Forrest, wont Saturday to pay a visit of ceremony to the Futai, at Soochow. He retrimed Tuesday, well satisiod with his We are sorry to hear that the Inspector General of Customs has ordered the discontinuance of the monthly returns of trade at the treaty ports, Those have boon much appreciated and will be much missed. It is not improbable, we hear, that quarterly rotarns will be substituted.
From a rough calculation Intely made, it appears that the import of Grey Shirtings from England and Hongkong, taken from Gth December, 1867, (at which time the stock in Shanghai was reduced to a more Dagatelle) was about 1,880,500 pieces, The re-exports from 6th December, 1867 to March 1868, were about 687,250 picces, and the local deliveries about 85,000, leaving an estimated stock in all hands on the inst. of 658,250 pieces. The above statistics include the estimated cargoes of the Magellan, Taitsing and Aurora Australis, and are, of course, open to to correction. Itis believed that, of the present stock, the greater portion is in second hands.
At a meeting of sharcholers on the China Fire Insurance Company, the Minutes of the previous meetings were confirmed, anid the Report and Accounts submitted by the Directors, accepted. Messrs. iveson, Probst, Cunningham, Hayes, Boll, and J.'T. Brand, were elected Directors for the ensuing year, At the request of Mr. Lavers, letter taking the Directors to call n special meoting for the 7th April—for the: purpose of considering whether it might be desirable to terminate the business of the Company—wasrond. The Chairman anounced that the Directors ind resolved that no more inks should be taken, in the meantime, in Hongkong, Foochow or Japan, and their action was approved. Mr. Carter proposed an amendment that business should be atopped altogether, buttho Chairman declined to ut it to the meeting, on the plea that it amounted to winding up the Company, which the present meeting had not power to do.
The poll for Municipal Councillors for the ensuing year, las resulted in the eleeof Messrs. Cunningham, by 204 Probst 198; Michio, 101; Baker, 185; Maceall, 193; and Hogg, 131 votes. Mr. Yates obtained 118, Mr. Bfilne 60 and Mr. Biasott 45 votes.
Wo presitmo the Municipal accounts are now being made up for the past year, and trust a resolution passod at the last mootngy—to the effect that Ts. 2,000 should be sot aside annually towards erecting n free bridge orer.the Soochow creok—will not be forgotten.
Prices for Griffins are certainly not on the decline, for at n recent oslo one pony realized Tis, 220, another Tls. 126, a thinl Tls. 110, whilst six oF seven others wore sold at prices ranging from 'a, 60 to Ts. 100, The Dishop of Victoria has lately been visiting Ningpo and Hangchow, and is enthusiastic on the subject of missionary not mistaken, 169 converts have been made in twenty years! He is anxious to got funds to build a church at Kwun-hoo-we, a city in the San-poh plain near Ningpo.
This proposed to issue a new pari at Hoxoxoxo to be callod the "China Magazine." It is to be published ovary Satunlay. Each smmbor will contain sixteen pages of printed matter and three for four photographs. The subscription will be $7.50 per quarter. We wish the now periodical every success; but fear that it will not find so great support as it anticipates, cither from contribu tors ur readers. Sixtoon pages of original matter a week is a good deal to protide among.comparatively few persons, sand $304 year is a heavy subscription, A Cunroo correspondent writes. "The Mahormedan rebels are threatening Po. king, and all the goods shipped up to Tientain tumbling back on our hands. Hovevor, itis anil wind that blows noone any good, and it will L6 the making of this place if people have energy enough to supply the inland market from here. The stream once sot flowing, it will be difficult to direct it back to its original channel." Mr. Wright has arrived at Chefoo, to suc-coed Mr. Luson a8 Commissioner of Cus toms at that port, Wo are indebted to our Trnwrstx correspondent for a long and clear account of the "origin and progress of the rebel movements, which have lately been threatening the safoty of that port and of the en pital itself. At ameoting of sharcheldors in the Ti sin Club, a dividend of 10 per cent was declared." As a pondent to a "bunder" current the other day, that Tientsin had bbeon taken by the rebels, we may mention rumour which came down on Wednesday by the Moyune from Chinkiang, that the rebels have taken one of the Tientsin steamers in the Peiho, Hankow correspondent writes—"T am happy to be able to state that the reports circulated as to the loeses that Foreigners worolikely to stain through the suspension of the Haequan Bank, were much exaygorated. The Taoutai, I' am informed on good authority, told the Consols that the total Tiabilities of the bank wore Ts, 90,000, of which Tis, 40,000 were duo to the Govornmont and alike sum to Foreigners. Part of the latter amount will, 1 believe, be recovered from the persons who paid the orders into Foreign hands. It appears that the Bank was established by the late Viceroy, who granted a licence to fictitious persons, that the two Into Taoutais, now in high office at Woochang, appropriated the profits of the establish: nent, and now that it has got into diffionltiosignore all responsibility." We had heard ho losses to foreigners fixed at 40,000 which is toss than the amount mentioned bby our correrpondont. Wo are glad to learn that Mr... Cooper had roached Chunking on the Upper Yangtze, on the 19th February. Thiscity la near thio contro of Szechuen, and not far from the capital, Ching-tu, for which ho wan making. hias changed his intention of crossing the Snowy Mountainsat Li-chiang, and intends to attempt them 160 miles fulther to the northward, This will take him into the southern portion of Thibet and will not, we font, lesson the diftcnlty of hi journ A programme of a Spring Race Meeting has boon published, comprising two daya sport, with six events on ench day.. An unusual number of Griffins ary aald to have bboen purchased for the occasion. An ale tempt haa boon made to rob the iron work of the Cemetery. The Consular constan blo was wounded by the thieves, who From Haxopapr we learn that the British brig Aurora struck off Itzamitzara, while entering the harbour duxing mow squall, on the Gth February, and will have to unload for repairs, The weathor hss been cold, the thermometer having fallen #0 low as 9 Fahrenheit. A boy from the Danish bark Kjobenkaven fell over board on the 20th Jan, and was drowned, An Awor Correspondent writes the South-soa islanders brought to Shanghai Foochow on the 20th, per Undine, having Doon sent to the caro of our Tuoutai 8 at the former place, wan most kind 9 the oer follows, but they wore in a vrotehtd state, One died on bourd and another yesterday, "The Taontai handed then over to the Spanish Consul General, us they are natives of the Carolin la hospital, and will be oont to Manila soon a8 strong enough, from thence they ceti easily be sent on home by some of the small vessels which trade down there, One of the Customs officers. can mako them understand a little, ho having been down among their islands in the service of the Spanish government,"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.