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Intimations.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1888.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Warrant officers and sergeants of the sath Regiment give a farewell ball to their evening.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD THE Chicago Evening Law School has bad friends 'in the colony at the Murray Barracks this with regard to the premises of the applicant he is the language of China of a thousand years ago, produced will be enormously increased, An

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The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1888.

lively fight over the question of admitting women students. They finally got in.

We are requested to state that owing to the excessive number of engagements, the Band will not play in the Gardens on Sunday next.

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SIR John Pope Hennessy, who proved victorious in bis libel action against the 7wer, had arranged to leave, London on December, 1st to resume his duties as Governor of Mauritius.

THE Shanghai Mercury has been enlarged to THE General Managers (Messrs. Jardine, Mathe-a six-paged paper, an keration that is a son & Co.) inform us that the Indo-China decided improvement. We cordially wish our Steam Navigation Co.'s steamer Tairang, from contemporary continnance of the prosperity Calcutta, Icft Singapore yesterday for this port. that has warranted this important addition to

ite news columns.' AN Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge, Ne. Zetland Street, this evening, at 8.30 for 9 o'clock 618, S.C. will be held in Freemasons Hall, precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. TELEGRAMS were received in Shanghai on the and inst. from Tientsin announcing that ice was beginning to form in the Peihe, and suggesting that it would not be advisable to despatch any more steamers this season.

CHIARINI'S Royal Italian Circus and Menagerie will open at Bowrington this evening, the performance commencing at qo'clock. A capital programme will be gone through, and doubtless there will be a large attendance.

We do not desire to say anything to create un- easiness or alarm, but a French astronomer says that in about 1,000,000 years the earth, will be cold and lifeless, and will fall into the sun" with a crash. It will be something like throwing an old dry stick into an open grate.

INSPECTOR Quincey made a large haul of smuggled opium last night, or a sampan near the Praya. There were 1,440 taels, worth about $850, and the man and woman in the boat bad no permit. At the hearing of the case in-day, before Mr. Pollock, Mr. Sposner, the chief Excise officer, claimed the stuff and asserted that a permit had been given to the owner of the oplum to export it. The case was remanded.

THE alleged miraculous corpse at Nam Tan has turned out to be a swindle, as might have en expected. Some villagers made an examination of it two or three days ago, a Chinaman tells us, clothes, with a human head, prepared in some and found that the "body" consists of stuffed way, stuck on the top. The corpse's brother get roughly handled, the visitors not having sufficient appreciation of his genius as an em

Balmer,

India has not been a success. After a short IT would appear that Sir Charles Dilke's visit to stay with Sir Frederick Roberts, the Commander- in-Chief, at Peshawar, the ex-member for Chelsea made up his mind to return direct to England The Indian press were decidedly rough, on the hero of the celebrated divorce

case...

General Sun at Tai-nan-fu, the capital of Shan SAYS the Hu PapOn the 1st November, tung, received a telegram from the Taotai of Teng Lal-king, ordering him to construct on Chefoo Hill a fort to hold two Krupp runs and 15 steel guns, the contract to be given to Mr. Li-tek (?), a foreigner. The cost will be a 110,000, of which Tia. 60,000 will be defrayed by the Chefeo Customs, and the remainder by the Government of Shantung.

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AN Italian Opera Company composed of the following members has arrived at Manila where they are to perform for a season :-Dramatic soprano, Signora Amalia Bourman; soprano lagers, Signora H. Pagano; first comprimaris, Signara A.Baraidi; second comprimaria, Signora E. Vaselli; lady choristers, Signor Massari, Furlan. Cardinali and Zaccaria; Dramatic tener Signor J. Clarke; second tenor, Signor L Bogine; baritone, Signor J. Paccini: basso, Signor J. Beletti; buffo vocalist, Signor L Bergami; tenor comprimario, Signor E. Venturoli; basso, Signor P. Fabbri; chorus singers, Signori Rizzo, Gurrieri, Falfari, Cardinali, Toscani and Zncaria. Conductor of orchestra, Signor G. Branca; stage manager, Signor F. Galletti. The company is under the director contains all the most popular operas, such as ship of Signor flelletti, and the vipertoire "Forza del Destino," "Luccia," "11 Barbiere," "Emani" "Fausto," "Il Trovatore," Africana,"

"Un Ballo," "Higoletto, Poliulto," "Aida," "La Traviata." "Linda," "Lucrezia Borgia" "La "Marta," "Ruy Blas," etc. The opening per- Sonnambula," "La Favorita," "Hermosa," formance will be given at the Tondo Theatre during the current week.

