Tax P..& Onsteamer: Parramatta,.: with the London mail of the-16th of April, left Hongkong at 0.30 p.m...on, Sxturday for Shanghai.. She brings:334 chests. of Malwa and_37 of Bengal Opium, and 4,639 bales of Bombay Yarn.
Tae.M.M.. steamer, Sydney, with, the mails of the 23rd of April: Jeff Singapore for Hongkong and Shanghai yesterday, at 2pm. ping on the ith Instant in Latitude 36"
Tae Wucha ed the steamer' Yung-
N. and Longitude 122° 37 E.:; she wished to be reported all well.
Tas U.S M.. steamer, City of Peking arrived at San Francisco on the 9th inst.
Tue silk: which left;, Shanghaion the 9th -ultimo per. R.M.S. Empress of China arrived in New York on, the 7th instant, Tae silk ed, per Gaelic.on the 4th of April, arrived at New York.on the, 9th inst.
Tae. French: cruiser Zclaireur arrived here on Friday night from Hankow.
'Tae steamer stranded in Shihtao Bay on the South-East Promontory isthe Amara-ra, which left Yokohama on the 2nd inst.-for 'Taku with a cargo' of lumber, Messrs. Dodwell, Carlill and Ca., bein; her agents. She appears to have strange in a fog and is likely to be a total loss, as telegraphic request has been received here for a steamer to.take away; her crow.
stated that with fine weather part. of her cargo may be saved. The Amarapoora is a vowel, of 1,619 tons nek and 2404 gress. of 300 nominal horse-power, built at greenock by Scott and Ca, in 187:
Tae Anping arrived here.on Saturday from Chefoo and Tientsin. and,. reports satarday moral jing loft sing. the Kungping in the North Channel 'Tientsin on the 11th inst.' for The men-of-war at. anchor at, Chefoi same as reported on the 24th ultimo, except, the Pique. No further news reported at Chefoo of the, steamer ashore at S.E. Promontory.
Tae watermark at Kiukiang on the 8th instant was 25 feet 9 inches.
We have received from Mr. A.W. Bahr, the agent, a handsome illustrated, booklot of 86 pages, isled by the Humber' Ao., La, and descriptive of the cycles they make.
We have received from the Robinson Piano Ca. Robinson's Albwn of Music. No. 1. Xmas, 1897. Edited by 'Arthur G. Ward, Organist; St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong; Sport d: Gossip. Waltz.- M. Vela, dedicated "to my. friend "Day. break; Pearl -of the: East' Waltz... Arthur.G. Ward; and: Deux. Bagatelles, For Violin and Piano. By. M.- Vela. All these. are well pri and. got. up; in attractive covers, in Leipzig, and published by the Robinson Plane Ca.
'We have.received the Peking and. Tientsin Times' of, the '7th inst.—The publi spirited energy of Mr..McLeish is. commemorate in the leading. article Mr. and Mrs. Hippisley were leaving on a visit to Corea.—Mr. Mackintosh has been confirmed in the post of Agent of the kong and Shanghai Bank.
Taku has been shifted 8. 2S. from her ald, position. of rain was being' much, felt
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.