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H.M.8. Edgar went inte dock yesterday, The staamar Lightning, from Calenta, left Bingepera for this port on the 4th instant

The Executive Council has confirmed the outwice of the ComL on the Burd Street dorare;

The N. P. steater Lebard sailed from Portland, Or for Japan and Hongkong on the 3rd inelaut

Wo do and that the Humber leaves bare in a day or two with states and superarios fer the Brot

At the inquiry whingit zhuyucu disastrons fro in the evidence as adduced which shows that the stagn fretongs In many casos arctrod on the supplies of coal, and the difficult Alla Sca}; casioned was mily overcome through an “ation! supplying twarty-one of the engines with the newssery fool.

London, 10th Dosenbor The inquiry into the cause of the great re in the city on November 20th was continued to day. Commander Wells, the chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, was examined, and in the conres of his ovalencs he admitted that the coal supply for his engines was insufficient DESIGN ON THELUCHE QUEER REGENT

OP TRAIN..

ONCTUARY.

London, 18th December. The death is ennennéed of Mr. John Lough borough Pearson, RA, thawell-known ecoleans tical architect.

who eloped soms time ago with a Borrian named Chevall, angporod by her to be a captain in the Sarvian army.

He Ultrated her rovntly and thor separated. Now is tus out. that Choralih was only

[ JL. Pearson. who was tho son of a Folleer'svalof and had already married a Servian TEMPERANOR painter, was the architect for Lincoln Cathedral, titolo maid. an appointment he held for over 20 years. He THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN for Peterborough Cathedral, for Westminster was also the architect for the Truro Cathoral, Abboy, and for other ccclesiastical buildings. He was for many years Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and made a sign for a propend cathedral at Brisbane.]

London; 13th Dooomber. The death is gunged of Mr. M'Kinley, lier of the President of the United States, SEXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT, ̈=

London, 18th December

At dAro Assizes to-day William Trugsoul, a well hwn Liverpool shipowner, with convicted of Jazzling £38,000, and was hontiered to throb yours" ponal servitude.

Adddon, 14th December.

Prince, des agreed to lease haerlakk stport in Tunis, të Russia.

BRITNÁ BISKUMSIKILL. SILTER MINING

UNION AND THE BANTONMENT ACTS.

London, 6th Donezabor. It developed to-day that Mias Butler wrote to Mrs. Frances E. Willard last week, resign, ing the superintendency of the Purity branch of the Woman's Christian Tempomrce Union, unless the latter, president of the World Christian Lesperance Union, unequivocally prononcenginst the wig propositions, which the videreient Lady Houry Somerset, Eect to Logt George Hamilton, Setary of State for India, Agilist, relative to the Indico Army, whiBatier deacribed as being a "extreme form of regulation of vien."

AFBJUAN TRAVELLER DEAD.

Berlin, 8th goun:bor THE SALDIZILDING TRADE”.

Professor Beintograf, the well-known African dudon, Bth December. building the year in the yards traveller, did yesterday at the Jaland of Teus," on the Riveroar, Derham, down a dogresse riffe of malaria, upon the

Prionsgerðar of 20 verteln, aggregiNOVELIST DAR ECIZED BY TIS TURKS,

...London, 7th December. tăng 37,000 606

PEAKMENND, ROBBIA, S

The Daily Mail roports that a party of Eng lishmon, Thaluding Robert Barr, the novelist, while Eigering the Mediterraniann, were seized br Tarkish soldiges st. Suddab, a port of Asiátic Tarkey, eighteen miles southwest of Antioch, on November 23rd last. They were detained twenty-six hours in prison and experienced much The dividends British Broken Hill treatment. bafore they were liberated.

The Veil Mail says that the Government It bna transpired that the London pollen an.M. Company hit Bancalaged Go Bd.

has addressed a forious retsenstranco,to thorities reusally warned the Parls police of

OZECHS ANESTEIRA NA AATTEMPT TO

k89,"1 feials that a woman had crossed the Chisel

DESTROY A THEPTIE with the intention of assesizating Maria Chris

London, 14th December. sine, the Queen Regent of Spain, in xarengo

An attempt him bean made to destroy a Gas for the execution of Coli, o Hospolitan an- mor thestra ju Fragno, Bohemia, by means of archist humanrdered Soner CarTAS: del Cas-

dynamite, while the theatre was crowded. Tho attempt, however, was a failure.

London, 9th December.

Dedembor.

THE CRISIS IN THE FAR EAST The Univerzity al responded to the propom, Barry and the other persons who woLO. acting and substantive appointments, who

