Tax English Mail of April 24th, arrived on the Sth instant, Telegrams to 25th May are been received vid Kinchta. The trow.. The arrivals during the fortnight are the Earl Dulhowsie and Lightfoot from Spdney 5 Nileer Bayle, Sar of Ching, Burd-rom, Coral Nymph and City of Aberdeen from London, Diomed ani Cullen from Liverpool, Meredor from Curdi, Flying Buck from Singapore and Douglas from Froamantle. The departures during. the same period aro—Lemder, Titania, Fur cunt Ho anil Taitaing, all for London with Now Teas and the Tevckesbury for Manila.
The only matters of local interest that we have to record, are the trials fr libel of the editors of three of the local newspapers. per Fall reports will be found elsewhere, The celiters of the Evening Express and Friend [Juxx 19, 1868. of Mr. Barnard, with publishing a sories of Ally libels against that gentleman. They were each found guilty, and sentenced, respectively, to pay $25 and $80, fine, a the costs of the case," In te course of his speech at the preliminary investigat Mr. Barnard denounced the defendants rather emphatic Inngunge, which was duly reported in the columns of the Daily Nes. Mr. Tarrant, feeling agyrioved therent and fairly reported, bro against the editor of that paper; but the Magistrate di {ng that the report was privileged and that the prosectitor had failed to show malice. Seven other libel eases are pending, in all of which tholocal newspapers are eoncersels 20 the Court and community are likely te Have a surfeit of this branch of law.
We give, elsewhere, a long reply by Sir Rutherford Alcock to the Chamber of Commerce letter about Security Chops" which we published in our issue of May 4th.
'An interesting lotter has been received from Mr. TT. Cooper, dated Twrtsin-oe on the' extreme western border of Chins. His funds are exhausted, and he has had to borrow is, 150 from a stranger who Sze-elman, We are M. Cons has refunded this Mr. Cooper has abandoned his intention of crossing to Sudya on the Brahmapootsa, having neither sufficient instruments nor funds, Hepurposos trying to eross Thibet into Nepaul; and.if he fai, to work aouthward and enter Burmah by way of antah, and Bhamo.
'The French exploring expedition from Cambodia, arrived hero on Friday per Plymouth Rock from Hankow, 'The Bllore haa brought back six bales of sill only from the wreck of the Benare ttle chance of reig the Ioutl has been' given up. It is, however, what is technically formed a "good wreck," and is Tikely to bring @ good mum, us the aalvago of the machinery is quite possible, though that of the hull may not be 80, The 8.8.N. steamer Lamont xan into and Torcha Ching-when-hen, bound, ow to Ningpo, on Sat ing last, near the Beacon. Several lives wore lost, The Spanish Minister and his suite are expected hero at the beginning of next A manofwar will Excvlloney to take him across to apan, there to conehido a troat Telegrams hus been received, vit Kiachtn to the 25th May, quoting No. 3 Teatleo, at 2¢3,—nnpleasant news for those who opened the market at 81
Pending the construction of our now preme Court buildings, various alterations have been nade in the old Court room the Consulate, which groutly improve both for the Judges and art, and for spectators.
speak comparatively; because there is Kill nich to desire, especially in matter of bu in the meantinno, the change space, that can only be expected in the nese
greatly for the better.
hear that up to the 8th Juno, 108 chops of ten hast been settled, at HawKow, representing 108706 cheats an 1,58 ball Yoxouama papers contain nothing of interest. Aidan still hoops the field, and negociations are going on between him and the Southern party. An amnesty to all who have taken amy ayainst the Mikado in the Into struggle wooms the most likely solution of thedificulty. The tea market is slightly: lower.
Hoxoxoxo papers contain the prolimmary heating in the China Mult libel ease. The action, it will beromombored, i bronylit the Government, at the instance of the Mueao Government. ILM, gun-bent lyc-rine has made successful cruise after pirates. The British chip Tricolorhas been wrecked on thePratas Shoal.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.