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financial year, and it was caused as the board beloved by the great bouleversement which had attended the South Afri- Can War. So people had remained in England who otherwise would have travelled about: so many people had, on the other hand, gone to the Cape, who otherwise would have found their way to Egypt or to India, and moreover the leave of the whole Military establishment of. Indin being for a timo completely stopped had necessarily had a considerable effect upon this branch

A. S. WATSON & CO., of venue. This may be all very well as

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FACTORY.

Has bam recently greatly enlarged and refitted with the best English Machinery, embodying the latest improvements in the

trade.

THE PUREST INGREDIENTS only

are used, and the utmost care and cleanliness exercised in the manufacture throughout,

THE WATER USED is specially filtered and proved by repeated analyses to be absolutely pure.

FOR COAST PORTS Waters are packed

fur ny it goes and doubtless did and does effect the passenger receipts of the P. &0. S. N. Co. But what about the passenger trade with China? Has the P. & O. §. N. Coinade the most of its opportunities here ? It is a notorious fact that the Nord- deutscher Lloyd has almcat monopolized the passenger trade from Europe to China and Japan to the detriment of the P. & O. S. N. Co, and well the rival shipping company deserves its success. The accommodation afforded by the Norddeutscher Lloyd steam ers both in the first and second class enloous is of the very best, while the service, courtesy, and attention are all that can be desired. The Norddeutscher Lloyd has made a specia- lity of the passenger irade to China and with a fortnightly service mus from Europe to Japan without a break on the journey. A decade ago the passenger frade to and from Europe was alnost a monopoly of the P. O. 8. N. Co. It has now taken the second place in this respect, more pas sengers preferring to travel with the Nord- deutscher Lloyd, where they obtain every infort in staamers fitted with the latest scientific improvements. To assert itself in

The conditions of, trude in China are not now for the British shippor what they use to be. Fifteen years ago be was almost without a rival and woll might claim a mo nopoly. Times have changed. The Ger man, the American and the Japanese are now in the field and all are now taking an active share in the commerce to be obtainad in China. New lines of steaters and new routes have been opened. Faster steaners cud, better passenger-accommodation now prevail. As a rule passengers are not

very patriotic where their own personal comfort "is

is concerned at the Company which caters most for their pleasure and well-being is bound to obtam the trade. The P. and O. S. N. Co has had a great past and we hope a greater future is still before it. The trade of China is well worthy every effort. The P. and O. S. N. Co. has rested too long on its oars and allowed its rivals to glido on, and now with the great shipping cotapanies around it in the China trade it is necessary that it should make every exertion to sustain its premier and pre-eminent position

At the Magistracy on Saturday a gannët iu the Asiatic Artillery charged a Chinoman with assault. He said he was doing sentry duty at the Barracks yesterday when he had occasion to ́'move on' a crowd of Chinese who had gathered to watch the buglers' practice. One of the Chinese thra a stone at him. His Worship ad monished the defendant and sentenced him to two months hard labour.

H.M.S. Goliath, which arrived in the harbour ou Saturday afternoon, was completed this year at Chatham. Her principal figures are:-Dis placement, 12,950 tons; itp., 13.500 (Belle

and placed on board ship at Hongkong the premier position for the passenger trade ville boilors); amour, side tin.. bulk-head 19

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prices, and the full amount allowed for the P. & O. 8. N. Co. will find it necessary to run a through service to China and Japan Packages and Empties when received back with fast steamers, fitted as the Norddout- scher Lloyd steamers are with, the latest in good order.

scientific improvements, Sir THOMAS SUTH- Orders througle Local Post or by TelegramERLAND couplans in his speech of not being receive prompt attention.

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DISPENSARY, Hongkong."

deck-plating 3-2in.; guns, four 12-in., twelve 6in iu.. and gun-positiou. 12-0 in. (Harveyed stool), QF, eighteen smaller quick-frors, two light guns; torpedu tubes 5 (4 submarine); spod 18.23 knots, complement 700.

MONDAY, JULY 23RD, 1900

During the 24 hours ending at noon on Satur day there were reported fire froth cases of plague and three dents.

The addition to the Register of quatiñed Medical and Surgical Practitioners in the Colony of Mr. Robert Gibson is noted in the Caretta.

centians to return in large numbers, no less Tho Chinese, who at Shanghai for Ningpo thin 500 arriving from Ningpo in a single boat on the 16th instant.

