Tux French mail of the 17th October arrived on the 9th instant, and the English mail of the 23rd October on the 13th, with telegrams to the 13th November. Later advices have been received (to the 24th idem) vid Kiachts. The P.& 0. Str. Ganges leaves to-morrow with the outgoing sail.
'The following ships have arrived during the fortnight,—Galecston, Now York Mary Ann Wilson, Tames Shephent, Indian ire, Peterborough and Merse, London Cingala and Beemah, Sydney; Fair-Leader, Liverpool; Jessie, Cardi'; Annie, Phila-dolphin; Benjamin Bangs, Akyab. And the following have Toft.—Burnside and Sir Win, Wallace New York, Velocity Boston.
Ata mooting of Shareholders in the Union Steam Navigation Company held on the 15th, it was announced that Tis '39,000 profit lao boon ronlised during the half year ended 30th September Inst, Wo are glad to record the return of the party which loft throo months ago under the Auspices of the Asiatic Society, to Survey the Yellow River. Particulars of their trip will be found in our loading columns. They report. the River having able for vomola Tight draught, 250 miles its now month in the Gulf Pechali.
An interesting paper, britly deseripti of his travel hence to Bathang, was road last night by Mr. Cooper before the Asiatic Society. We ennnot attempt to follow Mr. Cooper through the gorgeous scanory and fertile country ho describes. 'The Iatoness of the hour at which the meet' broke up precludes any such attempt, ut we may say that his paper boro testimony to careful and intelligent observation, and contained many interesting particulars regarding the trade, inhabitants and configuration, of the country described.
Wo hear that a Chinese opium dealer has disappeared, with liabilities to the ox-tent of Tis, 25,000. Bo is rather a londer among hia fellows, anti people have boon in the habit of cheques for opium sold to him, instead of the urinal bankers' order, Application was made at the Mixed Court for his arresting the city, where ho is stated to be hiding Further application has boon since made, through H. B, Bf. Consul to the Taotai, 'Accorrespondont reports fearful excitement in the Customs' Department, and_an anticipated rising of the Salt Guild, The Tames Shepherd has 60 tons of English Salt board, and Ting Futai anticipates grave disturbance among the Fongshuey on Hangchow bay. Sir Rutherford Alcock in expected to issue a long notification, wotting forth the iniquity of offering the Chi-note good salt at half the cost of their own min. airty product, and threstoning to confsato any ship which may venture to. bring salt to China waters in future, In the meantime, the noble army of tide-waiters is to be largoly increased, and strict watch to be kept on the delinquent chip.
'The following gentlemen have boon clected masters of the different' Freemasons'
Sussex"—W. Pearse working in North China,' Royal Ancient-Landinark,"
Cosmopolitan "—W.
Birt, Pence" (Ningpo)—W. Rees, We publish, elsewhere, a sketch of an, interesting case which came before the Mixed Court on Saturday, relative to the thoft, on board the Hangchow, of a quantity of money consigned hence to Ningpo, It looks very much as though it wore a case of Chineto smuggling, appropriately pun ished'; further investigation may perhaps bring out the facts more clearly.
'A correspondent asks whether thoro any prospect, however remote, of the beacon near the wreck of the Hellespont being lighted, Tt has now Been finished for months; and for months there has boon nie Tight at the wreck—the boat that used to be anchored there having been blown into a paddy field during the last typhoon, and left there, The beacon is badly situa ated; but it would be botter than nothing. Ttis absurd toloavo it standing in dark ness—a monument of neglect, The most interesting points in the Municipal Council Report, are the proposal by Mr. Seward to construct bridge, at once, over the Soochow creek, by the aid of do-Dentures; and Mr. Yates? remarks on thy subject of Chinese houses whose floors lie Below the stroot levels, Wo trust both sattora will rosie early and serious consideration.
Wo heat of the arrival here of three off-mont, to onto a River Bulico on the Wongpoo, Friday nigh' Ca contained thy following starting ann "We lear on a dx alcae ese en cester oped trea temp ping sible that his soldiers may be a little rowdy; peakavae a cee ing through on his way to An-ching, where, a8 we explained on the 22th instant, h me tends to rest for alittle after his Northern 'a8 GoveruorGonornl, to Wu-chang. Ho snow at Nanking. Aeclarod intention to kill Mr. Taylor; and Mr. Medhurst's intended departure for the Rivor—exist only in the fertile imagination of our contemporary, or of his informant, Wo said last your that the establishment of the-Empire Browary as one of the most plucky enterprises in Shanghai, To attack the wil-established beverages of Baas and Allsopp, and attempt to sot up i local Drow against them, in so amall a comme nity, was no trifling undertaking. Wo are sad to oar that it has suecooded j that Shanghai beer is steadily making way against its rivals, and that Mr, Byans? brow for this year is the most successful hho has yet perpetrated.
A. Nixazo correspondent writes—wo startling events have taken place here lately, The Willian IV, after lying hero {lo for years, as. boon sent away to be furbished up for the Japan market. And fu effort has boon made to got up u Chime bor of Commoreo. The success of either movouent is open to doubt. Wo publish lsowhore minttes of a very interesting lecture lately delivered at Ningpo, on the "rebel occupation of that city."
Wo hear that Toon-kwo-fan loft Naxxixo for the North on the 17th instant, and passed by Chinkeang, up the Grand Canal, on the following day.
The wreck of the barque Annetta laden with cotton and Government coals from Hongkong, husboonsold at Swatow for 450 only. The villagers carried most of her off Dally, in the shortest possible time, The Captain mistook one Cnpo for another; honey the misfortune. Ho was triod by a NavalCourtand reprimanded, many executes being offered for the mistake, From a paragraph which we publish cltowliere, it will be scon that our disagreement with the Oficials in Fonatosa is Tu the oxto of Landstoin v. Carlowitz,"
—ahich attracted some attention here when it was first tried in Honaxoxo—an application for anew trial has boon granted on the groutid of new evidence being offered by the defendant.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.