C. O.
19555
[REC:
REGE 18 NOV 84
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Many others, however, anticipated no trouble at night, but more to-day.
The Messageries Maritimes Company have been placed in great straits by the oargo boat strike, as an express issued by them yesterday shows. The express announced that owing to the impossibility of finding cargo boats for the | landing of cargo for Hongkong of the Saghalien, it would be transhipped to the Tanais, where consignees would have to take delivery. Cargo for Hiogo and Shanghai was to be sent to Yokohama, whence it would be forwarded to its destination at the first opportunity.
Among the measures of precaution taken Inspector Orley was sent to take possession of such stores of explosives as he might find in the Chinese shops in Queen's-road West, and a large quantity of dynamite was sent by him to the Central Police Station. The arms stores, where old muskets and rifles and pistols, revolvers, &c., are kept in considerable quantities were well watched in case of an attempt by the rowdies to arm themselves. At night the streets were patrolled by all the available strength of police, sud stoight o'clock a body of 100 men of the Buffs marobod to the Tung Wah Hospital to be on the spot at a moment's notice if wanted. Upon the application of the authorities for the use of the building for the purpose of stationing the men there, it was granted at once.
Yesterday was a Chinese religions festival, the Feast of Lanterns, when it is usual to have a great procession, but some days ago the pro- cession was prohibited in consequence of the disturbed state of the Chinese. Last night there was some attempt at a procession, the paraphernalia having an escort of coolies armed with bamboos, but it does not seem to have amounted to much, and the coolies were afraid to be very obstreperous.
Up to two o'clock this morning the fears of those who apprehended another outbreak at night had not been verified, aud everything re mained perfectly quiet. Police were patrolling the streets in strong bodies, and patrols of the Buffs were also out with fixed bayonets. The rowdies soemed to be intimidated by the strength of the force arrayed ag them.
RIOTERS AT THE POLICE COURT. Twenty-eight of the rioters were brought up at the Police Court at four o'clock before both Magistrates, but only those osses in which the avidence was ready were gone into. Some of the constables whose evidence was necessary in the other cases were on duty. The prisoners were in two batches, one of sixteen and one of twelve. It was proved against eight of the de- fendants in the first batch that they had thrown stones which hit the polios, and their cases were at once dealt with. Six of them were sent to qaoi for twelve months, the first fortnight to be in solitary confinement, and also the last for night of the third month. The other two, who were each fifteen years of age only, were san- tenced to six months' imprisonment.
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