The elections for one-third of the members of the Senate and the vacanciesin the other two-thirds have taken place, with the result that 63 Republicans and 21 Conservatives have been returned, The Conservatives have lost four seats.—Courrier d' Haiphong.
A Chinese official who has recently come down from Shantung, overland, states that on the route between Tsi-nan-foo and Chinkiang there were no si i i On the contrary, following from T'sing-chiang-pu, which in many parts along the side of the Grand Canal, he was surprised to notice there was everywhere much less water than usual. But he heard rumours all the way of serious inundations further West.
The eleventh annual meeting of the Shanghai Ladies' Benevolent Society, was held yesterday afternoon inthe library ofthe Royal Asiatic Society, kindly lent for the occasion, but was not very numerously attended." Mrs. Cameron, President of the Society, wasin the chair. The report of the Society's operations for the past year was readandadopted, and the accounts were then presented and passed. It was proposed by Mrs. Wetmore and seconded by Mdme. De-jardin, that the present Committee be re-elected to serve for the current year. The Society continues to be well supported, and the number of cases relieved in 1887 was greater than in any previous year. The full details of the work done, ther with a statement of the accounts, will as usual be printed and circulated among the subscribers. The following are the Committee for 1888:—President, Mrs. Cameron, Vice-President, Mrs. Hodges, Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. Hughes, Hon, Secretary, Mrs. Scott, Madames Deighton Braysher, Carles, Nélting, Seaman, Wintle and Vouillemont, Tientsin contemporary:—The portcullis of We find this in the Peking Notes of our the Té Sheng Gate came down the other night, and has been the subject of a good deal of superstitious speculation. It has never been lowered during the present dynasty, not even when the allied troops were} here, and that such an incident should have occurred at the Victorious Gate through which armies march, or ought tomareh, to conquest, was considered an exceptionally bad omen. It has had one good effect, the other gates have been examined.
According to the Chinese Times, the Government at Peking are beginning to undertake the opening of mines in different of the Empire. It says that the Pingtu gold mines in Shantung are to be worked on regular methods, which has not hitherto deen done. The copper mines of Pin; ch'iian Chou, and the Jeho galena mines are now to be submitted to the best modern metallurgical processes under the competent direction of Mr. Church, who is provided Apparatus, and cubital. "The" experiment with an ample outfit of pumping machinery, he superintends will be watched in its progress with interest, and if he—as we hope and expect—brings his Ixbours to a success ful issue, mining enterprise in China will of Manchuria, the iron and coal mines of be greatly stimulated, andthe god fields Shensi, Shansi, and Chihli, and the vast copper lodes of Yunnan, will be worked not only with the approval but at the instance of the provincial authority We hope that the Chinese Times is well informed about the views which it attributes: to Chinese officials in the following graph:—"The Chinese officials now in to find out they can prtically do nothin without a survey (of the Yellow Plans for outlets to the Yangtze an sea have been proposed, very plausible in appearance, but when examination is made it is found, as is shown by a succession of reports, that the levels do not suit and cannot be made to suit. And as the low lands are under water and can take no more, and the lakes and eifluent rivers which ran southwards from the valley of the Huang-ho are dangerously full and cannot get rid of their waters, it is easy to see that the next June floods, which probably will find a Jong line of shaky embankments, will have the two breaches unrepaired, and certainly 8 most terrible effect."
Referring to the statement extracted by us elsewhere from the native papers, to the effect that there are 50,000 chests of remaining unsold, we find that the last Foochow Chamber of Commerce Market Report puts the stock at 27,225. chests Congou, 136 chests Souchong, 15,623 half. chests Oolong, 733 boxes Scented tea, and 302 chests Pekoe. The total export from Foochow to Europe this season to date is 43,425,707 Ibs. against 59,272,611 Ibs. at same date ast year. f the Ts who moved aoven men from a capsized junk Captain, of the Truruga Mary,
to which they had been clinging for fourteen days, in September last, has recently been resented at Chemulpo, through the Chinese inister at Seoul, with a handsome tablet, "respectfully presented by the grateful junk owners," containing on one side an account of the rescue, and on the other side four characters which translated, mean "His heart is filled with compassionate sympathy."
Sir Richard Rennie left here on Friday afternoon to join the Djemnah at Woosung, A large number of British officials and
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