Daring the latter part of last month Captain Cassell passed through Takao with a purty of Japanese, on his way to Taiwan foo, where he had' some official business connected with the expedition. It is understood that he went there in the hope of meeting M. Giquel, who, however, happened not to be atTaiwanfoo, He therefore had to return to Langkinou without effecting anything. The Delta has made periodical trips to Langkiaou, and has brought a few more meu, either soldiers or coolies, but not enough to make a noticeable addition to those already on the spot. The health of the troops there has been exceedingly good, and the number of deaths has been very small. There have been some eas of intermittent fever, but fewer than one would expect during an unusually wet summer in Formosa, Both the American gentlemen connected with the expedition have suffered severely.
The Customs cruiser Ling Fung has paid us a short visit, after which she depurted for the Pescadores, She is to romain there for some length of time, for the purpose of instructing and drilling the officers and sailors of the Fouchuw meu-of-war. It is commonly reported that the sailors and some of the elficers of the Foochow fleet are good seamen, but that they know nothing about fighting their ships, and are unaccustomed to the strict discipline which is cotisiderod necessary for a European navy.
On the 25th of last month seven Chinese steamers arrived, with four thousand troops, from Chinkiang. Four of the vessels were Shanghai men-of-war, and the other three were borrowed from the Chinese Steam Navigation Company. A. Tapanese corvette, which had been in the Pescadores, accompanied them from there, and anchored ere for some hours; after which she went on to Langkiaou. The ips were all too large to come inside, but, fortunately meeting with fine weather, landed the troops, munitions, treasure, &e., on board, very rapidly by means of two small Chinese steamers, formerly called the Volunteer and the Island Queen, and the foreign tug-steamer Taiwan, belonging to this port. "A small quantity of horses and wules came in the steamers, but it is not intended to bring over any cavalry. A large number of the soldiers were encamped here for two or three days before moving to their present camps, a few miles inland, they gave some trouble to foreigners, chiefly by borrowing foreign-owned cargo-boats and sampans in the same unceremonious way that they took those of the Chinese. But no serious trouble ocourred; and both the local and the military mandarins were perfectly ready to attend to any complaints brought before them. The first day was spent by the native Loatmen in pulling crowded sampans forwards and backwards across the harbour, for which they got no
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