The French mail of the 2nd Jan, arrived on the 21st inst.
The English mail of the 9th idem arrived on the 25th.
'A mail leaves to-morrow for Europe by the P. & 0, ate, Travancore.
'A mail loaves to-morrow for America by the P.M. str, New York, The following Reuter's and private telegrams have reached us during the week.
The Eleotions have resulted in a Connorvative majority of fifty.
The Gladstone Cabinet have resigned. Disraeli is forming a Ministry.
The Queen has accepted the resignation of Gladstone.
The Elections are concluded. There are 351 Conservatives and 902 Liberals.
Cardwell, Fortescue and Enfield are to ed to the Peerage.
Tax New Masisray, and Binge Couns ¢ Duke of Richmond. Lord Privy Seal...... Earl of Malmesbury. Seo. of State Foreign Earl of Derby.
Fighting renewed at Acheen. The Dutch have captured some forts, Japan fe threatened with serious political troubles.
Iwakura, the Premier, has tendered his resignation, which has been refused.
The people are clamorous for war. This or civil war is deemed inevitable.
Very formidable insurrection in Hizen.
Saga entirely in hands of rebels.
Movement likely to extend; being conducted by Samurai this time.
Reports have been received from Na-sasaki, saying that the Rebels intended to make an assault upon the place and were only 7 miles off. The Consular and other authorities had all sent their valuables on board ship, and everybody was prepared to embark at a moment's notice.
A Volunteer Corps has been formed. Patrols go the rounds, and watches are sot in all the bungalows on the hills. There rumour that the natives in Nagasaki were fighting among themselves Saturday night. The Governor has closed his office and, itis reported, has made ready to retire from his post, Signals are arranged, upon which the sailors of the men-of-war will come ashore. Most people think the situation very serious, as the Government can place no dependence upon the troops or native civilians.
In course of Sunday thirty-nine persons wore arrested for raising disturbances, in which two policemen had been killed. Two of the prisoners wore at once decapitated. It was expected that the rebels would enter Nagasaki during the night.
The report of a fight which it is anticipat ted will take place between the rebels and the Government troops sent out against them, is expected every moment; and as the result is very doubtful, people have not given up all anxiety yot. The Russian sailors who wore sent ashore have been sent back again, but with orders to be ready day and night at a moment's notice. The Tapaneso town is apparently quiet.
The Victoria Fire Insurance Company's Report shows a net profit on the year, after paying a 12 p.c, dividend, of $76,562, which is carried forward to the credit of Working Account. The Company has, farther, a Reserve Fund of $137,583.
The Consul-General notifies that a new Municipal Council for the French Concession will be elected on the 10th March.
The electoral list will be closed two days previously, and applications for inscription or erasure must be addressed to the Consulate.
Router gives the satisfactory news of the termination of the Ashantee war. He ponents, but has too many members in the Upper House, for the present day. The now Homo Secretary is presumably Mr. Ralph A. Cross, member for 8. W. Lan+ cashire, Sunday was the 142nd anniversary of Washington's birthday; but, as usual in such cases, the duo observance of the event was postponed till Monday, when salutes were fired by H. B, M. 8. Cadmus, and the U.S, 8. Lackawanna, Both vessels had hung out a gay display of bunting, and many other craft in harbour paid the same tribute to the memory of the great President.
Two cases, which came before the Mixed Court lately, form curious illustrations of Chinese social relations, The first was one in which a man named Chang-chow-fu was charged with flaying and puncturing a woman, The unfortunate victim of his cruelty had lived with him eight years as his wife, and had borne him three children. In the pursuit of business, Chang went to Japan, where he lived for several years, sending at first occasional emall sums for his necessities. The latter, acting on the eminently practical views of life which Chinese hold, transferred her affections to another protector, whose kindness was of a less remittent order than that of her unremitting husband. In due time Chang returned, but the woman refused to return to her allegiance, although she allowed the father to sort over the brats," as American Enoch Ardens are reported to do, and to take away those which had formed the family when ho left her. These he pro fessed his intention to send to Ningpo and under pretence of seeing them off, he enticed the mother to an empty house in Hongkew, where he disrobed her, cut off her hair, wrenched off a piece of scalp as large as the palm of the hand, and pricked her all over with needles, The poor woman, suffering frightfully from this dinbolical treatment, was sent to Hospital, where she will have to remain a month to recover from her injuries. The husband treated the affair, in Court, with the utm nonchalance, and claimed a perfect right to torture his wife—a notion which we believe a certain class of Chinese very generally hold. The Magistrate, however, vehemently expressed his detestation of the man's conduct, and ordered him to be imprisoned till the woman recovered, to pay the hospital expenses, and to be afterwards further dealt with. In the second case, a man named Tang-ying-wei was charged with biting a piece off a woman's ear, and wounding her with sharp instruments on the forehead. He had lived with Ctiancellor of the Sir Stafford Forth. bevermin of the Mr. Ward Hunt.
Exchequer cote.
Postmaster General... Lord John Manners.
Board of Trade Presidency and Chancellorship of Duchiy of Lancaster not yet filled The troops were expected to enter Coo-mass io on the 29th, and the termination of the war by the 7th February.
The Czar is expected in London on the 1st May. told us some days ago that Sir Garnet Wolseley had arrived before Coomassie, and the King had agreed to pay an indemnity. Woe now learn that the British were to enter Coomassie—on the same principle we presume that they entered Peking—on the 29th January; and the war was expected to terminate—that is, we presume, treaty to be signed, on the 7th February.
We have procured a special telegram giving a list of the new Ministry, which contains, it will be seen, many members of the Inst Conservative Cabinet, though with some changes of position. The Miistry fs a strong one as regards its com-the woman six months, and had promised to make her his wife by paying $400 as her "body-price" (shen-chia) to the people who, in accordance with the disgraceful system of female bondage in China, claimed interest in her. His good intentions, however, stopped short at a promissory note for the amount; and before this became due, he managed to wheedle the woman out of her savings and valuables. Hence a quarrel, in which he committed the cowardly acts with which ho is charged.
The case was sent into the city.
The pilot boats of the late Blackball Pilot Company were sold on Monday at auo-
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