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Show CHIN A tll JAPAN- San Francisco, 12. Arrived, the steamer CUy of PtUin, Hung Kong, cm Yokohoma. tluug Kong, November 17b; Shanghai, lb' n Tne Cbine60 mm ister, Obuutj, to Kmoia, sails earl next mouth witu a suite ot Mxueu pereons. Tsmg, envoy to Fiuct aud E' g and, tat- s ut-ven attnehdi A li--n uf Hunu Iv.iiir lltkillfU BthliB. hta urdered a bronze htaioe of l.oid ti'-acutjbfit.d Irom Engl-ud, for ereciiuu in tbe colony, at a cost ot 1 0U0. Cuiueae inhabitants of Houg Kong lin.e abnt an aedrecs lo the queen ol England, eX.reoeiiig niimiratiou lor and coLfiuence iu Uov. Heuueaey The Eiigoeh opposiiiou to the governor gov-ernor is buuittWUal checked by the uunouncemeut oi the successlul tinan cial aUuitt.ieir.itiuu this year, which surpacsed all previoua experience m j ttie colony. l Insurrections continue on the I-l.inti ! of hi. .emu and prevnn e Kwansi, tho turmer agrarian, the later mihiary. i Tbuu lar the rebels are t, u crenel ul, but j their epeedy bupprtaaiun is coufideully I expected. j There ia conciderahle excitement over a quarrel of Eug'Hb miesionariea at Maudarieas, near Foo Ohuw. Iu-vesltgailon Iu-vesltgailon by Hong Kong lawyerb fixta tho blame ou the uiiasionnriea who provoked a dietuib mce resulting iu riuL aud the dentructiou ot misstun property. The dispute ws relerred to the British foreign office. Li Hung Cnaug, a powerful northern north-ern viceroy, lavora tbe immediate ea-J tablisnment ol a Chinese mint. There are fresh government exer ' tions throughout the empire tor the suppression of opium smoking. The . officials are seconded by no European uutuontiea except Governor Uenuessy ol Houg Kong, wbo endeavors to prevent pre-vent opium smuggling from the colony to tbe mainland. Frederick Huffman, registrar of the court ot Hong Koug, wms convicted of embezzling nearly $100 000, aud sentenced to seven years, penal servitude. servi-tude. Yokohama, November, 26. The persistence ol speculators iu cornering corner-ing Mexican dollars so aB to injuriously in-juriously affect Japanese credit baa caused the aunouuoemeut by government govern-ment in a lureigu newspaper, the Tokto Tunes, ol tne true amount ul paper mouey in circuUlion. Formerly, this untauly represented several hundreds ol millions. It is now shown to ba about 150,000,000 only, including all treasury notes and national bank notna, of which Utter only 24,000,1)00 were iasued. Domestic credit is unimpaired and there la no purpose ol asking foreign lorn or see King external aid ul any uibcription, notwithstanding ninta and d eel a rat io us in the Eugiibh press and by bankers. The report has gained credence, though not officially authenticated, that Parker, Biitiuu miuisior, iu tu bo removed uexi year, and be succeeded by (J F. Adams, now secretary of the British legion, Pans. The violent conduct ot Parker, often Bhown in physical demonstrations, having betu communicated by the Japanese, .be necessity for a cbat g'i is recugnizd by the British foreign office. Tne industry aud en-ry ot Parker in the British interest is everywhere recogn z-;d, but his adherence to tne old brul'i force system ot diplomacy is not suited tu the preaent exigencies of intercourse. Hib high temper his betrayed him iuio personal violence from woicb even ru turner- of government govern-ment hve not eaCiiped 0 m minister was actually beaten by him on a memorable occaoi n. The removal will tend to pr ducn a briier teeiing not oniy toward Enghsb but adena generally. gen-erally. Mj.iv inter-atiug di-covriee are announced by the American natural iBt, Morse, now iu tue Japanese government gov-ernment service, and cuiu missioned to make acifnlilic irmetigatione throughout tut empire. A British and ltalinu ship wa recently re-cently wreck d on the islmid Quel part, South Ooreft. Contrary to expectation ex-pectation tue natives, of whom little was previously kuowu, showed great humanity aud exerted themselv-s (or the safety ttnd rentoratiou of all aur-vivors. aur-vivors. Hitherto they were Bupposed to be aavaiee; it is now, known they ! are gentle and fairly civilize!. Reports are circulated ot impending impend-ing war between Jauau and Core in consequence of the latter obstructing commercial intercourse. These re porta are falae. The dispute ia merely a small question of etiquette, and not lixely to attain magnitude Tho ceuj-us last tieptembi-r gies the population ot Tokin at 1,030,771; houses m Tokio, 23b". 901. |