FROM CANTON.

Er.raet ofa letter .frem an officer Of an
swer,can Merchant Vessel, dated at
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Er;raet ofa letter .frem an Officer Of an
smrr,can Merchant Vessel, dated at


Lintn, March 20, 1927.


"On the list inst. there was battle be-
.ween five boats Of the American. aud Eng
iish laving in this port, and two Chinese
Mandarin Boats and one of their men OF
,var's Launches, occasioned by Pass Boat
coming down with orders for the AM ship
citizen, of New York, to proceed to Canton.
The Mapdarins took the pass boat, and
we're towing her towards the Chinese YES
seJs of war. when the Americans and Eng
,ish manned their boats, and went in pursuit.
In about half an hour the foremost boat
came up with them. Muskets were hrcd
and stones thrown from the Mandarin boats;
Int our other boats coming up, they began
"a attack, and succeeded in re-takins the
pass Boat and orders, and proceeded to the
ship Citizen. heard Oh the "a inst. that
there were two Mandsrins killed and TWEEN
~ wounded. There are three or four Chi
nese vessels of war lying here now, and
there are said to be thirty more coming
from town-distant 60 miles. We now lie
with all our guns double sbotted. ready tor
hattie. The vessels that are here, THINK
are more than a match for them. 1t VIII
nrobably put a stop to business tor some
time, at Wampon, where the vessels lie
that are bound to Canton. There are TWO
men, slightly hurt with stones, being thc
only ones injured, on our side, in TINS affair