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Der str. iyclife, from Chefoo—Mr. Moore.
Per str, Sin Naving No. 2, from Foochow—&Mr. J. Reddie.
Tae Procinwation recently issued by the Tenno of Japan is one which cannot fail to have much influence, one way or another upon the future fortunes of the country. ho abolition of the feudal system has been as the letting out of water. The old ties once suapped, the people have shown a disposition to rush forward into untried pathy at an almost breakneck pace, and a too groat, though perhaps not unnatural, eagerness to enjoy all the fruits that the labour of centuries bus garnered in other lands, This has landed them. selves and their ralers in many diffi culties, all more or less serious, during the past fifteen years, Change after change has taken place in the personnel of the Ministry. Laws have had to be
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