Late on Wednesday night news was received in Shanghai to the effect that firing took place on Wednesday on the Yangtze on the French gunboat the Alerte, While details of what happened ore not yet to hand it is reported in Shanghai that one sailor was Killed and another wounded. The firing appears to have taken place between Wusueh. and Kiukiang.
The French Admiral left for up iver on Thursday morning.
Shangini, Oct. 19, A Kiukiang message of yester= day's date carried a notice which was stated to have been sent by the Allied Headquarters to the foreign The well as foreign versals be fired upon by the Aulies unless they stop on signal from the Headquarters irrespective of time, It is andded that this order will be kept in force during the period when martial law is in opern~ tion but that even during that period all foreign war vessels will exempted from this military inspee= tion—Toho,
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