July 4th.—The Governor of the Metro politan Prefecture report a fall of rain in eking to the depth of four inches of (1) A Decree announcing His Majesty's intention of repairing in person to the Ta-ion and the Shih-ying Kung on the to return thanks for the bounteous rain which has fallen, Similar services will be held at other state temples by and high officers named. The ill_be removed from the 'L'a-kao and Chia Sheng Ss'u, but prayers still be offered fur a continuance of the rain which has been vouchsafed.
(2) A Memorial from Chin Shun, Gov. ernor of Li instant Military Adistrator in the New Dominion, report-mutiny amonget certain of the troops his command and its prompt suptes that one battalion of that is known as midnight on the 29ch of March the men of the battalion suddenty went to their commandant, a Deputy Lieutenant General called Wan Shug, and demanded their pay. Ihe attitude of the mon was excited and violent, and the commandant was in the act of suppression; their excitement when over three hundred mounted Mahommedans from Han-chung and Shan Chow suddenly speared with red and white fage in their hands, and ca ug into camp. The soldiers there upon became actively mutinous and a hun-red or more of them seized the commandant and stabbed him, killing three Tieutenants as well who came forward to rescue of their chief. The mutineers ud Mahommedans then left the camp in swarm and proceeded to attack the other cantonments, thinking that they would set the men aflame there also; but thanks to the vigilance and precaution of the officers none of the men could be induced to stir, 80 the rebels decamped.
Different companies were immediately started in pursuit, one of them being headed by the Memorialist and another by Liu Hung-fa, Brigade General of the Ili Division. " The latter officer came up with the rebels and mutineers at a place called San-kung, where they made a stand and a fight ensued in which they were worsted, over hundred of them being killed and eight Mahommedans and seveniveu muliueyts being taken prisoner, The remainder of the gang escaped eastwards, and orders were at once given to the garrisons in that direction to be on rt for them, while extra troops were added tv the pursing forces, QCommuuications were also sent to the Governor of the New Dominion, the Acting Governor of Urumtsi, and the Agent at Tarbagat'ai, requesting them to order careful prepar: to be made for the advent of the fu, These efforts and precauti resulted in the extermination of in different encounters and the capture of the leader of the mutiny. This individual, who was called Shang Mao-liv, was duly summoned before the Memorialist, when he stated that he was 35 years of age and came from Ch'éng-tu Fu in Szechuen. Five years ago he enlisted and was appointed to the K'usi-wu Battalion being appointed one of the Brigade attached to the Military Secretariat, in which he acted as standard bearer.
He admitted that all the pay of the men was issued in the presence of the command. ing officer and that no deductions were made; but he said that the commanding officer's regime waa ssu severe that he was hated by his meu, On the 6th of Blarch last, the prisoner heard sume one say that despatch had arrived to the effect that of pay due to the troops would lo good, and that there was nu news of the present pay being forthcoming, 40 that the land was ti i i order to pay the men in grain i Just at this time a Shensi Ma-of the prisoner's acquaintance came to him and said confidentially, "We all belong ide the wall, You have come thousands of miles to fight the rebels and have rendered good service, now I hear that they are not going pay you your arrears; and as there no news of fresh funds arriving they are going to farm the land you your present salary in grain, had much better make a league with us to plunder sume money for travelling ox-pauses and go back inside the wall again, have some three or four hundred men, and horses and will come and leud " hand."
Lhe prisoner agreed, hundred and more of hi tiny took place under the circumstances ly described by the Semorialis mutineers having been caught up at Sau-kung, the prisoner was wounded in the left leg during the engagement and fell off his horse when he was made pris mination over, he was forthwith with the remainder of the their heads were ex-in the first engagement, upwards of 200 were n five separate encounters, exclusive aken who were put to di occasion ove ban lated by the soldiers who came up with the fugitives when both the latter and their horses were tired out and panting for breath. The Imperial troops, with a bravery which the Memorialist commends, fell on this tired baud and slaughtered them to a man, Tt was found that altogether 134 men had deserted the regiment. The remainder have been placed under a new commandant stead of their murdered officer. While cougratulatinghimeelf on the rapidity with which this movement was stamped out without causing injury to the peuple or disturbance in the country generally, a happy state of things for which His Bajesty's good fortune has to be thanked, the Memorialist none the less feels that he has been careless in the exercise of proc for which shortcoming he begs that he may. of a penalty.: oer be commited to Board for the determination In conclusion he solicits the bestowal of posthumous honours upon' the tiliedered:
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