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are like to the heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration and no rest." If I were asked to point

to

prince who in all history has earned and deservedly enjoyed more veneration than others, I should point to the Most Worshipful Grand Master. If I were asked to point to the prince who has least rest, whose mind is most occupied by good works, whose heart is most moved by a desire to serve his fellow-creatures, I should again point to his Royal Highness our

say no more, I Most Worshipful Grand Master for the present year to bo our Grand Master for the ensuing year."

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way, we should like to ask this, modern JUDAS, has the Prince of WALES, "earned and deservedly enjoyed more veneration" than all other princes, living or dead? This is not mere fulsome flattery that sensible people can smile at it is nauseous grovelling that can only excite universal disgust, even amongst the Masonic raternity, But this degenerate scion of the house of Judai was not satisfied with Indulging in offensive and obsequiouis grovel; he even crawled through the mud to outragedecency by falsehoods for which no possible justification can be advanced, A man need not make himself a con temptible llar before the world either to prove his loyalty to the Throne or his fidelity as a Mason. Loyalty to the A. S, WATSON & CO., LD. British Constitution should be based on

(Telephone No. 60.) Hongkong, 16th December, 1889.

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absolute truth; the foundation stone of Freemasonry rests solely on the three cardinal virtues. But Lord Mayor ISAACS is as reckless of the truth as he is apparently ignorant of the first principles of true Masonry. He says:~

"I were asked to point to the Prince who has least rest, whose mind is most occupied by good works, whose heart is most moved by i desire to serve his fellow creatures, I should again point to his Royal Highness, our Most Worshipful Grand Master,"

This is too much even for Freemasons

Portagal threatening a rupture' of diplomatic re- tations, and even more, unless Portugal gives satisfaction promptly for Major Pinto action:

FRANCE.

PARIS, January 4th,

An official telegrami to Hanol states that President Carnot, at a brilliant reception held at the Elysée, said that he desired to continue |

the peacefal and progressive policy of France.

FIRE AT BRUSSELS.

JANUARY 9, 1890.

THE appeal in the Largo Bay-Glencoe collision | PROFESSOR (la mineralogy class)—Rogers, give. case, on the part of the owners of the Gleness, me the name of the largest diamond, Rogers bas been dismissed, it bring held that the absent-mindedly)—The acc, sir. accident occurred through the improper naviga- tion of the Glencoe

BARON Dounezal, a French officer, proposes that France and Germany should fight on a new principle, each country to have 100,000 men on its side only. At the same time he is liberal in bla offers to Germany, and says that the country may have 10,oco Italians to help it. Ach! Gott!

The Royal Palace of Laeken, at Brussels, has | Danks, been burnt down, there being one life lost. The collection of artistic works has been completely destroyed.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE estimated popislation of Utah is 230,000, an Increase of 86,000 since 1880.

IT is stated that nearly one-half the 487 doctors of medicine, of Boston University, are wamen..

THE "Charolistha" is the last London dance;

the name comes from chores, a dance, and òlistkancin, to glide.

Ir bas been wittily observed that it was characteristic of Disraeli that he selected Dr. Kidd to be his physician,

It is reparted that a new invention in armor- plating has received much attention at the hands of British and French naval experts. The new armor is an allov of steel with chromium and an unknown substance, and it is said to have n tenacity equal to wought-iron, combined with the hardness of the best-tempered steel.

THE enterprising Individual who started on a tour of inspection of a number of rickshas on Queen's Road the ther day, and showed his dissatisfaction of their appearances by cutting away the hoods of a number of them, was brought up on remind this in-ring before Mr. Robinson, at the Police Coust, and fined $to. with an alternatiy» of five weeks' hard labour in

the "Government Hotel.”

THE Appeal in the Privy Council from the WE learn that the steamer whose wreck wederision of Chief Juice Ford of the Straits reported Inst night was the Spaniel, running Settlements, in the Hebe-Arratoon Apear between Sandakan and Singapore. No further collision case, he been partially sustai ed. details have been received.

The Arratoon Apcar has been pronounced to be Trennnsible for the epilision as well as the Heda, with the utusi ennsequences, including a direction to assess the damages sustained by the Hebe, and by discharging the order as to costs.

No coats of anneal were allowed.

