The last mail that arrived in France from China brings the following news. Rear-Admiral Duprd has demanded an indemnity of two hundred and forty millions for the victims of the late massacre. The admiral has besides demanded the demolition of the fortress of Ta Kou, which protec

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The tone of the Stock Markets to-day has been favourable. Business has been on a more liberal scale, and the quotations have improved in some instances. The feature in the railway market has been the advance in Brighton caused by the announcement that

The appeal from the decision of Vice-Chancellor Matins, refusing to grant an order for compulsorily winding-up the Irrigation Company of France, was resumed 'before Lords Justices James and Mellish, on Wednesday, when Mr. Cole, Q.C., characterised as gratuitous and most scandalo

MR. FORSTER ON THE WAR, The Times, in reviewing the speech of the right hon. gentleman, delivered at Bradford, says :—We agree with Mr. Forster in his protest against the notion that Great Britain, by maintaining an unarmed neutrality, and not tendering her unsolicited advice sw

The case of Mr. C. H. Turner, who was at one time chairman of the Great Eastern Railway Company, has been before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt at the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Lawrence wss unable to attend an the bankrupt's behalf, and an adjournment was therefore requested. Mr. Finlay K

Dr. Williams, the Dean of Grahamstown, has sent another letter to London respecting the South African Diamond Fields. He says that his former statements as to the extent and richness of the fields have been more than corroborated. The diggers are only now doing as they were advi

to take part in the victorious entrance into Paris. Another contends, on the contrary, that fault having been found with the general for attacking the enemy, or accepting. battle with forces insufficient to gain decided victories, the great losses which under such circumstances

• One of the most striking facts in the history of this century, says the Daily News, has just been consummated at Versailles. King William of Prussia has resolved to accept the great historical title of Emperor of Germany. The act is the symbol of a long series of important cha

A 'l' Ii.ST ARK (TELEGRAPHED BY TIIE CENTRAL PRESS.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, THURSDAY. - The cattle market to-day presented a very languid appearance. Influenced by the milder weather, the demand for all descriptions of stock was inactive, and prices throughout were very weak