Aden, 15th January.
H. M.'s steam frigate Thetis, Commander Lo Hunt Ward, from Shanghai, arrived on the noon of the 10th instant and lies here
who on his way down the Red Sea, some six awaiting " naval court martial on her captain, months ago, is said to have captured alor of innocent native fishing vessels, thinking they were slavers, put their crews—some hundreds—on an entirely desert island, destroyed the vessels, and left the wretched people to starve. Most of them were taken off by another but a few nevertheless died of starve Immediately on the arrival of the Thetis in Aden an investigation was instituted into the affair by General Schneider, C. B., Political Resident, Aden, in the Steamer Point Court-House, which resulted in Captain Ward being charged with the crime of neglect of duty. General Schneider communicated the subject to the Admiralty at home, and allowed the Thetis to proceed to het port of destination, which was Shanghai, until further notice. The flag-ship Glasgow, from Colambe, which came here on the Same evening, brought His Excellency Rear-Admiral Cum: ming, C.B, So the trial of Captain Ward is drawing nearer. The court martial, I learn, will most probably assemble on board the Admiral's ship. There are now six Govern-in the port, viz., the Iolverine, the Thetis, the Columbine, the Philomel, the Glasgow, and the B. M. Kwang-tung, which vessels would suffice to furnish the number of for the court martial. 'Phe Glasgow lies outside the port, near the flagstaff of the Residency. 'The Admiral did not land at Aden, owing to the late hour at which he arrived.' On Monday last, however, he landed and was welcomed under a salute of thirteen guns and a military guard of honour composed of one full company. in full uniform and a full band of H. M.'s 105th Regiment of Native Artillery. The landing took place o the Custom-house Pier, where General Schi den, O.B., accompanied. by Brigade Major Griffith, Captain F. M. Hunter, First Assistant Political Resident, Col. Pen, C.B., Comdg. R.A,, Lieut. Saunders, Adjutant RA., and Captain W. K, Thyne, Harbour Master, were waiting to welcome His Excellency. It is expected that the Glasgow will be stationed here for a month or so on account of the expected length of Captain Ward's trial Consequence of several native witnesses being at prevent in different ports, such as Zanzibar and Muscat. The court martial will, Iam told, commence its proceedings in a week or so on the arrival of H. M.S, Charybdis from home, bound for Chin The Pall Mall Gazette falls into a queer mistake, In referring to the Late murder of Pare Hué, in Szechuen, it confounds him with the famous Abbé Hua "Bow readers of the Abbé Huc's "Travels in China" can have failed to be interested in the history of that devoted band of Catholic missionaries whose adventurous spirit it gave fair picture of. Instead of concentra their proselytizing efforts in a few const towns, after the fashion of our Protestant missions, these French rivals in the field of Inbour have long since plunged boldly into the heart of the Empire, dressing, shaving the head, eating, and travelling in all particulars just as those do whose conversion they seek to effect. They even pledge themselves to the Chinese authorities never to quit the country again without permission. And, most important condition of all, the So-clote des Missions Ktrangeres allows none of them to go toa charge until he has proved Himself capable of using the language' freely in both writing and speaking. But notwithstanding their outward conformity to Chinese fashions, they nob merely suffer constantly such annoyances from the bigotry of the Mandarins as tine depicted, but their lives are often sacrificed in a sudden access of opposition zeal. One of the most eminent of these fathers, the Abbé Hue, has lately been murdered under circumstances of cruelty in the province of Sewehuen, where his labours lay, offering another example, like that of the lamented Bishop Patterson, that genuine missionary work is not to be carried on even in our own age without incurring the same risks which beset it in former times."
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