1 our residents have returned from the Hills, the members of the Russian Legation being the last to arrive. The Dean of. the tie Body and Mrs. Denby have arrived from Shanghai, The French Minister and Madame Lemaire are preparing to return to Europe. Dr. and Madame Mi hel of the French Legation, it is reported, are also about to leave us, We are also going regretfully to lose Baron Speck von Sternburg, first Secretary of the German Legation." Dr. Forke from Amoy is ex-Vinchinin has already arrived, "The Grst pected to return to usin the Spring, and Mr.
retary of the Spanish Legation left us in the summer, and his successor has just arrived. Mr. Acheson of the Customs is reported as bound for Canton on promotion and it is also said that Mr. Michie of the Customs, Foochow, returns to Peking to join the Head Office. Mr. Edward Lowry, Second son of the Rev. H. H. Lowry of the Methodist Mission here, has arrived from the United States and it is suid he will join the Customs. Mr. Eton, our Tapanese Minister, has left Japan and gone to Corea, Mr. Wu, the compradore of the Hongkong Bank, Tientsin, is at present here awaiting an'audience of the Emperor or one of the Princes.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.