There has been more movement among the vessels of war during the past week, and the anchorage is gradually filling up. The arrivals are:—On the 28th ull the British battleship Beafleur from Yoks hama; on the 29th, the U.S. gunboat Princeton from Tazon; on the '30th the British gunboat' Bramble Weihaiwei and" the British vessel Waterwi Shangh the Sist, dispatch "buat Alacrity from er Aurora from Woosung, and the torpedo-destroyer Whiting from' Shanghai; and on the Ist inst. the British battleship Albion frm Amoy.
The departures have been few. On the 26th October the French gunboat Décidée left for Pakhoi; on the 30th the British cruiser Dido, which had for some time the pennant flying, steamed out homeward bound, and on the 8st the cruiser Isis also left for England.
Piracy of a Steam-launch. nother ease of the piracy of a ste: Munch has just been reported to the P Te seems the launch Ut Fat, owned by Cheung Po, of Wing Fat Street, has been ularly for some time between Chang and Tai O on i ing goods buck. On the Tai O, after the passenger deen Tanded, the captain crew went on shore, leaving nine men on board. Shortly afterwards a party of Chinese. said to consist of 20 or 30 men, bearded the launch and overpowered the crew, who were nttened down all but the engineer and stokers. who were compelled to steam up the river. Fortunately for the crew the lane ground when got near Taiping and the pirates left_her after on all loose ides of a portable nature they could find. The neb floated when the tide rose and was picked up later by a Customs cruiser, who gave her into custody of Inspector' Ruy who brought her into Hongkong yesterday.
Hongkong, 2nd November.
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