ment and the incapacity shown by the authorities in the two Kuang provinces o put down rebellion and suppress disorder have induced the foreign residents at Canton to consider their position in case of a mob rising in that city. On the 14th inst, a lange gathering was held in the Theatre of the Club, Shameen, Mr. Mansfield (British Consul) presiding. "The French, as usual, roved the bar to concerted action, the rench Consul saying he could not delegate his power to. any person other than a Frenchman, Accordingly two separate defence corps have to be formed, the weakest having necessarily to defend the part of the settlement most exposed to attack; Mr. F. B. Smith being selected as Captain for the British Concession Corps. Nearly all those present signed their names at the meeting illing to serve in the new Corps.
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