Although the West River is open to forei nuffic, little pains are taken by the authorities of the Two Kuang to suppress the piracy thet has long been rampant iq this and other waterways of South China, On Thursday, the 23rd inst., the pirate's had the audacity to stick up the passenger steam-launch Tah On running" between Macao, Kongmun, and Samshui. The pirates took passage on board, and when the vessel was at a safe distance from Macao they turned up man armed party of nine, and made the passengers disgorge money and valuables worth some $600, with which they decamped.
Hongkong, 25th June.
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