The aspect of things among the Chinese in Kuangtung is threatening, There has been a disturbance at Pingpo, near Canton, and the acting Viceroy sent troops on Saturday to repress it.
Changehueu, near Canton, is reported to be the base for twenty thousand Triads who are organising a rebellion. At Whampoa the people are ill-treating the converts, and General Ma Kai-tong has gone with four thousand soldiers to preserve order.
The French gunboat Avalanche remains at Kumehuk and the Chinese are threatening to destroy her.
Kobe, 25th September.
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