, 1876-08-18
EIIItIh.

San FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.-Arrarcd, Pacific
Nlail steamer Great Republic, from Hong Kong,
via Yokohama, With dutes fEuna Hong Kong
July III, ullh Shanghai July 10.
(}rosyenler ani I3abcr, tho Yuunan Commls-
sioners, uryivcd IN Shanghai duty 3 having been
since In ronstaNt communication With Sir T.
Wade, British Minister. ,Wade's depltturefrom
FcHing, ulnl the establishment Ut legation
IN Shanghai, greatly startled The Chinese au.
thorltIos, WHO first lnadu efforts to
persuade flinl to return, aui af1erwartl
proposed to aend tile Vtccroy Of Ns.nltlng to
reopcn negotiations with him. Wns.s IL under
stood to haye sujec.cd utl oycrtuses. aud to
l.uve announced that troops have l,ccn already
summoned from India. Although peaceful
settlement appears desired by thu mort intel
li,c1lt Chinese leaders, thorc IL uunaun1 activity
IN military prcpnratlons and tho army Of Tlent
xen IL concentrating.
4 fa,ntne In tho northern provinces Is protiuc-
lnE disastrous consequences. There aru thou
sands Of deaths from starvation laily. Rice IL
ordered from thu south and from Fortnosa.
The Pclilng authorities lriyo given f00,D00
tacls :nti l,U0,0O catt!cs Of rltn for the relief
OF tllu destitute. 1lunltn College, contributes
1,0N, ,O0O l,,c.lls Of rlcu Lilo Hung Chang, the
Viccroy Of the Chile rrorinccs, atso Sends
1,GH, ,0N plc,lls 1t Is not believed, huwcvcr,
that my efforts can check Tho calunlty this
ycur.
July 9, tile first rain In ulne months fell.
Two Catholic missionaries who formerly rc-
s!Ictl In Corea layp Just succeeded In rp-e,ltcr-
Ing that country. They arc ltrpt In rloso con-
tincrlcnt, but aaId To ho otherwise ill-treutcd.
Tic l}sitlHl. ship nf war Sylvia has startcd
upon nIiotl,or visit To Corca preDarnu to srck
at hrr h,n$ t,v tl,a
This British living s,;,,aln Is ta visit Nagasaltt,
JutGlu, for health trip, md Will return fmn,a-
'!!atrIY e Shanghai 10 awatt the "t'icrs Of tho
Anti-ChrIstau riots continue In the Province
ot Hje, China. Thc highways arc occupied by
Insmrgents, aud thu n'ai!s stnppeA. The leader
of thesc aiaturbarets5 t;s Ming: WIS formerly
hclirvcl 10 he secretly supported hy the local
AMI pckinS authorities.
stcn FIX Cten, Tic new Vlcaroy ot Sanktng,
Ii extremely unpopular, owing to Ills rigorous
llcnH.
4 rehc'on Is orcnnszch In Camhcrta hy the
brother OF tho rcIgnI'g Ktn!;, wlh rercnsly cs.
! rarcd frntn the Ep'rt Ut atan', Wtlere l't llad
htcn held Il prisoner.
'rru.'e IL scr!oasly disturbed By warfare, ura
Frunrll tronta lGlvn tnru Sent [sv1tn Sasulta to
tts nss1stanre al the t;oscrtllne't:
Ihirty.siy Thousand six hundred s'nIlars have
siernun Miistar for Indemnity aud IctrIt,ltion
III tlo ras.. uf tte ship Ann,A The NlerFuy ot
Tukin,, rrrEtctl in ntsgrac.' III .,nsepnrnIc Ut
this MI tr, Is now summoned tu Prktlg to gIyB
explanations.
JAPAN.
| YOKOHAMA, 5uly 95.-'rhc Mtllado rrturncu
/ To tho Capital iron, Ills northern tour Julyat.
Thu continued l.Enand for silk Ut sxtrnor.lI-
nary prices III oNl'4s to the reported tAilura Of
European supplies. ..-....
THIS bnElcr of the Japanese steamer burst In
! an inland sea July 4, au.l twenty lives weru
| lost,
| .Japancse merchants nru shipping large q,lan.
titles III rlco tD thu North OF Chiilu, III cOisse-
! nucnce Of famine there.
THIS opposition le Of the rcnlnsuiar i Or!c.,.
tai Company, betwean Yokohama anil Shanghai,
IS withdrawn, Japanese competition proving too
| powerful.
Punishment for robbery, with violence, ol
sums over S250, formerly death by hanging, ID
nov changed by Government decree to Lard la
| bor for ltlc.
A new religious sect, the doctrines Of which
Feinaiu secret, Is spreading IN the central prov
inccs near keoto. 1t is said to resemble neither
Christianity, Mohamlnedaulsu, uor any 1osln ol