March 4th,—Ying-leen petitions with regard to an officer who should retire from office in consequence of the death of his father, and in reference to a petition praying the Emperor to allow him to remain some time longer at his post, as an efficient successor had not been found to supply his place. His Majesty had previously given permission to this officer to remain at his post, but the petitioner having since discovered' that a like application was made, in a similar case, to the. previous Emperor Been-fung and refused, now prays the Emperor to roverao His cision and to insist upon the aforesaid offici retiring from office during the period of mourning. His Majesty grants the potition.
5th,—Yang Chang-sing presents a supple: mentary petition, in reference to a frontier guard arresting rebels without first assembling together the local authorities to take part in the arrest, by which course of conduct a disturbance was caused.
Now, according to the evidence of Tao" Chang-tsung an inhabitant of Hwang Gan-yuen, his nephew Tae Wei-show incurred the enmity of one Chin Seaou-tang, whom he was seized, bound, and carrie off to the house of al literary graduate named Pao Kin-tsing. It appears moreover, that this man who carried off the plaintiffs ow murdered two women, A Major General of no character, named Pwan Kaou-shing, was halting at Yang-koh-goat in the district of Ld-tsing-yuen, and trusting to the partial statements' of certain entry and people, he without assembling the authorities of the district, seized Tae Wei-show, and put him to death. The guiltless son of the local rebel Hoang Ti san, who had long ago escaped from the net, was also arrested by this officer beyond the boundary of the provine, and lives were lost on that occasion. Truly this was a most wicked and erroneous proceeding. The petitioner prays that all concerned in these offences may be punished according to their several degrees of guilt, His Majesty grants the petition, 7th.—I, Shaou Hung-yn the Deputy Governor' of Shen-se, kneel and petition the murder of three merabers of one with regard to instituting an enquiry into
fernily,, and bringing the guilty to justo, T find that Ho Wan-chang an inhabitant of Kea-chow, for some reason or other killed Lew Wei-she and her two sons. The Chochow of the district has ascertained the facts of the case and written to me on the subject, and I myself have had the criminal brought before me for examination. Ho Wan-chang, it ai pears, is a native of Kea-chow and a fellow townsman of Lew Tang-jin, the
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