. Kiangsi. Wang, the mother Missi writes from Kwei
of the first baptised Christian, told how she was led to give up her vegetarianism and trust in the Lord." On this remarkable condemnation of a perfectly harmless fancy, which is adopted by many worthy people, including Sir James Hannen, the Chinese Times comments as follows How strong a hold, after all, has the apitit of Popery on human nature, breaking out in the most irregular and illegitimate manner. Only give him a chance, it is said, and every man is a tyrant. Freed from discipline or corporate control each individual of the Inland Mission seems ready to assume authority which a Pope could not exercise without his Council—authority over the conscience, to bind and to loose, to decree new as if the old were not enough, and to bless or ban poor humanity at his sce her) own sweet will, A truly wonderful little worm is man We have received a copy of the annual report for 1888 of the Hangchow Hospital and Medical praalg Coliegs, and of the esaty. written ' Hospital Notes," by Main. It is accompanied by an illustrated leaflet in Chinese.
The first four prizes in the Manila Lottery this month have fallen in the order given to the following numbers 46; 33,341; 39,515; and 31,731 The case of Joseph and Fredericks +v. Rustomjee, for which Mr. Drummond has gone down to appear for the plaintiffs, was set down for bearing in the Supreme Court at Hongkong on Friday (2nd), but the Daily Press of Thursday says that the plaintifis had applied to have it postponed.
The Hongkong Teleyraph believes it is correct in saying that the case of Josephs.and Fredericks v. Rustomjee has collapsed.
We take the following notes from the Daily Press:—The Viceroy of Canton has ordered a small ironclad from England for the protection of the river. The vessel will come out in pieces, and will be put together at Whampoa.—The first ordinary meeting of the Steam Launch Company, Limited, was to have been held on Wednesday afternoon, but owing to there not being sufficient shareholders present to form quorum, the meeting was postponed till" August Ist at 4 p.m.—Municipal orders issued at Hanoi prohibit the rebuilding or repair in those towns, but allow those in existence to remain. The object is to induce the replacement of these structures by brick buildings. The fact of the recent typhoon having carried away a great many matsheds will greatly expedite the transformation.
The Courrier a' Haiphong gives an account of the dislodgment of a strong band of pirates who for five years past have occupied an island in the fiver, well adapted for forth on passing junks and also' levied purposes of defence, from which they sallied
blackmail on the neighbouring villages. In the dislodgment by the French forces thirty of the pirates were killed and some taken prisoners. The remainder succeeded in escaping to another island, where they are said to be still five hundred strong. Two Europeans were with them, one of whom at least was a Frenchman. The latter's fan has been found, dropped in his flight, an Annamite fan with his name on it, Henri Gaston de Clausade, and above it coat of arms and a count's coronet. De Clausade was a marine artilleryman who deserted at Dap-can, and has been acting as armoured to the pirates, preparing the weapons for the slaughter of his countrymen. 'A pretty work you are engaged Monsieur lo Comte," exclaims our contem: porary. The pirates left behind them a want ity of arms and ammunition—Gras, Winchester, and Lefaucheux rifles a cartridges. "If one of the prisoners is to be believed, the Lefaucheux rifles were bought at Haiphong. The name of an Englishman has been mentioned in connection with the matter, but the Cowvier places a query after this and says the information is very vague.
in reference to the successful ascent of the Red River in Tongking, the Courrier Haiphong of the 28th ult. prints the following telegrams received from Abbadie Laokai, 24th July.—The Laokay arrived here on Monday evening safe and sound.
Pasha, 26th July.—Lothusiastic recoption at Laokai on the party of Commandant Vimard, the officers and the civilians. The Laokay excited a lively interest among the native populatic We left on the 25th at 1 p.m. and arrived at Bao-ha at 5, We continue the descent this morning. So far no accidents.