The twelfth Republican National Convention at. Phiadelphia on the 21st, ut unanimously nominated Mesars. Kinley and Roosovelt for President and Vios President respectively.

HILS. Argonaut has passed through the Sex Canal and should be out here in about three weeks time. The transport Antillian left the Cape on Saturday with a battery of Bald artillery for China.

In our advertisement calumas will be scon

the official notification of the appointment by H E. Lui Kung-yi, Superintendent of Southern Trade, of Mr. F. E. Taylor to officiate as Tispector General of Customs.

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DAILY PRESS SERVICE:

THE CRISIS IN CHINA.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]

SHANGHAI, 21st July, 7 am

NEWCHWANG QUIET, BUT

REFUGEES LEAVING. Newchwang is still quiet, but all the ladies have left and the Japanese firms have eva cuated their premise.

AFFAIRS AT CHUNGKING. Chungking still remains quist, and the officials are

active. The harvest pros-

pects are excellent. It is believed that the standstill is owing to the fears entertained' of disorderly soldiery passing northward.,

THE RIVER PORTS. The wonten and children have been ad-

The crew of the ionadh Cheong Fren were charged at the Magistroy on Saturday with feloniously receiving stolen property well know-rised to leave the river ports.

agit to have con stolen. They were remanded, but granted bail, which was fixed at 80, NO each On the 16th inst. M. Doumer, the Governor General of French. Indo-China, opened the section of the railway between Langson sad Porte de Chine. General Su had a long con forenes with the French Governor and the affair passed off most cordially.

TRANSPORTS AT TAKU.

Taku on the 16th instant.

The Nerbudda and Palamcolta arrived

There is a certain amount of discussion in the few Tonkinese tirailleurs who have jost the Franco-Chinese papers us to the value of been sout north. Our contemporary L'Avenir de Tonkin thinks the present a favourable op- portunity for testing these troops.

A comparative statement of the Stamp Re

The U.S.S. Preaccion was Jue to leave 1899 and 1930 shows a total increase for the six She found Swatow very quiet and with no evi- venue of Hongkong for the First Half Year Swatey on the 20th or 31st inst. for Amoy months of $50,344.43, the chief items manifestdeness of any disturbance. From Amay she will ing an impovement from last year being proceed to Shanghai, but the duration of her Conveyance or Assignment. $20,133.10; Probate, stay at Amoy is not known. It will probably or Letters of Administration, $18,479,91 Addepend on the state of affairs there. hesite Stamps, $6,898.35; Bank Note Duty

5,582.86... There is no noticeable decrease, the largest being Bills of Lading, $450,32, and

Broker's Notes 303.50.

M.-C. Dudy News saya that, among the numeroas victims of ball inek at Tientsin is Mr. Warren, of Circus fanie; he has lost all his hersee and west of his gear and has not given one single performance. Curiously enough this is the fourth time in his nomadic life he has been shelled in revolutions or sur, twice in Brasil, once in Manila...

able to obtain homeward cargoes from China ports to the extent that the P. & U. steamers require. Such a remark may be appropriate Counterfoil Order Books supplied on when applied to mail steamers, which must run at stated-times with the nails. But application.

can Sir Thomas explain the reason why the Hamburg-American line of steamers, which as a general class of steamers may be con- pared with the P. & O. intermediate and cargo steamers, can usually obtain full or A fire broke out at about four o'clook on fair cargoes of bamboo, cans, cassia, tea,Saturday morning at 274, Queen's road Central A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED, camphor, matting, raw silk, feathers and The building is a four-storeyed one used us a chinaware in the Chian porte, when the tobacco manufactory. The fire broke out in P. & O, S, N. Co's. steamers do not? It has the drying room behind the first floor end quickly been asserted that the want of a technical spread to the toora above, which were sepa and scientific edu, tion, sucht na is silirmed utter. Denity Superintendent Mackie Our Shanghai morning contemporary says readily and universally in Gerinen schools, men, however succeeded in pratentag myn its isana dana 18th at the vert

of the adjoining buildings from Tommy flut F.5. Li Hung-chang is not wanted in the is the cause of the want of appreciation of ignited. The loss is recovered by insurance in North and it will be much better for himwolf. ONLY commanications relating to the nets columns many of China's raw products on the part the Norwich Union Insurance Company and everybody else if he stays in Canton Correspondents must forward their names and of British shippers. It may be so. If such address with communications addressed to the Editor is the case we can then scarcely blame Sir

he gets to Tientsin it is to be honed shut he will be asked who appointed him for the only Gor- not for publicction, but as evidence of good faith.

