom lesed Sociological studies are no doubt

Aggression. The point is, that we do not leal up, Petral and Brabredes having already done refused to ober. They are largely Hepeh run, Cie, 63, Ruo Infayette

19 efficient lives a wo might. Many of us only to The wind had increased to a moderate gale, and refused to be disbanded hare, m was Et- and discoveries of previous ages. The race very intereating, and in many respecte Moser, Mahian & Waldschmidt,

exist which is what the plant or the cow does and ATTDY ad Princess farther redusert tempted Farther grievances were found: In Frankfort. /MAR

lives on a higher plane of comfort, but the valuable, but sociology is a yet a young

What we want in to live. It needs but to call their oxuvar, Arrow boing now under ainmail that the General was not paying what he had NEW YORK...MA. Honry Belf, 21, Fark Bow individual man remains in intellectual force science and it is only by violence that it can

to mind this Healthier condition of him who and jib. Erics, Meteor, and She still held on to been ordered to pay the man Passosion was DIN KRAN CO.Mr. L. F. Fisher, 21. Merchants much the same as no was at the dawn of be made to furnish arguments, applicable

habitually endeavours when he has the to whole canvas, but wara ling a little tros. quickly taken of the General's quarters, and his Exchange

concern himself with him, to disoever his neigh. They also took in water a little freely, too. In furniture want the way such articles umally ge CAPE TOWN Messes, Gordon & Gretech. Listory. So also with our physical advance to the great problem of the relations of the SYDNEY Messrs. Gorden & Goth"

nent we diminish the death race by Wet with the Last, of the eivilized with

boura good points instead of to dilate on his the second beat up to Lveman the order became in Chinese brawl, Afraid to vent their anger bad enos, to see what a great gulf it is which is Arrow Brica, Motoor, Bue, Princess, Dark, on the ral offenders, they show what they MELBOURNE.Messrs. Gordon & Gotch

fixed between the two kinds of life,

Payne, Ladybird might do with their enemies were they so in CALCUTEA Mesh W Newman & Co. keeping the weakly alive, but who will say the uncivilized

Tro essentials to civiliation are a cloan In the ran down Arrow gained on the chined by breaking the forniture to pieces. BOMBAY Thace of Indi" Offee...

body sad ang sind. What we olhar considerably, hor large spread of maniaIn the ardement of the above herois COLORTO... Mosera, A. M. & J. Fergasan.

sogning the aerority of the one, we do not being very useful off the wind Off the Denko potion tas varsalts of the General himself FENANG Memes. Maynard & Co. SINGAPOR Mesard Kelly & Walsh

em to arou suspect the necessity of the the wind a stronger than ever, and the wares had been negiented so that gallant leader left othar. Not to dwell on the time wasted ware getting up, but, ds it was all running now off the Aghing, thus bang fresher for the BANGKOK... Menca, A. Bell & Co.

The peso negotiations between General Baby Blowing car winds to Be fallow or thing this was pot of so much importance, When off running away, and showed remarkable sinsrity SaiGon Monors. Ils & Ca

The British crainers Figuo und Edgar sstifadratiers and Roper Menelik have failed. The them for ruselas purposes, the nndeniable fast Blackhead's Point Frineem went past She, into TONKIN Mr. H. Degenfeld, Hanoi.. MANILA: life. Joso de Loyzagay. Agoo

at Kobe on the 21st February, from Fort Shams are demanding Italian evacuationemies that habite of thought exbrose power fourth place, and a grand Esco finished

ful irhuoneen over our Kyus both physically and followe ze dan BAN SA MADAO

Actual fine Corrected tamo Mr. A. A. de Crus

inballestusily, and that lus wiis devotos lis AEDY

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IMPENDING DISSOLUTION

Dissolation is regarded as the only possible insuo of the French Ministerial orisis regard The CP steamor Empress of India left ing the railway acandela. Yellams on Friday afternoon for VentouréTHE ITALIANS IN ABYSSINIA

that the strongest man of the present day is stronger than the strongest man of two then sand years ago? The same may be end of the department of morals; the rule of justice is new more clescły ojservell by unious than formerly, but individunt types of moral beauty and grandeur are to be found in olden days of us high a standard as any Thezo more 4,203 visitors to tu City Hall yielded by modern times. But if the no-Marcum last week, of whom 312 were Tutipo of the race in morale bus not been Expans greater than the physical and intellectual

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The China Mutual steamer Pingney from advance it has certainly not been lea. The Liv, loft Bharayons for this part of Ban writer of Occupy till I edma draws anday morning and may be expected here on or unfavourable conclusion as to the moral about the 7th inst

A boring at Sandra, near Gotha, last summer mind to its proper, said full uses will gain. struck a supply of carsonic old gas and water, grester honeft than that to he derived morkly at a depth of shont 650 feet. These were from the employment of bis intellect in the thrown eat with tremendous forve, and the mass of wolf civilization, important though this spring how lokis vary pure gas, with à may be in itsel He will in short bothe highly prized water containing sulphur in better man, and nation composed of in addition to the phone sold. This is the third dividuals like him will be a better nation than recent discovery of powerful sources of carbonions in which the habits of thought romain on e Avid in Germany.

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for one to corpulent as the Gemmal is known to

little ones were made to suffer, and in the to Finding that the big bird had Lown the scrimmage a captain had his armi cut off and died soon after from loss of blood. This was Friday last, the 29th. Yesterday (Sunday) 2 1512 10 310 rush was made by the soldiers, so iESE reported: 4 on the magazines of the ossip. Here such stramanus efforts, vere, mada, and such really heroda juega end, that the soldiers were completely rubdued; for the mangalinə was Bred, more than two hundred varpos kilinik ani agrost number: wounded." So

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