Ceremonies requests that a Commissioner
to convey the Testamentary Proclamation and Deputy Commissioner may be appointed of Her late Majesty the Senior Empress Dowager to Corea, Let O-los ho-pu be Sent as First Commissioner and Hi Chen as Deputy Commissioner reverently to convey the Testamentary Proclamation of Her late Majesty to Corea, (2) The Governor-General of Yunnan and Kueichow and the Governor of Yunnan report the death of a wei yuan by his own hand under the followin circumstances: Li Ching-shin, a native Hua-yang Hsien in Szechuen, having purchased the rank of sub-Protect, was appointed as a probationer in Yunnan, Ho had as hia servants two mon called respectively Tseng Mai and Tung Wen, Lung Tion-i'un was the son of a Lieutenant in charge of the Kao Wu barrier, and an hereditary chieftain of a native tribe, Lung Tien-lun, being a child at the death of his father, did not assume the title, the duties of his father's post being administered for her son by his mother, assisted by Li Chin, a servant, and others, In the summer of 1878, some individuals having created a disturbance in a stockade under the control of the young chieftain, his mother sent to have them arrested, but they escaped, and g, chaggo was brought against Lung iene Wun at the yameo of the Meng-tail Magistrate by some of the other residents of the place, of having caused their houses to be burnt. The charge having been ordered to be tried at the provincial reported to the Governor, the case was capital, Li Ching-hsin being sent to th place to make enquiries and bring back the portion interested. He reached the district town in July, 1879, and. after iti some weeks, went on to the alleged on On arrival at the barrier known as Kao Wu Chia, there being no inn for him to sleep in, Ching-hsin took up his lodging in the fearing that she would get into trouble of Tang Tien-Kua, whove mother, by reason of the long delay in the settlement of the case at Ch'en Huai begged Li Ching-hai friend, promising settlement of tile case, Li Ching-hain promised to uso his influence on hor behalf, but gave only a verbal assurance to that effect. The widow then gave him, through his servants, the sum of s.'100, with an extra Tls. 10 for the servants themselves. The runners of the Magistrate were told of the receipt of the bribe by Li Ching-hsin's servants, A fow days after, Li Ching-hsin returned to the district town, where he fell ill, and was an invalid for several months. Mean. while the story of his having been bribed by the chieftain's widow got noised abroad by the Magistrate's runners, and eventually came to the ears of the Prefect, who reported him to the Governor. Li Ching-hsin, who was still unwell, was much concerned at this intelligence, and set off in his invalid condition for the provincial capital before the reply of the Governor was received to the Prefect's report. Soon after arrival at the capital he out his throat, and was found dead in his bed. The memorialists then proceed to sum up the case, ayainst Li Ching-hsin, and, after quoting the law on the subject, shows what penalty he would have received had he not cut his throat. As he has anticipated his punishment by putting an end to himself,
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