All letters for publication should be written on THOMAS SUTHERLAND and the directors of

ernment the Forsign Powers now recognise is one side of the

vanes

the P. & O. S. N. Co. For a lack of technical

the Yangtze Viceroys. No anngrmously signed communications that have alrenly appcaved in other papers will be inserted. and scientific knowledge on the past of the Orders for cairá copies of DAILS Pass shoute British rice, for which the British Govern- be sent before 11 am. on day of publication. After that hour the supply is limited. Only supplied forment is alone responsible:

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HONGKONG, July 23rd, 1900-

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The report of the Inspecting Medical offer on the Tung Wali Hospital for the second quarter of 1900 shows that 134 patients remain ed on 1st April, 005 werk admitted in April, May, and June, 587 wore discharged, 207 disi, 135 remained on 1st July. The 905 admissions In speaking of the shipbuilding of ations 1997, 700 of 1858, 2nd 812 for 1900. Of the compare with 656 for the second quarter of of the company Sir Thomas mentioned that admissions, 329 were nuder Europeau treat

When

Yesterny und Saturday the Chinese com muulty of Hongkong celebrated the thirtieth display of lanterns and Chinese Bags and by lot. birthday of the Emperor Kwang Hsu by a liberal

ting off crackers. It was noticeable that the an

usual, and it would be interesting to learn the reason. In the Chinese portion of the town there was a regular fusillade all the afternoon, and in the Frayn there was a great display.

the four new steamers now contractes forment, 351 under Chinese. Free burial was priversty was much more generally observed than the Syria, Soudan, Somali and Sicilia-were rided for 501 persone. 58 vaccinations were not exactly mail steamers and were intended perforthed. more particularly for the Calentia and China intermediate trade. These steamers will each be 6,600 tons registered with an effective

month's hard fabour on Saturday for assaulting Mr. Hazeland sentenced two Japanese to one

a Chinese boatman. The latter said he was

At the Magistracy on Saturday five mon

appears that the previous day come Tung Kun mux were sugaged in carrying frewood from a

boat to a godown in Sai Wo Lane. Their way led through a pure where some 20 men be-

TEE speech of Sir THOMAS SUTHERLAND, horse-power of 4,500. Very handsome and opposite Blue Buildings when the defendants were charged with catting and woundlag. It M.P., as Chairman at the dualf-yearly meet commodious ships, but a distinct falling off came up. They got into his boat, aud at once ing of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam as far as horse-power is concerned from many commenced to assault lum, striking him on the Navigation Co., at the London office of the ships in the same company of much lighter jaw and neck. He called out for the police and Company, on the 12th June, if not alto. tonnage. It may be prestined, lurwever, that the defendants were maptured. His Worship gether atisfactory reading was at least the directors of the P. & OS N. Co. in/Characterise the assault as cowardly, and at longing to the Ban Wen were packing warranted, and said that the defendants must sagar. As the Sun Wai man obstructed the interesting. Bir Tuomas understands the this respect know their own business best be shown that they could not assault. Chinese whole passage the Fang Fun men romcastrated art, when the occasion permits of it, of and need no criticism from the outside beaten with impunity.

and asked them to get on one side. A quarrel presenting the affairs of the company in the public. Yet the fact remains that the P. & O. best possible aspect and in the nest brilliant S. N. Co. have no mail steamers or other The Death Returna for the mouth ended enstad From words they came to blows. The sugar packers were using booked shoppers and hues. He is a worthy chairman of a great wise in the whole of their fleet to com- 30th Juho show that, in the European and

one of the struck a fany Kan man and in shipping Company His speeches on the pare with the Konig Albert, 10,643 tons re. Foreira Comuianity there were 24 doatlus in affairs of the P. and O. S. N. Co. are always gistered and 9,000 horse-power, and while the Civil population to from thest affestions 1 cted a deep sosh under the sight armpit. well worthy of respect and attention and the tendency of the Norddeutscher Lloyd is 1rom plague) and 8 in the Army in the Chingehe whole lot the cleared away. Five of the

