SHANGHAI RACE CLUB, Cluls was held at the Club on Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the Shanghai Race
Present—Mesers. F. D. Hitch, @. W. Courts, W. Kaye, J. MI Ringer, 8. H. Gore-Booth, HI Meller, Barnes Dallas, J. S, Fearon, A, Feryusou, F. King, H. Morriss, 0. Schutt enhauer, H. de Courey Forbes, W. Lent, H. J. Limby, J.T. Goodfellow, G. Smart RG, Head, E.G. Low, J. E, Waller, H. Tapp, W. ED, Bigsby, M. Wolf, Oxlade, M. C. Nickels, on the boundary of the provinces of Keang-s00 and Che-keang, the streams fare numerous, and for some time past robbers have been in the habit of suddenly rushing out and again disappearing, lying in wait to plunder. They open places in which they assemble together to yumbl and defend their stolen property, bolting in and out of the Customs barrier. Ther la no wickedness which these men do perpetrate, Hitherto each Fou-tae ha given orders to seize them an rigorously with them, and great numbers of them have been already execu Afterwards, the two Provinces uniting their forces together, Puh Sean-urh and others were seized and put to death; after which, all traces of robbers gradually eeised. At the commencement of the present year, the merchants travelled without molestation, and the inhabitants lived in ponce, but, in the sixth month, these robbers reappeared, and passing in and out of the barrier defended their stolen property. They grasp weapons and resist the soldiers, showing plainly that they are remnants of the old gang who have es-cuped, seizing a favourable opportunity to crawl out of the net, If these culprits are not speedily exterminated it will be an easy thing for them to excite sedition.
Since making a clear enquiry into this matter, I have notified the names of some of the robbers, and given orders for their arrest; also, I have ordered the Chefoo expectant, named Lin Tsao-shuh, and the expectant assistant Chefoo, named Chow Kwang-koau to unite with the authority of each Foo and Hen, and without regard
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