Some days ago in the midst of a blinding sandstorm raised: by an unusually blustering 8.W. wind, the Governor-General of whom 'I wrote on a former: occasion left this city on. sick leave.. His. reign here has not been: characterized by any, remarkable. measures, and my impression is that it has. been cut short, rall fact that nor wrangler'? of his year, a devourer of books, with a ready pan, and was the possessor of extraordinary abilities, According to. the report of.a friend of his, he could ran.down the whole page of a book at one glance, a some clever accountants can add up in one calculation the pounds, shillings, and pence columns of their led-1g gore. When he came to Moukden ho was of course all along his route provided by the local mandarin the best and richest fare procurable various halting-places, but his roverencs for, classical officialdom pert im to ent only the pls dishes presented, while the more lux neglected. Scholars with this index to hi official life bribery. He which wont were ug, and he was incorruptible By and bye whispers were repeated in quiet corners that he had failed in i Manchuria, once aid that he knew more about books than about men, and that he preferred the pen to the sword, showing his prefer en honor tary man, In this again he was classical, Due apparently not as. practical as rome people could wish. It is to be feared that hot one shoo' the less was taken from the people because he would not it. Prosecutions of of bat th of seem to come to Somewhat more than the eqnired to place things on a proper footing in China. I wonder if any fines darins read your paper? If would they be ao good as take to heart this statement from a foreigner deeply in terested in the welfare of Chi very veneral corruption of offi ting the heart of the people and preparing the way for terrible times in the land. Every dynasty has been upset in Chins by its oppression of the people, either through a corrupt Court, or a weak one allowing corruption,—nsually the latter. It is not many centuries ago that Englial magistrates ere exactly what Eh are uow, officials whose presence the longest puree always betokened the just man, Enlarged salaries and other measures have made the: English the purest magistracy to-day in existence. Enlarged salaries and sunil will do in china much that they did in England... One important, easy, and sensible way of enlarging Chinese salaries would be the decrease by at least three fourths of the useless attendants which a foolish pageantry demands for the magistrate, 8 ance made to magistrates for "expenses" is not inconsiderable, and would amply suffice to keep them if it were converted into salary and their needless followers into honest working citi The now Governor-general Ch'ing: was time Fuyin hi 0, and left a good fter ho went from this place to He has alrendy.msdo his hand inst gambling and opium dens, both of which will however defy him, as they have-quite as many lives.as the cat, 18th June,
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