The Archive · 1886

THE TROUBLES IN CHUNG!

(Shea Pao of August 24th, 1836.)

Our correspondent at Tchany reports viving a letter from a friend every point, #0 there were further oncom lors resulting in several deaths and much destruction of property. ho foreign mor-chants now agree to retire from the narrow street wiiers they had éatablished themselves and by which the people set take to build commodation not and followers of that (i.e. the Christian) doctrine. Those who have recently -become converts are called upon to wash their hands of it, to go no more to churches' and to give ap conforming to these practice It is probable therefore that in future Misvtonaries will find little occupa tion here, and the Sze-chuan authorities will be spared the deciding of many troublesome cases.

We have extracted these details from our correspondent's letter, but we cannot guarantee the accuracy or otherwise of his Peking Gaseltes,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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