Is marriage a failure? "The other week, at Los Angelos, a married woman cloped with her coachman, in consequence of which her husband shot himself. The next day his daughter, who was also in love with the conchman, went insane, while the servant girl, who was, in turn, "gone" on the defunct husband, tried to drown herself three times." On this evidence any jury of Benedicts would unanimously agree that-oh i yes 1 just so.

Two pirates who had been sent fmm Kowloon City to Canton for trial were carefully returned the other day, and at 7.30 this morning the execu tioner met them on the bench by appointment- with fatal results. The heads are now on view at Kowloon, free of charge.' As there has been some talk, lately, that the two men have been re-captured who were rendered up by the Canton

authorities about two months ago to the officials of this colony, and who had been.as carefully freed by our Ac'ing Stipendiary Magistrate who | sat on the case, there is every probability that the two heads in question might belong to these worthies.

Mr. Parnell, speaking, at Liverpool yesterday, dwelt upon the injustice of the inndlords in Ireland, and said that he expected an easy settlement of the questions, between landlord and tenant. In view of present prospects, be said, it would be madness for Irishmen to talk of physical force of resort to rebellion and treason,

prison to-day.

Mr. William O'Brien will be released from

Lisbon, December 20th. Owing to late events in Brazil the Portuguese Republicans have decided to issue a manifesto to the country.

ST. PETERSBURY, December 20th. A fatal explosion of shell has taken place in the great artillery magazine at Baku. The building became ignited and was demolished amid terrific explosion Four gunners were killed and four were injured.

LISION, December 21st.. It is stated that a conciliatory disposition is manifested by the Portuguere in their reply to the last note which has been pressifed by the British representative here with regard to the Nyassaland dispute. It chronicles events as known to the Pottugnese Government,

! · RIO DE JANEIRO, December 21st, The Provisional Governmert has issued a decree fixing the general elections for September next and the meeting of the Consultuent Assembly for · November. The decree banishes Dom Pedro and his family, as wellas his late Premier, from Brazil It recalls the grant made to the ex-Emperor, and suspends the annual allowance to him.

THE Singapore Free Press of December 31st is responsible for the following:-In connection with the recent rive in Punja shares owing to the rumours of the purchase of a part of that concession the following important, intelligence umbrage of Russia. has been wired by Mr. William Fraser to Singa- pore for the Fras Press-

"BABY PUNJOM," Baby Punjom Company will be launched in the course of a few days. All shares taken up Great increase expected in prices.

GOLD FIELDS OF PAHANG.. Mr. Fraser als wires that he is making very great progress with the "Go'd Fields of Pahang,"

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VIENNA, December 21st. Hannery has finally sanctioned the quotation of the Bulgarian loan on the Prath Bourse. It is certain that the matter has provoked the

ROM*. December 21st. The Chamber of Deputies has adapted the Goverment proposal for the abolition of differential tariffa between France and Italy.

LONDON. December 22nd. Reports have reached here of a slight mutiny.. among the soldiers in Rio de Janeirn, and other signs of discontent in the capital and provines.

December 23rd. :

THREE new fronclady of 14.000 tons and 20 000 horse-power will be added to the naval strength of Italy as soon as possible. Vessels, armor, guns etc., are to be made in Italy. DURING some rough weather recently in New MR. WODEHOUSE held an inquiry to-day into the South Wales, à clergyman, who had been circumstances attending the fire on Tuesday praying for rain, was knocked down by a bail-night. It seemed that the priest who was injured lived in the house in which the nothreck eccurred, and had a shrine in the room, with Jose-sticks, etc., burning in

France. About 2,000 coolies are at work on the front of it. He alleged that a rat must have dragged a lighted wick which was floating in Hongay on the 3rd inst., with the Commandant their tone towards England. It is believed that mines generally, Admiral de là Jaille valted

fire-His Worship released the premises, therearer. He manifested much satisfaction. The will satisfy England. being no suspicious circumstances,

stone.

"Ask and ye shall receive."

