One of the greatest monuments existing in our day, of which however little was known in Europe, will be exhibited in the Vienna Exhibition, not as a copy or by picture, but in nature. The monument represents the great Daibootz in Japan, most probably one of the mythic heroes of the first history of the country, and hitherto laced in Kaimakura, It is of bronze, and its origin goes so far back as_the 11th century s.D. In order to bring it to the Vienna Exhibition, it was disjoined in pieces and sent by shinto Trieste. But the greatest difficulty was the transport from trieste to Vienna. The pieces were of such dimensions, that the Southern Railway could not load them even upon their open waggons, as they could not pass one tunnel. Nothing remained but to carry them per carriage from Trieste to Viena, and after many weeks journey the pieces arrived. The statue will be placed in front of the Flower Hall. It represents a sitting figure with crossed arms and legs. The statue li upon a large stone. The total height is 436 Japanese feet. It is of such imposing dimensions that large sized persons who are standing upon one of the hands scarcely reach the chest. The head itself is twice as large as a man, the width between the shoulders 36 feet.' (IFiener Weltaustellungszeitung.)
Ca rae Eorron or tte Nati Sin: Mr. Bailey's letter, while indicating his zeal to serve his countrymen, is founda misconceptions so palpable tha, he cannot lice six, months in Hongkong, without disco yering for himself the futility of his suggestions. If the officers of the Government to whom ko wrote had taken the pains to. refer tothe New York Chamber of Commerce, or to any merchant of general experience of foreign trade, the useless printing of the letter would have been saved.
His proposition is, in simple words, that English capitalists insist upon furnishing the money to American merchants for the silk and tea required for the United States; that they charge about 4 per cent for doing #0; and that-American merchants tamely submit to this arbitrary treatment, because it is the way in which the business has been done for "The actual facts are these: A New York merchant wishes to buy teas in China. His first care is to provide the wherewithal for buying, He finds at the moment there is no merchandise that will sell in China without a loss greater than the current rate of exchange. He finds further that if he sends out silver, the loss in freight, interest, and insurance is also more than the loss by exchange. Perhaps, Veing an ardent American, he then enquires for some fellow-countryman in China who has ready money in that country, and will be willing to receive it back in New York when the teas reach home. He discovers that no American capital goes to China for such purpose,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.