Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1895-08-10 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

TIE MVIDIDILD LADIES.  Miss Rhino Marshall, one of the victims, is the daughter of the vicar el St. John's the Evangelist. Blackheath, the Rev. .1. W. Marshall. The rev, gentleman is at present at Aix-lee-Rains, here he went to act as locum tenens for • brother clergyman. Miss Marshall went out to China some thrive years ago, and nui been • regular oorrespoudent home by each mail. In • letter received frau her some two months ago she spoke of serious rioting amongst the Vegetarian Sect and that all missionaries in outlying districts had been ordered to return to limeheng, whence the ladies had been despatched down by the river to Foochow. The Rev. Mr. Stewart, however, remained behind. In a letter received on Tues. day morning. and which is dated Keelung, June 11th, Miss Marshall suited that in cousequeuce of the rioting having craned and peace being restored, they had beets summoned back from Fooshow, and at She time of writing all was quiet, and that they were going about their usual avocations, @matinee followed by a friendly crowd. Miss Homy Newcombe is Mated to be a native of Dublin. Mini Harriett Elienor Saunders and Miss Elialieth Mend Saunders, who have also been killecl.were Melbouroe ladies, and went out to Kacheng in 1803. 01 the other victims, Miss Elsie Marshall went out to Keelung in 159.2, M-BS Gordon toyitii.aang in 18114, Mies Newcombe to Enehelig in Diet, while Miss Flora Stewart was born there. They all Waled to the Zama& Mission at the Church Missionary Society. rim " rassimiraci " sect.  The Church Miss Weary Society has a strong station at En-cheng, where the Rev. It. W. Stewart sad Mrs. Slower% resided, and superintended the week in the prefectures of Ku-ebeng and Ping-sang. Acooochng to the Fier., there was considerable disturbance at Ku-clang during the last moths of NUS owing to • certain measure of turbokesea on the part of a sect known as " Vegetarians." Taking advantage of the fact that the Government was engaged with the war, this sect, which had previously had neither position nor influence, sprang suddenly into vigoraas life. In August they attacked the Christians at • village called A-Dee-Bang, beating them and pillaging their property. A few weeks later they committed 60n10 other offences not aimed against the Christiaos, and the magistrate seised some of their number. This was the signal for • rising against the lumen, which secured its end; the prisoners were sent home in state, and the mandarin's secretary was publicly beaten. The Rey. R. W. Stewart wrote of this sect as February, 1895, as follows " Since last August their numbers hare rapidly increased. and in December notices were posted! up all through the city and country ailhog for a! monster gibbering at their DOW headquarters here. Very disquieting rumours reached us. The converts urged me to organise them and procure arms. Of cones I would not do thin, and showed them how futile any such proceediug worild be. The day arrivals an enormous meeting was held, but no injury was done. It was the 19th of the month; from early dawn that day • belt of prayer was encircling the earth for the To-hie Mission— prayer uttered by the thousands from New Zeeland round to Canada who us, the C. M. S. cycle of prayer. They little knew how thankful ose were to them that day." LLD= .110 ARK SAM  The Church Visionary Society Ici London has received acablegram from Archdeacon Wolfe, at Foochow, saying that the following ladies of the &nous Mission are sa's :—Misa Weller, of Birmingham; Miss Burroughs, of Dublin louder of the newly-appointed central secretary of the Church Missionary Society) ; Miss Tolley, of Blackheath; Miss Maud Newcombe, of Blackrock, County Dublin (sister of Miss Messy Newcombe, one of the ladies murdered) ; end 10 ins Koclifort Wide, County Dublin.