Mercury writes on November 27th:-During THE Tientsin correspondent of the Shanghai the last few days the tides have been very low

Taku and

on the bar, and g feet 6 inches has been the wishes water; and a little floating ice about water very low in the river... The steamers the lower reaches, and the Cass, Sin Nansing and Kowsking have all there for some days and not able to cross. Nat. gone away from outside the bar after being withstanding the low water the Fungthus came in drawing 10 feet, up to the bund yesterday. gers. The mud scow, the Pooch, also came to the and leaves to-day crowded with Chinese passen. bund and the B & S. steamer Chungking. On inches on the har. Jardine's best boat for this the 30th we had a high tide at Taku. 16 feet trade, the El Dorado, will be up to-day. The for the half-year of s pe cent, which will be to for the 5 per be to per cent. for the year. No doubt next year will see. 15 per cent. again. This may be my last letter this year, as I am going to Mongolia on hunting expedition and will be away for six week.

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A minute by Mr. Ede stated that he thought all cattle should be housed in the public depot.

hought they were insanitary and should be put in proper order. Dr. Cantlid stated that the point had often been before the Board, and the answer had always been that the public depot was insufficient. The Registrar General was of opinion, that all cattle should be kept in the public depot. The Vice-President said that what was wanted were by-laws under the Ordinance. Mr. Francis stated that cattle could not be kept in the public depot except under the provisions of the Ordinance

1 of the schedules of that Ordinance said that the of 1887 and the by-laws thereunder. Section depots at Kennedy Town and Yaumati were only to be kept for diseased cattle. If Mr. Ladds had been compelling other cattle to be driven in there he had been doing what he had no right to do. Licenses should be issued by the Sanitary Board to private depôts requiring them to conform to Until the Sanitary Board prepared the necessary the requirements of Section 13 of Sub-section 14 by-laws the applicants were certainly entitled to have licences granted to them. He thought the licence should be granted on renewal from month 10 month, and that the applicant should be cautioned that when the new regulations were prepared he might be deprived of his licence.

The Vice-President said that so far as he could understand before Ordinance 24 of 1887 was passed the Registrar-General had the power to grant such licences, whereas now the power was conferred on the Board, but as yet the Board had framed no by-laws on the matter.

be granted to the applicant subject to his con- It was finally agreed that the licence should forming to the requirements of the Board, at the same time warning him in accordance with Mr. Francis's suggestion that as soon as the Board bad framed by-laws he was liable to be deprived

of his lice" ce..

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The Baard then proceeded to consider the by laws made under sub-section 34 of Section 13 of the Public Health Ordinance (infectious disenses.)

upon whom the responsibility shall lie with On Section 4, which deals with the person regard to reporting a case of small-pox to the authorities,

The Vice-President proposed that the clause should run as follows:-If any such inmate be not under the care of a medical practitioner, the of premises, or the nearest adult male relative occupier or keeper of such premises or portion living on such premises shall, on the nature of the disease becoming known to him or on the such disease, forthwith notify the Secretary of suspicion of the existence in such inmate of any the Board, or the Registrar General, or the officer in charge of the nearest Police Station.

The President said he thought that the clause as amended was as near as they could get to it. Francis and Dr. Ho Kai would be able to drive No doubt whatever by laws they passed Mr.

a coach and four through them."

4.The by-law was then passed'ds amended.

the auriferous wealth of Corea, and believes that when the present placer mining is superseded by better methods of extraction, the amount of gold- even surer sources of wealth he believes also exists in the great timber tracts in the North of the Peninsula, which even now exports large quantities of valuable wood to China, and in conclusion be expressed himself sanguine of Coren's future prosperity, if she succeeds in getting fair treatment from China, and freeing Chinese Representative-N C. Daily News. herself from the "pernicious influence of the

LATE TELEGRAMS.

