Under this heading there continues little to report. The British dispatch vessel Alacrity lett here on the 8th instant for the North, taking Vice-Admiral Sir E. H. Seymour, who has gone to relieve Admiral Sir 'A. Buller of the command of the squadron. The latter will proceed to England by next English mail. On the 7th inst. Vice-Admiral Seymour i the naval eatablishments in this Colony, On the 9th inst. a battalion of blue jackets with the band of the Powerful was landed and had a march out. They were a fine body of men. On the 8th inst. the Portuguese gunboat Bengo arrived here from Macao. The Portuguese gunboat Liberal arrived at Singapore on her way to China on the 30th ult. The British battleship Barfleur sailed from Malta on the 6th inst. for China, and it is rumoured that the Aurora will follow her.
Hongkong, 12th February.
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