eetanianity there were 635 deaths (393, frois

ruou were arrested by Inspector Baker and his invariably call forth remarks from a well put on larger and more powerful steamers plagis, 86 from chest affection, and 86 from in constables on Saturday morning. The man who

rised the chopper was sentenced to four months

informed commercial Press. But although the China Mail Service there seems to be fantile convaisions). No. 2 District Bulard labour and the other four to a month. as Chairman of the F. and O, S, N. Co. ben corresponding effort on the part of the 197 of the Chinese tests (?) from plai-20), was able to declars the foul fvided to have expended 28,500,000 on ship-

P&O S. N. Co. N

whits the greatest number of plague e the shareholders, he was not able to present

the month were in No. District,

Jo

two Chitauen alarged with stealing a quantity Hazeland bid before him on Saturday

a very glowing report of tho affairs of the building in less than 20 years is a great Tho death rates por 1,000 per sauuajin the of in lfa-rubber and some brass from the Naval | Ceaping. Fay be that we, resident in achievement on the part of the company and principal divisions of the population Yard The Indian Sergeant Major said that the Fast, more closely brought into associa is worthy of congratulations, but when Sir British and Forsign Conga C 161 at 4.30 pm on Friday, he saw the defendants

THOMAS says that for the four above men

Chinese Community, Victoria, Del 238, Hự tion with foreign competition to this great

shipping company, are inclined to be rather tioned stenniers the company or the corbour 28.8; Chinese, whole Culozy, Jaand S19 Yard He brought them back and searched

certain

Boat 23.6, Laud and Boat 307; whole Colony exclusive of Army and Mary, 30.7.

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Loxdor, 20th July. 9.15 p.m.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA,

MORE TRANSPORTS ARRIVE AND DEPART.

Two more transportstly arora and the there-arrived on Saturday morning, and re- sumed their voyage north in the afternoon. The Warora has on board a wing of the 1st Sikhs and section A of 25th British Field Hos pital, and the aura a detachment of the 1st Bengal Lapeers and Section A 47th Native Fiell Hospital.

The Ballarat arrived yesterday at 11.30 am. with the 3rd Madras Light Infantry from Se cundarabad and the 66th Field Hospital which is going to be stationed at Hongkong. The troops were landed at Kayloon at 12.80.-

The Natiana, which is due here on Angust. , left Calcutta on Saturday with Ordinance: Field Park and D. section 39. Native Field. Hospital.

SHANGHAI INTELLIGENCE

ITEMS FROM THE. "N:G, DAILY NEWS"

H.E. SHENG'S FORESIGHT. Some astonishment has been expressed at the report that has been current that HE. Shông. Diretor of Railwaye, etc., etc., has been enloa vouring to effect insurance on his property in Shanghai. It has been pointed out to him by one of the leading Consul-General that if ke knew trouble, was imminent, ho should inform the Console at ones so that they might adopt the necessary measures to avort it, whereas lis reported action rather tended to foment trable. We believe that H.E. explained that ho was at elesing his cotton mills on the Foint Rod, and that he feared the operatives might make mone trouble, dud this was what he was trying to provide for not that he had any aprehension of general frouble at Shanghai,

CYPHERDESPATCH FROM US. MIN-

·ISTER AT PEKING REACHES..

WASHINGTON.

cypher reply to a telegram despatched from Minister Hay has received Mr. Conger's

Washington on the 11th instant. It is to the effect that quick relief only eau prevent a general massacre in Peking

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SHANGHAI FOLUNTEERS

The Senior Consul, Senhor Valdez, has made or is making orrungeinants with a local Company with Winchester carbines, of 14. firm for arming the Portuguese Volunteer

calibre. These are handy and reliable weapons, as ninay white men have found in Africa nad the South Seas. The main thin is to ensure a full

ing a volunteer company to help in the defonce supply of ammunition for the weapons.

The Belgian and Dutch residents are form

of the Settientent.

