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A good deal of excliement was provoked in native circies bere on the 7th by the repart that on the 10th attimo the Chinese Consulate, the Canton gulld, and the Temple of Confucius, erected two years ago in Nagasaki at the expense of Lord Li, as well as forty houses, had been burat. Even if a fire did occur, the date must be wrong, as no such conflagration is mentioned Nagaral advices of the 1st inst. already

band.

مارية

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 13,

in the water

"Our position at the time was skuu :—

Island.

1. Kowsking.

3

Island

2, Man-of-war with Japanese and white flag. 3. Chinese despatch-vessel Tsaokiang. 4, 5 and 6, other men-of-war.

NEWS BY the American MAIL.

The following telegrams from our San Francisco exchanges were "crowded out" of Inst Saturday night's issue :---

ANTWERP, July 12th. Admiral Erban of the United States steamer Chicago, referring to the collision which occurred yesterday between the cruiser and the tank steamer Aro, informed the Associated Press corespondent to-day the damage to the war- ship will probably only amount to $5,030.

MONTREAL, July 12th. Duncan McIntyre, the Canadian railroad king. "The ship which we had sighted under sali,

who died three weeks ago, leaves an estate of and which had turned out to be the Teaskiang, $1,500.com, pilacially in American railways. A had meanwhite lowered ber sell and turned

month before his death he gave bis wife backward in the direction of Wel-hal-wei.

"If we had been not embat soeasy about this $500,000 and each of his son who were of age $100,000. His three daughters received nothing, large display of Japanese fleet, we were quite and not a cent is given to charity. reassured about the peacefal intentions towards

GLASGOW, Jely rath. when the passing ship dipped her flag to us,

A report has reached bere of a serious riot in The ships Nos. 4, 5, and 6 which had altogether An Crangeman's demonstration, it is thought, turned out to be Japanese men-el-war had been

Later reparts from Blantyre are that the slot following their course and such was our posi-ay bave led to the fightlog.

www stopped by the local authorities before any one bad been seriously hurt.

LONDON, July 13th. The Timel sanconces the fallure of Ernest Hausen & Co., East Indian merchants. The Habillies are belleved to be under £100,000.

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Admiral Da Gama, who is in Portugal, has Informed President Peixoto that he ly ready to Lazzender. This action has probably been taken in view of the egotiations which have been undertaken to keep Admiral Mello la exlic.

DUBLIN, Joly 6th. O'Donovan Rossa received only three votes for City Marshal of this city...

LONDON, July 17th. A dispatch to the Times from St. Petersburg says: The cholera epidemic is assuming alarm- ing proportions. The present visitation is of a thuch more intense and a more fatal character than were the outbreaks of the two previous Tears. The disease har even penetrated, Into Finland, which has hitherto been free from cholera.

The Politesme Theatre and adjoining build- Inge in Rio Janeiro were burned yesterday.

Soup Pints, a Heatenent in the navy, has been

sentenced to

to seventy months Imprison ment for his participation in the revolution.

General Saraive, commander of the Federal forces in Rio Grande do Sul, rep win that he defented the Governmest in an engagement in Paso Fundo, but no confirmation of the victory ANECDOTE, WIT, AND HUMOUR. has been received.

The agents of General Saraiva n e organizing anoiber army

my to the Argentine and Uruguay to swell the forces.

A notificailon is posted up at the United is only thli morsing that the affair, and it i and we thought they were chasing the Traokiang. † progress at Bizatyre, eight miles from the city. I who aided in the revolation.

States Consulate General informing United States citizens that was having been declared between Chloa and Japan, they are to respect the neutrality of the flag.

OUTRAGE ON A BRITISH

STEAMER BY CHINESE.

been

The Chowchowiu, a

German steamer

Jiland.

.. Island

In the House of Commons to-day Arnold Morley, the Postmaster-General, said the when signals were hoisted on No. 4 Japanese Government could not bold out any hope that blp and two blind guns told us to stop and the Canadian Pacific would be substituted for drop anchor. We did so, The next signal was the San Francisco route in the transmission of Stop where you are or take the consequence«.' | Australian and New Zealand, Mature, No. 4 Japanese ship then turned to port and purely a matter for the Canadian approached No s which was with No. 6 together moving on. All three sblps moved o

don, probably to semaphore to each other, being puzzled what to do after recognising the Bridah flag on a ship which was evidently a Chine-e transport as it Appeared.

