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That, if true, such a state of things, may partially explain the lively desire shown By the Government to girs the Oplus Farmer every advantage under the now Ordinancos..

That one of the points referred to in Mr Whiteboad's hydra-headed questions is one which wever moms to trouble the bi- ficial mied-viz., loss of interest on land to the tax payers of the Colony. That the loss incurred under that head over the Vioteria College abortion, tho eito near the Magistracy, the old Central School, and the Central Market would make up a aubatantial suma That Mr Whiteboad would well repay to the Colony all the trouble his questions give, if it succeeded in driving this iden into the ufficial mind.

That the stat quarters at the Civil Hospital,

No. 8875-OCTOBER 31, 1891.1 In another epluma will be found a transla. tion from the Peking Darelts of H. E Chang Chih-teng's memorial to the Throno on the settlement of the Wunuch outrages. The ricksha farm comes into oporation' on the first of December next. The farm. has been lot at a figure considerably in excess of the amount of the revenue which The is derived from riokahs licencs. present license-holders, of whom there are several hundreds, are of course strongly Against the institution of a farm, and their disappointment will probably to only of the farm has offered to take over their alightly qualified by the fact that the losse vohioles at valuation. We are not aware what the conditions are under which the new farm in to be carried on, but it may be presented that the Government were so far mindful of the interests of the public as to palate that the former must have a cer tsin minimum number of vehicles in use at. all times; in which case it might embarriga the farmer a good deal if the prezent owners of public riokshas refused to pset with them except at an exorbitant rate. A ricksha farm without rickshas would be a little too inomalous even for Bengkong, where snomalies are by no means scarce. If the stock of rickshaw is not diminished the change will hardly affect the coolies, as their position will be pretty much what it is at present. The rickeha orders have got notice that there will be no renewal of their licence, and the announcement, although not unexpected, has been re- ceived with a good deal of grumbling, GREAT credit is due to Mosara Butterfield and Seire for having discovered a wosk point in the Sunday Cergo-working ordinance and for having foraibly drawa the attention of the Government to the

are which

to cost over 805,000, cannot, it appears, he used for the treatment of patients, az anggested.

That serious bangling or reckless waste must lie at the door of some one in this matter.

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That the question on oltan put, Who is Mr Cooper has again been agitating the minds of the Sanitary Board. That the identity of Mr Cooper seems to bo faitly well understood by this time,

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The originator of the query (the Q0.) non admits that he holde Mr. Cooper in the highest csteem, but the

THE CHINA MAIL.

of being the only Archbishop who ever left a widder. That the Singapore press is exercised over

oncejbe set at rest.

moseaga anent the new A.D.O. That whether he is a Tenuant or a Free mantle is a grave matter which should at That stone-chipping in its higher branches

seems to be conducive to longerliy That Sir John Steel and Mr Wm. Theed, both noted sculptors, have recently laid down their wallets at the mature age of Reventy six. That Russia's progress has hean vary aptly comparol to that of the glacier, slow but imperturbable. That at propout she is coquetting with Alyasinis under the guise of roligich with phins-like glances toward Egypt Thats geographical expedition, consisting of 560 Cossacks, an infantry force and few mountain guns, is exploring the Pamire, great and little, doubiles in view of a scientific frontior.' That expansion is ad ever has been her watch word, and will ultimately lead her southward to the sea.

BROWNIE.

ORANG CHI TUNG ON THE WUSUEH OUTRAGES,

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rioters.

will a Snife.

QUILTY PARTIES

Hu Shishing, and I4 Ech-ti, seeing, banco suddenly breaks out and before order an out-building of a mission hospital which that it was not a pomoditated attack on

fire had accidentally broken can be restored a great catastrophe hea oc bad been, built too high and another still the mission. Further there was an from that

After the riot at Wusneh the in the Counila fing which was said to have out in foreign buildings, proceeded to corred. safe on the premise which always con tained valuables and which was not carried the pet, and finding a number of pro-Customs Teotai at Hankow, acting underdriron the rocks away from the Confucian In a place to away. This demonstrates beyond a doubt ple pursuing and bepting the foreign-instruction from the Viceroy, addressed an temple near by and an injured the fing that plunder was not the object of the ers, they picked up atones with which official coumunication to thevarious Consuls chut. But the Magistrats had the most

ay struck and wounded the foreignors, and asked them, with a view to removing all fortile imagination of all. The sentence upon both mon is that they grounds of suspicion, to direct the mission which tradition had atliched a certain CONFESSION AND PUNIMEVENT OF CERTAIN

received 10 blows, be banished to a distance arisa to cease for a time receiving young around of sacredness, was a well called the Kuo Liu-shon admitted that, on soing of 3,000 l, and have the character rolbor children into their, establishments, Nine Wolls. This well had been covered the children being carried away by the brandads upon their right forearm, this the understanding that they should over by the owner and the Magistrate in a red. He states that this well coatrols the and the popolar wogeding in a cases wore settled

somewhat Catholic convert, hu garo o:edenes to the being the punishment presuriled for an resume the practice se non ne all pending public praciemation ordered it to be uncove subsided. fengshui of the whole city, that while it was ancovered the whole city had peace, faleo smoours that had been chculated, Accresory to the orime of

