We have been favoured with the following official despatch Hanoi, 9th October, 11 a.m, General Bridre to the Governor at On the Ist, Gth and 8th October, three fortunate engagements took place with the Chinese passing out by the The last was a veritable disaster for 6,000 armed men in Kep. The troops, remarkably led, gave proof of a dei which enabled them to seize the line of retreat of ho enemy and all its material, together with a namber-of males and horses, Several thousand Chiness were killed; 640 bodies, of which a largo number were mandoring, in the redoubt alone.
The three engagements have cost tis j—
Killed: officers—Lioutenant Chalier Captains Beynet, of the Legion Btra gdre, and Plante, of the 3rd; troops,—
Wounded} Nine officers, including Gonoral do Négrier, slightly, in the log; troops—a hundred and ton.
Parsuit continued on Loch-nam, and in the direction of Yeutho, Iam leaving Hanoi to take command, in cage of his wound stopping De Négrier.
BLE, Mots, Patondtro notifies through our columns that Admiral Courbet has declared the blockade of Form South Cape to Ssu-ao Bay, proceeding by the West and North, Ssu-no Bay appears to be on the East side of Formosa in Lat. 94.26 N. and 121,50 Our Corrospond writes to us of a rumour current among the Chinese that Li Chung-tang is to be summoned to the Capital, where ho will be made Grand Councillor and a member of the Toung-li Yemen. It is firther stated that accrot edicts to the number of ov the pre Ch'an and Li are in constant consultation with the Em-prose, The strictest secrecy is preserved, 80 mutch go th seary despatches on affairs of by the two Imperial Princes themselves instead of by their secretaries as is usually the case, The high officers who attend the Palace at daybreak are not able to return to their homes before two or three o'clock in the afternoon; and the Empress is at lerist as energetic as any of them.
Pho telegeaun which we publish to: Jocks as though the Parnellites hind fright ed the Government into removing Mr. Trevelyan from the Chief Secretaryship to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, One of the Home Rule members said in a speech which he delivered in September that the woz, concession which the party would wring from the Cabinet would be the dis missal, of Enrl Spencer and Mr. Trevelyai Writing of this, the Times says on the 10th September that if Mr. Gladstone " do anything of the kind ho will prove himself ly ignorant of the strength of his ind also of the means by which it ined." "The Homo Rulers ay parently' know more about what they can mi igo the Premier do than the Times.
The Chinese authorities are going to commence in earnest to partially block the 'Woosung Bar. The operation will probably deepen the 250 foet channel that is to be left open, but the mud from it will be deposited someliere else by the action of the tides, Some time ago a junk, intended for obstructing the Bar, anak' and was partially broken up. Last Friday, a Chinese gunboat was seen attempting to tow the remainder of the wreck, and while doing so, the sides, stern and remaining part came away, the bottom which had previously fallen out with some forty or fifty tons of stones remaining in the mud. It ay be presumed that if the other junks are sunk, they will in course of time break up too, and with the extra pressure of the tides may be driven from the place they are sunk, impede the traffic and have a detrimental effect on the river. It remains to be seen what the effect will be in the future, if the janks which contain over a thousand tons of stone ultimately break up and leave the stone on the Bar, 'Asad accident, which was attended with fatal consequences, took place on Saturday, the 25th inst. Mr. Edwards G. C. Webb, of Messrs, Maitland & Ca., went for a ride early that morning. He' was altogether unused to riding, and immediately after starting he lost his seat in the saddle and dropped th from the French side along the English Bund, and as he passed the Custom House it was ved that Mr, Webb lad lost his stirrups and was holding on to the cantle of the saddle. Either from the motion, or in endeavouring to regain the being, his body swerved when nearly opposite the Kiukiang Road, and his head was dashed against an electric lamp-post. Ho was knocked off the pony perfectly senseless, and was immediately picked up and carried into Dr. Tamieson's house, close by, where he was attended to at on possible he was car:
Co.'s, a very short distance off, where Dr. Macleod, liis own medical attendant, to attend to him, and later Dr. Bat tio skill could skull was fractured and the brain so injured that he never recovered consciousness, but died quietly at 11.30 a.m,, just four hours from the time of the accident, The faneral took place on Sunday afternoon large number of hi ances, including many Indies.
