Peking, 16th December.
News has been received here by the Yamen to the effect that the Chinese troops under 's'én Yiiying and Liu Jong-fa have completely invested Hriian-kaang @3§ in Tonquin, Huang Shou-chung las achieved a great victory, and Generals Teng and Sa'have ly arrived at Baouinh, Chang Kvai-sung, Fa-t'ai of Yiiauan, is guard ing the frontier of his province, the Japanes the oth that the mi a robbera and ill-disposed persons, who incited the Chinese troops to attack the Jay His Excellency Heii Cheng-tan, Chis Miniater to Japan, who is now staying at the 'Tien Hou Kung, has received a telogiam from Peking to' atart at once fur Tokio without proceeding first to Hoochow; it ing boon the BMiniater's intention that port in order to take 1 of his mother. The Miniater intends therefore to leave by to-morrow's steamer for Ji. In consequence of the state of its, a firm'in Shanghai has been requested by telegram to sond no shipments of goods to Corea for the pr t having been definitively ar tweraliould be sent to corea, in order to make the Armstrong cruisers Chao-yung and Yang-a naval demonstration, they cast off from their buoys and steamed down the river punctually at noon yesterday and at Woosung wit thor they would to rid themselves of th ti the Japanese has made them popular Woe have heard a report, furly anti ticated, that six Japanese lost their liv in the recent outbreak, Dr. Gabriel, Vice-Gonsul for Germany, returned to Shanghai on the 14th inst, by the Nagoya Mart.
We notice that Mr. James Simpso1 me of the Directors of the Sheridan Mining Company, retuned to Shanghai by the Ne Maru on the 14th inst. associated with Mr, Colquhoun, left Shang-notice that Mr. Hallett, who is
hai for Hongkong on Friday morning'in the Peking.
A private telegram was received-here on Saturday to the effect that the French Government is purchasing seven transports in England.
'The officials here state that the' Chi troops from Yunnan, Kuangsi, and Kuangtung have penetrated in great force as far as Haiphong and Hanoi, where the; cop up a constant harassing of the Feenel attended by losses on both sides, -French
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