From Newchwang we have dates via Peking to the Ist Dec., being the first of he overland fortnightly mails for the The China Merchants Co.'s str.
Fusing had arrived, but the Company take things soleisurely, writes our correspondent, that she did not discharge all her inward cargo, and only took in some 3,000 pieces of beancake. Business was quiet, and winter had well set in. The lowest range of the thermometer (Fahr.) was on 24th Nov., when it marked 8 degrees, but it was expected that it would yet go 18 or 20 degrees lower, giving about 42 degrees of frost. Skating had begun, but the ice was bad and it was hoped would be improved by the fall of snow which had begun before the mail left, Messrs. Bush Brothers report as-to busine:
Small parcels of goods continue to be sold, viz.: Grey Shirtings 8,4-Ib. (Lion Chop) Tis.'1.68. T-Cloths 7-1b. Ts. 1.52'; 81b. (Tiger Chop) Tls. 1.60. English Drills, (Dragon) Tls. 2.40.
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