It was DUBLIN, July 13th, The Freiman's Journal to-day published a startling account of a scandal at Bist, Kings County, the bead-quarters of the Prince of Wales' inster Regiment of Royal Casglass. A few nights go tome of the officers of the Leinster Regiment, wasked and di gufted, forcibly entered the terms of the female servants, assaulted two of them and fir3.

benadride with machine-guns and heavy shell, Of course, when the torpedo struck the transport she was bown to pleces. And here is where the savage deviiry of the Japanese was shown. While the Chinese were struggling the man-of-war deliberately opened fire on the Von Hanneken, belpless struggling victims. who made the ab we statement, struck the water and immediately swam for his life. After belag in the water abave four hours he reached an The Chinese authorities in Shanghat, it is said, island. From this he was taken off by a Korean intead to prohibit the export of colton to the fishing boat and arrived at Chemulp this after- Soul,

suspecting that it might be transhipped noon, after very much, soffering and with no clothing save an old Chinese overcoat. He was to the yarn is to Japan.

The Colnec merchants and compradores are in a most pitiable condition. He reports about exercising great caution in their dealings with 150 Chinese as havlog saved themselves and as Japanese firms in Shanghai, it being alleged belog on a imali Island. The flis is going

down

to rescue them to-morrow moising, that some of the latter have had to make com-

It is a very fortunate occurrence that Vas pulsory "loans" to the Japanese war funds,

gives us a true The American (late Chinese) steamer Smith Hanneken's life was saved, as has been arrested by the United States Consul-version of the affair. The Japanese have been General.

circulating several reports as to the

Japanese Consul gave a so-called official version which, it is needless to say, was quite different. He reported dard that several that the Chinese had first fired men-of-war accompanied the transport, all of which,

It is needless to say, was a very weak apology, and yet there were a few, I nes glad to say a very few, who belleved the report. Bat Von Hanneken's affidavit sets everything in lis true light and the indignation of the foreigner knows no bounds. For the Japanese lieutenant The China Navigation Co's steamer Chung. to declare war then ard there was simply an king, Capt, Hughes, which arrived at Shaoghal act of piracy, and as for firing on the Chinese on the 7th. inst., with about sixy Japanese on

"murder "is rather a struggling in the water, board, including the Japanese Consul at Tientsin mild term-"slaughter" should be used instead, and the members of the Japanese Legation at Peking (aat the Minister), reported a gross outrage chartered by the Korean Government but flying having

coramiled on

on the ship and

and the German Big, was stopped and bonded by Japanese passengers hy a band of ready Chithe the Japanese man-of-war, but was afterwards

It had

en arranged that the

allowed to

to proceed. Whether the despatches eve The trin by the Chung-

act we on this side of the Yellow were to leave Japanese

were taken or Sea do po king, and & p.m. on Wednesday the 1st, last.

not yet know. some filtres propi, locluding six men, the rest In keeping with their conduct at sea has been being women and children, went on board. The their conduct on land, at Seoul, within the last steamer was lying alongside the Tongka chalten d

The days. • Ta! Oven Koun (cr-Regent) has whail and in trouble was salicipated, but refused to take the title of King, so he has been a.m. on Thur day while the Captain and abilged by the Japanese to act as Regent. But some of the officers were asleep, they were it is well-known that the ex-Regent has a mind suddenly awakened by demoniacal yells from of his own and is by no means the puppet the

The er of soldiers who rushed on board.

Japanese would wish him to be, sud a few days

Brew their

bayopels on night was pitch dark and the soldiers had

ago Otor's bodyguard drew Lanterns. They were armed with swords and

him in the Palace, As he is a helpless man of and rushed

the deck like fixed bayancie,

where the much aloog

eighty, one can scarcely see found ate Japanese whom they landed Japanese chivalry comes in (Sir Edwin madmen. They palled about,

about, dragged along the deck and then Amold should take note). The last ultimatums

al sole four or threw on the pontoon, a distance of

to date is that the King (or acting King) should Another Japanese five feet below the ship's deck.

cut off his top koot and declare war against And foot, offend resistance and be was tied h.nd

Chlor

but this was going tea far and the King and thrown the

00 PP revolted: Straw Baturated with kerosene bas his hands behind bin, and tcon The soldiers wet through the saloon and

been appiled or rather stored in several places of into the lad cabins, and fo one

they

about the Palace in order to coerce the King found the Consol's wife, children and amab.

to submit. The Japanese threaten to burn the They did not toucher but took one child and Palace unless he yields, and at present matters

