On Tuesday, 10th July, the house of one of the members of the R. U, Church at Liu-chiao was attacked and looted, though no one suffered from personal violence. On the following day, a small R. C. Church was burnt down in open daylight by a band of marauders at Shicl the scene of the robbery of one of the French Priests, about which I wrote nearly two months ago. About 40 Chinese soldiers are guarding the R. ©. premises at Haimen, The night before last a message was sent to Mr. J. B. Wilson of the C. I. MI, who was spending a few days at Haimen, offering to sen guard of Chinese soldiers to protect him and the O. I. M. premises. As the danger did not seem to be sufficiently pressing, Mr. Wilson felt it wiser not to avail himself of the kind offer, 13th July.
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