Lately the barbarians have used underhanded means to injure people; theinstances are too innumerable to count. They have now erected churches and chapels to incite women and young girls to me converts and to have lewd intercourse with them. Women and girls originally knew the rules of propriety, and when they saw that the barbarian re detestable from their features und their difference of race, how was it possible that they should become converts and be associated with them? It is to be regretted that the perverse bar-parians did not begrudge the expenditure of money to employ all means to bribe people to go in disguise of Taoa priests, or to yet old procuresses, to mix themselves amongst the villagers, falsely proclaiming that an epidemic was nigh at hand, an adopting the course of distributing the poison under the name of "Shan Sin Fan." It was distributed to all the village women and girls, causing them to mix this poisonous powder with the rice flour to make into dumplings, and saying that if the pastry was first offered tv the deities, and then taken, it had the power to'save them from danger. Oh they little thought that, when this poison; was once partaken of, the males would, stter the lapse of twenty days, have their feet swollen, and the females their bellifs en! The cure was said to be \difficult, and it was with no other object but to induce people to become converts, saying that those who were willing could be cured. This was only to cause women and girls, when they were once converté, to let the barbarians have free sexual intercourse with them. Considering that the women and girls, for no fault of their own, Lave suffered from their poison, and subsequently fromravishment, this is indeed what every man is angry at. Whenever there is this class of people come to the village to distribute Eke polmmons medicine, whether they are vagabonds and visited with severe punishment. They must by no means be shielded. It is thus that the lives of the living people can be preserved and that they may not fall into the trick of the perverse bar-parians, This is widely circulated with the hope that the kind hearted and the goodly disposed persons would copy this and_comn t2 from one to another. Their merit it doing would "be boundless.—China Mai THR RACKET chun, A meeting of. the Shanghai Racket Club was held on Wednesday, 19th i Present—Messrs. Hearn (in the chair), Broadbent, Dalgleish, Thomson, Jaflray, Robinson, Schutze, Milne, MeAllister, nett, Hamilton, Hickling, Cann, A. Dent, Wheelock, Gundry, Holdsworth, Hyslop, Ward, Manson, Turnbull, Cumine, J. Coo per, and Pryer.
Phe report and accounts Laid before the meeting being taken as read, it was pro-Tronxnuut, and carried posed by Mr. Scuurze, seconded by Mr.
That the accounts and report as presented be passed.
Mr Romrssos proposed, seconded by Mr, Broappext—
That as dividend at the rate of five per cent on the paid-up capital of Ts. 10,920, be paid out of the surplus funds of the Club.
Mr. Wuervock proposed san amend: ment, seconded by Mr. DaLenEis—That a dividend be not paid, but that the funds be devoted towards improving the property of the Club.
"The amendment being put to the meet: ing was lost; and the original motion cat= ried.
Mr. A. Dusr \proposed, seconded by Mr. Caxx—
That Rule IV of Regulations of the Court, be altered to read open to members, any, one of whom may engage," &c, Carried.
It was then proposed by Mr. Toxxnuzt, seconded by Mr. Hystor, and carried—
That Rule VI of Regulations of the Courts altered to read as follows:—"'That from one o'clock r.x., a member, shall not be allowed. to occupy the Court alone, provided that there be a member or members willing to join him in the Court.""
And as an additional rule—
"That playing with the marker shall not be considered an occupation of the Court; unless, on being appealed to, the member so playing elect to conclude his game; in which case he shall Jose his prior right to the Court."
Mr. Mixx was desirous of proposing an amendment to the above resolution, but as this had already been carried, he was declared out of order.
Mr. Maxsow next proposed, and Mr. Hoxpswortit seconded—
That Rule I of Share and Finance be altered. to read: "That there be 100 shares, of Ts. 120 Shanghai Sycee each, fully paid up, and that each shareholder shall have a vote at cither the general or special meetings."
An amendment was proposed by Mr. Hystor, seconded by Mr. Tuxxuvut, and carried—
That Rule I remain as itis.
The Cuanaas proposed, seconded by Mr. Roprxsox—
That Rule XVII of Regulations of the Courts be altered to read: That the loser such match shall forfeit five dollars, such fine. to go to the funds of the Club."
The resolution, being put to the meeting, was lost,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.