A fresh sensation in the local situa-|P tion was caused on Saturday afternoon by the news of the arrival of two Ohinese gunboats in the Hasngpu. They were first seen between three and four o'clock off the Point, where they came to an-char.
At that time only two had put pearance, bat daring the night {-war arrived, and ti mole flotilla finally to anchor jast below the Customs Lower Station.
They were the Kien Ngan, the Cho Yn, the Fei Ting (ganbosts), and the Ting Ying Chow (transport).
On their first appearance the question was asked whether they bad come to dit was only paid that the reason of their was learned.
They bad been at Navkiog, and ronning short of coal and ammunition had steamed to Shanghai expecting to find supplies here. They were not aware, until arrival, of the alteration in the situation daring the two previous, days, and hence fonnd themselves ins
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