the fire broke out in the foreign promises, The Consula haring all agreed to and originated the disturbance in which cans of robbery. Hail Feng-ch'un, when excitement had fat Yon-y and other disorderis charac-weat to see what was going on, and hap the propanal, the Tautai was farther but that its being covered had caused the ters joined, destroying the mission pro- perly and the furniture, and severely pening to meet forsign ladies in lis directed to draw up in consultation with fires to break out, etc Lost this should being the Customsyan and the Burging crowd of people, be followed and the Consula regulations providing for not prove sufliciont he had recourse to sa deputy magistrate. It

really he who josle them. Ho stated that he did not the periodical inspration every month of other plan. Men were sont through all the know whether they had received any jumissionary institutions by officials and streets with gongs calling on the people to originated the affair by hilaming the pop-juries, but that the ladies were injured has guntry derated for the purpose. If com. get willow branches and place them in pota lar passions, and it was he who stabbed the fully ascertained by the officials de pliance with these regulations can be of water in front of their doors or shops.

who Grean, foreign Chatomas tidewater woat to extinguish the fre, several times Puted to deal with the case. Treating the secured on the part of all missionary estab The result was a lively traffic in willow with a ¿Dife, Toi Ten-yn adinitted witanat alter therefore no one in which the in-lishments, all grounds of suspicion will be branches during the next few days. As reserve that he had taken an activo part injuries sustained bad such serious caner removed and further riots are unlikely to thers have been no res since, the superior On October 2nd occurred an event of the riot and killed the forsign Mission.quences us to praclude the beating of occur. The memorialist has issued sirin wisdom of the Magistrate may be held to ary Argent by stabbing his several tintos apring, the punishment prescribed by gent instructions to the civil and military have been demonstrated.

The Criminal Code provides to law is 100 blows and banishment to authorities directing them to keep a careful that, where a number of people beat distance of 3,000. The calprit is likewise watch from time to time, and in the event interest in the Methodist Misen hers. of whom were Christiane and adherents mother to danth, the one was inflicts in be, batter with applicable to roboty of their discovering any further anonymous In the presence of about 200 people, most A Revere blow upun a fatal part shall in connection with a fire, to a sentence of placards circulating baseless riteOLITS

100 htows and banisintent to a distance of the object of stirring up sedition, they are of the various missions, was dedicated the Buffer strangulation. In the present in.

3.000 for having picked up soms articles to offer rewards at once for the arrest of first foreign hospital over ersoled went of THE HISTORY OF CUR OUTRAUKS.

stance, tite two crinaloals, in a matter which did not convun them, stirred up the property. Where the law prescribes the culprits, who will be severaly punished Ichang. The buildings consist of one male The Vicorey reverently submits a me-

in status of Mr Cooper on the Board, the morial, in which be implores the Saored popular passione and orea ed a riot which the same punishment for two offences, under the instructions contained in the and one female ward, each with aga

Het Fang-ch'un basi no that all attempts at incipient rebellion operating room, besides a building

Chimase style for assistants, cocking, old bone of contention, is still underlance, reporting the seps taken in con-involved the death of Suocent people sentence is prouvanced noon only one of Imperial Decres of the 18th of June last, modation for over 20 patients, and na The words and operating nection with the settlement of the questions Their Solviour was of a blood-thirty and the two counts.

Of the cases that remained ansettled dining, etc. degree of banishment to a distance of 3,000 it, and That on this occasion the question has been arising out of the destruction of missionary dating mature which gives it a resemblance therefore been sentowed to 100 blors and may be crashed.

Tien first being that of disturbance which foreiga style. Adjoining, but, ontroly raised the Government, and the up-

2 by pointment of a new Sanitary Surveyor property and loss of foreign life at Wusuel to that of local baudits and

in the province of Hupek. The memorialist gravity which doan not attach to ordinary the characters for robber' are to be there were only 10 Britisk ones-the room are ena-storey brick buildings in was suggested; but, curionety enough, would remark that after the ocearence of cutes of assault and battery by a number branded upon his right forearm.

the crowd of people, and ailiough he stated aries in the Prefecture of Te-an, and ward with the necessary ontballdings." the missionary troubles at Wuhu and other of people. The Viceroy recently had the Yn-irh joatied against the foreign ladies in Dil Hai created against the Mission separated from there is a two-storey opium the opposition to any change was cham- pioned by Mr Humphreys.

a temporary measure, it places during the 4th moon of the present beneur to receive the Imperial Deree that he did not know whether they had the second relating to a dispute which There are all Chinone. Thero is accom- your, grest popular excitement and wide- the 18th of Jane lust, in which the high received any injuries and denied having convert named Lan had with the mem-modation for between 40 and 50 patients

ere cummanded That, even as

would be absurd for Mr Cooper to be spread danger existed throughout the whole Provincial Authorities were

tion of his name on the family register. opening sovoral patients have been admitt- Vice President and a servant oẼ Board (as Sanitary Surveyori at one and valley of the Yangtze, owing to the false to lose uo times in issuing instructions picked up any articles of property, yet for bore of his clan respecting the raten-in the opiera ward. Already noe the

rumoura which were current in every di to the civil and military oficiais con jostling the foreiga ladies be is liable to

