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H. M. stores mr Hum arrived here from Foochow on Ti She ropotrs having had very heavy weather from Hongkong which she left ten days ago.
Tus British storeship Humber left here on Monday.
H.M.S. Barrowart left here on Friday.
Sour curiosity was excited on Saturday morning by the wanderings of H.M.S. Humber between H.M.S. Pique and the Pootuny shore. She had to leave the buoy to which she was moored while her engines were being overhauled, becatise it was wanted for S.MLS Geier; and the tugboat onlier quarter had some difficulty, owing to the wind and tide, in straightening her up. until a friendly police launch [came and canted her head round.
HLMLS. Pigve leaves this at the end of the present week for Hongkong, and will be relieved here by the Astrea, which is now on her way north.
H. M. S. Britomart, which is moored opposite the Bund, is one of the four first-jass gunboats which were lai! down in the latter part of 1897, She was built at Messrs. Potter's, Queen's Dock, Liverpool, fitted with engines by Messrs. awcett and Ca., and launched in 1898. Her dimensions are: Length between perpendiculars, 180 feet; beam, 33 feet; displacement, 700 tons at a load draught of 8 feet; horsepower, 1,300; speed, 13.5 knots. The armament' comprises two 4-in, and four 12-pounder quick-firing guns, and six. 45-in, Maxims.
Tax German cruiser Geior came up iver on Thursday.
Tas German Seordler arrived here from Nagasaki on and took up mooring sat the Old Dock Buoy.
Tue German cruiser Kaiserin Augusta and the Italian cruiser Vesuvio arrived here on Monday.
Tne U.S. gunboat Helena arrived here on Monday from Chefoo and has taken up moorings in the lower section.
Tas Italian armoured cruiser Marco Polo, the flagship of Renr-Admiral Palumbo, arrived outside the Spit Buoy, from Singapore, on Friday. The Marco Polo was built at Castell are in 1890, at a cost of £350,000. Her length between perpendiculars is 327 feet; beam, 48 feet 3 inches; on a load draught of 19 fect 6 inches, her displapereny is 4,583 tons, and her indicated horse-power is 10,000. She has a speed of 19 knots. Her armament consists. of six 5.9-in. quickfirers, ten 47-in., two 3.9-in., nine 22-in.," fou in.' and two Maxim guns, and' she is fitted with five torpedo tubes, one of which is submerged.
Tue P. & 0. S. Valetta, with the London mail of the 8th ultimo, left Hongko at 3.30 p.m, on Sunday' for Shancha She brings 425 chests of Malwa and of Bengal opium, 6,113 bales of Bomba yarn, and 397 bales of Bombay cotton, Tue P. & O. intermediate steamer Malacca, from London, left Singapore at L p.m. on Sunday for Shanghai.
Tae M. M.S. Indas, with the French tnail of the 16th witimo, left Singapore for ion Monday, the 9th instant, at Tue N.-D.L.S, Prinzess Irene, with the German mail of the 11th ultimo, left Singapore for Shanghai on Thursday, the Sth instant, at 6 p.m.
Tue R. M.S. Empress of China loft Vancouver on Monday afternoon, the: 2nd inst., and may be expected to reach Yokohama on Tuesday, the 17th idem.
Wars the Haciu left Taku, there wore 27 steamers at anchor outside the Taku Bar, on which there way less water than ever previously recorded.
Tas C. P. R.S. Hating which was recently reported as having gone ashore in Tucker Bay, and was expected to be a total loss, arrived safely at. Vancouver on the 18th of October under her own steam Tae T. K. K.S. Nippon Mara arrived at San Francisco on the 3rd instant.
Tue C. P.R.S Tartar arrived at Vancouver on Monday, the 2ud instant, at 5am.
Wepsespar's "Echo de Chine" said that order prevails at Peking, but numerous bands of brigands are roaming over Chihli. The Chinese authorities punish severely every outrage committed against foreigners.
The same paper notes with deep regret, which we are sure will be generally felt, the death of the son of M. Colomb, which occurred at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.