At Soochow there is a tradition that the souls of very atrocious criminals who either been executed or died in prison, are sent back to the earthly prison by Yama (""Yen-lo"), the Judge of Hades, to undergo further sentence of imprisonment, one death not having been enough to expiate their guilt, When the day of release is judged to have arrived, the District Magis trate announces to the poor ghost that it may depart and the Chiéng hoang Shin, tutelary Spirit'of the City, is previously prayed to go with the mandarin to the prison to proclaim the release, a warrant of release being solemnly burnt, in the way that paper money or clothes are burnt to convey them to disembodied spirits. This weird custom had fallen into complete disuse since the rebellion, but was to be re-inaugurated on 19th August, and placards geriptions of imitation sycee which were to were posted about Soochow inviting sub-be burnt, and would thus turn into spirit money. for the released jests to use on their long journey.—Hu 24 shipwrecked native sailors were sent by the Taotai to the Shanghai Magistrate on Thursday, 11 being Fukien men and Siamese. Their ship, called the Sin Kun Yuen, left Siam on ith July, and on 8th August was off Chusan Island, when, she was caught in a typhoon and capsized. 28 of the crew of 48 men were rescued by a Ningpo native life-boat, but the, rest all perished. The survivors were' sent Shangh: the Ningpo Taotai. The Shanghai Magistrate found lodgings for the poor fellows in the neighbourhood of his yamen, retaining charge of the 13 Siamese sailors and giving each 100 cash a day to buy food, but sending the Fukien men the next day to the Foochow Guild to be taken charge of.
Some time ago Chang, Viceroy of Canton, ordered a reprint to be made of the great historical work called the T'ung Kien," or Mirror of History. The work wag one trusted to two Canton publishing houses, the Sui Wen T'ang and the Fu Wen Chai. When for binding, it was handed to two workmen called Ch'ai A-sen and Chai took it away to: eh grays and. pawned A-kien, tobind, but instead of binding it, th
it, and ran off with the proceeds of the transaction. The publishers reported it to the Mandarin who had given them the order, and now appears a Proclamation signed by the Provincial Treasurer, the Provincial Judge, the Salt Intendant, and the Taotai, offering a reward of $20 to the captor of either of them, and $10 to anyone who gives information to lead to their arrest.
At Wuhu alittle boy of thirteen, after slight beating by his father for always. runby opium, ning away at Iesson-times, committed suicide The Chen-hai in her trips to. and from Corea uses up some 4,000 or 6,000 Taels worth of coal a year. HE. the Viceroy Li 'Hung-chang, on learning this, about' the beginning of July, memorialised the Throne that an additional subsidy of 6,000. Taels should be granted to the.M.S.N.' Company from the Tientsin Opium Likin Re-
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