Few who read the be: nouncement on the posters of the evi. papers last night felt otherwise than "1st they had funtrined a great person, ess. It was well-known that Sir Arthur's health was not as satisfactory as could be wished, in fact the present revival of ' Patience" vas due to the fact that owing to the ferent state of his health he had been ble to complete the score of "The Emerald Isle," the new comic opera on chieh he was engaged in conjunction with Captain Basil Hovd, as ently as he expected. Still no one, not even his imniediate medical adviser, had the least idea that the end was so near. He died in his nurse's arms, less than five minutes after the British irom Canton, Barileur (with Adn and the storeship Humber from wei, and the German cruiser See: from Swatow. On the 27th inst. Russian cruiser Razboyink and the U. monitor Monadnock arrived from Naga saki and Manila respectively. On the 28th instant the U.S. cruiser Albany arrived from Cavite. The departures have been few and comprise only that of tha British gunboat Lizard for Canton, and of the hospital ship Carthage on the 26th instant for Weihaiwei.
Hongkong, 20th December.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.