I repeated instructions which cerned, for the apprehension of the the same punishment as Hsi Feng-ch'us, Both have been brought to close and ed into the hospital, and it bids fair ander to the Consul by the Taotaf ander instead well-known and popular institution in this 110 blows and banishment to a distance of t

rogion. of guilt, for their decapitation as a warning 3.000 i, in accordance with the statute tions from the Viceroy. The memorialist That Mr Cooper's ability and great cap he issued to the civil and intlitary authori-ringlenders in the rate and, as proof snd he has accordingly been sentenced to their settlement has been reported officially its energetic boad, De MoCartney, to bề là

for work have apparently placed bine to so many different posts that he bas led ties, the Viceroy strongly impressed to practise the art known as lightning them the necessity of adopting Beernt and to others. Thezo were the instructions which prescribes ibis punishment for bent has submitted a report on the whole case to under which the Viceroy considered it Lis precautionary a

ing a person and causing her auch serious the Taungli Yamin and has forwarded the

CHRISTIAN WRITERS. changas

Key Lilian and Thi Yon-yü having harm that she is rendered incapable of depositions and confessions taken at the

bearing

children. Con Lien-shong, hear trial of the guilty parties to the Foard of

DrGrifith John writes to the North-Chisa hat, the Sanitary Board is at present ture and of taking special care to provide duty to act.

For the protective of all placos where constituted what has become of the foundling institutions existed in connecten both convicted at the trial held bying that a foreign house had caught fira, Punishments. He now reverently promized new consiitution?-the Sartien with the foreigu uissionary esuablish the commissioner, prefect and magistrate, went to see what was going on and found to the Sacred Ginoo this memorial in Daily Neiss-A few days since one of

of being the principals in this case, it was vapor Genera! must have a soat on

Wrench is situated at a distance ments.

the frigera. According to his own state-Calleague, Tan Chi-hain, the Governor of my hands a letter, of which the enclosed the Board; but the Board now reveras the suggestion of the Government, and of 70 hi from the district town of Kuang- not advienble that there should be the a crowd of people surrounding and tealing which he reports, in conjunction with his the literary men of this province placed in. desire to keep Mr Cooper as Sanitary chi, the only oficială stationed in the place least delay in carrying out their santenctment, he tank to part in the attack, bat Hupah, the settlement of the Wusueh Ma Surveyor, while they wish to abolish his bring the sub-prefect of Wuch and and the Viceroy accordingly, in order to

Huangehou, and the sub-district deputy sindicata the majesty of the law, iasped ho aduits having picked up a few articles. sionary case.--Rexcript: Let the Yamin con.

instructions for their immediate decapita. The law is that when advantage is taken of cerned take note,

an accidental fies to commit robbery, these Vice Presidentship,

magistrates of Lungeing and Makon. That muddles of this kind are certain 10 There was an English church there for us, and for the exposure of their hence the quipsivale wie hare shared in the spoil and have becoue liable to bambooing ariae until the Sanitary Board obtains preaching the inspel, but no foundling by way of warning at the anone of the com- Fie

new constitution-a changs which, I map establistirent, and the ordinary people and mission of their crime. Instructions were and banishment in the 'u degres, shall re- ceive a punishment higher by ons degree the adherente of the foreign faith bad long issued to the prefect of Yi-keng, who at the sympathy of those residents who pose, is coming with the new Governor.

lived in harmony. On the evening, how acted as Dommissiouer, to cooperate with

that the assories shall be condemned know something of the subject goes with over of the 5th of June last, a man named the prefect and the magistrate in examin. than that applicable to mere robborg, aud the coclier and not with the lodging-Au-yang-li jan, who is a convert of the ing and taking the copositions of the eight 100 blaws and banishment for three house loepers, in the enforcement of the now regulations.

discussion.

the same time,

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defect. The Government will doubtless at once remedy the mistake, which robe the ordinance of balf its value. A small paragraph we pablished recently showed how Sunday coaling facilities might be utilised, even at Home, so as to almost to tally destroy Sunday rest. Ship-owners in the Far East are as a rule oven greater slaves of the Almighty Dollar than their brethren at home. Some of them believe fmatically in the gospel of eternal drudgery and driving, at 1 they are so shortsighted that they can only so immediate resulta. It therefore to be foured that the loophole in the ordinance will be taken full advantage of, and that as much coal-loading possible will be done on Sunday. This the Government is bound to prayout unless it abandons the principle of the ordinance. But, in making provision for the cessation of aval-loading on Sunday, care must be That in the face of the figura produced, taken not to make the restriction unneces There may be cases in arily irksome

on Bunday is absolute which coaling necesity, and as the work would not oc

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(N... Daily News Correspondent.) We are told the Kolac Huis kavo beca to this sity, and that during the summer

DISCOVERY OF ONE OF THE ANTI.