61 the Imah. I be child was not hurt, and one

remain stationary. the soldiers inok it away on his shoulders, but brought it bark in about ten minutes. The pour amah's wrists and ankles were tied tightly, ani she war, after being thrown on the pontoon, placed with the others to heap. Although ibey did not touch the Consul's wife, they stole her jeweller. The soldiers went lato a room accupied by some mandarlos and examined their cards. They were in uniform and intimidated the foreigners on hard, brandishing their weapons in front of them. They made them open their cables which they searched, in one case lonking into the mosquito curtain which wen tled up over the bunk. They told the Chinese by the bat they had beney fold

been ordered Viceroy to seize the Japanese in revenge, for the Japanese having killed 2,0co Chinese in Japan. The Uled-up people on the pontoon their wrists and ankles agony. being out their shrieks were heart- rendering and some of the women fainted. Between 2 and 3 a.m. the soldiers left, but before they did so six of them went to the side of they did

the steamer and fired a volley in the air, apparently as a signal to the men in the fort that they had

scored 564. incir work, Some of the soldiers went. finished into the salon where the officers were and demand-d something to dri irk They were given water which one of them spat cut on the deck

i cigars, their They then asked for nonade and spokesman being a villainous-looking individual who knew a few words of English. Among other things they sole a revolver and two of the abip's lamps.

Crew

After leaving the ship, the soldiers matched away with their captives in the direction of the forts, but they stopped at a godown in which they Jocked their prisoners.

At 5 am, the prisoners were all taken ba k to

$ the ship; the women were badly bruised about the face and body, and they suffered terribly from the pain in their wells and ankles caused by the lightness of their bonds. A Chinese officer came with them and made an apology to Captaia Hughes for what the soldiers had done, and ordered the abip to leave the whail, a measure be said was necessary for the protection of the people on board. The Chungking it the wharf at 7 .m. and dropped down the river, and went ou' side T-kuin ibe afternoon On Friday morning the Japanest Consul, Consaler staff, and other Japanese went on board and the steamer left for Shanghai.

NEWS FROM CHEMULPO. Our Shanghai mproing contemporary's corres pondent at Chemulpo writes on the 28th July :-- The true nature of the Japanese has come out, and they can no longer mike any pretence to being clvills:d after the last few days' occur. rences. People before who Lava had any desi ings with them had no faith in their so-called vilisation, bat now it has been publicly demons afrate that they are after all only savages. The slaughter, or rather piracy, committed by Japanese man-of-war will confirm any strong of them. The facts

The missionary, Tilly, is still in gaol in Rio fascico. Sabsequent advices say that foreigners have 1 zen sirested In order that the Government | may obtais further information as to the parsons

ST. FATERSBURG, Joly 15th. There were repate in this city yesterday 218 new cases of cholera and sixty-nine deaths. The physicians and authorika are seriously alarmed by the spread of the cholera Elaborate sani. fary precautions have been taken.

The

city 1

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were the be restored the Church, hand-bill

When the Allies restared Louis XVIII be was preceded by a few days by his brother, the Comle d'Artols. The Count perpetually repeated to the crowd, "There is only one French- man more In France" Being very tall, he was called "the giraffe immediately

reeth were baptised tusks.

skit

oppeared, representing his Highness on his way to the Zoo Gardena na a giraffe, and a label held between the l Teeth bearing the Inrcription"my friends, there is only one animal more 3.

of the century, when Napoleon had advertisements were in vogue; one of these was is placarded with insi: ions as to from

offering instruction in living a school, the fat means of preventing and treating languages, and a post scriptum set forth -"Any chot: All the factories, the fres and rallways religion (aught that parents select."

The misting link" the Sinys have discovered:, Fre rudiz erdera is take dial pecutions agent the spread of the d-re. The restau-That the Man In the Moon's name le "Clotar." When Pasteur was offered a Senatorship be rast karabave been dircted by the municipal

aked How

will t

thal belp me to cura audierio distribute rolling water among the

without charge. Several public buildings tuberculosis and diphtheria 7" In the cky and suburbs era to te ured ar cholera The best Improvised speakere were Cicero and ho:pitals.

Bossuet, whore eloquent orations and sermons were written in advance-like Sheridan's wit.

CONSTANTINOPur, Joly 15th, The panic caused by the earthquake docs not The ronning of heavy cart or the akse rattling of windows scads the occupants of near-by houses into the streets.

The rich families have craght refuge on the Boxph us. Rusincs is virtually stagnant. Hall of the merchants closed their shops after the "act abe k and bave not returned to them. Pray. w 12 offesci in all the churches to-day.

The Bitish Embassador Cole bas received a dip from Queen Victoria expressing her car for the city's misforinge and sympathy fer the sufferers. He has offered the embassy eztands for the use of those sumping out, and tom row will open a relief fund,

The No. 4 ship then turned back to us with all her guns ran out and printed at our ship, and stopped at a distance of about a quarter of

The sen y challenge then, and upon their

■ mile. We saw a boat lowered and coming towards us. The Commander of the Chinese refusal to halt thrust a hayonet foto one and troops on board told me, and asked me to tell sheated for the guard. The guard turned out the Captain, they would rather go down on the promptly and the offic.rexrested them. The prisoners. They were girls have sworn to complaints against the spot than be made very excited, and I had difficulty to appease pi'coners.

