was reported yesterday in local darin circles that owing to the detention of steamers belonging to the China Merchant's Ca. by the Foreign Powers at Taku, the Fushun, which was to have taken Viceroy Li Hung-chang straight up from Hongkong to Tientsin will not do so, but that Viceroy Li will come up in one of the Foreign mail steamers ay far as On Tuestay ight. xt 9 o'clock some Shangh alarm was occa oned by the firing of yp to Tien from which port BLE. will go one of Messrs. Jurdine, Jessfield. The pyrotechnics were meely rockets from Hongkew Police Station and Matheson & Co.'s sternners.
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