Corpus Christi College contributing the arrested in connection with the cast incoord. A part of the British;mval equadron in these melamonts of a fellowell, and the Chad was ingly been colons were not cren called to the bar until

sonalitated izarsh, 1876 The last public they had boon in the service for some ting, waters is now actually at Chomnipo, and we but who fled their positions as ably as net suppose that it has gone there murely testure of Profetier Ligge was given uses and

te to a demonstration and come nwny kursently as Dot. 23 at her Houbare con others whe had practised on circuit in If it has gone there to unile soms of the work fargad on him vera by the University of isoned a political which dosads England before they received their appoint that Russia has been doing in Cores, a fire may Abordoen, which canferred the LL. D. degree in universal sonhood sutrage, the payment of The objectivus scam therefore, in sy ghted that diplomacy, whose fiction 1870, and the University of Edinburgh a members of the House of Commons, and the it is le postpone recoures to the ultima ratio, vimling title in 1881 The funeral take plans granting of the Parliamentary franchise to tho light of present experience, to be snust put out Tupt Bossin a given Eng to-day (Sad Dec.) at Wolyette Cemetery, after women. It fa also daanded that the roto of [2704 theoretical rather than practical, but under land sad Japan good grounds for interferonse a proliinary serving in the chapel of Mansfield the Hath of Fords on any astro, passed by

camust be questioned. She has noted in College

the House of Cuttons shall be grerridden. the rule that all legal appointments are continecation of the spirit, if not of Thonglia man of strong views, particularly who the latter ping passed aneh mero in future to bo made from thanks the biter of los audemtandings with the matter of Nonconformity, Lo was ever of a second timo atents jestem de amendinty

Greet Elbein and Japan; and, in the ospuiston a killy nature, it hoping with his costen by the Lor of Mr. MoLotvy Brown from the Corea Fiu suce, which would have earted for him the re- of the Colonini Service, to the clusion of barristers who liave distinguished suce Department, she gave England in entirely cognition of a farum or sportsman, with a lifa themselves in private practice, it may pos unprorobet slap in the fans: improvoked, opent in the open air of the Scottish Ba rather aingo interest of Corea, without any partiality simplicity itself, and with his frosty silver hair, for his native or any other country. If there koau blue eyes showing dut under basliy brows bad been any trath in Bursin's profession of always attmoted all who saw him. Two stortin dubio to see Corns strong and Bulspondent, share recorded of him and mentioned in an obituary would have left Mr. Malcavy Brown where hp in one of the daily papers that may well be yo was lving such good work. Great Britain posted. The first notes bis simplicity, which and Japan have decided that they will not see sometimes led to entrarren He always sail Core Income a Russing provizes, the time to what he thought it was fortunate that bis intorfare, by fores.if essay, has come. thoughts are so kind and sweet. Bomotimes Led Salitry nd row an oracaily to he triented, himself from a fasz pas by an He was turintyfore fu Chinn, hinh gerust he will pot artfuluess as simple as his offenco.

again throw away, she has ones. Chips given to take down to dinaer a lady who "I was sinet have money it she can go money she was soonid about her age. may tide through her present dialties, and told," said he, with the loundness of a deaf may be able to proserve her integrity, a little person, to take down the oldest indy prosent" dor geared at the corners, perhaju, but still Then as the storm gathered on the lady's bro

utantially whole. She ens get that money he suddenly replied his argos-ton Raid with to-orrow, if scat Britain, will garante thu tho utracut awostress, here I am begin. principal and futurest, at a rate which work? bening with nue of the youngest." The other comparatively light burden and Great Britain, raictes how somo gne asked him at a dinar if Chunaccepted her guarantee, would jo j'acte party if he had not been loft enorons for the mocal protectorate of Chins, sul tuo for works amongst the Chindar en theswhomigbrautto despoil the eighteed pro one a another. #Ah, yes," said Ir. Legge tings would have to reckon with Great Britain and then he mentioned a car the magnitude of It would be a protectorate tint cold not give which mode all store. When he had given time

PEARY TALKS IN LONDON. LABOUR TEQUĖLES. Singapore for this port on the 1st instant, and designs in the Far East wore jast and above. beaming placidity "She was a fear, good old

The "Ben Line stemmer Lestarig latte to or interfere with any Fower whose to digest ho fact he went on with his armiio, the late Premier of Spain.

London, 6th December. London, 8th December.

Lieutenant Feary, the Arvlju syplører, was band, nor would it injuru or impair any one's lady, but I lead a frent deal of trouble over her may be expected here on or about the 9th just,

La connection with the proposed reduction tendered a banquet this afternoon by the Goo- commercial relations. The burden of the affairs. And when all was unravelled it was

5 per cent in wages in the cotton spinuing trade,

graphical Club, Sir Clement R. Markham, The captain of a steamer which arrived bere guarantee is one that Great Britain con easily fon zubeut really nothing to leave. It was yesterday from Shanghai report on the bear, as was pointed out to Lord Salishary some quite à delusion.. On the contrary, I fond

whit was rejected with practical unanimity at at Port Arthur, that the Russians a tie end. It is not our interest to see Chinn of debts."-Londen and China Express, anthority of another captain who, was recently mortas ago, and it would pay bar nadwozibly myself liable for some hundred pounds' worth authorities in Madrid that an amarebist asia ballot taken by the operatives, a ballot has president of the Royal Geographical Society,

The Tories of th December gives the follba

now been taken by the employers, and as the rating. Afterwards Lieutenant l'eary foc result showed that there was a majority against fured in the theatre of the University of poesussion of that port and that there are many lionel, even if we get the valley of the

graphical Society. A large audionon received British and Topsnese war vissels in the Kalite Yangtze as cur shure; we would rather ses the ing account of the funeral: In the presence of hole of Chins open or cynal terms to the a large and repro-outative gathering the funeral

has now been withdrawn. the proposed reduction in wages the demand london under the auspices of the Royal Geo- him and Mrs. Peary with the earliest applaus London, 8th December.

