The English mail of June 2nd arrived on the 17th instant.
The French mail of June 9th left Hongkong yesterday morning, by the M. M. steamer Volya.
The English Commissioners for the settlement of the Alabama claims have been raised in rank. There have been antipapal demonstrations in Brussels. The war expenses of France are stated at three niilliards, besides five milliards indemnity. The Tichborne trial is adjourned. A telegram from Suez, of the progress of the tea steamers shows that the Australia m: tains her lead, and the Enterprise and King exactly their relative positions, while the Craigforth, which left Woostng one day before these, has dropped one day behind The arrivals at Singapore of the Cheops on June 28th, Diomed, 29th, Hector, 29th, Glendurroch, July Ist, Abbotsford, July 2nd, and Agamemnon, 4th, are noted in the Straits Times, A meeting of members of the Racket Club was held on Wednesday. The'accounts show a profit, on the six months ended 30th June last, of Tls. 679.72, out of which it was resolved to pay a dividend of 5 per cent.
A meeting of Treaty Consuls was held on the 12th instant, to discuss the Transit due Gificulty which has lately arisen, and various other questions. The Consuls odined to sanction the new form of application for Transit passes, which we printed in a recent number.
The interminable and irritating Soochow Crock Bridge question comes up again in full force, in the minutes of a Municipal Cotneil meeting which we print elsewhere. The failure of the Bridge Company to complete the new bridge by the Ist of July 1871, broke the contract binding the Council to pay Tls. 1,500 a year to commute foreign tolls. Negociations were entered into, with a view to purchase the bridge or to renew the commutation, but seem to have had an unsatisfactory termination. We expect the only solution will be for the public to build a bridge themselves. For the Bridge Company to speak of the cost of the present bridge, and 18 years tolls, as the terms of sale, is extravagant.
Ata meeting of the French Municipal Council held on the 3rd July, Mr. Forbes handed in deguments relative to the proceedings he had been authorised to take against the Municipal shroffs and Mr, Godaert, Mr. Voisin was appointed to continue the necessary proceedings, during 'Mr. Forbes' temporary absence; and it was resolved that Mr. Weill be required to continue the investigations, but that the special Committee be dissolved, as the altair was already before the proper tri: Dunals, A. scheme for reorganizing the system of collection was submitted, and time taken to consider it. An application was received from thecollectingshrofls and from Mr. Godaert, for their salary forthe month of June. It was resolved to pay the same into the Chest of the French Consulate-
General, pending a further decision. An application from Mr. Lepissier as candidate for the post of Secretary, was filed.
A letter was read from the Secretary of the English Council, accepting an offer to contribute Tls. 200 towards the creation of a Home for distressed foreigners, and promising to receive any such who might be sent from this Concession.
The Supreme Court has been occupied during three days with a heavy collision case. The British steamer Norna ran down and sank a junk near Video. We print, elsewhere, report of the case, The decision is fully in favour of the junk.
We understand that costs in the case of Mahlmann c. Groom, Bidwell and others, have been disallowed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.