special memorial to the-"Throne retwehing July 9th.—To-day Saishangah sent a thanks for the honor' conferred on his son Chung-chi, who hais been created a Duke. (2) An edict is issued creating Chung-chi (iavher of the Empress-elect), a: duke of the third rank,' and his three. wives, two whom ate Prinecases,.duchesses, (Oth.—In reply to a memorial from'
nt.-governor of Anhwei, an edict ie famous fille on General Ho Chac-long, issued giving permission to confer a post-liar request was made on has alresily received the usual honours, and last year, but no reply has as permission has been given to his friends yet been received from the Board of Civil to erect a memorial temple to him. This Office. Both these officials have rendered additional distinction is conferred in con-most important aid to the tribute service sideration of his brave but painful death. fora number of years, and deserve the dis-(2) The literary Chancellor of Anhwei tinction asked: "Their ancestors have been reports having held examinations at Hwei-already raised to the 2nd rank, and the chow, Ningkwo and Kwangté. Of the memorialist would earnestly beg that they three prefectures, Hweichow stands first in may be now raised to the lat. a literary point' of view and Ningkwo He also calls attention to the efficient second. In riding and archery all three measures adopted this year by Chen Chin, are very common place. These depart-Customs' Taotai at Tientsin, in regard to the ments suffered so terribly during the removing and mooring of the grain junks in The memorialist has sealed a whole day bellion that there are very few people left. the Peiho, owing to which no collisions have occurred between them and foreign without seeing a single mn. e.vil-and hamlets are willerneases, and the steamers, and asks that he may be raised to the 2nd rank. In former years there public roads are all overgrown with thorns has always been a number of collisions and briers. Learning is at such a low ebb between the junks and foreign steamers, compared to what it used to be, that there by which the former have been sunk. But is not a sufficient number of candidates to last year Chen Chin, assisted by some take the degrees allowed to the several dis—tricts: - He is doing what he can, with the foreign captains, surveyed the river and marked off the junk anchorages, leaving assistance of the local officials, to induce clear way for steamers, A chart was then. literary men to return to their deserted drawn up, giving the results of the survey, homes. and copies were distributed among the manorialzes the Thane repasding fou 3) Tso Tsung-tang, viceroy of Kansu, shipping. He made another survey this
little boys now in custody, whose fathers spring, in conjunction with the foreign consuls and commissioner of customs, and headed the late Mahometan insurrection the result of his labours is that there has S. in that province. In 1863, the Mahomenot been a single collision during the whole tans at ninghsia, under the leadership of season.
Ma Wan-hsuan and Na Wan-yuen, rose in foregoing memorials has already appeared. The Imperial pleasure regarding the arms, took the city, butchered the officials and killed over 300,000 of the Chinese [The Board of Civil Office was ordered to population, They, acted with, similar Feport. Seo Gazette of July 8th.) ferocity wherever they went. But they Idth_—The viceroy and lieut.-governor have all met with their reward. It seems, of Fukien report that the commander-in-however, that Ma Wan-hsucn has a son chief of the provincial forces has gone to and two grandsons, all three just a year Formosa on a tour of ins tion. In the old, still alive. Na Wan-lin (yuen?) has 8rd year of the reign Kien-lung (1788) also two sons living, one six yenrs old and the following edict was received by the the other one. The memorialist proposes Fukien authorities. Formosa, from its to deal with them in accordance with the isolated position and the turbulent character statute relating to the descendants of of its inhabitants, is a convenient spot for court their parents' crime, vi., Keep them rebels, who are too young to part in plotting and sedition; we therefore direct that the Manchu general, the viceroy, lieut.- custody till they come of age, and then governor and commander-in-chief make, in hand them over to the Board controlling routine, periodic visits to the island, and the affairs of the Household, to be dealt forward a report thereon to the Throne. with, so that the last: vestige of the rebel Asimilar edict was received in the 11th raco'may. be destroyed and. thus future year of Kiaching, and again in the 15th trouble prevented. year of the sane reign. The latter edict The proper Yamen is ordered to take up ordered that the visit should be biennial. the above.
But since 1847 the only visit to the island wasmadeby the admiral of Fukien, in 1867. magistrates longing moukden 1ith—Two prefect and tino district The authorities have therefore felt it their Toft their: pests without having balanced, duty to depute one of their number to visit it this year, and have accordingly sent the their official accounts, an edict is issued commander-in-chief. He started from ordering them to do so forthwith.
Amoy ina steamer, and has already arrived 12th.—Li Hung-chang reports having at Formosa. As soon as he' has completed transhipped and. despatched to Tungchow all the tribute rice received from Kiangsu his tour, a report will be forwarded to the *hrone and chekiang. 'The former province has requeata the dismissal of Lieut-Colonel Pi 15th.—The lieut.-governor of Yunnan {78° sent 686,496 piculs and the latter 686,496 piculs, (the latter amount' is the tribute Yew-jen, for colluding with a freebooter three prefectures only, viz., Hang-named Wang Cheng-yun.. The latter was chow, Kiahsing and-Huchow.), formerly an ensign under Pi Yew-jen, but 13th.—Li Hung- and Ying-yuen, has lately turned brigand, and has been assistant director of. mperiaigranplundering the Shih-ping district. Orders aries, unite in a memorial recommend were gent, to Pi Yew-jen to arrest him, but ing to the notice of the Throne ti instead-of that he had several interviews officials who superintended the transhipment of tie Kiangsu and Chekiang tribute with him and allowed him to escape, which shows plainly enough that they are playin, rice at Tientsin. Althou there were into cath other's hands. 'The' mersorialist over 1,000,000 piculs, the whole was tran-therefore requests that Pi Yew-jen be shipped to Tung-chow within two months, missed for exer from the Imperial service, a fact whi ciently shows how hard and be required to' apprehend Wang these officials worked. They also took possible tion to prevent the Cheng-yun' within. a given time. The latter, when caught, will be dealt with relves to the utmost to curtail expenses. rej ion of old-abuses, and exerted them-according to martial law and decapitated. 16th.—To-day's Gazette contains nothing Hung-chang- the Throne to raise (2) In a supplementary memorial, Li of general interest.
17th.—Imperial edict. Chu Feng-piao Enfu, acting salt commissioner, to the 2nd has already twice asked permission to: ith tank, in consideration of his exertions in retire ordin office on account of ill-health, connection. with the. transhipment of the and on each occasion he was allowed: leave ite of absence in order to see what rest and 3). In another memorial, Li Hung-chang medicine would do. He now reports that petitions the Throne to raise the ancestors his leave has expired, but that his health of Ting Show-chang (Taotai of Tientsin) has not improved, and renews his request and Ying-po,—(grain commissioner of for permission' to retire. "Although over Kisngsu), for three generations to the Ist 70 years of age, his mental vigour is un-
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