On Sunday afternoon there was a riot between some American and German men-vfseems that some of the latter of the America ut said he understood German, them not to run his county down, as there were others who coult understand German, and there might be a row in consequence, He had no sooner said this than three or four Germans assaulted him and threw him out into the street. Soon after this a German esilor wut to another public house, where there ere some Americans who did not know anything about the first row. They say he challenged them to fight, but they replied there was nothing to fight about. One American was asleep. The dyers of the public house were closed, but while one German was inside the public challenging the Americans, there was a cheer outs number of Germans rushed on and (tacked them. Che sleeping man was struck over the head with an iron bolt and had to be sent to the Hospital, and some of the other men were also rt. The Germans then left, 'The Americana having collected their shipmates followed them to Hongkew, and fought them in a public house in' Broadway, the result being that several of the Germans were hurt, The combatants went on board their ships but appear to have been dissatisfied with the results, On Monday afternoon, one of reporters mot a number of American sailors from the Monocacy and they told him it was not safe for any of them to go alone, and that was why they were walking about in a body, thos of them apponred to be armed, except that some of them had slight walking sticks. Ibis was The men walked up to the ud returned along Sz9- chuen Road and were proceeding to Hongkew to the Star Temperance Restaurant to get their overcoats, when they were met by a body of Germans on the north side of Nauiking Road. The Ger us Were more than forty in number and were led by two petty officers; and they were all armed with bars of iron, knives, sticks, and it is said swords or bayonets, The Americans were unarmed, 4s the two bodies advanced towards each other, the German officers piped their whistles, and the men formed nto line and made a dash at the Americans, The latter were few in number and were unable to defend themselves except with their Gsts. The consequence was they gut the worst of it, and one man was stabbed in the forehead with a sharp instrument, while another was knocked down and stabbed in the head and rendered insensible. The Americans made their escape as best they could, and some went on board the Monocucy and told their shipmates. This made them very angry, and by some means about twenty-five of them got ashore,—* jumped the ship," as the ssiiers say. They were armed with heavy sti bars of iron, life preservers and 81 and they left the ship with the arowed tention of punishing the Germans. tunately the two sides did not reporter met the Americans on the Garden Bridge and suggested toa policeman that he should go to the Central Station and try to stop any fighting. This he did, and our reporter followed the American: to the geo shops on the Fren and searched for their opponents, but the Germans had all left, and youe on board, thatas the two parties had gone by different strents, they very fortunately missed exch other. As soon as the officers of the Monocacy were informed of the row, one of them went to the Central Police Station and gave orders for all the men on leave tu return on board. The armed American sailors finding that they had no one to ght with returned quietly on board. A' French policeman informed our reporter that upwards of sixty Germans had landed on the Bund and that they were all armed. What enraged the Americans was & most uuprovoked attack on Sunday upon one of their ship-mates who was asleep at the time he ed. Ho was severely injured and General Hospital, The keeper public house where this outrage was committed says the attack was most uuproyoked, as the men in his place had not been outside all the afternoon. Our reporter saw the wounded American sailors on board their vessel. we of them hud their heads bandaged up. In consequence of the quarrel, the leave of all the men has been temporarily stopped. Wede not know what injuries the German sailors have sustained, but it is reported that some of them have been badly hurt, ADJUSTMENT OF GENERAL AVERAGE, The great battle between underwriters a question of average, which has been before four courts and disposed of, bids celebrated ut ite kind on record, The cage to which we allude is that of the Ocoun Steamship Company v. Anderson, Tritton, & C". Lhe cause arose from a salvage service performed on the Yangtezo river. he Achilles, buying drifted un to [a sandbank, signalled to the Shanghai, another steam-vessel, belonging to the China Navigation Company, for assistance, and that vessel succeeded in gert afloat, In cor rendered, the master of the Achilles signed an agreement to pay the sum of £2,500, and the question raised was whether the owners of the achilles and her cargo were bound by that contract. When the ma Achilles signed that agreement hat the owners of the Shang: those of the only other at shipping company at the place whose vessels were capable of doing the work, had combined to charge not less then £2,500 for one day's service, and fur all time beyond that an additional eum was tu be demanded, The two companies had come to that resolution in consequence of the unsatisinctory awards made on former occasions. The Achilles was Inden with cargo of tea, and bound for Lundun, when she stranded; and, judging from the star ts Inid before the court, i minment peril of shipwreck. Chere was, we presume, liberty of contract, and if be conceded, it was open to the ma ter of the Avhilles to have ship and cargo or pay the amount dv: mauded, he being aware that the two companies had united to make a certain xed charge. The questions left tv the jury by Mr. Ju-tics Cave—who did not Toresee that new departures were to be taken in the system of adjustmont—were (1) Did the master of the Achilles make the owners of that ship liable to pay the £2,001 (2) Did he, when he made the signal for assistance, know the terme which would be demanded (3) Was the course he adopted a reasonable course fur him to pursue under the circumstances
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