News arrived here that there was trouble at " between the magistrate and the people in reference to the newly imposed The people decided that the new tanami m was too heary and asked fur reduction, The magistrate declining to oni ly, an ulti atin: was sent to him, if he did" t make the desired reduc-the whole poi lation of the surround-me country would com cut and storm the 'y. The magistrate made preparations for defence, making the gates doubly secure with planks and. stones, and posting the few soldiers he had ready on the walls, On the day fixed, the 2nd inst., a mob of some thirty to forty thousand men approached the city walls with red flags, and armed with weapons of all kinds. The moir gradually increased to, it is ssid, nearly a hundred thousand men, and they beleszuered the city for nearly. two days. Seving that his case was hopeless, the magistrate gave in and reduced the taxation as demanded by the people, and the mob dispersed to their homes," The Commissioner here for Ciinese Affsirs and ancther magistrate left for Chime a few days ago to enquire into the matter.
THE TRANSPORT Piso, chartered by the Government to take back troops, arrived in port yesterday. She is to take back the 2nd Seehataillon.
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