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London, 22ud June.
The newspapers announce that there will probably be a project of marriage betwee! the Prince Royal Victor Emmanuel, born 1809, heir to the throne of Italy, and the coond daughter of the On Monday evening the members of the German Liedert: invited Mr. G. B, Fentum to a complimentary dinner at the Club Concordia, and afterwards presented hint with cheque for a handsome sum as a slight acknowledgement of the services he had rendered them.
At 18 With groat regret that we have to announce the death of Mr. Oscar de Layer-helm, Acting Consul-General for Sweden and Norway, which occurred on Friday morning at about: half-past five, Mr. de Lagerhieim had been suffering for a time from heart disease, and though hi death was not unexpected, it came sud-donly at last, he having felt unusually well and bright a very few hours before h death, "Mr. de Lagerheim was born 1837. He was a captain in the Swedish Royal Guards, and held the post of Chan i Swedish Court, but his ult ides, the rest of his famil being strong conservatives, obliged to leave the country. One of his brothers is Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Stockholm.
His eon died in Europe shor tims ago frow the effects of a wound received during the i Franco-Chinese late war, Mr, de Lager! time encipality, and Mr, Haa Me. Haas gave up the Swedish Con-hip, on his departure for Corea, Me. do Lngerheim became acting Con eral, and he had received information just before his death that sul i pointment of Consul-Gener: conferred on him. He leaves a widow and daughter in Paris, whom he had proposed to join this year, taking leave for the purpose. He had not a very large circle but he was very much liked and respected by all who knew him, and his courtesy and urbanity made him popular with all who were brought in contact with him officially or privately.
nes alter ts peesluie tie deaths of Mr, 0. de Lagerheim, Mr. Hans telegraphed to the Swedish government the sad intelligence. This was on Friday morning. On Saturday morning a reply was received, winting Mr. Hass, with the consent of his own Govern Acting Consul-General for Sweden and Norway Our Canton Correspondent says that about the beginning of this month all the officials employed on the staff in the Province were notified that their salaries mould be reduced from twenty to Gtty lary is ti reuse their squeezing of the people and ery doubtful policy. Some of the lotteries have been suppressed, thereby cutting off more of the incomes of off ived perquisi Viceroy is carrying out ministrative reforms with and continues to be greatly in want of money.
The annual general meeting of the shareholders in the China Shipowners Association was held on Wednesday afternoon, and the Report and Accounts having bean passed, Messrs. John Morris, W. M. Primrose and Jas. Simpson were re-elected Directors for the current year.
Wo have received from Mr, I. Borner, acting General Manager of the Groat Northern Telegraph Company, a new tariff of telegraphic rates, revised in accordance with the decisions of the last conference, The most noticeable and welcome foatura in the revised tariff is the reduction of ten per cent., the rate to home being reduced to $2 net a word, and the 10 per cent. hitherto charged to cover loss in exchange being no longer collected. The revised tariff will come in force on the Let July next, and with it some alterations in the rules and regulations, Code words of more than ten letters will be charged for at the cipher rate, The name of the station or country to which the message is addressed will be only charged for as one word, however, many letters it contains, 'I'he rate for repeating a telegram will be only one-fourth, instead of one-half, the ordinary rate: and when a message comes mutilated, and ro-po ed, the charge LEE Inutilated words only will be reftuded, not the cust of the original telegram, Pho strong common-sense which charac tenses the prerent occupant of the ass judicial bench, and which war wall show me case of Wyman, accused of discharging fire-arms in the Settlement, reported in our columns today, The accused did not injure anyone with his revolver, and his counsel endeavoured to have his foolish aot looked upon as merely a trivial broach of the Municipal bye-law against carrying arms; but Mr, Jamieton took a more sensible view of the act, and while unwilling, by sonding him to prison, to take away the prisoner's means of livelihood, especially as his superiors give him a very high character, marked the gravity of the offence by inflicting the substantial fine of twenty dollars.
'The following warning to native pasors by steamers is from the Daily A new line of thieving has just to light' in the Chi igor trafhe between here and Singapore. A young woman of captivating mauner and ance takes the trip and ensnares the of unwary emigrauls returning home 1 their little piles, She gains their confidence, and at the first opportunity slips off with their money, and leaves then wiser and poorer men, This lady came up in the Wingsang on Thuraday, and the impres sionable heart of a returning emigrant was tivated by her charms that on ari here he took her under his charge, kept her at his boarding house, Ho hi not had her there long before he had occa. sion to leave her for a fow inivutes, and when he returned she was id hot think much of her the thought of treachery unsuspecting mind, but quently found that his pillow box cleaned of the hoard he cartied there he smelt a rat, and went to the police. Th lady did not return, despite the distri of the deluded t alt efforts to find h It is only fair to th hat this is not a x to say hich has originated with them, ble number of women have been victimised by some unprincipled rascals who have driven a regular trade Of that kind on board the" passenger steamers, Opium would appear to be a never-end-ug source of trouble to all who have anything to do with it, Its great value makes it a favourite subject for taxation, and the heavy taxes it will bear encourage smuggling, The Saigon Goverament is complaining now. There lias been a large Chinese immigration into FrenchCuchin U1 of late, and the junk traffic has enormous increased, the jaukmen being great opium
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