The English mail of the 14th October arrived on Sunday, by the P. & 0. Malwa, A mail left for America yesterday, by the M.B, str. Tokio Maru, A mail leaves to-morrow for Europe, by the P. & 0, str. Travancore, The members of the Saint Andrew's Society held their usual Banquet last evening at the Club, A full report of the proceedings will be found on another page.
For convenience of record, as-the fly siiest on which we published it last week is liable to be lost, we reprint the address to Sir Thoms Wade" and his reply, in the body of this woak's paper; with some fuller details of the meeting than we were able to give in our then hurried report.
The Woosung Railway was re-opened for public traffic, to-day, A tra of the Taotai's proclamation reapecti arrangement made with Mr. May Nanking; aid aleo six Rules, agreed to between the Taotai and H: B.M.'s Consul, "for the safer conduct of the trafic," will be found on another. page.
The Taotai's proclamation states fairly enough the circumstances of the case. It of course reverses the real position, which is that the payment is purposely spread out in order to give the officials a plausible reason in the eyes of their people for consenting to the resumption of a traffic which they had denounced; but that is only @ way of putting it, The main point la that the trains shall run, and it in regrettable that " month should hi been already los spect was not attributable to the Chinese we cannot very well understand why trains should not have recommenced run-at least to Kongwan, directly affairs wore settled. The regulations for the safe conduct of the traffic are clear and to the point, and will no doubt be effect It is sincerely to be hoped that they will prove no, for the occurrence of avy accidents would no doubt tend to weaken the future prospects of the line; and immunity from such will give it a much better chance of permanence.
Wo mentioned some time ago, that Mr. Mayers had succeeded, while at Nanking, in obtaining the assent of the which he had hitherto opposed. The letter on thir abject, to the Consular body, which is published with the Municipal minutes, is written: presumably in consequence of this arrangement. The two new roads which are there suggested—from Carter road to Siccawei road, and from Siccawei to Jessfield, will no doubt be appreciated bye-an-bye; but the two first-named extensions are those which are most wanted.
The Temperance Society gave their usual fortnightly.entertainment on Saturday evening, at.the Hall in Nanking road. There was a crowded audience, including an unusually large number of ladies. The programme was well rendered; a reading by Mr. O. B, Bradford, a song by a lady amateur, and " pianoforte solo by another lady amateur, being much appreciated. A long address by Mr. Wheatley, in advoctey of temperance principles, was listened to with great attention. Altogether a very enjoyable evening was spent.
We hear that the Committee of the Skating Club purpose erecting a shed of the same extent as last year, but with only two instead of three avenues, 80 that there will be much more open space, The covering, too, is to be arranged so that it will roll up. Last year the frost was severe enough to freeze water under cover as well as exposed, but we may not always be #0 lucky; and the provision for opening the roof at night is a very necessary one, The Battalion parade of the 8.V.C., Wednesday evening, was not very numerously attended, four o'clock, the hour at which it was called, being probably somowhat too early for many of thornen. No, 1 and 2 Companies were doubled up into one, being then about the same -atrength as the Mih-ho-loong, while No, 3 Company was altogether absent, After the usual preliminary movements on the Bund, the men were marched, headed by the Band, vid the Maloo, to the racecourse, where an hour's a drill was gone through, most of the manceuvres being creditably performed, We are informed that Mr, Eckfeldt appealed from the decision given by the U.S, Consular Court in his case, last' May, to the Minister; and that Mr, Seward, having reviewed the case, sees no reason to disturb the judgment—considering that substantial justice was done.
The English mail has been postponed for 36. hours to enable the members of the: Chinese. Embassy to proceed in the steamer Travancore. The delay has been authorised by Sir Thomas Wade on behalf of the Government, so far as regards the departure from contract time; but it is likely that the Travancore will still get away from Hongkong on her due date, Homeward steamers nearly. always make " long stay -there, being allowed too much time on the run down; 20 the detention, on, this occasion, will merely be at Shanghai of in the South.—Apart from their desire to get on with their journey, the Envoys quite apt we believe, the advantage of landing calmly from the P. & O. steamer in London, at their own time instead of.being hustled out of " Channel.ateamer unkempt and unshaven, after possibly rough passage across the Channel and certainly a long railway journey through France, There is 8 good deal in first impressions, and there is e great difference between the appearance of 'a man travels tained and weary, and a Mandarin carefully dressed in full and proper costume.
The 30th of November is what popularly termed in the United States Thanksgiving Day,"—an anniversary which, like that of Christmas in England,
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