The past week, like preceding ones, has not been prolific in events. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Robinaon returned from Shaughai_ in the French mail steamer Calédoniew on Monday night, H.1, Baron Ladario, Brazilian Minister to China, also arrived by the same packet. H.E, Senhor Borja, Governor of Macao, arrived here in the 0. & 0. steamer Gaelic on Tuesday from Japan, whither he had been on a political mission, T understand the object ¢f his mission was the re-establishment of Portuguese exterritoriality in Japan, but that the Japanese Government firmly des clined his proposals, and insisted on Portugal accepting the same treaty relations as those recently concluded with Mexico, German Minister at Tokio time assumed charge of Portugues in Japan, Senhor Borja left here on Wednesday in the Portuguese gunboat Dit for Macao,
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