RIOTS AT PENANG.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 553, 4 November 1867, Page 1

RIOTS AT PENANG.

Tn r RK wetv riots at Penang on Sept. sth. The residents in the luivn of Penang were ntannsd by the light! to of two hostile dial's of Chinese. Ilia military took control of the town, and the crews of the merchant vessels in the harbor, guarded the barricades and guns, anil afo-r four days order was appircmly restored, but a series of fierce combats ai’ierwardsofteurivd. extending over six days. A great number o: liou-es in the Chinese quarter were (Sacked and burin d. When the (Le engines were sjiil lo ploy on them, the mobi lired on the tpvin mi, and several fell vie finis. Tli ' csii.ii sled number of lives lost is GOO. On receipt of nows at Singapore of a second onthreek, the Governor called a speeiil meeting of the Legislative Coun cil, and a bill was passed for the belter preservation of the p-ueo. 1 lie Gmvernor has proceeded to Penang in the colonial -tearner Peiho, aceoinpa ded by 11.M.5. KilLonin, to adopt strenuous measures to repress the nuts. Quiet however, was restored before his Excel.ency arrived. It has been ascertained (hat fighting men were impeded by the members of tile s cieties at fend wlh each other. iNo attack was directed towards tile Europeans. The ev nc lit ion of the undertaken nidi a view to test the truth of the tumors that a number of Europeans were there in bondage, lias returned without resu ta. Chi its arrival at the islands, the boat- of II.VLs s. Wasp and Satellite were de-patelied in the direction of the villages along tlm shore which were found d sorted, the natives having penetrated in the jungle oil se. r g the steamers. As it was not considered urn lent to exnose our men to corcea’ed attacks, after burning a few villiges the exnedi ion returned, bringing with them a girl of apparently European descent. The G-overnment of India has determined to cut olf the Nicobar Islands from all communication with the Burmese coasts until the perpetrators of the on."rage on the ship Wallasli Islem are surrender'd.