A correspondent writes on the 9th instant from Chinkiang: "Can noth be done to stop the lying rumours in Shanghai native papers? They are doing immense injury here, and gettin
Notably the isa prominent offender, epulation "into a state of "semi-panic you may no doubt know. Surely the Consuls and native authorities combined can close up these dangerous print anything serious occurs in th ports, it will be due to these mischievous reports, The people here are doing their best to behave and keep quiet, but they are constantly stirred up by the wild yarns from Shanghai." The Council may not have any written right to warn these native journals; but "sulus—populi supreme lex and they would doubtless he supported by, the Gnsuls, as former Councils have been in similar circumstances, if they gave an unmistakable warning to these offending and dangerous prints.
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