DURBAN, November. 16th.

religion, manners and customs, while the sympathies of the two peoples have always been in common, and the language of Koten to-day But pursued Mr. Denny" although everything points to the closest intimacy and friendliness between China and her peninsular neighbour, who it is true has signed a tributary treaty with the Emperor, China has no earthly right to claim, under international laws or usage, or their historical relations, vassalage from Cores, which has ever jealously preserved, and will, I hope, be freedom from interference in her domestic as ever able to preserve her independence and well as international policy, by her more powerful neighbour. In proof of this assertion Mr. Denny reverted to the several treaties which Corea has concluded with European powers, and with the United States, in which it was expressly pendent state. "I am sorry to say" said Mr. stated in the preamble that Corea was an indeDinialu bas, been arrested,,

LONDON, November, 18th, Denny "that in her struggle with tyrannical and The result of the election for Dewsbury owing has had her motives misconstrued, and her stonian Liberal member, was the return of Mc. vialent Chinese Representatives at Seoul, Coren to the resignation of Sir John Simon, the Glad-. position vir a-vis China misstated by the foreign Mark Oldroyd, Gladstonian Liberal, and the press in China and Japan, Mr. Denny, as a case defeat of Mr. Arnold Forster. The Gladstonian in point, referred to erroneous and misleading majority has now been reduced to 2,102, as a Manchu prince in 1637, "Now this is erro- Finsbury, is dead. of vassalage was concluded between Corea and Colonel Duncan, the Conservative Member for statements in the Chinese Times that a treaty against 2,159 at last election.

neous" said Mr. Denny. The treaty by which the writer endeavours to place Coren in a false position, was concluded in 1636 with a piace in and under no rule of international law that 1 open rebellion against the then ruling dynasty have ever read, can it be construed into a treaty of vassalage to China. "It was ten years anterior Mings by the Manchu dynasty that this treaty to the wresting of the Chinese thro e from the was concluded with a. Manchu prince, Japan might as well claim Corea as a vassal state, because Corea was some couple of hundred years Nor has there ever been, since 1616, any treaty ago in the habit of sending tribute to the Tycoon. made with China that by any possibility of vassalage." reasoning could be twisted into a treaty of Corea's

In the ease of Sir John Pope Hennessy against the Timer a nominal verdict has been returned by consent. The Times apologises, paying costs. Khan was at Kerine on the 4th ingrant, where A telegram from Chardjul states, that Ishak he was most cordially received by the Ameer of Bokhara

Two French pressmen have been expelled GAT BERLIN, 18th November.

from Germany for writing articles obnoxious to

the Court,

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The Empress. Victoria and her daughters will

LONDON, 19th November,

arrive in England to-day, from Germany; Her Majesty, the Queen, goes to Queenborough to meet them.S

In reply to a question as to the genuine reason

November 20th, Courts by Corea, Mr. Denny said "the King had for the recent de-patch of embassies to foreign: Mr. Balfour being confined to bed with a chill full powers, as he had to make foreign treaties, last night The Solicitor-General for I cland was unable to attend the House of Commons to send ministers abroad, but when it reached therefore introduced the Bill asking for five the ears of Yuan that such a step was about to millions for the extension of the Land Purchase endeavoured to frighten the King by threats and that bad hitherto attended it. Mr. Gladstone be taken be instantly set himself against it, and Act, and in doing so urged the signal success by every means in his power, from doing what opposed the bill as tending to make the State as an independent sovereign, he had a perfectly the immediate landlord. He affirmed that the legal right to do, as I have endeavoured to necessity to deal with arrears in Ireland was show in my pamphlet. But the obstructive and of confirming the King in his determination to Purchase Act had been steadily pacifying Ireland threatening action of Yuan had only the efiect been granted. Mr. Gaschen said that the Land

more urgent than with the Crofters, where it had··

send his representatives to Western Courts." by creating peasant proprietorship. The.

debate was then adjourned.

suffering from bronchitis and extreme weakness. Mr. John Bright is in a critical condition, The Empress Victoria and her daughters have arrived at Windor Castle. Their reception since landing has been soost hearty. MET

Passt November.

