Tune 15th—(1) Pao-sdn, Vice-President of the Board of Punishments at Moukden, is allowed to retire on the plea of ill-health, as is also We, Governor of He-lung Chiang, Kung-tang ($$$) being appointed act in his place.
The whole of this day's greater portion of that of the 16: pied with a Stemorial from Liu Mingchuan, Governer of Formosa, repot series of raids made upon the strong: of outlaws and notorious bad characters the Chiai and © a Districts of Formosa, {important arres! notorious robbers an murderers wore put Io la impossible to follow the Memorialiat through his descriptions of each raid, which are, moreover, detuid of interest, Ov story, however, that he relates has a certain element of pathos mit, A complaint was one day brought to the Magiateate of the Chang-hua District by any Haany to the effect that his house had oceupyin lovted the on fice, carrying off two of his The villagers turned out in force to seize them, but the marauders, who were seventy or eighty in number, were ong for them and beat them off, returning to rheic own stronghold where they established themselves within a bam-bue stockade surrounded bya moat, After Magistrate had made due enquiries and flyd Ihimmelé that the three brothers otorivusly bad characters who made pill-ge their profession and had been guilty of every conceivable crime, he determined to proceed against them. Two companies of soldiers under the command of x colonel were accordingly sunt at cook-crow une day to thy stockade in which the brothers wore established to as their capture, and they found the neighbourhood of the stockade occupied by a number of peuple who were ivin a order to cut off the if they att-rupted to escap which Huang (the f buys who had been carried uff,) lived, was uly two hundred paces from the rubbers stronghold, and the troops were posted outside this village, the head men of which were summoned to a conference, It was then decided to through one of them t" ti that the would promptly give up th cial leniency would be shown them. 'Teu times did these messengers go and try tw prevail upon the robbers to yield, but they steadfastly declined to let the boys ge, tying them up to the fence which surrounded their village and making passes sxcroes the lads' throats with knives as they declared that the approach of the troops would be the sal fur the death of the boys, whose ct ingled with the: defiant shouts of thei captors, were heart-rending to listen to.
Emissaries were sent again, and twice after that, to the robbers to endeavour to induce them to release. the boys, but they stil refused, and at last thole father, who feared that the robbera were Only temporising wutil night should arrive and they could make their escape under cover of the darkness, implored the colonel upon his knees to attack them at once, saying that he would sacrifice the lives of his sons rather than let the robbers His entreaties were supported by the heads of the clan, who said that the of the thre: if, allowed to continue, would be a source of disaster to the whole clan. The attack was then made, and a fierce fight followed, The stockade was eventually carried by the second officer in command who amain the ditch with sume ton of his followers and cut down the gate in the face of the enemy's fire, The troops rushed through Opening followed by their o who had come after them, and the was carried after a fierce fight inside killed and some were taken prisoners, the rest managing to made their escape.
The robbers, true to their word, had made several gashes in the boy's throne upon the appearance of the troops, but in fusion and huery that followed upon, the suddenness of the attack the work was not completely done, and the boys wer not killed, They were carried out and igned to their fathers care and, as yet, are atill alive, The Memorial coveludes with an applica. tion for the bestowal of rewards upon the trates who have done so much also upon thy military offi the various raids described.
Vice-President of the ce Punish.
Tune l6eh,—Sung-rén(isappoin Request granted by a pt.
mints at Moukden and Wéu hui, Vioo President of the Board of Ceremonies at Moukden.
0 17th. appointed Sonivr Vice-Presid Board of Ceremonies, Ying-hsii succeed. ing to the post of Junior Vice-President of the same Board. of Shensi reporting thy trial of " man for murdering his uncle under th following circumstances, Shang Lshun, th derer, is a farmer living in the Ch'an District, and his accomplice Chia Sui ail, or " broken silver" Chia, was a never do-wheel who lived close by. Shan the victim, was the uncle of Shang who lived in the same compound with his nephew but kept " separate lishment. "Lwo years ago, Shang Is established improper relations with Chia Sui-yin-tzit's wife, which were discovered shortly afterwards by Chia Sui-yi but, being an avaricious man what was going on foe " consideration in the shape of money and other articles that were given him from time to time. After matters had been oe down and Shang Lshun took h wife to liv To th wife objected, but he paid no heed, the scandalous relations that axiated between Suang and Chia Sui-yin-tzi's wife matter of common talk, g-dib, the uncle, heard uyphew tu task time and again, beating him and forbidding the Chia to remain on the premises. Shang I-shun'e auger thus became aroused, and finally cul-mirated when his uncle ultimately ejected the couple and refused to let them sume
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