EASTERN NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5026, 3 May 1877, Page 3

EASTERN NEWS.

|ln the Canton tea market there, have hot been any transactions in old tea* during! the last fortnight. A French steamer took a large Icargo of new season’s quality, which : is re-, to’be far superior to that of,’the’ previous season; The Amoy'and Foochow'markets are! closed.: At Shanghai no business-is being'done; in black • for green thebe 'is fair ‘ iniquity at former rates. l The 1 silk . Canton is dull and quiet, I ’but;" closing '-'fates* are firmer. The Yokohama market is at a f standstiUr~~~~~' j Opium at Hongkong'aetiye prices steady. .TJie irggort .market quiptarid pricesi Reclining.' 1 , The i: ,cpjpny.of Kongtodg-was formally "admitted. ,jqtq!, ! the postal union on the, Ist April..,, The rates have, Wen feaueed'One-half ,to‘ MarEeiUes and South- 1 amptqn, ~ ',7 ' . r'Z > vlI The 1 Shaughai'ASteam j Company’s'Sleam'm’s are transferred tO' the 'China MBrchautS|Company, oue inilhoh being byth^latter?. | The' O.S.Si Company’s .steamer .broke her shaft and lost her propeller .on‘the; 15th Febntary, in a heavy sea, 500 miles.’frpm , Singapore.' • She put back under sail to I Hors-, burgh. Island. Tug-boats .were sent to ihef assistance;, 1 While towing they struck her' on a rock, but she was' at length towed off safely and taken to Singapore. .

The Provincial Government of T'ohkien intends shortly to send .1 number of' cadets to Europe for instruction, in" English and French naval'schools. ’ . , r .

.Lord Derby has requested Wade to give reasons, for every 'concessions made by the Che Poo Convention, which yet awaits ratification. 1 ■ . ' '! , ■

ilt is stated that the ruler of Fohkien is ap : ‘ ■prehensive.of a Spanish descent on' 'and that the 'greater portion' of the Foochow prsenal,' fleet" has been ordered to Tabad’ to. repel ;tbe invasion. s . . ' ■ ■... . |The corqmittee’of the Cjongresa'of Washington ; appointed to inquire' into Chihese r imr migration,' feceihmeud , a treaty between 'America and China,'to be restricted to commercial,, purposes, and to the regulation aud ; restraint of, Chinese immigration. , . . - The Chinese Government has negotiated i loan of 5;000,000 taels with a native banker through foreign agency. Three-fifths'of this sum will be to Khnsplp for thq-prori secution'of the war with Kashagaira. The re-‘ mainder ia'Fequired for provisions. for Ki»ng-_ see, which has been to the most abject ■want. Thousands are now suffering the severest privations. ■ ■ Rice has : risen to; famine prices.' " The relief, afforded,by the authorities is I quite inadequate to relieve the distress. The famine at Shantung and Chihle is still raging with great severity! The distress daily, becomes greater, and the relief lamentably in-; sufficient. • 1 People are reduced to the last stage of emaciation and exhaustion, and .artdying by thousands daily. . : i . ' i The Satzuma rebellion at <Tapan has assumed a more active stage. Several, engagements have taken place between the Imperial troops and the insurgents, the former being always victorious. . Repeated defeats have dispirited the rebels. General Laigo.lias joined the rebels. A mutiny occurred among the Chinese troops near Tientsin. The,, men were dissatisfied with the hard; work of dig;girig canals, and with their small pay. Two thousand broke loose, and left the caihp. , They were pursued and attacked, and a large number of them killed. , .

Among the arrivals reported are the Maid of Judah, Shanghai, Novelty, A. Line, Mary Blair, Julie Ribe, Hayden Brown, Tung Tiiig> Joyce, Phillips, Manilla, Lodonga. ; - ’