Our Taotai is at his old tricks baiting the Christians. A young nota Christian, but an occasional visitor at a missionary's house, is threatened with the Joss of his button. His father had a case in the Yohtsing yamen. During its progress report says that a letter was received by the magistrate from the Taotai, urging that if any of the family were Christians the magistrate should taken the opportunity to severely punish them. The magistrate unable then to get a hold upon them has now raised a couple of flimsy charges, adding as a third that this graduate isa Christian and having intercourse With foreigners, and therefore urges that hehe degraded. The attention of the Prefect has been officially drawn to the matter, but he of course denied the third point alto-pee. Since then another man, a Christian, maged, and a fortnight ago laid his case beas ad his greatgrandiathers grave da-fore the same magistrate. The magistrate ignored the case, asking instead if he were 'a Christian, A reply in the affirmative brought forth a torrent of abuse from the magistrate who ended by saying: "If you recant Christianity I will give you justice; if you don't I will have your button taken off." Not content with this the magistrate has since published his reply to the Christian's petition and ends up by saying: "You scholar ought to spend your time reading the books of your own country's sages; instead of that you have renegaded to Jesus, and are preaching his doctrines, an exceedingly little public interest, the only incident reprehensible thing, in consequence of of iny ce being a difference between which you deserve to be degraded from your the doctors. Dr. Atkinson thought that rank." H-BIN. Consul is, we hear, moving the Medical Officer of Health had intro-in the matter. duced controversial matter into his annual 15th May. report, which was laid on the table and that Dr. Lowson's name had been needlessly brought into it. It appeared that the doctors did not agree as to the benefits
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