AN Emergency meeting of Zetland Lodge. No. $15. E.C.. will be held in Freemasons' Hall,'| Zetland Street, this evening, at 8 ao for 9 o'clock

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on. The "Marguerite" mine is almost con THE Hongay mines are being actively pushed nected with the beach by a tramway, the line being laid by workmen newly-arrived from

The English. prave, in discussing the last

bury in the matter, and state that Portugal should British note to Portugal regarding the Nyassa. and question, applaud the action of Lord Salit- be granted reasonable delay for reflection, as England feels confident of the jurice of her

LI BOY, December 23rd, The Portuguese press here have moderated

cause.

The purest ingredients only are used, and the to comfortably digest. The career of the precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited, glass of oil agrega same paper, and so caused the of Marine, and had long talk with the eng-the explanation of the Portuguese Govcmmcat

utmost care and cleanliness are exercised in the manufacture throughout-

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COAST PORT ORDERS. whenever practieshte, are despatched by first steamer lasoine after receipt of arder.

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Prince of WALES. from his boyhood

Ir is said that the Russian Emperor, as he grows upwards, is well-known-too well-known sider becomes in appearance more and more for the safety of his moral reputation.pleal Cossack; colossal in figure, entirely baid. That he is a kindly-hearted man, whose flat-noted, and enormously, mustached and jovial bonhohnie has made him popular bearded. with his associates and with the

masses, may be freely conceded; but THE projected Firth of Clyde Canal to connect who have been his associates, what the Atlantic Ocean with the North Sea will be A Manchester firm has con- have been his pursults, and what are begua at once.

THE endless booming of minute-guns from the

flag-ship this morning may have been gratifying

to the late Dowager-Empress of Germany-we hope it was, for it must have been extremely unpleasant to those on board, and was decidedly so to everybody on share. We don't suppos" the Reise Kaiser will start a war if we hint our

ing and despatching of a lot of Royalty is a lot of fudge. But, "when we come to think of it,"

Courrier & Halphong adds that the Govern ment has confirmed the concession of coal-mines at Dontrien granted to. General Schedelin, of

Hongkong, and work will be shortly commenced. The favorable location of the concession will enable the coal to be easily transported to Hai- phong by water, and great expectations are entertained. Mr. Charles Cutton has success fully organised a Company here for exploiting

placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the good works he has done either for tracted to complete the canxl at a cost of opinion that this eternal pother about the hatch the mines at Tourane, also, and the out-put will

the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties when received in good order.

his suffering fellow creatures or for the

£9,000,000.

commence sometime next month.

LONDON, December 24th.

Sir Thomas Sidgreaves ex-Chief Justice of the Simits Settlements, has committed suicide.

It is attributed to money troubles, [Sir Thomas Sidgrenves assumed the duties of

Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements in September, 171, and retired on a pension in February, 1888. He was popular amongst all classes in Singapore.-ED, H. K. Telegraph.]

December 25th.

Mr. Arthur Newton, Solicitor, and' his clerk, Mr. Taylerson, were charged at Bow Street Police Court with attempting to induce witnessER to leave the country. The case was adjourned

Counterfoil Order Books supplied on applica- welfare of the nation of which he hopes A FELLOW was fined $2g this moming by M. perhaps we ought not to be so very sorry to hear THE installation of Bro. W. Baker as Master of for a fortnight

tian.

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Robinson, at the Police Court, for having in his pranestion a couple of murderous looking daggers vesterday. Having no money to pay the fine the prisoner went to jail for six weeks, --

ENGLISH statistics recently published give a

one day to become,the titular raler? Lord Mayor Isaacs would find some difficulty in satisfactorily answering these questions. We all know the truth, and therefore it is not necessary to wade through a sea of social filth, extending for years before the notable decrease in their convict population dur disgraceful Lady MORDAUNT disclosuresing the last twenty years. The total number of and continued up to the present day with convicts under sentence of penal servitude was actresses of more than doubtful repute, 6,405 in July; twenty years ago it was 11,560, ballet dancers, and titled pimps and panders whose names household THE announcement is made that the infiction of corporal punishment on peasants is to be words. No living soul, excepting despicable toady of the Isaacs type, could abolished in the Russian Baltic provinces. It ety offenses or as a means of extracting rent

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of the latter events-our feelings, would be quite the other way if we could forget how many more bushels of there useless figure-heads there are.

