A correspondent writing from chuan, under date the 19th November, sends us a few jottings on affairs in Corea, everything was quiet, politically, and only movement which can be said to poss any political significance at all was the projected early departure of Mr. E. Colborne Baber, the Bri ul General at Seoul, who hae receive for himself to Burmah, whol ed, he will receive the post of intermediary between the British and Chinese officials on the fron-the Chinese Resident, however, doing his best to upset th ibrium, by openly encore Seclusionist Party, As an example of his it need only be mentioned that the other day he sent in a memorial to the King, asking that all foreign improvements, the ponder mill, silk nur i ould be all way concerned with the introduction of the above improvements beheaded! What the result of this will be remains to be seen. It is to be deeply regretted that Corea should be trammelled with w scheme terloper, whose acle aims are to benefit himself, and retard the advance of Corea to that perfect freedom of independency which should already have been here, How to beat get rid of him, especially at the juncture, wh but th that it is the duty of all stints at the Curean capi= tal to counter his pernicious influence in every way, and support the Corean King
This, we are gind to see, at least one diplomat, "Sunieal' Shutelat and minister against lim on e me eccas was, when our correspondent wrote, the guest of the King in S-onl, and was giving geant pleasure to the Corenus by loudly assertin, ae independence of their country, pursued by the representatives, of other to the policy
fo hut it is to be hoped that it is similar in tenor ty that of Admiral The last quarter's Report on Corean Trade shows x remarkable increase in the love at Yuen There is also an increnso in the export trade at Jencluan, and there would have been an increase in the revenue of that port thie year had it not been that "large quantity of rice had to be admitted duty frer, Somo_trenaure was exported from Jeonchuan, Teac is hing venerally, and will continue if political matters ary only kept opening of Ping Yang, on the western const of Corea, would give an immerit flip to the reade of the country. [tis undoubtedly the cumiiercial port of Coren.—Chine Mu AUSTKACE OF PEKING GAZKITES, November 27th.—With the exception of a Memorial from the Governor-General Szechuen, reporting the suicide of a I atticer by shunting himalf with a revolver, and xu explanation from the Governors General at Nanking as to the necessity of levying certain discounts on remittances and other monies pussing through whole of this day's by a Memorial from the General of the Hukuang Pro-explaining the reason for the falling-of the receipts of the Native Custom house at Wu-ch'ang.
The Board of Revenue have onlied His Mujesty's attention to the steady decline in the receipts of this Customs estab li ment, which has been allowed ever the rebellion to remit the amount collected instead of being tied down to an annual asseesmeut. Now that the country has been quiet for along time, the Board fail to understand the the revenue, for instance, in 1880, 1881, and 1882 being only Tis, 19,000 odd, and
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