(By the prefect of Héngchou.) To the Editor of the The Fwyin-hui-tang (Chapel of the Norra-Cuixa Dany News.
Society of the Blessed Gospel) should be Sm,—With reference to the letter coped characters who attempt to create refected by right of Treaty, hence all "R." in the W.-C. Daily News of the 6th nent the traffic, etc., kindly allow disturbances against it will be punished biggest for the consideration of the with the utmost severity.
and for the convenience of the public, that the Bund and Nanking Road wh ticable," be marked out by the (By the district magistrate of Municipal Surveyor for four separate tracks, two of the tracks to be used by fast This Chapel is a place of importance, vehicles, and two by slow. The carrying j and its object is the dissemination of its out of the business could be arrau; by doctrines which are to exhort people to be the police; at first it would give them a good. I, therefore, prohibit persons from little extra trouble, but the people would 1 causing obstruction and trouble, and such as soon see the benefit to be derived there-disobey my words will be prosocated and from and fall into line accordingly. The punished. police would have to be stationed at intervals on the roads to regulate matters as might be required, in the same manner as (By the district magistrate of the traffic is regulated by the police on the bridges in London.
"R." states "The idea was taken no itis the gospel and to exhort people to be his Chapel i for the purpose of prench-doubt from the system prevailing in London, but' I would point out that the cir-good, hence I. prohibit, the making of noises and disturbances here, and all such cumstances are widely different." I quite as disobey my injunctions will be severely agree with him. The widely different cir-punished. cuthstances consist in this—the Jehus in London will invariably do as they are told by the police; the Chinese Jehus and [The character of the above proclama-, others will only obey through coercion and tions, written, in the four-metrical, style, then only in-a perfunctory manner. Anil appears to indicate that they are in-unless the policemen stand in or on the tended to be hung in front of the chapel roads and actually see their orders carried gates like the white, square boards, with into effect, the Chinese will only temporarily red circles round each character, hung in obey. Itis an easy matter for people to be front of official institutions, board bureaus bel do their duty to the best of hypercritical about the police. I for one and the like.—Translator.] th ity. It is not all "beer and skittles" for them.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.