THE new painces and rounds inside the Tch- construction ever since last Spring for Prince hoêng rate, Peking, that have been in process of Chun, father to the Emperor, have been completed, the Prince and his household,

comprising nearly a thousand souls, entering the new buildings on the roth of December, last. It is said that these palaces, with their pleasure. grounds, miniaturė Inken, grottoes, and arbors, are the handsomest in China, not even excepting

on the whole thing is computed to be pretty nearthree million taels ($4,100,000). And there

No Credit given for battles that look dirty possibly umerate a man with a career like has been the custom to employ the lash for the Imperial palaces. The amount expended

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that of the Heir Apparent; and nobody but a fool- (Lord Mayors used, to have fools as a part of their official appanage, Tar tallest chimney in the world is now building near Freiberg, in Saxony. It will be ato high, but Sir HEWAY ISAACS can dispense with such services, as he can play the fool with an inside diameter of 33 feet at the bottom, himself with conspicuous success)—would and $6 feet 6 inches at the top. It will take a assert that the heart of His Royal High-million and a half of bricks, and the cost is

$30,000, ness has ever been troubled with any Advertisements, Ne, be addressed to the "Masager, one particular desire to make sacrifices at his own expense for suffering humanity. No, friend Isaacs, the Prince of WALES, although what beer-shop spouters and music-hall cads designate "a jolly good fellow," has not yet shown himself a second Jesus of Nazareth; and, your slavish adulation notwithstanding, he owes his position as Most Worship Grand Master of English Freemasons to the mere accident of birth and not to the possession of any other

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'HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1890.

A MorMENT it on foot in St. Peterborg for observing Sunday as it is understood in the United States and Great Britain. It is said that 1,200 St. Petersburg merchants have already declared themselves willing to keep their places of business closed on the first day of the week, Tax Sanitary Board will meet to-morrow (Fri- day) afternoon at 4.15 o'clock. The following are the Orders of the day :-

3-Correspondence regarding drainage of the

are no less than as many millions, at the least, of starving people in this country at the present

moment,

THE Japanese Government has evidently deter- mined to put its foot down on dueljing, `The Oficial Gauzite of December 28th contains the following rules, signed by the Emperor and counter-signed by the President of State and the Minister for Justice:

Law No. 14."

Art. Whoever shall send a challenge or accept a chaion:a

for a period of not less than six months and not more than two years, together with a fine of from 10 to 100

for a duci shall be punished with imprisonment with hard labour

to you.

Whoever shall have let or pinced as the disposal of dunilisis any place with a full knowledge of the circumstanse pader which is preceding in punished by the penalty provided in the get, som Whoever shall have defaced a person for no accept. in challenge for dual, shall be punished under the provision

Art K-The offences donated in the preceding articles shall of the Penal Code for the crime of defamation. berries of the provisions of the same, should they prove to

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be more severe.

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the United Service Lodge (1341 E. C.) last night. was attended by a large number of brethren, The R. W. M., the Hon. C. P. Chater, District Grand Master, attended by the members of the Grand Lodge, performed. the ceremony, and the officers new W. M. afterwards invested the following

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S, T. Moore.

J. Maxwell. At the conclusion of labor the brethren, among whom were many visitors, adjourned to the dining hall, which had been tastefully decorated with flags, evergreens, etc, and sat down to a very excellent dinner.. Numerous toasts were

proposed, and a thoroughly convivial evening was spent,

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gon in view who deserves the most credit The doctor who Cuis a 'man open' after death and tells what is the matter with him his the advantage of the doctor who is compelled to guess what is the matter with the patient before death. One night as I lay sleeping, at midnight's dreamy "reign, upon my car came creeping a faint, peculiar strain. And from my couch I listened, as the music louder awelled; and my eyes with wonder glistened as the players i beheld, If the names you'd like to know, sweet forgiveness you must promise; on the woodahs", in a row, at the orchestra of Thomas. If you ever expect to get rich, 'you must make money when times are hard. There is so much in every man's history to be ashamed of; so little to be proud of,

THE Aichiro Globs gives the following specimens of Kansas philosophy:-It is the guilty man who makes explanations. Some men should never be seen except in a crowd. "That girl has so much mmey," said a man on the sire to to-day, "that she is almost good looking." Only Whoever shall have engaged in a fuel abali bo palahed a very pretty young girl and a very rich old man with imprisonment with hard labour fag a period of not less than can afford to be independent of pleasing others.

and more then bye yava, wether with a fine of frem se Art Whwerer shall have committed murder or inflected. Any boy will save money to buy a gun, It bodily injury on anther in a dual shall be punished under the is the boy who saves money, who has no The Vice-President will move the adap-provision of the Penal Code.

