Great Britain will have to move a little closer up to her Minister Resident therefore, so close that the Coreans can see her. The British flag flying over a British Cousulate at Wiju would be a friendly hint to Corea that would be taken. It would be respected, and we believe that the se from which the late Sic Harry Parkes and Sir Claude M. MacDonald rose has men of the same stamp, and men of that stamp are still needed in the Far East. But they must have the power of Great Britain close, very close behind them. Otherwise their duty can only them into false and untenable positions.
Tux "Nagasaki Press" of the 2st say The Mitsu Bishi Dockyard and Engine Works at Nagasaki are now undertaking the construction of four sea-going steamers for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. These vessels are the North China liner Yeiko Maru (1,000 tons gross), the Austra-ian packet Nikko Maru (5,600 tons), the Ceylon Maru (6,000 tons), constructed for the Bombay service, (7,200 tons), intended for the Seattle lin he Tango Mara The Yoiko Maru is now receiving final touches, and is to be ready for sea by 5} the end of this month.
The Nikko Mara will be launched ft the Ak in the course of next month, and is expect: ed to be completed in May next. The keel of the Ceylon Maru has just been laid at Akunoura, Work on the of the Tango Maru will be taken in as soon as the materials ordered England have arr where they are due shortl ssu Bishi Camp: contract to build for the Mitsui Bussan K cle" ing telegram, dated Aden, the Details of the failure of the expedition headed by W. [macmillan, of St. Louis, which was fitted out to explore the course of the Blue Nile, with the view of ascertaining ils navigability asa trade route from Central 'Abyssinia to the terranean, show that it started down the river in iron' punts and that while passing the rapids between precipitous cliffs punts containing half their total stores struck on the rocks and sank The rest were grounded and all the party camped ashore. A hurricane swept the urge on the following night and further damaged the expedition, which returned by forced marches and abandoned its task for tone year Mr. MacMillan expects ultimate Foochos Echo" of the 1th inst says:
\We are without information as tv where the typhoon of Last week actually struck the coast, but from the general tenor of the letters received from Amoy we may assume in the absence of definite news about it, it was about midway between that port and ours. Uf this week's typhoon we to note our experience of a closeness in the atmosphere, some tsin, and the fallin the barometer on Thursday night to 0.50, from which it recovered very slowly yesterday morning. tothe the Sirius left on the 16th for a cru statutory meeting of the Shan: Hongkong Cleaning and Dyein; was held at: Hongk: nth gai the Presiden inst. by 149 run: The He are preparing Lord and Lady "The Importance of Being Erne: ©.C.S. Clavering, 21 and coolies for Mexico, ran Hawaiian paper which the extraordin trouble river, where many of the Boxe! ecourred.'"—The Prince Georg a hopeless wreck off the east—Captain Daniel Joseph Murphy, an old hand on the China e well-known resident of Hon: skilled curious report. Argonaut, instead of going home, is to 1 Front 8 to Weihaiwei.—It is stated that recommissioned Asiatic with san plating opening from steeked steamer Paul Dev Appurtenances was sold Chinaman for 8 th with all her ion on the has been appointed troops in LndChisn well-known Mr Fa of Sydney on the same tide, alread of the blue: known Bri he was Russian ington he agreed the open door in) is announced and Lord Provost of Glasgow—There ae small oth of 1 Puket, on the west coast of the Peninstila, Capt. Allenby y eked by a water butiile wi in Alexandra Re cote Wewked, Hee Figo, can tihived wid one hern went into his chest.- The ty "Trust of New York pays iv comt for the alt nil forwaril $5,000,000, und the 1$42,000,000, weve fund is
We have received the "London and a Express" of the ith ult.—Mr. Chamberlain's proposals are giving birth to a crop of Leagues, among which are the " Unionist Free Food League," whose rame speaks for itself; the "Imperial Tariff League," of Mr. Chamberlain's personal supporter:; and the "Free Trade which has Mr. Arnold Morles as President.—The Government has decided to act independently of the. Royal Geographical Society in the matter of the relief of the Antarctic exploring ship scorery.—the story of the American, seizure of islands off British Borneo is denied by the U. S. State Department. The report may have arisen from the occupation of Cagayan-Sulu, one of the Philippine group, bought' from Spain er the original treaty was ratified. Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Postmaster eneral) has intimated that the Cable panies have replied to a request from the Department that they cannot reduce the telegraphic rates between China and India yet—Mr. Gibson Bowles, M.P., has characterised the purchase of the land for the new naval base on the Forth at 80 sears' purchase as a "monstrous job." The Gentlemen won their remarkable niatch with the players by 54 run Joshua Fitch, a well-known educationist, is dead.—Sir Edmund Antrobus has offer-is ed to sell tonchenge with eight acres of land to. the nation _for £50,000.—Tonbridge School won the Ash-burton Shield at Bisley:
The following notes are from the Hongkong Daily Press"
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