is a translation. My friend assured me that it is a thoroughly reliable document. If it be so, and I have no reason to doubt i you will agree with me that it is an excessi

I have been ingly valuable document. asserting from the beginning ball thing publications are composed by men of post tion, isaned by the Benevolent Halle, and countenscced by the officials. Of the truth of all this, I am now condise you the proof.

cupy all day as cargo loading may do, That if a maximum charge could be laid imagined it to be a confirmation of the trean's cook, all of whom had beon indi, the foward Far su nei, learning that it is said they have done, but the city of that it was a bogus name. The truth is out

special permit for coal-leading might be given at a lower figure than the rates fixed for cargo. The object ought le be merely to make conl-loading on Sunday a rare ex- coption and not the invariable rule. The son of H. Chang Chih-tung has passed his examination and obtained the dagree of Master of Arts.

HMS. Bak left Shanghai on the 26th inst. for Ichang; the French gunboat dapio alas left for the river porta

to resent the action of the Russians ou the

Pamics, and has no intention of enforcing

his claims to Wakhan.

Ax allowance of rupees two hundred and

Mabaraje of Manipur, provided he reside at Brindabun, or some other plass out of Calcutta,

Hupeo's Soochow correspondent writes that thoro is a rumour current that cortain secret societies having their head quarters in Kiu Lang Shan (Nine Dragon Mountains) in the Kienning prefecture are intending to rise. The authorities have de- spatched 18 yun jonks up the river to keep urdex.

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and in

Catholic religion, arrived outside the town accessories who took part in the attrel of Wuaush carrying four children, which apon the deceased, heat the foreign ladies Fears. Chen Lien-shing has accordingly they opened an eating shop and undersold Chon-han's name has been well known to and ordered them to quit the city, which But till now I have had a lurking suspicion branded upon his face. he said he was taking to the Catholic and carried off miscelaneous articles of been sentenced to 100 blows and banishment other places, having a bad meaning in me for nearly two years, One of the most there is ample accommodation for the

Establishment at Kiukiang. Kuo Liu-shou property. T'ac Chun-an. Tien Te and for three years, and is to have the charao-view. So the Magistrate closed them up violent placards I possess beare his name, This man is still at large, and bis relativa caught fire Huaian. 10 miles distant, at last. lodgets, and the thing to be nimed at is

brittige had casglas bro nad strongholda norus di sint, is one of paned to notice the incident, erroneously Farg Hain being and Wang Chieu, Mr. La- so check any attempts at overcrowding and some uber depraved villains who bap-two other s diurs, tous converts, includiar tera for rubber bran

many as 200 members, who in case of Tang together with Tauge companions or axorbitant charging.

against foreigners, bethought themselves of

I hear that the pawn shop men at Huaugpi moment a crowd of noisy end witnessus, were confronted with the ac

Beveraly but did not actually get

The promises of the foreigners have been are to be dealt with. turbulent people collected, who, yielding to ensed, and the trial having been conducted going to pick up some articles of furnituro, any disturbance here are ready and willing have bean, I am told, released long alios inry premises were places for the receping to the protinnar of the crisisal law. of the to receive eighty blons under louised after by soldiers at night ever since they are being squeezed pretty badly and the false impression that the Wusmeh mis. in due form, ientcuce was passed accord- the plunder. They tion of any to lend a helping band.

bo more or less severely punished. But the planso of the law applicable to a the throatened riots in July and they cup-two or three of the principal offenders will

tinao to be 80. contained the following deposidemeanour of the kind.

The title official in charge of these sal- they were comparatively innocent. Chen tion and purtors of eruall children, threw The report submitted by the Commis- stones excitedly through the windows, with miners the result that a kerosene vil lump in the tion:-

Nowards have been offered for the appre-diers met two foreign ladies on the strest bat and his official friends are the reel Hu Tung-Och admitted that he had struck i of the rooms having been smashed, a firs bro e out which spread and burnt down the tide water, Craen, over the head with hension of the offenders still at large, and with their female native helper, and in offendere; and yet it is certain that sothing an iron ber; in Shih-chéng confessed to as soon as they are arcuated, steps will be formed them that it was not safe to be out as been done hitherto to bring them to

be done. one of the foreign two-storeyed bosses.

a stone and struck the taken for having them tried and punished and had them stopped at a safe place till his book, and it is not likely that anything will

Chen-hau is remainder of the buildings were having picked up

nis truly loyal to the dynasty, The

"Io passing Targchow, 20 miles north of likewise destroyed, and the rioters tooksidanaiter Graen blow on the head in accordance with the law. advantage of Las ocasion to sarry offanua Erh-timated thorn vere duly revised by Yun Tory, the notollera came and escorted them home.

not touch.

lodging, the colles would be protected, unless the bead-mon have a hnit over the coolies which such a regulation could That these head-men have so many modes of Beecing the coalien, that the Commit toe appointed to consider the question have a hard nut to crack, That the decision of Mr Wine, in regard to the taking in of banker. coal by a steamer in the Harbour on -Sunday, is interesting as well as instruc

tiva.