Sir Cement Markham, at the close of the trait of all nations. But if Lord Salisbury of the Rev. Jauns Leggs, for apwards of 20

In connection with the dispute between the lecture, makad Lieterant Peary in the come rehots Luis opportunity, Chins will be obliged years Professor of Chinese in the University of

Amalgamated Society of Engineers and the of the Royal Geographical Society. He aid to tam to linssis for the finansial help she reOxford, took place yesterday afternoon in elrorcate Cemetery, near Oxford. The tra

Employers' Federation, Messe . M. Barnes, sulienae in London bat over listened with quires; and this will finally give Russia the

general souretary of the Amalgamated Society saoh interest to an Artic explorer as the com was conducted la peplosterate which she is only too. ready to as portion of the kervice

of Engineers and Mr. Sellicks, the chair-pany that evening he the narrative of the chapel of Mansfield Collego. Dopita que. It is a beld stroke which Lord Salis.

man of the executive of that body the Lontonant Feary, wig was the greatest bury in aaltod to wake up hold on Dierneli'ye attended. from the Loulou Missionary

was chairman of the delegatos to the late glacial and dog aleige travelor in the world." purchase of the Suez Canal shares wn trust Society, the Congregational Univa, the

conference with to exployers), are arranging he will show that he has the curage to strike Religions Tract Society, and the Anti-Opium

for the holding of a national convention of Society and also from the Congregations)

*tande anionists to consider the present situation. his the roadshot-North Chin Herald.

churches in the district and the Free Cheroh

They propose faut a lovy of "3d. per maa be Council of Oxford Among thes--prosent. were Prefasor Max Muller, Sir W. W.

modo on all trade anioniste in aid of the strike A six days" biayoling contest has been enga Hester, MA. W. Jones MP, the Master

por weeks. of Ballit, the President of Corpus, the plated in New York. Twenty-on started, which they estimate would yield £15,750

Before the last day some had gone crazy, others! *;*

London, 12th December. Prosident of Magdalen, the Principal, of Brachioso, the Principal of Manchester Cihad dropped senses, and one had beer. G. Barnes, seorstary of the Amalgamated ste, Professor Estlin Carpenter, Professer paraljest. Barden-Sanderson, Professor York Powell, Chad Driver, Canch Christopher, the Fri- cipal of Wycie Hall. Dr. Neabaner, Professor Margulioath, Professor Robinson Ellie, and the enter and Janist Froctors. The service was read by the Rev. J. Logge, of Headinglay, Leeds. A special address was delivered by the Principal of Marriale, De Fairbairn, who aid

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GERMANY AND, GREAT BRITAIN.

NEW GUINEA AND STACCHIAU."

Berlio, 3rd December.

The Freuol detectives arrested the woman at Biarritz, in the south of France. Bha was tried, and was ordered to be sent to a pozel colony.

10th December

The London detectives have warned ite Parmisning is last London for Spain with with the anarchist ia qucation, has been arrested An English, i is believed to be identical on the aorthern fretties, of Spain.

oritairal intent

TRAGEDY PARIS

Loudon, 19th December. A larrillo tengedy Lias taken place in Paris. A workinse named Carrara robbed a bank collecter named La Maree, and then murdered him. The murderer threw the body of his victim into a furna

Carrara was irrested as the result of informa tien given to the police by his grita

A SIX DAYS' CYCLING CONTEST.

"Londen, 10th December,”

London, 13th December. Miller, of Chicago, sus the winner of the six days' eycling corbat at New York, in which Eome of the competitors showed symptoms of insanity, whils. others dropped mansetest from their maobines..

Society of Engineers, states that the engineers have voted in the proportion of 300 to 1 in favour of the rejection of the employers demands.

HEAVY SNOWFALL IN SPAIN.

Bilboa (Spain), Gli December. Railroad trains have bunu sunxed in nt oral points in this part of the constry, iLo drifts reaching to the carriage windows.

AUSTRIA FAMOUS ABRAL DEAD

Vienna, 6th Downber. Admiral Baron Daublabský von Sternesk Ebenstein, commander-in-chief of the Austre- Baron For Sterneck was the Marine Minister Hungarias navy, died to-day of syncope. so well so to Admiral of Um fleet comprising the Austrian myy. It was in the war of 1866 that he made his record. He was then sptain of the warsbip Perditand Mar, which destroyed the flagship of the italian navy, Ro d'Italia at the hattie Lis thereby

Ven Ster London, 13th December. winning the fight Austria. As the result of the hallet among the engine was the sucessor of Tegelhoff, who ore, par cent of the men have cojected was in sapremo odgad on that occasion, the proposals of the employers.

and he was held in the highest esteem be- The cotton spinners have agreed to and the cause of his heroism. He was alosely identi Amalgamated Society of Englasses, 10,000, fled with the organization and development of and to contribute a lory of 64. per week to the modern Austrian flog, and thengh well-ad- vanced in years was regarded as the one man to wards the engineers' strike funda.

bo dopended on in c af trouble abroad.)

