Ca. for samples of Charles Heidsieck's well-known "No Plus Ultra" Extra Dry Champagne, as well as for a hox of Eh. Tarpin's excellent champag-e biscuits, We have duly received the January issue of the Chung Si Chiao Hroni Pao, Missionary Review, edited by the Rev. Win. Arthur C and published by the Diffission Societ; H.M.S. Woodcock left here on Thursday for Hankow, and the Joodlark left on Saturday, also bound up riv Tae steamer Vatania ducked in the Cosmopolitan Dock on Friday.
Tax steamer Ella, from Hankow, reports sighting off Pain' Beecher at noon on the 23rd ult., when bound up river, a quantity of wreckage from which they rescued two men, who were dinning to the mainmast, anda dog. A. strong NE., wind was blowing at the time with lumpy water and the two men were numbed and helpless. One of the survivors was the laodah and owner of the junk. a man 73 years of age, and he.stated they were bound from Eching to the Poyang Like with 2,500 piculs of salt, that their cables parted whilst at anchor, and the vessel, on getting broadside to the waves, rolled' the masts out and before they could clear away the broken mainmast the craft was knocked to pieces. The owner's son was drowned, the father being compelled through exhaustion to let go his hold of him.
Tar M.M.S. Salasic with the French mail of the 2nd of December left Hongkong for SI whol on the 3ist ultimo at 5 p.m.
Tar N.-D.L.S. Preussen left Kobe on the morning of the Ist instant for Shanghai.
Tre 0. &O. M. S. Coptic arrived at Yokohama on the Ist instant and may be expected to reach Shanghai on Monday next. i Tue O. &O. M.S. Gaelic which left here on the 4th ultimo arrived at San Francisco on the 29th idem.
Tae str. Indravelli docked in Messrs. S. ©. Farnham & Co.'s Cosmopolitan Dock on the 3ist ultimo.
Taestr. Eastern, from Australia, reports rescuing four fishermen who were observed standing on the bottom of their up-turned craft in the Bonham strait. A fresh breeze was blowing at the time with a nasty sea, and the men when picked up by the chief officer were in an exhausted condition. They stated tha! one of their number was drowne are the three principal prizes in the Loteria Juarez drawing of the:—Nos. 36,69, 32,44
We learn from the Foochow Echo of the 9th ultimo that the performance of Alone by the Foochow A. D. C. on the 8ch was a conspicuous suecess.—The Echo of the 16th contains a full report of the races where Hope perform all the unusual feat of winning the Consolation Cup and the Champion Stakes consecutively.—There was x very successful race bail on the Lith,—H.ILS. Waterwitch arrived at Pagoda anchorage from Santuao on the 10th and left on the 16th for Hongkong.
We have received Hongkong papers to the 29th ultimo,—Rear-Admira Bruce military assistance from Hongkong to te press the Mat Sallch ris ship Centurion was to leave nyapore on the 19th ultimo for Labuan, John brose Clarke, instructor died at the Government in navigation, Hongkons, on the 20th ultimo, The U.S. cruiser Nashrille a lambe on the 6th ultimo on her way to Manila.
Tue China Mail in its account of the recent great fire fire at West Point, Hongkong, says Te is roughly estimated thnt damage to over one million dollars has b-en done. The cliff-rent insurance offices are not able to ascertain the extent of their losses, as the stock was of the nature class "floating." As faras we can learn the followin, companies contents:—Commercial $55,000; North German $10,000 atlantic $10,000 Sun Insurance $10,000; South $43,000 Union Assurance $10,000; Tang. On, $110,000; Messrs, Butterfield & Swire's agend $80,000 China Fire, $30,000 (block and contents); Hongkong Fire, $10,000; North British $10,000; Messes, Reuter, Brockle: man's agencies, $9,000; Messrs. Carlowitz Co.'s agencies, $4,000; Chun On $30,000; Yee On, $20,000.
Tae Saigon Correspondent of the Hongkong Daily Press translates from" local paper the following account of the loas of the St. Helens:—
The steamer St. Helens, of 3,994 tons pelon: tothe European Petroleum No., Limited, was on a vayaue from Hongkont to Si on the night of the 14th November, during heavy weather and with a high sea running, she struck the Bombay Shoal on the Paracels, about 420 miles from Cape St. James. When it was sten that the damage was too great to be repaired, the crew, consisting of six Europeans and forty-five Chivese, decided to abandon the ship. For five days they remained in the neizhhourhood, hoping to be picked up by some vessel, but nothing coming in sight they returned tothe wreck, which was gradually tut. slowly sinking. They remained on board eight days, when the captain, seeing that the vessel was "bout to disappear, put all the water and provisions he could collect into the boats and left. Fifteen days of terrible suffering from hunger, thirst, and the heat were experienced, and then they arrived at Cape St. James, much exhaust. ed. One boat with five Chinese was lost, The survivors will he sent to Singapore by the first opportunity.
We have received Japan papers with dates from Yokohama to the 22nd and Kobe the 23rd ultimo.—The Tokio Water Works, which are calculated to supply 6,000,000 and if necessary 8,000,000 cubic feet of water a day, and whose consteuction has been carried out entirely by
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