was read by the Rev. F. R. Smit of the Cathedral, and among thos were Bishop and Archdeacon Mot Dyer, of the British ign Bible Society, and the Re mason, of St, John College, American Episcopal ' Mission, The deceased was held in the highest esteem, not only as a valued nasist ferling, upright, Christian mi, by. thos whose employ he was, and by his associates in office, and by all of them his death is deeply regretted. It is only right to add that Sir, Purdon had an investigation as to the pony, 1d himsol€ that it ingly quiet animal, and in no any blame to he attached to leters of ti informal m Shanghai Waterworks Company, Limited, held at the Shanghai Club on Monday afternoon, the following resolution was passed:—" That this meeting, representing TRAL shares, is of opinion that the total net earnings of the Company up to the 3ist December next should be devoted to paying dividend before increasing the Re-and that proxies be sent to Mr. Kalb with a view of carrying out this lution." We are requested to state Messrs. Thurburn and Dunn will be happy to receive and forward any proxi from any shareholders who were not pre-at the meeting but who are desirous of supporting the above resolution, a special al meeting of the Shanghai Aubletic Club and Gymnasium hield last evening, the resignations of eight members of the Committee were accepted, and the following were elected the officers and Committes:—President, Mr. A. J. Leach; Hon, Secretary, Mr. Comins Treasurer, Mr. Th. Ruff; Committes, Mossre. Miiwater Schultz, J. M. Mur, J.
W. Dunman, T. Brown, and @, W.
It is said that General Lin Ming-chuan, who was recently put to fight in Formosa by Admiral Courbet, has received a slight reprimand from the 'Throne, and is likely to escape further punishment, Seeing the helpless condition in which he has loft, without money, soldiers, or provisions, we fail to see that he is in any' way to blame.
Pho Shen Pao says that Yen Tan-ch'u, a member of the Tsung-li Yamen, has augurated a state-subscription for proseauting the war with France. The list, on which figure the names of his Imperial Highness Prince Kung and Chung Hou, formerly Ambassador to St. Petersburg, amounts already to tou million taels, The Chinese officer in command of the fort at Kinng-yin appears desirous of emulating the conduct of the mandarin at the White Fort on the Min who caused his men to fire into H.M.S. Zephyr, though fortunately his desire to di guise himself has not been attended by fatal consequences. Last wack the British steamer Amoy left Shanghai to load rics at Wuhu, On ti ing of the 24th, she arrived below Kiang-yin, and was flying the English ensign at the fore and another at the stern, according to the req Chinese authorities. Notwithstanding that these flags could be distinctly soon, the soldiers in the fort had the impudence to fire at the ship. One shot crossed her bow,
and then went astern; and while ho was spon which the Captain steppe' the engines doing s0, anothor shot passed over the bridge, Fortunately neither shot did any damay Capt. D'Egvillo kept on blowing his whist and, being afraid to proceed, anchored fathoms, At 10 p.m. a boat with a messenger, who told Egville that it was all right and he could miatruate Brooeed, The Captain, howeve the messenger, a8 he did not know who ho was, and sent the compradore on shore with a letter to the commander of the fort explaining that the Amoy was an English steamer, Next morning the compradore refurl thatthe vessel might proceed, and that she had been fired atin mistake, "After having been at anchor for thirteen hours, the Amoy proceeded to Wuhu. Woe trust that outrages of this nature will be put a stop to, The ma darins have no excuse for their conduct, as as fulfilling the requirements authority ing ceremonial took place on Saturday afternoon at the office of the Hw Pao, when two handsome honorific tablets were presented to that paper on behalf respectively of H.E. Ch'éu Shih-chieh, Governor of Shantung, and HE.
mei, Governor of Shun-tion Fu, or Peking, in recognition of the services rendered by the Hu Pao to the Famine Relief Fund, by. gratuitously inserting advertisements, collecting subscriptions and exhorting people to subscribe, The prosentation was made by Mr. Shih Shao-chin of the Canton Silk Guild, who made his way to the office of the paper in state, preceded by a procession of little boys in full oficial robes, playing fifes, tom-toms and other musical instruments, and coolies carrying the tablots—two handsome boards measuring some nine foot by three, with gilt characters on a black ground, and carved frames of gold, green and red. The tablets wer rod drapery, mounted with tinsel ornaments their centres little figures of angels, Arrived at the office, the band gave a salute in the form of a grand flourish of flat.
ud tom-toms, and Me. Shih Sheo-ch' descended from his chair, The members of the stof of the Hu Pao, dressed in gorgeous silken robes, and wearing in some cases the buttons of their rank, received the distinguished visitor with stately core-monial, Mr. Shih and the editor of the Hu Pao oven going on their knees and
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.