For a few days previous to Saturday the officers of the Forte had been fectly aware of the revolutionary spirit which was abroad among the soldiers, and through the aid of an interpreter the commander communicated to foreigner in the vicinity the state of sffsirs. He explained to him that as long as be (the commander) was there, there would be no fear for him, bat if he was forced to go, it might bedangerous for the foreigner to remain. The foreigner in question had a steam-launch at his disposal, and the cou mander advised him to keep steam up for fear that he should have to flee at soy moment. As this was quite a ressonable precaution, it was carried oat, bat, -qabeeqnen{ events showed, the UN own interests rather than those of the foreign resident.
The launch was not required on Sstarday morning, so that little notice was taken of what happened aboard of it. However, in the evening it was found to have disappeared, sud did not reappear until the following morning, when the story of the occurrence was extracted from the Isodah. About 9 a.m, the commander of the forts and six others had come aboard, and told the laodah that they bad permission from the foreigner to use it, They remained on board all the morning and o'clock gave instructions for it to proceed to Shanghai, Arriviog here, the officer and his comrades disembarked at the Nanking Road Jetty, and telling the Iaodah that they would retarn at Woosung yesterday.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.