Art. 4-Whoever shall have attended or made a promise to attend a dod as a witnes e qadar whatever DRM or proiece, tion of the by-laws, as revised by the Commit- tee considering them, with reference to wanitery | shall be punished with impriment with burd labour for specia! qualifications or | maintenance of common lodglam-houses.. period of no less than the month and not more than one year,

#Report ef Committee considering Vaccina.her with a fine of from 5 to in gam personal virtues. It is cringing, servile humbugs of the Isca type who bring ton Bill, the Jewish nation into contempt and bill district. disrepute throughout the globe, and make outsiders believe that Freemasonary, the WHty a young Greek determines to take a wife grandest charitable organisation the world to himself he does not go a-courting, but he has ever seen, to be a meretricious fraud, takes his oldest female relative into bie con- built up on human conceit and ambitious dance, and they at once go hunting for a suit-

able mate for him. Mariageable maidens are Ay the Police Court this afternoon, a shroff in vanity.

visited and silently appraised. They receive the employ of Mr. Ho Tim, a prominent Chinese the old dames courteously, answer all their land and estate broker in this colony, was questions and never veature to ask the nature of brought before Mr. Roblusen on a charge of their errand. As soon as the visitors have made having embestled the sum of $2,000 belongleg a choice, the wocer despatches them again to the to his employer, Mr. Ho Tim asked that he maiden's home with instructions to ask her hand | might be allowed to withdraw thecharge, as the in marriage,

defendant had promised to pay him à few hundred dollars on account, the next day: The Magistrate, however, refused to allow this, as the charge was A serious one. The complainant stated that if the case was allowed to proceed he would be in the way of losing every cent of the money, Mr. Robinson atated that the importance of the case to United Services, the public, now that it was before him, Mulor General Bevan

was a greater one than the loss of the money to Edwards Major Miles, RA the complainant, and the case would have to be Lieut. Blair, B. Fr proceeded with. The complainant then git into Capt. Davidson, at the witness box, and having shown in a prefatory

A. & S. H. & Lient. Campbell it way how the shroff had embezzled money that had been collected by the defendant in rents A&SH

&c., during the past two years, his Worship remanded the case until Wednesday, next, in order that the complainant might bring full particulars showing the extent of the frauds practised by the defendans

TELEGRAMS.

INFLUENZA. "THE champion "lickspittle" of the universe

LONDON, December syth, is undoubtedly Sir HENRY ISAACS, the apostate Jew who is now Lord Mayor of form. In Paris there are numbers of fatal The epidemic is assuming a more virulent London. At the quarterly communication

- caxes, so`much so that the daily death-rate is | À CRICKET match between the H.K. C. C. and of the English Grand Lodge of Freemasons, increased by two hundred...

the United Services will commence at a p.m. to bald in London on December 4th, to this

morrow, and continue on Saturday, when there person was delegated the task of proposing

will be tiffin on the ground. The elevens will the re-election of the Prince of WALES' as M.W.G.M. for the ensuing year. It may be noted that "WALES" was not present, nor were his deputies, Lord CARNARVON and Lord Lathom.. And this is how Tics carried out his little commission. He said:-

EGYPT.

December 30th,

Scheme, demanding that the surplus revenue,

France has replied to the Egyptian Conversion be as follows:- after payment of amounts resulting from the abolition of the Corve, be applied to increasing the Egyptian Army and to irrigation works,

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THE EMPRESS OF BRAZIL. The Ex-Empress died of gout in the heart.