PARIS, July 14th. them and to impress upon them that it was

At the Vilodrome -day, lo the ten-kilometer long

bicycle race, Huty Wheel-r was first and utterly necessary to keep order on b as parleying was going on.

Biker sec and. Both are Americans. "I told Captain Galsworthy what the inten-

LONDON, July 14th. tions of the Commanders were,

The Japanese

The Curard Steamshly Company has cut the Soph' was damaged, but can be repaired, arrived and several

ste rage rate to the United States down to $10. officers came on board; the men in the brat

The trial of the action for divorce brought by were armed with rifles and sabies. The Japa. Bese officers repaired to the Captain's cabin; he John Rogers agalast bis wife, Minnie Palmer, had to show his papers, etc., etc., and to prove opened to day in the High Court of Justice. respondent claims that her bosband is an that he really was in charge of a British vessel. He then was told curtly to follow the

Interview. jurisdiction In the cass. The further bearing of

the action was adjourned.

bat

The

Ery day shows that the original disaster was more selous than was at first supposed. The number of deaths exceeds ses and the propty lees is Immease. The morque of St.

Loads XIV abboured white hats and perfumes; he would have suppressed flowers were it possible. Ladies when walking with his Majesty; if they perceived a rose In the distance, felt awoonish? A big quiil pen: In the Peruvian Embassy at Paris There is a quill, ibat

ibat had been plucked from an eagle. It is 20 feet in

feet in length, the barrel alone being 8 inches to clicumference. This magnum bonum is a natural fountain pen,

the

Dérion, the portralt painter,bad a very gorgeous Egyptian arm chair; on each of the arms was a magnificently carved lion's head that be took more pains to execute than that of his clients. "I abominate," said Charles I, "the

The very name

Are like patilaments; they

cats, older they are the more wicked they become."

Cyroct, the sparchist undergoing transporta- lon la New Caledonte, has become the mast dexterous coffin maker in that colony. He says, bad I been taught that lucrative trade in my youth, I would never have advocated the reform-

Napoleon I confessed to Lord Whitworth, the British Ambassador, that he would rather see the English is possession of the heights of Mont-

of Malta.

The Japanese soldiers have helped themselves man-of-war. I was not present at these, Americza, and that the English courts have no i bez a defeated in a race with the Britannia. The maitze, that overlook Pails, than in possession

og

I had told the Captain to send for me if need was. I was busy keeping Commanders and soldiers at

at peace.

We had stranged, Captain Galsworthy and 1, before the Japanese boat came alongside that he should Insist on being allowed in return to Taku, the port where we started from, since we had started from there before

before any declaration of war.

At Molesey Harat te-day the Hurst Park Club's bacdicap of two thousand covereigns for three-year-olds and upwards, one mile, was won ty T. W. Werton's Victor Wild; Sir J. T. Thorsby's Doraraschen was second and Prince of Wales' Florizal third.

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TINGIER, July 15th. The Sultan bas dismissed from office histion of humanity by means of dynamite."

BELFAST, (Ireland), July 16th. Grand Vizler and Minister of War

For the stenth time the American yacht bas contest to-day was an exciting one, and the British cutter plucked victory out of the jaws of defeat after the race had been two-ibirds finished, with every appearance of an American success.

The rizs for the County Downs Cup, we th £co, with £25 added for the second yacht, over

Loe Royal Ulster Yacht Club's course, Belart Lough, fifty miles. Merkbaut was anchored off the clob battery at Bangor, County on the opposite shore, about a mile from the

Blackhead, on the Antrim coast; thence around the South Briggs lightship and back to mark boat r. This course is a little more than sixteen milles, and to make the distance had to be sailed three times.

The Central Co-operative Society of France has published its list of the Twelve Virtues, on which its business is based; the first, and that ought to suffice, Is "Cash Down."

When Napolean offered to make Lafayetta ambassador to the United States, the General replied: "I'm too much no American to present myself in the part of a foreign diplomatist."

