The weather is getting cold, The thermometer, stood yesterday at 31—one d ce of frost. Geese are plentiful no of our shootists bagged 20 in one day, besides duck, dic.; the weight of the geese was 164 Ibs.—Freights are looking up again, as usual at thie time of the year, Messra, Bush Brothers? Circular of the 13th October says fluctuating, and is now value, quotations 230 per 300 ¢.; Oil, Tle, 3.80 per picul euncake, Ts. 3.20 per 10° pieces.
Innports.—Little doing.
nage is in better inquiry, and 15¢. for Amoy, 26c. per picul for Swatow has been offered.
Shipping.—Departures:—For Amo} Hermann, Concordia, Chinn; for Swato} Oncar Movyer, Malvine, Snixcix, Ontharin Naworth Castle, Carl Ludwig, Pageborg,,. Orienten, Willie, Walter Siegfried; for Hongkong: Talee, Chloris, Princess Surapi, Knestembish, W. Turan, Flodden, F. Hartwig, Caroline Behn, Carl Ritter, Aymer, Marion, Monsoon: for Kob Sophie; for Chefoo: Millet. In port Armenia, Thanos, Palma, G, W. Patton, Willie, Rebecka, New Granada, Sally, Bridgetown, Peter, Rebeces, Janet, Ino, Millet, and 6
We ure all ixions to know whether must clear out of the port or not.
Time is getting short, and it would not pleasant for people with large fu pack up ina few hours, If ways we must remain at our own ris it mean that if we go away because protection is withdrawn, the British Government will pay the piper, and get repaid by China of course; or does it mean should happen, eompennation be tif you are only fri wits, nothi The position of forely warned of Mr. Wade's doin satisfactory. Why not aay distinctly; Ift the Consul drawn, every one elec, must follow." Then we shall know we can, sond in our little account, to be settled in due course, To be compensated if anything happens, when we stay at our own risk, puts "ne in mind of the poor prisoner who was told by his lawyer that he could not be hanged for the offence he had. committed—but I ax to be hanged." All right, anys the lawyer-~' Just let them hang' you, and see what Ishall do." What use will compensation be to us if we are left to be murdered 13th October.
[Our Correspondent's apprehensions will allayed for the present by the peaceable tlement that has been arrived at, But we print his letter, because it is suggestive in case of another emergency A correspondent writes, on the 16th: No progress seems tu have been made with the Sunda, the weather having been too bad to work. The stoas Fuyew, from Shanghai, had delivered som pumps to them on the 13th, and wende are hoped for when they are in place.
The Hector is a complete wreck. She was sold at auction on the 12th for $1,500, Messrs, Boyd and Ca. being the purchasers, The Foochow Herald gives some particulars of the mutiny on board the Anna, which we reprint in another column.—The same paper says.- The Great Northern ph Company have entirely sus-operations on the line to Amoy, from the Chinese Authori-tthe uece: sary protection will be
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