Fame, ant Whiting arrived in port on day afternoon, steaming at a high rate of speed up the river to their anchor opposite the French Bund. Itis seldom that three destroyers are in the river toget-r, and it is expected that they will remain here over the November race week.
Tae R. M.S. Empress of Japan left Yok-hama for Vancouver on Friday afternoon, Tae German nail which left here by the ND.L. S. Koonig Albert on the 30th Aucust, arrived at Naples on the Ist inst.
Tae P. and O. 8. Chusan, with the English mail of the 12: h ultimo, lete Singa-lore for Sannhai on Monlay, the Goh Instant, at 6 a.m Tae Hongkong Mara brought us the September issue of the "Journal of the American Asiatic Acsvciation."
Tae O. S. K. Tahung Mara, which arrived here from river ports yesterday, repor's: Vessels soon, all in good con: dition."
We have received a pamphlet entitled "The New Mining Regulations for the Empire of China." It contains a reprint om our columns of these regulations, with some brief remarks on them and" rebused new Mineral Mining Law by BE. Lenox Simpson. Mr, Simp-on does not a: temp: to criticise the new regulations in d-tail be-ansa, ash" says, "most of the chief objections are clear to every one."
We huve also received a copy of the Child's Paper " for October, with, among others, a picture of Cheapside, Londo, which is at lest forty years old, and gives a very inadequate idea of the' Cheapside of to-day. It is curious to notice that the eurriages in the picture are all being driven on the wrong side.
We have received the ' Kirin Pao," or "Christian Advuca'e," which is the organ of the Methodist Episenpal Mission, Sourh, la Chins, for O-tob-r, editd by the Rec. Dr. Alen, Amongs* t.e many articles of interest in this namber is one on "Patriotism" by a Chiness scholar and a trans ation about "Traits of Character of the late Queau-Empress Victoria," by the Editor,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.