As is well known, a considerable portion lated. The law provides that where a of the province of Chihli is owned by ban-superintending officer of the government germen by whom it is let out to Chinese directs the infliction of an illegal punish-cultivators, The relations between the ment whence death ensues, he shall be Manchu landlords and the Chinese tenants [it three years, forfeiting moreover' ten punished with 100 blows and banished are not of a friendly character, and in the discussion of the questions affecting their ounces of silver to defray the expenses of burial. Further, that respective rights, the landlords have always the _punishment of the person who, in obedience Veen warmly supported by the representa tives of the dominant race in Peking, while to orders, inflicts such chastisement shall the Chinese cultivators have in recent years be, in each case, one degree less severe found a powerful advocate in the Vicero than that of his superior officer. Chang of the province, A Censor who deals witl Show-cheng had no authority to inflict any one phase of the subject in this issue of form of personal correction, nor is a riding-the Gazette ndduces some historical evid-whip a proper instrument' of punishment.
By analogy with the above-quoted law he ence in favour of the position taken up by has therefore been sentenced to receive the landlords and their legal right to pay ment of rent on the part of the Chinese one hundred blows, and be banished for occupants of the soil. He begins by as-three years to a military station, and serting that the organisation known a8 the in addition to forfeit a sum of Tls. 10 banner force is the basis on which the pre-to the relations of the deceased to defray sent dynasty was founded and upon which the expenses of burial. The attendant who its future security must rest. During the inflicted the punishment has been sent-two centuries and more which have elapsed enced one degree less severely, namely to since Shun Chih ascended the Throne of 90 blows, and banishment for 2 years.
China, the Manchus have greatly multiplied Both plead that they are only sons of aged in numbers and a liberal provision for their parents, besides which their offence was committed previously to the recent Act of support is a necessary measure if they are to be maintained in their former position, Amnesty. As, however, ChangShow-cheng's Grants of lands have at different times and case is aggravated by the fact that he held an under various names been made to the official position, instructions are requested adherents of the ruling dynasty for services whether he is, notwithstanding, to be al-rendered in bringing' the Empire under lowed the benefit of the amnesty and their control, Most of the nobles and high granted a free pardon, to gable him to wait on his aged parents, The attendant officials of the Ming period perished with who inflicted the punishment, and the the oxerthzow of the dynasty and their lands being left unclaimed were partitioned other individual mixed up in the gambling amongst the men and officers of the banner transaction are both entitled toa free par-force and were subsequently known under don, and their cases need not be consi-the designation of "old circular ground" dered further.—Referred to the Board of from the fact that each occupant was sup-Punishments. posed to receive as much as he could gallop 3rd May. round within a fixed space of time, There was another class of land which the original
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