Business has boon at a standstill during the past week, on account of the Chinese now yeat holidays, and atleest half the foreign residents have taken the opportunity to go upcountry, shooting..We have, consequently, very litle nows to record. excited by the published in our last subject of Chinese security nied, by those well conver sant with Chinese custom, that they do, [among themselves, regard these obligations s0 lightly as H.B.L Consu at Hankow affirms; and dissatisfaction is expressed that LIB. M. Minister should so readily endorse view which must affect injuriously th interests of his nationals.
The barque Ast Lissie, from Swansea, picked up a boat, in Lat, 2N., Lon, 197 B., in which wore nine South Soa Islnndors who made signa that they had beon'seven ayu without food. Noone here can understand them; but it is inferred, from the neighborhood in which they wore fotind, that they belong to cither Now Guinea oF the Caroline Islands, and they will pro-ably be oont to the former country as soon a opportunity offers, In the meantime they suffer sovoroly from the cold, and an appeal has been made for ola clothing for them. What tale they will have to tell of strange sight and countries, if over they reach their homo again.
Fears are entartainod for the safety of the stoamar Niphon, for Shavghai twontymail steamer Cadi, and has not yet arrived, The fact of a wrock—whethér of a, sniling ship or steamer could not be discerned having boon noticed by the Cutis near Amoy, increases the apprehension, "Ins. Burlingame returned yesterday, in thie Ashuelt, from his visit to Tyon-kwo-fan, by whom we Team ho was cordially roecived, This magnnto—who, besides his rank as Viceroy, rojoicen in the titles of Grand Minister, Acting Superintendent of Guasdian of the Hair Apparont, and of the Firat Gendo,—has been pitted rather inimical to foreigner, we his prompt courtesy on the occasion of My. Burlingamo's visit must be considered Wo have boon favoured with two inter esting papers on Cotton Supply, which we publish below, and which will be found of uch interest.
Wo ato glad to learn that monument to the memory of the late Bishop Boone, for which fonds were subssribod in Shanghai, us boon constructed in Now York ud thippod for this port, From an official statement Intely publish: a, of the position of the Ladien Bazaar Fund, 69,103 stood to ite credit, at intereat, at the opening of the current year, Wo uro surprised to find that there is no "book post" from China to. the Colonics, The claims on its worvicos would not, pro-Dably, be heavy; but there in no reason why ogual facilities for mail commnunieatir, should not be afforded, by the Port to one part of the world as volley.
A fire broke out ina straw-yardjin Hong. quo, on Stinday ovening, and caught two adjacent hones, But those wore pulled down by the Hook and Ladder Company, and the engines which wore in attondauco quickly extinguished the flames, A Pony Paper Hynt was run on Monday which was generally voted the best of the season, The moot was at Dent's godowns and the scent lod over & very good lino of" country with some st? junius to, the Halt-way Hate, where Zotiery) wad the first to axrivo, Fragmen¢boingwocond, Tio others did not come in for a considerable time, Kavetaxa has again been distinguished by. one of those insults to: foreigners for which it has bocorse rather notorious, A stronger hand roots t0 be required at the. holm of our affaty, thera, From Paxixo, we loam that Mr, Brown and the suite of the Chipéso Legation loft con the Oth instant, on their join ney over Luna to Shanghai, They ne to como,.it will be remembered, by the route of the Grand Canalaud Yellow Rivet toChinkeang.
A Trextsix correspondent notes the singular fact that thu Peiho was open again con the 8th Dessimbur. The wintorsoemato have been singularly mild iF
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