The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-12 00:00:00

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MORE MISSIONARY DIFFICIIItrES IN

CHINA.

The Hong Kong papers inform us of the cause 01 S.
Rutherford Alcock's expedition up the Gang-tsze-kiang
and of his visit to Nanking, of which we ;have alread3
heard by telegram. It seems that another outrage hoe
been committed on two members of the Chine
Inland Mission, at the City of Ngan - king it
the province of Ngan - kwang. From the accouLl
given by the Messrs. Meadows and Williamson
the missionaries in question, if would appear that it
January last they established themselves at Ngan-kin:
with Mr. Meadows and family, with the full knowledge
and concurrence of the Governor. All went smoothy
until September, when the literary competitive
examinations for the district began. A few day
before the commencement of the examinations th
authorities requested that as long as they lasted the
missionaries would refrain from preaching, and hinter,
that as the Prefectural examinations would innediatel;
follow those for the district it would be as well if they
left the city for three months. This the missionaries
found it inconvenient to do, and hoped that by lying perdu
they should be able to escape the notice of the Literati.
Fortune, however, did not favour them ; the usual inflam-
matory placards were posted in different parts of the city,
calling on the inhabitants to pull down the house of the.
"religious brigands." Directly Messrs. Meadows and
Williamson were informed of the nature of these notices
they set off to the Tao-tars Yamun to ask for pro
tection, and were by him referred to the Prefect. To
reach the official's residence they were obliged
to pass through the court-yard in which the
examinations were being held. The students no soone
perceived their approach than they upset their sedan
chairs, and cried aloud, " Kill the foreign devils." By a
rapid movement, however, the missionaries reached the
Yamun uninjured. To their urgent request for an inter-
view with the Prefect, an answer was returned that his
'Excellency was at breakfast, and that they must wait.
Meanwhile, the mob had attacked and pillaged their,
house, and bruised and frightened Mrs. Meadows, besides
grossly insulting her. Eventually she was restored to her
husband through the energetic exertions of a native
servant, and the whole party were the same night put
into a boat, with a hundred dollars and a guard, to finl
their way to Kin-kiting.

TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA
LOSS OF EIGHTEEN LIVES.

The Western Morning News gives an account of the Cassi-
pore disaster, by which eighteen lives were lost. On Mon-
day evening the steamer Nabarre arrived at Falmouth
and landed the chief mate and eight seamen, sole sur-
vivors of the ship Cassipore, which foundered on Satur-
day last while on her voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta.
The survivors were in so exhausted a condition that full
details could not be procured, but it appears that the
Cassipore left Liverpool on the 31st ult., and encountered
on Friday night and Saturday the terrible gale which raged
throughout the west and south coasts of England and Ire-
land. She, however, bore up bravely against the storm
until she had passed Kinsale Head, fifteen miles west of Cork,
where she encountered the full force of the tempest. Tre-
mendous seas continually swept her deck from end to end,
and at length so strained and swamped her that, somewhat
suddenl, when thirty miles south of Kinsale, she went
town bodily. There were two boats on board, and just as
the Cassipore was sinking the chief mate Randolph Camp-
bell, Charles Appletown, of Southampton, and seven other
seamen jumped on board the smaller boat, and had barely
time to clear the ship before she foundered. The captain and
remainder of the crew, eighteen in number, had no time to
get out the other boat, and wont down in the ship. Those
in the boat expected momentarily that the fate of their
companions would be their own, for a 'fearful sea was
running, and they had no equipments, provisions, or water
on board. Throughout Saturday night and Sunday, how-
ever, they kept up, but the strength of the strongest be-
came exhausted by privation and exposure during Sunday
night. Happily early on Monday morning the steamer
Nabarre hove in sight, saw the castaways, and succeeded
with great difficulty in getting them on board, where their
wants were carefully attended to. They were landed at
Falmouth on Monday night and conveyed to the Sailors'
Home.

