After a week of exhausting beet, coming as it did at the tail of the long summer, accentuated by a moist westerly wind, the wind shifted to the N.E. yesterday, rendering the high temperature more tolerable though still' very oppressive, Just before the change an abortive thunderstorm consisting of much lightning, a few growls of thunder, and some light' showers of rain, occurred on Friday night. In the afternoon the typhoon signal was hoisted, and yesterday morning a telegram was received from the Manila Observatory by the Spanish Consul to the following effect:—"Typhoon ito the ONE. of Manila in the Pacific travelling N.W." The typhoon passed to the north of the colony, and although it lew hard all last night not a drop of rain fell. This isa pity, for Tytam Reservoir is not full, and the water in Poklulum is visibly shrinking, day by day. ame INTERPORT CRICKET MATCH, news of the victory of the Hongkon; Team at your port, received here telegraphic cally, caused great excitement and' much gratification. It was, however, rather unexpected, fr although the team Was believed to be better, on the whole, than that of Inst year, it was not thought probable that it would beat Shanghai on their own ground,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.