Accustomed as the bears are to the rigorous

"It seems that the Japanese parlementairs | at length upon the light the Aiserican strike Dorus. Markboat 2 was off Carrick Ferg cold of Kamchatka, it is occasionally too warm

did not give y tiras to Capelo Galsworthy to insist on anythier when he told him to follow

labour bas

of the Japanese army is hourly expected, perhaps the Japanese man-of-war, and neither did I hear labour khen taking of the jolat product of bank. They sailed around markboat 1, off for them there. Ono day 'brula' strayed into a

of this order before the Japanese officers 1:ft the

to stores belonging to Korean merchants several times, taking therefrom quantities of shirtings, etc. They continually help themselves to fowls, and they are rapidly returolog to the robber state from which their fathers emerged 30 years There are only 2,000 of them remaining Ego. in Seoul, the rest having all pone to Yashan to drive the Chinese soldiers out. A skirmishing party of about you have been defeated by the Chinese, but an engagement with the main body bar already taken place. The Chinese are strongly fortified at Yashan with a number of cannon, and I fear the Japanese will not find it

When then Captain Galsworthy told me of CANY matter to drive them out as they

the rest of the parley, which I Interpreted to expreted.

I forgot to add that Otorf presented the King the Chinese Commanders, there was a great uproar amongs. them and their soldiers. They with a uniform, but the King has not yet pot it

menaced with words and rifles Captain and on. These stories sound as if they came from

crew and all Europeans on board in case the the nursery, but I can assure you they are true.

Captain n dared to

to get up his anchor. Again CHEMULFO, August rst. The Chowchowfu wis twice stopped by a had to do my 'most to appease this turmoil, and then I told the Captain to bolat a singal for the Tapanese man-of-war. Once she was boarded

parlementaire tout !

cost to come back. She came, by japanese officers and once the officers only and this time I myself went to the gangway to came as far as the gangway. The Chowchowf speak with the Japanese officers. We could net files the German flag. When will these outrages risk to let the Japanese farlementaire come on upon Europeans be forbidden and punished? board, because soldiers with rifles and swords The Captain of the lifir went and demanded an

were flocking about and surely would have made from the Japanese man-of-war, but

signs of not giving in to our request. the Cap'ala pretended not to understand Eng-short business of them if they had shows any Usb. The Fifis left with Mr. von Hanneken,

The Japanese are going away to Japan la large numbers, but the Consul for Japan here has forbidden the young and able-bodied to leave. Dalbaten has been imprisoned in Nagasaki for revealing state secrets. This will be amusing to any one who knows bith. He is an ignorant Jap, who can neither read nor write, but who happens to have accumulated quite a set of monay by hard labour, being one of the Japs to settle in Chemulpo, and doing quite a large compradorlag business. The Japanese being in need of money came to the conclusion that he was revealing state secrets.

The Rossien min-st-war sent a boat down to Yashan to enquire after the Koushing, but could find ap

I no news of her save that the wreck was still there,

The French man-of-war Lion suved 45 men from the wreck, five men in a boat and 40 men who were clinging to a spar, and took them to Chins, The Japanese did not try to save sny, but, according to Von Hanneken's story, lowered

Captain and I think that this is just and fair request even if wax shou'd be already declared, considering that we started to time of peace.'

"I made sure that the parlementaire under- stond me. They left saying they would refer the matter to their Captain.

The Times, in its financial article, comments throws upon the question of the enlarged share

and capital. It contends that the questions of currency depreciation of silver, etc, are staklog foto insignificance compared with the immense edaction in the returns on capital due to a

is loss violent, but it is conlaust due to wages. In England the process

preceeding.

At the National Rifle Ascelation meeting to-day the McKon Challenge Cup was won by the English team. The score was: England 133, Scotland 138, Canads 14, Wales 89.

For the Elche Shield, at 800 yards, England and Scotland tied with 567. The Irish team

ST. PETERSBUNO, July 14th. One hundred and forty-one new cases of cholera and Bfty deaths from that disease have zeo reponed bere. There are now 40 people suffering from cholera in the hospitals.

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 14th, Slight shocks of earthquake continued to be felt here to-day. Many more buildings were damaged, and there were some casualties.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 14th,

in

"I told the Ispanese officers, who arrived on the gangway ladder with their tight hand to the sword bit: The Captain's hands are forced he is net able to obey your orders, the soldiers

At the Southampton regatta to-day Land to be allowed to steered new Audray on board would not al'ow him to do so.. Com- mander and soldiers insist stated from the her re tiden race over a twenty-six-mile courve, The Inyans after a good start, recured the lead, led throughout the race and won. The time was as follows: Jayant 3:53:47; Deidre, 3:58.00; Andrew, 3:59:36.