That the working of bunker-cnal on Sunday should be allowed without soma restric tien, however, is quite another matter; end the proper thing to do would be to

way

each buen

The sentences

PUNISHMENT OF OFFICIAIS,

Ma-

to

there was going to be a rebellion-for all the rumours are of rebellion. Everything

19th October.

amusea taky,

No doubt

CHEN HAN'S LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY F'AN, GOVERNOR OF HUPET,

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imposing permits for a small suur-say $10 por 100 1005. probably crop up during the next few second edition of the Ordinance later on, with corrections and exaendations. That another decision, against the China and Manila Steamship Company, was Aarprise to many residents who look at things from a common sense, not a legal. point of view. rope will be taken by the Caledonien, which That a man who collects money, as the parties by the randers and soldiers of the into a plot to make a combined attuck inquiriga with a view to the apprehension port. We are glad to be able to report a by myself, in concert with the officials and

Mt. J. Onarsa, ogout in Shanghai of the Mesageries Maritimes, informs us (says the NC. Daily News of Tuesday, 27th Oct.) that owing to an accident to her engines, the Natal is able to continue her voyage to Yokohama, and Jur place is to be taken by the Orus, which will leave for Woosung this morning and start thence for Japan about & p.m. The outgoing mail for E.

is due bere (Shanghai) on Thursday night

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or Friday moraing froni Japan.

Mission, with four children, made their co cape through a back door and went first to the office of the Ma sou-son. The deputy magistrate, Chen Poi-chou, seeing the tor bulent and excited state of the moh, did not ventare to receive the ladies and children, who were encored in separatu

of the fendera who are still at large.

The severo Bentonces passed in port, is, a X-

AFFAIRS IN CHUNGKING. (N.-0. Daily News' Correspondent.)

Your renders will be doubtless watching with interest for news from this interior better state of things than prevails in down river ports. There are many rumours and streets he finds things quist and is no more ccossional threats, but as one walks the

OVE course full reports of the Ichang riot liable to insult than formerly.

Tax, Amir, it is understood, is not inclined | That it is curiously apropos that complaint dry articles of property. The deputy in stone und had wounded the Missionary jug Judicial Commissioner of Hupel, or Chinkiang on the Grand Canal, the writer There is not a line in this letter uor in any has been made at Home of a chatom in charge of the Foreign Cuskcon station at Argont; Hsü Fing-ch'an and Tien Pu-drli reipt of whose report the Vicecoy ined noticeй a camp had been started at the old of his publications to indicate that he is. wall is made of sad as usual about 26 feet. gratitude to the ancient ages Yau, Sann, vogue at Portland and Dartmouth, where Wassel, au assistant sub prefect and confessed that in the thick of the crowd instructions for having them carried into Pagods to guard the Canal. The oamp not true to the existing government. His high Rud has been put up since then lat of Yi, Tang, etc, etc., is simply boundless.

Bo is prepared to suerire his life, in steamers from London were habitually Hun Pu'in-san, and the Eub-district deputy they had justhed the foreign ladies, hat diú effect.

August. The noting deputy magistrate of stopping on Sundays to take in coal for magistrate of Langping Tsou, Chen-ching, not know whether the latter had sustained

hastened to the scene of the riot to restore any injuries in corsequence. Hü bề

Fifty-hee beyond Tungchow at a small cessive gratitude, on behalf of the ancient k'ou, Ch'on Pechou, did not venture, their outward voyage dewn Charnel.

Two of the Miz articles which he afterwards threw fifty per mouth is to be granted to the ex-That in the face of the law, it is manifcally urder, but they wore both atomed and bad- chun added that he had picked up surity

had been turned into barracks and a rather his life was perfectly eafe, and his comfort absurd to argue that bunker-cosi ia ly beaten by the ab. og in any sense of the term, and the ionaries sounected with the chapel, Ben Chen Lien-hang admitted having picked in view of the excited state of the mob, place called Bapabkan situated at one ages and the present dynasty. Of course

Fan su consequence, they were testen and the latter in the former to Hisingkuc and away, up sumie oddy and ends of things which he receive the fansign ladien and children and, [ of the entrances to Kaoуn lake, a temple no one knew hetter than Chen himself that

also threw away. Magistrate's decision against the Crown and Prothero, had previously

11000, both nurse injured. In this be acted very improperly ferocious appearance was given to the Canal well secured. This is only a Chinese way of is as sound as can be.

Hankow, and only their wives and families Seduci anal Y Las-wo, both

Further up still, paar the city of Husion, boat after boat full of soldiers was observed, remained in the Misgion promises at that on hearing on the disturbance they and the Lieutenauf-Governor has already bank by the mounting of two native saunon putting things, which deceives no one; and Wusir!

