took place on the 8th inst., at the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Happy Valley, the ion being the interment of the remains of Mr. Charles King, midshipman belonging to the Chilian training ship General Baequedano, who died on the previous day at the Naval Hospital of tuberculosis. The coffin was borne to the cemetery on a gun carriage, followed by Captain Wilson, and the ship's company of the General Baequedano, the commander of the 'Tsmar, and file of marines and another party from the Argonaut, parties of marines from the French and Portuguese tien-of-war in port, the Chilian Consul, and representatives of the various Naval' Departments in port. At the conclusion of the service, Captain Wilson made a little speech in which he expressed the sense of their loss, and said it was a great consolation decoated would He under the protection of the British fag—the flag of a country which had always been an example to the world in everything that pertained to goodness and the wellbeing of mankind.
ANOTHER CASE oF Prracy.
Another case of piracy occurred last week" at Shekmoon near Canton, the pirates being actually surprised in the act of robbing the passengers of a paddle-boat of their clothes and valuables, by a party of Germans under the command of a Lieutenant, from the armed steam pinnace Schamien which was out for a cruise.
When tha pirates saw this party advaneing they bolted into the rice Belds, but the Germans followed them and after a difficult pursuit through narrow and slippery piths succeeded in capturing one pirate and the whole of tthe booty. The other irates escaped behind the hills, but the "Jacks" had previously fired "and wounded one whom his companions carried off. The captured pirate and stolen pro-Ennchs, the commander of which intimated perty were banded over to H.LM.S.
his intention of insisting upon the offender being beheaded, otherwise he should have him taken 10 the scene of the offence and shot by his own men.
Hongkong, 10th November.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.