There is not much to record under the above heading. Most of the big warships have scattered, and the anchorage will soon be almost deserted. The British gunboat Swift arrived here on the 20th inst. from Manila, and the cruiser Archer left here ea the 22nd to take her place at that port. The Austrian cruiser Panther, after the briefest of sojourns, left here on the lst inst. for Swatow. The British flagship Centurion came out of dock on the 241! inst. and returned to her moorings. 'The cruisers Budinnion and Minerva with the relief crews for the Centurion and Rattler arrived at Singapore on the 24th, en route for this port, and are expected' here on Tuesday. The flagship and the Rattler will recommission on the Ist prox. The Swift and Firebrand (now both ofan obsolete type) are to go into the Fleet Reserve in Hongkong. They may be of use for river work some day; they are certainly not worth sending home. The Austrian man-of-war Kaiser Franz Joseph I, having on board Baron Ozikann, the new Austrian Minister to China, is due here some time next week. The Austrian flag is showing more in evidence just now.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.