The French Minister and his family have returned to Peking, and are preparing to leave for home. It is to be hoped the fickle Frenc! ry will res recall of M, Bourée, and conti: post an oficial who has cly could 10 maintain peace vuntries and whose action received the "proval of the two former Ministries. De believes it to be for the interest of both entries that pyace should be maintained, Perhaps Annam us ili as Madagascar may profit by the manifesto of Prince N leon, As far as can be loamed. the French Minister and the Northern Vicoto to Franco, but nothing Annam itself! Report speaks of the Viceroy wishing to muke a treaty with the Southern tributary on the lines of the Gorean Treaty.
Colonel Budisco has at last succumbed illness and mortar malady, Great elt fur his amiable young widow. She returns at once to the United Sta with hor "The A
La 'Phoro is also an interesting notice of the late Mr. Jol Richard Green, author of the 'Short History of the English People,' ete., who did a few weeks ayo. The following items are from the column of Literary Gossip:—lt does not seem likely that the volumes of Mrs. Carlyle's letters which Me. Froude has edited will be published before Easter. Que notable feature of them will be the characteristic aunotatious of her husband, who gathered them together with great pains after her death '—Sir Arthur Gordon, ate Governor of New Zealand, is writing for one of the reviews an article on Fiji, which colony visited shortly befure his return to Bag Ind.—We learn that Madame de Novikotf hwupes to be able shortly to visit Buylaud for a fortnight in order to see throuch the press her memoir of General Skobvielf, to which we referred some time ayo.—A me, devoted to social ref will nppea under the title of Mer England.—Lhe wes venture will cunt every month a fully contents of the early numbers inc! mentary, Sunday followed, when the fags of the Lagations wre invariably flown; and von Monday they were again hoisted," this time for the birthday of the King of the Belgians season. They ace the continued imprisonment of the ai Yuen Chita, the so-onlied Dai In Sun, the father of the reigning monarch. Now that all tow end they wish his sent back to Corea. four all veful. El vavionte of the How is to be paid for the expense of het imilitwry mnocuyee in ea, wot ty speak of the Japanese innny of the Cureans have been of foreign ay "pathy, but this marly & matter for the Gorean King If ones he gives solid gu gover tte Chine the royal prisoner Plea for Health-Guilds," by Alan Cole; will doubtless be released.
'The latiec is Artists at Work,' with a series of draw., still at Pao-ting Fu, and Corean counsels ings by Sir F, Leighton; (A Forgotten ave divided as to his fate, his oon, the Chapter in the History of Labour," by Mr, present King, it is ssid publicly wishing J. G. Cus, of © his tele his stereian Shepherd and hi by det 'Mra, Butler; an article on Hong-And,' by Cardinal Mauning, and. on kon field for their wares Merry London,' by the Rev.
Loftic; inUnina. Qu: ciliciues suit the Chines 'National Holidays,' with an etched pore toauicety. Their own medical system trait of Sir Jon Latbboe!
3 The Light of of @ pices with it, Lately a Shang the West," by Col, Butler, house established a branch at Dress of Merry Buy ad,' by Mrs, Haweis 5 following the lesd of the Hongkong and Blackbird Song, y M D. Bla Shanghai Bank in this respect. So far more; ' Cheap Lod ceadilly," by Me. R. Dowling; and The Rustic of Thomas Hardy and George Eliot," by Me. prising d ong have Kegan Paul. There will also be etch-Jaent up two of their Cantonese men of the English Cathedrals and of the open a shop in the Peking Chinese New Law Cours, by Mr, Tristram Ell city. Twenty-four large cas-s of medicines A Jewish annual named Purim is to be and strange to add, published next week, It is the first ataetved the other day Chi tio gate without tempt of the kind.—Sergeant Atkinson, in Pais duty would have bow to the Tiudian Spectator, states that avy, as the charge is made by eis now a uuwervits tribe in Orissa the weight riot the intrinsic value oF who worship the Queen as a goddess, img price wf the articles. see no though, he adds, not under the awkward why foreign hongs should not title of " Knisar-i-Hind."—We learn from establish themselves here, employing truth worthy natives to conduct their business. It is hoped this suggestion will be neted upon, Goods duty free and several hundred per cout. profit is some: what tempting, i twies a year ordinary visitor Peking, and examine or take stock, plan is sure to succeed, and a thriving and Incrative business to be established.
Our Peking Races take place on Friday and Saturday of this week. No oficial formation of the appointment of " new reached Pel ing to look april he willows are coming out, and sil nature seems as if the spring were kissing the earth, We have lately lind a fow days of wind and dust, just to remind us that Pel not all the Paradige we rot take it to be.
April 17th, 'TIENTSIN,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.