Tur L-ES. El Dorady from Swator reports strong monsoon and high sea to Amoy, thence moderate ts fresh monsoon to port. From vicinity of Namquan Mar-hour (north of Foochow) the hill tops were all snow-clad. A Japanese gun-boat was sighted, evidently coming out of Namquan harbour, bound south.
We have received the Peking d Ti Times of the 6th inst. ~The "Pads, the Peking Amateur Dramatic Society, of which Sir Claude Macdonald is President and Mr. A. D. Brent Stage Manager, hus given a very successful performance of Uncle.—It is reported again that the Acting Governor of Shansi has petitioned the Govern t 'a stop to all railway and mining operations in that provinee.—The Empress Dowager has relieved the Emperor of the trouble of attending the customary New Year ceremonies, and the P. & T. Times will not be surprised to learn shortly that within the next few d the Emperor has become alarmingly ill—The rain-bringing iron tablet is to Peking ti om mined effort will be made before Eh New Year to plice another Emperor on Throne. The Empress now very sweet and friendly wi peror, but it is noticeable that all her enemies have been summoned to Peking. ig papers to at.—The Scottish Oriental Yr, hag been taken over as aguing concern by the Nurddeutscher Lloyd, and the officers have been given the option of remaining in the service for four years, The price is said to have been $4,500,000, and Messrs. Batterfield & Swire, the China Mail says, will retain the—Writing on the sale of the Scotti Oriental "Co.'s steamers, the Iongkon Daily Press says:—"This buying out of Britishers from the shipping trade in which they have hitherto been pre-eminent is an entire i and calls for earnest consideration with a view to preventing its further spread. The transfers of British lines of steamers to " foreign flag that have already taken place in the Far East constitute " much more serious though less sensational reverse to the British ustion than the recent military checks in South Afries that have so thrilled the nation. They mean that we are being whipped in trade and have been permanently ousted from positions we formerly held unchallenged."—An irregular force of Britishers is to be enrolled in Hongkong for the defence of the colony, in view of possible contingencies.—An epidemic of plague, with 20 or 30 deaths daily, is reported to have broken out in Canton.—The Volunteer Gazette is ha in Hongkong as military and sporting paper.—Dr. Mor-risen, the Times' correspondent. returns to China eid Australia and Hongkong next month.—The ports in the northern part of Luzon have been officially declared open to trde.—A French mail officer has been arrested in Singapore for sketching the forts. He was released on Inil of $1,000.—A slight fire occurred on the S.S. Terest at Singapore on the 26th ult.
—The Govern the proffered services of the pore Volunteer Antilles consideres advisable en the defensive strenat of the Colony."—The Hongkong Daily Pr: says that the contract for the Hankovw-Canton railway has not been signed by BLE. Sheng, and that the attorney of the American-British Syndicate lit Shanghai for the States two weeks ago utterly disgusted."—Hougkon has already: wired £7,500 to the Man: House Fund.—It is reported that the Boers have tured Wirston Churchill, idle son of deputy M por, has been for service with the died, the Straits Times is for sale. severely wounded. inn Bight with, pirates British blue-oket of the Twsed was
on the West River. Two of the pirates are known to have been killed,—Mr.
P. Chater has been re-elected by the Justices of the Pesce unofficial member of the Lexislative Couneil.—There was lev at the Pevk on the 9th inst.—A pair of so-called Siamese twins has come to light at Saigon, They went on exhibition as soon as they were born, and are to be sent to Paris, yorrs of ellice, ex son has coll-cted.—kong Land Investment ney Ca, Ld, will final dividend of 7° per "cent., per cent for 1899.—The te that has bought the Senttish Oriental Line is trying to buy the ngkok Dock.—Comnmnder de Horsey, late of the Plover, tins House, ana it Harry Key returns home on West River passeng with concealed Races were postponed te the L0: h i French naval He n Brae de Bourd ug in a 2,000-picul junk full of curios, with a crew of 16 Chinese, for the The Viceroy's Cup was at Calcutta on B D merels WAS ously injured on the and died on the 27th ult., b on the rails. state steamers of the Seuttish Ori Tine cost the Company an avers £13,000 and have been sold for an each.
Tne following no will interest philatelists the Chine Mait On the 28th of December, Lieut. C. H. Sleeper, Collector & Intern: sold by auction in one lit at 23, Calle Aniluague, 1 pal newspaper 1 po: al cards ott less) of of issue; and 100,000 Past Cards (note or less). There was some spi 1 bidding until $50,000 Mex. was being the highest price offered they were knocked down to the bidders, Messrs.
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