THE GERMAN NAVY BILL ANDE KIAOCHAU AFFAIR

Berlin, 6th December. The Reichstag to-day begun the debate upon Mr. C. T. Ritchie. President of the Board of the first reading of the Government navul hill. The Imperial Chancellor, Prines Hebeulobe, Trade, is hopeful as to the result of the conforme a statement on the subject, paying **** London, 11th Decembar.. ess betwcoute representatives of the Em

We absolutely require an efficient navy to Finis ployers Foderation and the Amalgamated maintain the position croated for as by the

The distance sovered by the winner was 2,038

BRITISH AND FRENCH INTERESTS IN ailes

AFRICA, AND THE UPPER KILE

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A journal which after receives information from authoritativa sonces, the Hamburgischer Correspondent, sserts that the British Govern met racontly inquired la Berlin whether Gera maty would re inelled to celo to England protectorate of New Gaines. The answord decided refusal to entertain the idea. An at lezl is inade, on the stength of this alleged intent, to represent England as casting an ends eye upon the gold felds which are.

that Oxford did not know Dr. Legge till tļo parted to have been discovered in New tininen: Abatary is given of negotiations botwoan England and Garmnay ou the game subject in shadows of bis life were beginning to fall

London, 8th December. 1885, when Prince Bisarok virtually doclared but it saw him sah onough, to know that be

The St. James's Gazette publishes a statement that Germany could not, ke expected to allow was a man of theace, upright purpose,

so whose high to the effect that the Governments of Great herealf to beonthened by the pablic opinion of and courageous g

perfect sympathy: Britala and Francs have done to a sotilement Australia. The present yetly undusTours to spirit & ampll eða

audits a circ with regard to the territory on the Upper Nife, ako capital out of this subject are, all conegut never crush

parrow nor lower. in Egantorial Africa The whole of the Upper nested with the Kiaochau incident Thero-bobol lestë të

mission, fad not only Nile Valley is claimed as being within the thing that would be more welcome in ceffar varrieres

scia ora large naturo, | Dritish sphere of influence, and France, it is Gepan quarters 48 the present junstmus,than his whils

are strong, mough to slated, has accepted the situation. the evidenos of penatios or excitement in

vuuated German Jeroldiz, whe England regarding the

It may in fact be patrons salumnica in Bart dela pabis opinion is eagerly awaited in order to the Chinem

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Colonel Deer, the chairman of the Employers Federation, declares that the Socialista caused. the whole dispute. The Employers' Federa tion, besiye, to the kindest frloud the works ever bad.

London, 14th December.

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The St. James's Cassite states that Grant settlement of the diffealty 30 additional ongi. in the name of the federated Cinvoint 1441 your suge Britain and France have agreed upon a basis peering firms will join in the lockout. Oxford dhör

Aubing him for a satisfactory and early arrangement of the The American Federation of Labour has de nacessity that the navy should be strengthened her first Professio

Death was not difficulty in regard to the delimitation of their clined to appeal to the organised labour anions and that its strungth should be fixed by WHAT THE-GREAT NAVAL POWERS osacer his earth is larger life region.

tou mach tat BCNA Seaford and is respectiva spheres of influence in the Niger in the United States in support of British en.legialtire enactmont. The bit, it is true, de ARE SPENDING ON THE IN- had been live dealer work had sep CREASE AND MAINTENANCE | dono, The souniation of the service OF THEIR FLEETS.

was taken by the Sha Lerge of Back

The demand to be made of Bo Gormar Reitstag for a naval septennae, involving the Game unmanageable_for diure, and collided experdituro of 490,000,000 ks over and with both the Kwelin and the Pronto. The abon the country's ordinary badgat for the strid had eno plate stove in, but so far as had navy, shows how bigoly the mpira appresintas In ascertained when this information left the refsiness of ses power. This sum, coughly Moji neither of the other steamers sustained calmating it ul. £20,000,000, is very little short much injury. The Astrid, which a steamer of the edit obtained in 1989 by the British of 975 lons net, is being repaired at Hakan Adiralty ander the Naval Defence Act, which There were no less than twenty-five steamers provided for the construction of asyouty vessels in harbour at Maji on Christmas Day, In the at an expenditure of £21,500,000: heavy weather that has prevailed of late. It has

burst-hi. The fornöferings were very aumerous and beatiful Tho-Vice-Chancellur of the University, the Provost of Queen's, sent a letter to the rohtives, regretting his inability to attend the funeral on sccount of his ill heilth.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL,

The following telegrams are from Australian Papors received by the steamer Australian :---

A lino drawn from Say and Barns will foru the boundary east of the Niger, The quastiun of the Gold Coast hinterland is practically settled. to Borgu.

Great Britain firmly insisted upon her claima B. Hanotanx, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has expressed his willingness to recognize the priority of British rights. It ia probable that the French boundary will be drawn slightly south of Say.

Lenden, 13th December, The Times this morning states that tho ro- ported settlement of the Niger dicuity to twoan Great Britain and France is premature.

It rida that Barne de Courel, the French Ambassador in London, had a conference an Friday with Mr. Chamberlain, as the result of which the ground has been cleared for a com promise.

If she French naval propocil, is embolied been impossible to load vessela at Muji Kobrin M. de Kerjégu's report, are accepted by the

TEESS ITŪSBOUTION IN EĞI PT.

·Beraid.