"What do you think of the Russian intrigues reporter asked. "I do not believe very much in In the Capital, will they amount to much?" the them. I do not for a moment imagine that Russia would undertake the responsibility of

ing Chins for the purpose of developing over Mr. Stanliope in reply to a question said that establishing a protectorate over Corea, and incur land trade. Besides the difficulty of governing five hundred British soldiers will replace the the enmity of China. Russia is all for conciliat

a people like the Coreans, with little or no black baitalion at Assourit, which, a been enormous, and every order would have to be the Egyptian Government will bear the cost of sympathy with Western methods, would be ordered to Sunkin, and according to agreement Such a move would at once, turn the eyes of the transfer. Mr. Stanhope said that there was no enforced the point of the bayonet perhaps. Coreans with regret and longing towards China, intention to send British troops to Suakin. from which the conduct of Yuan just now is calculated to turn them away, I know that a to bring about such few years ago a desperate attempt was made

consummation, but}it¦

TAKU.

ISE (FROM, OUR CORERSPONDNT.)

We are reluctant to dig up the war hatchet and find fault with the Reverend the Colonial Chaplain, but so many complaints have lately reached us as to this officer's flagrant neglect of duty that wo feel bound to take notice of last night's scandal. The remains of a well known THE Manila Diario-a priestly organ-con. resident of the colony, who departed, ontinues to give us advice not to write too freely Wednesday morning to another and, let on Philippine affairs le aconsejamos calma us hope, a better world, were to be interred cando de cosas filipinas trate." The verdancy in the Happy Valley at 5 o'clock yesterday recommendation to our notice. We can easily of this injunction would appear to be its only afternoon, and at that time the funeral understand the aversion entering and

· cortège, according to previous arrangement, independent criticism and a free press. Noli ambitious priesthood naturally entertains towards duly reached the gate of the Cemetery. me tangere is the priestly motto, or, beter still. And it had to stop there, as the Colonial Tange monter et fumigabunt. We wil tangers Chaplain had not arrived. For half an hour them, whenever we consider it accessary. about fifty gentlemen, including a number of leading residents, who had come at con- siderable personal inconvenience to pay their last respects to the memory of a dead friend, were kept standing bareheaded by the hearse in the roadway, waiting the convenience of a public official who is handsomely paid by the colony for his services, It was consequently almost dark before the complotion of the burial ceremonial-which,, by the way, was carried out in a matter of fact style that made it little short of a hollow mockery. The Colonial Chaplain made no apology for and gave no proper explanation of his THE Bishop of Carlisle presided at a conference Inexcusable aeglect; 'all he said was that of clergy, teachers, and school managers held he had asked somebody in the street at Penrith the other day. Representatives were present from Carlis'e, Wigton, Whitehaven, If the hearse had passed, and was told Ulverston, and other towns in the diocese, and It had not. This, of course, was worse included Mr. Ainslie, M.P., Archdeacons Prescott the seventeenth year of the reign of the Act:-That any owner or occupler, or person do very litle On the subject of the statement under Orga

Bishop delivered an address on the subject of and Cooper, and other church dignitaries. The religious education, urging that it was absolutely accessary for the inculcation of the most ordinary duties of life that religious Intruction should be blended with secular teaching. Among the questions debated by the conference was the

he is paid. His so-called holy 'office does

not enter at all into the matter at issue.

THE "Regatta Deadlock" was settled at a special meeting of members of the V.A.C. held last night, The new-boat, about which so much dezen cantankerous obstructionists, will be unnecessary trouble has been made by half permitted to take part in the Regatta, a resolution been carried with, only five dissentients. A re to that effect, supporting the Committee, having arrangement of the crews for the four open racer was agreed to, the lists to remain open until this evening. The Danish and German crews and the Irish stroke can now gracefully subside into that well-earned retirement for which they have striven so hard, and they will have the satisfaction of knowing by and bye that the Regatta proved a great success even without their valuable aid. It is to be hoped this valutary lesson will be taken to heart,

A CORRESPONDENT extracts from the Kölnirchs the sentence of death pronounced against Jesus Zeilung what is called "a correct transcript of Christ." The following is a copy: Sentence pronounced by Pontian Pilate, Intendant of the Province of Lower Gallier, that Jesus of Nazareth shall suffer death by the cross. In

shall become a tenan. of premises upon which On Section 14, which provides that no person there has been an infectious disease, until the Sanitary Superintendent' shall certify that the same be properly disinfected.

be amended as follows:-No person or persons The Vice-President proposed that the Section shall knowingly let or permit to be occupied, or shall knowingly occupy any premises or portions thereof that have been occupied by any person suffering from any infectious disease until such the Sanitary Superintendent to be properly dis- premises shall have been previously certified by Infected and fit for habitation.