The Courrier adds that M. d'Abbadie
steamer wi he had built to ascend the was right in giving the name Laokay to the upper Red River. Thanks to him i roved that the Red River is navigable tween Hanoi and Laokai, and he has had the marked honour of taking to Laokai the first steamer which has surmounted the river. At the moment that commercial relations are about to be opened between Yunnan and Tongking, the arrival of a French steamer at Laokai is a happy We readily add to those of our contemporary our congratulations to M. d'Abbadie on the fortunate completion of his voyage.
The town of Durango, Colorado, was almost entirely destroyed by fire on the Ist of July, the loss being estimated at $3,000,000 gold.
The Rising Sun of the lst ult, has the following telegrams as to treaty revision in Japan Tokio, 27th July, (6.40 p.m.)—It is rered that the revision of the treaties will suspended, Tokio, 28th July, (8.30 a.m.)—The Government has suspended the revision of the treaties in consequence of the new treaties clashing with the Constitution.
Mr. Takahashi, one of the several Japanese gentlemen who have been pursuing investigations in Europe on behalf of their Government, has, according to the Japan Mail, declared himself in accord with those who contend that "want of originality is the chief sin of the Japanese artisan of to-day." He has arrived at the conclusion that, to increase the sale ability of modern Japanese art products, novelty of design is absolutely necessary. In view of Mr. ment and the exceptional opportunities he has had of forming an opinion on the matter, his expression of opinion must be regarded as a valuable contribution to the at present animated discussion on this subject. On the other hand, there are many Japanese who object to their country's art being in any way influenced by Western iden ov commecoial entorpeian: It will be interesting to watch the issue.
The quantity of raw silk in stock at Yokohama on the 25th ult. was 3,495 Japanese bales.
At an indication th: there is some want of harmony in the ese Cabinet, we notice in the Japan Mull that an official telegram is said to have been sent to Count Yamagata, who is now in Europe, urging his immediate return home.
Captain J. G. Foote, of the British barque H. B. Cann, was fined £15 by the Acting Consul and Judge, Mr. J. H. Longford, at Kobe on the 25th ult., for not serving out lime juice to three of his crew on his recent voyage from Philadelphia to Kobe, An accident similar to what occurred in Kobe recently happened in Yokohama on the 29th ult, A lighter containing about 100 cases of Russian kerosene oil caught fire——the steamer Kent, which brought the oil from Batoum, and it for-
close by and towed the burning lighter tunately happened that a steam launch was clear of the vessel and the other craft vicinity. The lighter was then made fast by a chain to the Kanagawa Spit Buoy, and there burned itself out.
At the end of last month no less than seven vessels laden with kerosene oil arrived at Kobe and Yokohama, They had on board nearly 400,000 cases of vil.
Kimpo-san, 2,000 feet high, has been cracking and smoking and groaning and terrifying the Japanese who live round it, It is satisfactory to learn from the Japan Gazette that news had been received in Yokohama that ' the police authorities had despatched an official to inspect the moun-Political passions are running very high in Japan just now over Treaty Revision, and among its editorial notes the Japan Mail has the following:—The Kokumin-no Toma remarks, in its own peculiar style, that the Daido Danketsu party is humin, like fire, that the Kaishin party is coul like water, and that the Jichi party is imreeptible like wind. Our contemporary further devises political similes to illustrate the characteristics of the three parties, Japan the cuckoo is a political bird, being made the topic of short songs, is said that the ti ree great statesmen, Nabunaga, Hideyoshi, and Iyoyasu, made verses on the subject of the cuckoo. Nobunaga said that, if the bird did not sing, he should kill it; but Hideyoshi was more practical: he should make it sing while Iyeyasu is stated to have composed a verse implying that, if the cuckoo did not sing, he should wait until it did sing. These verses are taken as indicating the character of each composer. Now, the Kokumin-no Toma composes the following verses for the three parties, in the order above mention-
Nakasete mish Chicara de, (if you do not sing, Twillimake you sing, By force).
Naka-zumba, Nakasete mised
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.