It was announced that on Wednesday the probably boon trained at guns requiring ferent drill, men worked well, vans, ©. Krobs, and C. Lucas, now Ohinese forts at Woosung would fire but it was easy toes that powder was now Investment of Capital, 270,000 taels in blank cartridge, and that vessels passing were tothem, Somesixorsoven discharges wore Bonds, balance in first-class Securities not to alter their course on that account. made from each of about ten or twelve or Mortgages, It. is not, we understand, the first time guns; and this was all that was undertaken 'Permanent Resorye—100,000 taels in first-class Securities, balance in local Banks; have been, fired; but i sppests' thet on the Armstrongs and Krapps in these forts now,' Next morning, at ten o'clock, we other monies with Secretaries, or London this occasion the blank practice" was are informed, the blank powder drill was-Bankers or local Banks, at the discretion simply "getting ready"—a preparation resumed; but on the occasion of the of the Board.
Viceroy's visit, shot and shell are intended ere of afew woe pounds of gunpowder, seo that all was right, by the expendi to be fired, at targets, which, it is said, Policy-holders, vrabest to 12 % interest on Profits of Underwriting business to go to The Terror of Western Nations vill lay out. befor the arrival of the Vicsroy_ of Nan-Shareholders Gay king, on his annual tour of inspection of the defences of the Yangtsze, at the end of mentioning that there was a great display Tt would fede came to close wei eat, of flags in the forts and barracks, and that Reserve Fund, which is applicable to Tntereas on Tnrvertineuts be go to Special (if it can be called 40) dividends to Sharehold several Pepo, sony others to extra These 4 of which so much has been pst ch Chinese moon—about Tuesday next. of the first, or river fort, some hundreds The Cuamta repeated that he would said and written during the course of their be glad to give any further information that might be required, and invited observa construction since July, 1874, may now rides, apparent) 2 guano of honour to of infantry were array armed with foaaid to be in a site of completion; tions from Shareholders. from the Kao-chang-miao Arsenal, and ndarky Ti, and a Chang that is, so far as Ohinese ideas, based on some two or three foreign officials who were Lucas seconded the motion. foreign instruction, can be brought to bear also present. The guard had piled arms, Mr. Youne said it seemed to him that 0 development of castramentation. and it was easy to seo that their rifles were the now Association was being constituted Looking rivervards, che forts, present not only of mixed make, but were ill-cared as Limited Com riy. He would like to for and in many instances extremely Imow whether that principle was to be the banks of the Hwangpoo and Yangtsze, formidal lo appearance; but wall along enforced or not? at the junction of which rivers the first or rusty. The men, too, were lounging about The Carman replied that the clause in chief fort stands, soon dissipates any idea quite careless of surroundings; but it is the new Articles, referring to the matter, as to their capability of resisting even the right to say that they were civil and was simply a repetition, in different words, of the clause in the old Articles. There gun-power of the smallest ressels of wa. bamboo, to drive of @ too inquisitive obliging, even going to the extent of using uch craft as the Frolic, the. Kestrel, or was a clause in ever ohoy or other crowd that gathered round the two or document, under whi "Aimociation. the Mosquito, would demolish them, a8 three foreigners who visited the forts. contracted any liability, 5 Jenally mentionforications simply, in short ime," In ing this imitation of Shareholders lability, fact, the gale of Tuesday has, in two or The visit of the Viceroy next woak will, we hear, be marked with the same three places, notably on the fronts gorgeous military and naval ceremonial so that everyone doing business with the to the force of the wind, #0 loosened the as it was last year, and for which the new Association had due notice.
Tsotai of Shanghai is already making Mr, Brows suggested that the word preparations. s'Limited" might be added after Asso-"ciation."
The Cuarmux—I think it would be the siols ole casemated protection of a force to bring them to the fosse and expose
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