THRINUNDATION IN THE NORTH. Recent despatches received from the North by local mudarins report that, in addition to the incalcalable mischief done by Prince Thur nud General Tung Fubsiang, in damming p the frond Canal, thereby flooding the pisizs between Peking and. Tientsin with the object of stopping march the of Foreign troops into Poking, these two notorious Bozer, chiefs havé realso issued orders to cut the important dykes of

CHINESE TELEGRAM DECLARES

MINISTERS SAFE ON THE 13T Our Canton correspondent reports the

coipt of a telegram from Slantung by the Chinese authorities at Canton to the effect that up to the 15th instant all the foreigu Ministers in Peking were safe.

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

LORD METHUEN'S MOVEMENTS Lord Methuen lus occupied Leekpoort

REUTERS SERVICE

the Yungting river for the same purpdee, thereby increasing the area of inundation. The con servation of the Yuugting and the upkeep of the dykes cost the Pelong government overra dalism and wholesale destruction is only ous in million taels per annum; but this act of vRE- the great aggregate already done by Tann and Tung, not only against, Foreigners but also aydinst their own countrymen in and around Peking

HUTEH, KUFAN AND CHEKIANG, The Director of the China Inland Affseton at Shanthafing repeived the following telegram

Catholic illusion attintvanda. (inch) mus destroyed yesterday (Julz With Esthers flat

hapel Nanyangtu (Hanan), destroyed. Bishop and 12 fatbere in great danger

Trouty members of the Canadian Prosby- terian Mission robbed of everything list Sun- day (July 8th, 10 miles east of Nanyangfu

The Canadians referred to are from North of

LONDON 18th Judas Yellow River, whence they were prevented

fering Festward to Starting, en before explá ed in the columne There bre only 15, adult THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. Casting the others must be the engineers the 16th inst. the enemy made a determined me from H. E. Shông

Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria that on Waldes at Shanghai, received the following *301 de 15th inst. Senior cousul J. M. T.

attack on his left wider General Pole-Cures. but were repulsed by the Irish Fusiliers and marry houses of the Chinese Christians being Troubles are spreading in Chakiang Province, the Colonials. The enemy lost 69, and the destroyed. The Governor Lau hus went there. British lost seven killed and 29 wounded, to five hattalions of braves to restore order. missing General Hamilton has advanced to Shopy That has wired to Governor Lain to

Trouble

also began at Wenchow, and Homans-Kraal unopposed. Fifteen hundred send tropps there to ukingain the poate. Boere who managed to break through Generals

AKSE NAVAL GALI ANTRY.'' Hunter and Rundles corden, betoon Bethlehem and Ficksburg ure proceeding to Lindley.

The first batch of Boar prisoners have started for Coldmbo,

LONDON, 18th July.

THE CRISIS IN CHINA. There is serious alarm in St. Petersburg concerning the safety of the engineers and troops in Siberia who sio mstly concentrated at Charbin and Blagoveschenek. Both loss are almost invested and the situation is critical

THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA The Transvaal offcial Woolmarans has been arrested at Hatherley; a quantity of crick and 6,000 burs of gold were found concealed in the

house.

One of the junior officers very much in evi dence during the last fortnight, says awriter in the N-C. Daily News, is Lt. Keyes, of HMS. Frems (t-h.d.). The sister ship, the Whiting, was unlucky enough to get a shot.in one of her boilers during the operations against the Takn forta und has had to go off to bagasaki for repaia, so thorne has had to do the work of two. Mr. Be first fout was the capture up at the Takn dock; this lie dul single-headed, of the four ese torpedo-beat destroyers, by which I mean, by the sole resource of his own ship. He managed it by surprise, and by boarding party, much in the old ruiting gut- set of the Napoleonic wari No loss of life.

He had previously made friends with this Taku pilots and bad lesined quickly from them the ions marks of the fairway and the little vagules of the Bark. The result was that he neser waited for pilot, hat

the fact all or by came shimming After the forts were taken ho brought squads of 250 men ashore, nutil the British cariplement was flanked, after which he gave the Russians

The 1,500 Free Sisters who broke through

wood a and Hutton's cavalry are in hot pursuit, the cordon, by forcel marekes, reached any

to Lindley on da 17th instant General Broadcome riendly help in the sine wave

LONDONY 106 July,

THE CRIME IN CIENA.

His last feat has been the opening up asi pashing forward of river communication. The capture and blowing up of the old fort at Hinching by dynamite has already been refor red to the charge was so huge that it nearly biew the blowers off the plonot-but since then he has advanced after so much that there is

contributo 40,000 men tack for China.

