A traveller sends us the following account:—We left Shanghai im the Rocket at 11 am. on Friday the 4th instant, and reached the Empress of China at Woosung at 0.40 pan., sailing thence about twenty minutes afterwards, in the full hope and expectation that we were to make a rapid run, and arrive in Nagasaki on the following' evening. To our disgust we shortly discovered that the ship was to make an gassy passage, yeas to reach that port on the Monday morning. And in this "we easily succeeded, as we did not anchor abreast of the quarantine station till 5.30 a.m., say forty hours from Woosung. The passengers were at once tuned out and sent ashore to be washed. We were ushered into a lange building having small retiring rooms attached, and in these latter we parted company with our clothes in exchange for a simple kimono, We then entered the adjoining room and waited our tum for a vacant bath room. Hot and cold water were laid on, and the bath generally was quite luxurious. After tubing, we arrayed ourselves in flannel kimonos, and adjourned to a fine pavilion commanding a splendid view of the harbour. Here we sat or longed about, and partook of tea, cog-nae, and cigars provided by the Japanese authorities. In the meantime our clothes, which had been carefully spread out on a wicker or bamboo basket, and enclosed a canvas bag, were being fumigated in hot chamber. Each bag had two brass checks attached, one of which was retained by the owner of the clothes. After half an hour's delay the latter were restored to us, when the majority of the party made tracks for Nagasaki, and the balance returned to the ship.
During our absence the Japanese officials commenced disinfecting the ship, with a very weak solution of carbolic, poured out of small watering pots on the decks, in the cabins, saloon, ete. The Chinese fire of whom there were 85 on beand, finding that the Japanese were pouring this stuff over their bedding, clothing, ete., resented it, and smashed up the pots and pans of the officials besides mauling two of them rather severely. A complaint was of course at once made to th British Consul, and the Consular Cor stable Lawrence sent on board in the afternoon to arrest the two ringleaders. He was about to take them ashore when their confreres came to the rescue and prevented their arrest. Nothing was done till the following morning when Mr. Forster of the Consular service, and Constable Lawrence came on board, the former to request that the two ringleaders might be handed over at the gangway, Tu the meantime Lawrence had found one of his men, and placed him on the upper landing of the gangway ladder. The remainder of the firemen, yetting wind of what was going on, rushed to the gangway port to rescue their man, when Lawrence drewhistruncheon, and gave the leader a tremendous blow, which kept the men back. A guard of quartermasters and sailors (a few only were on deck up to this time) was thereupon ordered to turn out; rifles and ball ammunition were served out to each man, officers were rushing about, buckling on their swords, and loading their revolvers, the firemen meanwhile rouped in a menacing attitude on the forecastle and defying the apprehension of the second ringleader. When the guard had taken up a position facing the firemen, with their rifles at the shoulder, the latter were ordered to parade on the hurricane or promenade deck, which they promptly did;—aline of bluejackets facing them with loaded rifles. Search was then made for the second ringleader, and in about five minutes he was found stowed snugly away under a lot of mats in the fore part of the ship. He was quickly hustled along to the gangway port, where Lawrence stood ready to receive him, and was plvood in the boat with his fellow prisoner, Lawrence securing them both with the usual brace. lets.
Tt was feared the firemen left on board would strike, but the chief engineer addressing them on deck, and promoting two to fill the vacancies of those left on shore as prisoners, had the desired effect, and they all tumed to with a will.
The chief officer, who was in command during this meute, acted with great promptness and decision throughout. Our captain was suffering from an accident to his foot, and was invisible to the passengers between Shanghai and Kobe. We got away from Nagasaki at 10,30 a.m. on Monday the 7th, going up on the outside track, through Van Diemen's straits, much to the disgust of the ""G. T.'s" on board, But after all it was not much disappointment to them,-as there was thick weather and heavy rain throughout, thus rendering it impossible to see the beauties of the Inland Sea At 10 pan. on Tuesday, we anchored off the quarantine station, and at eight o'clock the following morning we were at the ship's usual berth at Kobe.
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