A missionary writing under date 16th August, from the' Yangtze Ling, -65 miles NW. of Chéutu in Szechuan, says: Mr, Polbill-Turner and wife with two children and Dr. Parry and wife with their younges child spent yesterday with us and the Doctor leaves fur the village below, Mr. and Mrs, Polhill-Turner stay temple with us. They have been subjected to gross ill-treatment at Sungp'an whither they had gone to meet Dr. Parry, as Mrs, Turner was ill, It was while they were waiting at Sungp'an that the natives who were suffering from want of rain came to the conclusion that the foreign missionaries were skilled in necromantic arts and had used these arts to prevent the rain falling, The natives were lashed into fury at this, and made an attack upon the missionaries, Mr. Turner was seized, his arms and legs tied, he was kicked and struck over the head, and having been overpowered the ized his wife and children. While as going on ® military. mandarin apparently in order tu gum tinie suggested that the missionaries should be tried before the mob proceeded further. This being
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