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Show HitiriNii ami t iNki.M riiiiir. Annul la a Nnio..H Weineen aninra ef fn eeralili. Han Fhani iro, May 8. Fighting ! wllh chauipegne botllea as a beginner aud finishing with knives, a dj"ti or so of the tar or the United Hiates gunboat Tetrel whi ed twic their weight lu Itiltiabers at Hnatigtial s'lfrily I 'ore she sallei for tills port, whre she la now at anchor. The run waa oauoed hr trie big Itrlt lah oruber Hpartan throwlnt; Its seernh. light ou the Tetrei in au h a manner that It waa Intercretod aa an Inaull. Captain 1-niery wrote a ourt note lo the commander of lh Hpartau and lu return received a letter uf apology. The next day eight or ten ef the Petrel's searueu Were seated lu an upper room ot a sannn wheu a' out twenty of ihe hparian'a men entered the barroom. The yankaes were drluk log aud lining patriutio aoriifS, aud Ihe blunt st KoKlialiinan In the intru l Ing orew suggested that they throw the yaukeea through the wl dwa. The Jtritiah lara started ui the slalra, but uoueoflbetn reiiuhed the b p. Ihe door atove waa suddeuly opued, aud through It came a shower of glaaees, bottlea and enure ul cliainpiigue wnlch bad Men stored lu the Utile room. When everything that could he unused aa a weajii was Kone tne Amtrlrau aallora rimn flying fly-ing dowu the auira aud thn UaMle lucerne lu-cerne a hand to ban 1 ooi tliot, Kulvra were drawn aud ued freely, and tha Kngllsh foruee were badly cut up. When they Were finally routed hall a dnxen of their men lay bleed lug on the floor. The Mrltlsh oonsul subsequently be) J an odloiel lugu.ry Into the aflair and the court deciuel agalust the dpartau'a orew. |