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Further Suggestion to Refuse vided Sovereignty London, Oct. 12.
The Japanese protest to China in regard to the attempt to levy surtaxes on foreign goods not only on the ground of her trade interests but on the ground that she does not intend to recognize the divided sovereignty of China is the subject of a leading article in to-lay's "Daily Telegraph." which say that no Western people can encourage thet, subdivision if Japan opposes!
The journal considers it would be wise policy for Britain to imitate the action of Japan and refuse to acknowledge the sovereignty of Southern China—Reuter. party of Woosung and Shanghai constabulary police sealed the yamen's Union in the Netive City at 6.30 pin, on Saturday. They arrested several persons who were on the premises and seized the union's account books and registers.
My dear Mams,—By some wonderful means I have escaped unhurt, although my dear old Skipper has been very badly wounded in the foot, a large ball still being in T don't know whether I can give Jyou a description of it; I feel in such a state of excitement. I. will first tell you those who are killed Jor wounded that you know. Inglis, lour Marine Officer, was smothered fin the mud when we landed. first wounded. Poor Huleath is bad-wounded in the groin; I don't He fell close to me. shot off, and Purvis wounded, There are very few wounded, T fancy, in comparison to those killed. In the Plover, the Inext gunboat to ours, 26 men were killed and wounded, "the Admiral being one of them. Rason, her Commander, was smashed to atoms iso was McKenna the Military Secretary, and all the Admiral's staff Ineariy. In the last part of the jection I was the only one left to carry the orders about, the Flag Lieutenant having been sent to com= with w fresh crew. from other ships and the Secretary being busy taking notex. Kestrel gunboat next but one to us, 3 left lunburt of her crew. We had a hard fight for it, but what could we do against such a fearful number of guns? and us poor little gunboats inclosed in such a small place, not much broader across than the length lof our ship. I will try and send you a small plan of it from the plan that: T had given to me for the use of my old Skipper. got Jone to be sent to old Compton for a fellow who has written a deseripsign of it for him.
Poor Bowden Smith had his arm smashed. I had three fellows to look after in the Coromandel wound-Jed, the old skipper, Bowden Smith, Buckle of the Magiceuse, and a mid of the Fury "Admiral Behaved Splendidly"
The old Admiral behaved _splendidly after he had part of his thigh and leg shot away. He had a cot swung to a pole and was carried about in a boat from the Plover to the Cormorant to encourage the men, and then was hoisted up on the bridge till he was hit again, Jand then they laid him down on the Jquarter-deck where he remained till night. He won't be brought out to the Chesapeake, but will stop with-jin range. My poor old Skipper keeps his pecker up. T was wi him all day till he was wounded the mud, and. then T brought him out to the ship. Major Fisher, lof the Engineers, told' me the forts were splendidly built, we couldn't have built better. Hills is all right, hho had to stop on board. T had to fling all my arms away coming back Hfrom the forts, and was nearly smok thered once, only one of our blue-Jackets was kind enough to heave me four. You sank up to your knees at least every step, and just fancy the slaughter going 500° yards in the ug face of that fire of about 20 pieces Jof artillery: right in front of you and on each flank; it was dreadful, horrible work, but thank God 1
Jcame out all right. Board T he is slightly wounded, but it is only a rumour. Gallons Jones I am afraid has lost his gunboat. The Kestrel is gone down and Tam afraid the Cormorant will 0 too. They had horrid fire balls firing at us when we landed, I saw one poor fellow with his eye and part of his face burnt right out. If a piece struck you, it stuck to you and regularly fount you away until it was all gone. Will you be so good, Mame, as to forward the enclosed letter
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