The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-07 00:00:00

ATTACK BY PIRATES.

According to news from Hongkong, the North-German
merchant barque Apenrade, sailing under Captain H.
Davidsen, was attacked by pirates in the Chinese waters,
near Macao, on the 24th September. The crow of
the barque consisted of the captain, the pilot,
and twelve men, while the number of her assail-
ants was about a hundred. Yet the Germans
defended themselves with such resolution that one man
was slain, and all the rest were injured, the wounds of the
captain and pilot having been of a very severe description.
No bravery could, of course, successfully contend with such
odds. The pirates were, however, disturbed in their work
of plunder by tho approach of a steam vessel and the
Apenrade escaped to the harbour of Macao.

The system of appointing navigating officers to
ships in tho steam reserve is, we are informed, to be die=
continued.

The Lords of the Admiralty paid an official visit
to Chatham dockyard on Saturday. No display of any kind
by way of reception was made on the arrival of the mem-
bers of the Board.

The Globe states that the Lords of the Admiralty
have determined that officers in the Navy shall not hold
their appointments on full pay for a longer term than three
years.

Mr. Candlish and Captain Beaumont, members of
the Abyssinian Inquiry Commission; have arrived at Bom-
bay. Captain Beaumont now intends to return home in
December by the Euphrates valley route.

Messrs. Harper and Brothers, the Amerizan pub-
lishers, have, at their own expense, engaged Hiram Powers,
the sculptor, to erect a suitable tombstone over the grave of
the hibtorian Hildreth, late American Consul at Trieste,
who is buried in the Protestant cemetery at Florence.

A telegram was received in Aberdeen on Saturday
from Mr. Grant Duff, M.P , consenting, though unwillingly,
to contest the Rectorship of the University with Sir William
Stirling Maxwell, if the latter was put forward by educa-
tional obstruotives and allowed his name to be used by them.
H that is not the case, Mr. Grant Duff will retire.

The Secretary of State for War has decided to call
in all the rifles at present in use by the volunteers except
such as have been specially issued for prize shooting at
Wimbledon. The arms will not be required to be sent in
all at once, but by districts, and the localities named to
send in their arms first aro Nos. 6,8, and 10.

On Saturday night a soldier of 72d Regiment,
named Macleish, who is on furlough, killed a man named
Lynch, at Glasgow. The soldier was drunk, and stag-
gered against Lynch, who remonstrated with him. Some
one else struck the soldier, who drew his dirk and stabbed
Lynch in the groin. He died before help could be got. The
soldier is in custody.

A mock auction swindler received a heavy sentence
at the Liverpool borough sessions an Saturday. He was
found guilty in August last of defrauding a woman of 265.,
Lut as he gave notice of appeal sentence was deferred. The
verdict of the jury was confirmed by tho Court above, and on
Saturday the mock auctioneer was sent to penal servitude for
seven years.

A strike at the Tyldes'ey collieries, through which
a large number of men have been unemployed for between
four and five months, has been settled. The men struck
because larger tubs were introduced without a correspond-
ing increase in tho rate of payment. An increa,3o has now
been agreed to by the employers, and the men will no doubt
return to work. During the dispute nearly 200 mon have
been supported by the poor-law guardians.

According tl:e Cit4lian, Mr. Hartog, the senior
wrangler, is not likely to remain long a member of the Civil
Service. The appointment to which ha was presented by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer is of a temporary character,
and lie has decided to devote himself to the study of the
law. Mr. Hartog's stipend at the Treasury was, it is
stated, fixed at £.150 per annum, but a reduction of £3O a
year has alves been made on o=o4o of his sbsonce en
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