Chamber, this country wil Lave to provide

London, Sth Devetober. 721315,672fr. for oxtrogrdinary expenditure. News from Egypt states that the editor of the spread csora poriod of sight years. This is Sake a native newspaper, who was proseerted equal to the substantial line of nearly for having pubisaid an article expressing £25,100,000, or at a rate of abous £3,500,000 hope that the british flag would speedily be per annum. Besides túls evermoe vala, dhointed in Egypt, like bean convictod and sex-oupied by. British force under Major Jonki-

asian extraordinary expenditure for the cas rent year, amounting to 21,000 0 rubies, holds no insignißles ut place.

dismissed.

Powers are spending on their gavies, it is To obtain a correct idea of what these four necessary, however, to take the ordinary yarly cotitate into account. Grent Britain's outlay for the year 1806-07 andor this head was £21,223,000, France spout 266 million frais,

York Herald

DEATH OF DR. LEGGE,

tenced to twenty months' imprisonment.

ARMY SUPPLIES FOR VLADIVOSTOCK. London, 5th December. purchasing large quantities of army supplica in It is sintal that the Eussian Govarumont ero St Francisco for ladivostock.

"MURDER, OF FRENOR ANARCHIST,

London, 5th Doomber

It hus also been learned that Paschel was a

THE RULAN CURRENCY,

The Puris Tempastates that the town of Bous. in the Gold Coast region, which has been ou son without opposition, is 35 miles within French territory

THE CAFE'S GIFT OF A BATTLEŽBIF,

London, 13th December.

*DISASTER 'IN THE ATLANTIC. www Loudou, 12th December. The Canard liner Etruria has rescued 23 members of the crew of this steamer Millfold as that vessel was on the point of stuking deving

gineers hatrike.

EKSULT OF THE ENGINEERING STRIKE, London, 8th December. Brit decreased during the month of Novum

The value of machinery exported from Great

Hands a certain snorities from the Reichstag. The adoption of a policy of adventer is fer from Cho thought of the Government, 2 is any of the powers, which we must have, a fleet of If we desire to soones a positiot in the concert ntention of rivalry with great maritime poncors

ber by 07.959, and for the past eleven months modeat, dimensions will be adequals. I ask you by 2031,000, as compared with the correspond to adopt the bill for the welfare of the father- ing periods of last year, The experis of tasand, (Cheers from the Eight.) chinary from Germany during the past nino

Admiral vou Tirpits, the Secretary of the Navy, mouths, on the other hand, increased in vatno by then addressed the House, explaining in detall £175,000.

THE AMERICAN MAIL..

The following telegrams are from San Fran. eisso papers received by the 0.50, steamer Guzelio:-

ANOTHER BEWING COTTON COMBINE,

London, 4 December. The English Sawing Cotton Company, a combization of £fteen thread firms in opposition to Costes, was brought out on Thursday last with a capital of £2,750,000, which was twice anbasribed in Glasgow alone. CONDITION OF THE POPENOT SATISFACTORY.

London, 4th December.

fore the programme mapped was of the care-

the necessity for introuncing the kill to strong- then the German navy. De pointed out that the proposed new ships would establish bosi which, for a long time to come, would meet the requirements of the country. By the adoption of the hill, the Secretary of the Navy continued. the seat Reichstag would be colared from retarding the rats of construction, rat he in- sisted thas no further restrictions would be in- posed upon Parliament.

from several factions.

An interesting case to shipping mistors was beard at the Marine Court yesterday. Agus

The Saorotary of the Nasy maid that, in con tive Andoyer, a cook and steward employed on the British burgue Sumatra, was charged with

section with the completion of the Kaiser disobeying the lawful commands of the mater,

Wilhelm casal, tactical calonlations were made Mr. Thomas Jonas. The complainant said that

in regard to the necessary strength of the fleet in exdor to render offensive action, ayan on the defendant's work did not give satisfaction and he was consequently disrated and ordered

the part of his strongest naval power, to work on deck as an ordinary seaman. On

He added In the demand Inpossible. the 27th nud 29th December and sites that

A despatch from Rome to the Pall Holl for two snatcons id eight ships each we are The Hou, J. Bone-Trus, C.At.G., Bader Gazette published this afternoon, saya that the gported by the whole corps of nasal officis. dals he had refused to work, The Harbour

Secretary for Native Affairs in the Government Pops has not been enjoying his ad health am prepared to gire more detailed explan Master said he ww satisfied that the Captain

of Cape Colmiy, considers that it wonki be recently, Dr. Lazpon, the Popo's physician, tions in committee regarding the military point had power to disente, bat disrating weast the putting of a man to simtiar work of a lower order and is your properts to lay out 255,594,4975: Aburchist, whose rims was given a Brosette, to the Imperial Navy, as was proposed some

In congestion with the matar of the Frenela 25,000 a year instead of presenting & battleship against the weather sad has increased the able us to throw a beary weight into the scales belter for the colony to pay the Admirally has been obliged to adopt special precautions involved. Our zolira ficot is a deor for defence. What we ask the minimum secessary to an and not putting him to entirely different work from that which he had been shipped for. 86,244,000 marks, and Itusis's were 59,902,175 the man's name x zot Brezatte, but Paschal,

the German muval estimated for 1806-97 werent Longacre, in Ludon, is now transpires that time ago by the Care Governmort

number of hot sand baths which his holiness Therefore the captain had no nuttiosity to order rouba, o sum that will be jusregsod for the and that he wha an sscapes from the Fresch

has bon taking from one a week to three, on the ade of peros. In 1904 cur fleet will no A man who was shipped as cool to do duty as un carrigt twelvemanth to 88,465, 120 roubles.

