The Shanghai St. Leger The China Cuy The Autumn Cop The Chou-Shang-Kiuk Cuy The Llama Mist Stakes The Shanghai Stukes The Mongol SE, The Flyaway Plate The Pari-Butuel The Sans Souci" C! The Manchu Stakes The Cosmopolitan Ci The Consolation Eu The Grand Nation:
Total amount of entrance fees Ts. 4,730, 53 stables represented.
The weather being still uncertain, and a few drops of rain falling at the time fixed for the meet, only nine tandems turned out on Tuesday afternoon, and not many of them carried ladies. Mr. Corlill led at rattling pace down the buud, but we missed the cheerful horn.
Captain Brekensher, of the Frankistan, met with a serious accident on board his ship on Saturday, when he fell down the hold, a distance of thirty-two fect, He received serious injuries which rendered it iaable to remove him to the Hospital Il on Tuesday.
Saturday morning Shanghai was filled with a report that the steamer Tehhsing had been burnt to the water's edge with the loas of a hundred lives near Hankow. Fortunately the rumour was a "bunder", no accident having occurred to the steamer, The story apparently was the outcome of a similar report circulated at Hanikow some lays ago, prior to the Tehhsing's recent to ct.
Notes and News" in Messrs, Co.'s Oriental List we learn that Mr. W. W. Rockhill, of the U. S. Legation, Peking, whose travels i and Tibet, and failure to en well known, has just issued in book form three long articles, contributed by hin to he Journal of the R. Asiatic Society, giving " descriptive account of Tibet from chinese sources. The work is not only illustrated with tch maps after Chinese models, but is furnished throughout with valuable notes derived from his personal observations.
The Rev. George King writes to the Chinese Recorder from Laohok* Reviling rumoureand blasphemous placards are being freely circulated here, but we trust and pray that in God's merey we may be apared any outbreak of rioting. Some secret propaganda must be at the bottom of the thing, for no small expense is incurred in paper and printing: behind it all However, *his doom is writ; a word shall quickly slay him." He can hardly be expected to view calmly determined assaults on his stronghold, We read with great pleasure in the October issue of the Chinese Recorder that the of LL.D. Ims been conferred upon Mr. John Fryer of the Kiangnan "haa rendered invaluable service to China by his translation of scientific works' and the conduct of the Chinese Scientific und Tndustrial Magazine.
Mr. J. A, Robertson, who was'pianist to the Willard and Sheridan troupe three iis organ recitals in the Cathedral, has ears ago, and gave so much pleasure by published in Melbourne some of his compositions for voice and piano, and has sent copies of them to Shanghai. "They include a waltz Devotedly Yours, which has a capital swing, Sappho Ballet music which is introduced in the celebrated Fun on the Bristol, and is very tuneful and original, a very pretty sentimental song Because I luve thee so, and another, The Little Flower, The accompaniments to both these are melodious and appropriate, and at the same time not so easy as to be uninteresting, The latter is published in marvellous shilling's-worth, the Christmas number of Ww. na Glen & Co,'s Colonial Musical Messrs, Blanco & Ca. announce that the first four prizes in the Manila Lottery this month have fallen to:—16,233; 5,876 38,480; 39,947. The numbers which have drawn '$1,000 each are:—7,998; 9,394; 18,530; 29,880; 30,098; 36,019; 36,887 41,062; 41,408: 44,968.
Next January the Manila lottery will be conducted on different plan, and 30,000 double tickets will be issued at $10 each number. The first prize will be worth $50,000 and one ticket in twenty-eight will draw a prize, instead of one in 43 as before, Professor Jensen's appeal for support was very well responded to, and there wasa good haute at the Lyceum on Tuesday night when. the "Congress of Cabalistic Wonders" appeared for the last time in Shanghai. The performance was much the sane as before, nut one or two novelties were introduced, which perhaps the best was a "shadow: graph" entertainment which caused grent amusement, The exhibition of **black art" and of the animated skull were as excellent as before, and a pretty illusion was introduced in the substitution of a living being for a statue and vice versd, a la Pygmalion and Galatea, Mr. Linton painted an effective oil-colour sketch, upside down, in less than five minutes, the picture being afterwards awarded by lot tox member of the audience, The whole entertainment was a very good and the public, in the other places which Professor Jensen may " will not regret giving him their patronage, he "Kirt Cup la to bee raced for to-morrow, weather permitting, thi course being round the Red Buoy and back, The cup is on view at the afore of Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Ca.
According to information received on Friday Inst rome of the convicts who escaped from the railway works at Vladivostock have been captured, some being brought in alive and others dead, In addition to the depredations reported in these columns sume days ago, the escaped vices committed other crimes, mud and robbing whenever they had a chance, Some of the desperadoes ari at large, and the reign of terror continues Lake & Ca., of Nagasaki, have undertaken a contract to raise the barque Cape City, which capsized lately in the harbour. The body of the Captain's wife has been recovered by divers from the hull of the vessel, and the corpse.of the second mate was found floating some miles away.
The Rohilla, lying slongride the Asso: ciated Wharves, had the misfortune to get some fathoms of wire rube wound round her propeller. The Customs divers, Messrs. Payne and Morton, who were employed, have since succeeded in freeing the propeller of its incumbrance.
The Saikio Maru detained in quarantine, is not expected here until the 13th, so that there will be no Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer this week, to con-neet with the City of Rio de Janeiro." The
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