Owing to the unsettled state of affairs at Chinkiang, the British Consul at that port has thought it advisable to send for a man-of-war, and in consequence, H.M.S, Linnet has just left here for the protection of the foreigners at Chinkiang.
Sicawei weather report, 13th March fell slightly the day before yesterday, but At Tientsin and Shanghai the barometer rose on the following day. In the south it has begun to fall slightly. Th re isnosign of a change in the weather.—14th March Yesterday the barometer continued to rise in Japan and the north. At Shanghai and in the south it remains steady. A continuation of fine weather is probable, Sunday, 16th March, 10 a.m.: Yesterday the barometer remained wry at Nagasaki. 'At Tokio it has been falling rapidly since Friday. At Tientsin and Shanghai it began and this morning the fall continues. A to' descend brusquely yesterday ovening, depression coming from the interior is rapidly approaching us.—16th ch: Yesterday the barometer rose at Viadivostock and in Japan. At Tientsin there was a slight fall, and ¢ much more- marked one at Shanghai and in the south, The
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