Mr. Ford, British Consul, have arrived in Chemulpo_ with the Owari Mare from Chefoo. We learn that M. Collin de Plaucy has established the French Consulate in Naktong, a district of this city, and that Mr. Ford is going to relieve Mr. Watters who goes home on a well earned leave of absence.
The building of houses semi-foreign or entirely a0, is quite the rage of the day over here, and several very comfortable and fine looking buildings have been finished. Where, however, Corean contractors and workmen are employed, the greatest Vigilance and constant. supervision must be exercised to make sure that solid and reliable work it done. This, we fear, must have been entirely wanting in a case where the half finished foreign house came down with s crash the other day, when it was nothing short of a miracle that half dozen of the blockheaded workmen were not killed. This, (the miracle), was of course, due to the nature of the work and the good cause, still we should say there would be room for improvement, and hope that the faith of the owner is a more substantial structure than his house was.
20th June,
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