few weeks back, when he was nearly con- {General Soubotetch, the retiring Governor, 8t@ it are increasingly venturesome and threaten-sumed by ennui. who welcomed His' Excellency to his ing in southern Chili, but the last news post. Shortly afterwards a steam La to hand is simply a repetition of that of THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY. left the vessel wit the distinguished last month, General Yuan Shih-kui has ed to retire for good from public life, nnd fired at the same time, and passing through ted to declare to his friends that he ELE, Sun Chai-nai has to-day been allow- arrival on board, a salute of 13 guna be not yet started for Shanty Bs He has not the Imperial University loses its head. the narrow and formidable entrance to the ko short work of all sedition in his Doubtless to-morrow will se Hsii Ching: port, entered the large stone basin, and Province. ce 7 cheng inside actual Chancellur, as he his been brought up at the steps fronting the n There is some speculation in official acting for several months back. Heir is sidence of the Admiral of the Port. Ao tw the next Minister 40 London, avery good man for the place, being more His Excellency walked ashore he was Cheo (Ca Feng-lo) will, it iv energetic and also more progressive than San received with " general salute by the guard 1, willingly remain in London if The latter, however, is a perfect gentleman, of honour drawn up in line, consi ached to do so, by Peking, but n second A most courtly gentleman, and above all 200 picked men from the troops st: term of office is rather the exception. As an honest gentle After aw'v'v life- in the province. Therenfter he was pre- the office ix not really lucrative, it is not time in the public service he retires poor, sented by the Policemaster with an address usually desired by the holder. Lo's success and with the brightest possible reputation of welcome from the inhabitants of the & post-prandial orator in England is not for learning and honesty—a most unusual town. Proceeding farther along the basin & Surprise to Tientain folk: we were for career in this land of bribes and squeezes. he was met by the Chinese Taotni, who gave MANY Years aware of Hee alt ie derlicad A CAPTURED RUDDHA. and he then received avothee eddecse wt We have hourd some rumours of Sit Chi im bread and salt, according to custom, mouth-piece of Lint all our public functions, I was told yesterday by a lewdling welcome from representatives of the foreign Uun'a desire to remain in Europe us a Manchu that the living Buddha of Urba ers resident in Port Arthur. Finally he University professor (of Chines), but we objected to the possession of certain gold reached the residence of Admiral Starke, attribute no importance to them, mines in his viet given to the where he was presented to " number of the SOCIALLY Russias ay ae that he hed Jeading naval and military officers. In collected his retw 1 mile war honour of His Excellency's arrival the weare at culminating point: the groutest upon a Cossack company with such good whole town had been gaily decorated with function of the season comes off to-night in effect that he had kilfel and wounded flare and. bunting, and in the evening the Gordon Hall, viz, a Musonic Ball. Over several of the would-he mine possessors aul plice was brilliantly illuminated. Fortunate three hundred guests have accepted invita: driven them off. But only temporarily of fy gua seeather fwwoured what was really a 4008, und there is a general anticipation course, for a larger force returned, took te event, not only to the Russians that Tientsin is going to beat its record possession, and captured Buddha himself. themselves, but to all who have an interest {under Masonic auspices. Quite n Inrge Now the Russian Minister is demanding i Port Arthur, and in the development Catingent of guests from Peking ix down. farther concessions as indemnity for the of Russi: and ambitions in North On Saturday the A. D. C. opens its injured Cossacks, Chin a vith two, 'Admiral Alexiefl la credited with Winter campaign with two bagatelles ex-Lisktest being a man of broad views, and on the clusively by ladies; this will be a novelty whole pro-foreign, and there' is reason to in our histrionic experience, 'The next ix expected shortly, to e venture will be in the Burnt Cork depart-larges that the Lord Extortioner believe that his' advent will materially ment, the local "anthracites" being ambi-Sang Yi hus made m. Lin's help not only the military but also the him. tious to beat their performance of last winter.
eer is probably finished. Kang is I grieve to say that owing to some commercial development of Port Arthur-favour with the Empress, but many backwardness in our male vocalists and ant other parts of the Linotunz Peninsula, the leading Manchus, who were formerly ITEMS. Thespians, there is to be no opera thia his adherents, are ing loudly i The all N-D. Lloyd Hohenzollern has} year; the ladies are willing and able, but him, saving he has stirred up turned up in Port Arthur, a" ce Fvoori, the men won't; 80 there's an end of." of trouble in the south by hi tic diving the Russian Flag at her steru_ collection methods, the flag of the Chinese vf SPORT thead. She ix to be is distinctly icy at pre: the old Scottish THE EMPERO! engaged in the carrying of troops and war game of curling is going on daily on the Tam the Emperor is in excellent material between Viadivostock and Port river: while the rival joy of shinty or health. When I venture to ak why he dyes Arthur, probably calling sometimes xt ice-lackey be had" on the Luke of not resume power, Tan met with the most Cyrean porte, A Chinese Garden in the suburbs. This expressive rejoinder, pu hsing. The railway line has now been con-lis being eagerly taken up, as it is un-ArARREKE structed as far as Moukden, but is not to be derstood that the young bloods of Peking Seach is eneeaat fae fused in the meantime except for the intend to challenge us at it, when Ching News of the Transvaal is very interesting ogrrique of railway material or Government {New Year comes round. The Rink thi to the Chinese, and ther one and all seem Stores and: sear has been transferred to the Recreation immensely tickled that little 72-Kivo, as they Spnet pat school erected h swill doubtless hereafter call itis wolloping biz Ying-2ua ssu steadily +9 i, jonane of the great Slacanie writer, he ite site, Tt is larger and better far. One conevited gentleman gravely wstred steyauder Pushki ats recently been thaw ever, but so far skating has not caught me that history was only repeating itself, opened. It is intended not only for the on in ite most graceful form, We area that England would find out like China general education of young Russians, but fora
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