Just week had an execution of a somewhat exceptional nature, and one which throws a curious sidelight on the condition of affairs in Chili." They caught two rascally foreigners, accompanied by two Enylishspeaking Chinese, levying blackmail on villages within their district. Having no juri diction over the greater scoundrels ihey sovt them to Peking 6) be dealt with by their Minister; they decapitated thetwonatives. Ttis suspected that a good lot of this sort of thing Nas been going on beyond the ken and jurisdiction of the P.G. The latter is doing admirable work in hunting down occult villainy all over the place, but has sometimes to fight queer influences. For example, it came across a coining establishment the other day that was actually being run under the licence of a Consul, MISCELLANEOUS, Mr, Alexander Michie has been in tientsin and his had a hearty welcome from a large circle of old friends. The distinguished biographer has now gone up on a visit to Sir Ernest Satow and Sir Robert Hart.
The Colonial Secretary and Mrs. Stow: Locklurt from Hongkong have also spent 'a few days int Tientsin, en route to see the shows of the Capital. This is Mr. Lockhart's first visit: to the far North of China, Tientsin had an extremely pretty wedding from the house of Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Dickinson last week, when Miss Forbes hestowet her hand on Mr, Harry Stewart of the Pro. Govt, As both principals were born and bred in Tientsin and are the chitdren of most highly esteemed and senior residents, the wedding attracted a very large number of friends and neighbours." After the ceremony Mrs. Dickinson held a reception, and in the evening gave.a dance in honour of the o: easion; both were brilliant and most enjoyable functions.
The Taylor-Carrington Company gave two more of their strikingly uneven performances last week; the "Mock Doctor" was as good and legitimate comedy as one would wish to see, the travestyon *Trilby" illustrated the proximity and indeed the coincidence of the ridiculous with the sublime. Such a jumble of stage melodramaand Thespian absurdity were never before seen even in the extreme follies of the most wooden amateurs.
Good concerts are still the order of the day and thuse recently given by Madame Tissot and Mrs. von Hanneken have more than sustained the reputation of the Port. Mrs. von Haun-ken's efforts were on behalf of a new piano for Gordon Hall, and Lhear she realised something over $900. The most brilliant number in a fine programme was a revival from Cavalleria tusticana" in which xs usual the fair cantatrice and Mr. Cockell carried off the chief honours.
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