It was reported in Mandarin circles yesterday that in view of the decided stand taken on the one hand by H. Tang Shao-yi, Tibetan High Commissioner of Reorganisation, not to go te England as Chinese e Court of St. James, and on 1a awin, to the expressed wish of H. E. Chang Teyi, the time-expired Chinese Minister, now in London, not to: accept.s second term, Prince Ching, who has taken..a d great liking to Taotai Chu Pao-fay, who is now in Peking as Chief Secretary and Advisor to H. E, Hsu Shih-chang, one of the tone High Commissioners going abroad, has strongly recommended Mr. Chu Pao-fay to the 'Throne as "in every way suited to fill the post of their Majos-ties' representative at the Court of St. James." Taotai Chu-Pao-fay, if selected for the high post, will be promoted to the rank of a Metropolitan Oficial of the Srd or 4th grade,"
The Riot at Amoy, Telegrams received by the Native papers here from Amoy report a serious riot at Amoy on Wednesday, followed by the loss of some lives amongst the rioters The "South China Daily Journal" has the following telegram dated the 30th August 'The stores at this port went on strike to-day; the Maritime Customs' people shot two of the populace; the British gun-boat landed a foreo'to protect the Settlement.
Note.—Evor since the Chinese Custom House was amalgamated with the Mar-time Customs, n Foochow man, by the name of Teng. a protege of the Commissioner, has been imposing fines on: the merchants at his owl sweet will,' so that the merchants of the six prefectures in of Amoy wont on sti protest. This was fully reported in our Chinese department on the 29th ult. No doubt the present trouble i8 the sequel to that affair, and has nothing whatever to do with the boycott."
According toa more detail oil account received of the riot it is stated that'. the rioters stoned the Custom-house, whereupon the Customs Police fired a couple of blank volleys at the mob with the object of scaring them, The natives of Away and that pact of Fakion province aro, however, much braver and more daring than their fellow-countrymen of the more northern provinces, and so the blank volleys had no more effect on the rioters than: to increase their frenzy and bitterness against the Customs employeosyand the mob then went on to attack and pulled down the Harbott Mnster's office and smashed the gigs and sampans belonging to the Onstoms, moored at, the jetty." Subsequently the Customs' flag pole was smashed and the fag pulled to pieces by the infuriated mob while ut the same' time many employees of the Customs were hurt. by the volleys of stones hurled at them by their assailants, Matters nuw becoming very serious, the Customs Police received the' order (by whom hus not yet transpired). to land with ball enrbridge and. ater several volleys hud eon fired ut the mob the rioters fled, When the riot was ab its height a landing party from the British cruiser Iphigenie came on shore to protect the British Consulate and property of British merchants, but no attempts were made upon anyone by the mob except upon employees of the Customs. The riot was a purely local one directed against the Customs' employees for alloged wrongs suffered at their hands by merchants and amall traders, involving natives of the six prefectures and subprefectures of Fukien province, namely, Changchon, Tingchou, Lungyen, Shaown, Ch'uanchou and Yungeh'un.
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