British subject named Green, thought of going to pick up what they could been instructed to have him removed from bera,

*To King-fu, venarable and respected who was a tide waiter compotted with the and, but could not ertak their way to offies and deprived of his button as a warn Wunch and Bosngehou, Ku Yun-ch'ang. British Missionary named Argent, who had All the ovidence was given without may

Multiplicity of affairs leaves we bot ausend the law so as to provide against / Foreign Customs station at Wusuch, and as the spot owing to the crowd of people, ing and punishment. The sub-profeet aihe book also was radiant with the red

little time for letter writing, and it is a the practice of coaling on Sunday by heart away, shore, set ort, while the reservation and the accused glued the, la realy an offier charged with the conlined uniformo, 500 in all, going south as if

kosg time since I have written to enquiro rint was till raging, for the scene of the tire ordeal of repented and rigore examinaservation of the river mbankment, and

siter your health. I would humbly won That I believe utner defects in the bill will to render assistance, and were immediately stent without deching. Their testia:cny has never had any responsibility of a dove is quiet at the present writing.

and as it is attacked and beaten to death by the not contradicted in any way by the tive nature. As he he no

gratulate you on the ten thousand hap- pinounce which attend your down-itting with them, and there was not the least, ssential that the Sub-Prefeat should act

the abundance of weeks, and it would be well to issue a foters. The three foreign ladies of the important witnesses who were confronted for the latter kind of it apude

and up-rising, and concealment of the truth in the evidence in concert with the Magistrate in taking

Jour virtuous deeds and marilorious The Court therefore proactive measures for the apprehension of the

achievement. 9th October.

With regard to the anti- uncther officia will be deputed to act as

heresy publications, let me state that they chas was given. ceeded to pass menicnes on them. The retaining criminals, Ett Yüu-ch'ang will felluring ars the clauses of the Oristinal he recalled to the provincial capital and (3) Waste & bum er of people enter sa prefect, with iustruotions to institute

are, all of them, printed and dimaminated Code applicable to the casu

rentry both civil and wilitsey, who have the management of adaire connected with compradure of Russell & Co, di, should sub-prefect and the deputy megietante of open a perean, the no who indicts a

Lung ping

to the yaman of the sub-prefect savere wound upon

relative of mine, Tang Chen-pih, styled be allowed to anner that money, whan of Wasuah and Husngehou, where they prinod above, souteneart to be strangled, cordance with the law upon the various

the Benevolent Halls. Bome time ago a Mung-liang, &ative of Sinngt'an, he knows it belonge to another, may bot

were received by the subprefect Ka Ya Uf the others who have joined in the at-riminals were officially

going to Wuchong, and

and we noitedly law, but it can never pass for oquity.

the subject, stated

distribution. lack, tiuse who are proved to have wound-through the Taotud to the British Consul,

sent by!!! hand is worth two in the bush, are the riotare on the way, and they at started for deadly weapon, are liable to parpotuul the despatch an

and that he boul no abjections to offer to nativo sources agreed that though the child After this a special messenger e sulas adopted in such a transaction, and Hankow on the folowing day. On tecuir- bad aliment to regions in immediatu pro- that they were all just and Rdequisto, story of the kidnappping Reports from publications for senamparfull of these The above is a summary of the was rescued just in time, several others Tang to Siang-tan, to inform us that he (2) Robbery with violengo to the person them. the law. (the highest embodiment ding news of the occutcence the Viceroy at ximity to the fretion

one issued instructions to the civil and

the case of a gri sipal, punishable by facts connected with the arrest and punish were found whore area had been gouged was imprisoned ou account of what he had out, therefore the indignant uprising of the been doing, and praying that wo would reason) places its seal upon i

orging the arrest of is, military authorities

ment of the rioters.

people. The baby got in the opening come to his rekene, sto., etc. This That the acpradura's deposit of $40,000, the principal crimiusle, and detached Groapitation after the usual period of con-

of tragedy of this sort is so sus amezing! If indeed it be wrong, to atinsk 44 Becurity for the duo performance of the

cessful and as such ready credence that this depraved heresy, then I au1, 50 far as his duties, should base been deposited land and naval forces from Wuchang finement, and in the case of an accessory,

The death under such airecmstances of it is no wonder it is so often resorted to the matter of fabricating words and drawable only on the joint signatures to proceed to the spot to restore order the punishment is reduced one degree, and The Tuotai at the culprit is branded. The punishment is and afford protection. of Russell & Co. and of the compradors. Hankur was also directed to send Couais on the same ale if an accidental fire fur- two unoffending mou, the Tidewater Green Sons one tried it here recently, but as he creating disturbances is concerned, the That the dos performance of his duties

would then have included the paym ut/ Blonera by steamer to Wusuch to have the nished an opportunity for the commission and the Missionary Argent, ia exceedingly not provide himself with a real baby, is ebiof culprit. In all reason, you ought to

sad, and it is right that a grast of compas- (3) For injuring a person in a fray and sionate altenances should be made, increased only languid interest. It was re-report me to the Throne, deprive me of my

relative by the compradore to the China and remsina of the two foreigners who were of the robbery.

killed duly cared for, and forwarded to

Tang to the Roman Catholic orphanage and boil- What has my It Manila Stean Co. of the money which Hankow, and high civil and wilitary face- bringing on a perions Linees hich prevents order to anifest the earnest desire of the ported that child had been brought official tank, and arrest mo es a criminal. really belonged to it.

tionarins were deputed to proceed to bar from bearing children, the punishment government to befriend be innocent.