It is stated that the Fowers hay agreed to water-transit from Taku to Chinliangch eng

say 14 miles from Tientsin, and 5 miles inila of railhead,

A circular from M. Delcasze suggests an agreement among the Towers to prevent the export of arms to China

THE PENANGOLASSACRE. A golema require cervice will be held at St Paul's Cathedral on the rd inst. for those masserred at Peking.

carrying a hot out of the gates at the Naval

the bos in the prasence of Inector McEwen, more critical than the residents or the tracta has had to pay fully 40 per cent, more

He found that it had a false bottom and that Press at Home. Whether this bo so or not. than they would have had to pay three years we are not struck with Sir Thomas SUTHERgo, seems rather to indicate that the dire A Binaman, was ou Saturday charged with tan rubler and trigs wore concealed honoath LANDR speech; dicerning us. we think fors have been asleep and not open to make being in unlawful posession of four Mauser rifit. The first defendant was a foreman in the and 300 rounds of ammunition. Sergeant Burrard and the second a coelis - His Worship: dre weakness therein, implying the most of the signs of the times.

chall said that at 4 pm on Friday he saw a themen allowell to have a box in the Naval Yard? wink of forethought in scipe affairs of the It is a well known axiour in shipbuilding sail boat going the direction of Yaumeli Inspector McEwen said the carpenters had to Company on the part of the directors. Our that companies should build when trade is He followed and eu making searching found find their own tools and they bad bazes to keep criticism of Sir THOMAS's remarks are conduil and the shipbuilding yerde empty the rifes, oto, concealed in the bout The them in. The first defendant was served out fined solely to the position of the Company Such a condition prevailed in England prior defendant was a passenger, and was foing with a shoot of indin-rabber valued at £12 on in China and roter in no case to the affurs to 1896, when, England undertook her gent towards a junt which was in the haben Hi Friday morning and he had destroyed it by cut- of the Company in other parts of the world naval programime and let ont contracts for Worship mid he was fish that these arms ting this off. The second defentiant, who mid”

THE CHINA CRISIS. to which our experience does not apply. In some of her battleships and crisers to pri- and ecmunition were intended for some rang he did not know anything about the matter, the Russia as declared the frontier portioze.of. apenking of the passenger trade the Chair-rate varde. Previously shipbuilding was attack. It was alwolutely necessary to other im Lering asked him to carry the box,the Amnr district to be in a ette of por and is mah said flat he was sorry to state that the dull in England and the P.&O. S. N. Co. down this sort of thing, and the defcudas discharged with a caution. His Worship asing lage military measur passenger receipts had undergone a certain should then have made the most of their would be fined $20, or three months, and thiseid there had bean top many cases at theft at

day Defensee, in a cironlar, proposes an array and antaunition forled-A mi the Narel Yard wecently. It was necessary antrenent f joint zetion in Chius,A decline, not a large amount so far, but it opportunity, and doubtless much of the ex-penalty was imposed upon a Chinaman who they should be put down, and the first defend It is reported that Major General Sir Francis was anticipated that the decline would be cess 40 per cent might have been saved to was caught carrying a bag containing 700 ant must go to gul for six months with harderenfell will take command of the British continuous throughout the remainder of the the company by the directors.

rounds of revolver ammunition.

Labcu

forces in China..

„LONDON, 20th July

In the attack on the forts the cool courage Commander Craddock, of the lacrity, who led,. or was one of the leaders of the Britian landing party was very noticeable While the mon were along the top of the embankment Fromiuent scurrying along under shell, he woolly trazaped cook shy, for every gunner and mackman in the forty. He and a little Jay serminal up the searp together, and the two gallant rivals siaul- taneously hoisted their colours, but as luck woul hare it the Jack was in the *Thing Sun largo, and consequently the British ins overskudowel

The brave Captain Lane, of the Is, has stati to Admill Bruce that he would drem it

an honour to fight along wisud go anywhere

with the British an orest, but not undeserved compliment to Captain Stewart and his smart Graw of Algem. The officer of the very eulogistic letter to the gallant little ship. Krench flagalip D'Entretasteasut also sent t referring is handsome terms to the way in

which she was handled,