The so, Kungwo, which is ut present ashore near the town of Paichow about 60 miles above Hankow, has been the object of some hostile attentions on the part of the entry people there. she is so badly ashore as tu require digging out, a0 " lange staff with appliances had been sent on from Shanghai for this purpose; and the work had been pushed sufficiently far forward that in a day or two abe would have been afloat, The country people, however, were not in favour of the idea of her getting away till they had made some considerable profit out of the chance which hud enst her on thole land, and they further alleged that: the digging out operations had interfered with sume graves thnt were said to be in the neighbourhood, 'They therefore, on Monday, came together to the number of about 200 and put atop tothe work. They filled up the trenches, broke the dam avi let the water in, and' even tried t" ups-t the steamer by' knocking away the posts which shored her up on one side, In fact they not only stopped the work, but practically undid all that had been done, There were several soldier boats on guard ut the time, but they did not see fit to interfere in any way. When the ews reached here it was pliced in the hands of our new Consul, Pelham Warren, who has won the golden opiuions.of all by the promptness and success with which he handled it. He is reported to have given the Chinese auth ities certain number of hours in which to make up their minds whether they would put " stub to thia nonsense them selves, and protect the workmen in their further operations, or whether they would prefer to have the task taken in land for them by foreign forces. trary to the usual custom xt this centre, the native authorities gave attention to the matter at once, and within the time appointed satisfactory assurances were forthcoming, Shortly after, two steam launches ant six bouts of soldiers left for the scene and it is not likely that there will be any more trouble,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.