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CANTON.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT).

August 5th.

FARSHAN" AFFAIR ONCE MORE. The Self-Government Society has issued a cir- lar convening a public meeting for this even-

ng, for the purpose of discussing the Fatshan fair. The following is a translation of the ircular:

Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, the owners of the s.. Fatehan, have promised to trans- fer the Captain of the Futshan to another Fessel pot on the Hongkong-Canton run, and they have also consented to pay $3,200 to the mily of the deceased man, Ho U Ting. The smpradore department of that firm has Iso added $2,000 1:0 the sam. The Portuguese ticket-collector, Noronha, will be handled over to the Portuguese Authori ties to be tried, and Mossrs. Butterfield and Swire have given their promise that they will not employ any more Portuguese in future. They have also issued instructions to all their freesals that Chinese passengers are to be well treated, and no violence is on any secount to be Jasel to them. We thus see that Messrs. Butter- field and Swire have done all they can to make reparation for this unfortunate occurrence. The Portuguese Consul, however, has not acted fairly, and we must meet to discuss some way of showing him that we are not to be trifled with. The Portuguese Consul has accused our Society of having been bribad to take up the case, but our only wish is to see the doceased's family gets fairplay. British nation has always been friendly to the Chinese, and on this occason the British have done nothing that can be considered unfair, Ho U Ting was killed by a l'ortuguese, and hough he was employed on a British vessol the British are not to blame. We should not, there- fore, art against the interests of the British but we invite all our countrymen to meet to- gether and discuss what steps are necessary to punish the offenders."

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