Mr. Ede seconded, and it was carried. the following by-law, taken from the English The Vice-President proposed the addition of

of an offence punishable under and as provided for by this Ordinance. Mr. Ede seconded, and the Clause pissed.

The rest of the by-laws were passed without

did not succeed, happily both for Corea and Russia. To such a policy I shall always offer

into such a mistake. What is aimed at is Corean my most strenuous objection, nor do I think that, the King would ever be so foolish as to be led autonomy, the right for Corea to mange her

own affairs at home and abroad and to develope the natural sources of the country. I have great naturally a very rich country, but it would be confidence in the future of Corca: She is foolish to imagine that all her resources can be availed of before several years to come." But that there is an era of prosperity before the country. Mr. Denny thought was clearly shown revenue from the exports, so far, has not by the recent Customs returns, although the compared favourably with that from Imports

political complications are disposed of he can "The King said Mr. Denny is most trade and intercourse, but until the present anxious to see his dominions enriched by foreign

and reproduced by some of the foreign papers recently published in the Mainichi Shimbun, in Japan, to the effect that his life had been he was not afraid of any danger of that sort, and several times threatened of late, Mr. Denny said the story was an invention which was suggested

a legalkalom ab 26th November.

day and night, and steamers are waiting for The Taku Tug and Lighter Company' mast be making money lately, as they are working lighters. New directors are to be elected for the coming year, and it is seld that the amalgame= tion with the Pelho Teg and Lighter Company lighterage The mud docks are all ready for the is settled, and next season will see high rates for Tugs and Lighters are

A very light draft steamer is required here for the purpose of running passengers in over the Bar, from the steamer to the railway terminus. will be the first to the front in that matter, as No doubt the Taku Tug and Lighter Company there is a lot of money in it. The boat must not

be built at the Taku Dock-Mercury, draw more than 4 feet of water with 100 Chinese would be the sort of thing required and she could passengers, and their baggage. A stern-wheeler

SOME SWA PEKING:

at five o'clock last night, It was his teaching of Church bistory. The Bishop said into the Temple fallowed by a multitude discussion, and the Board adjourned to Thursday, the painful recollections on the part of the Waen the new Russian Telegraph Convention

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT)

Peking, zoth November, 1888. to some ingenious scribe by his (Mr. Denny's)

It is rumoured here that the Philadelphia policy of Japan in Seoul, Mr. Denny said that are to have the work of building railroads in since the treaty with Corea in 1876, the Japanese Chinns but I doubt it very much, L seemed to be directing all their efforts, to the On Saturday Sir John Walsham, introduced acquisition of commercial advantages and trade, Mr. Gabriel and resetary to H. B. M. Legution, and by friendly intercourse sought to wipe out to the members of the Trang-li Yamén, k

Mr. A Coumady has banded to the Taung- Coreans, of the last great invasion of their for China to Join, which possibly means Government, Mr. Denny, once more expressed account for this, fit la lue that last year this country by one of the Tycoonsge

As to the ulterior sime in Cores of the Russian connecting Peking with Kiakhta. I cannot himself as a non-believer in the general opinion gentleman refused to have anything to with this interview with Mr. O. N. Denny, Adviser to the in the Far East is still to extend territory by the Telegraphic advices are said to have been A couple of days since one of our staff had an that the great object of the Czar's representatives: Convention, And what will Denmark say to it? King of Corea, and Director of Foreign Affairs, annexation or protectorate of Corea. Mr. Dezny just received, that the Commissions appointed Mr. Denny, from his previous residence at the went even further in this direction, he gave is as by Li Hung chang to investigate, and decide U.S. Consulate-General, hers, is so well-known bis deliberate opinion that no western power,bich of the several tenders filed in regard to preface his remarks with the usual description sibility and sacrifice of life could obtain a paras are in favour of the English. tender, so no doube to most of our readers, that it is unnecessary to without the greatest expense, trouble, respone the Tientsin Tungchowling are to be accepted, of his personal appearance. After a mild and mount position in Cores. He thought that some you will hear all about it from the Chinese good natured protest against the categorical kind of settlement was now approaching and Mr G. A. Bailer has departed from reporter reminded institution, of which, the the sooner it came the better it would be for all, bere berglia in bound to Europe on les port