Thie, It is explained, is the only way by which enger boa quantité negligeable, and German A RULE is said to have been made in the ordinary saman, although bis wages as cook

the doctor can counteract the rheumatic symp derestimate the importance of this would pa maritime intereste will have been incrcanci. To Ranghly speaking, these maritime Powers penaltablishment of New Caledonis.

tons of the Pope which, according to the danger the interests of the empire generally" Colonial Service, and embodied in the form sold be reduced. The case would therefore be will have spent in recent yours £73,000,000 for number of danistic in London

despatch, recur on the slightest Argosure, P of a minute, that legal vacancies of the

extexrdinary naval needs, while their anual Thomemks of the club suspected that he was

In conclusion Admiral Tirpitz declared that Dr. Lappont, it is added, has forbidden the the prosent systern of voting naval supplier inst higher order shall tor the future be filled

Mesara, S. W. Horse & Co., in their metal paditure is £44,009,000-New nating as a spy for the polles owing upon sho 6 heavy galé in the Atlantic. The men were in Peps to take part in any tiring function, thorobe obanged, and he appealed to the Roishatag to

occasion to his sukien aurkelment imediately an exhausted condition, by promotion wherever suitable candidates report dated Manchester, 27th November, say:

The Milled is a steel sdrew steamer of 2,000 montes which were to take place on the sixtieth favonmidy consider the Government's measure. A moderate business only has boon posting already in the service are applying for in pig iron during the month.

they thott ut ne of the members, which tons, bailt in 1888 by Meara Leafheal and anniversary of the celebration of the ut The Admiral's rauarks were greeted with chears, Shipmout

they took to be the result of a rows for secret Co, and owned in Whitby. She was vous them. This rule, says a contemporary, the first half of the month are considerably less

mass of Leo XIII has been abandoned, from both Middlesbrough and Scotland during The Rov. Dr. James Legge, Professor of Red when Paschel was acon in company with register gives her dimensions: Length, serrice. This suspicion, it is mid, was commanded by Captain C. Willis. "Lloyd's

Horr Seligentank Social Democrat, opposod DERMANY EXPORTS CHAMPAGNE. **will have a two-fold effect. On the one than during the corresponding period of last of Corpus Christi Collings, died ou 20th Norom-

Chinese in the University of Oxford, and Fellow the detectiros, and it is supposed that this

London, 4th December

the bill. He thought it curicus that the flaws 29011;; beam, 39ft,; depth, 18ft, 8b,} and it will compel the younger candidyear. Friens on both market lave har droop her, after a brief illness, at his homes in Kobe prompted the murdere

From the British Cousalar reports it appears Attempts were being made,, he clair,

in the navy haul caly now been discovered. THE GERMÄN FIVANORS. "ates outside the service to accept cour ing slowly, and are some 19. to 18. 24. per ton termoce, Oxford, Prefasser Legge was born at j

that Germany is begicuing to seriously rival frighten the people with phantown and excite London, 6th December.

London, 11th December lower think at the beginning of the monib. At Hustig, Abordonshire, in 1815, und had con

France is a champagne exporter. The making them to a craving for glory. Haw, the speaker "paratively small appointments to begin pressut there is little business buing deas, both sequently reached the ripe ago of early eighty.

It is announced that the German surplus for of sparkling wines in Germany has lately fresh, could this be reconciled with the pacific In connection with the whame of varrency: the year mounts to 18,000,000 marka brought to sach perfection that German wines declarations of the Emperor with. On the other hand it will remove bazete, and sellers awaiting the result of the two years. He was educated at luntly and therefore which bas for some time past been in

(£881,250). "the shelving process, of which within the conference now being held between the diapat. Grammar School, Abertoon, entered tug's St. Petersburg that sa Itaporint akoes has been

programs in Passie, it is now announced from U THOMAS SUTHERLAND ON AUFTRALIAN champagne and the price is much lower. Their by the German squad-on in Chinese waters,

of all branda new rank noorly equal with French

Referring to the occupation of Kinochat bay ing parties in the engineering industry. The College, Abordeen University, in 1831, grainated issued which completes the adoption of the gold "Colonial Service there has during recant manufactured in trade in the Midlands is M.A. in 1836, studied onscquently at High standard.

FEDERATION, and | oxpert is chiefly to America, Great Britain, and gaid that if Gerry established herself in "ycara been so much complaint. The moving wall, makers being woll provided with bary Theological College, London. He started Bank are to be printed the words: "Cashed in On all notes ingred by the State

Lendo, 11th December, Belgia The French method of manufacture orders, and prices steady all round. In the as a missionary to the Chinese in 1839, but, as most important question, however, is whether higher priced metals the fuctuations dar- Chins, was not yet open to Europeans, he regold at 15 roubleseneli imperial," the system of appointment to legal officeing this month have been unimportant. maiad at Malacca three years, being in charge

A DISABLED STRANET.. from the ranks of the Service is Copper and tin see both same in. dearer, and there, of the Anglo-Chincau Collego. Subre-

