The Boers have been expelled from Fourteen Streams, and the fair: the glass shows a tendency to usa again.—Thursday, 3rd May, 10 a.m. State of the atmosphere on the 2nd.—The barometer falling rather rapidly at Manila, and the rather strong N. winds in Formosa seem to show a centre of low pressures to the E. of the Philippines. Glass falling along the whole coast of China and i Japan. Depression over the Gulf of Po Stste on the morning of the 3rd.—Fair weather at Shanghai; Dusty atmosphere.
We learn from Weihaiwei under date the Qnd instant that Colonel Bower and Mnjor Penrose, escorted by Cupt. Pereira and company of the Ist Chinese Regiment, left. to delimit the boundary of the territory leased to Great Britain on the 25th ultimo with the Chinese Commissioners, Taotais Li and Yen, and Capt, Liu of the Chinese navy. Three days later Colonel Bower sent for reinforcements, anticipating trouble, it is supposed. On the 30th further help from the Chinese Regiment was sent, 170 men making a night march, under Major Bruce, Most of these men returned to Weihaiwei on the2nd instant. Itis understood that the people ed the unfortunate Chinese commissioners on the ground that they have sold the territory to
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