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Miscellaneous.
In the affray of the 14 th of April , one of the young insurgents having levelled his musket at a soldier of the line , the piece missed fire , and he was instantly surrounded . " Fire ! it is now your turn ! " said he to the soldier , baring his breast as he spoke . " No I" replied the gallant fellow , " I am not in the habit of taking such close aim—away with you !"
Serious disturbances have again occurred at Lyons . The military not only refused to act , but reversed their arms and cheered the rioters . In Brussels there has been alarming insurrection—it can scarcely be termed less—arising out of measures adopted by the Orange party for the purchase of the horses and other private property of the King of the Netherlands . The houses of many distinguished individuals were pillaged , and property to an immense amount sacrificed .
The German papers report the detection of conspiracies at Berlin ; and it is added , that the Prussian army in the Rhenish provinces is to be immediately reinforced . Amongst other rumours , it is said that Neufchatel is to be formally disjoined from Switzerland . CANTON , NOV . 10 . —A violent and hostile attack has been made by the opium traders upon the Chinese at Kee-Ho / in the vicinity of Macao ; whenin consequence of a theft committed from an opium hulkdrawn
, , on shore without the permission , and much to the annoyance of the natives , a most serious affray ensued , in which a whole village is said to have been burnt by the people from the shipping , who made tw o desperate descents upon the shore ; in the last of wMch as many as 300 sailors , with artillery and small arms , participated , but were beaten off by the guns of the CMnese , and compelled to return to their ships , leaving one of their men dead in the hands of the Chinese , and
wounding many of the natives , one of whom is since dead of his wounds . This affair , from the beginning , has been officially reported to Government , and the result has been a demand from the Viceroy for the murderers , and a correspondence has ensued , which , it is feared , may lead to the suspension of the regular trade . November 16 th : The discussions ivith the Viceroy respecting the proceedings at Kee-Ho are still going on . The communications are moderately ancl civilly
expressed , but he is obliged to make a show of compelling the English to yield up the murderers for trial and punishment . Pie , however adds , that the foreigners may try the offenders at Macao themselves , according to their own foreign laws , in jiresence of a Chinese officer , whom he will depute . May not this lead to the object so long desired , of adjusting these homicide cases in China by British authorities ? December 9 th : Captain Plumridge in the Magicienne frigate , is here , and , it is supposed , will remain until the business is settled . The Chinese still demand a man to be given up to them for trial and punishment .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Miscellaneous.
In the affray of the 14 th of April , one of the young insurgents having levelled his musket at a soldier of the line , the piece missed fire , and he was instantly surrounded . " Fire ! it is now your turn ! " said he to the soldier , baring his breast as he spoke . " No I" replied the gallant fellow , " I am not in the habit of taking such close aim—away with you !"
Serious disturbances have again occurred at Lyons . The military not only refused to act , but reversed their arms and cheered the rioters . In Brussels there has been alarming insurrection—it can scarcely be termed less—arising out of measures adopted by the Orange party for the purchase of the horses and other private property of the King of the Netherlands . The houses of many distinguished individuals were pillaged , and property to an immense amount sacrificed .
The German papers report the detection of conspiracies at Berlin ; and it is added , that the Prussian army in the Rhenish provinces is to be immediately reinforced . Amongst other rumours , it is said that Neufchatel is to be formally disjoined from Switzerland . CANTON , NOV . 10 . —A violent and hostile attack has been made by the opium traders upon the Chinese at Kee-Ho / in the vicinity of Macao ; whenin consequence of a theft committed from an opium hulkdrawn
, , on shore without the permission , and much to the annoyance of the natives , a most serious affray ensued , in which a whole village is said to have been burnt by the people from the shipping , who made tw o desperate descents upon the shore ; in the last of wMch as many as 300 sailors , with artillery and small arms , participated , but were beaten off by the guns of the CMnese , and compelled to return to their ships , leaving one of their men dead in the hands of the Chinese , and
wounding many of the natives , one of whom is since dead of his wounds . This affair , from the beginning , has been officially reported to Government , and the result has been a demand from the Viceroy for the murderers , and a correspondence has ensued , which , it is feared , may lead to the suspension of the regular trade . November 16 th : The discussions ivith the Viceroy respecting the proceedings at Kee-Ho are still going on . The communications are moderately ancl civilly
expressed , but he is obliged to make a show of compelling the English to yield up the murderers for trial and punishment . Pie , however adds , that the foreigners may try the offenders at Macao themselves , according to their own foreign laws , in jiresence of a Chinese officer , whom he will depute . May not this lead to the object so long desired , of adjusting these homicide cases in China by British authorities ? December 9 th : Captain Plumridge in the Magicienne frigate , is here , and , it is supposed , will remain until the business is settled . The Chinese still demand a man to be given up to them for trial and punishment .