London, 12th October.
At the instigation of Meklindoff, a number of peasants have attempted to obstruct the elections at Sofi, and a conflict ensued. received at Tongkiny September, the Parisdate not being given:
'THE EVOLUTIONARY SQUADRON, Admiral Peyron has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Evolutionary Squade There will be a partial edi moon on the fifteenth di next your, the auspicious day which Been selected for the young Kuper assumption of power. This p is no doubt considered to typify the Em-pross's partial relinquishment of authority, Which is probably the reason why it has rangementa that will Seoul more satisfactory to him that hitherto been. Li Hung-chang fo golf obliged to way somowha compliance with Mi ly' demands, he endeavoured to get Herr yon Millendorff to resume hie former position in Corea, but this offer was refused. Tt would have been accepted had the trol of the Corean Customs beau coupled with the post of adviser to the King of Corea, Dut fortunately, as most people will think, the Corean Customs is not Li Hung-charly's that Ar. in which ho can effect real for Corea; and it will require groat tact and firmness on his fi post that tv the publ nowhat {nvidious features, Possibly, aff its at Seoul may run more smoothly with leas rash and oficious Chinese Resident than Dir. Yuen, but ths position and weakness of the Corean Government will always Court and country liable to be of intrigues on the part of and Rui After what on in Seoul, and the nu e covetous eye which Rue rumoured to be casting on a harbour om th no to hear that the Unite to be paying more atte affaire in Coren and that it is pr they would have swathing serious to against the establishment by a Europes Power of a Into place of arma on the const. Probably the best thing that could Iiappon for the Corenns would be their refection formally or informally by the aited States, ® power that has no ambi igus to serve out here, and that would and fair ply to the country. la the last thing which would occur to any of the other ants tu influence in Coren, Mr. Denny left Tientsin for Corea.
the Decauville railway line has now been laid outside Tientsin, and four trips over it by the engine on Mon-without avy cars, in order it; the engine being piloted by the er, 8 Frenchman who larly oilway, Agent, was present, wi who Happened to be in Tioutsi joyed the y of a ride, hi may call the iron, pony in Chinn.
On Sunday night (3rd int) at about 11 o'clock the residents of Wenchow were startled by thereportof firearms. It appears Tot of salt emuyglera in about eighty boats tempted. to pass Wenchow on their way up the river, but information having been the Salt Commis was prepared for them, This official where the river is narrowest, one on the city side, and the other on Pagoda Inland about eight hundred feet apart. As the smugglers came up, the Commissioner' men opened fice upon them from their gunboats, the guns of which were loaded with slugs, The smugglers could not return the Giro as they had no firearms, but they had knives, and when the two parties came into close quarters they used them. S lied or wounded on both sides, but the Commissioner's men only captured one boat and four smugglers, while the smugglers seized two of their opponents, Soldiera were then sent further up the river to try and intercept the boats, but we have not heard the result.
There was " grand ceremony at the [Hall of the French Municipality at 5 p.m, on Monday, the occasion being the presenta-ian of a theee flounced ran min san or "Myriad name umbrella" to M. Kraetzer, Consul General for France, and a board of honour to the French Muni cil. Some mont French © sucessi to attend at the Municipal Hall for the purpose of presenting this umbrella and to. thank him for his successful efforts to obtain a free aupply of fresh The umbrella was not ready xt was only presented on Moi day. Nearly all the French residents in Shanghai were prosont, and there was a good sprinkling of other foreigners and many C) ud the officials of the French Consnlat -Goneral. The Hall was very ed by M. Blondin, the A Chinese having made Mi. Keaotave responded, ich in French 4 resenting the umbrella, in French which was interpreted into Chin The umbrella arrived at the Musicipal Hall with procession and beating ut gongs, crackers ranched th truck up the Hull.
Chinese presented the ladies with bouquets.