G. S. Coxon (Capt.)

Club. S. Coxon,

S. Smith.

Dr..Lowson R. Thomson A. G. Wise G. Lamment L. Hallward L. Barf

Happy for me-Indeed, I may say happy for this Grand Lodge, and happy for the Craft thei Hominator of such nominee is perfectly BRITAIN'S ULTIMATUM TO PORTUGAL others

January, 7th. „The Times publishes a statement to the effect

Independent of the aids of oratory or rhetoric,

inagmuch as the name of our Most Worshipfol

Grand Master is engraven upon the heart of

every true Mason. Lord Bacon said, "Princes that Lord Salisbury, has presented a note to

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Licot Hutchison.R.N. "Lieuf. Eames, RM.

Dr. Moore, R.NAU Garde, R.N. Walter, R.N. Champain, R

LATE TELEGRAMS,

LONDON, December 19th. A letter has appeared from Mr. Goschen, in which he denies the stoppage of the image of half-povereigns. In behalf of bimetalism, but admits that the issue has been reduced

Mr. Stanley in receiving an address from the Indian community of Zanzibar, urged the importance of constructing a failway from Mombassa to the Victoria Nyanja, so as to open the dormant markets in those regions to European fabrics

December goth,{

At a convention of Irish landowners he'd in Dublin, at which Lord Abercorn presided, it was resolved that a large increase in the number of decupying landowners was of the bigbest import ance to the interests of the country. A resolation was also passed favoring a domplete system of registration of title and advances to landlords to enable them to buy tenants' interesta

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RECOLLECTIONS OF THE BATTLE

OF MUDDY FLAT.

(Continued.)

At about half past three the column, started with drums beating and colours flying, and we marched up the line of the Maloo, which was then but a narrow roadway through the fields. Arrived at the point where the Hupeh road (which was then the eastern side of the Race Course) cuts the Maloo, a balt was ordered, to await the reply of the Chinese General-in-chief to the despatch which had becen sent by the Consuls in the morning. The general opinion was that, if he had been in, doubt before, the rather formidable demonstration we were making would induce him to yield to the Consular demands and withdraw his troops to a point further in the interior, and that we would simply have to march back as we had marched out,ˆÂ· few moments however decided the matter, as word passed rapidly along the line that a courier had arrived from headquarters, and soon it was known, thi the General refused to move bis forces. At this intelligence there was marked decline in the exuberance which had characterised the march out, and faces generally assumed a much more serious look, and I have no doubt most of the company after the experience of the previous day, I must wished themselves well out of it. As for myself,

confess that I did not feet eager for the fray, but the word was given to advance, and there was The force then divided into

no holding back

took up a position in a little grove of Srs which two portions; the English went straight on, and stood at the end of the Maloe, opposite what le now the Lloyd gad. The Americans turned to the left, following the Race-course along what are now Hupeh and Pakhai Roads unti they reached a point on the Course near the present Polytechnic building, Hero we came in full view of the long line of Chinesa entrenchments, their paenpe's decked with Innumerable flags which fluttered gally in the hress, and one could hardly realise that instead of these gaudy preparations having been made | for some brilliant fête at which we were jo nusist, as their appearance might betoken, they were point our little bind came to a halt, the guns indications of hostility and defince. At this

·wera unlimbered and prepared for action, and wo who had vifles were sent out to occupy a position to the left and act as sharpshooters, for which with mounds. My post happened to be on the duty the ground was wêlladapted; being covereșt extreme left, close to the Yang-king pang Creek, At four o'clock precisely fire was opened simultaneously by the two howitzers of the American and the one gun of the British party, ppon the Imperial camps and delences on the opposite side of the creek. Meantime our skirmishers worked gradually forward potil wa were considerably in advance of the shelling party, but as the enemy kept well ander cofer "there was little for us to do.-From my position on the extreme left I had an excellent opporta- aity to notice what was taking place on the other

side of the Yang-king-pang. Hardly had our guns commenced Gring when I haw the dressy waste of graven ́and mounds in that direction begin to brighten up with scarlet spóis moving rapidly in and out of the intricacies ofthe ground and li became at once apparent that the rebels in the city had embraced this heaven-sent op- portunity to make a sortie and attack in force ibe - works in front, Thicker and thicker grew the scarlet turbans, and the rebel swarm continued until the whole space between the fly wall and the Yang-king-pang covered with them, and so close were they to me that I could readly have exchanged communications with the nearest of them. Then with shouts and waving of flagu, and firing of guns, and brandishing of swords, they darted from mound to mound, gradually working up to the enemy's position.