This is the gist of the many rumours—or modifications—which we have had these days. The French, after ineffectual efforta to capture the Imperial Customs, are doing all in, their power to get control of ths Imperial Postal Service—with what result, Lhave not learned. It is to be hoped that they will fail in this, for they cannot jibly manage it as well as it is mans the Customs service: and it is impossible for any management to make ita paying servic for years to come. It is making a good start, largely because of its being connected with the Customs which the Chinese have learned to respect for its good management, and trust for its honest ad-
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.