Throughout Sunday night the French kept an active look out, the, volunteers, police, and sailors being all on duty. Nothing however occurred and at fiveo'clook: yesterday morning, the volunteers were missed. The sailors from the Eclaireur remained on special duty as also the men from the Marco Polo, in the grounds of the Consulate. The last-named were relieved at short intervals from sentry duty, but all_slopt practically under arms. The police under the impression that stone-throwing might be resumed in the evening removed the globes from the electric lam in the streets, whilst one or two of the principal: business: premises were barricaded. A small house at the farther most and of the Concession inhabited by French subjects was attacked of Sun-. day during the time when the riots were at' the-most serious pitch, the building: -being somewhat extensively damaged. No. injuries fortunately were sustained by any-of the inmates. Enquiries made in careful quarters elicit the fact that so far as the-French are concerned only one constable-was injured, being struck with a stone.. Some few foreigners were also hit with: stones but the' French officials say they: had only themselves to blame. The English: ends of the bridges over the Yangking-
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