There are indications of a loosening of the bonds, those of moderato views having gradually gained an ascendency over their compatriots of hotter blood, and people are beginning to be inclined to sreasou: It is to be sincerely hoped that this nows is true, as itis easy to see that if the present attitude be persisted in, no one will before sorry for the results than these very same hot bloods.
Countries not to be Visited.
It is reported from Peking that, as the principal object of the four High Commissioners' mission abroad is to gain an insight into the representative governments of Europe and America, in order to introduce parliamentary representation into China, Russia. for obvious reasons, is not to be visited by any of the Commissioners. Holland, also, is to be omitted.
Floods in Szechuan Province.
Telegraphic dispatches dated the 19th instant, from Chengtu report great suffering amongst the inhabitants of that profecture and vicinity, owing to the gyerflooging of the banks of the Ch'aanching river. This has cause the inundation, and almost complete destruction of all the crops of the country drained by that river.
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