COLOW, July 14th. Advices received here to-day from Corn Island, the place which is said to have been so much coveted by England, say that a serious encoun ter has taken place there between the British subjects, residents of the island, and the Nicaraguan troops. The British, it is added, the Nicaraguan soldiers, and caused the Gorerar of Corn Island to by to the forest for refuge,

The British, it also appears, seized upon the Nicaraguan Bags. This so apzaged the natives that they sought for aid, obtained arms and succesded in restoring the Governor. Several were wounded on both sides in the encounters which have taken place. Martial law has been proclaimed at Corn Island.

After the boat arrived at the Japanese man- of-war we had to wait some time for an answer. At last the signal was bolted: Qult the ship as soon as possible. This could only be meant for the Europeans and crew, but there was no chance, and perhaps no intention to follow this advice.

The Vigilant since her sixth defeat by the Britannia on Thursday, had undergone small alterations of a radical kind. Her topmast has been shortened by four and one-half feet. Her spinnaker toom has been shortened four feet and cut down an fach la diameter and three feet had been cat off her bowsprit. She had new Wire tays and her ballast was lightened. With the riduction of canvas the allowance to the Britannia was reduced from three minutes to bee miante and three seconds.

farm yard, where a samovar, or tea kettle, had been left to cool; the animal seized the shining utensil between lis paws; Indulged in the first Highland King: paw became figure of a entangled the hardle, and the boiling ligald made him as skittish as a squirrell phot,

Kant on learning of the outbreak of the French Revolution burst into tears, and exclaimed: "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart In peace,"

In 1793, the Commune of Paris had a stalwart President. In a speech he announced that France "would never rest til all the sceptres and crowns of Kings were pulverized, and then fired with their thrones out of the smoke of which would be constructed a statue of Liberty," Bartholdi never tried that material for enlighten. tag the world.

The race to-day was open to yatchis over forty rating, but the American sloop and the British culter Brifannda alose compte,

High life below stairs. "I bave discovered" The Britannia had three seconds the best of-A. D. 595-"that several hams have been the stost and at the Carrick Fergas the Prince of Wales' boat led by fifteen seconds, but half way to Blackhead she was passed by the Vigilant, which pasted that mark twenty techada ahead.

stolen from my cellars," cesmed Queen Fredegonde. Today, grocer's wife would refuse to take stock of Yorities or Bayounes. Louis-Philippe might, as he fetched the cob web covered bottles of wine himself from the

ston

At South Briggs the Vigilant's lead been and his good Queen Agiglie darned tha - inct-sed to fly imo reside." When the race stackings of her sous. was hail sailed the Vigilant led two minutes Fand

To the

the last it was the delight of Lord Palmer- thres reconde.

The Vigilant rounded the home-

to ride down to Epiom on Derby Day. Mr. merkbeat first. Time: 02:24; Brianna, 1:03:55. Fawcett, despite his biludness, continued to ride The Britannia made a gain of fifty seconds and skate, and Anthony Trollope, though aged on the first leg on the second round, and passed and a beavy weight, persisted on following the the Carrick Fergus merk boat only forty-one for hounds till called to bappier hunting seconds b-hind the American

The grounds. advenge was only temporary, however, for in the vot to the Blackhead boat the Vigilant widened the gap and rounded the mark two minner, forty-four seconds in the lead, having and fourteen seconde. gatust two minutes and Fourtom seconds were added to the lead in the run to complete the second round.

The time of the two yachts in rounding the maikboat were: Vigilant-2:48:58;

guas fate the boats and fired at the Chinese the signal; 'We are not allowed. The paly Nicaragusz Government offices and upon the Bannia3:51:11. The Britannia passed the on the left of the dial opened, when the Twelve

soldiers struggling to the water.

A battle was fought at Yashan yesterday. The Chiese were moving their camp further to the South and were fired on by the Japanese. The Chino: lost 3,005 men and the Japanes› 300.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "KOWSHING.".

language that may be said of ing bringing over C. von Hanacker, military adviser to the Chinese

The following documpe da jaly your

VON HAYNEKEN'S· AVSIDAVIT. The following report concerning the sinking of the Indo-China Co.'s steamer Kewshing by the Japanese cruiser Naniwa was sword to by Major A briefly these. The 1.200 Chinese troops was stopped by the Famate Government. before Mr. W. H. Wilkinson,

vice-consut, at or rather was algnalled to stop, about

20 British

has been furnished miles from Yashan, On, being signalled whe stopped. She was then signalled to drop her by Messrs. Jardise, Matheson to their organs

WAI Immediately

done. A and those of the Chinese in the Foreign press: anchor, which

The steamer Kewaking left on the 23rd July Heutenant from the Japanese man-of-war boarded her and asked what she carried. The frank for Taku with a cargo of soldiers; all told 1,320

the ziles and a

GLASGOW. July 14th.

