The new Japanese cruiser Chishima Kan, built in France, which left this on 22nd ultimo for Kobe direct; collided yesterday with the P. & 0. steamer Ravenna in the Inland Sea. The cruiser was cut in two and sank, 85 of those on board being drowned. "The Ravenna was badly damaged.
[The above was published by us yesterday as an Extra.)
ILE. Mr. C. Nissi, Japanese Minister to Russia, is a passenger by the Natal from Tupan.
Tt is stated that Mr, R, J. Forrest, h Consul at Amoy, has resigned the service.
Mr. H. Edgar, Commissioner of Customs, who has just returned from leave, has been appointed to Tainan.
Admiral Fremantle, in the Alucrity, returned to Shanghai on Friday night last from the river ports.
Me. Stevens, the new minister-for Union Church, and family, arrived hereon Friday ust by the Sutlej.
There lias been such a great change in the weather that ice has already been seen on the ponds and creek:
According to telegrams from the north on Friday Inst, there wns a gale at Tientsin and another at Chefoo. Tce had been seen in the Peiho, and there was only 6 feet of water on the Taku Bur, "At Chefoo ners hind been detained three day buch drift in the river.
According to." telegram from on Tuesday afternoon the weather was still favourable there.
Newelwang trafic closed for the season on Friday. The Kweiyany, Soochow, and Wenchno arrived at Chefvo from that port on Friday last.
On one occasion Inst week, there was only three feet of water on Taku Bar. Ice had formed so thick in the Deep Hole that the tugboats were brought up all standing while towing lighters.
According to a telegram from Tientsin on Wednesday, the weather was very cold and there was little water on the Taku Bar, M.. Loubet's administration, which has just fallen, came into office in February Just, and was the twenty-seventh administration: since the establishment of the Republic in September, 1870.
members of the future Sha ini Cyeling Club paraded on Saturdny nyon to escort Messrs. Allen and Sa lebon, the trans-Asintic cyclists, to the Point and back. Refrvshments were provided at the Point House, anda very pleasant afternoon was spent by the wheel-
Union Church Sunday morning, og Mi of Union Charch. appropriate, as Mr. Mu missionary in North out to Shanghai in 184 ow pastor wns mea Vis the oldest having come nnd he is at the sane time one of the founders of Union Church, while Mr. Stevens is the most recent arrival. _A recep gation to the Rev. and Are, Stey be: given at Astor Hall, on Friday, 2nd December, at 8.30 p.m.
The Times of Ceylon says that the Comptoit National d'Escompte is about to open a branch in Colombo.
An-American telegram dated London 2nd: November, says that Robert Grant, Professor of Astrology in the University of Glasgow, aged 78, is dead.
Anothe® great trans-Asiatic traveller has turned up in Bangkok, who claims to have just ridden on horseback from the eastern frontier of Russia to Peking, and thence across China, Tongking, Annam, and Siam, His name is Prince Constantine Wiasemeky, and from Peking, where he had an audience of the Emperor. who decorated him with the order of the Kinkwm, or Golden Merit, his route was by Tientsin, N. Kui in the Shantung province, Kial he stayed in a temple), the Nijan Lake to jan, Kinngsu, Canton, Hongkong, Pakhoi, Taipo Fu, Hué in Annam, and Bassao on the Meikong.
There was a fire on Friday night last at Yangtsepoo, but apparently outside the limits of the Settlement, Yesterday at about 5 p.m. there was a fire at Yanytsepoo near Jardine's Filature. As it was outside the limits, the firemen were not called out.
Just at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, as the guests were proceeding to the Culedanian Ball, the fire-bells rang out the alarm of fire'in No. 2 district, Those who were firemen hastily donned their uniforms and obeyed the summons, to find that their services were nut required, as the fire only proceeded from " straw make-believe house and contents which some kind natives were burning for the benefit of their friends and relations who had passed over into the eu, Of course, this was very annoying to the firemen, but it could not be known at the time that there was no need their services, snd unless the Municipal Council forbid such celebrations till the police have been notified, the same thing will happen again, We learn from a post card of the 20th ult, which reached us on Wednesday, that It. Otto Khlers, the German traveller, haa arrived ut Nagasaki from Viadivostock, and intends to spend some m i Japan before starting on his expedi the interior of New Guinea, In the case in which a lighter was driver by the flood tide against the Meinam and one of the China Navigation Co.'s steamers, the Soochow, and which was left to the arbitration of Me. Geo. Jamieson, H.M.'s Consul, the finding is that the lighter was entirely to blame, and the Shanghai Cargo-buat Ca. has to bear the loss caused by the accident.
We are authoritatively informed that the agreement between the two Cargo-boat Companies has been renewed, and that the four large hopper barges, carrying over 500 tus each, built to carry away the mud, &e., dredged from the Woosung Bar, have Leen bought by the two Companies, and are now being converted into lighters by Messrs. 8. C. Fi & Ca., Ld.
We learn that there is a current superstition among the natives here that the grest miber of accidents to steamers sailing out Shanghai within the last six months is due to the bad fungshun obtaining in the Settlement. ever since the erection of the Cathedeal Spire.
HIMS, Alacrity left yesterday morning for Formosa, and H.M.S, Stwift for Wénand the Southern ports.
Phe foreign divers have been removed the wreck of the Feima, and salvage ious are being carried on by @ host The Feima has not sunk any more dent low 'A party of foreign experts have gone out to the wreck of the Peking for a preliminary investigation of the chances of removing it, Che Feiho, which went out last week to put a ligutkeeper ov Shaweishan, wae unable to land him owing to bad weather. She returned to Shanghai, but went out again on Monday morning.
The Customs cruiser Feiho (Captain Nielsen) arrived here on Monday, with Mr, Forrester, second oticer, and four native ilots belonging to the Ht Dorado, who
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