... Tientsin, Mandayg An Imperial edict has been issued General Yelt and 7.00 Chinese officers for the victory over the Japanese forces at Ping-Yang, which the Chinese commander reported to the Throne on the 17th ult. The Japanese loss in this battle was stated by General Yeh at 5,000, while the casualties on the Chinese side were described as small. IShanghai, Monday, 4 35 p.m. The reported ...

... The monthly meeting of the manchester City Coancil was'beld Fit the Town Hall, on Weanesnday, the Lord Mayor (Sir Anthony Mmersbell) in the chair. * .THEti T EF1ESUti5ENT HOUSE QUESTIOY . MTr. Eggington. called attention to the report of the Watch (16oimnittee. on the. subject of'the closing. of refreshment houses in various parts of the city, and he eoruplained ofsa clause in .thgt report ...

... IdTE C IDREYN'S HOUR. CONDUCTED BY HONORARY MEMBERS OF 'THE GUILD OF ' GENTLENESS. - Tan BISHOP or MANCHESTER. Tam BISHOP or WAKEFIELD. Tim BISHOP or SODOR AND MAN. ALDERMAN SIR A. MARSHALL (Lord Mayor of Man- )chester). ALDERMAN PETER KEEVNEY (ex-Mayor of Salford). RIGHIT' HON. SIR JAMES FERGUSSON, M.P. SIB WILLIAM H. HOULDSWORTH, M.P. Con. TaE Hoa. FRANCIS BRIDGEMAN, M.P. JACOB BRIGHT, Esq., ...

... MAINCHE[EER WAfREHOUSEM N AND I =SEgi ASSOOIATION. The 42nd annual meeting of the members of the Manchester Werehousemen and Olerks' Provident Association was 'held in the Leoture Hall fo the Manchester Athemeum on Wednesday, Mr. Reubeal Spencer presidingi over a large attendance, and being supported by Air. R. H. Lloyd, chairman of tno board; NV. Greenhalgh, vice-chairman; and nnny of the ...

... ?? IT D., .a1S~Ta :BIYA^oRI to the tie of *ritin these Ta i t.hc trouil betweelt Spain and ?? d idet haS ?? ?? the Iconfines of b(llicose BreicLr Jbnathar, hoeeddil rnlligS1, his six-shooter, aind the aish idalgii whe histletsal ribtieklet a go t hui- ?? great te'a fret in, ell Yir may1) 'be jud.e by tcl' feets TbrCeChildreoi thle rtrcrts8 ?? Ir J) ang adn tru aiile the old-fashioned dlii, ...

... I AR. PROOC LAMATION. Thuo MRadid ' Ofiicial (azette,' publishedh on Satur(day, conltaine(l an impolta it p uelaniatioui relative to the oltbreak or war. IThe decree emimaeuces .iv announcingi that a 'siate of war exists ?? Spain and the United | States, nid that the Tre.aty of 1795 and the pro- iotg fortl dint, eolDI]ltill- from fliet date ot the Pro- I caiuatio,,, I p)eriod Of fiie d(lays W1 ...

... be did PRlXLAMATION BY -MiXR;S3AT BLAhN'C0. Lho . Havana, Friday. the Marshal Blanco has issued the following pro- it clamtation- i ,At fter three months of heroic defence and the many bloody combats, owiqx to the scaroity of m amenanition and food, Santitgo has been forced en to capitulate under. honouiuble conditions and ro- with all the honours of war. The occupation of Lad, the city by ...

... MANCHESTER BOANRD OF GUARDIA.NS. The weekly meeting of the TManchester Board of Grardians was bel I ?? tl,o 0oor.lawOflices, New Iridge-street. Mr. G. F. Fisher in the chair. The follojring are the relief returns for the week ending ths 241h dist. ;-Outdoor: 230 cascs, 408 persons. at a eo-it of £37 2s. 8d., being a decrease i )pen last week cf five cases, 15 persong and ;613s. l1d. in cost, ...

... . An inquiry was held at the Salford Town Hall ye3- terday by Lieutenant-colonel Albert C. Smith, R.E., Local Government Board Inspector, to hear an tpplica- tior. by the Salfordl Town Couincil for sancion to bor- row f;33,000 for the pulixse of electrio lighting, and £2,200 for tile construction oif storm water overflows on the main intercepting sewer at Flough-lane, Soring- field-lalle, and ...

... TAlE GUERAL ELECTION. j LTIONLST irVI( RIM. SIR W. HAROJOURT RZbTECTED AT DEIty MANCHESTER. I'he reult of Saturday's pollings in Nlanchester M4 SaWord is highly gratifying to the Uniouist paityj EAST. Rig9t Hon. A. J. BAlfour (C) ?? 5,A Mr. J. E. C. Munro (R) ?? 4,610 Majority ?? - ?? . 776 1886: A. J. Balfour (0), 4,160; J. H. Crosfield (% 1892. A. J. Balfouir (C), 5,147; J. E. e. M{a% ?? 4 ...

... YESTERDAY. COLONELS SCOBWARTZKOPPEN AND PANIZZARDI. ANOTHER APPLICATION REFUSED. A Reoter's Rennes telegram, received yes- torday, says: - When the Court re-assembled this morning, a letter was read from the witness Cernuschi, saying that he was ill in bed and could not attend. Me. Labori subsequently stated that he had been informed that Colonels Schwartz- koppen and Panizzardi would give ...

... I HOW SANTA OLAUS WAS SAVED, Mammy and Joe, her husband, had taken care of their. Miss Sallie and her little boy and girl since Marso George went into the armny, and the faithful servants had borne many a burden and found a hay out of many a difficulty without letting their aelved mnistress know how hard it was for them; for she was sad and troubled, and they tried to spare her as much as ...