12th October.
The Ministerial programme is "Egypt for the Egyptians with representative Tustitutions associated with the Khedive, under guarantee to Europe to take care of the Suez Canal A short time ago we mentioned that the Cotton Yarn manufacturing Company established by Mr. W. S. Wetmore had received satisfactory advices from Peking
in spunning and weaving cotton here put regarding the pretensions to a monopoly forth by a native company. We now learn that strong circumstantial evidence exists that the native company have brought influence to bear upon so Tsung-Wang j and His Excellency has sent here a secret order for the arrest of two Chinese, One of these men is employed by Messrs. Frazar and Ca. and has thus incurred the enmity of the would-be monopolists, as appears by the following translation of the warrant An orier for the discovery and apprehension of certain persons, say that orders were received from the High Commissioner of the Southern ports, Viceroy Teo, saying, 2!—That it is reported that _a certain Yii San man by the name of Vu Sao-san fraud-lently borrowing the name of a Britich mer-in establishing the hotel Tong Foo is evading the proper taxes and 8.—Also a certain Ningpo man Wong Ker. now occupying the position of rin Fung Tai & Ca. is have given aetistauce to the rebels in former tha "hess above named persons must be immediately taken into hsien is instructed to to appre aald Vu Sao-san proprietor of Tong Foo Cheong & Ca, and Wong Ker Ming the inter. proter of Fung Tal & Ca, and on the day of heir arrest to forward them for trial, 6.—Let no tine be wasted in making the accent, This is the proper warrant.
The document speaks for itsolé; the trumped-up charges against the two Chinese are thie old familiar weapons of the Yamons, which many Chinese will be ashamed, and many foreigners disappointed, to soe om-ployed by the authority of a man of Tso's reputation. It in very easy for the enemies of a Chinese who lias offended a clique with some influence, or money with which influence can be purchased, to obtain orders for his arrest on such charges as complicity with rebels or thieves, And probably there are few foreign or nati merchants in the settlement whom the officials might not charge with evading proper taxes and Iekins, whenever they thought a profit was to be made by doing 30, Bat what we are most concerned in is the way in which the Viceroy orders the Che-hsien to arrest the two men. and forward them for trial, and the coolness with which ho assumes that the police of the Settlement will ce-operate with the of the city in carrying out his order case in which the immediate a tion of the Consuls is absolutely demanded, and we hope they will lose no time in taking the necessary stops, not only to prevent the Viceroy's warrant' being carried out, but to frustrate any attempt on the part of the city police at doing ¢0. In the meantime the men ate afraid to appear on the streets, and are under the protection of foreigners, The General Agents of the Shanghai Tannery Company sond us the following information. At an extraordinary mooting Held at the Shanghai Club on Friday after: noon, at which 1,029 shares were ropresented, it was decided to dissolve the company and to call a meeting for day, the 18th January next, to pass a resolution to that effect; also' to dispose of the property of the Company, and to pay back to shareholders such portion of the capital as are avail bution, We hour the Chinese are determined to have the mineral resources of An-hui properly investigated by foreign experts, and that a German misting engineer is to be sent there forthwith to make a complete report.
Wo understand that the Hon. Ng Choy has been offered a responsible post attached to the Taung-li Yamen at Peking, and that is likely to accept it. For the sake of Chinese interests in Hongkong we regret that the Colony is likely to sustain gentleman's removal. It will be remembered that Mx, Ng Choy was the Chinese gentleman whom Governor Hen-nosy appointed to a seat at the Legislative Council, and it would seem that rumour credits the present nomination to the strong recommendations of Sir Pope Hei to the Government during his late visit to the capital, Wo hear that the Chinese Government is about to build a number of extra guns
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.