A highly alarmist telegram from Hong Kong, forwarded by the
China correspondent of;the New York Herald, was published in London on Thursday. The writer, who dates his message October 3rd, declares that the people of Canton are highly excited over the Logan trial—Logan had fired into a mob with- out sufficient reason, had killed a child, and bad been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment—and are threatening foreigners, especially the French, in incendiary placards. "The mob is ripe for rebellion," and the Chinese Viceroy has been compelled to guard his own palace with troops. Mandarins of the highest rank are insulted in passing through the city. The foreign settlement is guarded by six gunboats, but the uneasiness extends beyond Canton, and even in Hong Kong the arms of the Volunteers have been piled in two Banks, to prevent their seizure. The facts are certainly disquieting ; but on the other hand, it must be remembered that the Chinese Government is in earnest in repression. Its whole policy and position depend at this moment upon its power to prevent any outbreak which would revive the solidarity of the Powers, and compel all European States to join in exacting reparation. Whether Pekin has the strength to enforce quiet when the mob is excited, may be questioned ; but Chinese officials in earnest are rarely beaten by their own people. They have the control, too, just now of a good steam fleet, and large accumulations of regulars near Shanghai. The Government, however, moves slowly, and Europe may yet be startled by a popular attempt at massacre.
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