Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-25
CHINA AND JAPAN.

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| Chinese dates are to February 10Th. The
following are taken from the the Hongkong
| OUcrldad Mail:
| AT Hongkong, on the night of the 9th
inst, about IL o'clock, a European named
| B. S. Barnett fell, head foremost. into q
| dangerously exposed well in Heang Hing
Lane, and was killed.
Some further robberies have been made
from houses of foreign residents at Hong
| kong during the past week, but the police
| have succeeded in arresting three or four
| men who are believed to have been CON
cerned in making the burglaries.
The Hongkong Ice Company has declared
a dividend Tor the year of 50 per share.
A new step i'll the direction of intercourse
with foreigners has been taken by the
| TsungH Yamen Ministers, who recently
| invited all the representatives of foreign
powers to banquet on the occasion of her
Imperial Majesty's jubilee.
In the event of Admiral Courbet going
with his fleet to Chinkiang in the North,
the Nda is of the opinion that were he to
blockade the port of Chinkiang, and stop
all traffic at the entrance of the Grand
Canal, he would undoubtedly deal blow
at the purely Chinese trade, which would
be very generally felt over the greater por-
ton of North China. The Grand Canal.
although not so crowded since the employ
ment OF steamers as it was wont to be, is
still the great waterway for Northern China,
and as its entrances on the northern and
southern banks of the Yentsze could he
commanded at Chinkiang, while the exit of
OF the 4angtsze itself might be ser;-
ously impeded even by small number of
war shlps, 1t is not far wrong to suggest
that Chinkiang, and not Woosung. is the
goal at which Admiral Courbet is aiming.
The rice tribute is largely shipped from
Chinkiang. and the season is not far off
BY the arrival Of the Namoa we learn.
says the .Bdl, that the Kimpai Pass. in The
river Min, is to be blocked by the Chinese
Tor all foreign vessels. This pass, it will be
remembered, is about seven or eight miles
from the mouth of the river, but we are
informed that foreign vessels will not be
allowed to pass up the estuary beyond
Sharp Peak. The Namoa reports having
seen SIX French war vessels under Matsou.
JAPAN
Japan dates are to March ID. The fol-
lowing are from the Japan Mail:
The epidemic of measles continues to
spread in Toxic and YolSohafua.
The Corean Embassy bearing the letter
of apology and thanks stipulated for by the
last treaty, has arrived al Toxic. Its mem
bers, by their own choice. are stopping at
japanese tea-house
1t is stated that, according to a recent
census, the number of houses in Corea is
:, 800, 499; the number of male inhabitants
:, 800 ,633, and of females 5,196300.
A stone monument has been erected by |
the people of Kanagawa Prefecture to the !
memory of the photographer, Mr.. Honda, |
who was killed during the late emeute in |
Soul.
No further step has been publicly taken
with regard TO opening negotiations with |
China about the Corean imbroglio, but the !
matter continues TO be keenly discussed by |
The vernacular press.
The number of cases ofsmall-pox which
have occurred In Yokohama during the |
present EPIDEMIC is $50. Three thousand