Wo had one small excitement in the capture of the whale, and now there has been a lesser one as regards us—this time off-shore in its beginning. A man returning from Newchwang, where he had been with a boat-load of watermelons, and having about $100 with him, was -shot by pirates. He jumped overboard, and although two ribs were broken and a severe wound was made by the large bullet, he managed to swim about five li towards shore till picked up by some fishermen anchored not far from shore. One of our physicians was called up about one Glock last night, and administered such relief as he could then, and extracted the ball this morning. It seems a marvel that the man was able to keep up so long. The boat is said to have had small cargo of official salt, but there is no information az to what was done with that or the june. It seems likely that the pirates knew this man was on board and had money and followed for this, since dispose ing of the salt would be almost sure to get them into trouble. The man has two Targe scars on his person, which raises the question whether he may have been one of the piratical crew who was shot and fell overboard, as it scarcely seems probable that an ordinary villager would have such heavy marks of violence. But. the Chinese believe his story—possibly' would not dare to say differently they do not believe it. Last year there was a serious case of an attack on a village not very remote from here, by irates. It was followed by one or two Chinese gunboats visiting and patrolling ills part of the gulf for a time, but we never hoard of any captures. There is enough pirating going on in and around the gulf to justify cons! igilanee on the part of the authorities the business is broken up, The Assembly Hall.
Fine audiences gather in the Assembly Hall now on a Sunday. A Chinese service is held in the morning at 10.30, at which there must have been about 450, in attendance yesterday. At 5 p.m. an English service is held, at which not less probably than 175 wore present. Ti hall is on the grounds of the Rocky Point Association, about the contre of the six miles of coast-line where foreign houses have been erected, and the greatest number of houses are clustered within a distance of two-thirds of a mile from this centre. The hall is used for lectures, conferences, musical entertainments, etc., as well as religious services.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.