oach of the deconsed a sum of $20,000. No Der. How precious Chinese babies are head and hang it up as a warning to all, That the Bellerophon has been a rather such for the purpose of maintaining is 100 blows and banishment to a distance is proposed therefore to give the families of ed-presumably for the holy fathers' din matter? And even should you take off his

unlucky craft, but the rumoer is currect order and restoring tesuraillity. By this of 3,000 15. that bilious culic had been mistaken for time the magistrate of Kangeni, Peng (4) Where advantigo in takon of a fire toll-foeling has ever existed between the gelding Gowadays! If wo wore inclined to how could you by so doing put a stop to

olora-more's the pity.

with the Vind every one of his open- That the Shanghal St. Andrew's Society Kuang-bein, had already reached Wusuch summit a robbery, tozu of the criminals Missionaries at Wuenak and the people put we would say that the story failed to the thing itself. My special object in

riot in which the Mission property was tended.

A day or two ago a man entered a shop relative. Tang, has made a more in the right direction and had made a large number of arrests. who have been guilty of murder or rio of the town, sad the present instance, the create the stew which was doubtless in writing, now is to beg of you to connait

Excluding these who were found to be in- lecco to the person, or have accumulated a by establishing educational bursaries.

nocent and were occordingly released, there large amount of plunder, are dealt with destroyed, arose from suspicions and falso

the began to attract the attention of people justly implicated; also to return to them. aicood four printed Pagos of toolsoap par That the sister irretitution here has tot remained ten prisoners who wore real cal- by the statule applicable to such offices.rumours which had no connection with opponite one of the preaching chapels and anions, who together with hir, are --

rison beyond the grosser delights attend prits. The Viosroy specially deputed an Such of them as have only shared in the them, and was in no way cured ing Balls and Banqueta.

there may still be hops in the expectant prefect wanted Yu Kong to pre-plander and rendered themselves liable to Missionaries. It is right therefore that by his cursing of the foreigners stery article of property which may have ered as Cominissioner to Kuangshi and join bambouing and banishment in the ' de. the authorities, by way of sharing their After the familiar irade concerning the baer possibly taken away from them. I not tho Society bas fatore,

will li Tang yu, the prefect of Huangshou gras, receive a punishment higher by one sympathy, should provide them with funds wicked things the foreigners come to do, beg of you also to prepare a joint statement trial conducted under their orders by the an offence of the kind where no re pecuit

W2 hour with much pleasure, says the N.-0

Daily News, that just before the Bronah ergieer Inconstant lett Kiukiang, her blue- jackets presented to M. and Mme. do Bar- niéres a piece of art beautifully worked by them, with a most flattering address. The Commandant Tostal cordially entertained de Jonquières at a banquet, which was re- tursed on board the Inconstant, the great- sest cordiality and courtesy being maintaio- ed in the relations between the Chinese and foreign authorities at Kicking.

FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR Thit the Hon. Thomas Whitehead seems determined to make the officials work

his numerous questions.

extes for their extra pay-by compiling

That the Acting Goremer has hinted that

the establishment of a new Department

PLAY

be rendered asseseary, if the hon.

mumber's examination papers continue to

Thax them can be little doubt the informa

a elicited concerning public works would (or ought to liars been forthcoming In the form of a raport, had upt the Boden death of Mr. Samual Brown in- terfered will that duty.

have said

time and again, port of the work done and the

Department pent by the Public Works ls of importance.

maney

Test tan other questions pat by the Cham. ber of Commerce member-the Point of Interrogation per excelferice of the Council

That the maxime, Possession is nine chang. The three ladies also were found

1

£

communicated

points of the law,' and 'A bird in the to have been bentra and wounded by theed the perano with un, knife, or other who, in acknowledging the rescaused much inlt. Every one believed the antrusted him with a

That

been very many years in existence;

and its progress many bo like Mark Twain's glactor.

COMPENSATION.

is

to do with the

and set at liberty my

metr

Fu, iu having a thorough investigation and degrou than that provided by the law for for rebuilding the premisas and indemnify he declared he was willing to lay down his of face, and and to impeach me in

thera for the property that was lust therein, life to help drive them out. Some were morial." I will respectfully wait my punish-

|

the Wrench raiseion,

cle.

be important; but they seem in

misdemeinear.

to be.

to be rande later on by the

That the mefulncis

better be pro-

Dotmod spou laler og

Bequences

too swful to coutum-

That I have already said Me

o Whitehead

plate.

the public for years, to say nothing of ruizing the prospects of the Company

problem of the Opiuma Fam

T the Secretary of State may have alled upon the G Gorerament here to consider the question of an Oplem Monopoly, as he has done the Govern- most of the Straits

That a whisper has reached me to the-ef-

That you were recently deastvedly dern on Bouter or his agents for murdering worthy Irish prelate, That still you might remember murther

Emerald Isle.

of allow may relative Tang and hit injure

shildren resort to the consulate, though to all coming ages alent. I am anxiently who examined her, probably rendered occupied by foreigners, weat to the spons Missionary premises.

