Machado, the Portuguese er, is now in Peking. Heis have the Macao question, and although China has received usefal lessons in the Jat of pasei resistance there Bat the preceding interest. A week go, Yen Ling, Manchu Captain of the Imperial Guard, was attacked and wounded slightly by soldier whom he had dismissed for mis-and fair play, Portugal for a decision at the hands of disinterested arbitrators, conduct. Some détrils appeared io the Native Press. Yen Ling duly published a denial of the story, and the idea was thas created that the attack had been made upon someone cle in the Forbidden ity. Who likely to be assailed an the Regent So touch for that portion of the story. The second pert began oe Saturday morning, wheo- a southern Chinese, mho was on a visit to Peking, was taken into the inner city by one of the Princes who had business to transact ther The Prince told his companion to w and during the by © bodyguard, passed near the visitor. An attendant quickly noted the presence of the stranger and accosted him, asking him his name and how he came thers. The visitor hesitated for some little time, not unreasonably, fearing to divulge the Prince's nomi But the Regent's people woald stand evasion and the man was placed und arrest. At this juncture the Prince returned and explained the situation. Tea-house gossip subsequently elaborate ted the story, but fieroa arguments ensued as to whether the attempted assassin of the Prince Regent was Cantonese or s Manchu, and the most credible advocates were unable to decide that poi DE. MORRISON, Dr. Morrison intends to leave here on or about Janaary 9. His sac-Hi cessor (not Mr. Fraser, who was the first spoken of as his locum tenons, bat Mr. Brabain—one of the subeditors of the foreign staff of "The Times") is due here on January 5. The trip Dr. Morrison intends to make across country will occupy many months and leaves only short portion of his year's leave to be spent in civilization. The journey, which will te through the Khan States, will carry him again into the front rank of Asiatic explorers, a position which hax been challenged constantly in recent years by the remarkable travels of foreigners in Central Asia.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.