We learn with regret from a note by Mr. Parker in the Inst number of the China Review, that at the fire which occurred myeum, nnd as descendant in the direct lin philosopher, the the anti and its destruction aay it must have conta can never by replaced.
Our readers will avo with groat regret in another column the formal notice of the death of Mr. E. A. Fabris, one of the old residents in Shanghai, though a comparatively young man. It is nearly a quarter of a century since he came to Shanghai, to the then existing firm of Hogg Brothers. After leaving that firn he had me what chequered career, Snally fu appointment on the Municipal of open cises of all popular with all who knew him. He leav: a widow and six children to mourn loss, his eldest sun being at the pres moment in Hongkong, on his way out fro tome. Ho was Secretary to the Bice D-partment Commission and also the Town Band Commirteo, besides b Clerk of the Course to the Race Club. funeral took place on Thursday afternoon the presence ut alargeand representativescction of the community. There were seventy-five private carriages outside the cemetery gates and a largo umber of jiuricahas. The coffin was covered with many wreaths, The Rev, Mr. Hodges conducted the faneral service and the Town Band played a solemn march from the Mortuary t> the grave, The pall bearers were Messrs, J. A. Pond, M. Hart, G. B. Clark, S. Reynell, Johnsford, J, P, McEuen, F. Reid, and A. E. Jone Three fires occurred in and around the No. 2 Company, 8.F.D., proceeded to the locality, but their services were not required. The second fico was in an alley-woy off Shantung Road. It broke out half an hour after noon before foreign a ance arrived houses wore in fla iging to all the nou on the spot with their reels and and, as an abundance ut water obtainable from the hydrant ing on the houses, from every side, rapidly bringing the fire into subjection, though not veters some twenty houses had been wholly or partially destroyed, 6 pretty strong Vrevzs assist ing thy spread of the flames. 1 he third, was by fur the most serious. This occurred in Tung-ka-doo, about midway between the French police aration and the ral, It original in a large kerosene which ran awa; he flames ery side, and by tree lock wearly a hundred and fifty houses were destroyed, despite the well directed efforts of the fice brigade which has been formed amonget the Roman Cutholie con verts connected with the 'Tuny-ku-doo Cathedral, and of the City Fire Reigado, 'The former, in welt uniforms bearing on the back a' design in which the cross wag conspicuous, some capped with dilapidated Mih-ho-leung helmets and others with head-protectora ut native manufacture, worked vigorously with emall laud fire:
gines, long atrings of coylies supply. ing the tanks with water, which they brought up few the river in buckets, wicker buskets, or any other receptacles that eve handy. Two oF three buglers connected with the Ourps cheered on the men with continuous bugle calle which wer scarcely audible above the yelling of firemen, alvaro of properly and excited on-loo Pho stronms of water were of course diminutive compared with those feom steam firv-engines, or feom the Water Works Qompsny's hydrants; but they nevertheless did some service in checking the spread of the fluues, and by four v'elock the fi practically extinguished. Some of the houses were of a superior deseription—amongat the best in this suburb of the O: ty—and the damage must have been pretty considerable, On the outskirts of the fire a cat was seen lying on wall, surrounding by smoullering embers, half blinded by smoke and stupitied with terror—though how it came into this dangerous position without getting actually burnt was a complete It scowed impossible that pvor pu escape with his life; but a humans foreigner attached a rope to a long bamboo, lassoed the wuforlunate animal, and dragged it into safety, and puss ran away apparently little the worse for his perilous adventure, hi nie reviving the plaudits of an admire crowd. The shop where the fire comced continued burning for sume time of the houses had bew ed, considerable quantities of one oil being stacked there, from sense volumes of black smoke coutinued to pour for sume hours, Sir Robert Hart left Shanghai in the Wuchang yesterday morning for As the steamer passed the Ling Feng, the latter fired a salute of three guns, The Viceroy of the Liang Kiang will be at Chinkiang very soon, after which he goo
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