Hoihow, 22nd June.
For some time there have been rumours in Hoihow that the French are meeting with much opposition from the natives taking possession of their new naval station at Kuangchouwan, One report says that the native pilot who brought the French war vessels into the Bay has been killed by his neighbours, and that all the members of his family have been severely dealt. with.
The last report, which comes from a pro minent native military official, says that the natives in the vicinity of Ruangchouwan refuse to sell provisions to the French, who compose the garrison, and that they are hostile in other ways, so much so that the Chinese officials have had to interfere to bring the natives into submission without a direct breach of the pence.—China Mail.
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