The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-10-20

A Shanghai correspondent Of the Boston Jour
nal, under date Of august 1st, gives tho partic-
ulars Of an exciting scene which recently oc-
CURED at that place, caused by an attempt by
some Of the French n erchAnts, residents of the
place, to kidnap Q cargo Of Coolies for shipment
to the Msuritius, on board the ship Gertrude.
In order 70 procure the complement, aud to dts
patch tho ship, squads OF four or Eve Of the sailors
sent round the settlement aud into the old city,
to take Coolies wherever they could mud them. Sow
.ral boat load. were thus secured aud sent of to
the "Gertrude" In the night; the Coolies having
their Celestial tails" cut close, TO disasure
them.
ON the afternoon Of Friday, July a9 band Of four
from tho back pars nf the settlement ca'bd '.Msr-
lon" when they were cot upon by hundreds Of infu
1 "a ssns @ns
literally smsshed 70 rakcts with large stone. Tne
other frenchnen werv obliged TO fee for thotr lives
and, ~ was, they sccev.d consdsErels b.nl.ins
Mr.. II. N. LAY and kav Jons HonsoH, Of Trinity
Church, came up, aud they too woro soon set upon
by the nfan.t.d mob. M LAY, being An interpr.ter
Ruage we'll 10 quiet thom, but ceived three
stsbs in the loft br Ast aud sbdom n, nearly killing
him on the spot. Rey. nr. Honsos received sever:
wounds On the head from stones and bambpus, ani
WAS obliged n fee. Mr. Lay was rescued soon after
by t~o policemen, and conveyed 10 his hoiss, where
he nov lie. IN very critical ndtion, aud no por-
sons but attendants allowed 10 soe hm.
This so."s TO have been the commencement of the
revolt soon aitSr this, anotnsr klropesn, not
taken TO the police station.
The whole chinese popuati seem - have Daan
amost crazy frum excitement, and thousands q them
rshe, out of the city gates with goDga aud bamb
into the ~ tem,It along the Yang Kng- pAng Crock.
Buch 81 riekTg and y, ling We have not hard bef re
for five ears, whtn thu revolution ok place here be-
tse the rebels and Impei iastsA OrGsts im-
medistsiy cent by Nj. AkADows, English Consul, on
boardth. English guardship "Highhyer," AMI by tne
FreLch Consul on bnsrd the fisste Du ChAyls" for
the prut ction Of the foreign SIT emeut Sixty Eng
lish maIiD.rs with four brass hOwtzer station
ed at the lowr end OF tho "Buna" by the Son Cnou
Creek, and fcrty French marines with fei pieces
guarded III Ffench terminus of tho Band which
runs directly up to tho gates Of the ''old CITY," The
aaim btcsrne gen. RAJ on hcsriDg cannon and mus.
ke's gathering along our previously peaceful Band,
and itzsns turned out rom eli quarters armed With
hfta, double gum, pistols, cutlAsses, &c. Ths ct,-
zen sodiery must have mustered about one hundred
aud twenty Many Il the residents having wivgs and
families, sent them bard the ships ia the harbor
for eAi, ty during the night.
This Chinese Juuks up the ri0er about ons-hatJ
MIL 6,gan anns blank Ssr,rids,s Which .d I'D 70 e.
their gnal la hts, and bed, their gongs farousy.
person capnOt realize the noise ald CONFUSION
which i've Thousand of these infuriated dem will
make, when thoroughly rJused up.
During the sxctemont, all the " sampsns" or
small Chin. boats went up the river In body 10 the
feet Of junks for protection. There probably
two hundred of thsm, and the junk men, th Ink
ing that Il WAS plan laid by tho bArbsrsaa' to
attack them, commenced firing into the i" sam
pans" and before they had found out their mistake
bad killed several OF their own cpuntrymen. IL II
Iumored that four FIenchmen were nurd, rcd
the walls yerte day afternoon one OF tho bodies
brought down 10 tho polio, station about O'Clock
The Chinese Of tho Canton districts, rosidrg here,
sre very much opposed to foreigners, and want -
drive them all out Of the country 1t worry certain
that the Chinese very much elated a the resu L
q tho PeiLo expedition, and they consider tney
have gained an important victory. This has tend d
In very great measure To create the PRESENT dstu b.
Ancs It In said they have been waiting for some
time for . pretext n cause an outbreak, and the
| present csse Of kidnapping coolies has yen them