Alarm is felt at Windsor, and the guard has been increased.—Daily Press.
THB ANTI-OPIUM TRADE AGITATION, London, 4th April.
Sir G. Pease has introduced a motion urging that the Chinese Government should be allowed liberty of action regarding the opium duty; the Under-Secretary for the Home Department said that the Chefoo Convention was not ratified because it was not finally settled, but that a favourable issue to the negotiations is expected together with the abolition of transit dues. He opposed the motion because it would prejudice pending negotiations and the motion was negatived by 122 votes against 66.—China Mail. very topofits bent, Themore outrageous the demands it makos upon the supposed compliance of the Foreign Ministers the sooner it will be brought face to A Correspondent writes to us from the North that the harvests promise to unusually abundant this year, The wheat,
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