An instance of Chinese inhumanity occurred on the morning of the 22nd instant in the barbour. A junk collided with a sampan, and the occupants of the latter, six in number, were thrown into the water, and one little boy about seven years of age was drowned, and the rest would have shared the same fate but for a boat passing, which rescued them. The juck sailed on without taking the slightest notice, but its number wus fortunately noted by the owner of thesame pan, who informed the Police. The owner of the junk was accordingly arrested, and after a stern rebuke from the magistrate was fined $50 or two months' bard labour,
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