The French man-of-war Alger paid a visit to Nanking on Friday, the 11th inst., br ing the Acting Consul-General for France. It is understood that one of the objects of the visit was to complete the settlement of the sixty or seventy cases of French Missionary troubles in this province and in Anhui which are_of long. standing and which Taotais Trai Kung "ud Huang Kung-fo had previously arranged with the Consul-General. Another object was to resent the case of the priest who had wen outraged at Luanchou recently and which you have noticed in your columns, The Consul and Captain were preser-ted to the Viceroy on Friday. and on Saturdas the Viceroy returned their call on board the man-of-war, He was escorted by cavalry and rode in the chair carriage" which Viceroy Chang Chih-tung purchased for himself while in Nanking. A large body of troops lined the banks of the river and the cannon from the forts fired salutes as the Viceroy went to and from the landing to the ship. This was an unusual dispel-y and ought to have been enough to satisfy the plucky Frenchmen. I' was surely in great contrast to the treatment which the Englis Admiral received when he called "t Nanking months ago and requested an interview. He was told that the Viceroy was ill and could not return his call, though on the following day he was well enough to resolve the German Consul-General.
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