Vigilant between the first and second markboats on the third round, and led by two minutes and

pintires Bettannia got abend the race was

After the virtaally over, as the Britannia was enabled, with

washer breeze, to beat the Vigilant safely. The

result of the race

Do way in accord Was in ance with the form shown by either yacht daring the early stages of the contest. The Vigilant exhibited decided superiority at every point, and

spire over the time allowance.

Summary and complimentary: Madame da Stal's oldest son died when young, when alluding to bim she would add, bearing a sigh, "Poor boy, he was an Imbecile like his father,

Religious horlogery: Church clocks formerly object lessons of plety, just as are to- day illustrated pulpit sermons. In the fifteenth century the clock in the Lubeck Cathedral had central Egure of the Saviour. At noon a door Apostles came est, passed before Jesus, stopping to salute, and then filing away by a niche on the right.

A vacancy for Baron de Rothschild: Von.de Goix asserts that a well-Elled Treasury--the Spandean tower to wit-is equivalent to an army, and that a miilfoonstre financier by the side of generalissime can zender as muck service as the best commander-in-chief.

midships, probably exacily at her cost bunkers. | now yields the Britannia only seventy second, arbila bave won with a couple of minutes to Schiller, volunteered theft services to defend

ale.

BOSTON, July 16th,

The three poats, Alfieri, André Chénier and

Louis XIV when on his trial before the Convention.

A German draws attention to the fact that of

The Chinese soldiers had taken charge of davit. Captain Galsworthy then holated. every answer which we got was an answering pennant. Then we saw the Japanese man-of-war moving and coming around, leaving us quite at smist about her latentions. She came around and when the WAI a distance of about 150 metres exactly alongside of our past side she stopped. I **** torpedo leaping from her torpedo port, and

The Vigliani salled tonight for Bangor in immediately afterwards all six gune opened fire. They discharged their gona iwice before the order to take part in the regatta of the Royal torpedo arrived at its aim it hit the ablp Ulster Vichi Club on Monday. The Vigilant The day became right, coals, splinters, water instead of three minutes. were Biling The I belleve we then all

LONDON, July 15th.

In the The Canadian riflemen who took part jumped and swem,

At the Music Hall to-night, after two rounds of "In swimming. I saw the ship going down; contests at Bisley took a fair share of the prises. The went stern first,

In the Jeffrey competition, Sergeant Milligan as hot fighting as has been witnessed this season, all the laws the great Daruls discovered, the During

this the firing contioned, which was and Scotchman, Wilson, shot a tle for the Peter Maher stood waving his arms over the best has been overlooked, namely, that of pre- bravely answered with rifles by the por first prize. They will shoot again to decide the parate form of Track Craig, the coloured hibiting novels to terminats badly. The Teuton wonder from New York, whom he had knocked devoured French romances in six weeks:

131 wretches, who knew they had no chance in ownership of the prize.

Mayhurst, Kimberly, Mitchell and Mac-out of a chance sight-hander. It took but fire that even the celebrated naturalist would not trying to swim. I saw a Japanese boat lowered, heavily armed with en. I thought they were Naughton won small money prizes. Money minutes to settle the darky's championship excuse, though he was prepared to forgive, if coming to the rescue of the remaining me, prizes were also taken by King, Mitchell, Rose aspirations, but early in the battle it looked like the story bad but the moiety of goodness in it.

walkover for him.

A model but I was sadly mistaken they fired Into and Ogg in the Apsley, Pellat and Marsden | a

to his fair Rosamond Louis I contests, Bertram and Milligan won money

In the second round Maher salled into the of Loute the Penman: The love letters reply was soldiers. The number was then saked, men los, ele, etc. She arrived in the morning do not know what their parporn was la

the men op hoard the sinking a so. / prizes in the Bald ride contest."

negro, and for the first five minutes it was give de la Vallidio, were so beautifully written that

true, men were fired The Standard's onrespondent at Vienas and take, with honours easy. Then the battle she, not very talented It is they were prisoners of war. To this of the

Gall. Prince Jemme

at from the Japanese man-of-war Archipelago outside the von Hanneken replied that she was proceed.