him, Mr. Dennys country parties. Asfar as he himself was concerned, what aut business. Shanghai men were the responsible patenters, Mr. Denny he was striving for was an amicable agreement said he had no objection to speak on Corean with Chins, and a speedy return to the old paths affairs, which he proceeded to do without of amity and harmony between, the two caute much appearance of reserve, save upon oso er tries, This, however, was not what the Chinese 1 two persrael points, and with great duascy of Representative by any means desired to ce. speech, and earnestness. The first part of the Yuan is a military mandarin, with the smattering advertised a short time since for conversation was in a large measure made up of of military education after a fashion, and with an women, good many Busway a justification of his pamphlet, which Mr. Denny unlimited and unfortunate, belief in creed of to the advertisement via compiny said he was forced to write to explain his attitude force as a panaces for all political ills object

r of the the towards the Chinese Resident Yean, and to place, all along had been, to excite and foment dister

an Evening the outside world in possession of the latter's bance in Seoul, his leading idea: being to come been

some of those from whom overbearing and blustering conduct towards the In with Chinese Army and carry everything

first person yli Corean Government. Mr. Denny expressed before him by force of arms. This was what Icht

Park-avente himself very forcibly upon the subject of Yuan's Mr. Denny strove to avert the Coreans did her misconduct and attitude towards an independent not aim at results through the force of arms share of King, who although tributary of the Emperor His Majesty, according to Mr. Denny's opinion,

than no excuse at all for showing gross

month of March, in the most holy city of let for hire, any premises or part of such pre- Emperor Tiberias, and on the 25th of the employed to let for hire, or to show persons to disrespect equally to the dead and to the

Jerusalem, during the Pontificate of Anns and mises, where any question is put by any person living. The Colonial Chaplain receives the

Caiaphas, Pontius Pilate, Intendant of the Pro-negotiating for the hire of any such premises or vince of Lawer Galilee, sitting, in judgment in the very substantial honorarium of $4125 per

presidential seat of the Pæters, sentences Jesus, part of such premises as to the fact of there being sanum, and in return he is expected to duly

Christ of Nazareth to death on a cross between on such premises or having been within six and officiently carry out the duties for which following:-Is it advisable that a short elemen two robbers, as the numerous, and notorious infectious disease, who should knowingly make weeks previously any person suffering from an tary catechism of Church bistory should be pre testimonials of the people prove :-1, Jesus is a false answer to such question shall be guilty peculiar position in Corea. Speakings of the Syndicate has come to life again, and that they pared for optional use in Church schools. The misleader. 1; He has excited to weight of opinion was against the proposal, on sedition. 3. He is an enemy to the law. He When he arranged to be at the Cemetery who would be sure to draw the line at the himself falsely the King of Israel. 6. He went the ground that it would alarm Nonconformists, calls himself the Son of God. 3. He calls

business to be there at that time. The that if such a principle were adopted there carrying palma in their hands,

would be a danger of raising ghost which The

Orders Colonial Chaplain is no more independent they would have some difficulty in laying to bring him to the place of execution, forbids

first centurion, Quintus Cornellus, the 20th Inst. In his actions, where public obligations The editors of some of their powerful newspapers all persons, rich or poor, to prevent the MR. DENNY ON COREAN AFFAIRS. are concerned, than any other Government The clergy and the Church teachers have put signed the execution against Jesus are: 1. Daniel would exclaim, "The murder is out at last execution of Jesus. The witnesses who have servant, and the question may arise their heads together, and they want to produce Robani, Pharisee; 2. John Zorobabel; 3. Indeed it is quite certain to arise unless a manual which shall turn all Dissenters into Raphael Robani; 4. Capet. Jesus to be taken

