London vid Bombay, Sept. 30.
The freedom of the city of Belfast has been conferred upon Sir John Jordan, British Minister to Peking.
Sir John testified to the extraordinary progress of China daring the Inst decade, both material and intellectual. He believed, he said, that the stability of the Chinese character, their love of peace, and above all the sanctity of their home relations, justified the hope that the reform movement would tend to the peace and the good of the world.—Reuter.
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