Lo the Editor of the "Nonra-Cursa Darty News,"
Sin,—In these troublous times it ought to be the duty of every foreign resident to discourage the wild rumours that emanate feom the Chinese. Judge then of iny surprise to find that one of your evening contemporaries keeps on publishing in every issue translations of the absurdities that' appear in the native papers, Anything more mischievous at the present time it is Aifficule. to conceive, as the Chinese who can read English will think that a foreign newspaper is approving und confirming the miserable lies published by the vernacular press.
How absurd and improbable some of these are is shown by the following extract taken from your contemporary of Friday evening "The 'Cha Fung Pao' says that General Bau of the Woosung force has, in obedience to the Viceroy Liu's order, commenced to search steamers arriving and passing there, and will detain those people who are suspicious in appearance and movements."
Lam, ete., Foreion Ratepayer.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.