of the Times.
A Fo chow Jeter siates that about a month 10, a seagoing junk belonging to a hong Li Chi of that city was ptured by a Chinese gunboat near the White Dogs Islands, outside Foochow. whilst. engaged in carrying firearms and f war toe rain piro prison.
then serious efforts had been made in the usual Chinese mamer to." all_in comparison of the offence, as, in other nds the fellows heal was in jeopardy: Last week, haw. have brightened up alittle for the lurk owner, asthe sum Tls. 160,0 0 has been offered to the Guvernmen* "te help in the crushing of the ion inKusy mee," un condition ed and there seems to be every probability that the smuggler of fire arms will be allowed to return son to the boom of his anxious family. In conclusion, there are ation that the ac: ual amount offered was is 200,000 but as tue go-between and other parties concerned hud to he rewuyerated for their trouble they pocketed amongst themselves Ils. 40,000 and mile "open declaration " of the balance.
The New nese Minister H.E. Yang Ch'u, who, by the way, is a Cantonese, left' this for Nanking this morning to pay a call on H.E. Viceroy Wei Kuang-t'a0. The former will only remain a short time in Nanking and then return to Shanghai when he will proceed to Soochow to call upon the Governor of this province, En Shou. The new Minis-
at Ambassadors' Hall, North Honan Road ter's temporary quarters in Shanghai are Bridge.
The Secret Conference between M. Lessar and Li Lien-ying, the Empress Dowager's favouriia eunuch ai White Cloud Temple, outside Peking, as stated in these " Notes" yesterday mom-li it is now averred had reference to th of a loan from the Russo-hinese Bank, which is the same as from the Russian Govermmeni. Ji remains to jhe seen whether this is so or not. In the meantime the utmost: secrecy is being observed by the Empress Downger's emissary the Russian' Minister.
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