As an instance of the turbulence of the Canton mob, the nascent riot which occurred at Shameen on the evening.of the 27th inst. is worthy of note. Tt seems that a joss-bent had moored just off Canal Road, on the French Concession, and the police had ordered it away. The boat-people waxed insolent and refused to budge, an altercation arose in which the bystanders took part, a mob assembled, and soon they began fo stone the police. "The French Consul tured out the police on the French Concession and the volunteers rolled up with thelrgans and, having got nto position, were about to fire, when the mandarin in charge of the Shameen guard begged that he might te allowed to put down the riot and asked that they would not fire. He then set his soldiers to work, and they succeeded in Aispersing the rioters and effecting some arrests, when tranquility was restored.
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