BRITISH SHIPS ON THE CHINA STATION.

The following British ships were in China waters on May 9tb, the date the Japanese mail steamer Kasuga Maru left Hong Kong : —

Alacrity, despatch vessel, 1700 tons, 10 guns, at Wei-hai-wei.

Algerine, sloop, 1050 tons, six guns, at Nagasaki. _

Aurora, armored cruiser, first-class, 5600 tons, 12 guns, at Yokohama.

Barfleur, battleship, first-class, 10,500 tons, 14 guns, at Wei-hai-wei.

Bonaventure, cruiser, seoond-class, 4360 (one, 10 guns, at Manila.

Centurion, battleship, first-class, 10,500 tons, 14 guns, at Kobe.

r Daphne, Bloop, 1140 tons, eight tons, at Hong Kong.

Endymion, cruiser, first-class, 7350 tons, 12 guns, at Wei-hai-wei.

Eak, gunboat, third-class coast defence, 363 tons, three guns, at Shanghai.

Fame, torpedo-boat destroyer, 360 tons, six guns, at Hong Kong.

Firebrand, gunboat, second-class, 455 tons, four gunß, at Hong Kong.

Handy, torpedo- boat destroyer, 275 tons, bix guns, at Hong Kong.

Hart, torpedo-boat destroyer, 275 tons, six guns, at Hong Kong.

Hermione, cruser, second-class, 4360 tons, 10 gunß, at Shanghai.

Hutnber, sloieship, 1640 tons, at Hong Kong.

Linnet, gun-vessel, second-class, 750 tons, £wo guns, at Singapore.

Orlando, armored cruiser, first-class, 5600 tons, 12 gnns, at Hong Kong.

Peacock, gunboat, first-class, 755 tons, six gunß, at Shanghai.

Phoenix, gunboat, 1015 tons, six guns, at Shanghai. Pigmy, gunboat, first-class, 755 tons, six guns, at Manila.

Plover, gunboat, firet-olass, 755 tons, six guns, at Singapore. Sedpole, gunboat, 805 tons, six guns, at Shanghai.

Sandpiper, river gunboat, 85 tons, two guna, at West river. Snipe, river gunboat, 85 tons, two guns, at Yang-tse river.

Swift, gun-ve3;el, second-class, 766 tons, two guns, at Hong Kong. Tamar, receiving ship, 4650 tons, six guns, at Hong Kong. Terrible, cruiser, first-class, at Hong Kong. Tweed, gunboat, third-class coast defence, 363 tons, two guns, at West River, Undaunted, armoured cruiser, 'first- ' class, 5600 tons, 12 guns, at Shanghai.

Waterwitch, surveying ship, 620 tons, at Ningpo. Whiting, torpedo-boat destroyer, 360 tons, sis guns, at Uong Kong. Wivern, coast defence Bhip, armoured, 2750 tons, four guns, at Hong Kong. Woodcock, river gunboat, 150 tons, two guns, at Yang-tse. Woodlark, river gunboat, 150 tons, two guns, at Yang'tse.