CHARGE AGAINST A BANK MANAGER.'
The case of M. Demetrio Pappa,manager of the Oriental
Commercial Bank, has been recently investigated before
the Lord Mayor in the Justice Room of the Mansion
House, and has been remanded several times.
The Bank, which is now in course of liquida-
tion, was established in 1864, and the prisoner
was -appointed its manager at a salary of £1,200
a year. It stopped in 1866, and after an investigation of
the accounts, the matter was referred to Vice-Chancellor
James, and a prosecution of the prisoner was directed.
It seems that he had several transactions with
Messrs. Partridge and Co., brokers, in respect of the shares
of the bank, and handed them five checks, amounting in
all to 533 Bs. 941., which amount was credited to his private
account, and the shares transferred to him in respect of it.
The checks in question really belonged to the bank and not to
the prisoner,and the several amounts had been duly entered
to the credit of the various customers in the bank's books.
713 total amount of £533 had been debited to Messrs.
Partridge's account, and appeared as an amount advanced
on account of the bank, the brokers being returned
al debtors in the prisoner's rough balance-sheets. After
the stoppage, the prisoner and a clerk went over the books,
and Messrs. Partridge and Co. were included in the list of
bad debts, which was considered highly unjustifiable. The
result of the whole examination of the accounts was
that the prisoner was accused of embezzling and appro-
priating to his own use the sum in question. Mr. Cooper,
public accountant and liquidator of the Oriental Bank,
gave evidence in support of the charge, and admitted
that the prisoner hold over 4,000 shares in the
bank in his own name, upon which he must have
paid something, though he could not say what at the
moment. The prisoner's counsel did not deny the receipt
of the money in question or the payment to the stock-
brokers, but his client had acted with the sanction
of the parties who could alone give it. He had
paid about £O,OOO on these shares, all of which
he had lost, and he submitted that he could not be charged
with felony. Mr. Cooper was cross-examined at some
length by the prisoner's counsel, Mr. Lewis, who said ho
would call the four directors present at a certain meet-
ing referred to, and then the absurdity of the
charge would be made apparent. Mr. Cooper
said that he could not find the sum of £538 in the weekly
synopsis of the given date, and that all checks of the
company given in the regular way should have been
included under the head of "cash balances authorised
and paid." The Lord Mayor said the defendant
purchased 406 shares, and had them transferred to him;
ho was proved to have received the whole of the
dividends, and to have put the money in his own pocket.
That was how the matter stood at present. Mr. Lewis
said the two things were quite distinct. He received the
dividends because he made himself liable for the shares.
The case still stands adjourned, the defendant being
admitted to bail. The defence seems to be that the
directors were cognisant of the affair, which was intended
to keep up the price of the shares.

The Bonn correspondent of the North-German
Gazette complains of the constant duelling among the
students of that university. Encounters often take place
without even the pretext of a quarrel, and, as the phrase
is, merely for the honour of the respective corps. The
college authorities have done their best to put an end to
the duelling system, but their efforts have not been
crowned with success. The prompt and vigorous interven-
tion of the civil authorities seems to be the only means of
eradicating the evil.

BARON HAUSSMANN'S FORTUNE.—" Do you wish
to know the amount of the Baron's faibulous wealth ? The
best part of it lies in the revenues of the Baroness, esti-
mated at 50,000 f. a year. Add to that the annual senato-
rial donation of 30,000 f., and you will have a total of
80,000 f. You will scarcely believe me when I say that the
Baron retires with only 20,000 f. Rente of his own ; and yet
nothing is more ezct. But how many others, in hips place,
would not have extended and embellished the capital
without following the rather too crooked ways of Superin-
tendent Fouquet ? Should we have long to seek for them
in the history of our most immediate contemporaries?
Baron Haussman possesses at Nice the Villa of Menthe-
-
ron, the maintenance of which is costly. He is also pro-
prietor of the domain of Cestas, in the Gironde, which
he has converted, at great expense, into a princely
residence. The architect charged with the works of
reparation and embellishment shared the common error
of his employer's wealth. He counted on an immense
fortune being in the Prefect's possession, and spared no
outlay to render Cestas worthy of so opulent a nobleman.
Then came in the bills which reached a figure that
caused a terrible outcry at the Prefecture. Quick, quick,'
said the Baron to M. Alphand ; 'let me have these bills
reduced. The total is altogether exaggerated, and lam
treated far too much like a millionnaire.' M. Alphand set
off to Cestas, and the accounts were taxed, but still
reached a very large sum. A few months elapsed, and no
payment came. One morning Baron Haussmann received
the visit of a gentleman in black, with a white cravat, who
told him, with all the respect due to so high a functionary,
that if the note was not liquidated within a short delay he
should be obliged to lay an embargo on the prefectorial
salary. The Baron then entered into arrangements, ftxed
certain periods, and paid the_ demands regularly at the
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