London, 6th Documber. News has been rocived that the Anchor Line ara at present quiet. Spelter also has advanced quenily he want to Hongkong, whore his face was calculated to secure

the best available about 5s, per ton, and in firm. Lead lost some very well known the fore tons or steamship data bus towed the steamer disirs men as judges. In the legal profession 152. per ton during the first half of the worth, Lover thirty yours. He soon tecume a student lian to Alexandrinin a disabled condition. we believe the opinion prevails that but as since improved about 7a. 33. per ton of Chinese, and spoke several of the seathern

BRITISH. TRADE RETURNS, and is no steady?

dialecta, and so impressed was he with the neceR-

London, Dacomber. the best training for a Judge is experi-

Bity of missionarios being able to enter into the The Board of Trade retures just pablished use_at_the bar in private practice.

ileas and civilisation of the Chinese, that he slay that the impacts into Great Britain Thie, it is contended, gives the barrister an

began a translation of the Chien classics, a laring Noscaber decrease by £1,300,402, as tank completed a few yeare only before. În compared with the corresponding mouth of bat arquaintance with life and legal practice that

death, He was indeed, an indefatigable worker, your, while the exports for the month increased can nover be acquired in the strictly official

LONDON, 2nd January, 1896. and esemed to do on inordinate amount with by £1,202,717...... groove. Furthermore, if a man distinguishes

REINFORCEMENS FOR EGYPT...

only stout half the rost required by other mun. ENGLISH ORDERS FOR AMERICA, A The first battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment early hour of three am and retired at ton p.m. He was almost invariably in his study if the himself in private practing his successiffords

London, 7th December The corporation of the city of Coventry a guarantee of ability which promotion proceeds to Gilauitar to replace the Northen When he got up in the morning the first thing have sent orders to the United States for 900

berland Regiment, which goes to Egypt. The he did was to make himself a cup

Itou over a tons of electrical machinery and 3,000 tons of by seniority falls to give. But persecond battalion of the Lamshire Regiment spirit lamp. Then he worked away at his rails.

translations whilo. all the hensolid alept.

PATAL LORING JONIBET,

London, 7th December.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

SUPPLIED TO THE„" DAILY TERAS,"

THE SITUATION IN EGYPT, Rentor's Agency is informed that the move- ment of British troops to the front is defensive, rather than offensive, Against the Dervishes,

Many volumes of his tmulations baro appeared, the fatal in the series of "The Enored A most sommational termination to a boxing Books of the East edited by Profesor Max Comfest noored at the National Sporting Wab Miller, and published by the Clarendon Press last night. The boxers were Walfer Croot and at Oxford. The beat kimony to the value Jim Harry. Barry got in a number of blewa of this work is that contained in the preface to over Creot's heart aux on the jaw, which com the merataental Chinese Dictionary of another plately knocked in out. The besten man at Chinese Solok, Mr. H. A. Giles, late of HM once exhibited very serioux symptoms, and Consular service, who says I may well take abortly afterwards died: Harey has beòà nữ this opportunity to noknowledge my doop ob rested. Ugatius to the imperishable arkivomnats edge

Ester

haps the most serious objection to the and the first attson of the Royal Irish system embodied in the now rale is that Fusiliers will be landed in Egypt on their way official Judges are apt to be unconsciously hos from Int. biassed in favour of the Government and consequently to lack independence and i partiality where populne rights and official pretensions como into conflict. It is not every day that constitutional questions Asked for one of the peculiarities of the of that kind arise and consequently camel a girl replied. It has a second stomach there is no great mass of experience upon in which it can store water. And bow does Dr. Laggo. Before his time no sue seemed to In connection with the fatal boxing content it meo the water when wanted P. “It takes the know what ancamte translation from Chinese at the National Spong Club, Barry's seconds which to found an opinion, but all parties cork cat

Into English meant. Now a faithful condoring and the offioipe and manager of the club harg hrust be agreed a to the importance of pre- toplan

with ordinary reservations of the whole since been arrested. wing the independence of the judicial Year padomen sen peror to found when they world at large. In 1675 several gentlerion A coroner'e inqne lag been held touching Owing to troquent complaints that the Nuwf the Chinese Canon is the property of the

London, 12th Decembor, inviolate in fact as well as in unme,

ars wanted, the Chief of Police, Mr. MoCullagh, counored with the Chizu Cadea untagst whom the death of Walter Groot, the English pagulist, Noe, however, the system of appoint has asked the Folies Boned to establish abent 200 the Tots $13. Joe Haphs Taylor was indefatig- who did as the rent of injurica ceaired while gal office from the ranks of the large iron beres throughout the city, in which able, food themselves into a committes to engaged in a boxing match at the rooms of tho policemen, could be stationed day nec night. Promets the establishment of a Chair of the Chi National Sporting Club with James Barry, the fervice d ́es not seem to develop The botes would be provided with desks, and nese Language and Literatura at Oxford and American bozar.

e imputed to it, judging from telephones connoted with police stations. Then the labours mooling with the necessary The medical evidner showed that Droot's majority of the newspapers carmend the ang-fasuoial support, the Chef was founded, and the death was due to a fretuse of the skull, which Kangkong. We have had gestion of caged policemen, and the scheme will choice fell by general onsent on Dr. Lage Le rotored through a fall, and a verdict of

benth holling probably be approved by the city authorities as the proper person to be its first coupant, seldental death was returned

At the nnual meeting of shareholders of these been generally adopted in Germany, this Chins she would beoume involved in sudless complications with Great Britain and Japan. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation being considered gasy, owing to the largest Gorinang, he declared, well never be a zaval Company yesterday Sir Thomas Sutherland champagne business in France being partly in power. The bill, he said, was the outcome of the chairman of the board of directors, said it the hands of Germang. was satisfactory to solo that Australia was not LIEUTENANT O'BRIEN, PREDICTS - WAR IN recoverlag ton rapidly (P) from the effects of the

commercial depression. When Australix be came foderated, he added, it would have a for greater falura than the most sanguine could anticipate while the colonics were divided by

val policies and differential tariffe...

