This riot seems to have been originated and put through in the usual way. First many false and malicious rumours were set afloat, and occasional placards posted of the old eye-gouging and heart-digging character. Then, when all was ready, the matter was finished off by a band of men evidently detailed for the purpose, and acting according to a pre-arranged plan. Yet the real root ut it is probably to be found in the very unsatisfactory understanding between the native officials and foreigners as to their right of residing in the interior 'The missionaries believe they have right; those who send them out are same opinion, and send them out for this very purpose. The native authori act' as if they considered foreigners have no such' right—in these parts all events—and the foreign Consuls, although always doing the best they can for their nationals, will few of them commit themselves to a favourable opinion on the subject. It would be well if our Ministers centd have this matter definitely settled one way or another. Surely they will never allow the wide adoption of this plan of settling such ques It is a serious and solemn thing when a man receives a fortnight's notice to quit his residence, and because he is not out of it when the time is up, is ejected from it, and from the world, by m of the cruelest death that heathen ingenuity can devise.
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