CHINA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 808, 13 June 1879, Page 2

CHINA.

.' THE TEA MAJtKE?. : % The 1 irates at whieh bpen policies fbr the new' season 'teas have been- effected are '". Hankow, 60s I; • Shanghai, 60s ; Fooohow, 50s ; all teivshillings less than in.1878,. . . ..".'■=. „ r Sir .Brooke Robertson has resigned his post as 'Consul-General of China. The distress from famine in the province of Shansi is not yet over, there being: still a great deaif of suffering. A tender has been accepted, by the Spanish Government for laying, a telegraph cable between Lagon and Hongkong. WiiEOk OE i A r %TEAM^; ; '■/ The steamer Y'esß'o"be6jtm'6 i . a total wreck by atrikiug on' the^White Rocks, 30 miles from, Swaht^ur.; One. life was lost. None df J the cargo was saved except t the, treasure,, sincp recovered hy divers." ' ' ' '' ''" Vi "■'"•- ••'-•■ . ANTI-MISSiONARr RIOT. . ... r '} An.-ahti^misaiopary riot occurred fat Tupkeiti '; and in another riot, 140 miles from Foochow.a Methodiatt chapel was wrecked and the worshippers' assaulted. The local authorities compelled the offenders tp make redress and find medical aid for tnose injured • An outrage has been committed, upon the Roman Catholics in the province of Canton. The roit originated throug a Chinese, doctor, who had turned Roman Catholic, refusing, to contribute towards an idolatrous procession when a subscription list wasiianded to him. The villagers became. angry r and destroyed everything in the doctor's shop. The French Consul has been sent to f nquire 1 into affairs. / THE REBELIiION.j / It is stated on Chinese authority that the rebel leader, Le~ Yung Choi, has left the Tohqiiin/ >f o&,n(idr* and [tbkeh r jb*p a strong position in the mountains on the borders, of Hunan, ; where he has .been joined by btKer bands of 'the border. The Imperialist Commander hesitates to, assume the offensive. ' '. ' /. The China Merchant Oo.'shulk Aden, wjiile.jreing tJisphargftdj-at^ Ts#s capsized, and 35 coolies and one officer were drowded. 'The accident was canalil'.by. Bhiftiug fro>^ the hold to tween-decks. The vessel has since burst into pieces, „ , , A^nuniber of ;heayy guijs purchased. in Europe f 6^' the. Tsiii^in ports, have arrived at Shanghai. ''/,''." ■- ,