Church people. That was the kind of thing he out of Jerusalem through the gate of Tournea Mr. JENNINGS turns over a new leaf thought he could work up if he were newspaper The sentence is engraved on a plate of brass in whether some steps should not be taken editor. Therefore they had better let sleeping the Hebrew language, and on its sides are officially to acquaint the reverend gentle no besitation in teaching the truth concerning the been sent to each tribe." It was discovered dogs lie. In their Sunday schools there should be the following words: "A similar plate has man that his 'cloth' does not in any way Church, but in the presert electrical state of the in the year 1280 in the city of Aquilt excuse neglect of duty. As we have atmosphere they would do well not introduce Aquilia 1). In the kingdom of Naples, anything further in that direction in their day by a search made for the discovery of Roman already intimated, our present task of schools. The question was not put to the vote antiquities, and remained there wall it was found bringing the Colonial Chaplain to his [

by the Commissaries of Art in the French Army proper bearings is anything but aA PROTEST against the mischief which the system of Italy. Up to the time of the campaign in pleasant one; however, it is a duty, and of competitive examinations is producing in this Southern Italy, it was preserved in the sacristy country appears in the Nineteenth Century, of the Carthusians, near Naples, where it was we have endeavored to perform it in the and bas, says London contemporary, attracted kept in a box of ebony. Since then the felle has least offensive manner posible. Should considerable attention during the werk been kept in the Chapel of Caserta. There It is signed by a large number of mem seems to be no historical doubt as to its further complaints in the same direction bern of both Houses of Parliament, Profes authenticity. The reasons of the sentence reach us, we shall be compelled to resort sors, University Lecturers, and Fellows, and comespond exactly with those of the gospels. to vary much stronger language, and also other recognised authorities on educational teaching They record their strong protest to the advocacy of drastic measures in

the dangerous mental pressure and mis

THE SANITARY BOARD, abolishing what is alleged to have become direction of energies and aims which are to be found in nearly all parts of our present EdseRe an intolerable nuisance.

Atthe Sanitary Board meeting yesterday after tional System, "Alike in Public Elementary Schools, in Schools of all grades and for all noon, there were present Dr. Ayres, President classes, and at the Universities, it is sald, "the Hon, W, M. Deane, Vice-President; Mr. J. of China, is not, said he, and never has been is a long way in advance of most this subjects brother same dangers are too often showing themselves H. Stewart-Lockhart, Registrar-General's Hona vassal of this empire. But my chief in progressive ideas,and is anything but the scale under different forms. Childrens is so fro Wong Sing Dr. Ho Kail, Mr. N. J. Eds, and the Kings Advisers, to preserve the good hela oken represented to be Strange as it place on the

wish in the line which I have taken said the vacillating quently insisted on are treated by a Public Mr. W. E Crow, Secretary,

andis waakh character which the Intere Department, by, managers and schoolmaster,

feeling and barmony between China and Corca: may seem, Mr. Denny does not speak Corean A which have always existed, till the present only a few words and canies on dime, and have now only been interrupted by the with the King through an interpretet.

siness thoug unfortunate and unbearable conduct of the of importance, which the repo Representative Yuan," Mri Denny Laid great interview was the fact that emphasis upon the fact that his position towards between Raids and Cking notwithstanding his championing the reprinted from cause of the Hermit Kingdom" was as cordia and friendly, as ever while, his feelings towa

TELEGRAMS

(From the Straits Times) SUAKIN.

LONDON, November 28th.

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as suitable instruments for earning Government The Secretary read a letter from the Colonial money, young boys of the middle, and richer Secretary informing the Board that the Legislative The and Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Classes are often trained for scholarships with Council had voted $750 as compensation to the Bonderers, 25th Regiment, and

and one hundrede regard for the future, as two-year old horses are trained for races and young man of

tractor for exlia work required lý real capabilities at the Universities as led to the Hin believe that the main purpose of education is to enable them to win some great money prize, or take some distinguished place in, L. SKUTAISI - tion.

by The attention of parents and teachers nalled to the resulting physical mischi: 255The great majority of the signatories (recomm that a petition he presented to the Onsen, Log Her Majesty to appoint a Royal Comi

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