A month or two ago, our Hoihow correspondent gave us a description of the French albumen factory that had been started at this Hainan port, and commended our French neighbours for their enterprise, which is being copied by a German firm at one of the Yangtze ports. The establishment of the Hoihow factory has had the effect of enhancing the price of eggs, especially duck's eggs, of which the Chinese make a large consumption, and it is supposed this enhancement of price has created a feeling of resentment amongst the natives, who have avenged themselves by attacking the factory and assaulting the French "Ee "Courrier d'Haiphong of the 29th September contains "the two following felegeams:— she ator BB Sep 8a.
factory estab li: Berthoin, the Haiphong merchant, at Hoihow, for the manufacture of albumen, has been pillaged by pirates. The manager, M.
Bernard, who is well-known in Tongking, escaped without injury. Details follow. 6pm.
On the night of the 15th instant the natives of Hoihow. who for some time back have shown a spirit of animosity towards the albumen factory, assembled together and made an attack upon the factory. They broke down the enclosing wall; and once in the interior they destroyed both of the heating machines, stealing the pipe and iron frame of one of them.
The principal ed building was ransacked and afterwards badly damaged. Huge stones were thrown by the mob, and the chief engineer was injured. Luckily, Mr. Bernard, the manager of the factory, lives at some distance from the scene of the outrage. He arrived only in time to find that the natives had done damage to the extent of §1,000.—China Bail.
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