An, extraordinary incident is reported from Amoy, says the Straits Times, Teng Cheong, a reputable and well-known Chinese trader in Singapore, who is a British subject, has been thrown into prison there by the Chinese authorities, on the initiative of a German firm, for an alleged debt, notwithstanding his appeals to the British Consul, and the dao presentation of his passport. Failing to obtain redress from the British Minister at Peking, to whom the matter was referred by Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Amoy, Teng Cheong has-now: sent in a petition to the Governor of the Straits Settlements. The petitioner _earneatly appeals to His Excellency to take immediate steps.
Pho following is the substance of the petition T was born at Singapore, of British parents, where'I: have ever resided, and established. myself as a merchant. under the-firm, name, and style of Teng Cheong. I have occasionally visited Amoy, and did not report myself to H.B.M.'s Consul, because my stays were of short duration, and there: appeared to be no occasion to assert my nationality.
"Lately, T became aware that a German firm in Amoy had failed to collect certain sums of money from certain-Chinese, who had chartered-a steamer, and that the said German firm alleged that I had a share: in the said charter. My property was-seized at the solicitation of the firm, through' the German Consul, by-the Chinese authorities: I deemed it, therefore, prudent to let it: be known that I -was-s British subject: "Ao cordingly, I applied for and' received: a
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