DUTOE NEW GUINEA,

d

London, 19th December. The Netherlands Government has refused to grant a charter to the company which was being formed in Amsterdam to colouise Dutch Nuw Guinea and to administer the territory,

TIKE BUGAR BOUNTIES,

ARIA

personal rule.

Count Taburg-Stirram, the Conservative leader, dispated Herr Schoenlank's contention. New York, th December "We have no guarantor of peas," he said, "and A Sun spoost from Aarts says Lieutenant must arm ourselves for the eventually of war. Michael O'Brien, Fifth Reginunt of Infantry. Why should a Gorman Charge 'Alaires ho ob upon receiving oficial receptance of his resigns-liged to submit to bo treated with slamotass tion to lay, said to a group of offlors who arroganor by the blocks of Hay? And how gasharod around him: This courks ont for woo it that the Minister carried his poitit

now career, the first suggestion of which Because he had only to telegraph in order to at I received while serving as military atische ones obtain officient support." upon the staff of Marshal Oyama u Japan, There I saw such spirit and patriotism a3 5- was the next speaker. He said the Federal Coat Posadowski, Minister for the Interior, surou me that Japan was hereafter to be Government had no idea of arrosting Social reckened in the family of nations, while China legislation, Herr Schoenlack, he continued, was an overgrown incongruous country which had spoke of albuolutist tendencios in a martnin London, 11th December.. will go to pics. It is bound, in the logic of quarter, laut if Herr Schoeplank's views ever Great Britain will join the other Powers in events, to be peracted out between Japan, Great found favour will, a majority of the Reichstag n'conference regarding the proposed abolition Britain, Germany and Russia, and Japan is the there would be no need of absolutism to destroy of the sugar bonarties.

one which will profit most. I predict that Parliamentacion (Cheers and counter cheers) The Genoan Government will subrift's bill | within another year there will be aunther grest to the Beichstag abolishing the bounties, bat Agiatia wan..

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Baron the French Government has not yet decided on

von Bulow, said: "Horr Bolinenlerk's fears any notion.

There is allurement in the position of a that we shall plunge into adventures are first class war correspondent which appeals to not wall grounded.

Tha Cliancellor and Loanod, 13th December.

me, and I had already made ay my mind that I his colleagues are not men to seek 180- Commerce are weging M. Maline, the Premier, at liberty to fellow my chosen veeation. I are into ovary pio, but covertheless Germany

-Leading mombors of the French Chamber of would sover my relations with the army, to' le

loe quarrels. We do not puke our hugors to abandon the sagar bounties,

kept up closely with Asiatic matters, and I feel must-not-ounce borclum to have The St. James' Garetto statest Great Bri- that the time is st band when the great game tain has razed Franse that aliould have re of grab between nations is about to begin." course to countervailing duties if the bounties

ARISANRATIO VOLUNTEERS. FOR wore rumintalnied,

KJAOCHAU. ***ANTABUTIO EXPLORATION,

Berlin; th December.

to

shero of the ecuntries having rich future.

In times past when Germany resigned the land. one nelghbour and the sea to another she kept for herself only the hearene, whore pare doctrina dwells. Ladon, 18th December. It is deemed significant that 120 volunteers, The object of the expedition to Kiccolisa steamer Follum, ut Christianis, Norway, and wearage Hike Dough von Kosler and the stove against the repetition of such occur

Mr. E. E. Borobgravink has purchased the including a number of members of the arie- bay is to obtain entisfaction and greater guar-

is fting Lor out for the purposes of an Ant Frimes of Thurn and Tasis, are to accompany rex We do not wish to intimidate or uretic exploring expuktion

the expedition to Kisschau ny, with Prinos provoke Chins. Notwithstanding the grave Henry of Prussia so its commander.

HOW A COUNTER BRCUGET DIEURÁCE

GOLD ROBBERY IN THE TRANSVAALA

London, 13th Dooombar News from the Temat states that the Lydenburg gomba has been atnok-up and robbed

of £12,000 worth of gold belonging to the Troosraal Gold-mining Estate Company. The gold was insured.

UPON HERSELË,

injustice dons we desire a sentimanen" of for friendship. In addition to the murder of the twa German missionarios, whom we cannot allow to be rogarded as ontlaws, we have had a The Vienna porrespondent of the Daily Manuntor of clior seriens grounds for com describes a sensation involving the Comtesse plaist We cannot allow the view to besogts Eagonie, daughter of the wealthy Comte Carahi - owtablished in Chins that Germans can be

London, Oth December.