The Budget Committ in the French Chamber of Deputies has decided that a sum of thirty us of francs should be allowed for the protectorate of Aunam and Tonquin.—Le Saigonnais, ae Il, E. Senhor Rodriguez, Spanish Mini ter at Peking, arrived at Shanghai on y by the Kowehing ral Feldhnusen, the Governor of the Amoor Provinces, was a passenger by the Oxus, for Marseilles ov Tuesday morning As Shao, ex Tao-tani of Shanghai, leaving for the North shortly, a grand function was yesterday held at the Tien Hou Kung on the North Sooch"w Koad.
M. Carrey, a French engineer, arrived iaion the J5ih i This ge ration of the Legi for some time engag Canal, which we understand, he aa failure, and that the recent" earthquakes spoilt a lot of the work that had been done, He leaves fur Tientsin this morning by the been telegraphed for while in Tongking by M. Theo Wo stated Inst week that a Fr Chamber of Commerce was being lished in St bit Ie appears a Con ere, and the well'ns the English ave the Crenzit Jronworks and the Decauville Portable Railway. The objects of the Commies nee explained in the avcond article of ite statutes:—""The object of the Cournlting Committee is tu receive and exchange with the merchants and the inatitutio: 8 of Fe necessary to the devel: lopment in China of the commerce of France and the protected country correspond directly with the different Ministri specially with the Commerci"l of the Foreizn Ministry, with the Diplomatic and Coueniae Agents nud Chambers of Commerce, and with the tected the Commit way the ex-Chine, Te tered by a Council be elected at the annual eneral meeting, (he qualifying subse iption for members being §1a mouth, payable quarterly in advice. The Consul-General wf France is 2 uficio a member Honoray present. this year are: BE Chapsal Arranger, Treasurer; ant M Vinay, tary; and the ordinary monthly are to be held at the French A meeting of the shareholders of the Selangor fin Mining Company of Shanghat was advertised to take place at 2.30 Friday afternoon, for the purpose of finally winding up the concern, but the Secretary being unable to obtain a quorum the meeibehind the Union Church expected visit of Mrs. Leavily One or two of the ladies est aquaint-d w nisation of the World's. Women' tian Temperance Union, under the auspices of which Mra. Leavitt is travelling, spoke of its work, and one who had recently met the lady herself in Chefoo gave her impressions of her, which were exceedingly fave Another of the ladies referred to the pre-narly quarters ayainst ral, and said that in had heard peras rabid and fanatical ud likely to wish to usurp the pulpit of the Settlement and otherwise wet in an wie womanly manner, This the lady speaking of course mentioned only ay a rumour which she had heard, but which ale in no aod. Probably any total abe ce advocate may reckon on being fanatical by mau: to the Loavite'a acting i une seemly the lady, who bad already spoken of having met her at Chefvo, said that that was quite an unnecessary' fear and might he at once dsinissed; that she Was most gentle and modest in all her ways, the very opposite of the loud and assuming being that the lely-orator was conventionally, but most erroneously, sup= posed to be by the popular imagination and that she was not at all likely tow to occupy any pulpit or platform to which she was not invited, Ie transpired that she does not limit herself to the special alme of total abstinence ivtior, but includes those of the various aucieties established in the interest of social purity, such aa the well known White Groas Army with which the names of Bishop Lightfoot and Miss Ellice Hopkins are identitied, The meet.
exhibited a blo interest Meee, Leavite's work, and ut its close a cum mittee of six ladies was appointed to make arrangements for her reception und enter: Ising of meetings for this season have commenced, the first coming off on Saturday night, Thece ome hurdeed and tity people present and daveing was kept up till a Into hour, There were eighteen item on the programme, and a very enjoyable evening was spent.
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at Shanghai and is wue of the ports owned by Lin Ming sorner of Burmoss, Her officers and engineers are foreigners, She was Milt at Foochow in 1869, Prince Waldemar, the elected of the is the youngest son of the King rk, and was born in 1858. He married onthe 20ch October, 1885 the Pring-s Marie d'Orleaue eldest daughter vf the Due de Chartres. He is brother to the Princess of Wales, the Czacina and King of Greece and his eldest brother is ried to a daughter of the King of Sweden and Norway. If family com {tions among imperial and regal faut j vent for anything in these days the House of Denmark would have great power in politics, especially if the Orleans family got back to the Uhroue of France, and her sister's sister in law will be the next Ennpress of Germany. And notwithataudling the practical view of their foreign
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