The of the fire amed with an iron bar, and

under the circumstances this would be a looking for your ruglu so as to decide for whether to proceed or to eton." It The memorialist would observe that the rather forlorn hope subsequent investigation showed that the seeing a crowd of people, surrounding and incapable of bearing children,

Fires have been mere nusistons here this I now write also wishing you exalted incident really originated in the suspicious beating the foreignere, struck a foreigner

"You", entertained respecting the conveganes of over the bead with the iron bar. An iron in which have occurred with such fre

ounger brother and fellow cyantry. the last for months in connection with we have ever known them, orce ha many children and that the sit was outised by bar comes within the category of deadly quedy in the valley of the Yangtza daring during the last two or three months that enjoyment feeling.

The disturbance occurred very Turg-érb has therefore been condemned to

is a comparatively light offence in the aepared characters juflaming, the pupular fixstraments, monticued in the law. Hisionary establishments have, for the us three occurring lú one day. The Chi- mar, Chen-ban writes with complimenta. - has been redwood during the current year. That est no very distant date un obnoxious #addenly without any warning, and it was banishment to a place closs to the frontier most part, originated in the practice of nies, as, Is well known, BeG. Homething *-ben-han, imperially honoured with the landlord used to be effaced' for belf. not in any way a case of incendiaria for under the statute which prescribes this receiving and bringing up young children supernatural in the breaking out of fr

the ake of plunder. The fact that two form of punishment where a number of which gives editious characters en oppor sed so cast about for a reas

fect dat the rent of the Opium Farm

$25,000 moattery

such reduction seems to be incredi Gevorgement on the apbjost.

Hem Ende of has a batute silence of the

esecond rank and expectant Taptai in

Shensi, a native of Ninghiang, now at his

Translated by GRIFFITH JOHN, own village recruiting his besth.

Hanko, 22nd October.

Cue

etown and a bottle of whisky.

of the missionaries were absent at the people attack another and one of the tobity of fabricating all sorts of false thought he had discovered the case in

credulous sad ignorant people, A distur.ionary had be

in the country ; another in Tast if De Walsh le mot dead he ought to moment the trouble took plaan, having assailante infists a wound with a lethal drs to work upon the feslings of one story Chinese token which a mit

be, if only to coqupy the unique position pone away some days previnusly, proves weston,

magistrate of the district, The Customised, the principal boing sentenced to 100 The amount has been fixed on a liberal to be drowned, some beaten to death, vid. meat in the provincial ospital, I will cer valent to. Hay, Tis. $4,000, has been at- prety fall of Chinese whisky was probably Excalencies will treat good and honest That the condition of Ios House Lane, es- Pantai at Hankow was directed to address blows and banishment to a distance of scale at €25,000. A win of $65,000, equi- The crowd only laugland at him. Being tainly not run away. If, however, your

an official communication to the British 3,900, sud the accessories to 100 -blowa

I go at ones pecially at night, is a menace to the publio.

in apostillation with the Consul and with his tongue; but it is feared that he has and not ezataing me, than front

of His M to Peking, and ory at the gate of and Ismala metabers of brand ng. sitions of

here a person istende to commit a the latter'a approval, asthof the various

s the total amount some backing, neverthelsen.

arrear that I will with my ann to furnish in 20- That yawning depths are so ill lighted and emmal requesting hint to procure the depurad banishment for three years with ranged by the Comariagioner af Customs, the reason why be spake unadvisedly with people like fish and pork, and

After the lobang Incident no one will jesty's palace. defended that on immunity from serious

(0)

Tang accidents will be nothing short of a mira count of the injuries sustained by the foreign rcbbery, but does not actually get passes to be paid in

Wo, Chan-kung aul han reported the inatter to the Minister fer protection. The foreigners here are en Shan, the case and hare it thoroughly investigat be useful chiefly sa materialThat it is to be regretted Mr. Wins could ladies in order to complete tho evidence in sion of any of the agil he is to be tried for claims arising out of this cast. The Con. look to Chinese officiala or Chinsen, soldists own body requite the beneficence of Yan

(8) not sea his way to convict the tram cooliead. In due course of time the Cousul

taisdemeanour, where the and is merely awaiting a roply to enable him scattered that protection would be difficult Fang, and Meng, together with the bene in any bass. The Protestant missionaries ficence of His Majesty the Emperor, tis charged with carelesacas, That much lapres of daty might lead to pop. forwarded codes of the depositions, adding aireurastances are of a curious nature, the to receive the money and close the casa. live in four places, the Roman Catholic in Empresa Dowager, and all the Ancestors oE:

summary of the measures that the

injazias Rastained by the Indies punishment is ED blows. Almost too

English consal in still another. In case of In the present case Hu Tang eru, bear-taken with regard to the issue of a compas. three, the Customs officials in two, sad the the Great Dynasty, I shall certainly not were very serious, and that one of them han three years vegar to discuss the great! Thats sinute accidont would probably spare was, in the opinion of the foreign doctoring that a fire bad broken opt-in buildings | sionate allowance and rebuilding of the bed it is arranged that the women and compatalonia to hand down a fragrant 12me.

Balde

Wen

The above

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