At this time she sighted a big man-el-war on sinking skip, the men on board the latter one patch from Warsaw stating that the proposed all over the ring and foally caught him with obtained the help of the accomplished Marquis

uppercut

full in the face. Before the darky de Daugeas to Indite the replias, Later on it was

· to land troops lo done so he did not 15d any violation of any law, / her port bow. This man-of-war was mong probably having the savage idea that if they had antdomo mancouvISH OF THE Russian army could get his guard Into place Maher caught him discovered §that it was the obliging Marquis whe

fast towards West (shout direction of Part to die their brothers should not live either. The Smolensk have been abandoned. The dispatch Moreover, no wat had been deste apanese Arthur); she looked to me like the Chinese Kewsking went down entirely after about half adds that the abandonment was due to a die--light one with the left agale. Then Maker also wrote the amatory epistles of his majesty.

ay maagindar union that were intended This

300 out

Tiell to the door with The French Grenadines wars called "Bee- Crale wessel was British ve vel,

recently made of Heutenant then carried this news back to bin Zingyen type; she

passed un at

to take up There would have been plenty of chance for occupied in the headquarters of the Cear. A There be fald will the timekeeper, Murphy, hate

potißed the referee that the time was up, and the Gramal Cambronne, who possessed the beauty the transport to follow. The captain commual cated this to the Chinese soldiers, but the soldiers board sald they preferred to die rather than be taken direction of Chamelpe, so that she would have when she had been told to stay where she wasny nection with the ghet:

A dispatch is tas „Flanderd from St. Peters. the unconscious, but a few minutes! careful specimanis Huge's poussara kumansgeneral and showed great mercy to the royalists. One a ruse, showing intentions to par burg says it is stated theme that the Car har handing brought him around again.

DUBLIN, July 16th, transpart

day, when retreating from the Vandés, ha disc signalled to the Famate Kan coures, and we kept our course for

"At about 8 o'clock we sighted a large man.of cut the order of the Japanese man-of-war and annosused his Intamisen te parson, an the occa- that the soldiers refused to allow the captain to

an iam to eat, and hardly had herniand At the sitting of the Irish Land Commission mounted follow. A lieutenant again boarded her and war swaday from babied the Island of then running late the island. This had all been sion of the wedding, of the Charowits and

time.

Princon Alex of How, a large number_of demanded their coronder an prisoners

bet conf

Mr. Morley, the Chief Becretary for Ireland, on was informed the enemy was in sight. “No But the perfect ben two (altogether three) more big shipe and the captain explained the position the one then

* Charitable a question of procedure. in the protection of the ship against any Caring, it is along umid, will found a soldiers had taken and protested coming out from behind the same faland. At fuke undertising by the fact of het belag Insikation in honour në the miseriage. Chices

Tak halag the third time. Molayers said he, "better" to be shut than to die

of starvation.*

In Spala when an amhamadrass is presented that no war bad been declared. The flestanan! these vessels wern of large ironclad type as far

anthielly has been thue vet at naught, the British Bag soled her vasasi dying, uz we could suuko aut. * We now declare promptly and

Jules Wanita

die Satin, the palater, died here nőigrimad khaj, meeting is onder se consider to the deny the commences to make a curtsey ; At about 9 s'alock we made out on the most fate, and I am grbavad to say alan tán hamn of and returned

than Kar Mijonty stops the housega, comme fors to sanfer with his maporisen again

watcher he should resign ina chairmanship, while the captain of the transport waited for forward vessel the Judanese dag, above which offices, maw and soldiers of which, as much as yesterday,

Anke the comingles which yowenlod same. ward, and onbruine her, and algnale a shafe to an answer. The only answar they received was dying a white flag.. She moved rapidly I know, only about 170 man saved their lives by was a torpedo, and whiing that is halsway towards as and when psɛsing we she saluted swimming) Belar) dany knew of any wher

w by dipping bør fagi sommes the tensopars she Yamala Kan mpen

was unable

which was at promptly gives. They were then maak la sight of the islands of the Korean The fact is that the swing a from the | telegraphy the Poster Lloyd publishes a dis- | inclined to the Caucasian, and ka followed Craig | fitingly answer. She solicited and at once

Hold

Mr.

to Korea

and as Japan had

ing

The

ata

her.

At about y o'clock we sighted on our star-

bow

was fired.

shot

superiors. The Kamsio Kan then ulganiled to | and we did not see any more of heat distance i un hour or so from the time when the torpedo' cavety The Wallding, which would hays bṣen | a big that could be heard all over the hall. { híres," on scostat of the shape of their boatskin "Į vessel under usil bound in the her faire for a better inte. By slipping her chels ! number of Willigts have been arrested in 008- | ipfera suconds Hited him to his feet. He was of Alcibiades—rave in language following Y by the prisoners of waK, TAM AOA in mente mer how (or stopt on ber to take the consequences, and again by having

recoy.10

xt war, : Hanian, and soms tan mloutes later we saw first-] suggested at the proper dance of Captain and | persona convicted of -palkicsi mälesões - TV/ 20-day a majority of the members voted against the first mouthful of food to his lips when he

Beltin

• YORK, July 11th,”